Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Italian Giants, Juevntus, to buy Xavi


Italian club Juventus wants to buy Spanish midfielder Xavi Hernandez from Spanish/Catalonian Club FC Barcelona. Xavi, who has been with Barcelona for all his life, has not been in talks with Barca about renewing his contract which ends in 2010. No word yet wether or not Juve will actually post a bid for the Winter and Summertransfer window. Xavi has had a total of 430 appereances with both Barcelona and the Spain National Team and has had 38 goals.


Friday, October 24, 2008

The Real dream is over, for now

It was announced today in the morning, that Spanish club Real Madrid, has given up on the fact that they will buy Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo from English club Manchester United. Madrid president Ramon Calderon has insisted that the pursuit is over, "not for January, but forever." Ronaldo's transfer to Madrid, after scoring an amazing 42 goals for Manchester last season, was headline news in all of Europe. "We could only talk about it when Manchester decide they want to sell him" said Calderon. "Madrid is not doing anything do disturb a 'friend club' like Manchester." All there is now is to know if Manchester really wants to sell Ronaldo.

This story and stats was found on soccernet.com

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fans Forgive the Lucky Number Seven


September 17, 2008, late in the second half of Manchester's first game of the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League. In the 62nd minute, Sir Alex Ferguson decides to bring in the player who was the center of the summer transfer window, Cristiano Ronaldo. As he and Ji-Sung Park, number 13, exchange a a hand shake and a good luck, Ronaldo steps on to the field to hear the cheers and chants of the crowd, "Ronaldo, Ronaldo, RONALDO!!!" they would chant. In the English newspaper, The Sun, the star from Portugal said, "In the game when I came back against Villarreal I wasn’t nervous but just a bit excited to see how the fans would react to me"
He went on to say, "This shows people have not forgotten all the good things we’ve done together and I’m very happy with that." Even though the fans still love him, they have to let go of the number seven. Ronaldo has stated that he is going to give Manchester one more season and then it's off to Madrid. For more on this article please visit the link above

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Terry misses again; Rio captain once again?


All information is from http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=580306&sec=worldcup2010&cc=5901
John Terry misses practice yet again. England's captain is no doubtful for Saturdays qualifier against Kazakhstan. Which means that Manchester United defender, Rio Ferdinand, might lead his country yet again. John Terry has been complaining about a back injury since the last match against Romanian team CFR Cluj. The defender was put under some light practices through out the week but was forced to be sidelined. If called upon, Rio is looking at his second win as England's captain
For More Info visit the link above

Kaka and Ronaldinho-Messi for Ballon D'Or


Brazilian duo Kaka and Ronaldinho have backed up Argentine striker Leo Messi over the Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine is expected to be in an entanglement with the Portuguese who has been said to be one of the greatest player in the world with 42 goals scored last season in the English Premier League. Kaka said in a magazine called La Gazzeta Sports that "Messi deserves the Ballon D'Or". "He is an authentic world-class player. Cristiano also deserves to win, but I can only see Messi as my successor"
For more information on this please visit the link above.
I'll be back ASAP for more news on th EPL, La Liga, German Bundesliga, Mexican First Division, the Italian Serie A and the French Ligue
 

Template Design By:
SkinCorner