Atletico Madrid’s young forward Sergio Aguero looks like he is set to stay at the Vicente Calderon next season as his club reveal they are yet to receive a big money bid for the young Argentinian. Manchester United and Chelsea were both linked to the youngster - with interest cooling of late with United signing Michael Owen and Chelsea signing young Daniel Sturridge.
Juventus have made the transfer complete of Brazilian tough tackeler Felipe Melo from Fiorentina.
Arsenal forward Robin Van Persie has signed a new deal, placing him on a long term contract. Van Persie was stalling with contract negotiations as he wanted to see if Arsenal were serious for challenging for honours next season by adding to their squad.
David Gold is still clinging to the faint hope of luring the former Arsenal captin back to the premier leauge to give Birmingham a hope of survival.
Timothee Atouba has once again joined up with Martin Jol, the former Spurs manager has made the cameroon international his first signing at Ajax.
Egypt could well be appearing at the World Cup for the first time since 1990 after a 3-0 win over Rwanda in capital city Cairo. Egypt had to win before an expectant crowd of approximately 35,000 fans and midfielders Hosny Abd Rabou and Mohamed Aboutrika, who scored a brace, scored the goals. Egypt have had a remarkable summer so far having troubled Brazil and claiming victory over world champions Italy last month at the FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009.
Flying Russian wingback Yuri Zhirkov has signed for Premier League club Chelsea in an £18Million deal. Zhirkov, who impressed at Euro 2008, signs from CSKA Moscow – and has represented his country 31 times.
No sooner than Karim Benzema had joined Madrid, as reported yesterday, Franck Ribery has declared that he wants to leave Bayern Munich for, yep you guessed it, Real Madrid. So far, Madrid have spent £80 Million on Cristiano Ronaldo, £56Million on Kaka, £35 Million on Karim Benzema and around £16Million for Raúl Albiol.
With the World Cup less than a year away now – World Cup Statistics takes a look at the six teams who have already qualified for the finals. With many games left to play it is a credit that these team have secured their World Cup status so early and are eagerly anticipating next summer.
Real Madrid considered the summer spending spree by snapping up French forward Karim Benzema from Lyon – after the two clubs agreed a £35Million fee based upon appearances. The news will come as a further blow for Manchester United who were keen to sign the French forward – as a replacement for Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
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