German Bundesliga football transfers Winter 2009 list
Here is a list of transfers in the German Bundesliga in the winter 2009 transfer window ( January and February 2009). Some major second division Bundesliga transfers are included too.
All transfers listed here have a Bundesliga club involved in same way or the other. Please check the soccer transfers and rumours section for more football [...]
List of Spanish La Liga transfers winter 2009
Here is a list of all the transfers from the Spanish Primera Divison ( La Liga) in Winter 2009 ( January 2009). Involves a La Liga club in some form or the other. I’ve sorted this list out by clubs.
Nobody spent as much as Real Madrid did this winter. The rest of the teams opted [...]
Reims appoint Luis Fernandez as manager
Struggling French club Stade De Reims have appointed former French midfielder Luis Fernandez as their manager. Reims are currently at the bottom of France’s second division ( Ligue 2), with only twelve points to show for their efforts from eighteen games.
Fernandez, part of the magic square of French football in the 80’s along with Alain [...]
Khalilou Fadiga leaves Geerminal Beerschot
Senegal winger Khalilou Fadiga has left Belgian club Geerminal Beerschot after the two parties mutually decided to terminate his contract. Fadiga, 33, joined the Antwerp club earlier this year from Gent. He had stated his desire to return to England a month back, saying he loved the way football was played in the country.
Fadiga holds [...]
Pavel Pardo rejoins Club America
Mexican international Pavel Pardo has rejoined Club America for a fee of $4m from VfB Stuttgart. Defensive midfielder Pardo played for Club America for seven years between 1999 and 2006 before joining Stuttgart for a fee of 1 million euros after the 2006 World Cup.
Pardo, 32, has been capped over 140 times for the Mexican [...]
Wigan to make bid for Michael Owen in January?
According to reports, Wigan Athletic could make a fresh bid for Michael Owen when the winter transfer window opens. The Latics had tried to sign Owen from Real Madrid a few years ago, but lost out to Newcastle United. With Owen’s contract due to expire in the summer of 2009, and an extension not currently [...]
Zenit St.Petersburg sign Igor Semshov
According to reports in the press, Zenit St.Petersburg have made Russian midfielder Igor Semshov their first 2009 signing, acquiring him from Dinamo Moscow for a reported €8 million euro fee. Semshov will sign for St.Pete when he returns from holiday, and joins former Dinamo teammate Danny Alves at the Petrovsky Stadium. Zenit had signed Alves [...]
Want Santa Cruz Man City ? Pay up £18million
According to this report in the Mirror, Mark Hughes and Man City will have to cough up a minimum of 18 million pounds if they are to bring Paraguyuan international Roque Santa Cruz to Eastlands in January.
Santa Cruz, who excelled at Rovers under Hughes last season, has not quite had the same impact at Ewood [...]
West Bromwich Albion want Bendtner on loan
According to reports in the press, West Bromwich Albion are keen to bring Arsenal’s Danish forward Nicklas Bendtner to Hawthorns on loan in January. Bendtner, 20, spent the 2006-07 season on loan at Birmingham City, but may not feel very enthused at the idea of joining the Baggies, who are currently at the bottom of [...]
Edwin van der Sar renews Manchester United contract
Dutch veteran Edwin van der Sar has signed a one year extension to his contract at Old Trafford. The former Ajax and Juventus keeper will now be at Manchester United till 2010.
Van der Sar, who is the most capped Dutch player of all time, had initially planned to retire at the end of the 2008-09 [...]
TSG Hoffenheim to sign Timo Hildebrand
Surprise Bundesliga leaders TSG Hoffenheim have snapped up former Stuttgart keeper Timo Hildebrand on a free transfer. Hildebrand, who once did not let in a goal for 884 minutes in the Bundesliga ( a league record), was released by Spanish giants Valencia last week. He arrived at the Mestalla in July 2007 on a three [...]
Bayer Leverkusen- Theofanis Gekas can leave
Fresh news- Gekas signs for Portsmouth
German club Bayer Leverkusen have said that Greek striker Theofanis Gekas can leave the Bay Arena if he finds a new club. Gekas, 28, was signed by Leverkusen on a four year contract after an amazing 2006-07 loan season with Bochum, when he ended up as the Bundesliga’s top scorer.
Unfortunately [...]
Gent to sign Tim Smolders
Charleroi midfielder Tim Smolders will leave the Zebras in January to join Michel Preud D’Homme’s Gent. Smolders has signed a three and a half year contract with the Buffalos, and becomes their second winter signing after Westerlo’s Stef Wils.
