Kovacic played a vital role at Inter Milan under Mancini over the last two years, scoring eight goals in 44 games in all competitions last season.
Real Madrid have agreed terms with the Italian club Inter Milan for the transfer of Matteo kovacic. The transfer fee agreed between the two clubs for the Croatian international is €35 million. The 21 year old has signed a long contract of six years at the Bernabeu club who has impressed everyone with his ball carrying ability. Kovacic will be unveiled as a Madrid player on Wednesday after undergoing a medical. "Real Madrid and Inter have agreed to the transfer of Mateo Kovacic," a statement on Madrid's website read. "He will remain at the club for the next six seasons."
Kovacic played a vital role at Inter Milan under Mancini over the last two years, scoring eight goals in 44 games in all competitions last season.
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West Ham United ladies team have signed Indian goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan, Aditi has made India proud as she becomes the first Indian woman to play for the English club. The club said that Aditi, who has represented the under-19 Indian national women’s team at AFC Qualifiers in Malaysia, was a late addition to their squad during pre-season. Aditi's football journey began when she was asked to play trials for Delhi U-19 team. Her prformances were appreciated when the Indian ladies team won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) women’s cup in 2013. West Ham Ladies are currently in the Football Association’s (FA) Women’s Premier League third division. “Great news for Indian football! West Ham have signed Indian int’l goalkeeper Aditi Chauhan for their ladies team,” West Ham Ladies tweeted yesterday.
“CHAUHAN: Plenty of love on Twitter today for our new Indian international goalkeeper @aditi03chauhan from back home in India! Hi all! #COY,” the club added today. Aditi tweeted, “Thank you all for the overwhelming response and wishes. I will work hard to make this opportunity count @westhamladies. “There is no other way but to improve from here. We need to build ourselves back, get together and move forward.” Real Madrid has reached an agreement with the Italian club Inter Milan for the transfer of Matteo Kovacic. It was agreed that Real Madrid will pay €35 million for the Croatian. The 21 year old has signed a six year long contract at the Bernabeu club who impressed everyone with his ball carrying ability. Kovacic will be unveiled as a Madrid player on Wednesday after undergoing a medical.
Chelsea announced the deal just after their 3-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday after he passed his medical and agreed terms. Chelsea are looking to minimize their defensive troubles after the signing of Baba and sets their sights on another defender John Stones. However, Everton are not interested in selling their centre back to the blues after rejecting two bids for the young defender. Rahman arrives as a direct replacement for Filipe Luis who returned to Atletico Madrid just 12 months after moving to London. The blues have landed the Ghanaian star for £17.6million. After the signing, Baba said to chelsea.com "I am very happy to sign for Chelsea, one of the biggest clubs in the world."I can't wait to train with my new team-mates and am very much looking forward to working with them and Mr (Jose) Mourinho."
Manager Mourinho, speaking in his post-match press conference at the Etihad Stadium, said: "It is important because he is a left-back. He can compete with (Cesar) Azpilicueta. "At the same time Azpilicueta can compete with (Branislav) Ivanovic for the right-back position, so he replaces Filipe Luis in the balance of the squad." Tottenham have confirmed the signing of forward
Clinton Njie from Lyon. The Cameroon international has signed a five-year deal - on his 22nd birthday - although the transfer is still subject to a work permit. Njie's arrival comes less than 24 hours after Roberto Soldado's return to Spain was rubber-stamped and gives Spurs back-up to Harry Kane. The other senior striker on the club's books, Emmanuel Adebayor, does not even have a squad number for this season. Njie, who has six goals in 11 games for his country and helped Lyon to a second-placed finish in France last season, can operate at centre-forward or from either wide position. He told the club website: "I'm very happy to join Tottenham, such a big club in England. I'm still young, still growing up and it’s a big challenge - the Premier League is one of the biggest leagues in the world. "The club is ambitious and I’m ready to give my best to help the club achieve its aims. Like I said, I’m still learning and I’m here to give my best. I just hope I get the chance to give to the club what they are giving to me." Njie is Spurs' fourth summer signing following deals for Kieran Trippier, Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer. Source:(Sky Sports) West Bromwich Albion have signed Venezuela international forward Salomon Rondon from Zenit St Petersburg for a club-record fee.
