Liverpool sign playmaker Coutinho
LIVERPOOL, England ● Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho has joined Liverpool from Inter Milan. The 20-year-old Coutinho was signed in a deal worth around €10 million ($13.5 million US) on Wednesday, a day before the January transfer window closes. He is Liverpool’s second arrival this month following the signing of England striker Daniel Sturridge [...]
Everton pull plug on Fer-deal
LIVERPOOL, England ● Everton have abandoned plans to sign Leroy Fer after problems with the Dutch midfielder’s medical, the club announced on Wednesday. The English Premier League side had agreed a fee with Fer’s club, FC Twente, but the 23-year-old’s proposed move started to unravel when he arrived for his medical in Liverpool. “We were [...]
MLS star Kamara to Norwich City
NORWICH, England ● Norwich City have made their first signing of the January transfer window with just a day left, with the Premier League side announcing the arrival on loan of Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara. However, the deal – which the Canaries hope will see the Sierra Leone international stay at Carrow Road [...]
Mancini wishes Balotelli all the best in Milan
MANCHESTER, England ● Roberto Mancini admitted he is disappointed to see “one of my children” Mario Balotelli leave Manchester City for AC Milan but insists the move is in the best interests of the Italy forward. Balotelli was missing from English champions City’s goalless Premier League draw away to Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road [...]
Dutch international Fer on his way to Everton
LIVERPOOL, England ● Everton have agreed an £8.6m fee for FC Twente’s Dutch midfielder Leroy Fer. The 23-year-old has scored 10 goals in 29 appearances for Steve McClaren’s FC Twente. A statement on Everton’s official club website said: “He will now head to Merseyside to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical.” Everton, who entertain [...]
QPR’s Anton Ferdinand on loan to Turkey’s Bursaspor
LONDON, England ● QPR defender Anton Ferdinand has signed a loan deal with Turkish club Bursaspor until the end of the season, the English Premier League strugglers said on Tuesday. The 27-year-old, who has been at Loftus Road since moving from Sunderland in August 2011, will join former England goalkeeper Scott Carson at Bursaspor, who [...]
Drogba to join Sneijder at Galatasaray
ISTANABUL, Turkey ● Didier Drogba has agreed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Galatasaray, according to reports on Turkish LigTV, the official broadcaster of the Turkish league, announced the deal just before the Galatasaray-Besiktas derby. Reports say that Drogba will pocket a salary of 6 million euros for the 18 months of his deal as well as [...]
Real signs Diego Lopez to fill in for Casillas
MADRID, Spain ● Real Madrid signed goalkeeper Diego Lopez from Sevilla on Saturday to help provide cover for the injured Iker Casillas. Madrid said on its club website that Lopez’s contract will keep him at the Spanish champions until the end of the 2016-17 season. It did not release financial details of the transfer. After [...]
Juve signs Anelka on 5-month deal
TURIN, Italy ● Former Arsenal, Real Madrid and Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has joined Juventus on a five-month deal from China’s Shanghai Shenhua, the Italian club said on Saturday. Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta told Sky Sport Italia that the 33-year-old ex-France international would help solve an “emergency” situation in attack. “It can be a [...]
