Perez refuses Eto’o

ShareThe last Mercato hours were very active espacialy for AC Milan who, in 2 days signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robino for the modest price of 40 million Euros. While these players were heading Milanello, Morinho was looking for an additional striker, a high caliber player, Benzema and Ronaldo injured, adding Kaka, Real Madrid squad is [...]

Robinho close to sign in AC Milan!

ShareAfter signing Ibrahimovic , AC Milan, very active in the last Mercato days, will announce the imminent transfer of the Manchester City’s Brazilian striker, Robinho, he will be Tuesday in Milan to finalize the contract. The rumors this Mercato sent Robinho from City to Barcelona, Inter Milan… But it seems that it’s Milan who will [...]

Trezeguet signs for Hercules Alicante!

ShareDavid Trezeguet, the French player of Juventus FC, 33 years old, signed the August 30, 2010 a contract of 2 years with the modest Spanish team newly promoted, Hercules Alicante. Trezeguet played for Juventus for ten years, he detains the record of the highest non Italian scorer and won 2 championships with the old lady, [...]

Liga results

ShareThe first season’s day ended with no real surprises, the title holder FC Barcelona announces the colors with an outside victory against Racing Santander, the goals are the oeuvre of Messi, Iniesta and the new comer David Villa. Barcelona’s rival Real Madrid begins this season with a disappointing blank draw with Mallorca, Morinho is regretting [...]

Atletico Madrid winner of the European Super Cup

ShareNo 5th title for Inter Milan, beaten by Atletico Madrid Friday night in Monaco for the European Super Cup. Atletico Madrid won their second cup this season, after winning the first edition of the Europa League, against the European Champions Inter Milan 2-0, they scored in the second half by Reyes then Aguero. The Italian [...]

Mascherano moving to FC Barcelona!

ShareIt’s now official Javier Mascherano will move from Liverpool to Barcelona, an agreement was found between the two teams and Mascherano is expected in Cataluña this weekend to sign his new contract. FC Barcelona website announces “FC Barcelona and Liverpool FC have reached agreement in principle for the transfer of Javier Mascherano, who will join [...]

European Champions League Draw

ShareTonight was the draw for the European Champions league, the groups are: Group A: Inter Milan – Werder Bremen – Tottenham Spurs – FC Twente Group B: Olympique Lyonnais – SL Benfica – FC Schalke 04 – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Group C: Manchester United FC – Valencia CF – Rangers FC – Bursaspor Group D: [...]

Ibrahimovic, half way to AC Milan!

ShareThe Juan Guamper trophy between AC Milan and FC Barcelona winner of the confrontation was not only a friendly pre-seasonal game, the arrival of AC Milan to Barcelona was also for the biggest Mercato transfer this summer. The rag is burning between Ibrahimovic and Pep Guardiola, the Swedish player is accusing his coach of not [...]

Morinho: We are ready, Barcelona is a finished product!

ShareMorinho press conference before Panarol game (2-0 for Real Madrid) No new signatures: The club made a financial effort to buy 6 of high quality players, we will be lucky to not have injuries, we have now 3 injured players in the defensive sector, the midfield is well rich but in the offensive line we [...]

Hatem Ben Arfa in Liverpool?!

ShareLiverpool is interested in signing the French international player Hatem Ben Arfa whose carrier is in stop after the announcement of leaving Olympic of Marseille this summer. New Castel then Werder Bremen where in contact with the player for an eventual transfer but Marseille financial exigencies ended up the negotiation procedure. Daily Star announces the [...]

Mesut Ozil signs for Real Madrid!

ShareMesut Ozil the German revelation in the last World Cup joined his compatriot Sami Khedira to Real Madrid. The 22 years old player’s contract is achieving in 2011 with Werder Bremen and he did not extending it, the German team found an arrangement with Real Madrid after refusing two offers of 9 million the 14 [...]

Balotelli signs for City!

ShareThe Balotelli’s soap is over, he finally joined the Premier League and Manchester City this weekend for the price of 45 million Euros and a duration of 5 years. Inter Milan and the English club came to a financial arrangement that suited both parties for the Italian prodigy. Balotelli salary was a problem for the [...]

Carvalho reinforces Real Madrid!

Share As we already announced it in Maxinews, the rumor of the transfer of the axial back of Chelsea in Real Madrid did concretize! The Portuguese player signed in the Royal club for two years, the amount is about 8 million Euros. It’s the club tactician Morinho who insisted on recruiting his ex-player in Porto [...]

Poulsen about to sign for Liverpool

ShareIf no surprises of last minutes, Poulsen will sign a contract with Liverpool, the negotiations with the player and Juventus are going well, the contract deal is about 6 million Euros. Roy Hodgson the new manager of Liverpool trained Christian Poulsen 10 years ago in FC Copenhagen. Poulsen will probably replace the defensive midfielder Mascherano [...]

Bolt falls after 2 years of invincibility!

ShareThis August 6 2010, saw the fall of the world champion and olympic gold medal, Usain Bolt in 100 meters race by the American Tyson Gay. Stockholm meeting in 2008, Bolt was defeated by Asafa Powel, followed by 2 years of supremacies with 14 victories in the raw, in the same tournament he faced lost [...]

Trading Benzema for Cole!?

Share Real Madrid wants to recruit Chelsea left back, Ashley Cole, but the London’s club direction was categorical about the non transfer of their international player. Real Madrid included in the offer the French player, Karim Benzema, a high class striker, the kind of players Chelsea wanted to recruit since the beginning of the Mercato. [...]

UEFA Champions League draw

Share The 2011 champions’ league draw in Nyon, held to some good confrontations, with country neighbor clubs, this stage is the final before the group stage, the ten winners will be added to the 22 automatically qualified teams to this stage. The matches will be player on 17-18 August and the returns on 23-24 August, [...]

Muller in Bayern Munich until 2015!

ShareIt’s official, Thomas Muller is not going anywhere outside Munich, the young striker signed a contract with his formative club Bayern Munich, the duration of the deal is for 5 years and a salary of at least 3 million Euros per year. The Co-striker of the last world cup made an exceptional 2010 season, winning [...]

Ozil to replace Kaka!?

Share Ozil revealed in the world cup with his national team, Germany, is coveted by many clubs and especially Real Madrid, according to AS, the Spanish capital club wanted to recruit the player for the next season but Kaka injury (between 2-4 months) might urge the deal with Werder Bremen to gain the midfielder services. [...]

Juventus tempting Emanuel Adebayor

ShareJuventus of Turin is looking for a serial striker since the beginning of the summer Mercato, we heard numerous names announced in the transalpine club, one of them Edin Dzeko but the Bosnian and his club (Wolfsburg) refused the Italian offer. Juventus are thinking for Togo’s international player, Emanuel Adebayor, one of pillars of the [...]

Balotelli getting away from City!

ShareMario Balotelli case is not yet over, the Italian prodigy announced in Manchester City since the beginning of the Mercato, seems to get far from the England club due to the financial exigencies of Inter Milan player. Balotelli is demanding 180,000£ (217,300 Euros) per week, a huge salary for the 19 years old. The skyblues [...]

Liverpool’s case!

ShareFernando Torres is surely staying in Anfield, the fans were very glad that the “Kid” is back to training with his team denying the offers of the different clubs who were interested in recruiting the world champion. Liverpool fans are rejoicing about keeping their star in this big economical crisis, the club is one of [...]

Inter and Barça on top of world’s ranking!

Share Every month the IFFHS publishes the world ranking of the clubs; this rating is based on the results of the intercontinental, championship and cup competitions for the last 12 months. This month’s result did not change for the Inter Milan and Barcelona who are sharing the top of the list, followed by Bayern Munich [...]

Ramirez in Chelsea for 22 million!

Share Ramirez, 23 years old, Benfica player, revealed in the last World Cup with his national team, Brazil. He is in his way out of the Portuguese club, the direction is Stamford Bridge, the east London team, Chelsea will sign the player in the next few hours, and the transfer is estimated to 22 million [...]

Lass again in Premier League!?

