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...]
Vilanova to Undergo Cancer Surgery
Barcelona FC could be a ruling champion of contemporary soccer world, but there is always another side of shining stars which is quite personal and isolated. Barca’s head coach Tito Vilanova, who has been surfing from parotid gland cancer, is yet again to undergo a surgery on his parotid gland to treat his throat cancer via chemotherapy for a period of six weeks approx. Last year too; 44 year old has had the same surgery on his parotid gland, but his illness relapsed later and he required undergoing the same treatment again. Since, his treatment may go over few weeks; everyone was expecting his temporary replacement which is refused by Barca’s president. In a press conference held just recently, Barcelona’s coach and president put a dot on all these speculations to hire a replacement. Sports director Zubizarreta said, “Tito is the coach, and continues to be so.” He further added, “Jordi Roura will take charge against Valladolid. Tito I am sure will be watching us on television and … [Read more...]