Bayern set to sign Xherdan Shaqiri Bayern are closing in on Basel midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, German newspaper Kicker reports. The promising midfielder is looking to leave Basel for a bigger club and he was widely tipped to leave Switzerland in January. The player ultimately remained at St Jacob Park after his proposed move to Galatasaray...
[+]Mon 6 February, 2012
Former Basel coach Thorsten Fink says Xherdan Shaqiri would be ideally suited to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. Fink, now in charge of Hamburg, spent six years with Bayern as a player between 1997 and 2003. He believes Switzerland international Shaqiri, whom he coached for two years at Basel, would thrive at the Allianz Arena. “Xherdan...
[+]Wed 1 February, 2012
AC Milan have confirmed the signing of Sulley Muntari on loan from city rivals Inter Milan for the remainder of the season. Ghana international Muntari, who is away on Africa Cup of Nations duty, has featured just four times in Serie A for Inter this season. Milan however believe he will provide valuable cover in...
[+]Tue 31 January, 2012
Besiktas president Yildirim Demiroren says Turkish clubs may stop competing in Europe to help rid the country’s football of corruption. Istanbul club Besiktas successfully qualified for the knock-out stages of this season’s Europa League, but are one of several teams embroiled in a match-fixing scandal plaguing football in the country. Along with calling for solidarity...
[+]Mon 30 January, 2012
Africa Cup of Nations favourites Ivory Coast will enter the tournament looking to break a 20-year drought. Led by captain Didier Drogba, Ivory Coast should go deep through the competition in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea as they search for their first success in the tournament since 1992. In Group B alongside Sudan, Burkina Faso and...
[+]Thu 19 January, 2012
Basel winger Xherdan Shaqiri has revealed that he is interested in a possible transfer to Turkish giants Galatasaray. The Istanbul outfit confirmed their interest in the Switzerland international earlier in the week and Shaqiri has now spoken of his admiration for the club and their coach Fatih Terim. “I’ve always admired Galatasaray as a successful...
[+]Fri 13 January, 2012
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu has been hospitalised following a car crash in his native Romania. The 66-year-old was admitted to hospital along with another passenger after his SUV was struck by a tram. Bogdan Oprita, chief of the city’s paramedics, said that Lucescu was conscious, but incurred chest injuries. Lucescu reportedly suffered three broken...
[+]Fri 6 January, 2012
Sevilla have confirmed the signing of Jose Antonio Reyes from La Liga rivals Atletico Madrid. The former Spain international has penned a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club he left to join Arsenal in 2004. A product of Sevilla’s youth team, Reyes made his debut for the club at the age of 16 and quickly set...
[+]Thu 5 January, 2012
Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo has revealed that he doesn’t plan to return to Juventus. The 28-year-old joined Galatasaray on loan from Juventus in the summer, and he basically ruled out the return to Juventus Arena. “It’s practically impossible to see me wear the Bianconeri shirt again,” Melo told Milliyet. “I don’t want to go back....
[+]Tue 3 January, 2012
Brazil international Felipe Melo says he would prefer to stay at Galatasaray rather than return to Juventus at the end of his loan spell. The 28-year-old midfielder, who joined the Istanbul club on a one-year loan deal at the start of the season, has a contract until 2014 with Juventus, but does not see a...
[+]Tue 3 January, 2012
