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Milan signed Emanuelson from Ajax

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January 23, 2011

AC Milan confirmed the signing of Urby Emanuelson from Ajax Amsterdam.

Ajax decided to cash on the player, as the 24 years old winger was in the last six months of the contract. Emanuelson started his career at Ajax and played only for the Dutch club.

He made 151 appearances and scored 16 goals for Ajax. The versatile midfielder made also 11 appearances for Netherlands.

Emanuelson probably impressed Milan staff in this two games played against them in Champions League. The Dutch has also the advantage that he can play on almost every position on the left side.
Emanuelson started as a left back at Ajax but in time he moved to a more attacking position.

With this transfer Milan are trying to fill the void left by Ronaldinho’s departure. Emanuelson will probably face competition from Robinho or Antonini for a starting role in Milan squad.

Galatasaray close to sign Adriano

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January 18, 2011

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After spending so much with the new arena Galatasaray is close to make another blow on the transfer market.

And that’s probably because Besiktas brought Guti and Quaresma last summer and now they managed to bring Almeida and Simao.

Galatasaray is trying to keep pace. They “stole” Kazim from the other rivals Fenerbahce, they brought Culio from CFR Cluj and now they want to make the big move by bringing Adriano from AS Roma.

Everyone thought that Adriano will make the difference in Serie A with AS Roma just like he did few years ago with Inter Milano but the Brazilian even failed to compete with the other strikers.

Adriano wants to prove that he is still a world class striker and would probably agree a move to Galatasaray. Gheorghe Hagi, the Galatasaray coach, is convinced that a striker like Adriano would make the difference and would also be a marketing blow.

Adriano Leite Ribeiro, who played during his career at Flamengo, Inter Milan, Fiorentina, Parma, Sao Paolo and AS Roma, would receive an annual salary of €2.5 millions at Galatasaray if the parts will reach an agreement.

Fiorentina signed Neto from Atletico Paranaense

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January 17, 2011

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Fiorentina announced on their official site that they signed the Brazilian goalkeeper Norberto Murara Neto from Atletico Paranaense.

The transfer sum was not given but there are rumors that it was around €3 millions and the player will receive around €800000 a year. The 21 years old goalkeeper who signed a five years deal was brought as a prospect for the future.

Fiorentina already has two great goalkeepers in Frey and Boruc. The move increase the speculations that Frey will be sold at the end of the season.

The French goalkeeper was a target for Manchester United also last summer. The English side is looking to replace Van der Saar who will probably retire at the end of the season.

With this move Fiorentina would probably get a considerably sum of money and more than that the club would lower the wages.It is well known that Frey, Mutu and Gilardino are the only 3 players with big salaries. Mutu will probably leave the club in this transfer period.

Neto started his career at Cruzeiro but made his profesional debut at Atletico Paranaense were he played in 54 games.

Miroslav Klose is close to Real Madrid

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January 13, 2011

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Real Madrid is searching for a true no. 9 after they found out that Higuain recovery period will take about 4 months.

Jose Mourinho has only Benzema as natural striker and a move now is more then necessary. Mourinho declared that the kids from second team are not ready yet for Champions League games or Primera Division.

The reports from Spain suggest that Llorente is already taken but he will only join the Bernabeu team next summer. In this case it is believed that Mourinho is looking for a experienced striker who would not cost so much and Klose would be a good choice.

The 32 years old striker would welcome the move as he is not playing too often at Bayern. Also his contract with the German giants is going to expire this summer and Bayern may agree with the move earlier.

Klose has 58 goals in 105 games for Germany and 120 goals in Bundesliga were he played for Kaiserslautern, Werder and Bayern.

Lionel Messi wins “golden ball” for the second time in a row

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January 12, 2011

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Messi, Xavi and Iniesta were the last 3 players who remained in the race for the “Golden Ball” trophy.

lionel messi wins golden ball second time in a row

The awarding ceremony was few days ago and the result surprised most of the football fans. Despite being labeled with the last chance of the three players, Messi managed to win.

The Argentinean star had a fairly large percentage of 22.65%, followed by Iniesta with 17.36% and Xavi with 16.48%.

The decision surprised everyone, even Messi who declared that everybody was talking about Iniesta and Xavi and he was thinking that the trophy will go to one of them. He also declared that he would have been happy for any of his colleagues if they would have won the trophy.

Also Iniesta and Xavi were very friendly in their statements, they declared that they are very happy that the trophy will remain at Barcelona and they hope to be on the Fifa list also next year.

With this trophy Barcelona reached the number 10 of players who won the award in “Blaugrana” shirt.