Football Transfer Deals, Rumours And Titbits (8/6/2015)

Aleix Vidal joins FC Barcelona

Done Deals:

Sevilla have sold wide-man Aleix Vidal to Barcelona for £7.5m, the deal is believed to be for five years with add-ons based on Vidal’s performance.

Liverpool FC have announced the capture of 22 year old Out of Contract striker Danny Ings, Burnley will however get compensation for developing the player. The fee will be determined by an independent committee made up of representatives of the players union, the leagues and headed by a chairman with Legal background.

1860 Munich have Sold 19 year old Julian Weigl to Borussia Dortmund for an undisclosed fee.

Derby have signed English striker Darren Bent on a free after Bent and Enda Stevens were released by Aston Villa.

Danny Ings to Liverpool A done deal

Rumours, Speculations and Transfer Gist:

Coach Vincenzo Montella And Fiorentina have parted ways barely months after he joined them.

Ilkay Gundogan of Borussia Dortmund might just be FC Barcelona’s next signing after Aleix Vidal if reports coming out of spain are true.

Hugo Lloris would not turn down a move to Man Utd if the Red Devils approach him.

Barnet’s Under-18 50 goal hero Matt Stevens, has been linked with a move to Premier League side Swansea.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Could be on his way to England with his destination put as the Emirates Stadium in London.

Arsenal’s Lukas Podolski is heading back to the Emirates Stadium after an un-succesful loan spell Inter Milan.

Ezequiel Lavezzi and Carlos Tevez have both been linked with moves to Liverpool.

Rafa Benitez is believed to be keen to bring Alvaro Morata Back to Madrid.

Boca Juniors are hopeful that Carlos Tevez would be open to a move back home.

Fabio Borini has been linked with a move to Italy, with teams like Inter and Lazio believed to be interested.

Andrea Pirlo might be on his way down under to link up with Alessandro Del Piero.

Ron Vlaar whose contract expires at the end of this month as been offered a new deal by Villa.

Javier Hernandez believes he stands a better chance at Man Utd now that the team will be involved in the Champions League.

Danny Ings to Liverpool A done deal

Titbits:

Two Seasons without any silverware has not hampered the strength of Manchester United has the club is now rated as the Most Valuable Football Club Brand in the world.

Sol Campbell is positioning himself to succeed Boris Johnson in 2016, the former Arsenal man wants to be the conservatives candidate in next year’s election.

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Done Deals:

Everton have confirmed that Tom Cleverley will join the club on a five-year deal as soon as the transfer window open next month.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic PSG
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Rumours And Speculations:

Gareth Bale has ruled out a move from Real Madrid this summer.

AC Milan’s new investors will give the club the necessary funds to get Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Raheem Sterling is set to be caught up in a bidding war as Manchester City are rumoured to have tabled £30m offer for him.

Franck Tabanou to Swansea seems to be a done deal although the St Étienne man has not yet signed the dotted lines.

Charlie Austin of QPR is believed to be on the radar of Aston Villa.

Manchester United’s Robin Van Persie is believed to be on his way to Lazio according to reports coming out of Italy.

Emmanuel Adebayor has denied reports linking him with a move away from Tottenham.

Sevilla coach Unai Emery has extended his contract with the club till 2017 putting ends to talk of him leaving the club this transfer season.

Chelsea Petr Cech is set to leave the club for another English club this summer, Arsenal and Manchester United are the two clubs believed to be interested in the Goalkeeper.

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has now been linked with a move to Old Trafford as the French striker might not be in the plans of new coach Rafa Benitez.

Arsenal are rumoured to have a made a bid for Gonzalo Higuain.

Titbits:

the #FIFAGate scandal will definitely take the backstage today as The 2015 edition of the FIFA Women’s World cup kicks off today with hosts Canada facing China, 24 teams have been drawn into 6 groups of four each and the top two countries in each group will automatically qualify for the next round alongside four best third placed finishers.

The English Premier is set to end its 15 year partnership with title sponsors Barclays the £5.136b domestic broadcast deal has given the league body the impetus to severe its link with Barclays when the deal expires next season.

