Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson keen to sign Porto's Raul Meireles - report

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is believed to be targeting Porto midfielderRaul Meireles if he fails to land top target Mesut Oezil according to the Sunday Mirror.

United seem to be unwilling to meet Werder Bremen's 12 million valuation on Oezil, who starred in the World Cup, despite Ferguson being spotted at Craven Cottage last week when Fulham played host to the German club in a pre-season friendly.

Oezil is in the last year of his contract at Werder Bremen and it is believed United will not want to pay more than 8m, which has given Chelsea and Real Madrid the edge in the race to sign the playmaker.
Now it seems Ferguson is looking towards signing Portuguese midfielder Raul Meireles to help bolster his squad.

United have been quoted 15m for the 27 year old midfielder which is more than Ferguson wants to pay, but with the transfer of Ozil looking unlikely Ferguson might have to increase his offer for the Porto star.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is believed to be targeting Porto midfielderRaul Meireles if he fails to land top target Mesut Oezil according to the Sunday Mirror.

United seem to be unwilling to meet Werder Bremen's 12 million valuation on Oezil, who starred in the World Cup, despite Ferguson being spotted at Craven Cottage last week when Fulham played host to the German club in a pre-season friendly.

Oezil is in the last year of his contract at Werder Bremen and it is believed United will not want to pay more than 8m, which has given Chelsea and Real Madrid the edge in the race to sign the playmaker.

Now it seems Ferguson is looking towards signing Portuguese midfielder Raul Meireles to help bolster his squad.

United have been quoted 15m for the 27 year old midfielder which is more than Ferguson wants to pay, but with the transfer of Ozil looking unlikely Ferguson might have to increase his offer for the Porto star.

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World cup France soccer team

France World Cup 2010 soccer jersey
2010 France team jersey is in the colors of the French flag the tri-colore blue, white, and red.

Currently two French players in Real Madrid are among the players who will travel to South Africa for the World Cup 2010 in June. Lass Diarra and Karim Benzema. The two are the latest in a long standing tradition of French players in Real Madrid going back in time. The greatest French player since Platini Zinedine Zidane is also currently affiliated to Real Madrid as special advisor to the President and the board of the club regarding sporting issues. He retired from Real Madrid back in 2006 after 5 very successful seasons with the club.

With the help of Thierry Henry's hand and good fortunes France managed to squeeze through the qualification rounds and into the main tournament of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. A hand play by Henry ended up being decisive as France grabbed the winner deep into extra time by a goal from Gallas being assisted by Henry.

Before the two-legged knock-out match between France and Ireland for a spot a South Africa France had a new national team jersey revealed which will be used for the matches in South Africa. The jersey was launched alongside the jerseys of other adidas teams such as Germany, Spain, Denmark, Argentina, South Africa and Mexico. Other adidas teams at the World Cup 2010 includes Slovakia, Greece, Nigeria, Japan, and Paraguay.

The theme and the inspiration for the French jersey is found in the France jerseys from the 1980s and in particularly the 1984 jersey used for the Euro 1984 in France. France won the tournament in 1984 with the likes of Platini, Giresse, and Tigana on the team. The photo below is from the opening match in 1984 between France and Denmark. France won the match 1-0 by a late goal from Michel Platini.

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Why give up Ozil melon Barcelona handsome shaking his head just waiting for his small law

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"In my mind, Real Madrid has been the first choice to join Real Madrid, Mourinho is my key." In appearance Madrid, Ozil says. But in fact, Ozil Real remark only compliment it. Ozil I clearly admit that early on Barcelona fans that he had been to join Real Madrid, but because they can not achieve the Camp Nou dream. This is similar to Van der Vaart joining Real Madrid, the Dutch firm also is a Barcelona fan.

In fact, Barcelona is the most likely to sign the original Ozil club. According to the "World Sports Daily," said the Barcelona and Werder Bremen have long agreed on the transfer fee, Ozil worth 1200 million euros.Ozil himself and brokers to take the initiative to Barca, Ozil even stand, said he hopes to play in the Macy's side. Ozil who flew to Spain after the World Cup Mallorca holiday, when his son appeared at the airport, is wearing a No. 10 jersey of Argentina Lionel Messi.

