Barca confirm 51-million-dollar Ronaldinho offer from City
July 15, 2008
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - Barcelona has received a 32-million-euro (51-million-dollar) offer for two-time world player of the year Ronaldinho from English Premiership side Manchester City, the Spanish club’s president Joan Laporta said on Monday.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Chelsea make big-money bid for AC Milan´s Kaka
July 8, 2008
ROME (AFP) - Chelsea have put a big-money offer on the table for Brazilian playmaker Kaka, AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said Sunday, without giving further details of the proposed deal.
"An astronomical offer has come in from Chelsea for Kaka," Galliani told Italian newspaper La Stampa, adding that club have also expressed interest in the club’s World Cup winner Andrea Pirlo.
Despite failing to qualify for the Champions League, Galliani insisted the Rossoneri have been continuing to strengthen their squad and increase players’ salaries.
"This means we’ll be 50 million euros (78 million dollars) in the red," he said, adding: "All we would need to do in order to wipe out our debts is sell Kaka and Pirlo."
AC Milan have been linked with various players in the close season, including Barcelona duo Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho, and Arsenal’s unsettled star Emmanuel Adebayor.
Popularity: 1% [?]
Italy names Olympic squad
July 4, 2008
The Azzurrini (the little Azzurris) will undergo their pre-Games medical examinations on Monday before heading off to their training camp at Coverciano near Florence.
They have a warm up game against Romania scheduled for July 22 and are due to arrive in Beijing four days later.
Italy Olympic squad
Ignazio Abate (AC Milan), Robert Acquafresca (Cagliari), Salvatore Bocchetti (Genoa), Antonio Cadreva (Udinese), Luca Cigarini (Parma), Andrea Coda (Udinese), Andrea Consigli (Atalanta), Domenico Criscito (Genoa), Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Lazio), Daniele Dessena (Parma), Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Marco Motta (Udinese), Antonio Nocerino (Palermo), Andrea Ranocchia (Arezzo), Tommaso Rocchi (Lazio), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Andrea Russotto (Treviso), Salvatore Sirigiu (Citta di Castello), Emiliano Viviano (Brescia)
Popularity: 1% [?]
Ujfalusi joins Atletico Madrid
July 3, 2008
Ujfalusi’s contract with Fiorentina in Italy had come to an end, and the defender was free to look for another club.
The now thirty year old Czech began his professional career at Sigma Olomouc in his home country, but moved to Hamburger SV in 2000.
After the successful Euro 2004 tournament, the player made a move to Fiorentina where he would spend the next four seasons.
Popularity: 1% [?]
De Rossi extends stay with AS Roma
July 2, 2008
ROME (SW) - Daniele De Rossi and AS Roma have come to a new agreement, which ties the midfielder to the Italian side for another four seasons.
Club and player had been certain of completing the deal without particular troubles all along.
Financially, De Rossi could have done worse as his salary will increase to no less than 8.1 million Euros a year in the last two seasons.
De Rossi, born in 1983, became an official AS Roma player in 2002, and has server no other team since.
The player represented the Italian national team at the 2006 World Cup and this year’s European Championships.
Popularity: 1% [?]