Elche CF have been informed by LFP judge, Manuel Rivero that the club is to be demoted to the second division based on the inability of the club to meet its financial commitments. The Club have however vowed to fight back.

uefa champions league trophy

Champions League:

The winners of the Champions League will receive €10.5 million Euros while the runners-up will get €6.5m

The 70,000 capacity Berlin’s Olympic Stadium will hosting The Champions League final for the first time.

The Game Kicks off at 19:45 CAT.

The last time Jventus met Barcelona in the knockout stage was in 2003, Juventus won 3-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals.

Juventus defender Patrice Evra has vowed to shake Barcelona forward Luis Suarez when both players meets tonight at

FIFA Under20 World Cup:

Group C FT: Colombia 1-3 Portugal, Senegal 2-1 Qatar | Portugal qualifies as group winners, Colombia sneak through to the last 16 on goal difference

Group D FT: Serbia 2-0 Mexico, Mali 1-1 Uruguay | Serbia qualifies as group winners, Mali and Uruguay both qualify into the last 16,drawing of lots to decide 2nd place team

CAF Confederations Cup – Qualification fixtures

14:00 Orlando Pirates (Rsa) – Kaloum Star (Gui)

16:00 Hearts of Oak (Gha) – Esperance Tunis (Tun)

16:00 Warri Wolves (Nig) – Leopard (Con)

And Finally Manchester United winger Angel Di Maria’s lob against Leicester City voted as Premier League’s goal of the season.

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Done Deals:

Manchester City’s James Milner as joined Liverpool on a free transfer but the deal will not go through until July 1st.

Palermo’s Argentinian forward Paulo Dybala has completed a move to Juventus in a deal worth about €32m, the deal is for a five year period.

Sunderland Manager Dick Advocaat has broken his promise to his wife by agreeing to continue as manager of the team for at-least another season. The management of the club have insisted that he’s the man for the job.

Angel Di Maria, photo credit Mufc

Rumours And Speculations:

Morgan Schneiderlin and Dani Alves seem to be next in line to join Memphis Depay at Manchester United.

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has claimed that the catalan team has offered Dani Alves a new deal.

Bayern Munich’s Dante has denied reports that he would be leaving the club this summer, the Bayern defender reaffirmed his commitment to the German champions.

FC Ashdod’s Nigerian Defender Juwon Oshaniwa claims Hearts and Celtics are interested in his signature.

Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma is rumoured to be on his way to Sampdoria.

Marco Verratti of Italy and PSG Has been linked with a move to Real Madrid. But the player’s agent and even Real Madrid have denied interest in the player.

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Raheem Sterling would fancy a move to Man United this transfer window.

Mario Balotelli has been linked with a return to AC Milan.

Angel di Maria Looks set to stay at Old Trafford.

Diego Costa might truly be on his way out of Chelsea has Rumours of Chelsea’s impending move for Radamel Falcao and Douglas Costa continue to gather momentum.

Galatsaray keeper Fernando Muslera is the latest Goalkeeper to be linked to Manchester United.

Zinedine Zidane has stated that he would like to have fellow frenchman Paul Pogba Join Real Madrid.

Diego Costa, Chelsea. photo credit actuasport.fr

Titbits:

#FIFAGate

FIFA has said that the money paid to the FAI was a loan for “stadium development” which was eventually written off and Not A bribe to the FAI over the Thierry Henry handball saga.

Spainish National team players are finalising plans to honour Coach Vicente del Bosque when he takes charge of the 100th game as Spain Coach on June the 14th in the game versus Belarus in Borisov.

Champions League:

Giorgio Chiellini will miss Juventus Final game versus Barcelona.

Lionel Messi believes that no one can stop Him and his Barca team-mates this time.

FIFA U20 WORLD CUP RESULTS

Group E
Nigeria 4-0 Korea DPR
Hungary 1-2 Brazil

Group F
Honduras 0-3 Fiji
Germany 3-0 Uzbekistan

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Done Deals:

Inter Milan have successfully extended Mauro Icardi’s contract till the summer of 2019. Icardi had been linked with a move away from the club all through the previous season.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic PSG
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Rumours And Speculations:

Manchester United are believed to be ready to make an offer for Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling.

