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Weekly Soccer News, August 15, 2010
Carvalho rejoins Mourinho at Real
Ricardo Carvalho has left Chelsea after six years to rejoin his old master Jose Mourinho and to complete Real Madrid's defensive line-up.
"I am very happy, I have waited for a long time to be a Real player and I'm here to help the team win trophies," Carvalho (32) told the Spanish daily, Marca.
The central defender did not hesitate to single out his ex-coach Jose Mourinho as the main reason he joined the Spanish giants. "He wins wherever he goes. He has shown his class as a coach. We the players have full trust in him."
Manchester United sign a Portuguese prodigy
The Portuguese forward Tiago Manuel Dias Correia, called Bebe (20) was born in a poor family and even spent some time living on the streets, but now he is a wealthy man. His former club, Vitoria Guimaraes, is also in the money after Manchester United bought him for 8.8 million euros.
The spectacular forward came to Vitoria earlier this summer from the local Third Division, but the word about his prodigal talents reached Alex Ferguson, who hopes Bebe imitates Cristiano Ronaldo, another Portuguese who came to United at a young age (from Sporting Lisbon) and made a name for himself at Old Trafford.
Ibrahimovic tempted by City's enormous offer
Manchester City has offered Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic an amazing offer of a four-year contract at the rate of 2.4 million euros per month. The total amount of 117 million euros would make the Bosnian-Swede the best paid soccer player in history and would dwarf the earnings of other top-class players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Leo Messi or Wayne Rooney.
City, owned by an Abu Dhabi company under the control of Sheikh Mansur al Nahyan, have reinforced themselves with over a dozen stars since the Arabs took over two years ago. Barcelona on the other hand would like to see Ibrahimovic go, since his salary so far has not been justified by his play. Although the forward himself has said he has no intentions of leaving Camp Nou, he may just be tempted by the immense wealth offered him by the club coached by his former boss at Inter, Roberto Mancini.
The three highest transfers in the Premiership this summer were all completed by Manchester City, from Valencia's David Silva (28.75 million euros) and Barcelona's Yaya Toure (24 million euros) to Lazio's Aleksandar Kolarov 22.7 million euros). It is not yet known how much City would have to pay to Barcelona as a transfer fee but the Catalans will certainly want to take advantage of the Sheikh's reckless spending habits.
Camoranesi fined for a 16-year-old foul
Juventus' Mauro Camoranesi made a terrible tackle on Roberto Pizzo back in 1994, when he was just 17.
The incident happened in a local championship of the city of Mar del Plata between Camoranesi's Aldosivi and Pizzo's Alvarado. Pizzo, whose leg was broken, pressed charges and the slow Argentinian justice system finally ruled that Camoranesi has to pay his victim damages to the amount of 38,000 euros.
The court said that although it was not possible to determine whether Camoranesi's action was deliberate, it was certainly highly negligent and reckless, therefore deserving of punishment.
In the meantime, Camoranesi, an ethnic Italian, became a citizen of his ancestors' country and went on to win the 2006 World Cup with Italy. His multi-million earnings while playing in Serie A will help him to get over the sentence somewhat more comfortably.
Fans boycott Dinamo Zagreb to oust Mamic brothers
The supporters of the Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb have launched a comprehensive boycott in an effort to force the resignation of the club's power broker Zdravko Mamic and his younger brother, sports director Zoran.
Mamic senior, ironically carrying the formal title of vice-president, has ruled Dinamo since 2000, winning seven championships and six FA Cups, but failing to make an impression in Europe. His policy of transferring Dinamo's best players as soon as a good offer from foreign clubs comes in and sacking coaches who refuse to cooperate has earn him the hatred of most fans and media. His temperamental and frequently gross public outbursts, especially at the expense of journalists, have been a major topic in Croatia during the last decade.
Dinamo supporters, both the radical Bad Blue Boys and the more mainstream followers, were incensed when Mamic sacked the popular coach Velimir Zajec after an unlucky elimination in the Champions League qualifier to Moldova's Sheriff Tiraspol.
"It's him or us," proclaimed the Association of Dinamo Supporters, which unites several fan groups. "We are not attending games until he and his henchmen leave the club."
The fans have been true to their word and the next Dinamo game, in the League against Karlovac, was attended by a mere 1,240 spectators. In the meantime, the Croatian capital Zagreb has been covered by posters denouncing and even threatening to kill the so-called vice-president, who is in fact the most powerful individual in Croatian soccer. On the other hand, the club has appealed to the fans to reconsider and return to the Maksimir Stadium to help the team in their perennial struggle with Hajduk Split.
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