ShareLass Diarra made an average season with Real Madrid, only 19 times titular, with the arrivals of Xabi Alonso and Kaka in 2009, he finds himself out of the coach projects. The French player promised the fans that 2010 will be his season and that he will regain the vista that attracted the favors of [...]

Ayew in Stuttgart?!

ShareThe good world cup of André Ayew is attracting numerous clubs, especially from Italy and Germany. The Ghanaian was the star of his national team along with Gyan, he is currently a player of the South French team, Olympic of Marseille. Days ago he was in a good way to re-sign with his team but [...]

Sami Khedira signs for Real Madrid

ShareThe news was not a surprise since all the medias talked about the contact between Sami Khedira and Real Madrid, the Stuttgart player 23 years old, one of the world cup revelations, is the 4th player to sign in the Spanish capital club after Di Maria, Pedro Leon and Canales. The transaction details were not [...]

Cataluña bans Corrida!

ShareThe Corrida announced officially on July, 28 by the Catalan deputies, banned in the richest Spanish region. A big deception for the Aficionados, even if they are less that they were in the past. The Corrida is not very popular in Barcelona and Cataluña like it’s in Seville or Madrid, last year the number of [...]

After AC Milan and Newcastle..

ShareHatem Ben Arfa for sure in the departure from the South French team, Olympic of Marseille, bought last year from the rival, Olympic of Lyon with 12 million Euros, he did not adapt with his new team even if he is promising player. AC Milan and NewCastel are interested in the player; the Italian club [...]

The new Premier League rule!

ShareLast September, the Premier League office took a decision that put some clubs in a bad position in this summer mercato. The office members validated a new rule, the objective is clear, promoting and serving the national team. The rule announces that every Premier League team must have only 25 players in their effective, including [...]

F1 Polemics about Ferrari!

ShareSunday on Germany was held the 11th Formula 1 race of the season, won controversially by Fernando Alonso the Spanish racer. At the 48th tour, Massa then leader ahead Alonso and Vittel, decelerates and gives the first place to his Ferrari co-mate Alonso. A polemic started after the race, it seems that Alonso a little [...]

Ben Arfa in AC Milan?

ShareRonaldinho situation in AC Milan is not clear, the adventure with the Italian team is ending even if the club president, Berlusconi announced that the Brazilian star is not leaving. The offers from England and USA are serious and the separation with the player is concretizing. The replacement for the playmaker is the French star [...]

Manchester City Madness!

ShareManchester city is burning this summer Mercato, 100 million Euros seems to not be enough expenses for the rich owner of the club, Mario Balotelli and James Milner are in the eyes of the Bluesky direction and each of them will cost probably in the 30 million Euros. The spending madness of the Citizens is [...]

Raul officialy in Schalke 04!

ShareRaul star of Real Madrid, the historical striker of the royal club, a living legend who is leaving the Merengue club after 15 years of loyal services. 33 years and a bunch of titles and records, Raul Gonzales in the departure after the arrival of the new coach, Jose Morinho, sets place in Germany and [...]

Mercato news!

ShareManchester City spent already the modest price of 100 million Euros in this summer Mercato, the concerned players are Yaya Toure (32 M Euros), David Silva (33 M Euros), Jerome Boateng (12 M Euros) and Aleksandar Kolarov (23 M Euros), and these players are guaranteed of a titular place, the victims are Shaun Wright Phillips, [...]

Real Madrid on Carvalho!

ShareRicardo Carvalho is leaving Chelsea after 6 years in Stamford Bridge, the imminent arrival of David Luiz from Benfica, after an agreement of a transfer with the amount of 30 million Euros, urged the departure of the Portuguese player. Carvalho in AS magazine confirmed the interest of Real Madrid “ I have an deal with [...]

FC Barcelona dealing with the economical crisis

ShareThe European Champions 2009, FC Barcelona with a debt of 150 million Euros is facing a newer situation, this is the first time that the prestigious Catalan club will deal with an economical problem. The new president did put a plan to save 35 million a year in players salary, like Real Madrid did last [...]

The Highest earning sportsmen!

ShareThe American magazine Sports Illustrated and as every year, publishes the ranking of the highest earning sportsmen. Despite all the prejudices, the footballers are not the earning as much as we were thinking, Lionel Messi, is leading them with 44 million dollars and he is just 6th in the table. Tiger Woods, because of his [...]

