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Juventus confirm Borriello loan signing

January 4, 2012

Serie A giants Juventus have officially confirmed the loan signing of striker Marco Borriello from AS Roma. Borriello has linked up with the Turin giants till the end of the season and Juve also have the option to make the deal permanent by paying Roma eight million euros.

Originally a Milan product, Borriello is a well travelled footballer in Italy, having plied his trade for Triestina, Treviso, Empoli, Reggina, Sampdoria and Genoa apart from his current club.

Borriello has made only seven appearances for Roma this season, with Luis Enrique preferring Pablo Osvaldo to the injury prone forward at the Olimpico.

Borriello has been capped by Italy at senior level and a good impression at Juve may help him secure a spot in the Azzurri squad for Euro 2012.

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Atletico agree £35m transfer fee with Porto for Falcao

August 19, 2011

Atletico Madrid have announced that they have struck a deal with FC Porto for the transfer of Colombian striker Radamel Falcao. Los Colchoneros will pay Porto around £35m ( 40 million euros) for Falcao’s services. The fee could however rise to £40m ( 45m euros) over the years in add-ons. The Colombian is one of the most prolific strikers in Europe, averaging nearly a goal a game with Porto, and is expected to fill the hole left by Sergio Aguero’s £38m move to Manchester City.

Falcao was very strongly linked with a switch to Chelsea following former Porto boss Andre Villas-Boas’ appointment at Stamford Bridge, but the transfer did not materialise, and Atletico, flush with funds following Aguero’s sale, pounced for the prolific striker.

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Gers complete double American swoop

August 18, 2011

Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers have completed the double signing of Alejandro Bedoya and Carlos Bocanegra from Orebro and St.Etienne respectively. The duo take the number of American players at Ibrox Park to three, joining midfielder Maurice Edu in Glasgow.

Bedoya had originally signed a pre contract agreement to join Rangers in January after the completion of the Swedish Allsvenskan league, but Rangers managed to broker a deal with Orebro for the 24 year old’s immediate transfer by paying a reported $500,000 fee.

Versatile defender Bocanegra, who can play at both left back and centre half, has joined on a three year contract for an undisclosed fee ( reported to be around $660,000). He captained the United States at the 2010 World Cup and has already collected more than 90 caps for the national team.

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Celtic’s Juarez signs for Zaragoza on loan

July 26, 2011

Celtic’s Mexican international Efrain Juarez has left the Glasgow outfit to join Real Zaragoza on a season long loan deal. The 23 year old, the first ever Mexican player in the Scottish Premier League, joined the Hoops from UNAM last summer after the World Cup, but struggled to hold down a first team spot at Parkhead, making only a total of thirteen appearances for the Hoops in the 10-11 season.

Juarez was close to moving in the winter transfer window to get some regular first team football under his belt but the transfer did not materialise.

Juarez, a member of Mexico’s victorious 2011 Gold Cup side, is a versatile midfielder who can also operate in defence.

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Rangers agree deal for Goian, reject Bougherra bid

July 25, 2011

Scottish giants Rangers have agreed a fee with Italian outfit Palermo for the services of Romanian defender Dorin Goian. The 30 year old has flown into Glasgow to discuss personal terms with the Gers. Goian, who was part of Romania’s Euro 2008 squad, will however require a work permit to play for the club and should that arrive in time, he could even lineup for Rangers in Tuesday night’s Champions League qualifier against Malmo FF.

Meanwhile the Gers also announced that they have rejected a bid from Qatari club Lekwhiya for Algerian defender Madjid Bougherra. Gers boss Ally McCoist said they had turned down the offer for Bougherra, widely considered as one of the best central defenders in the SPL at this moment.

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Hearts accept Gers bid for Wallace

July 21, 2011

Scottish Premier League outfit Heart of Midlothian have accepted a bid from rivals Glasgow Rangers for defender Lee Wallace. The Gers had two previous bids, reportedly around £300,000 and £1m rejected for Wallace, but their third offer of £1.5m forced Hearts’ hand.

Left back Wallace is now expected to discuss personal terms with Rangers. He is a product of Hearts’ youth set up and has made over 150 appearances for the Tynecastle outfit. The 23 year old has also gone on to win five caps for the Scottish national team.

Wallace is in the last year of his contract with Hearts and although club officials had expressed their desire to tie him down to a new deal, manager Jim Jefferies had always admitted that a significant money offer would force the club to accept a bid.

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Benfica swoop for Madrid’s Garay

July 17, 2011

Portuguese side SL Benfica have completed the signing of Ezequiel Garay from Real Madrid. The Argentine defender has been snapped up by Benfica for an undisclosed fee. No details regarding contract length were disclosed by either Real Madrid or Benfica.

Garay started his career with Newell’s Old Boys before crossing the Atlantic to join Racing Santander in 2005. After three years with the Cantabrian oufit, he opted for a switch to Real Madrid in 2008.

Under Jose Mourinho, playing time for Garay at Real became severely restricted last season. He made a total of only eight appearances for Los Blancos in the 10/11 season.

Garay will join his new team mates at Benfica from Argentina, where he is currently representing his nation at Copa America 2011.

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Real Madrid complete Coentrao signing

July 6, 2011

Real Madrid have completed the signing of left back Fabio Coentrao from Benfica. The Portuguese defender moves to Real for £27m and has signed a six year deal with Los Merengues. The £27m fee (30 million euros) makes Coentrao the second most expensive defender in the world after Dani Alves, who plies his trade for Real’s arch rivals Barcelona.

Coentrao becomes Real’s fifth major summer acquisition after the Bundesliga pair of Nuri Sahin and Hamit Altintop, Raphael Varane and Jose Callejon. He is expected to compete with Brazilian Marcelo for a starting spot in Jose Mourinho’s lineup.

Coentrao is rated as one of Portugal’s best full backs and at 23, is counted as one of their stars for the future. He also had a productive World Cup 2010, where Portugal reached the Round of 16 before losing to Spain.

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Alou Diarra swaps Bordeaux for Marseille

July 4, 2011

Bordeaux stalwart Alou Diarra has completed a transfer to the Ligue 1 club’s title rivals Olympique Marseille. The announcement regarding Diarra, a former Liverpool, Lyon and Bayern Munich player, was made by L’Om on their official website. Media reports in France estimate the transfer fee to be somewhere in the 4.5-5m euro mark. Diarra has put pen to paper a three year contract at Stade Velodrome.

Marseille finished second in Ligue 1 last season behind Lille and Diarra has been their target for a long time now. But Bordeaux, who did a League and Cup double in the 09/10 season, were unwilling to sell their prized asset till now.

Diarra has represented France at both the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and is one of Laurent Blanc’s candidates for permanent captaincy of the French national team.

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Hoops to sign Kenyan midfielder Wanyama

June 30, 2011

Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic have announced the signing of Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama, subject to the player receiving his work permit and passing a medical. The Hoops had reached an agreement with Belgian outfit Germinal Beerschot for Wanyama’s transfer earlier this year and the player, the brother of Inter’s McDonald Mariga, has also agreed personal terms with the Glasgow outfit.

The transfer fee for Wanyama was not announced, but sources have it to be somewhere in the £900,000 range. Bitter rivals Rangers were also interested in securing Wanyama’s services and so were English Premier League side Aston Villa, but the Hoops stole a march over both the clubs and are now in a prime position to sign Wanyama, who made his international debut for the Kenyan national team at the tender age of 15.

Wanyama’s signing has to be approved by a panel as Kenya are not in the top 70 ranked FIFA nations in the world.

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