Liverpool seems to be hyper active during this summer transfer window that is why they have until hired five new players including three from Southampton. Although, all of them are being taken to the Anfield at rather a reasonable price tag still it is uncommon these days to see someone is so hungry for fresh talent. In a recent development, 25-year-old Croatia international Dejan Lovren has signed a four-year contract with the Brendan Rodgers’ side at reported 20 million pounds figure. The deal could only crack down after QPR striker Loic Remy failed to pass the medical. If we look at the last premier league season, Liverpool had been the only team among the top four to concede fifty goals and keeping that loophole in mind, Rodgers top priority this season had been strengthening their defensive line. As far Lovren is concerned, he played all three matches for his national side in Brazil recently and his show lured the Northern Irish football coach to sign him as soon as possible. … [Read more...]

Ronaldinho, the former ace Brazilian footballer, has terminated his contract with Atletico Mineiro all of a sudden. The decision to cancel the agreement was apparently mutual but Brazilian pro did not reveal the actual reason for his quick leaving Estádio Independência side. The 34-year-old midfielder is proudly named among the finest midfielders of all time with his glorious record playing for both his clubs and national side including his two FIFA World Player of the Year titles he won back to back in 2004 and 2005. He played the last game with Argentina's Lanus and won comfortably as well, and according to some teammates, he had said goodbye them during the game itself. This is usually uncommon to see player of his caliber is becoming a free agent that is why his agent and brother have hinted his next contract for another side would be materialized very soon. Rumors are in the air that he demanded a hike in the salary which club refused to offer considering his age and form in … [Read more...]

The nineteen year old English defender Luke Shaw could have found a home at Old Trafford, but he is still an overspent asset according to his once aspiring side Chelsea. The reason for last moment backing up on the bid for the Southampton youngster was explained by the former Everton manager Jose Mourinho who said the amount demanded by him was way too much for his caliber, in fact, he further added and kept on saying it would have killed his side had they brought him at a £100,000 a week salary. Actually, transfer windows are like an open market where every team tries hard to lure its aspiring players and when anyone fails, it somehow finds a way to label missed players as the not required ones and second term serving Chelsea manager could be doing just that. Now, he finds a £27m sum for an under twenty player way to high but did not told the reason why they were once so interested in bringing him to Stamford Bridge. Notably, Manchester United signed promising center back Shaw at the … [Read more...]

After getting lots of space in the sports headlines all over the world, Luis Suarez is ready to rule the court proceedings as well. Yes, according to the news coming from Uruguay, Football federation, who had appealed the Court of Arbitration for Sport to hear Suarez case on fast track, could listen the final verdict on third biting episode by the player of the year any time before the beginning of next Spanish season. It is a well-known fact that Suarez has recently shifted from Liverpool to Barcelona with a hefty 75 million price tag despite having been abandoned by the FIFA for four months for biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini in a world cup match last month. Later, Spanish giant forced Uruguay's football federation to fasten the process of his appeal so they could use him in the next domestic season. Initially, after FIFA disciplinary committee refused to set aside their earlier decision, it looked like a final verdict but after CAS agreed to listen the case during the second … [Read more...]

Arsene Wenger has ever been one of the few managers out there who have gained a reputation of being finest soccer minds capable of exploring the brightest talent right in their early ages. This versatile quality of a manager is the core for every successful mentor of the game and Arsenal manager is not an exception. But how does he do that, or what qualities he looks for in any new player that clicks his mind, he talked about these insides of contemporary soccer in New York where he went to attend Emirates Business Breakfast. He talked about two core components he always looks before finalizing anyone for his team and they are: passion and drive. Yes, if he finds someone to have great passion for the sport and can go higher in his career, he wastes no time in recruiting him for the Holloway side. Actually, success in the last premier league season lined him up along with other great mentors hence this season is even more aspiring for the 64-year-old French. He talked about the kind … [Read more...]