French midfielder BlaiseMatuidi has completed a €20 million move from Paris Saint Germain to Juventus on a three-year contract after undergoing medicals on Thursday. There is also a possibility of the fee rising to as high as €30.5 million depending on the number of appearances the France international makes during his three year stay in Turin. This latest addition will most certainly sooth their deficiencies in the middle of the park since the defending Serie A champions have grown used to losing midfielders to more attractive European power houses in recent times. Paul Pogba left for Manchester United last summer while Arturo Vidal joined Bayern Munich. All these happened after…
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IBRAHIMOVIC REJECTS LA GALAXY, STICKS WITH UNITED
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to reject the offer of LA Galaxy to remain at Old Trafford, according to reports. The Swede, who is knee injured, would not be able to offer much to the Red Devils team in the first half of the season so Jose Mourinho opted to make a replacement in Romelu Lukaku. Zlatan was reported to be on his way to China or more likely the MLS where he would see off the rest of his football career. The Los Angeles based football sides wanted him, with reports claiming the former PSG player could have received £6 million annually in wages. The 35-year old free agent could…
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Orlando City’s Ricardo Kaka talks about life in the MLS
The 2007 Ballon d’Or winner Ricardo Kaka is a very accomplished footballer as the Brazilian player has manager to lift major pieces of silverware with Ac.Milan as well as with Real Madrid. After making his name known in European football, Kaka opted to compete in the MLS as he joined Orlando City on July of 2014. It has been almost 3 years since Kaka joined the MLS and the Brazilian performer has recently stated that he is still getting used to football in the United States as he has also had to serve as a teacher for some of his teammates that have displayed bad habits. “I had to change…
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Portland Deserved More Than Just a Point against New England, Claims Porter
Portland Timbers had to settle for a 1-1 draw with New England Revolution, despite taking an early advantage. Diego Valeri gave the home team a lead in the 12th minute. Just when it seemed that the team was on the course of recovering from the loss against Columbus Crew in the previous match, Lee Nguyen came up with a goal with six minutes of normal time remaining. The home team were unable to get back in the few remaining minutes. As a result, the club will have to wait one more weekend in order to get the first win since the international break. After making a strong start to the…
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THREE MLS SUPERDRAFT PLAYERS IN US U-20 PREPARATORY SQUAD
Ahead of next month’s CONCACAF Under-20 Championship in Costa Rica, which serves as the continent’s qualifying tournament for this summer’s under-20 World Cup, the United States Under-20 National team has called up 23 players to the team’s preparatory camp at SubHub Center in Carson, California. Atlanta United’s 20-year old defender, Miles Robinson, New York City FC midfielder, Jonathan Lewis and Portland Timber striker, Jeremy Ebobisse who were the second, third and fourth overall selection in Friday’s MLS SuperDraft have all been named in the roster. They joined 10 other MLS players in the camp, which will run from January 15-23, the day that MLS teams are allowed to begin reporting…