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BARCELONA SIGN MÁRQUEZ
Frank Rijkaard has a new defender to strenghten the squad with as Barcelona reached an agreement with AS Monaco over the transfer of Rafael Márquez to the Catalan giant on Tuesday night.
Negotiations on Monday and Tuesday came to an end as all parties involved signed a deal on Tuesday, right before midnight, that sees the Mexican defender move to Barcelona with a four year contract. The amount of money involved is unknown at this point but it's sure to be quite high, considering the status of Márquez and the financial problems of AS Monaco.
Márquez is Barcelona's second big signing since Frank Rijkaard took over as coach. Goalkeeper Rüstü Reçber was purchased prior to the defender.
The 24 year old central defender has played for two clubs before this transfer. Namely, Atlast Guadalajara in Mexico from 1996 until 1999 and AS Monaco in France from 1999 until now. He has played 45 matches with the Mexican national team and was captain of that team on the last WC in Japan and South-Korea.
Taken from www.vi.nl
Translated by Erik
Frank Rijkaard has a new defender to strenghten the squad with as Barcelona reached an agreement with AS Monaco over the transfer of Rafael Márquez to the Catalan giant on Tuesday night.
Negotiations on Monday and Tuesday came to an end as all parties involved signed a deal on Tuesday, right before midnight, that sees the Mexican defender move to Barcelona with a four year contract. The amount of money involved is unknown at this point but it's sure to be quite high, considering the status of Márquez and the financial problems of AS Monaco.
Márquez is Barcelona's second big signing since Frank Rijkaard took over as coach. Goalkeeper Rüstü Reçber was purchased prior to the defender.
The 24 year old central defender has played for two clubs before this transfer. Namely, Atlast Guadalajara in Mexico from 1996 until 1999 and AS Monaco in France from 1999 until now. He has played 45 matches with the Mexican national team and was captain of that team on the last WC in Japan and South-Korea.
Taken from www.vi.nl
Translated by Erik
(Eto'o)'s move to Valencia stalled as the clubs concerned couldn't agree on a fee .. this was the latest from soccerage:
Samuel Eto'o is set to appeal to Mallorca to lower their asking price so that he can complete a move to Valencia.
Despite reports that Cameroon striker has moved to the Mestalla club, the truth is that the two sides are a long way apart on his valuation.
While Valencia do not want to pay more than €12million, Mallorca want at least €18 million, with one director claiming that nearer €30 million was not unrealistic.
But Eto'o is keen to push the transfer through and has will speak directly to Mallorca supremo, Mateo Alemany.
The ex-Real Madrid goalscorer has already started planning his new life in Valencia and has installed his two brothers in a local school there, with the older one, Daniel, set to join Valencia's youth ranks.
Valencia believed that the deal was done and dusted after signing a pre-contract agreement with Eto'o, but Mallorca's demands may still scupper the deal.
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As for D'Ale .. one of the directors in Wolfsburg said that it was just a 'dream' to have D'Ale with them .. I don't know what the hell that means .. But doesn't sound official to me
Samuel Eto'o is set to appeal to Mallorca to lower their asking price so that he can complete a move to Valencia.
Despite reports that Cameroon striker has moved to the Mestalla club, the truth is that the two sides are a long way apart on his valuation.
While Valencia do not want to pay more than €12million, Mallorca want at least €18 million, with one director claiming that nearer €30 million was not unrealistic.
But Eto'o is keen to push the transfer through and has will speak directly to Mallorca supremo, Mateo Alemany.
The ex-Real Madrid goalscorer has already started planning his new life in Valencia and has installed his two brothers in a local school there, with the older one, Daniel, set to join Valencia's youth ranks.
Valencia believed that the deal was done and dusted after signing a pre-contract agreement with Eto'o, but Mallorca's demands may still scupper the deal.
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As for D'Ale .. one of the directors in Wolfsburg said that it was just a 'dream' to have D'Ale with them .. I don't know what the hell that means .. But doesn't sound official to me
This Laporta is doing a brilliant job - Rustu, Marquez and now Quaresma 
Way to go, Barca :thumb: