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Anzhi takes all

on August 22, 2011 None comments

Russia is a big country famous for vodka, KGB and other things. But now, they are coming strong from behind in the football domain trough a team that started to buy all the stars from the top teams in Europe.

For the moment, Anzhi’s next target is Dani Alves, the Brazilian defender from Barcelona, for who is willing to pay between 35 and 40 million euros. Russians try to attract Guardiola’s player with a salary of 15 million per year, 5 less than actually they are giving Eto’o.

Suleiman Kerimov, the sponsor of Anzhi, ranks in the top 118 richest people in the world. At Anzhi also plays Roberto Carlos, Yuriy Zhirkov and they recently signed with Inter’s striker, Samuel Eto’o which is the the highest paid player in the world with a salary of 20 million euros per year!

The only inconvenient in Dani Alves case is that he has a contract with Barca until 2015 and has a termination clause of 150 million euros, which decreases with 25 million euros from season to season.

If they will pay so Alves could play for them, they could be an important opponent for a lot of teams. Though, Barcelona is an important team and Alves is a key player in their game so a move it’s almost impossible.

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Valencia sell Juan Mata

on August 22, 2011 None comments

With just a few days before Primera Division is starting, Valencia got a deal and won the big pot after Chelsea agreed their terms regarding the transfer of Juan Mata.

After a quiet beginning of summer on the transfer market, Chelsea made the right moves in just a week. They got a player wanted also by Liverpool and Arsenal, a skilled man that could make the difference between a loss and a win.

Chelsea and Valencia have reached an agreement “in principle” for Juan Mata to come to London club. None of the clubs didn’t want to talk about the amount of money but both confirmed that the player will do his medical exams.

Chelsea’s officials said: “We’ve got a deal with Valencia regarding the transfer of midfielder Juan Mata. Transfer now depends on the medical visit and the player to negotiate the contract with the club.”

Chelsea was not the only team that wanted to Mata. One by one, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham have expressed an interest in Spanish but Villas-Boas made the right moves and got him for the Blues.

The next game for Chelsea is against Norwich City, a game that might have Mata on the field if everything will be ok with the paperwork.

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Eto’o sign with Anji Makhachkal

on August 21, 2011 None comments

It’s official now! Cameroon federation announced yesterday that Samuel Eto’o has signed with Anji Makhachkal. Former Inter striker signed a three-year contract with Russia to Anji.

“Eto’o has signed! There is no doubt” said an official of the Federation of Cameroon, who wished to keep his name anonymous. The National radio in Cameroon came with some more infos, adding also a three-year contract signed by Eto’o, who would receive an annual salary of about 20 million.

On the other hand, the Italian mass media writes that Inter officials told the Russians that they won’t accept an amount less than 29 million euros for the transfer of Eto’o, while those from Anji Makhachkala gave only 24 million.

Samuel Eto’o is the best scorer of Inter Milan with 41 goals in season 2010-2011. He is a complete player, with his lessons learned after passing trough some majors clubs in Europe. His peak point was when he played for Barcelona, being well sustained by his teammate, Ronaldinho. Now, he is doing an important move for his career. Is it the right one or not? Too late! We just have to see how he’ll fit in in the Russian team.

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Neymar amazes again

on August 9, 2011 None comments

It seems that all came to an end in the case of one of the most wanted player this summer, the brasilian Neymar.

Neymar is sure that he’ll have offers from clubs from major countries in Europe even after half a year, when he says that will take into account the separation of Santos.

Until then, the Brazilian wonder kid does not think in migrating to either Barca or Real. He just wants to play as well for its present team and wants to impress on the national team matches.

“Barcelona and Real Madrid are not my big issues right now for, I’m not interested. I have already said everything I had to say on this subject, everyone knows what I will do from now” said Neymar.

In a interview on FIFA’s website, the Brazilian has shocked Real fans, a player log expected to play for Real late in the winter. “Barcelona is the best team in the world, and has the best player in the world” was Neymar’s words.

So after all the fights neither Barca or Real got the black pearl. Only time will tell what will be the club that will take advantage of player’s high skills.

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Surprise across the Europe

on August 8, 2011 None comments

As the championships around the Europe are giving their first game of the new season, the surprises didn’t wait much to be seen. The first two leagues that started, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 brought the biggest ones.

The main difficulty came for the hard betting ones, which lost a lot of money on, let’s say, 100% sure bets. Once again, the expression used by me a lot, “the ball is round”, came to show that.

Bayern, the big favorite for the title in Germany, was defeated on their home field on Allianz Arena by Gladbach, a team that recently played the game that assured it’s place in the first league in Germany.

Moving to their neighbors in France, PSG, the club that invested lots of money in transfers this summer, lost 0-1 in front of Lorient. Marseille has not done any better, having drawn 2-2 with Sochaux on the Velodrome.

These things show us once again that a victory is not obtained until the last whistle of the referee. A game starts from 0 – 0 and the difference is made by on spot imagination combined with skills from all the players from a team. This is why, football is named the king sport!

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