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Angel Di Maria is Mourinho’s first big signing at Real Madrid

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Real Madrid managed to secure the services of Argentine international Angel Di Maria. The 22 years old winger had a €40millions release clause on his contract at Benfica but the reports from Spain claim that he was signed for only €25millions.

Of course there are some special clauses in the transfer which could increase the transfer sum to 35 millions based on player performances.

Di Maria will sign a 6 years contract for the Santiago Bernabeu side. Mourinho is known as fan of Di Maria abilities and was know since the beginning of the World Cup that the two clubs will come to an agreement.

Di Maria started his career at Rosario Central from Argentina. He arrived at Benfica in 2007 and has 82 appearances for the club.

Juventus signed Marco Storari on a free transfer

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Juventus confirmed that they signed the experienced Italian goalkeeper Marco Storari after his contract at Milan expired.

Juventus were searching for a viable solution for this post after Gianluigi Buffon injured in Italy’s first World Cup game against Paraguay. Latest reports from Turin indicate that he passed all medical tests and that he will sign a three years contract around €1.2 millions a year.

Storari made his senior debut at Ancona. He also played for Napoli, Messina, Milan, Levante, Cagliari, Fiorentina and Sampdoria.

This transfer comes only few days after Inter signed goalkeeper Luca Castellazzi also on a free transfer.

Very World Cup Fashion Face-Off

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Who says that you can’t be interested in fashion AND football? Definitely not me, and the lovely folks over at Very.co.uk have had the brilliant idea of mixing the footballing world with the fashion one, and there’s not a WAG in sight.

The fashion site is currently having a Very World Cup fashion face-off and they have put together a fashion look for each country playing in the World Cup that best reflects their personality and national style. The countries are then pitted against each other in the style stakes and will battle in out in the quarter finals, semi finals and then the top two will fight it out to take the crown of most stylish World Cup country.

England are already through to the quarter finals and you can help to decide who will join them by voting in the current fashion face-off between Brazil and Korea. Brazil have a super sexy Latin feel to their look with plenty of tropical touches and gorgeous colorful dresses, whilst Korea is represented by a strong military style with plenty of army colors, strong bold accessories and some girl touches to bring it up to date.

If you want to check out the World Cup countries styles then head over to Very.co.uk to vote for your favorite style and see if you can get them through to the next round where they’ll be joining the quarter finalist so far – England, who have a festival chic look (very Kate Moss) and World Cup hosts South Africa who have a fab look including loads of animal prints in a sophisticated safari look!

Besiktas signed Inter out-favor Quaresma

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Quaresma joined Inter at Mourinho insistence in 2008.

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Mourinho wanted to use the 4-3-2-1 system which he used also at Chelsea but Quaresma and Mancini were not up to expectations so he dropped it finally.

The Portuguese made only 24 appearances for Inter during his 2 years at The Nerazzurri  and was even loaned at Chelsea for half of the season.

Quaresma arrived at Inter for a fee of around €18millions. The reports indicate that Besiktas paid only €7millions for the Portuguese winger and that he signed a three year contract.

Before Inter Quaresma played for Sporting, Barcelona and Porto.

World Cup South Africa 2010 stadiums

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One of the most expected events of this year, South Africa World Cup 2010, will start on Friday 11 June. The tournament will be held on 10 stadiums from 9 cities.

5 of the 10 South Africa football stadiums were renovated for 2010 and the other 5 stadiums have been built.

The first five World Cup stadiums are:

  • Soccer City in Johannesburg
  • Ellis Park in Johannesburg
  • Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria
  • Royal Bafokeng in Rustenburg
  • Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein

New football stadiums were built at:

  • Nelson Mandela Bay in Port Elizabeth
  • Peter Mokaba  in Polokwane
  • Green Point  in Cape Town
  • Mbombela  in Nelspruit
  • Moses Mabhida in Durban

The Soccer City stadium from Johannesburg is the biggest one in South Africa with a capacity of 94700. Most of the events in South Africa take place here as well as the start and the final game of the World Cup.

Ellis Park also from Johannesburg hosts both rugby and football and it was the most modern stadium until recently. The stadium capacity is 62567.

Loftus Versfeld stadium from Pretoria has a capacity of 51762 and recently hosted the 2009 Currie Cup final.

Royal Bafokeng stadium from  Rustenburg has a capacity of 44530 seats and hosts football, rugby and athletics.

Free State Stadium from Bloemfontein is a stadium that also hosts both rugby and football. It has a capacity of 48000 and was built for the years Rugby World Cup in 1995.

Nelson Mandela Bay from Port Elizabeth has a capacity of 48000 and hosts rugby, football and occasionally concerts.

Peter Mokaba  stadium from Polokwane was named after Peter Mokaba, the former leader of ANC Youth League, and has a capacity of 46000.

Green Point  from  Cape Town was demolish in 2007 and reconstructed has a capacity of 69070.

Mbombela  stadium from Nelspruit was built for more purposes as football, rugby or other sports. The stadium is also equipped with conference facilities. The stadium capacity is 43589.

The last one Moses Mabhida from Durban has a capacity of 70000 and includes indoor arena, football museum and sport institute.

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