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Jovetic signs contract extension

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Steven Jovetic has finally ended the speculations regarding his future after signing a new contract with Fiorentina.

The new deal will end in 2016.

Jovetic attracted the interest of some of the top teams before getting injured. The knee injury he suffered last year  kept him away from the field for almost all season.

Fiorentina missed Jovetic a lot and now after Mutu left the club he is the main attraction. The fans and the staff are all please with Jovetic return and consider him as a new signing.

Now it is important to play regularly and the success will definitely come.

Jovetic came at Fiorentina in 2008 from Partizan the club where he made the senior debut.

The Montenegrin attacker has 17 goals in 66 games for Fiorentina. For the national team he scored 7 goalsin 17 games.

Who will win the Ballon d’Or for 2011?

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As in every year Fifa announced the last 23 players list for the Ballon d’Or trophy which will be awarded next year in January. As last year among the favorites are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Unibet Romania sees Messi as the main favorite followed closely by Ronaldo.

The last three names that will battle for the trophy will be announced in December. Messi, Xavi and Iniesta are the three player from last year.

As it was expected Spain leads the list with  seven players followed by Germany with three players. Countries like Argentina, Brazil, France,Portugal or Uruguay have two candidates. Samuel Eto’o is the only African player from the list.

You can bet online even on Fifa Coach of the Year as the list with the nominated coaches was also made public.

 

Did Juventus found the right formation?

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Until the ‘Calciopoli’ scandal Juventus were one of the fieriest forces in Serie A and Champions League but since then they never been at that level.

Even if they spent only one year in Serie B most of the players left the club. Juventus invested a lot of money in new players but for some reasons the club finished in mediocre positions every year. They failed to qualify for Champions League since and when they played in Europa League they were under expectations.

This seasons the things look more promising as they top the Serie A standings after nine games. More than that Juventus manage to beat Inter at San Siro, who are in a desperate situation now, and there is a bright future showing up.

The most important acquisitions for Juventus are Matri, Vucinic and Pirlo. They were the key players since the start of the season.

Will Torres leave Chelsea for Malaga?

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Malaga is one of the richest football teams in the world and after Chelsea and Manchester City model they have started to invest a lot of moneys in bringing the best players in.

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Toulalan, Nistelrooy,Demichelis, Cazorla are only a few names that reach at Malaga last summer.

There are rumors that Malaga have set their target on Chelsea’s stiker Fernando Torres who is having a decline of form after leaving Liverpool last winter.

Torres is the biggest transfer made between two English teams after Chelsea paid no more than €60 millions to lure him away from Anfield.

The Spanish international was supposed to bring more attacking power for Chelsea but he failed to impress. He scored only one goal last season and has only 5 goals in 27 games for the Premier League side.

The money would not a problem for Malaga but missing the European competitions could be decisive for factor for Torres who left Liverpool only for playing in Champions League and for having the chance of wining titles.

 

Will Del Piero retire at the end of the season?

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Alessandro Del Piero is one of the Italian football legends whose career is about to end.

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The 36 years old striker came at Juventus in 1993 from Padova and since then he was one of the team leaders. He played over 500 games for Juventus and scored 205 goals.

Del Piero who will be 37 years old next month, has to make a tough decision at the end of the season. His current contract is going to expire at the end of the season and Juventus board already announced that they are not going to offer him a new deal.

This decision was already contested by the fans who love to see their favorite into action. Also former Juventus director  Luciano Moggi declared that he is surprised by the Juventus decision.

Moggi things that this was bad decision from the Juventus board and that teh should have wait until spring to announce the decision in order to not demotivate the player.

On the other hand this could be a strategy by the club to force the supporters to buy more tickets to see their favorite for the last year.

Del Piero has won almost everything as a player with the club and with the national team.