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ANGELO HENRIQUEZ SIGNS WITH MANCHESTER UNITED


The 18-year-old strike Angelo Henriquez recently joined Manchester United from former side Universidad de Chile.

Sir Alex Ferguson is very delighted in signing the young talent stating that Henriquez is a great asset and that he really reads the game of football very well.

Henriquez is also very delighted to join one of the biggest clubs in Europe and the whole world. He stated that Manchester United is a very great team with a great manager. Further stating that it is a huge honor to be part of the club.

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MICHAEL OWEN SIGNS A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH STOKE CITY

Michael Owen has signed a one-year contract to Stoke City from Manchester United

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SCOTT SINCLAIR SIGNS TO MANCHESTER CITY FROM SWANSEA CITY
The 23-year-old showed his delight in moving to Manchester City from Swansea City.

He stated "Playing alongside some of the best players in the world is exciting for me and when you see two Champions League fixtures against Real Madrid on the horizon, it brings it all home."

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GIOVANI DOS SANTOS SIGNS WITH SPANISH SIDE MALLORCA
The 26-year-old Mexican international attacking player Giovani Dos Santos signed a four-year contract with Mallorca after leaving Tottenham Hotspurs.

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RAFAEL VAN DER VAART MOVES TO GERMAN CLUB HAMBURG FROM HIS FORMER ENGLISH SIDE TOTTENHAM

The Netherlands international midfielder has moved to his former club Hamburg in Germany after leaving Tottenham Hotspurs.

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BRAZILLIAN DEFENDER MAICON MOVES TO MANCHESTER CITY FROM INTER MILAN

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DIMITAR BERBATOV MOVES TO FULHAM FROM MANCHESTER UNITED

Dimitar Berbatov signed a new contract two-year contract with Fulham. Berbatov expressed his happiness in joining his new team. The club officials also had good remarks to say about the Bulgarian player, stating that he is a player of great quality and technical ability.

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BRYAN OVIEDO SIGNS WITH EVERTON
The Costarican defender signed a four-year contract with Everton from FC Copenhagen. Oviedo told the Everton’s official website that he is happy that he joined his new club and that he is feeling good.

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Maurice Edu joins Stoke City on a three-year-deal
Maurice Edu, the 26-year-old United States international midfielder signed a 3-year contract with Stoke city from now former club Rangers.

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AJAX SIGNS RYAN BABEL

The 25-year-old Netherlands international winger Ryan Babel has just recently signed a one-year contract with Dutch team Ajax.

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NIGEL DE JONG MOVES FROM MANCHESTER CITY TO AC MILAN
Nigel De Jong, the dutch midfielder and now former Manchester City Player has moved to AC Milan from Manchester City this season. De Jong is happy about the move and takes this opportunity as a very important chance in his life.

AC Milan’s CEO Andriano Galliani believes that De Jong who plays a defensive midfield role is one of the best defensive midfielders in the world. He also believes that De Jong is the best signing that AC Milan has had this season.

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CLINT DEMPSEY JOINS TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS
Clint Dempsey signed a 3-year contract to play for Tottenham Hotspurs for a fee of 6 million pounds (9.5 million dollars).

Dempsey is very excited about joining the club. He said that he is looking forward to the challenge as well as playing and training together with his team mates.

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STEPHANE MBia joins Queens Park Rangers from Marseille
Cameroon international midfielder has joined QPR from Marseille. The 26-year old is a player that the QPR boss believes could help the team and play in any position.

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JAVI GARCIA MOVES TO MANCHESTER CITY FROM FORMER PORTUGUESE CLUB BENFICA

Javi Garcia has signed a new contract with last year English Premier League winners Manchester City. It is believed that the Spaniard and now former Benfica player is woth 18 million pounds for his new club.

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WINNER OF UEFA BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE

Andreas Iniesta (Crowned by UEFA)

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HULK, THE BRAZILLIAN STRIKER SIGNS WITH ZENITH ST PETERSBURG

Hulk signed a five-year-deal to Zenit St Petersburg from Porto.

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Raul Meireles leaves Chelsea and signs with Fenerbahce


Chelsea FC’s former midfielder has moved to Turkey to join Fenerbahce. The Portuguese national player signed the four-year contract with his new club at the start of this soccer season.

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LASSANA DIARRA JOINS RUSSIAN SIDE ANZHI FROM SPAIN
The now former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diara signs a four-year deal with the club Anzhi in Russia

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GREGORY VAN DER WIEL CHOOSES PSG
The right-back has left the Dutch team Ajax to start his new career with the French giants Paris Saint-Germain.

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THE ITALIAN LEGEND ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO SET TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH SYDNEY FC IN THE A-LEAGUE
The now former Juventus left attacking player could be joining his Australian A-League team mates Sydney FC this season.