As long as Barcelona are willing, Ozil red and blue army has long been the new aid, but ultimately rejected the German Messi Guardiola is to join. Kuala handsome and Barcelona technical team technical and tactical characteristics of Ozil a detailed assessment, and concluded that he was not a Barca player to be acquired type. Barcelona bought in recent years, many parallel, Guardiola and do not want to be cheap again for the acquisition of their players did not appreciate.

Ozil can play attacking midfielder and left wing, but the tactical system in Barcelona, but he may not be able to obtain enough of the season. Xavi and Iniesta can not shake the position, left Ibrahimovic team, then Villa and Bo Yang may be frequent guest star left wing, Pedro, and He Fulun the same activity in the left. Guardiola seems Ozil nature will not bring the improvement of Barcelona. Their money in the transfer market, Pei Puning be important positions B team of young people.

In the eyes Guardiola, who is to bring qualitative change to give Barcelona the people? Of course Fabregas. Little France debut in Barcelona youth academy Rama West Asia, he will not appear on the system's inability to adapt tactics suited to Barcelona, and he and Lionel Messi, Pique, Puyol, who will make his friendship both ways in the dressing room . Harvey has 30 years of age, after all, do need a breathing machine successors. Next summer, between Barcelona and Arsenal, will continue to expand the "small law big operations." Wind from the ball point of view, Ozil Harvey does not have the possibility of succession.

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Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United in Champions League Semis

The UEFA Champions League has reached the final stages and the World's best clubs are ready for the big fights in the UEFA Champions League Semi Finals.

The highly anticipated soccer games like Real Madrid vs Barcelona and Manchester united vs Schalke are ready to entertain the soccer freaks from all over the world.

Barcelona and Manchester United had advanced on Tuesday evening following Real Madrid and FC Schalke 04 booked their places in the semi-finals on Wednesday night in the Champions League.

The draw means Barcelona and Real Madrid will face each other four times in the space of less than three weeks, as they also face each other in the Spanish Copa del Rey and La Liga.

Schalke advanced on 7-3 aggregate and will play Manchester United in the other semifinal on April 26th and May 4th 2011. The first time the German club has advanced that far in Europe's top club tournament.

Real Madrid will be facing Barcelona in the semifinals in this series, setting up an unexpected schedule that will see the Spanish rivals meet four times in eighteen days. They play Saturday in the league, then meet next Wednesday in the Spanish Copa del Rey final before the Champions League games on April 27th and May 3rd 2011.

Schalke defender Christoph Metzelder stated that, they showed in both games, how much potential they have in our squad, they wanted to win, they were not happy with 1-1 score.

Schalke coach Ralf Rangnick told that, they defended very well in last game, they allowed may be two chances and they might have won again, if they count all the chances.

While Manchester United is heavily favored beside the German club, the matchup of the two Spanish powers is so far more exciting.

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho stated that, let us see what happens, a semi is a semi and anything can happen in the game.

The UEFA Champions League semi-final fixture is as follows:

Tuesday, April 26th 2011
Schalke vs Manchester United (1st leg)

Wednesday, April 27th 2011
Real Madrid vs Barcelona (1st leg)

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011
Barcelona vs Real Madrid (2nd leg)

Wednesday, May 4th 2011
Manchester United vs Schalke (2nd leg)

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The Champions League knockout phase will have the 2010 final rematch as main dish

Barcelona versus Arsenal is the other rematch from last year's quarter-finals that will make the crowd vibrate in the round of 16.

Is it really necessary to explain why the UEFA Champions League is the most prestigious club competition that exists in the World? Can't we just refer to the facts by looking at the round of 16 and the top class games that it will bring? The draw that took place on Friday at the FIFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland paired games that have become classics in recent editions, such as Barcelona from Spain versus Arsenal from England or Real Madrid from Spain against Lyon from France. And it also faced the reedit from last season's final between Inter from Italy and Bayer Munich from Germany.

The knockout phase will begin on February 15th when Milan from Italy receives Tottenham from England, and Schalke 04 from Germany travels to Spain to play against Valencia. The rematch will be held on March 9.

