July 14th, 2007 . posted by admin
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34-year-old Roberto Ayala has joined Real Zaragoza in a shock 6 million move from Villarreal.The shock of course is because Ayala hasn’t even kicked a ball yet for the Yellow Sudmarine but a flaw in his contract allowed him to leave Villarreal for 6 million and that’s what Zaragoza did as they invoked the clause in the contract, even more shocking is that a club would actually pay 6 million for a 34-year-old.
The veteran helped Los Che to the Champions League final in his first two seasons, but lost out in both. However he later won two Liga titles and the UEFA Cup during his seven-year spell.
Ayala is set to feature for Argentina against Brazil in the final of the Copa America on Sunday.
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July 12th, 2007 . posted by admin
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Liverpool have finally sealed the deal and brought Ryan Babel to Anfield for 17 million euros.”The striker, who had a contract until 2010, will sign a five-year deal with the Champions League finalists,” Ajax said on its official website.
Babel was a member of the Netherlands team that won the UEFA European U-21 championship on home soil in June.
The 20-year-old, a product of the Amsterdam club’s youth system, made his debut for Ajax aged 17 in February 2004 and has scored 24 goals in 111 matches. (more&hellip
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July 10th, 2007 . posted by admin
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Not so long ago Javier Saviola was linked with a possible move to Old Trafford, however that didn’t happen and so Real Madrid decided to scoop the tiny Argentinian from the clutches of nemesis Barcelona for free.
This is interesting news as Barcelona took Eto’o ( a reject at Madrid) and propelled him to superstardom, can Madrid do the same for Saviola? even more interesting is that Saviola has now followed the footsteps of Michael Laudrup, Robert Prosinecki, Luis Enrique, Luis Figo, Ronaldo and Sammuel Eto’o in the “swapping to play for your arch-rivals” club.
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July 10th, 2007 . posted by admin
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West Ham has completed the signing of fiery striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for £7.5 million , futher fueling rumors that Tevez is on his way to Old Trafford.
The transfer had been agreed at the weekend, only to be held up by arguments over a bonus payment the 27-year-old said he was owed.
The fee is a club record for the Hammers, who were recently turned down by Darren Bent despite agreeing a £17 million fee for the then-Charlton man.
Bellamy is the Hammers’ third major signing of the summer, following Scott Parker and Julien Faubert into Upton Park.
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