Monthly Archives: August 2011

Tottenham Closer On Getting Lago Falque From Juventus

UK Football

According to the Spanish media Lago Falque will be making a loan move to Tottenham Hotspur on the upcoming season.

Although the original intentions of Tottenham were to sign Falque on a permanent deal, Juventus said that would not be possible and so the only option left is to sign him on a season loan contract. Not only Spurs were interested in signing the winger but also a number of Spanish clubs including: Celta Vigo, Levante, and Rayo Vallecano but from the looks of it he will be moving on a temporarily basis to Tottenham.

Porto Reject Chelsea’s Bid For Alvaro Perreira

Other European Leagues, UK Football

Chelsea’s coach Andre Villas-Boas has announced to the media that they have made a offer for Porto’s Uruguayan wingback Alvaro Pereira. But the Dragons have rejected the Blues’ initial bid.

Porto’s president Pinto Da Costa said that it did not even take them 30 seconds to respond to the bid made by the Premier League team. With English reports emerging claiming that the initial offer was €18m it was a easy decision for Porto to make concerning their Left-back player Alvaro Pereira which they are not letting go for anything less than €30 million.

Chelsea are however expected to come up with an improved bid in the next few days.

FIFA World Rankings August 2011- Holland replace Spain at the top of the table

International Football

The Netherlands have overtaken Spain to become the No.1 football team in the world as per the new FIFA World rankings for August 2011. This is the first time that the Netherlands have held the No.1 ranking in world football, and they become the seventh nation to hold first spot after Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany Continue reading FIFA World Rankings August 2011- Holland replace Spain at the top of the table →