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David de Gea

Posted by admin on December 30th, 2011

David de Gea for Manchester United

David de Gea Quintana (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið de 'xea]; born 7 November 1990) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Manchester United as a goalkeeper. Born in Madrid, he started his career aged 10 with Atlético Madrid and rose through the academy system at the club before making his senior debut in 2009. After being made Atlético’s first-choice goalkeeper, he helped the team win both the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup, and his performances attracted the attention of Manchester United, whom he joined in June 2011. He is also the current captain for the Spain U21 national side.

David De Gea Career Start at Atlético Madrid

De Gea joined Atlético Madrid’s youth system at the age of 10, and made his way up through the ranks at the club. He spent his first professional seasons playing for Atlético Madrid B in Segunda División B. With first-choice goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo away on international duty at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, De Gea was called up to the senior side as cover for Roberto. He made his debut for the Atlético first-team at the age of 18 on 30 September 2009, coming on as a substitute after Roberto was injured after 26 minutes of Atlético’s UEFA Champions League group stage match away to Porto; De Gea conceded two late goals as Atlético lost 2–0.

Roberto’s injury meant that De Gea was given his La Liga debut three days later, at home to Real Zaragoza; he gave away a penalty kick in the 19th minute, but immediately redeemed himself by saving Marko Babić’s attempt, in an eventual 2–1 win. After some costly mistakes by Asenjo, and the arrival of Quique Sánchez Flores as manager, De Gea finished the 2009–10 season as the starting ‘number one’. He won two man of the match awards along the way, against Athletic Bilbao and Valencia. Additionally, he appeared in eight games in the club’s victorious UEFA Europa League campaign, including the 2–1 final win against Fulham.

De Gea started 2010–11 in impressive fashion, helping Atlético win the season’s UEFA Super Cup. In the 90th minute of the 2–0 win against Internazionale, he saved a Diego Milito penalty kick. He remained the undisputed starting goalkeeper for the remainder of the season, going on to play in every La Liga game for the team en route to a 7th place finish.

David De Gea Career at Manchester United – 2011–12 season

The first half of 2011 saw a great deal of speculation regarding how Manchester United would replace their retiring goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, and much attention focused on De Gea, among others. After Gary Neville’s testimonial against Juventus on 24 May, United manager Alex Ferguson claimed that a deal had been done to bring De Gea to Old Trafford, but this was later denied by De Gea’s representatives and the Atlético management, with De Gea stating that he would not consider his future until after the UEFA Under-21 Championship. Following Spain’s victory, De Gea was spotted in Manchester having a medical with United on 27 June. The next day, he reported that United were making him a contract offer, and the transfer was confirmed on 29 June.

He made his first appearance for Manchester United in a 3–1 friendly win over Chicago Fire on 23 July 2011. He made his competitive debut for United against Manchester City in the Community Shield on 7 August. Despite being caught out in the first half by a header from Joleon Lescott and a long range Edin Džeko strike that put City into a 2–0 lead, United rallied in the second half and won 3–2. De Gea made his league debut for Manchester United against West Bromwich Albion a week later, where he failed to stop a “tame” Shane Long goal during a 2–1 United victory. De Gea kept his first clean sheet for United on his Old Trafford debut, their following league fixture against Tottenham.

He made a few impressive saves and his side ran out 3–0 winners. In the following game six days later De Gea saved a penalty from Arsenal captain Robin van Persie which would have cancelled out United’s 1–0 lead. He made further saves to deny van Persie and Andrei Arshavin as United thumped Arsenal 8–2. On September 18 Manchester United beat Chelsea 3-1 at Old Trafford, with De Gea making a string of impressive saves, particularly from Ramires when he had an empty net to side foot home, De Gea quickly got across to smother the ball away. De Gea’s rapid improvement continued in his next game as he made two stunning saves to help his side to a 1-1 draw away at Stoke City. De Gea made his first ever UEFA Champions League start against FC Basel at Old Trafford on 27 September 2011. The match ended in a 3-3 draw. On 23 October 2011, de Gea was in goal as Manchester United suffered their worst home defeat since 1955 with a 6–1 loss against cross-town rivals Manchester City.

Davide De Gea at Spain (World Champions)

De Gea helped Spain’s U17 win the 2007 European Championship, and finish second at the 2007 World Cup

In early May 2010, courtesy of solid Atlético performances, he was named by senior squad manager Vicente del Bosque in a provisional 30-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup; however, he did not make the final cut. In 2011, he was part of the Spain U21 team that won the 2011 European Championship

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Wayne Rooney

Posted by admin on December 30th, 2011

Wayne Rooney for Manchester United

Wayne Rooney (born 24 October 1985) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. He is occasionally utilised in a deeper playmaking role.