The Chairman of Sydney FC showed his delight in the Del Piero coming to the A-League, stating that is huge for Sydney FC, the A-League and for Australian football.

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 CHARLIE ADAM MOVES TO STOKE CITY FROM LIVERPOOL

 Charlie Adam the former Blackpool midfielder and now former Liverpool player has signed a new deal to play for Stoke City.

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ESTEBAN GRANERO SIGNS WITH QUEENS PARK RANGERS

Esteban Granero has signed a four-year-deal to QPR from Real Madrid. The now former Rea Madrid player was a midfielder at his last club and QPR management considers him to be a great player and addition to their club.  

The club management stated the following on the club’s official website: "He has got great energy and is technically very gifted, as you would expect. He is an all-round excellent midfielder.”

They further stated their delight in having him leave his former club Real Madrid to come to Queens Park Rangers. The club said that it shows that he truly believes in them and what the club is trying to do.

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JULIO CESAR SIGNS NEW FOUR YEAR CONTRACT WITH QUEENS PARK RANGERS

Julio Cesar, the Brazilian and now former Inter Milan goalkeeper has signed a four-year deal to QPR. The goalkeeper’s contract is sealed with QPR until 2016.

The QPR boss is really excited about the transfer and classifies Cesar as a goalkeeper with outstanding ability. Cesar feels the same stating that he is happy and excited to be with his new team.

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DEMBELE MOVES TO TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS

Mousa Dembele, the Belgian attacking midfielder signs with Tottenham for a fee of 15 million pounds from Fulham.

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JAVI MARTINEZ MOVES FROM ATHLETIC BILBAO TO BAYERN MUNICH

Javi Martinez, a midfielder from Athletic Bilboa signs a five-year contract to move to Bayern Munich

The club officials and the player himself are very happy to be on the same side and will be looking forward to working together.

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SWANSEA CITY SIGNS PABLO HERNANDEZ FROM REAL MADRID

27-year-old winger Pablo Hernandez would be moving to Swansea City from Real Madrid.

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MODRIC SIGNS 33.2 MILLION POUNDS MOVE TO REAL MADRID

Luka Modric has completed the signing of a five-year contract from Tottenham Hotspurs to Real Madrid. His new Spanish club confirmed that the Croatian midfielder was brought in for the fee of 33.2 million pounds.

Modric believes that it is an honor to be in Real Madrid thus his looking forward to playing with the team.

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ADAM JOHNSON SIGNS FOUR-YEAR DEAL WITH SUNDERLAND

Adam Johnson has left Manchester City to Sunderland after accepting a four-year deal from the club. 

The 25-year-old Englishman has been regarded as a quality player to the Sunderland squad.
Sunderland Manager Martin O’Neill said to the club’s official website that Johnson has terrific abilities and great abilities.

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CHELSEA SIGNS THE FORMER WIGAN ATHLETIC ATTACKER VICTOR MOSES INTO THE SQUAD

The Europe Champions have succeeded in signing the now former Wigan attacker Victor Moses into the Chelsea squad. The 21-year-old Nigerian International would be a good asset to the team.

Roberto Di Matteo, the Chelsea manager is delighted about the future potential of Moses and praises him stating "He can play on either wing and will give the team width. He has good dribbling ability, has pace and is powerful. "

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KI SUNG-YUENG, THE KOREAN NATIONAL PLAYER COMPLETES HIS TRANSFER TO THE ENGLISH PREMEIR LEAGUE TEAM SWANSEA CITY FROM CELTIC

The Korean midfielder, Ki Sung-Yueng would be seeing more of the Liberty Stadium at Swansea this season since the club has officially signed him from Celtic.

Sung-Yueng told the club`s official website “When I look at Swansea I see a club that is growing and growing, and the style here is very attractive to me,”

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FREEDIE LJUNGBERG RETIRES FROM SOCCER

The former Sweden captain, Halmstads BK, Arsenal, West Ham United, Seattle Sounders FC, Chicago Fire, Celtic, and Shimizu S-Pulse attacking midfielder has retired from playing soccer professionally.














The 35-year-old had an 18-year career in the sport representing Sweden 75 times over a 10-year association. He has won two Premier League titles and three FA Cups between the year 1998 and 2007.




Ljungberg has so much appreciation for the sport and stated that "I am grateful for everything football has given me and all the amazing people I met through my career. "

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CHELSEA FC SIGNS THE MARSEILLE RIGHT BACK CESAR AZPILICUETA

Chelsea has recently secured and signed a new player by the name of Cesar Azpilicueta into the squad. The 22-year-old would join the defensive backs of the Stamford Bridge giants.

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URUGUAYAN WING BACK ALVARO PEREIRA JOINS INTER MILAN

The Inter Milan team has added a new winger to their team in the name of Alvaro Pereira. Pereira left his now former Portuguese team Porto this season to join his new Italian club Inter Milan.

