Sunday, 26 May 2013
Breaking News: David Moyes plead to wayne rooney to please stay at Old Trafford
Wayne Rooney is to have urgent summit talks with new Manchester United manager David Moyes as the club attempt to resolve the impasse over the England striker's future created by his fall-out with Sir Alex Ferguson.
While Moyes is preparing for a family holiday and Rooney is on England duty this week, it is understood that both parties are keen to meet as soon as possible to settle 27-year-old Rooney's future, which increasingly looks as though it will be at United.
The club now accept that Rooney has never submitted a formal transfer request and, although Moyes will want to meet the player personally before final decisions are made, with Rooney committed to the club and Moyes an open admirer of the player, a resolution seems imminent.
Rooney's fall-out with Ferguson came at a meeting last month, which prompted the former United manager to claim that Rooney had asked to leave after nine years at Old Trafford.
But that meeting has now been described by sources as more an exchange between a frustrated player and his manager, in which Rooney expressed his exasperation at being dropped and frequently substituted.
Having received little encouragement from Ferguson, Rooney is said to have suggested that if he were not going to be played then he might as well be sold.
It is understood that while Sir Alex might have regarded such a statement as tantamount to requesting a transfer, there was no formal communication asking for a move and that it was a statement made in the heat of the moment, driven by Rooney's desire to play more.
At the time of the meeting there was also no indication that Sir Alex was about to retire and the situation for both club and player changed radically with the arrival of Moyes.
The new manager demonstrated his independence from Sir Alex last week with the departure of Ferguson's assistant, Mike Phelan, and his goalkeeping coach, Eric Steele.
Moyes's assistant at Everton, Steve Round, and his goalkeeping coach, Chris Woods, would be the most likely replacements.
United's departing chief executive David Gill also said last week that he fully expected Rooney to be playing at Old Trafford next season, indicating that the club have no problem with the player.
Moyes gave Rooney his Premier League debut as a 16-year-old at Everton but the pair then fell out over false claims in Rooney's autobiography that Moyes had leaked information to the media.
Rooney and the publishers of his autobiography apologised in court and paid damages thought be around £500,000, which were donated to a charity supporting former Everton players.
Since then, Moyes has spoken warmly of Rooney, claiming the player telephoned him to apologise personally and thank him for guidance given him early in his career.
Brazillian star Neymar signs for Barcelona
Spanish champions Barcelona have agreed the signing of Brazil striker Neymar from Santos.
The 21-year-old will sign a five-year contract, the club said, with the player confirming he will sign his contract on Monday.
A Barcelona statement read: 'FC Barcelona and Santos have agreed to terms for Neymar da Silva Santos Junior. The Brazilian forward will don the Blaugrana strip for the next five seasons. The 21-year old is one of the most promising footballers on the planet.'
Neymar had been considering his future after his club Santos revealed on Friday they had accepted two offers for their star player, with Barca confirmed as one of the bidders and Real Madrid widely assumed to be the other.
Neymar has confirmed his decision, writing on Instagram: 'I'm here with friends and family and they have helped me to write a few things here. I'm not going to hold out until Monday. My family and friends already know my decision.
'On Monday I will sign a contract with Barcelona.'
The 21-year-old's contract at Santos was due to expire at the end of next season and some reports had suggested an agreement with Barcelona was reached as much as a year ago.
Now the move has been confirmed.
Neymar wrote: 'I want to thank the fans of Santos for these incredible nine years. My feeling for the club and the fans will never change. It is eternal!
'Only a club like Santos FC could give me everything I have experienced on and off the field. I thank the wonderful fans who supported me even in the most difficult moments.
'Titles, goals, dribbling, celebrations and songs that fans created for me will be forever in my heart...'
Neymar will say goodbye to the Santos fans at Sunday's season-opening game against Flamengo.
'I made sure I could play the match tomorrow in Brasilia,' he said. 'I want to have the opportunity to once again take the field and hear the crowd scream my name ...