The round of 16 will continue on February 16th with Roma from Italy versus Shakthar from Ukraine, as well as the rematch from the 2006 final and 2010 semifinal between Arsenal from England and Barcelona from Spain at the Emirates Stadium in London. The second game of the series will be played on March 8.

February 22nd will pair Real Madrid and Lyon, along with Copenhagen from Denmark versus Chelsea from England. On March 16 the Spanish team will return the visit to the French club while the Danish squad travels to Stamford Bridge.
And last but not least the so awaited rematch between Inter and Bayer will be played on February 23 at the Guiseppe Meazza, Italy and on March 15 at the Allianz Arena, Munich. On the same match days Manchester United from England will visit Marseille from France first, and the French will return the visit after.

Some interesting facts are that Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho will have a double challenge: make his team advance to the next round that has been so resisted to them, as Real Madrid has a streak of 6-seasons without reaching the quarter-finals. And Mourinho will also try to win his third Champions League trophy with a different team. Let's remember that he did it first with Porto from Portugal in 2004 and with Inter this past season.

Real Madrid is winless after six games against Lyon. Last season the Spanish team felt victim to them in the knockout phase, after losing 1-0 in their visit to Gerland Stadium and tying 1-1 in the Sant iago Bernabeu. And if we go back to the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Champions League group stage Real Madrid suffered two defeats at France, and were unable to take their revenge at home, where they tied both times.

The 2010 Final rematch between Inter and Bayer will not have Mourinho in the defending champion's bench spicing things up with personality, but this two-game series won't need him to fire up the German team's desire for revenge.

Former Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez came to the city of Milan to replace Mourinho after his departure to Madrid. Benitez already knows how winning a Champions League title feels like, as he did it with Liverpool in the 2005 Final. What he doesn't know is if he will be in charge for that game, because Inter President Massimo Moratti is not happy with his team's situation in the local league, where they occupy the seventh seat in the standings with 23 points, 13 points away from the leader and archrival Milan.

Coach Arsene Wegner youngsters from Arsenal will want to wash their face after the resounding 4-1 loss suffered at the Camp Nou in last season's quarter-finals, for a 6-3 in the aggregate for Barcelona. In front they will have a more matured team that his year already defeated Real Madrid 5-0 with a brilliant exhibition of top class football, and whose players made a public commitment with their fans of reaching the 2011 Final at Wembley, London.

Everything is ready to find out who will make it into Europe's top eight, and revenge is in the air.

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Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur Clash in 1st Leg Quarter's Champions League

Real Madrid vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview: The UEFA Champions League first leg of the quarter-finals for football game between Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur kicks off at 18:45 GMT on 05th April 2011 Santiago Bernabeu, Spain.

Tottenham Hotspur might be Champions League underdogs going into this quarter-final first leg clash but European manager Jose Mourinho battalion Real Madrid are positively showing signs of the jitters ahead of Tuesday night's clash.

On this Saturday night, when Real Madrid lost at home ground against Gijon with 0-1 goal score. A victory that made the eight point's difference between Real and Barcelona, which practically killed Madrid's chances for a title this year.

Mourinho did not lose 150 home games with four clubs (Porto, Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid) an admirable achievement that perhaps no coach can show off with. But, this loss also put a stop to these nine years unbeaten at home.
Real Madrid has played fifteen Spain Primera Division matches this season on Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. On home ground, Real Madrid has won fourteen, drawn zero and lost one matches. This ranks Los Galacticos 1st in home team performance in the Spain Primera Division.

Real Madrid has a horrible statistics, losing 4 and drawing 1 of the last 5 home matches. The key players Ronaldo, Benzema and Marcello will miss out the game.

Tottenham have a chance to play in front of home fans in London, if they reach the final. The side has missed their chance to get closer to the 4th position in the Premier League, when they tied their match on Saturday against Wigan.

Spurs has kept two clean sheets in the last sixteen English Premier League matches this season away from home, before the match on Saturday night, which apparently shows defense problems. On away ground, Tottenham Hotspur has won six, drawn five and lost five matches. This ranks Spurs 3r d in away team performance in the English Premier League.

Tottenham key players have injury worries and go into this clash without the centre-backs. Ledley King, Jonathan Woodgate and Younes Kaboul are all out while right-back Alan Hutton is ruled out for the season.

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