Smolders previously played for Club Brugge and RBC Roosendaal before joining Charleroi.
Real Madrid appoint Juande Ramos as manager
Real Madrid have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur and Sevilla boss Juande Ramos as their new manager. Ramos succeeds Bernd Schuster, who was shown the door after Los Merengues were beaten 4-3 in the league by Sevilla on Sunday. Ramos’ first game in charge will Real’s last Group H Champions League game, against Russian side Zenit [...]
Åge Hareide resigns as Norway manager
Norway boss Åge Hareide has resigned as manager of the country’s national football team. Hareide, 55, took over from Nils Johan Semb in 2003, but failed to take the team to Euro 2004, Euro 2008 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Mahamadou Diarra out for six to nine months
Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra will miss the rest of the season after learning that he will have to undergo knee surgery. The Malian international originally suffered the injury while on duty for Les Aigles against Chad on October 11, but returned to action two weeks later. However he aggravated the injury in a recent [...]
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Liverpool
Liverpool produced another stuttering performance but did just enough to beat Blackburn 3-1 in their Premiership fixture at Ewood Park on Saturday, thereby heaping more misery upon Rovers boss Paul Ince. Xabi Alonso, Yossi Benayoun and Steven Gerrard scored for Liverpool, with the solitary Rovers goal coming from Roque Santa Cruz. The result ensures that [...]
Bayern Munich 2-1 TSG Hoffenheim
Luca Toni scored for the sixth time in a row as Bayern Munich beat TSG Hoffenheim 2-1 on Friday evening in a top of the table Bundesliga clash. Toni’s goal came right at the end to break Hoffenheim hearts, but Ralf Rangnick’s side still lead the Bundesliga on goal difference. Bayern and Hoffenheim now have [...]
Darren Anderton calls it a day
Former Tottenham and England midfielder Darren Anderton has decided to retire after Bournemouth’s League Two game against Chester City on Saturday. Sicknote, as he was nicknamed for the numerous injuries that he sustained in his career, is best remembered for the twelve year spell he had at Tottenham Hotspur between 1992 and 2004. He has [...]
Klaas Jan Huntelaar to join Real Madrid in January
Some big transfer news ! And it is really big !!!
Real Madrid have announced that highly rated Ajax striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar will join them in January. Los Blancos will pay Ajax an initial €20m fee which could rise to €27m depending on his appearances and other clauses. When the deal does officially go [...]
Burnley 2-0 Arsenal- Carling Cup quarterfinal
Arsenal’s Carling Cup campaign came to an end on Tuesday night at Turf Moor when they were beaten 2-0 by a well organised Burnley side. Kevin McDonald scored both the goals for Burnley, who have now added Arsenal to Fulham and Chelsea in the list of London clubs they have knocked out of the Carling [...]
Hamburg fined 35,000 euros
German club Hamburger SV have been fined €35,000 by the DFB Discplinary Panel for the behaviour of their supporters against Werder Bremen’s Frank Baumann when the two clubs met in the Bundesliga on November 23.
Werder skipper Baumann was struck on the left cheekbone by a mobile phone battery thrown from the crowd at the Nordbank [...]
Cristiano Ronaldo wins Ballon D’Or
Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2008 Ballon D’Or award, according to an announcement made by French magazine France Football at 0200 GMT. Ronaldo picked up a massive 446 votes out of a possible 480, and was the only player on the lists of all the 96 journalists. Barcelona’s Lionel Messi came second with [...]
FA Cup 2008/09 Third Round Draw
The draw for the third round of the FA Cup has been made. Defending champions Portsmouth are up against Bristol City. Three all Premiership ties- Sunderland against Bolton, Hull vs Newcastle and Spurs vs Wigan. Histon, who shocked Leeds United in the second round, have drawn Swansea.
Here are the ties ( Bold indicates all [...]
Stuttgart 2-0 Schalke- Win on German debut for Markus Babbel
Former Liverpool defender Markus Babbel enjoyed a winning start to his Bundesliga managerial career as VFB Stuttgart beat Schalke 04 2-0 at home on Sunday. This was Babbel’s second game in charge of Stuttgart, having earlier overseen the midweek draw against Sampdoria in the UEFA Cup. Substitute Jan Simak and striker Mario Gomez scored in [...]
Celtic 1-0 Inverness
Scottish giants Celtic bounced back from their midweek European disappointment to beat Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1-0 at home and increase their lead over second placed Rangers to seven points in the SPL. The game was a quiet affair, with winger Shaun Maloney scoring what was to be the winner in the 29th minute.
Celtic’s exit from [...]
