Robinho the latest acquisition for Milan
Posted on | September 1, 2010 | No Comments
AC Milan have managed to secure the services of another world-class forward, Robinho from Manchester City, after Ibrahimovic capture.
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Robinho’s transfer sum at Manchester City has beaten all the records for Premier League. The transfer sum was around £32.5 millions and if we consider also the players wages the sum reaches a very high amount.
The Brazilian superstar failed to confirm at City and was loaned at Santos for the second part of the last season.
The 26 years old forward signed a four year contract with Milan and the transfer sum was around £15 millions but the sum may rise depending on performances.
Milan gave up on Huntelaar who was sold to Shalke and Boriello who was loaned at Roma to make space for the Brazilian.
Milan will have a trio of Brazilians up front, with Ronaldinho, Robinho and Pato, and if we consider also Ibrahimovic then we can talk about one of the best attacking force in Europe.
The Rossoneri are trying to stop Inter dominance in Serie A and to become that feared Champions League team from few years ago.
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Werder Bremen signed Mikael Silvestre
Posted on | August 30, 2010 | No Comments
Werder Bremen have announced the signing of veteran defender Mikael Silvestre on a free transfer.
Silvestre started his career at Rennes. After two successfully seasons At Rennes he was transfered by International Milano. The 33 years old defender failed to make an impact at Giuseppe Meazza so he moved to Manchester United at the end of that season.
He spent his best years at United, since 1999 to 2008, playing in 249 games. With Mancester United Silvestre has won almost every club trophy.
He moved to Arsenal at the end of 2008 season being one of the fewest football players who moved from Manchester United directly to Arsenal. It was known from the beginning that he will be a backup solution at Arsenal so he made only 26 appearances in this 2 years.
The player signed a two year contract with Werder that will end in 2012.
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Europa League qualification last game
Posted on | August 27, 2010 | No Comments
Aktobe 2 - 1 Alkmaar
Din. Minsk 2 - 3 Club Brugge
Dnepr M. 1 - 2 Villarreal
Karabakh 0 - 1 Dortmund
Lok. Moscow 1 - 1 Lausanne (after pen.)
Maritimo 1 - 2 BATE
HJK Helsinki 0 - 4 Besiktas
APOEL 1 - 0 Getafe (after ET)
Austria Vienna 1 - 1 Aris
Brondby 0 - 3 Sporting
Metalist Kharkiv 2 - 2 Omonia
Grasshoppers 1 - 0 Steaua Bucharest (after pen.)
Levski 2 - 1 AIK
Litex Lovech 1 - 2 Debrecen
PSV 5 - 0 Sibir Novosibirsk
Trabzonspor 1 - 2 Liverpool
Unirea U. 1 - 1 Hajduk Split
AEK 1 - 1 Dundee Utd
Gent 2 - 0 Feyenoord
M. Tel Aviv 4 - 3 PSG
Stuttgart 2 - 2 Slovan Bratislava
Tavriya 1 - 3 Leverkusen
Lech 0 - 0 Dnepr
Utrecht 4 - 0 Celtic
TNS 2 - 2 CSKA Sofia
Aston Villa 2 - 3 Rapid Vienna
Elfsborg 0 - 2 Napoli
Fenerbahce 1-0 PAOK (after ET)
Juventus 1 - 0 Sturm
Karpaty 1 - 1 Galatasaray
Lille 2 - 0 Vaslui
Manchester City 2 - 0 FC Timisoara
Maribor 3 - 2 Palermo
Motherwell 0 - 1 Odense
Din. Zagreb 2 - 1 Györ
FC Porto 4 - 2 Genk
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Uefa Champions League playoffs second game 2010-2011
Posted on | August 25, 2010 | No Comments
Ajax 2 - 1 Din. Kiev
Auxerre 2 - 0 Zenit
FC Copenhagen 1 - 0 Rosenborg
Tottenham 4 - 0 Young Boys
Zilina 1 - 0 Sparta Prague
Anderlecht 2 - 3 Partizan
H. Tel Aviv 1 - 1 Salzburg
Sampdoria 3 - 2 Bremen
Sevilla 3 - 4 Braga
S. Tiraspol 0 - 3 Basel
Milan close to sign Ibrahimovic
Posted on | August 24, 2010 | No Comments
Despite being recognized as one of the stingy teams, which prefers to buy old players, easy to sign and with a lot of experience Milan are closer then ever to make the move of the summer on the transfer market.
