Madrid’s high profile Ronaldo is sure to leave Ciudad after the news of his tie up with his old favorite Manchester United has flashed in the media. Perhaps, Madrid also seems not to be interested in renewing the contract for Ronaldo, coz they have already shortlisted another player for him. Tottenham Hotspur and Welsh national team footballer Gareth Bale said to be the prime target of Real Madrid, but according to his current club, they will only sell their player if Madrid is willing to pay £60million price tag. This amount is much more than their earlier asking price or they are trying to encash the opportunity, coz Rolando contract dispute is known to everyone now. On the other side, Ronaldo himself can now push Madrid to either pay him what he wants or let him go to his favorite club at a hefty replacement cost. Madrid is surely interested in signing up the deal as soon as possible, but Spurs looks in no mood to undergo a smooth transfer. The mounting price asked looks much … [Read more...]
Manchester City prove an edge over Norwich in EPL
Against all odds, Manchester City proved its edge over Norwich in a thrilling match at Carrow Road on Saturday. Man City has lost its last EPL clash with Sunderland on Boxing Day, and everywhere, there were rumors that City is going to lose its second consecutive match for the first time this season, but against all the odds, City’s army made it sure that they will remain their position intact along with their points difference from leading Manchester City. In the first half, City has to bear a setback when its midfielder Samir Nasri has been sent off by the referee by showing a red card in the 44th minute, City was leading with 2-1 by then. Blues had to complete rest of the match with ten players. Despite, City never lost its grip over the match; perhaps they fired two smashing goals within first four minutes of the match. Both of them were scored by Edin Dzeko’s quick brace. Norwich did not lose much time to half the deficit when Anthony Pilkington’s free kick opened the account for … [Read more...]
Lionel Messi turns down a mega rich transfer deal
Surely, nobody will believe this if anyone says that Messi can ever think of leaving Camp Nou, and rightly so, as per the recent developments in soccer fraternity, he has turned down the mega rich transfer deal from a Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. Reportedly, Russian giant has offered an unprecedented figure of €250 million for the star Argentinian player. The bid is said to be for a five year contract that means Messi would have taken home a weekly salary of more than 560000 euros, which would have made him world’s highest paid player of all time. But, he did not think twice to say no to Russian aspirant who has already stolen many star players from many big clubs in the past. Like, Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o, who used to play with Messi for Barcelona FC, has been acquired by the same club in 2011 at €20 million per year prize tag, which is a highest paid amount till date. As expected, Anzhi’s officials have completely denied offering such a mega million deal offer to Barca. … [Read more...]
Lippi refuses to replace Real Madrid coach Mourinho
Soccer fraternity is one of the most exaggerated marketplaces where relationships start building with just one comment. Like, Zinedine Zidane’s recent comment or rather recommendation about Marcello Lippi as being a perfect replacement to handle Real Medrid’s Jose Mourinho’s portfolio became the source of series of speculations and aggressively highlighted in the media that Lippi will soon be shifted to Santiago Bernabéu substituting Whites current head coach. But, now, Lippi has come forward and rubbishes all the media speculations about him signing up with Madrid. He also said that he is very happy with his current assignment at Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande. Lippi has a two and a half year deal with Chinese club and until then he is in no mood to search for a better place in the world. The 64 year old has already served various clubs in the past, like Juventus, Inter Milan and Napoli. Actually, Madrid president’s biased statement towards Lippi heated up the rumors which are now … [Read more...]
Meireles ban reduces to four matches
Former Chelsea and Liverpool star and current Fenerbahce midfielder has finally got his eleven matches’ suspension reduced to just four matches. The relaxation he got is warranted by his club Fenerbahce who appealed against his prolonged ban judgment by Turkey football association. He got an extended ban after he was alleged spitting on match referee in a clash against archrival Galatasaray last week. However, he and his club both refused to accept spitting allegations as leveled against the midfielder. Turkey's football arbitration board, after hearing player’s defense, sustains his initial three matches ban along with one match extra ban for showing unethical conduct on the pitch. The said relaxation came after he successfully convinced the disciplinary board that he can never deliberately spit on referee, perhaps whatever happened was just a matter of confusion. CCTV footages also helped him in proving his side of defense; hence he got his ban reduction by Turkish Football … [Read more...]
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