Inter looking for a striker!

ShareDiego Forlan, followed by Juventus since the end of the South African world cup, the best player of the tournament, 31 years old winner of the UEFA cup with Atletico Madrid is coveted by the Italian and European champion, Inter Milan. With the imminent depart of Mario Balotelli to Manchester City, Inter is looking for [...]

Morinho wants Ibrahimovich!

ShareIbrahimovich in a press conference confirmed that he will stay in Barcelona; still the club direction wants to get rid of the player after the arrival of David Villa. It’s not a surprise that Morinho, Real Madrid coach, is interested in the player, he knew him in Inter Milan 2 years ago and worked together [...]

Sokratis signs for AC Milan

ShareIt’s now official, the Greece defender of Genoa, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, signed for the prestigious club of AC Milan, a contract of 5 years, the estimation of the transaction is about 5 million Euros, the club statement in their website “A.C. Milan communicate that they have signed the player Sokratis Papastathopoulos outright from Genoa and have [...]

David Suazo in Marseille?

ShareOlympic of Marseille looking for a striker since the beginning of the mercato, the leads of Raul and did not end up well, the South French team turned to the Calcio, especially Inter Milan, the Italian medias mentioned that Didier Deschamp wants David Suazo in his squad, the transfer is maybe a loan. Suazo in [...]

Hard to replace Yaya Toure!

ShareManchester City attached the services of the Cote d’Ivoire and Barcelona player, Yaya Toure, considerate by the specialist as the best world player in his post, Barcelona have to fill this big blank in their team, Busquets will be probably the titular, the Blaugrana are looking for a replacement. Kabouré, 22 years, Marseille player was [...]

Exchange Balotelli-Robinho ?

ShareMario Balotelli, Inter Milan player, 19 years old, known for his extra-football escapades, not very liked by the fans for his harsh declarations, the Italian bad boy from Ghanaian parents accused the Italian fanatic supporters of being racist, especially during a game against Juventus, when the fans screamed racism chants “A black Italian does not [...]

Gerrard says no to Real Madrid!

ShareSteven Gerrard sealed his fate to Liverpool denying José Morinho and Real Madrid offers, the Portuguese have tried in 2005 to bring Gerrard to his squad when he coached Chelsea. The England international player was convinced to stay in Liverpool after an interview with Roy Huddson, the new coach, “I wanted to talk with Roy [...]

Arsenal bans Vuvuzela!

ShareVuvuzela is not welcome, titled Arsenal website in their front page; Arsenal direction took the decision to forbid the ‘annoying’ instrument within the Emirate stadium, the statement announces “Further to their hugely debated involvement at this summer’s World Cup Finals in South Africa, Arsenal Football Club has decided to forbid the use of vuvuzelas within [...]

Ribery and Benzema in Zahia case!

ShareFranck Ribery and Karim Benzema, the two French footballers will be heard in from of an instruction judge for the so called Zahia case. The case that began before the World Cup continues, the 2 players are accused of having sexual intercourse with a call-girl Zahia D, the facts took place in a bar need [...]

Latest Mercato news

ShareIt seems that Manchester ended their summer shopping, Chris Smalling from Fullham and Javier Hernandez from Chivas are the only official recruits, “We are satisfied with our actual team, we bought players in the right time and we are happy of what we have” said Alex Fergusson on Skysport. Luis Fabiano 29 years old, the [...]

City wants Balotelli!

ShareThe Upcoming team of the premier league, Manchester City, is not hiding their ambition on becoming one of the main England teams, the club owner Cheikh Mansour will not scrimp in money to see the Skyblues in the gota of the world football. After attaching the services of Yaya Toure, David Silva and Jerome Boateng, [...]

Joe Cole signs for Liverpool!

ShareJoe Cole finally signed for Liverpool, a contract of 4 years for free after he leaved Chelsea before the world cup, the 28 years old international player started his career in West Ham, after that he joined the Blues in 2003 and he won 3 Championship titles and 2 FA cup during this period. Joe [...]

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