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Newcastle signed Santon from Inter

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Newcastle United have announced that they completed the signing of Italian fullback Davide Santon from Inter Milan.

The transfer sum has not been made public but is believed that it is around €5 millions. Santon is still considered as one of the most talented young defenders in Europe but he failed to earn a starting place at Inter.

His best performances were under Jose Mourinho, the former Inter coach who promoted him to the first team. The 20 years old defender suffered an injury that kept him away from the pitch for a quite long time. After returning back to action he failed to reproduce the performances before the injury.

He spent a lot of time on the bench and then he was loaned to Cesena for a half of the season but even there his performances were not of the best.

Santon can play on both sides but he will probably play on the left side as Jose Enrique left the club for Liverpool.

Will Forlan join Inter?

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Diego Forlan surprised everyone when he announced that he terminate the contract with Altletico Madrid.

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Forlan arrived at Atletico in 2007 from Villareal for a sum of around €23 millions. He was a key member of the squad and he played a major role in Europa League and European Super Cup success last year.

The 32 years old striker was one of the best players from South Africa World Cup but his form suffered a bit at the end of last year and he lost his starting place at his club.

Internationale were interested in signing him and apparently they reach an agreement with the player. The Uruguayan international was supposed to replace Samuel Eto’o in Inter attack and Atletico were prepared to let him go.

Forlan started his career at Independiente. He moved to Manchester United in 2001 where he spent 3 seasons. He failed to establish as a key player at United and he was allowed to join Villarreal but he was regretted later.

Europa League play-off results second leg 2011-2012

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Din. Bucuresti 2 – 3 Vorskla Poltava
Spartak Moscow 2 – 3 Legia
Rennes 4 – 0 Crvena Zvezda
PSV 5 – 0 Ried
AEK Larnaca 2 – 1 Rosenborg
Alania 2 – 0 Besiktas
Dinamo Kiev 1 – 0 Litex Lovech
Gaz Metan Medias 1 – 0 Austria Vienna
Trnava 1 – 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
Dinamo Tbilisi 1 – 1 AEK aet 1-0
CSKA Sofia 1 – 1 Steaua Bucuresti
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4 – 0 Ekranas
Young Boys 2 – 2 Braga
Rapid Bucuresti 1 – 1 Slask Wroclaw
Sparta Prague 1 – 0 Vaslui
Helsingborg 1 – 3 St. Liege
Panathinaikos 2 – 1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Schalke 6 – 1 HJK
Anderlecht 2 – 2 Bursaspor
Club Brugge 2 – 0 Zestafoni
Dnipro 1 – 0 Fulham
Guimaraes 0 – 4 Atl. Madrid
Partizan 1 – 2 Shamrock
Rangers 1 – 1 Maribor
Sion 3 – 1 Celtic
Trabzonspor – Ath Bilbao
AS Roma 1 – 1 Slovan Bratislava
AZ Alkmaar 6 – 0 Aalesund
Birmingham 3 – 0 Nacional
Rabotnicki 1 – 3 Lazio
Sochaux 0 – 4 Metalist Kharkov
Stoke City 4 – 1 Thun
Karpaty 1 – 1 PAOK
Paris SG 2 – 0 Differdange
Tottenham 0 – 0 Hearts
Salzburg 1 – 0 Omonia
Sevilla 1 – 1 Hannover

Chelsea signed Mata from Valencia

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Chelsea have announced that they completed the signing of the Spanish attacking midfielder Juan Mata from Valencia.

The 23 years old midfielder has signed a five years contract with the Stamford Bridge team. The Spanish international has cost Chelsea £27 millions.

New Chelsea coach Andre Villas Boas declared that he want to add more attacking power to the team and Mata will fit there perfectly. Mata has the advantage that he can play on different formations as he can play in centre midfield, behind the strikers or on the wings.

Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal were also interested in signing the player but the Spaniard declared that wants to win trophies and the opportunity to play alongside his compatriot Fernando Torres were decisive in his decision.

Mata played one season for Real Madrid second team before moving to Valencia in 2007. He scored 33 goals in 129 appearances for Valencia and 4 goals in 11 appearances for the national team.

Champions League play-off results second leg – 2011-2012

APOEL        3 – 1    Wisla
Genk        3 – 1     Maccabi Haifa a.p
Malmo FF    2 – 0    D. Zagreb
Villarreal    3 – 0    Odense
Zurich        0 – 1    Bayern Munich
Rubin Kazan    1 – 1    Lyon
Benfica        3 – 1    Twente
Plzen        2 – 1    FC Copenhagen
Sturm Graz    0 – 2    BATE
Udinese        1 – 2    Arsenal