Wayne Rooney made his senior international debut in 2003 becoming the youngest player to represent England (a record later broken by Theo Walcott.) He is England’s youngest ever goalscorer. He played at UEFA Euro 2004 and scored four goals, briefly becoming the competition’s youngest goalscorer.

Wayne Rooney featured at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups and is widely regarded as his country’s best player. He has won the England Player of the Year award twice, in 2008 and 2009. As of September 2011, he has won 73 international caps and scored 28 goals. Along with David Beckham, Rooney is the most red carded player for England, having been sent off twice.

Aged nine, Rooney joined the youth team of Everton, for whom he made his professional debut in 2002. He spent two seasons at the Merseyside club, before moving to Manchester United for £25.6 million in the 2004 summer transfer window. The same year, Rooney acquired the nickname Wazza. Since then, with Rooney in the team, United have won the Premier League four times, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and two League Cups. He also holds two runner-up medals from both the Premier League and the Champions League. In August of the 2011–12 season Rooney scored his 150th goal, becoming United’s highest goalscorer since the inception of the Premier League.

In 2009–10, Rooney was awarded the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and the FWA Footballer of the Year. Rooney has won the Premier League ‘Goal of the Season’ award by the BBC’s Match of the Day poll on three occasions. As of 2011, he is the third highest-paid footballer in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, with an annual income of €20.7m (£18m) including sponsorship deals.

Wayne Rooney 2011-2012 Season

Rooney started the season with a goal in the first league game at The Hawthorns against West Bromwich Albion. Rooney played a cute one-two with Ashley Young before a sharp turn and finish from outside the box which found the bottom corner of the goal. He also scored in the second game of the season, at home to Tottenham Hotspur, when he headed in a Ryan Giggs cross late in the game. In late August, Rooney scored his 150th goal for United, the first of a hat-trick, helping to demolish Arsenal 8–2.

Rooney won man of the match, scoring two free kicks, a penalty, and also contributing an assist for Nani. He followed this up with another hat-trick in the next game; a 5–0 away win over Bolton Wanderers on 10 September, becoming only the fourth player in Premier League history to score a hat-trick in consecutive games. These goals brought him level with Sir Bobby Charlton on seven United hat-tricks, joint fourth on the all-time list behind Denis Law, Jack Rowley and Dennis Viollet. Rooney scored in United’s next game, a 3-1 home win over Chelsea but did miss a penalty in the second half when he slipped on his run up and skied the ball over.

After revelations about his father in the media and the fallout from his red card against Montenegro on international duty, he was left out of the starting line-up against Liverpool on 15 October 2011. He returned to action on 18 October 2011, where he scored two goals in the group stage-match against Oțelul Galați and surpassed his former teammate Paul Scholes as the most-scoring Englishman in UEFA Champions League.

On 10 December, Wayne Rooney ended an 8 game goal drought with a brace against Wolves in a 4-1 win at Old Trafford. For the first goal he cut inside from the left and drilled in a low shot through the crowd of defenders. His second goal was assisted by Antonio Valencia who crossed the ball from the right wing and Rooney met it on the half volley to find the bottom right hand corner of the net.

On 18th December, Wayne Rooney continued his goal scoring form heading home the opening goal against QPR, making it Manchester United’s quickest goal of the season so far after just 52 seconds at Loftus Road. He was assisted by Valencia’s cross. On 21 December, Rooney scored his 130th Premier League goal in his 300th Premier League appearance against Fulham at Craven Cottage with a long range effort that crashed in off the inside of the post in a 5-0 win.

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Arsenal Transfer Rumors: Robin Van Persie Won’t Be Able to Turn Down Anzhi

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2012

Anzhi Makhachkala is preparing an offer for Robin Van Persie that he will not be in a position to refuse. The Russian club is desperate to maintain climbing the ranks of the football planet, and they have reportedly targeted RVP to aid them do that.&nbsp

They are going to have to overpay to pull this off, and they are prepared to do just that.

The Every day Mail has the rumors:

“Guus Hiddink&rsquos Anzhi Makhachkala are preparing a sensational &pound45million bid for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.”

They went onto report that the total was for 3 years.

