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Mourinho couldn’t get Maicon but got Carvalho instead

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After arriving in Madrid Jose Mourinho primary target was Maicon as he intended to move Sergio Ramos into the center of defence.

Real Madrid could not reach an agreement with Inter over Maicon transfer price and Mourinho switched his priorities to a central defender. The Portuguese manager was looking for an experienced defender. As one of his best men in that compartment,Brazilian Pepe, got injured and the negotiations with Milan over Thiago Silva stalled Mourinho has quickly turned attention on his former player from Chelsea.

Mourinho wanted to sign Carvalho also last year at Inter but got Lucio instead what was proven to be a very good acquisition.

Carvalho will undergo a medical test tomorrow. Real Madrid will pay around €8 millions for the 32 years old defender and it is supposed that the player will sign a two years contract.

Before moving to Chelsea Carvalho played for Porto, Leca, Vitoria de Setubal and Alverca.

Romelu Lukaku the next Mourinho’s galacticos?

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Jose Mourinho recently declared that his squad need one more striker as they can not play the full season with only two strikers available and it looks like Lukaku, the Anderlecht youngster, is one of the favorites to reach at Bernabeu.

The 17 years old player who is regarded as one of the most promising talents in Europe is the target for almost all big teams in Europe. There are speculations that Chelsea and Anderlecht have already reach an agreement for the next summer.

Mourinho seems to be willing to offer €20 millions now to be sure that he will not miss the player.

Lukaku is the third youngest player that scored in a European competition. The “New Drogba” scored 19 goals for Anderlecht last season and was already called by Dick Advocaat at Belgium senior squad.

Manchester City the transfer champions?

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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.

Europa League Qualification – 5 Aug 2010

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OFK Beograd    1 – 5    Galatasaray
Teteks        1 – 2    Elfsborg
Din. Minsk    3 – 1    M. Haifa
Karabakh    3 – 2    Wisla
Ostrava        1 – 2    Dnepr M.
Zestafoni    0 – 1    Karpaty
Din. Tbilisi    1 – 1    Sturm
Anorthosis    3 – 1    Cercle Brugge
Apollon        2 – 1    Sibir Novosibirsk
Dnepr        2 – 0    Sp. Subotica
IFK Göteborg     1 – 0    Alkmaar
Brondby        1 – 0    Buducnost P.
FC Timisoara    3 – 3    MyPa
Lausanne    1 – 1    Randers
Aris        2 – 2    Jagiellonia
Levski        5 – 2    Kalmar
Luzern        1 – 3    Utrecht
Besiktas    3 – 0    Plzen
Genk        3 – 2    Inter Turku
Jablonec    1 – 3    APOEL
M. Tel Aviv    1 – 0    Olympiakos
Austria Vienna    3 – 0    Ruch
Bangor        1 – 2    Maritimo
Hajduk Split    3 – 0    Dinamo Bucharest
Stuttgart    2 – 2    Molde
Cliftonville    1 – 2    CSKA Sofia
Hibernian    2 – 3    Maribor
Juventus    1 – 0    Shamrock
Liverpool    2 – 0    Rabotnicki
Motherwell    3 – 0    Aalesunds

Big blow for Fiorentina as Jovetic will be out for around 7 months

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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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