'It is a strange time for me, sad (farewell) and happy (new challenge). May God bless me in my choices ... And I'm always a Santos fan!'
In a statement, Santos said they had made every effort to keep hold of the player.
It read: 'The management committee of Santos FC announces that it has received notification from the athlete Neymar Jr advising that he has decided to accept the proposal of Barcelona. The transfer of playmaker to the Spanish team will be sealed in the coming days.
'After refusing a offers of many millions for Neymar Jr since mid-2010, and implemented a career plan that allowed his historic stay in Brazil for several years, bucking the trend of Brazilian football to quickly sell its greatest talents, Santos FC finally agreed to sell.
'Every effort was made to keep him in Brazil as long as possible, even offering to renew the current contract, which ended in July 2014. At this time, however, it was not possible to compete with the terms offered from abroad, which affected the decision of the player to review his professional life.
'Due to the confidentiality agreement, and by mutual agreement, the terms of the transfer will not be disclosed by any of the parties.'
Barcelona assistant boss Jordi Roura refused to be be drawn on the progress of Barcelona's chase on Friday, but acknowledged the talent of the player, who already has more than 30 international caps.
'Let things run their course,' he said. 'He's a spectacular player and any club would want him.'
Neymar is a superstar in Brazil, and his departure will be a big blow to fans of Santos, who had hoped he might stay until after next year's World Cup in the country.
With Neymar, who made his debut as a 17-year-old in 2009, Santos have enjoyed their greatest period of success since Pele was playing for the club, winning three straight Campeonato Paulista titles and the Copa do Brasil.
The crowning glory came in 2011 when the club won the Copa Libertadores for the first time since 1963 and Neymar was named the South American Footballer of the Year as well as winning the Puskas Award for the world's best goal.
The statement from Santos concluded: 'More than an idol, Neymar Jr became a myth not only for Santos, but for Brazilians and football fans around the world.
'The club says goodbye for now to its playmaker, wishing you much success in your new journey, certain that the Vila Belmiro (stadium) will continue being your second home.'
1992: February 5 - Born in Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil.2003: Joins Santos' youth academy.2006: Travels to Spain to trial at Real Madrid but opts to remain at Santos.2009: March - Makes his Santos debut at the age of 17 before scoring his first senior goal a week later.2010: April 15 - Scores five goals as Santos beat Guarani 8-1.May - Voted best player in the Campeonato Paulista as Santos win the title.July - Santos director of football Pedro Luiz Nunes says the club rejected a £12million offer from West Ham. Neymar also denies he has agreed a deal with Chelsea.August 10 - Scores on his Brazil debut in a 2-0 friendly win against the United States.December 30 - Third in the voting for the South American Footballer of the Year after he scores 42 goals in 60 games.2011: June - Scores as Santos win the Copa Libertadores for the first time since 1963 - when Pele was at the club.November - Signs a new deal at Santos to remain until after the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.December - Nominated for FIFA's Ballon d'Or and wins the Puskas Award for his goal against Flamengo.Wins Bronze Ball at the FIFA Club Word Cup as Santos lose final to Barcelona 4-0.December 30 - Named the South American Footballer of the Year.2012: February 5 - Scores his 100th senior professional goal on his 20th birthday against Palmeiras.May - Scores a double in both legs of the Campeonato final against Guarani as Santos win title 7-2 on aggregate.June - Top scorer in the Copa Libertadores but Santos lose semi-final to Corinthians.December - Named South American Footballer of the Year for a second time while he also wins the Golden Ball as the best player in the Brazilian National Championship. Denies he has a deal with Barcelona.2013: March 18 - Says it was his dream to play in Europe.April 25 - His father and agent, Neymar da Silva Sr, says Neymar will leave Santos before the 2014 World Cup.May 25 - Santos announce they have accepted two bids for the striker, thought to be from Real Madrid and Barcelona.May 26 - Neymar and Barcelona confirm he has chosen to join the Spanish champions.
