If we find out who has been the hottest news maker this summer after Neymar, Ronaldo would definitely be the runner up coz he has several versions of his future playing destinations. Earlier, he loudly tweeted that he has not signed any contract extension with Real along with revealing his soft side for former EPL club Manchester United. Now, one of the finest strikers in contemporary soccer is saying that he doesn’t want to go back to England at this stage of his career as he sees his future with Spanish club. Notably, Ronaldo made a record transfer from United to Real Madrid back in 2009 at a £80 million fee; he has since scored 201 goals in 199 played matches for los Blancos. Actually, his differences with Real came into the limelight when La Liga club did not offer him an extension besides severe media pressure, and some even said that Real wants to get rid of its ‘White Elephant’ which scratched the striker even more. He later made several conflicting statements revealing … [Read more...]
Liverpool signs its first Indian origin player
English clubs are known for their global hunt for best football talent and in doing so they don’t even mind looking beyond traditional soccer rich nations. Asia is one such region where soccer is not as popular as other games are, but futuristic eyes don’t mind hiring players of best caliber from here. Chelsea often organizes competitions to find new talents in their early age of life and one such player they found back in 2010 is 14-year old Yan Dhanda who is an Indian origin player and is the discovery of ‘Search for an Asian star’ event held in UK, in fact, he was the winner in Under-11 age group. Later, he got a chance to get trained with the Blues and finally become a product to look for. He was since on the radar of many clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea itself, but young player only opted to make a shift to Anfield refusing others which means he becomes the first ever Indian player to go to the Reds. Apart from Liverpool, some other English clubs have also signed Asian … [Read more...]
Manchester City extends its fans base by a sponsorship deal with a Thai soft drink maker
Manchester City and Manchester United are two known arch rivals in the EPL, but they actually have more rivalry than we think of, i.e., they are now competing each other in a race of the widest regional reach. Accordingly, EPL runner up has now signed a two years sponsorship deal with a Thai based soft drink maker Sermsuk Public Company Limited which sells EST brand. Though, the amount and detail terms of the memorandum are still unknown but with this deal City will have an official soft drink partner in South East Asia. Everyone knows how United is spreading its arms by signing several partner deals in this region, and the reason for growing worldwide interest in Asian fans is obvious as this continental has one of the biggest populations and these clubs can flood their global fans base to three fold if they continue their association with local companies. EST is a fast growing brand in Thailand with as much as thousands of retails outlets located in every part of the region and … [Read more...]
Manchester City targets Real’s Pepe
EPL runner-up Manchester City’s new manager is trying to do some kind of experiment these days by hiring players in their expiring days. This is perhaps against the raining strategy in soccer these days where clubs all around the world are hiring young players at rather a cheaper price. Though, an experience thirty plus player also costs much lesser but still it is a gamble to bet on someone after his glorious days are gone. Spanish club Real Madrid is one of the few top rated clubs who generally do not sell their peak players, but present case is slightly different, coz according to rumors in the media, EPL club is interested in Real’s thirty-year old center defender Pepe. This is a surprising bid by Pellegrini especially looking at upcoming Champions league yet it’s not entirely unbelievable coz City has already done this with other buying this summer. Like, they have already signed 28-year old Fernandinho along with Alvaro Negredo who is also a 27-year old player. The unexpected … [Read more...]
Barcelona looking for more summer buying
Money rains in soccer and here a cash-rich club can always afford to spend hundreds of million dollars for strengthening its team and Barcelona is perhaps one of the few biggest rich soccer clubs who can lure anyone with their extra zeroed paychecks. Everyone remembers how it defeated its arch rival Real Madrid in a race to buy sensational Brazilian striker Neymar though they had to pay around sixty millions euro for him. For any other club, a paramount buying like this would have blocked any further buying, but this doesn’t hold true with Spanish giant. Reportedly, Barcelona think-tank is now planning to reinforce their defense a bit by hiring one or more midfielders. Actually, Barca has had a best striking force in last few seasons especially dominated by Messi in the last one; in fact, Barca is among the few teams who have fired a record number of goals. By winning four titles in last five years they are having a dream spell still they have conceded 40 goals in last 38 played … [Read more...]
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