Archive for March, 2008
Chelsea, Real Madrid in race to sign Barca superstar Ronaldinho
Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Chelsea have been encouraged in their pursuit of Ronaldinho, though may have to beat Real Madrid to land the Barcelona star.
Ronaldinho reportedly has a release clause in his contract, but with the value thought to be prohibitively high, a more likely option should he be determined to leave would seem the possibility of invoking article [...]
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Barca agree to offload Ronaldinho for 12m ; Chelsea on red alert
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Barcelona are ready to flog Ronaldinho for £12million at the end of the season — putting Chelsea on red alert.
The Catalan giants are fed up with the Brazilian’s erratic lifestyle and poor form this term.
Ronaldinho, 28, has an £85m buy-out clause in his contract but Barca believe no club will pay that much for a [...]
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Didier Drogba off to Inter ?
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Fresh reports in Italy suggest that Didier Drogba is Serie A-bound this summer.
Italian daily Corriere dello Sport claims that Drogba has told close friends that he will be heading to Internazionale.
The Ivorian’s long-term Chelsea future has been up-in-the-air ever since Jose Mourinho departed Stamford Bridge earlier this season.
He has been quoted as saying he wanted [...]
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Milan, Juve to swoop for Arsenal ace
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
AC Milan and Juventus are ready to pounce for unsettled Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva.
Brazil’s Terra says there is a 90 per cent prospect that Gilberto will be playing in Serie A next season, with Milan and Juve waiting to take him off Arsenal’s hands.
Sources close to Gilberto say he favours a move to Italy over [...]
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Juve to beat Barca to sign Chelsea star !
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Juventus remain confident of seeing off competition from Barcelona for unsettled Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.
While reports suggest Lampard favours relocating to Spain to be close to wife Elena’s family, Corriere dello Sport says Juve coach Claudio Ranieri’s friendship with the midfielder and sports director Alessio Secco’s good relationship with his agent have the deal in [...]
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Celtic to sign Boro keeper Schwarzer
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Free agent Mark Schwarzer is Celtic’s No.1 choice to replace unsettled keeper Artur Boruc, who is a target for Aston Villa.
Polish star Boruc, 28, is on Villa boss Martin O’Neill’s radar as on-loan shot-stopper Scott Carson is set to return to Liverpool this summer.
And Celtic already have sounded out Middlesbrough ace Schwarzer, 35, about moving [...]
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Spurs join United, Barca in Lahm race
Posted on 27. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Tottenham have joined Manchester United and Barcelona in their interest in Bayern Munich fullback Philipp Lahm.
The Germany international is ready to leave Bayern in the summer and TZ says Spurs, United and Barca are all battling for the versatile defender.
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Arsenal close to signing £5m Serbian ace !
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Arsene Wenger is close to sealing a £5million deal for Serbian midfield ace Zdravko Kuzmanovic.
The Arsenal boss heads a pack chasing the Fiorentina star, 20, with Newcastle among many other clubs on his tail.
Kuzmanovic, who holds a Swiss passport, signed from Basel for around £2million a year back.
Gunners representatives are understood to have flown out [...]
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Real plotting £8m+ Alonso swoop
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Real Madrid are ready to offer midfield star Ruben de la Red PLUS £8million for Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso.
Kop boss Rafa Benitez wanted to nab De La Red last season but Madrid decided to do a deal with Getafe instead.
De La Red, 22, was sold for £2m but Real inserted a clause allowing them to buy [...]
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Man Utd star ruled out until next season
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Man United skipper Gary Neville has revealed he may now not return until NEXT season.
The England international has not played for the past 12 months after ankle and calf injuries but was edging closer to a return.
Yet, Neville, 32, has now admitted he may have to wait until August to make his long-awaited comeback.
That would [...]
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Barcelona keen to sign £10m Bayern star
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Bayern Munich fullback Philipp Lahm is being lined up by Barcelona.
El Mundo Deportivo says Barca sports director Txiki Begiristain is rushing to close a deal for Lahm as they prepare to sell Gianluca Zambrotta in the summer.
Bayern are seeking £10 million for Lahm, however with little over a year left on his contract Barcelona are [...]
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Barca to release Ronaldinho for FREE ?
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by Milox.
Barcelona’s board held crunch talks over Ronaldinho’s situation yesterday.
DiarioSport says Barca directors spent the majority of yesterday’s scheduled meeting discussing Ronaldinho’s future at the Nou Camp.
Marc Ingla, Barca’s vice-president, led the meeting and it was agreed that no offers should be courted until the end of the season in order to avoid harming the club’s [...]
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