Cristiano Ronaldo is the hottest thing in town despite his legendary status and a highest price tag where not every club can afford to offer him a deal. The striker, who is known for his misunderstandings at The Vikings, has long been linking with many clubs including his former Manchester United. According to his close sources, he is now being advised to complete his current contract staying at Real Madrid, coz then, he can get more tax free signing amount and a handsome salary rather making a shift at this stage. Actually, last week, he has reportedly been offered an astonishing £85m from Russian club Monaco which is probably the highest till date, but inspite of its size, striker is not much convinced to make a shift with rather an unknown club although Monaco is one of the biggest Russian clubs with multi millions signings in recent months. According to some soccer experts, if Ronaldo makes a shift at this point of time, he would have to share his signing amount with Real and … [Read more...]
Phil Neville says goodbye to soccer
Former England’s national team defender, 36-year-old, Phil Neville has announced his retirement from soccer. Neville has been one of the legendary English defenders who could manage to stretch his playing career for more than eighteen glorious years. During his career, he played for several teams including some high profile clubs as well, like Manchester United and Everton. He also served England under21 team as coach for Championship campaign back in Israel. He started his career playing for EPL club Manchester United back in 1995 and initiated his soccer profession with a victory over arch rival Manchester City. Later, he participated in six EPL titles, three FA cups along with Community Shield and Champions League in 1999. His last club was Everton which he joined back in 2005 at a signing fee of £3.5m; he also captained The Toffeemen during David Moyes regime and ended his eight glorious years playing for them this season. He also revealed that he had planned much earlier to retire … [Read more...]
Guillermo Varela is on the radar of United
Uruguay under-20 starlet Guillermo Varela is not on his feet these days after knowing the interest of EPL Champions in him. Perhaps, he is among the youngest players to be signed by the United this summer. Actually, every club is keeping its eyes on the emerging young talents and trying to secure them only for themselves; we have seen this already that how Barcelona, Manchester City, Real Madrid, and AC Milan have done this, and now ManU is also trying to fill its portfolio with promising youngsters. The deal is quite surprising looking at Varela’s experience playing in the senior team; perhaps he has only played one match for senior team and now becomes a United’s man. Complete details are not available at the moment, but according to some insiders, player is expected to receive £1million initially with an escalation clause that could surge this figure to £2.5m. Looking at the high rising demands of top players these days, these kinds of ‘petty’ investments are more a strategic step … [Read more...]
Rio Ferdinand extends his stay at Old Trafford
The 34-year-old legendry midfielder has been given another one-year term to his glorified career with Manchester United. He has ever been a respectable in United camp and after he retired from international soccer last week, everyone was expecting his retirement from club soccer as well, but on the contrary, new United manager David Moyes, who promised earlier to offer him an extension, finally sanctioned his new contract that will allow him to play for United until summer 2014. Despite his growing age, Ferdinand has been a consistent player for United; perhaps he marked his presence in 34 matches for United this season– more than any other defender. On signing a new extension despite his age, jubilant Ferdinand said, “I am delighted. It has been an incredible journey and I am glad it will continue. Who wouldn't want to play in this fantastic team in front of 76,000 fans each week? I can now fully concentrate on my club career, which has worked well for me over the past few years. This … [Read more...]
Sir Alex Ferguson stands by Roberto Mancini
Manchester United and Manchester City are the two biggest rivals of contemporary soccer and their managers are also known for their aggressive remarks about each other whenever they get an opportunity to. Recently, United’s manager decided to retire from his managerial duties after serving for more than three decades while his rival manager is also gone with the winds but not in a way he would like to be, perhaps he was apparently fired by the club for not defending their EPL crown. Sir Alex Ferguson has now criticized City for their aggressive note over Italian who is as hardworking as anyone else in the business is, however, he lashed out on senior officials and held them responsible for Mancini’s sudden sacking and said that he has been among few managers who have setup a fine tuning with fans and supporters of City; hence he deserved rather a respectable departure. Ferguson added that “It was quite amazing. He has won the FA Cup, been in the final, second in the league and won the … [Read more...]
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