The 25-year-old cost the Baggies in the region of £12m and has signed a four-year deal. Rondon passed his medical last week and, having now received international clearance, he becomes West Brom’s fifth signing of the summer. Having begun his career with Aragua in Venezuela, Rondon moved to Spain in 2008 and had spells with Las Palmas and Malaga. In the summer of 2012, he became the most expensive Venezuelan player in history when he joined Russian side Rubin Kazan and, in January last year, he moved on to Zenit, where he scored 20 times in 37 appearances. He has been capped 39 times and, having regularly been linked with the Premier League, he has now arrived in the midlands and could make his debut at Watford on Saturday. YES!!! FINALLY POGBA has moved on to a new club, After all the speculation surrounding a certain Juventus midfielder and a move to Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris saint Germain, there was finally a transfer involving a Pogba on Monday. However, its not 22 year old French star Paul who has found a new club, rather its his older brother Mathias The 24-year-old, who spent the second half of last season at Crawley Town, has signed a one-year deal with Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle.
The Guinea international was released from Crawley this summer and is now happy to secure a move to the top-flight side. After signing the contract Pogba said "It’s great to finally sign for Partick Thistle and I am glad to be a player here," he said. "I have played the last six months with Crawley Town but since then I have been looking for a new club. "It has been a long summer but I have been patient and I liked the offer from Partick Thistle so that is why I came here.” While Mathias has secured his future, there remains uncertainty over that of his brother, who has attracted bids from Barca already this summer. Brazilian defender Rafael (25) has signed up for french club Lyon after falling out of favour under the Man utd manager Louis Van Gaal's plans, he made just 11 appearances in his frustrating final season at Man Utd despite this he did not fail to thank the fans and former boss sir Alex Ferguson as he tweeted on the social media “I want to thank Manchester United fans for all the love during those eight years,”
“Since I signed with the club I lived incredible moments, after all were eight years wearing the shirt of one of the biggest clubs of the world. “Thank you Manchester United. I also want to thank all employees who always treated me with great affection and gave me greater attention. “Thank you United Kingdom, I learned a lot in this country, as a player, and no doubt as a human being, lessons that I will keep for the rest of my life. “Thank you Sir Alex Ferguson for always believing in my work and for all the doors that you opened up to me. Now it’s a new path, a new challenge, God bless me!” Rafael has signed a four year deal at the ligue 1 side. Relegation threatened Aston Villa has confirmed the double signings. Rudy gGestade has moved from Indian owned club Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £6 million. Gestade (26) has scored 22 goals for the Rovers last season including the 20 goals in the Championship. Aston Villa manager Sherwood said: "His goalscoring ratio last season was fantastic and he is someone who certainly knows how to find the back of the net.” He could be an ideal replacement for Liverpool bound Cristain Benteke. Rudy Gestede has scored more headed goals over the last two seasons than anyone in the top four tiers (19).
On the other hand, Aston VIlla has also signed French midfielder Jordan Veretout for a fee of £7 million. Veretout has signed a five-year deal at Aston Villa from Nantes. About him,Sherwood added: "I know he is very highly rated over in France so we are delighted to get this deal over the line." They take Villa's summer signings to nine alongside: Scott Sinclair, Micah Richards, Mark Bunn, Jordan Ayew, Idrissa Gueye, Jordan Amavi, and Jose Angel Crespo. Despite this the club is also looking to add Emmanuel Adebayor but the spurs chairman Levy is unwilling to let the striker go. Striker Adebayor,31, has one year left on his mega £100,000-a-week contract at White Hart Lane and despite the Togo international having a successful medical, the final terms of his deal are yet to be signed off. After a long chase PSG has finally landed Argentine superstar Angel di Maria after agreeing a transfer fee of £44.3 million with Manchester United. The 27 year old did not have a 'perfect' season at Man Utd although he made 10 assists and scored 3 goals. He would like to return to his form which won the champions league for Real Madrid and was also an influential player at the bernabau outfit. Angel di Maria claimed that Man utd wanted to sell him to PSG after just one season in England. The player said,
"First, you must know that Manchester United wanted to sell me," the former Real Madrid man told the press. "It is a shared decision between the three parties. They wanted to sell me. I also wanted to leave and PSG wanted me. "But I am very happy be here. Manchester is the past." "The club have been trying to recruit me for several years," he explained. "It is a great source of pride to come here and play with such important players like Ibra, [Javier] Pastore, [Marco] Verratti, David Luiz. "All have the objective of winning the Champions League; it is also mine." PSG president also shared his words on the signing, We are very proud that Angel di Maria has chosen Paris Saint-Germain,' PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi said. 'He is an incredibly talented player, with a frightening speed and ability to beat opposition players. 'He adds his name to the club's strong South American community and, above all, the big Paris Saint-Germain family. 'By signing Angel di Maria, Paris Saint-Germain is once again showing the club's constant ambition to reach the summits of the European game.' Official: Feyenoord sign winger Eljero Elia from
Bremen on two year-deal.The Dutch international played for EPL side Southampton last season on loan. PSG has agreed to sign Angel Di Maria for a reported fee on £44.4m and a contract of 4 years.Di maria arrived at the Doha airport as PSG owners are Qatar based,from his homeland via Sao Paolo.He is expected to have a medical within 12 hours.Earlier Louis Van Gaal admitted that he made 'A blunder signing Di Maria'.
