Real Madrid To Officially Announce Nuri Sahin Transfer - Report
Real Madrid's are expected to officially announce the capture of Borussia Dortmund's Nuri Sahin on Monday, reports from Spain suggest.
Marca comments that the capital club will announce on their official website at 12:00CET tomorrow when both Dortmund and Sahin will hold a press conference in Germany simultaneously confirming the move.
The German-born Turkish midfielder will sign a five-year deal in Spain with Madrid paying Dortmund around
Bayern Munich setuju bayar AS$36 juta untuk Manuel Neuer
2011/05/12
BERLIN: Bayern Munich bersetuju membayar wang perpindahan bernilai AS$36 juta bagi mendapatkan khidmat penjaga gol Schalke, Manuel Neuer dengan perjanjian membabitkan kontrak empat tahun.
Majalah Kicker berkata, Bayern akan membayar wang pendahuluan AS$26 juta bagi membawa pemain antarabangsa Jerman ke kelab gergasi Bundesliga terbabit. Selain itu, Bayern akan membayar tambahan AS$4.3 juta sekiranya Neuer dapat membantu mereka memenangi kejuaraan liga ke-23 dan AS$5.7 juta bagi kemenangan Piala Liga Juara-Juara untuk musim depan. Gergasi kelab bola sepak Jerman dijangka memperkenalkan secara rasmi pemain baru mereka itu pada 23 dan 25 Mei ini. - AP
Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's unwillingness to commit his future to the club has angered fans for a while now and during the celebration in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday after Saturday's DFB Pokal win, one supporter made his slappy feelings very clear to Neuer's face.
The Bayern Munich and Manchester United target rode in the back of a slow moving convertible escorted by security personnel through streets crammed with happy fans. At one point, a man in a black cap apparently caught his attention and Neuer leader over towards him and grabbed his hand, which the guy then used to slap the team captain's cheek before scurrying away.
Surprised by the unfriendly gesture, Neuer just sat back down as his fellow passenger held his giant glass of beer as if he was going to use it as a weapon. Which was pretty much the best part of the clip.
And if Manuel Neuer had any thoughts of staying with Schalke now that they've won a bit of silverware, this incident probably killed them.
BERLIN: Penjaga gol Jerman dan Schalke 04, Manuel Neuer akan menyertai Bayern Munich bulan depan dengan menandatangani kontrak selama lima tahun bergantung kepada pemeriksaan kesihatan, menurut kenyataan yang dikeluarkan kelab Bavarian itu semalam.
Bayern yang sudah lama cuba mendapatkan tonggak utama Schalke itu turut mengumumkan akan membawa masuk pemain pertahanan Brazil, Rafinha dari kelab Itali, Genoa dengan kontrak selama tiga tahun.
“Kontrak perpindahan dengan Schalke sudah ditandatangani hari ini (semalam). Manuel Neuer akan menyertai kelab bermula 1 Julai,” jelas pihak pengurusan Bayern dalam satu kenyataan sambil memaklumkan pemain itu akan menjalani ujian perubatan selepas perlawanan Jerman pada pusingan kelayakan Euro 2012.
Pemain berusia 25 tahun itu yang berada di bawah jagaan Schalke sejak berusia lima tahun, membantu kelabnya memenangi Piala Jerman musim ini dan mara ke separuh akhir Liga Juara-Juara.
“Saya tidak sabar untuk menempuh cabaran baru bersama Bayern,” kata Neuer selepas menamatkan spekulasi yang tercetus sejak beberapa bulan lalu mengenai masa depannya.
“Saya akan beraksi dengan kelab yang sama kerana ramai pemain dalam kelab ini adalah pemain skuad kebangsaan jadi ia bukan sesuatu yang asing bagi saya.” Bagaimanapun, dia juga bakal berdepan dengan penyokong Bayern yang tidak berpuas hati dengan perpindahan pemain dari pasukan musuh ketat liga, Schalke.
Ralf Faehrmann, 22, yang menamatkan kontraknya bersama Eintracht Frankfurt selepas kelab itu tersingkir dari Bundesliga, akan mengisi tempat Neuer di Schalke, kelab di mana dia membuat penampilan pertama pada 2008.
“Kami memutuskan untuk menerima tawaran Bayern kerana ini adalah cara terbaik untuk kelab buat masa ini,” kata pengarah sukan Schalke, Horst Heldt.
Bayern akan bermain pada pusingan kelayakan Liga Juara-Juara musim depan selepas menamatkan saingan Bundesliga di tangga ketiga.