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It looks like Milan can not accept that also this ‘Scudetto’ to go to their rivals, Internationale Milano, and they are prepared to take Ibrahimovic from Barcelona.
The Rossoneri are aware that this move would not be an easy task for them but they seem determined to strengthen their attack with a super striker. Unfortunately for Ibrahimovic, Guardiola seem to have lost his faith in the Swedish striker and a returning to Serie A would be good for the player.
Ibrahimovic could have chose to play in Premier League for Premier League but the player would prefer Italy to England. Ibrahimovic had his best years in Serie A and playing with Milan in Champions League would also be an advantage.But in there he could face another problem the fans.
Ibrahimovic was and is still loved by the Inter fans and a move to their biggest rivals would be considered as the biggest betrayal.
Milan would like to loan the player for one year with the option to buy definitely next summer.
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Should Fifa introduce video replay?
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | No Comments
The video replay one of the most discussed topic in football in the recent years.
Everyone expects from the referees to be perfect, or at least to reduce the mistakes during the games but it looks that this is a very hard task to do. So everyone tries to find solutions, and Fifa is pressed from all sides to come with an alternative.
In the first phase Fifa tried the system with 6 referees, tested it in Europa League, but even this solution doesn’t seem to be better. There were also speculations that the ball should contain a chip to signal when the ball passes the line of the goal but the solutions is not well seen by the specialists.
So at the moment it looks like the only viable solution is the video replay.Regarding the video replay the opinions are divided with a plus for it. Fifa is pressed to take a decision especially after the World Cup mistakes, when some of them proved to be crucial.
So after rugby, basketball, tennis or american football we might have video replays also in football. This decision would bring advantages but not only.
At advantages we can mention fewer mistakes that can decide games and fewer scandals. On the other side the spirit and the charm of the game would suffer. Imagine for example a game show with a similar setup - a Who Wants To Be Millionaire Online Game for example would take so long and become boring. Also the game could have more than 10 minutes of additional time which could determine the players to lose their patience awaiting for the verdict, the fluidity of the game could also suffer.
The final decision will be taken in November but there are chances for a positive answer.
Manchester City the transfer champions?
Posted on | August 10, 2010 | No Comments
Fabregas to Barcelona, Maicon to Real or Robinho to Milan are the transfers that could compete with those made by Manchester City this summer.
Check out the list of transfers below and then the odds on betting sites to see if any of this will make a difference to their chances of winning…!
Jerome Boateng was signed for €12.5 millions, Yaya Toure for €30millions, Kolarov for €20millions and David Silva for €28.75millions, a total of €91.25millions which appears to be insignificant for City owner who has a fortune of approximately €15billions.
The previous season transfer record of €157millions was overtaken only by Real Madrid who spent the fabulous sum of €257millions on transfers.
It looks like this season Mancini wants to break all records. Not less than 10 players are still on Mancini’s list. Frank Ribery is one of them and the transfer sum could be around €60millions. Also Liverpool stars Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are among the players wanted by Mancini and could cost him €50millions each.
Barcelona’s prolific striker Ibrahimovic is also wanted, with City offering €46millions. Also Balotelli is closer to sign for City for the sum of €30millions.
Another two players wanted at City of Manchester stadium are David Luiz and James Milner who could come for €29.5millions respectively €26 millions.
Luis Fabiano for €26millions and Marek Hamsik for €24millions are the last two players on the list.
If we count the sum spent until now €91.25millions with €372millions in case all this transfers would take place then we could assist at the largest amount spent one season in the history of football transfers.
