Football Transfer Speculation 2011

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Official: Antonio Conte appointed new Juventus coach

Juventus have confirmed Antonio Conte will be their coach for the next two years after the 41-year-old signed a contract in Turin on Tuesday afternoon.

A statement on the club's official website reads:

"Antonio Conte has returned to Juventus. This time to lead them not from the pitch, but from the bench. He is the new coach. Conte has signed a two-year contract that will tie him to the Bianconeri until June 30, 2013."

Earlier the club had confirmed that Luigi Del Neri left his post following one season at the helm. The former Sampdoria man was only able to lead them to a seventh place finish, leaving president Andrea Agnelli to consider his options.

Agnelli said of Conte's arrival: "We want to win, and we want to do it with Conte. He is the first piece of the jigsaw to return to being successful."

The new coach, who guided Siena back to Serie A last term, already has a few new names on his team sheet for the next campaign.

Andrea Pirlo arrived from AC Milan, while Reto Ziegler signed from relegated Sampdoria. The aims for Conte and company are to continue building as Juve hope to return to the upper echelons of Serie A.

During his time with the club as a player, Conte lifted the Champions League and as many as 14 major trophies.

Goal.com

[J()e]

Bayern Munich officially signed Manuel Neuer and Rafhina all we need is one or two decent CBs and we will rock europe again

[Kingroudy]

^^i'm also hoping for Arturo Vidal and a decent CB.

[J()e]

^^ vidal should not be a priority we have tymoshuck who plays well as a DM next to shweini the same goes to gustavo...CB should be a priority...badstuber, Van buyten and breno are not bayern material.

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Bayern Munich announce signings of Manuel Neuer from Schalke & Rafinha from Genoa

After many months of negotiations, the transfer poker game between Schalke and Bayern Munich over Manuel Neuer's signature has come to a close. The Bavarians issued a press release on Wednesday confirming the capture of the Germany international, who will sign a five-year contract.

Additionally, FC Hollywood's official website confirmed the signing of Rafinha from Genoa on a three-year deal that will expire in 2014.

"Today, FC Bayern Munich and FC Schalke 04 agreed to terms of the transfer of Manuel Neuer. Consequently, Neuer will join the German record champions on July 1, 2011," read a statement on the official Bayern website.

Neuer was absolutely thrilled to complete his move to Bayern and is ready to start a new chapter in his career at the Allianz Arena.

"I'm really looking forward to a great and exciting challenge at Bayern," he said. "Many colleagues from the national team are now my team-mates in Munich. So I will not enter an unknown territory and should settle in quickly."

The 25-year-old Rafinha was also excited to return to the Bundesliga and issued a statement of intent heading into the upcoming season.

"I am delighted that the change to Munich has been completed and that I can play again in the Bundesliga," he said.

The Brazilian added that in Munich he will "finally win the title, which so far I have failed to do. Here I can play against the best teams and with the very best players in the world, I am very happy."

Financial details including transfer and contract values were not released, although it is estimated that Neuer cost €18 million plus bonuses, and Rafinha came for around €5.5m.

The pair follow Nils Petersen as Bayern's second and third signings of the transfer window.

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[Confucius]

1. mabrouk!
2. how good is Rafinha on a scale of 1 to 10? w bala ta7ayyoz cz mditou

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Originally Posted by Confucius

2. how good is Rafinha on a scale of 1 to 10? w bala ta7ayyoz cz mditou

I have no idea, I've never seen him playing before, but I used to hear a lot about him back when he used to play with FC Schalke, he's a right back, but when he moved to Genoa he played as a right midfielder... apparently he'll play as RB with Bayern and Lahm will move back to the left side

[Neoxter]

He's very good and suited for the german league, he said he didn't like in italy, and he played out of position in genoa.. I remember that he started for brazil in some international matches, he's very good in attack too (typical brazilian fullback )
Excellent transfer for this sum of money.

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وضع رئيس نادي تشيلسي الروسي رومان ابراموفيتش المهاجم البرازيلي لريال مدريد ريكاردو كاكا .ودخل براموفيتش على خط شراء كاكا مباشرة بعد ان قررت ادارة النادي الأبيض بيع البرازيلي ، مقتنعاً بانه يمكنه ضم البرازيلي باقل من نصف ال60 مليون باوند الذي انتقل بهم الى ريال.
وكان كاكا قد زار غرب لندن كثيراً في الأونة الأخيرة ، الأمر الذي اسعد شركة ADIDAS التي ستسعد اذا ما انتقل برازيلي الى ستامفورد بريدج.

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According to Man U (on twitter) Michael Owen has signed a new deal for 1 year with Man U and Berbatov said that he isn't going anywhere