Friday, July 1, 2011

SUMMARY: Copa America and other details (01.07.11)

International:
  • Copa America starts today in La Plata: The Copa America 2011 will kick off today in La Plata, Argentina. The tournament will start from July 1 & ends on July 24. Argentina are the favorites for winning this year's Copa America. The event will include big names like Neymar, Falcao, Sanchez, Messi, Pato, Chicharito, Dani Alves and many more. The current year's participants are Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela and Uruguay.
  • Frank Rijkaard takes charge of Saudi national team: After the arrival of Carlos Quirez as the Iranian national team manager. Saudia Arabia also decided to follow the footsteps. Saudi national team has confirmed the hiring of former Barcelona coach as the

 


English Premier League:
  • Manchester wants Nasri: City rivals Manchester City and Manchester United are trailing the highly rated Frenchman whose shown his quality during his time at Emirates. Manchester United is already planning to launch a £20m bid for Samir Nasri. With his Arsenal future, still in doubt it's not known where he'd be next season.
  • Clichy to City for £7m: Arsenal is having problems to keep their top players due to financial constraints. The Frenchman will be departing to Eastlands, and will be wearing blue next season. The transfer is said to be finalised soon enough.
  • Redknapp eyes Rossi: Tottenham have resumed their pursuit of Villarreal striker, Guiseppe Rossi. Rossi's hopes of moving to Barcelona were finished as they turned to Sanchez and Fabregas. While Redknapp seeks to boost his attack options for the upcoming season. And with upcoming offers from other clubs for his players, he just might have the right amount of cash to lure him to White Hart Lane.
  • De Gea seals United move: David De Gea's move to Old Trafford has finally been finalized. The young talented Spaniard could just prove to be another Cristiano Ronaldo or Javier Hernandez for Manchester United. De Gea would be replacing Van der Sar as #1 at Old Trafford.

La Liga:
  • Thiago Alcantara signs 2015 extension: After the his performances at the U-21 Euro, Barcelona has decided to extend the youngster's contract to 2015 despite rumoured arrivals of Alexis Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas.
  • Messi is better than Ronaldo - Former Real Madrid stars: There has been a recent lack of support for Cristiano Ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu. Recently current Besiktas playmaker and former Real Madrid player, Guti Hernandez, said that he thinks Messi is better than Ronaldo as he delivers when it's required of him unlike Ronaldo. While another former Real Madrid player, Quique Wolff stated that Ronaldo is not a team player. Unlike Messi, who plays for the success of the team and not his individual success.
  • Barcelona to sign Fabregas and Sanchez on Friday: Barcelona are ready to officially announce Fabregas and Sanchez's arrival at Camp Nou on Friday. President Sandro Rossell will fly to South America to ensure Sanchez's signing whose training for Copa America.

Serie A:
  •     Hamsik wants to leave Napoli: Slovakian skipper and midfielder is consider a move to a bigger clubs after shining at Napoli last season. However, management doesn't wants to sell him. But a lucrative offer could change their minds.
  • Zanetti wants Argentina to play like Barcelona: Veteran fullback, Javier Zanetti, wants his national side to play how the Catalans play. He believes his team will do better in that manner and it would deliver considerable success.

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