The 26-year old is very delighted in entering his new team and would be added along-side the new signings of Inter Milan in the start of this season.

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SUNDERLAND SIGNS STEVEN FLETCHER FROM WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS

The Scottish Strike Steven Fletcher has been signed into the Sunderland team from the Wolves. The signing includes a four-year deal with a reported fee of 12 million pounds.

Fletcher’s new club is delighted to have stronger attacking options with him in the squad. The club said in their official club website that they are delighted to have Fletcher in the squad because he has proven records of scoring goals.

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ALEXANDER BUTTNER JOINS THE MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD AFTER BEING SIGNED BY SIR ALEX FERGUSON
The Dutch defender Alexander Buttner has joined Manchester United this season. The deal follows a five-year contract from his former club Eredivisie oitfit Vitesse Arnhem.

Buttner is a former Ajax youth player who has been capped by the Netherlands up to the Under-20 age group.

Sir Alex Ferguson is delighted in signing the youngster and goes ahead to confirm that in the Manchester United official website stating that Buttner is one of the best young left backs in Europe.

Buttner is also excited about been called to the Manchester United squad. He says that it was one of the best days in his life and he has always admired Manchester United.
"It's a team I have admired for many years now and I can't wait to join my teammates and play my part in helping the club be successful."

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SEBASTIEN BASSONG MOVES TO NORWICH CITY
The 22-year-old Cameroon player Sebastien Bassong announced that he would be moving from Tottenham to Norwich to continue his football career. 

The Cameroon international player successfully signed a three-year deal at Norwich. He would be playing the role of a center-back player in Norwich city. 

The club is very satisfied about signing the defender and thus stating in their official website that they are happy with the experience he has and the power and pace he possess as a football player.

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ALEXANDRE SONG SET TO JOIN BARCELONA FROM ARSENAL AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE 19 MILLION EURO CONTRACT DEAL
The 24-year-old Cameroon and now former Arsenal midfielder would be joining his teammates in Camp Nou, Barcelona. He signed a five-year contract with the champions Barcelona and is looking forward to provide lots of competition against other teams.

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JOSE BOSINGWA SIGNS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT DEAL WITH QPR
The former Chelsea defender and two-time Champions League winner Jose Bosingwa has signed a new contract with QPR.  The right back has become the eight player to be signed this season for QPR. Bosingwa feels delighted to be in the QPR, telling the QPR official website this “I'm really pleased to be here. I had the pick of many clubs, but the project here excites me greatly”
The management and owner of the club are looking forward to see the wealth of experience and skill that the 29 year old player would bring and have gone ahead to show him what they want from him for the future of the club.
The Manager of QPR Mark Hughes also likes the ability of the defender stating that "I am delighted to bring a player of his undoubted quality to the club. He has got plenty of pace, great technical ability and all the attributes you need to be a top player. “
He also further stated “Jose has a lot of versatility which is something I like my players to have. He can operate right across the back and can also play the holding role in midfield.”
The manager further stated that Jose would add invaluable experience to the group and that experience would be very good and beneficial for QPR’s success.



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ROBIN VAN PERSIE JOINS MANCHESTER UNITED IN A FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT



The Dutch striker and now former Arsenal player has agreed to join Manchester United in the start of the EPL 2012/2013 season. It is confirmed that the goal scoring player has completed his medicals with his new club and is looking forward to playing alongside his other team mates at Manchester United.


Van Persie would be paid 48.9 million pounds for a four-year deal with his new club Manchester United.

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LOUIS SAHA MOVES TO SUNDERLAND FOLLOWING A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT DEAL

Sunderland has been successful in signing the French striker Louis Saha for a one-year deal starting this English Premier League Season. The Sunderland management is very happy with the successful signing of the striker because they feel that his level of experience will be very helpful for the club. 

The Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill has reported told the club’s official website "I'm sure he will be a great addition to our squad in an area we recognize needs strengthening and I'm delighted we have been able to complete the deal ahead of our first game of the season."

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JACK RODWELL COMPLETES MOVE FROM EVERTON TO MANCHESTER CITY ON A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT
It is official that Jack Rodwell, the 21 year now former Everton midfielder will be joining Manchester City starting from the English Premier League 2012/2013 season. Rodwell is an English International footballer has represented his country at all levels from Under-16 to the senior team, he has two caps for England, has passed a medical and finalized his switch to the Premier League champion from Everton on a five-year deal.

Rodwell stated that he had a good relationfhip with his former Everton chairman Mr [Bill] Kenwright who really wanted him to stay longer in Everton. But he further stated that being chosen to play for Manchester City with some of the best players was really an honor.

"It is an honor to be signing for the champions," was what Rodwell told the official Everton website. "I relish the opportunity of playing with some of the best players in the world and continuing my development."

Rodwell further thanked all the people that helped him to become the better player that he is including his fans.

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