Saturday, 25 May 2013
.Bayern Munich Beat Dortmund 2-1 with late winning redemption by Arjeen Robben which made Bayern Munich the new Champions. Con
Bayern Munich Beat Dortmund 2-1 with late winning redemption by Arjeen Robben which made Bayern Munich the new Champions.
Pain of last year as German champions claim fifth European title
Arjen Robben provided the perfect answer to the doubters by scoring an 88th-minute winner to settle a brilliant Champions League final in favour of Bayern Munich at Wembley.
The glory goal came 12 months after Robben's lowest point, when he missed the penalty that would have beaten Chelsea.
Tonight that frustration was forgotten as Bayern joined Liverpool as five-times winners of Europe's most prestigious competition, leaving Borussia Dortmund flattened and in tears at a magnificent effort that went unrewarded.
Not that either side deserved to lose an outstanding game that no neutral would have complained if it had gone to an extra 30 minutes.
Indeed, the only person who might wonder at the glory of it all is Pep Guardiola, who takes over at Bayern next season having to improve on a campaign that, by next week, may well have ended with a treble.
The only worry from either side appearing on the grandest stage was that the presence of the other would bring a degree of caution to proceedings.
After all, the pair had proved beyond doubt this season that they are the best two sides in Europe.
That a thrill-a-minute opening period ended goalless was a wonder in itself. The reasons were mainly found in the inspired performances of respective goalkeepers Manuel Neuer and Roman Weidenfeller, plus the profligacy of Robben.
In the opening 25 minutes, as the yellow Dortmund shirts buzzed around furiously, Neuer was Bayern's hero.
Germany's number one keeper tipped over a long-range Robert Lewandowski effort, turned away Jakub Blaszczykowski's low shot with his feet and also denied Sven Bender.
It was phenomenal stuff from Neuer as Bayern's stretched defence struggled to cope with the raw pace and enthusiasm of their Bundesliga rivals.
Slowly though, the contest began to turn.
Mario Mandzukic reacted with fury when Robben went for goal rather than square a pass into his path that would have left a vacant net to tap into, only for Weidenfeller to make the first of his series of splendid saves.
From the corner, Weidenfeller tipped Mandzukic's header onto the crossbar before the excellent Javi Martinez skimmed a shot just over.
An enthralling contest was encapsulated in the space of seconds just before the break when Lewandowski found room inside the Bayern area to squeeze out a shot which Neuer saved and then immediately launched a counter-attack from.
Through a fortunate bounce and Mats Hummels losing his bearings, Robben ended up face-to-face with Weidenfeller. Again the Dortmund keeper won the personal duel.
It was impossible to imagine the goalless stalemate continuing. And even though some of the earlier zip was missing when the sides reconvened, it did not.
After leading the attacking raid, Robben drifted quietly into space as Franck Ribery assessed his options.
One burst of pace later and Ribery had flicked the ball to his fellow wide-man, drawing Weidenfeller from his line in desperation.
Mandzukic was in a similar place as before. This time Robben found him and the Croatian put Bayern ahead.
Soon after Dante paid the price for an ill-advised attempt at a clearance as he succeeded only in kicking Marco Reus in the stomach. Ilkay Gundogan did the rest from the penalty spot.
There was no debating the decision but, as Dante had previously been booked, there was a strong argument the Brazilian deserved a red card.
Not that there was any time to debate the issue as Neven Subotic miraculously got back to hook Muller's shot off the line before Weidenfeller flung himself in the way of David Alaba's effort.
Muller was convinced he should have had a penalty when he went down under Subotic's challenge but he didn't get one.
Bastian Schweinsteiger was next to find Weidenfeller getting in the way of one of his shots.
But Bayern need not have worried. With extra-time looking certain, Ribery managed to force a backheel through a crowd of defenders inside the Dortmund box.