Big blow for Fiorentina as Jovetic will be out for around 7 months
Posted on | August 4, 2010 | No Comments
Fiorentina’s wonderkid Stevan Jovetic will be out for around 7 months with a knee ligament damage.
The Montenegro footballer will undergo surgery in the next couple of days. Jovetic injured in a training session after a clash with Mario Bolatti.
Fiorentina had their higher hopes on Jovetic this year. The club refused to sell the player and also Jojo resisted the temptation of Barcelona, Arsenal or Manchester, clubs who were very interested in signing him.
Now Fiorentina and Mihajlovic will have to do it without two of its star players, Jovetic who is injured and Mutu who is suspended.
The Viola fans are asking themselves if the club is somehow cursed with all this bad luck on them.
Anyway some of the most optimistic supporters hope that Ljajic and Babacar will take advantage of the situation.
Fiorentina hope that this year will reenter into the Champions League curse after a disappointing last season when they finished 11th.
What’s your prediction for Fiorentina this year? Check out the latest free betting odds at Freebets.com and place your bets today.
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Schalke signed legendary Raul from Real Madrid
Posted on | July 28, 2010 | No Comments
Raul was officially presented at Schalke today after passing the medical tests. The former Real Madrid captain will wear the same number seven as in Madrid.
Real Madrid all-time scorer signed a two years contract with the German side. Raul declared himself very excited about this new challenge. Also Felix Magath, the Schalke manager, declared himself very pleased with the arrival and praised the management for this move.
Magath believes that Raul is still a top class forward and is confident that he will help the team to win more trophies.
Football betting fans, but not only, consider him one of the greatest strikers ever. Football players with his qualities are few this days and that’s why he is so loved at Bernabeu. Even other players from rival clubs respect him and saw him as a model.
Francesco Totti declared that Real Madrid have not lost only their captain but their soul. And indeed Raul was the heart of the team , the player that not many teams have, the true leader.
Despite having this qualities Raul is a humble person. Raul has won a lot of trophies, has beaten a lot of records but probably his greatest disappointment is that he did not won the Ballon D’or.
Raul and Guti were the first big victims after Mourinho’s arrival at Bernabeu although he declared that he would have wanted Raul to stay.
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Road to World Cup
Posted on | May 10, 2010 | No Comments
This summer will be held one of the most expected and anticipated sport competition, World Cup. Many supporters from all over the World are expected to this competition and because of that Uefa together with South Africa, the organizing country, tried to solve all the problems in advance and tried to be prepared for any situation during the competition.
Also Vish Naido declared that the World Cup will be played safely and that the security is very good.
Adidas has launched the official ball for the World Cup finals at Herzogenaurach,Germany. The tourney will begin in July 11.
As usually the World Cup betting experts see Brazil as the hot favorites, although Dunga whose contract expires in the summer is no longer supported by the officials. Dunga has at his disposal players of the highest caliber even for substitutes affording to let out some of the best AC Milan players, Ronaldinho and Pato .
Michel Platini and Carlo Ancelotti both think that England will win the tournament. Cappelo managed to transform that team with low morale that missed the European Championship in 2008 in one of the tournament favorites and Torres sees a final between Spain and England.
Platini said that if you look over England squad you can not see any weakness and the only possible problem could be a physical one.
Germany lost two important players, Adler and Rolfes, who are both injured. Also Portugal has its chance considering that they have great players at clubs like Chelsea, Real Madrid, Juventus, Manchester United, Inter, and last but not at least one of the best players in the World.
Italy comes hard from behind, and besides Totti who will still be outside,they seem to be motivated to retain the title.
Argentina has big dreams, with a squad of around €325 millions, with players like Javier Zanetti, Esteban Cambiasso and Diego Milito wich seem to not be in Maradona’s plans.
Platini also claims that Domenech is an obstacle for France to win the World Cup and the results confirm that.
Netherlands is also on cards with in form players like Robben, Sneijder, Robin van Persie or Rafael van der Vaart who can lead the team to success.
The other teams will try to keep pace with the big favorites but surprises can occur considering the latest developments in football.
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