Yahoo sports is reporting that three weeks ago that Real Madrid made a formal bid of €80m for Bayern Munich’s want-away star Franck Ribery. Madrid President Florentino Perez has made no secret of his desire to add Ribery to his stable of stars and I expect Madrid to come back with a higher bid. Franz […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo spoke of his joy at getting off the mark for Real Madrid but again insisted the most important thing is for the team to continue improving in the build up to the new season. Playing in his third match since his world-record £80m move from Manchester United, Ronaldo netted his first goal for […]
Barcelona and club president Joan Laporta welcomed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to the Camp Nou yesterday evening during the striker’s official presentation. It is speculated that the operation has cost the treble champions €66 million in total, and Laporta’s first order of business was to promptly defend the deal, especially after bombarding Real Madrid with endless criticism […]
It is a deal that is a big as Ronaldo and Kaka both going to Real Madrid. Champions League holders Barcelona sent Samual Eto’o over €43 million plus the services of Aliaksandr Hleb to Inter Milan for forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic. With Eto valued at 20million euros, plus the news that Inter will have the chance […]
Cristiano Ronaldo made a disappointingly low-key home debut for Real Madrid against Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad in their Peace Cup match at the Bernabeu on Sunday. Around 80,000 had packed the stadium for the Portuguese winger’s glitzy presentation this month but the massive arena in the Spanish capital was only about a third full […]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be the happiest man alive once he has completed his move to Barcelona from Internazionale, the Swedish striker said. Ibrahimovic arrived in the Catalan capital and was due to undergo a medical on Monday before signing his new contract with the European champions. Inter have agreed to swap Ibrahimovic for Barca’s Cameroon […]
Real Zaragoza have continued to strengthen their squad ahead of their return to La Liga after reaching an agreement to sign Ikechukwu Uche from Getafe. Uche joins Jermaine Pennant and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo as Zaragoza’s third signing of the summer. A club statement read: “Real Zaragoza, Getafe and Uche have arrived at a principle […]
Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle with Internazionale’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the striker to sign for the European champions. “There are agreements in principle with the player and with Inter and the documents are being drawn up,” Barcelona’s sporting directo Begiristain told Barca TV. He added that only a few details remained to be […]
Meanwhile, Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano has all but given up hope of being able to make his dream move to AC Milan this summer. The Rossoneri have so far failed to stump up the necessary fee to secure the services of the 28-year-old Brazil international, whose agent, Jose Fuentes, is fearing the worst. He commented: […]