Montreal Impacts announced on Monday that the club has signed Chelsea legend Didier drogba as their designated player which means his wages will not be restricted by the MLS salary cap.He will officially join the roster upon receiving his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and his Canadian work permit. As per MLS policy, details of the deal have not been released.Montreal president Joey Saputo said the signing made it "one of the biggest days in club history". He added: "It's an honour to welcome Didier Drogba to the Impact."From the first conversation I had with him, I felt that he really wanted to play in Montreal."His arrival will be beneficial in every aspect."
Spainish U19 defenderJesús Vallejo has joined Real
Madrid from Real Zaragoza.Real Madrid paid €5m for their man and have loaned him back to Zaragoza who play their trade in the Spanish 2nd division.The talented U19 defender helped Spanish U-19 side to win the European championship earlier this year. RICKIE LAMBERT TO SIGN FOR WEST BROM SOON.
Reports suggest that Liverpool FC has accepted a £3m bid for Rickie Lambert from West Bromwich Albion.It is is the news that he is undergoing a medical at West Brom currently The Liverpool number 9 will leave the number vacant for Christian Benteke.Lambert will officially be a West Bromwich Albion player soon. German striker Mario Gomez moved to Turkish giants Galatasay from Fiorentina on loan.The striker who previously played for European powerhouse Bayern Munich moved to Fiorentina two seasons ago.Galatasaray has an option to buy Gomez after his loan period expires.Gomez has scored 14 goals in 47 appearances for the Italian outfit. He missed majority of the matches due to his knee injury.
After winning the premier league and the league cup with Chelsea, Filipe Luis has returned to his former club Atletico Madrid for an undisclosed fee after signing a four-years deal. The Blues have been linked with Augsburg and Ghana left-back Abdul Baba Rahman, 21.
The Bavarian giants,Bayern Munich have signed Chilean superstar Arturo Vidal from Juventus.The Chilean becomes Bayern's fourth signing after Douglas Costa from (Shakhtar Donetsk),Goalkeeper Sven Ulrich and Joshua Kimmich from (Stuttgart).
Vidal(28) has helped Juventus win the Italian Serie-A Four times in a row. Prior to that he played for another German club Bayer Leverkusen. Valencia announced that they have signed Rodrigo Moreno from Benfica on a permanent deal for a fee of €30 million. Rodrigo has signed a 4 years deal with the valencia until 30 june 2019.
Internazionale has reached an agreement with Atletico Madrid for the transfer of Joao Miranda for a fee of € 15 million. Miranda has won major trophies at Atletico Madrid including the spanish league copa del rey and uefa super cup. he will play his trade In serie A from this season.
Radamel Falcao moves to Chelsea fc on a season long loan deal from AS Monaco, it is reported that Falcao has taken huge pay cut to force his move to the english champions
Real Madrid have sold young striker Jack Harper
to Championship side Brighton for an undisclosed fee. The 19-year-old forward has been part of the Real Madrid youth set-up for six years, but failed to break into the first-team squad. the Scotland U19 international was actually born in Spain, and has spent all of his life living in the country. He signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Brighton, but will miss the next two months as he recovers from a knee injury. "He has a lot of potential, is a skilful type with a good eye for goal, and can operate as a striker or playing just off a striker." manager Chris Houghton said. "We hope we can give him the platform to realise his undoubted potential," Hughton added. "Jack's next step is to move up to senior football." |
AuthorSApoorrv Pandey,a Final Year EXTC Engineering student from Mumbai. |