Archive for the ‘Transfer’ Category
Monday, April 4th, 2011
Tottenham Hotspur and Wales Winger Gareth Bale has admitted that he would have ‘no qualms’ about moving abroad if the lure of a Real Madrid or Barcelona came about. Wales have not qualified for a World Cup finals since the days of legendary Leeds and Juventus forward John Charles – when he led his nation to the quarter finals of the 1958 tournament, only to lose to a single goal against Brazil. Bale is Wales’ greatest talent since the emergence of Ryan Giggs nearly two decades ago and has been unplayable at times this season.
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
There’s something brilliant about watching deadline day unfold from a (relatively) neutral point of view, the chaos and excitement. Not knowing just exactly what’s going to unfold, if the domino effect of transfers will all work out according to plan. Or if someone will throw a hissy fit and ruin it for everyone. This window however everything did go according to plan (depending on your opinion on Andy Carroll for 35 million pounds that is). Chelsea strengthened (massively), City strengthened and Liverpool did as well, and they all spent big.
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Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Rumours of a move for Fernando Torres to Chelsea have been around for years, so news that Roman Abramovich is willing to stump up a reported £40m for ‘El Nino’ is no big surprise. But it is a mark of just how far the Spaniards’ stock has fallen when people start questioning the money involved in this saga.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Arsenal captain and Spanish international, Cesc Fabregas has been the subject of a lot of transfer speculation linking him with a return to his home-club, Barcelona. Today, Barcelona have confirmed that despite the imminent World Cup, they have made a formal written offer to Arsenal for the transfer of Fabregas.
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Tags: Arsenal, Barcelona, Cesc Fabregas, Doron, Fabregas, South Africa 2010, Spain, World Cup
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Mexico’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez has today had a work permit granted enabling him to join Manchester United on the 1st July when the transfer window opens.
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Tags: Chicharito, Doron, Javier Hernandez, Man United, Manchester United, Mexico, South Africa 2010, World Cup
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Thursday, May 20th, 2010
Spanish forward David Villa has signed for Spanish Champions Barcelona from Valencia in a £34Million transfer, which will see him link up with international team mates Xavi, Iniesta and possibly Cesc Fabregas. Villa has played for Valencia for five seasons now, scoring 108 goals in 164 appearances. However, his scoring record for Spain is even more impressive, with the striker finding the back of the net 36 times in just 55 appearances. Villa is closing in on Raul’s 44 goals – which is currently the highest in Spain’s history.
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
FIFA announced on Thursday morning that Chelsea are banned from registering any new players for the next two transfer windows following a contractual dispute involving the transfer of Gael Kakuta from French club Racing Lens in 2007 (pictured above).
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Chelsea’s have made an offer for Italian midfielder Andrea Pirlo which has been rejected by the seven time European Champions – AC Milan. Chief executive Adriano Galliani explained the the big is ‘too low’ to consider and prize yet another valuable asset away from the San Siro.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
French International forward Franck Ribery looks like he will be staying at Bayern Munich as both European Cup final managers reveal their interest has cooled over the past few weeks. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson admitted that his club ‘explored’ the idea of signing the player, whilst Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola believes that the signing would be ‘impossible’.
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