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Summer Football Transfers 2008-09

Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Lampard, Drogba, Villa …. few of the many amazing players the world can enjoy in football. They have won hearts and trophies for their team, but now look for new challenges – to become even more successful. Bad news for some, but great for others..   

In this first chapter, we’ll have a look on what’s happening in this summers transfer-market.. You will get an overview of the already confirmed transfers, and also the hot rumors about who’s going where.. 

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Man.

City
are inches away from closing a deal with superstar Ronaldinho. He is
looking for a new start, apparently in the Prem, but rumors are also saying, that he could head to AC Milan. (;The Guardian, The Independent) 

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Chelsea are fighting to capture Franck Ribery from Bayern Münich. The new manager for The Blues, Luis Felipe Scolari, wants to create the best team possible, and surely Ribery will not ruin his plans.. Already, having captured right-back Bosingwa from

Porto, “Big Phil” is aiming for

Europe’s most wanted striker David Villa from

Valencia
.. He has been handed about £100 millions to succeed-(;numerous medias)
 

§         The Villains’ leader Gareth Barry is set to join

Liverpool. It’s only a matter of time, before the deal has been sealed, but the price is still not agreed, as Aston Villa are desperate to keep their captain..Arsenal   The Gunners are, after a pretty much successful season, looking for more talent and quality. With Wenger still in the seat, he will follow his routines, by capturing amazing talents and evolving them into superstars, such as he has done with Fabregas.. The team lost their Championship-steps, by losing Eduardo in a horrible tackle, late February, a time where Arsenal were laying alone on top of the league.. This pushed the team back, but they managed to hold on to their Champions League spot, while United celebrated the Double..    

Transfer rumorsGK-          Now that Lehmann is set to join VfB Stuttgart in July, Arsenal are searching for a new goalie. Artur Boruc from Celtic is the first priority, while Shay Given is nr. 2. 

Defense-          Aliaksandr Hleb is 95% sure, that he will find a new club through the summer.

Barcelona and Inter are fighting for the playmaker.  

Midfield  -          17-year old Aaron Ramsey from

Cardiff has signed for the Gunners, where he will wear number 30. Price = £5 million. 

Attack-          There is more and more doubt about Emmanuel Adebayor. Some say that he’ll stay and renew his contract, while others say that he is close to moving to AC Milan. 

More to come….

 

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