Schuster set for extended stay at Real Madrid
Real Madrid’s Coach Bernd Schuster will not leave the club this summers
Real Madrid’s German coach Bernd Schuster said that he will stay with the Spanish Giants even if the team fails to defend its league title this season. Real’s president Ramon Calderon has also spoken in favor of Bernd Schuster. He also wants him to continue with the club.
Real are at the top of the league table but the club saw its advantage over nearest rivals FC Barcelona shrink to four points after losing 3-2 to Valencia at home on Sunday.
The club, which at one point this season had a nine point lead over the Catalan side(Barcelona), has lost five matches so far this year and earlier this month it crashed out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage.
“I know we must win but we are in the process of building a team and there is still work to be done. We need this summer (to recruit). And I hope to carry out the second part of this project having won the league,” Schuster said.
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Barcelona’s golden opportunity to get Fabregas!!!
Barcelona have the golden opportunity after Arsenal’s main arsenal Cesc Fabregas split with his agent Joseba Diaz.
Diaz has links to Real Madrid and was speaking about the possible transfer of Fabregas to Spanish biggest club, Real Madrid. This made the midfield wizard furious and the intervention by Fabregas’s family ended Real Madrid talks.
Fabregas was always been the target for Spanish giants, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
However Fabregas, the £20 million rated Spanish midfielder, stressed his commitment and devotion to Arsenal.
According to Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona are now monitoring the developments closely having been encouraged with Diaz off the scene due to the fact Barca sports chief Txiki Begiristain doesn’t get along with Diaz.
Shola Ameobi loan out to Championship side!
Newcaslte United striker, Shola Ameobi, joins Championship (division two) team Stoke City. Ameobi is loan out to Stoke City and will be playing for the rest of the season.
Ameobi, the former Under-21 England player, only appeared eight times this season for Newcastle United.
According to Stoke City’s website (www.stokecityfc.co.uk), Ameobi would be make is debut for Stoke City this Saturday.
Stoke City leads the Championship and have only six games remaining. Stoke City’s manager, Tony Pullis is positive that Ameobi would help Stoke City to promote to Premier League next season.
Sir Alex Ferguson blocks Ben Foster loan bid
Ben Foster will Remain with Manchester United
Ben Foster’s bid to go out on loan to the Championship has been blocked by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. The once-capped England keeper asked if he could drop down a level and sign on loan for the rest of the season, but Fergie has refused despite Edwin van der Sar and Tomasz Kuzszack being fit. Foster had been given the go-ahead to leave before making a shock debut at Derby County but now Fergie has told him to wait for his chance.
There are chances that Edwin van der Sar will retire this year and Ben Foster will be promoted from Reserves to the Bench.
Referee Mike Riley will not be in charge of a Barclays Premier League fixture this weekend.
Referee Riley not playing this weekend after failing to send off Ashley Cole at Spurs
The West Yorkshire official appears to have paid the price for the controversial part he played in Chelsea’s fiery 4-4 draw with Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Riley came under heavy fire for failing to send off Chelsea’s Ashley Cole against Spurs and for not reporting Cole and team-mates for harassing him following the left back’s horror tackle on Spurs defender Alan Hutton.
Instead of being on top-flight duty, the referee has been handed the Coca-Cola Championship fixture between Charlton and Wolves on Saturday and Nottingham Forest’s visit to Carlisle - in League One - three days later.
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