Mali midfielder Seydou Keita has left Barcelona after a trophy-laden spell during his four years at the club. “Seydou Keita has announced tonight he will not continue with the club next season,” Barca said on Saturday. “Barcelona thanks Seydou Keita for his contribution over the past few years and wishes him more professional and personal […]
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Luka Modric appears close to a move to Real Madrid from England’s Tottenham Hotspur according to reports in England. Sources close to Modric have told the Daily Mirror that the Croatian midfielder has agreed personal terms on a four-year deal with Jose Mourinho’s La Liga champions. The source said the newspaper: “Everything has been resolved […]
Barcelona’s new signing Jordia Alba says he is delighted to be moving back to the club he played for as a boy. After a brilliant Euro 2012 campaign with Spain, Alba was officially introduced as a Barcelona player on Thursday where he expressed his happiness at returning to the team of his youth. “I’m happy […]
Xavi Hernandez’s father says that Iker Casillas had=s problems with Jose Mourinho because of his friendship with the Barcelona midfielder. Ahead of Euro 2012, rumours had been rife over strained relationships in the Spain camp due to the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and at one stage Vicente del Bosque openly acknowledged that there […]
Spain and Barcelona playmaker Thiago Alcantara will miss the Olympics due to injury, his club have announced. Thiago was this week named in Spain’s provisional 22-man squad for the Games – later to be reduced to 18 – but the 21-year-old is still recovering from a tibia injury and will not be fit in time […]
Big win for Andre-Villas Boas and Tottenham Hotspur today as they have signed Gylfi Sigurdsson from Hoffenheim for £8m. The 22-year-old attacking midfielder impressed so much during the second half of last season on loan at Swansea where he scored seven times in 19 appearances for the Welsh side and picked up March’s Player of the Month award. Sigurdsson […]
After one brilliant season at Arsenal in eight years, Robin van Persie has told Arsenal that he will not sign a new contract with the Gunners as he disagrees with Arsene Wneger on the direction and future of the club. On his web site toiday, RVP write an open letter to Arsenal fans giving his reasons for not signing […]
Malaga are reportedly preparing an offer for Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner. The 24-year-old Denmark international, who has two years remaining on his Gunners contract, is looking to move away from the Emirates Stadium this summer after Arsenal signed forwards Lukas Podoski and Olivier Giroud this summer. Bendtner’s agent Tom Brookes is confident that the player […]
According to reports in Italy, Juventus have made an approach Robin Van Persie. The Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport claims that Juventus have made an £8m bid RVP, a bid that Arsenal rejected out of hand. The Serie A champions have said that they want to sign a marquee forward this summer, but £8m will […]