Schalke meraih slot beraksi ke Liga Europa hasil kejayaan merangkul Piala Jerman walaupun menamatkan saingan di tangga ke-14 Bundesliga. - Reuters
Ribery, Schweinsteiger ungguli Bayern aibkan City
BINTANG Bayern Munich, Bastian Schweinsteiger, (kanan) bersaing dengan pemain Manchester City, Sergio Aguero pada saingan Liga Juara-Juara Eropah Kumpulan A di Munich, Jerman, pagi tadi. Keputusan Bayern 2, City 0. - Foto AP
Sep 28, 2011 9:15 am
2011/09/28
MUNICH: Pengurus Bayern Munich, Jupp Heynckes memuji kecemerlangan pemain bintangnya, Franck Ribery dan Bastian Schweinsteiger yang disifatkan 'bertaraf dunia' selepas membantu kemenangan 2-0 ke atas Manchester City pada saingan Liga Juara-Juara Eropah, awal pagi tadi.
Penyerang antarabangsa Jerman, Mario Gomez mencipta dua jaringan untuk melebarkan rekod tanpa kalah Bayern kali ke-10 musim ini, dengan dominasi unggul gandingan Ribery dan Schweinsteiger yang kerap kali merobek pertahanan City. Selepas menang 2-0 dengan Villarreal di tempat lawan sebelum ini, ia sekali gus memastikan Bayern menguasai Kumpulan A. City pula nampak bermasalah dengan pasukannya kali ini dengan pengurus, Roberto Mancini agak kecewa selepas penyerangnya Carlos Tevez enggan beraksi pada separuh masa kedua.
Sebaliknya Heynckes tidak banyak menghadapi masalah untuk menurunkan barisan terbaiknya bagi menghadapi saingan kelab dari England itu.
“Kami memilih pada masa terbaik, mereka meledak gol dan mereka bermain penuh yakin," kata Heynckes yang menang trofi Liga Juara-Juara Eropah pada 1998 ketika bersama Real Madrid. - AFP
Borussia Dortmund opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 2-1 win over Mainz at the Westfalenstadion.
After Bayern Munich had lost 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen, goals from Jakub Blaszczykowski and Shinji Kagawa gave Dortmund a club record eighth successive win, after former striker Mohamed Zidan levelled for Mainz with 15 minutes remaining.
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp joked before the game that his side had "cracked open the champagne" on the bus to the stadium - but the defending champions have strengthened their position.
Bayern's title challenge suffered a setback today as goals inside the last 11 minutes from Stefan Kiessling and Karim Bellarabi won it for Leverkusen.
Elsewhere, Freiburg moved off the bottom with a surprise win over Champions League-chasing Schalke.
Sebastian Freis and Daniel Caligiuri were on target for the home side, with Teemu Pukki replying for the Royal Blues - whose hopes of winning the Bundesliga this season now appear to have vanished.
Bruno Labbadia celebrated a winning return to Hamburg as his Stuttgart side won 4-0.
Labbadia was sacked as coach of Hamburg less than two years ago and this was his first time back at the HSV-Arena.
Vedad Ibisevic gave them the lead and two penalties from Zdravko Kuzmanovic ended the game as a contest. Paolo Guerrero's red card added to the home side's misery before Martin Harnik completed the scoring with his eighth goal of 2012.
Hertha Berlin finally picked up their first victory of 2012 as Otto Rehhagel's team beat his former club Werder Bremen to snap a 12-game winless streak. Australia international Nikita Rukavytsya scored the only goal in the 62nd minute.
Kaiserslautern and Wolfsburg shared the spoils in a goalless draw which did neither struggling team many favours.
Borussia Dortmund became the first team since Bayern Munich in 2006 to retain the Bundesliga title after a routine 2-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
Bayern's win at Werder Bremen earlier in the day meant Jurgen Klopp's side required three points to make sure of claiming the 'salad bowl' for the second time in two years and they duly delivered thanks to goals from Ivan Perisic and Shinji Kagawa.
It also meant Dortmund, who are now eight points clear of Bayern with two games to go, extended their unbeaten league run to 26 games.
Dortmund, for whom it was an eighth Bundesliga crown, can clinch a domestic double when they meet Bayern in the final of the DFB-Pokal on May 12.
Fourth-placed Gladbach remained on 56 points - six points ahead of Stuttgart in the race for the Champions League qualification spot.