This is way much more than RVP is going to get from any EPL team, or any other team anyplace for that matter, and that is not even thinking about the reality that the cash from the Russian side would be tax free of charge.&nbsp

Now, RVP taking this cash is no forgone conclusion. He would be taking a huge dip in talent, as he would be going from 1 of the most prestigious leagues in the planet to one that gains tiny international acclaim.&nbsp

He is also going to have plenty of possibilities. Arsenal will be attempting to sign him for leading dollar, and he will be producing lots of interest from best EPL teams.&nbsp

RVP is coming off of a magnificent season, and his contract with Arsenal is almost up. He will have a option of becoming a integral portion of a proven winner or staying with his existing side and a fanbase that loves him.&nbsp

Each of these will ultimately shed out to Anzhi. Ego is going to take more than, and he will jump ship. Aside from the reality that he will be generating a boatload of money, RVP will undoubtedly have the belief that with his addition he can turn Anzhi into an elite side.&nbsp

Also, don’t underestimate the club’s capacity to charm him. They are making strides, and with the type of cash they are willing to chuck around, they will be in a position to convince him that they are on the verge of creating one thing elite.&nbsp

That is all going to prove to be much more than RVP can pass on.&nbsp

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Arsenal Transfer News: Andrei Arshavin Linked with a Transfer to Fulham

Posted by admin on May 20th, 2012

Arsenal winger Andrei Arshavin has been linked with a transfer to English Premier league side Fulham, Arseblog news reported early Sunday morning.

Arshavin failed to make an impression with the Gunners this season, scoring just one league objective in 19 league appearances via mid-February.

He was loaned out to former employers Zenit St. Petersburg at the end of that month, and enjoyed much more consistent first-team football with the team he’d led to the then-UEFA Cup in 2008.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger justified the move by saying Arshavin “simply required to play.”

And play he did. Arshavin’s three goals for Zenit helped the club win the Russian Premier League title final weekend.

It was the sort of blossoming form that may well make him an desirable commodity on the transfer market place really should Arsenal look to sell their diminutive attacking maestro this summer time.

Out of contract in 2013, Arshavin will probably see far more speculation about his possible move to other clubs. The link to Fulham appears to be just the first in what will most likely be a extended line of them.

Arshavin’s loved ones stayed in London throughout his loan move in St. Petersburg, and Arshavin has stated he will return back to the English capital following next month’s European Championships, which he will contest as Russia’s captain, to decide his future.

It is no stretch to say that Arshavin has failed to reside up to the considerable heights he hit upon very first arriving at Arsenal from Zenit in 2009.

The 4-target masterpiece at Anfield aside, Arshavin displayed an innate ability in the attacking third as effectively as a ruthless finishing high quality that had appeared to have left Arsenal with Thierry Henry‘s transfer in 2007.

We haven’t noticed that very same player for years now. Will Wenger take a flier on him in 2012-13, realizing that Arshavin, now in his 30s, will most likely leave on a free of charge transfer following the season?

Only time, and the glut of attacking players inside the side, influence that selection.

The Fulham link does tell us that Arshavin is nonetheless an enticing commodity, even in the Premier League.

A adjust of scenery could do him some great at this stage. The switch to Zenit certainly did.

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Arsenal Transfer Rumors: Gunners Must Heed Patrick Vieira’s Warning and Keep RVP

Posted by admin on May 19th, 2012

Arsenal can’t lose superstar striker and captain Robin van Persie to this transfer window, and they have to do anything they can to make confident they don’t.

Losing van Persie would not only be a enormous blow on the field, but it would also be a huge emotional loss for the club. They be losing their finest target scorer, arguably one of the greatest players in the game, but they would be losing their captain and a player fans rally around.

Losing RVP would be a staggering loss for the Gunners.

Whilst some would argue that no a single player is bigger than the club&mdashand that is true to a particular extent&mdashlook no further than these quotes from former Arsenal player Patrick Vieira, through Graeme Bailey on skysports.com, concerning potentially losing van Persie to validate the point that it would be a horrible loss:

“I feel losing Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas last year was a massive shock for the folks who really like Arsenal,” said Vieira, who is now Football Development Executive at Manchester City.

“If they lose Van Persie, it will be a drama. With Samir and Cesc you could say, ‘O.K. these two are gone, but there is Jack Wilshere and Van Persie still at the club’. But if Robin leaves, who is behind?

“If he leaves, it’s going to be tough for Arsenal to maintain the prime players, subsequent year it could be Theo Walcott, then Jack Wilshere. But if they maintain Robin they’re going to send a positive message to all the clubs and to all the individuals about. It’s truly essential to preserve him.”

Vieira makes some amazing points. Losing a star player is usually a shock to a fan base, and it really is not a habit that you want to form as a huge time club.

The dilemma is, for all intents and purposes, it seems that keeping van Persie is going to be significantly simpler said than completed. He’s clearly a hot prospective transfer target, and his contract only has a year left on it, which signifies it really is going to be crunch time sooner rather than later.

When push comes to shove, the Gunners need to locate a way to hold him on their side. He’s a huge component to any success they’d hope to have in the close to future, so they’re going to have to prove to him that re-signing would be properly worth it.

Arsenal needs to take this message from their former player to heart, as it would be a large loss if RVP isn’t on their side when all is said and carried out.