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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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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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Gers miss out on Hemed

June 18, 2011

Israeli international Tomer Hemed has snubbed Scottish champions Rangers in a favour of a move to La Liga outfit Mallorca. Hemed is currently a free agent after he decided not to extend his contract with Maccabi Haifa. The Gers were interested in securing his services and it was thought that the possibility of playing Champions League football would swing the deal in their favour, but it has now fallen through after the forward decided to move to Spain instead.

Hemed was the top scorer in the Israeli Premier League last season and has already been capped by Israel at senior level. He made his debut against Latvia earlier this month.

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Bayern sign Petersen, lose Altintop to Real Madrid

May 20, 2011

German giants Bayern Munich have bolstered their squad for the 2011/12 season by signing second division top scorer Nils Petersen from Energie Cottbus. Petersen, who has signed a three year contract, has cost Bayern a reported three million euro fee. Petersen is Bayern’s first signing of the summer window as they aim to build a squad capable of challenging for league honours next season.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid have announced that Bayern midfielder Hamit Altintop will be arriving at the Bernabeu this summer. Altintop has signed a four year contract with Real and is expected to be cost Los Merengues nothing as his contract with Bayern expires at the end of the 10/11 season.

Altintop is the second Turkish signing from the Bundesliga for Real this summer following the signing of Nuri Sahin from Borussia Dortmund earlier this month.

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Blackburn Rovers re-sign striker Santa Cruz

January 14, 2011

Blackburn Rovers have re-signed former striker Roque Santa Cruz from Man City. Santa Cruz who scored 29 goals in 70 appearances for Blackburn has signed on loan until the end of the season.

Man City paid Blackburn £17.5million for Santa Cruz’s services but the Paraguayan was unable to establish himself as a regular in the city side due to injuries and competition for places.

Several Premier League club’s were believed to be interested in Santa Cruz, but his old club Blackburn was his prefered choice. Santa Cruz becomes Steve Kean’s first signing as Blackburn Rovers manager.

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