Cristiano Ronaldo is all set for a record breaking £80Million transfer from English Champions Manchester United to Spanish runners up Real Madrid. Madrid have already signed Kaka earlier in the week for a the record breaking £56Million transfer and have again broken the transfer record with the purchase of the current World Player of the year.
The Profitable Group, based in Singapore and headed up by ex Liverpool player Steve McMahon, is believed to be sizing up a bid for the Magpies.
Brazilian playmaker Kaka has signed for Real Madrid in a world record transfer – that is if you’re working in pounds. The reported £56Million fee that Madrid are to pay AC Milan for the 27 year old eclipses that of the £48Million paid by the same club to Juventus in 2001.
Swedish striker and Inter Milan’s top goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic would welcome a move to European Champions Barcelona, his agent said on Friday following reports the two clubs were discussing a deal.
Former World player of the year and World Cup winner in 2002 Kaka will not be joining Chelsea as it had been reported earlier in the week. The AC Milan midfield was apparently the target of a £73.5Million bid from the South London club.
Schalke 04 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is reportedly keen to make a move to Bayern Munich. The German talent confirmed that he won’t leave his team, actually changed his mind in an interview after his first cap for Germany on Tuesday.
Former AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has been appointed the new manager of Chelsea, the Premier League club announced on Monday. Ancelotti had stood down after watching his AC Milan side defeat Fiorentina 2-0 – in what was Paulo Maldini’s last game for the club.
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