The Spanish giant and the Champions League champions, Real Madrid has signed one of the World Cup revealations, James Rodrigues (23), to a six year contract from AS Monaco, believed to be about €80m. He will be presented in the Santiago Bernabeu, on Tuesday. The young gifted football star won the golden boot at the World Cup with six goals.
The coach of Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp has denied the rumour that his player, Mats Hummels, who was part of the German World Cup winning team, is on his way to Manchester United. Klopp said that, the defender and Marco Reus, who was targeted by Barcelona and Bayern, are not going anywhere this summer. He said that, when newspapers mentioned that Man United, will pay €20m for Hummels, he called that garbage.
Dunga has been appointed, the new Brazil coach for a second time. He will be replacing Luis Felipe Scolari, who resigned after Brazil was knocked out of the World Cup semi - final, in a most humiliating manner by the eventual winners, Germany, 7 - 1. Dunga was the team's captain in 1994 when Brazil won the World Cup in USA. He was appointed national coach, during his first term in 2006 until 2011. In 2010 World Cup in South Africa under him, Brazil was knocked out in the quarter final.
Sven Goran Eriksson, the former England manager said that, he think Wayne Rooney (28), should be made the new England captain, following Steven Gerrard retirement from international duties. The 34 years Gerrard announced his retirement, after a very disappointing performance of the team in Brazil 2014, without winning any match in the group phase. Eriksson said that Rooney will be a good choice.
''He is the right age and he's a very important player for England,'' he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
David Ospina (25), the Colombian World Cup goalkeeper, has agreed to join Arsenal. The FC Nice of France goal tender, performed impressively at the World Cup, and will sign for Arsenal next week, when he comes back from vacation and pass his medical. The contract which is for 4 years is said to be worth €4.5m. It was also reported, that he will be earning a weekly salary of about €60,000.
Bojan Krkic (23), has signed a four year contract with the English Premier League clubside - Stoke City, from the Spanish giant Barcelona. The amount of the deal was not revealed. Last season he was on loan at Ajax Amsterdam. He was down in the pecking order of Barcelona, so this season he wants to move on. Bojan is a very gifted and talented footballer.
Alvaro Morata (21), who joined Juventus last weekend on a €20m contract from Real Madrid, has suffered an unfortunate knee injury, on his first day of training with his new club. The injury was estimated to keep him away from playing football for about two months.
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