Robben charged onto it. He kept his cool to nip round a couple of despairing tackles before rolling the ball past Weidenfeller to send Munich into ecstasy.
Congratulations to them
Pain of last year as German champions claim fifth European title
Arjen Robben provided the perfect answer to the doubters by scoring an 88th-minute winner to settle a brilliant Champions League final in favour of Bayern Munich at Wembley.
The glory goal came 12 months after Robben's lowest point, when he missed the penalty that would have beaten Chelsea.
Tonight that frustration was forgotten as Bayern joined Liverpool as five-times winners of Europe's most prestigious competition, leaving Borussia Dortmund flattened and in tears at a magnificent effort that went unrewarded.
Not that either side deserved to lose an outstanding game that no neutral would have complained if it had gone to an extra 30 minutes.
Indeed, the only person who might wonder at the glory of it all is Pep Guardiola, who takes over at Bayern next season having to improve on a campaign that, by next week, may well have ended with a treble.
The only worry from either side appearing on the grandest stage was that the presence of the other would bring a degree of caution to proceedings.
After all, the pair had proved beyond doubt this season that they are the best two sides in Europe.
That a thrill-a-minute opening period ended goalless was a wonder in itself. The reasons were mainly found in the inspired performances of respective goalkeepers Manuel Neuer and Roman Weidenfeller, plus the profligacy of Robben.
In the opening 25 minutes, as the yellow Dortmund shirts buzzed around furiously, Neuer was Bayern's hero.
Germany's number one keeper tipped over a long-range Robert Lewandowski effort, turned away Jakub Blaszczykowski's low shot with his feet and also denied Sven Bender.
It was phenomenal stuff from Neuer as Bayern's stretched defence struggled to cope with the raw pace and enthusiasm of their Bundesliga rivals.
Slowly though, the contest began to turn.
Mario Mandzukic reacted with fury when Robben went for goal rather than square a pass into his path that would have left a vacant net to tap into, only for Weidenfeller to make the first of his series of splendid saves.
From the corner, Weidenfeller tipped Mandzukic's header onto the crossbar before the excellent Javi Martinez skimmed a shot just over.
An enthralling contest was encapsulated in the space of seconds just before the break when Lewandowski found room inside the Bayern area to squeeze out a shot which Neuer saved and then immediately launched a counter-attack from.
Through a fortunate bounce and Mats Hummels losing his bearings, Robben ended up face-to-face with Weidenfeller. Again the Dortmund keeper won the personal duel.
It was impossible to imagine the goalless stalemate continuing. And even though some of the earlier zip was missing when the sides reconvened, it did not.
After leading the attacking raid, Robben drifted quietly into space as Franck Ribery assessed his options.
One burst of pace later and Ribery had flicked the ball to his fellow wide-man, drawing Weidenfeller from his line in desperation.
Mandzukic was in a similar place as before. This time Robben found him and the Croatian put Bayern ahead.
Soon after Dante paid the price for an ill-advised attempt at a clearance as he succeeded only in kicking Marco Reus in the stomach. Ilkay Gundogan did the rest from the penalty spot.
There was no debating the decision but, as Dante had previously been booked, there was a strong argument the Brazilian deserved a red card.
Not that there was any time to debate the issue as Neven Subotic miraculously got back to hook Muller's shot off the line before Weidenfeller flung himself in the way of David Alaba's effort.
Muller was convinced he should have had a penalty when he went down under Subotic's challenge but he didn't get one.
Bastian Schweinsteiger was next to find Weidenfeller getting in the way of one of his shots.
But Bayern need not have worried. With extra-time looking certain, Ribery managed to force a backheel through a crowd of defenders inside the Dortmund box.
Robben charged onto it. He kept his cool to nip round a couple of despairing tackles before rolling the ball past Weidenfeller to send Munich into ecstasy.
Congratulations to them
Nigerians Reacts to El Rufai Daughters Unemployed Speech
Former Federal Capital Territory minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday bemoaned the spate of unemployment in the country, saying despite his connections, he had yet to secure jobs for his two daughters, who are both holders of Masters Degrees.
"Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed. I have two daughters with Masters Degrees and they are unemployed. They have been at home for more than a year and I cannot get a job for them." he said.
Apparently, the speech did not go down well with some i
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Chuks Samuel: Your daughters should send their CV's to Nigerian Airways,Ajaokuta steel Co., Delta Steel, Aluminium Smelting Co. Ikot-Abasi, just to mention a few of the numerous job opportunities your privatisation effort created.Whither leadership, a la Nigerian style.
Anebira: Typical silver spoon daughters who were obviously forced by their parents to go to school and get degrees. Now they sit at home, are fed and sheltered in luxurious homes, stay on Facebook 24/7, while their wealthy father looks for jobs for them. Mallam El-Rufai, that you are looking for jobs for your daughters just shows how elistist you are and how spoilt your daughters are. Most average Nigerian youths look for jobs themselves, carry around their CVs, or even try self-employment.
Okoye: This man always seek public attention,let him start an entrepreneurship firm for them with his stolen wealth or are they seeking for a job that will fit their father's status?
Anonymouw: He can't find jobs for his daughters or he can't find jobs in the "juicest" of offices for them as he is no longer in the corridors of powers? Take a chill pill sir, twitter warrior!
Anony: shut up el rufai! Pathetic politicians wo wil criticise the presnt govt at any given opportunity. If dia r no jobs for ur dotas notin stops dem frm venturin into biz. The nigerian mentality is go to skul n get a job wch is killin our youths. Its high tym we learnt hw to generate money instead of waitin for the govt's monthly chicken change called salary. Linda ikeji is self employed n is a millionaire!!!
Dailypost.com.ng:
Hadiza: Mallam maybe instead of waiting for jobs, your two daughters should get up and create jobs. With your connections, wealth and their level f exposure they have no business waiting for employment, they should be employers of labour!
Onyaye: You trained them wrongly what are they still doing in your house most you be the one to get them job let them seach like every other nigeria
Ishaq: Who cares about what your daughters don't have,you people killed nigeria,you did nothing @ your time but join the "have my share of the cake too" moreover your daughters I know want their own share of the cake too,they can't settle for a low income as any other starter would. So all na #wash!
Ladun's blog:
Anonymous24 May, 2013 13:30
imagine, just for a year? i have a brother that has been unemployed for 5yrs .
Okoye 24 May, 2013 11:41
Let him pay them allowances in dollars as he did when he was FCT minister to NYSC members he has as personal staff,he was dozing out money because it was not coming out from his pocket.Sins of the father have visited his children.
I'll go with trying to play on our intelligence... Who is he fooling... Smh...He should have just said they don't want to work or the ones he got them didn't match their standard! that'll have been more easy to swallow.... Lol... :)
Anonymous24 May, 2013 12:50
Dey r unemployed but not broke or poor
Anonymous24 May, 2013 12:52
Help me tell el Rufai that unemployment
get grade. His daughters have a better standard of living than many suit and tie wearing people working on the island. Unemployed ppl struggle to eat, enter molue, buy N100 recharge cards on their not-smart phones, washed the clothes they wore today last night. I could go on. In which of these categories does his daughters fall into.
Mega Mega: El rufai should go and sit on a long thing. That man is one fellow Nigerians should never believe. He is a green snake in a green grass. Never trust him! His daughters are 'searching' for jobs! Big lie!!!
Abacus: What you all failed to understand is, the 2 daughters will not go hungry as well they will not eat from dustbin. They have secured future. What will be the fate of those without rich parents? This is what the man is trying to talk about. You all leave the message murdering the messenger.. Nawa to you all. Lemme share this with you.. someone sent this to me this morning "Do you have any programmer/web admin that is job hunting? There is vacancy but salary is 40k".. I thought he said "400k".. Already started calling my friends to send me their cvs.. and to look again.. the only response I have is "LOL". In as much I know people job hunting, I CAN never send them this offer because it's .. don't have the right word yet. RIDICULOUS!Mallam El-Rufai ride on.. we need people like you to tell them the truth.God bless El-Rufai and his household. God bless me too.