Andrea Pirlo is rumoured to have accepted an offer to join MLS side New York City FC.

Man Utd’s Tom Cleverley has been linked with a permanent move to Everton.

James Milner to Liverpool is gathering pace as it seems the deal is in its final stages.

St Étienne are rumoured to have slapped a €10m for Ivorian Max Gradel.

Sampdoria’s Sinisa Mihajlovic looks set to take over as coach of AC Milan have it was reported that the coach met the with top management of Milan yesterday.

Radamel Falcao looks set for another loan deal but this time with Champions Chelsea.

Real Sociedad have insisted that their coach David will stay put after the Scotsman has been linked with a return to the English Premiership.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s future at PSG might be in doubt according reports from France.

Dimitar Berbatov is keen to return to the English league days after being released by french side Monaco.

All my not be well with Martin Skrtel and his new contract offer with Liverpool, as Reports in the Slovakian media claim the defender is not happy with his new contract offer.

Raheem Sterling
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Titbits:

#FIFAGATE:

FIFA

Jack Warner has vowed to reveal so many dark secrets about FIFA and FIFA deals. This comes after American Football Chief and former FIFA executive board member Chuck Glazer entered a plea Bargain with the US authorities thereby playing the role of a “whistle blower” in the ongoing investigation into FIFA

Juventus Defender Giorgio Chiellini suffered an injury scare yesterday in training, its been reported that the Italian defender was suffering some muscular discomfort.

The Deloitte report on the 2013/2014 show that the English Premier League is the most lucrative in Europe with profits hitting about £3.26 BILLION.

Sunderland And England embattled Adam Johnson has denied three charges of sexual activity with a teenager.

Liverpool striker Divock Origi has said that the club should finish at the top of the BPL log based on the quality of the players and manager that Liverpool has got.

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Done Deal:

Panathinaikos have officially signed Michael Essien on a free transfer after his contract with Milan expired.

Dedryck Boyata has joined Celtic from Manchester City on a four-year contract.

Rumours and Speculations:

Bayern Munich and Chelsea have been linked with Atletico Madrid’s 25 goals man Antoine Griezmann who release clause fee is believed to be about €65m.

Napoli have made an offer for Sevilla’s Unai Emery according to a top official of the Spanish club. The Italian Side need to replace Rafa Benitez who has joined Real Madrid.

Sevilla Are believed to be close to the signing of Chelsea Player Gael Kakuta.

Manchester United target Ilkay Gündogan might just be on his way to Barcelona and this was hinted by the player himself.

Ligue 1 club Monaco have released 34 year old Dimitar Berbatov after a season and a half with the club.

Robin Van Persie has said he is not too sure of his future at Manchester united after a season blighted by Injuries and with only one year left on his contract.

Nacho Monreal is believed to be interested in a contract extension at Arsenal Instead of a rumoured moved away from the London Club.

Inter Milan Are believed to be Interested in Arsenal’s Monaco target Kondogbia.

Real Madrid are reported to be ready to activate the buy-back clause in In Porto’s Brazilian player Casemiro in a deal that might see Real Madrid pay up to 7.5 million euros.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers will still be in-charge at Anfield after a meeting with the owners Fenway Sports Group.

Liverpool have been linked with Real Madrid winger Denis Cheryshev.

Ilkay Gündogan
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Titbits:

FIFA President Sepp Blatter might be the subject of an FBI investigation into a corruption case, if reports coming out of the USA are anything to believe. The FIFA Chief only just announced his intention to step down from his post a FIFA Boss yesterday.

Jordan’s Prince Ali bin al-Hussein has hinted that he will stand for FIFA presidency again.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter at the Footbal for Hope Festival
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France’s David Ginola has also hinted that he will stand for FIFA presidency.

South African Football Association President Danny Jordaan has said that the country did not pay any bribes to secure the 2010 World Cup hosting rights.

Mesut Özil, Jürgen Klinsmann and Thomas Hitzlsperger have named as the 2015 German Football Ambassadors By the German Foreign Ministry in conjunction with Deutsche Welle and the Goethe Institute.