Rubin Kazan have officially completed the signing of Genoa defender Salvatore Bocchetti. The 23 year old centre half becomes Rubin’s latest high profile signing of the 2010 summer window after Carlos Eduardo and Obafemi Martins. While Eduardo and Martins were acquired for €20m and €9m respectively, Bocchetti has been signed for €11m. Bocchetti has signed … Read more
Liverpool have strengthened their midfield with the acquisition of midfielder Raul Meireles from FC Porto. The club stated on its official website ( liverpoolfc.tv) that it had paid 14 million euros for Meireles’ services. The Reds were looking for reinforcements following the summer departures of Alberto Aquilani and Javier Mascherano to Juventus and Barcelona respectively. … Read more
Carlo Ancelotti has said that his Chelsea side are playing “Playstation Football” at this moment and if that continues, we could easily see a repeat of the 7-0 thrashing Chelsea inflicted upon Stoke when the latter last came visiting to Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea have started their Premier League defence with two consecutive 6-0 wins and are huge favourites to beat Tony Pulis’ Stoke this weekend.