Atletico Madrid winger Alessio Cerci has flown to Milan to undergo a medical ahead of signing for AC Milan. The former Torino star, who only joined the Spanish champ in the summer, will headin the opposite direction to Fernando Torres after the Spain international’s loan move to the Vicente Calderon was confirmed earlier Monday. His […]
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Torres Joins Milan, is Loaned Out to Atleti
Atletico Madrid on Monday confirmed that former striker Fernando Torres would re-join the club on an 18-month loan deal from AC Milan, subject to a medical. Chelsea, Torres’ formerclub, announced on Saturday that the 30-year-old would make his loan move to AC Milan permanent on Jan 5, but he is to be immediately loaned to […]
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Mourinho Blasts 'Campaign' Against Chelsea
Jose Mourinho called referee Anthony Taylor’s failure to award Cesc Fabregas a penalty during Chelsea’s 1-1 draw at Southampton on Sunday a “scandal,”adding that there is a wider “campaign” being waged against his team after Fabregas became the fifth Chelsea player to become embroiled in a diving controversy in recent weeks. Fabregasappeared to be caught […]
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Report: Man United Makes World Record Bid for Bale
Manchester United submitted a blockbuster transfer bid for Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale on Tuesday, offering a world-record 117 million pounds ($181 million) for the Welshman, Spanish Radiostation Cadena COPE reported Tuesday. It is understood, however, that Real will reject the offer unless Bale tells the club he wants to leave. The former Tottenham star’s […]
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AWOL Ronaldinho Receives Queretaro Warning
Queretaro on Tuesday threatened to release Ronaldinho if the former two-time World Player of the Year doesn’t return to the club as soon as possible. The 34-year-old Brazilian, who signedfor the Mexican club in September, has yet to return to pre-season training, which began on Dec 8, prompting club sporting director Joaquin Beltran to say: […]
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Zlatan Fury at Swedish Ranking Snub
Earlier this week, Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacted angrily to finishing second on a list of top Swedish sports people of all time. The Paris Saint-Germain talisman finished runner-up to tennislegend Bjorn Borg, and when asked how he felt, the striker replied: “Thank you but to finish second is like finishing last.” When asked what he would […]
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Rodgers: Balotelli's Style Not Suited for Liverpool
Brendan Rodgers on Tuesday suggested that Mario Balotelli’s style is not best-suited to Liverpool’s game, saying that the former AC Milan striker, who has scored just twogoals in all competitions so far this season, doesn’t play the high pressing game that worked so well with Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge last season. “We’ve seen that […]
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Mourinho: No Chance of Signing Messi
Jose Mourinho says that Chelsea has “no chance” of signing Lionel Messi from Barcelona, despite reports linking the Barcelona striker with a move to StamfordBridge. “No, we have no chance of that,” the Portuguese says in an interview with British TV. “Because there is at this moment the financial fair play and with the financial […]
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De Laurentiis: 'Spectacular' Supercoppa Win
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis believes Italian soccer came out the real winner following Monday night’s Supercoppa, which last season’s Coppa Italia winner won onpenalties after a 2-2 draw with Juventus, last season’s league winner, after overtime. “Tonight Italian soccer won,” De Laurentiis told Rai Sport. “Napoli-Juventus is a fixturewhich even since Serie B has […]
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Mourinho Hails 'Amazing' Blues
Jose Mourinho described Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Stoke City on Monday night as an “amazing” performance from his team, which is currently first in the Premier League, threepoints ahead of second-place Manchester City, heading into the crucial Christmas period. Asked to comment on the performance of captain John Terry, who scored the Blues’ first goal […]