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Will Mutu leave Fiorentina this summer?

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May 1, 2009

Despite not being fully recovered after knee surgery Adrian Mutu is still one of the most wanted football players in Europe.

If we already knew about Bayern Munchen interest, another team from Bundesliga is supposed to be interested on the Romanian star.

Wolsburg are preparing a series of transfers to strengthen for the next edition of Champions League and Mutu is one of the top priorities on Magath list. There are reports that Magath already inquired Fiorentina about the amount that would be willing to give up on their star.

It seems that the two Italian International Zaccardo and Barzagli convinced Magath that Mutu would be the ideal player to succeed in Champions League, the two have played against him when they were at Palermo.

Also Bayern are still interested and could made a move for the player at the end of the season if Roberto Mancini will be appointed as manager.

Fiorentina could be tempted to give up on Mutu for a significant amount of money, considering that Mutu is 30 years old and Jovetic, who is playing on the same position as Mutu, plays better and better.

Federico Macheda, the new Manchester United star?

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April 15, 2009

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Federico Macheda was an anonymous few weeks ago, until Sir Alex Ferguson decided to give him a chance against Aston Villa.

Macheda was a key player in the reserve team of Manchester United, trained by the “Red Devils” former star Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, and Ferguson thought to give him a chance in the first team especially because he had lots of injuries in the attacking department.

Macheda took advantage of this opportunity and scored the wining goal in the injury time. This was followed by the Sunderland game when Macheda again scored the winning goal only few minutes after he came in.

It took only two games for this kid to be compared with Berbatov. Also Ferguson said that “this boy has something special ” but “he needs to keep his feet on the ground” and train the same like before.

Macheda also received a 25 times salary raise, he is now receiving somewhere around € 600.000 a year. Macheda was “stolen” by Manchester United from Lazio Roma 2 years ago for only € 48000 which represented the player training clause.

In Serie A a player can sign a professional contract only at the age of 17 years while in Premier League the minimum age is 16.

Why Ancelotti has no reasons to leave Milan

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April 14, 2009

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Chelsea is once again under pressure after Guus Hiddink has revealed that he will coach Russia at the end of the season.

The Dutch coach stated that he has a duty to the Russian players and he is going to respect it.

In this case the first name on Abramovic list is Carlo Ancelotti who would receive a salary of € 5.5 millions to lead the Stamford Bridge team. However Carlo Ancelotti apparently refused this offer and ironically Mourinho stated that he hopes that this subject will be discussed in May when he will be in holiday.

Like I said Ancelotti has no reasons to leave Milan, first of all because he won 6 trophies including Coppa Italia , Serie A, Italian Super Cup, Champions League twice and European Super Cup. Also Ancelotti would not leave a team which the same as Boca Juniors has “the most FIFA recognized international club titles in the world“.

Ancelotti is convinced that he will coach Milan also next season despite of lately poor results. Though will be difficult, Milan still have chances of winning the championship and this would definetly keep him on Milan‘s bench.

Champions League – quarter-finals results

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April 9, 2009

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Barcelona – Bayern 4-0

Liverpool – Chelsea 1-3

Man United – Porto 2-2

Villareal – Arsenal 1-1

Why Newcastle appointed Shearer as manager

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April 2, 2009

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Newcastle United have appointed Alan Shearer as club manager until the end of the season.

This desperate move may be the key to avoid relegation.

Newcastle United are currently third from the bottom with two points behind Blackburn, the first team above the line. Shearer appointment was also forced by the health problems of the former manager Joe Kinnear who suffered a hearth surgery.

Shearer, who has no past experience, was preferred by the stuff and supporters to more experienced managers. The former England star played under black and white between 1996 and 2006 in which managed to score 148 goals.

The 38 year old manager is like a god at St James’ Park and that could be decisive for the relegation battle. Every time when a new manager comes, the atmosphere between the player is changing, they try to do their best to impress the new coach. With Shearer will be even better because he is a very respected and influential man.

The next game will be a difficult one as they will have to face Chelsea in Premier League.