August 8th, 2008
Italian serie A club Juventus reported interest to sign John Utaka, the midfielder of English Premiership club Portsmouth. Juventus manager Claudio Ranieri would like to take the 27-year-old to Juventus during the summer window.
In light of that news Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp said that he has no intention of offloading the player form the club. “John is a player with such fantastic talent, I think this season we can see John Utaka become a fantastic player in the Premier League, so no reason for us to sell the player for now,” said the Pompey boss.
Utaka joined Portsmouth on a four-year deal in July 2007, for a fee of around £7,000,000 scoring his first goal on August 11, 2007 in a game against newly promoted Derby County. Some sources claim he became the club’s record signing.
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June 14th, 2007
Italian club Juventus reported to sign Hamburg Midfielder Rafael van der Vaart as their member squad on their comeback in Serie A next season. “Everyone at Juve is crazy about van der Vaart. He should come to us,” said Juventus soccerstar Pavel Nedved.
However Juve have to race with the other club that also linked with Rafael van der Vaart such a Bayern Munchen and Spanish giant club Real Madrid. Van der Vaart has previously declared that Real Madrid would be his dream destination: “Real is my life’s dream. That is where I really want to play.”
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June 9th, 2007
Italian club Juventus reported to sign Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta. Juventus already made a bid for Iniesta but still no response from Barca side.
Andres Iniesta is midfielder player who can play in a variety of midfield roles. Andres Iniesta has good skill on the ball, great passing and movement all rounded off with a sound footballing brain. His superb passing has unhinged many resolute defences. Iniesta current contract with FC Barcelona ends in June of 2010.
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May 27th, 2007
Posted at May 27th, 2007 in
Juventus by
Mr. Kicker
Didier Deschamps officially end his contract as the coach of Italian Serie B club Juventus after Juventus beating Mantova 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico. Deschamps said to the press that he has reached a mutual agreement to end his contract a year early. Juventus management also confirmed that Deschamps is not Juventus coach anymore.
“Juventus Football Club S.p.A. and Didier Deschamps have mutually terminated their contractual relationship that gave them both satisfaction, enthusiasm and success. The coach and the Club have recognized that the conditions necessary to continue their relationship with the same satisfaction are lacking, and therefore have decided to amicably separateâ€, as a stetement put on the official Juventus website.
Still not clear where Deschamps will stay on the next season, while Marcelo Lippi and current Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello being linked with Juventus coach position next season.
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