Babybos: When Elrufai was a minister/governor of FCT,how many jobs did he created, what you can not do, stop blaming others. The press need to blackout most politician who are irrelevant and useless...
#PHOTO GIST: "Should I commit suicide cos im big" Eniola Badmus replies critics over her bikini photo
Lol!
Gbogbo Bigz geh - Eniola Badmus actually shared this photo of hers during the week and it went viral in seconds.
Trust Nigerians, they reacted to the photo with some funny comments. Eniola Badmus has a message for her critics, read her reply (tweet) below SEE FOR URSELF WHAT SHE SAYS ON her Twitter Page
The truth of the matter: M.I Disses Olamide In #Chairman song
You will recall that in one of Olamide’s songs, he made mention of a certain ‘chairman’ in his song, Owotabua, telling him to take it easy and calm down...thus it was assumed that M.I responded to the diss via his #chairman song!
Well, M.I has debunked the rumour, calling it ‘cheap and impossible’. M.I’s publicist, Oma Areh of Wild Flower PR, says it was impossible for MI to spend about N10m on a video and so much energy on a song to respond to a diss.
She said, “MI spent about N10m on the video. He shot it in Los Angeles and they used two mansions, a private jet and various fancy cars. It took them three days to shoot the video. It is impossible for MI to diss Olamide, who said that? That is too cheap and impossible. It is not remotely possible.”
BREAKING: JOSE MOURINHO AGREES FOUR-YEAR CHELSEA DEAL
BREAKING: JOSE MOURINHO AGREES FOUR-YEAR CHELSEA DEAL
JOSE MOURINHO will fly to London on June 2 – and sign a four-year contract at Chelsea worth £250,000 a week.
Mourinho will jet in the day after his final game in charge of Real Madrid to seal his mega deal.
That is a commitment of around £50m from owner Roman Abramovich for the second coming of The Special One.
Mourinho is so keen to get started in his new job he will not waste any time after Real’s final game against Osasuna at the Bernabeu.
He will be accompanied on the trip by his fitness coach Rui Faria and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro.
But there is no prospect of Chelsea signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Madrid as the superstar’s relationship with Mourinho has broken down.
Although Mourinho is coming to London on Sunday week – he bought a home in the capital last year – there are no plans yet to formally announce him as the new boss at Stamford Bridge.
His salary this time is around three times what he was paid when he first arrived at the club in 2004.
Real Madrid and Mourinho, 50, confirmed they will part company at the end of the season.
And because the split has been mutually agreed, Chelsea will not have to pay any compensation to the Spanish giants.
Via Daily Star
JOSE MOURINHO will fly to London on June 2 – and sign a four-year contract at Chelsea worth £250,000 a week.
Mourinho will jet in the day after his final game in charge of Real Madrid to seal his mega deal.
That is a commitment of around £50m from owner Roman Abramovich for the second coming of The Special One.
Mourinho is so keen to get started in his new job he will not waste any time after Real’s final game against Osasuna at the Bernabeu.
He will be accompanied on the trip by his fitness coach Rui Faria and goalkeeping coach Silvino Louro.
But there is no prospect of Chelsea signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Madrid as the superstar’s relationship with Mourinho has broken down.
Although Mourinho is coming to London on Sunday week – he bought a home in the capital last year – there are no plans yet to formally announce him as the new boss at Stamford Bridge.
His salary this time is around three times what he was paid when he first arrived at the club in 2004.
Real Madrid and Mourinho, 50, confirmed they will part company at the end of the season.
And because the split has been mutually agreed, Chelsea will not have to pay any compensation to the Spanish giants.
Via Daily Star
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