Football transfer news

Diego Maradonas staying as Argentina coach is in questions after he met the federation president Julio Grondona. According to AFA & its president it is not been finalized yet about Maradona continuing as coach.

According to AFA reports Maradona had given his interests of taking care of the team, after the meeting the president had informed Maradona that this matter will be discussed with the members of the executive committee and will be decided. There are also reports that the assistant to Maradona was criticized very much after the loss at the World Cup quarter final, but the coach wants his entire staff to be with him.

If Maradona steps away, Sergio Batista the coach from the Under-20 team will take over Argentina in the upcoming match against Ireland on August 11. The team is yet to be announced, Cherquis Bialo said there are no possibilities of Maradona stepping away from coach as there are no other options, but there is back up only during emergencies.

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Sami Khedira, the german international, has only one year left on his contract with Stuttgart, and then he can leave as a free agent. So it is obvious that Stuttgart will sell him, but they are saying that transfer will happen, if only Real pays the right price.

“We would like to extend Sami Khedira’s contract, but it is up to him. We will hold talks in the coming days. If we do sell Khedira, the income will be invested in new players, but not on a like-for-like replacement. We don’t need that – we have three players in our squad who can play in his position. Certainly there will be some more players arriving though,” said Fredi Bobic, former Borussia Dortmund player who is now the new sporting director of VFB Stuttgart.

Rumuors from Germany are saying that it’s just a matter of days, until Khedira will become part of Jose’s Mourinho squad.

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After a meeting with Roy Hodgson and Javier Mascherano on Monday, Liverpool announced that Javier Mascherano can leave, if club (Inter) offers the right amount of money to Liverpool.

“Last year, he was asked to stay on for one more year, he agreed, so now it is time for him to go. It was all very pleasant and it is now a question of the two clubs who are interested in him making an acceptable offer to Liverpool,” said Roy Hodgson after the meeting.

It looks like that its just a matter of time before Mascherano signs for Inter, and with this, Liverpool will lose first and maybe not last of their main players.

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Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed, that Ferdinand is indeed in doubt for start of the season. He is still recovering from his knee injury. Rio is not only player who will miss the begining of the new season. Here is also Michael Owen, who will be out for at least 40 days, while on the other side, captain Gary Neville is expected to start with light training on friday and he will be ready for season opener against Newcastle United.

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Didier Drogba faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the new season after undergoing groin surgery. The Ivory Coast striker, 32, netted 29 goals last season, despite being troubled by the problem. Drogba is set to be sidelined for three weeks, making him a major doubt for the Community Shield against Manchester United on August 8 and the Premier League opener at home to West Brom.

“We will do all we can to help Didier recover soon enough, so he could be ready for season openers, but we cannot be 100% sure, that he will be fit”, said Chelsea’s doctor.

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Transfers expert of Sky Sports 24, Luca Marchetti, took time to speak briefly about the situation of Maicon: “Real Madrid is approaching an agreement with Inter, now the only thing missing is one with the player, but they are working on it. We know that Real was always focused on Maicon, with Mourinho pushing for his arrival, but meanwhile, the Blancos really tried to take a central defender instead. First was Vidic, but he renewed with Manchester United, then Chiellini, who renewed with Juventus, and finally Thiago Silva, who does not want to move. David Luiz remains, but he is not a big enough name for the ‘Casa Blanca’. Because of that, there was a new sharp tack…Maicon.”

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While english press was writing that Van Der Vaart could sign for Liverpool or Chelsea, the dutch already answered and told us that rumours aren’t true.

“I think that with Mourinho we can bring titles back to Bernabeu” said former Ajax and HSV player.

Van der Vaart has spent the last two years in the Spanish capital, after completing the move form Hamburger SV.

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Royston Drenthe said it’s not yet official, and that the clubs still didn’t negotiate, but that he only want’s Liverpool with words:

“Soon, I’ll be new player of FC Liverpool. I can’t wait to start in new club.”

On other side, Juventus FC offered their Tiago to new Liverpool’s coach, if Mascherano leaves for Inter Milan. They also offered exchange between their Poulsen and Agger. Manchester United is watching what will happen with Fernando Torres, while they are nogotiating with Diego Forlan. The price is problem for Torres, as they are asking 50m pounds, and none of clubs who are interested are ready to offer that much, Chelsea and Man UTD are most interested clubs. Forlan will cost Liverpool €20m if they choose to sign him.

Other news:
- Carvalho ready to demand transfer from Chelsea today.
- Roberto Mancini, coach of Man City, said on our previos romours: “Ramires and David Luiz are great players, but Chelsea outbidded us. We can’t sign everyone, but still, we have 20 days to bring some new players. We have money for transfers, but can’t offer so big wages.”

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Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen has been very confident in recent time, he has said that this Arsenal’s Premier League title would come to their name after six long years. Even though the team has not performed well Vermaelen expects they will reach the top spot in the next season.

In an interview, Vermaelen added ‘The team’s spirit is very good. There are many young players who are very aggressive and want to improve’. The Belgian defender who debut at the Emirates in the last season really feels that the Arsenal are all set to get the title in the upcoming season.

There is a lot of criticism about the Managers control over the team for a long period of 5 yrs which has affected the teams performance, but the Arsenal defender is not worried about all this critics. Arsenal have started well by playing 2 games and scored 7 goals against Sturm Graz and Barnet in the pre-season preparations for the next Premier League season.

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While City is close to signing Balotelli, it is expected that Super Mario will sign this week, Mancini is already trying to get Fernando Torres from Liverpool. Torres is not in good relationship with the owners, so his transfer to City is not so unlikely.

Rumours are saying that Liverpool wants £60million for Torres, and this is not to much for City owners. With Torres as a central forward and with Tevez and Balotelli on the side, City’s attack would be one of the best in the world.

“Torres is one of the best strikers in Europe and is already playing in the Premier League for three years and knows it very well. But it depends on his situation – his price and whether he wants to come,” said Mancini.

City are still tracking Milner but if they manage to sign both Torres and Balotelli, Milner will probably stay in Aston Villa.

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