Is this for real ? The most arch rival enemy want to trade player. The Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre was last night on the verge of an astonishing move to bitter rivals Arsenal.
The 31-year-old France international had been approached by Arsenal on the verge of medical check up with Manchester City.
An Arsenal insider confirmed: “Arsene has been looking for experienced cover for Gael Clichy and he knows all about Mikael.
Arsenal will expect to pay United around £750,000 for a player who moved to Old Trafford for £4M from Inter Milan in the 1998-99 season and will offer him £50,000-a-week.
This will be the first time in 12 years the two manager Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson traded player if this transfer goes through. Silvestre, who has made 361 appearances for United in all competitions, was granted a free transfer after failing in getting first eleven in Man United starting line up.
Arsenal with French influence is a perfect team to move.Wenger wants to integrate Silvestre into a defensive unit that already contains Frenchmen Gael Clichy and William Gallas. The arrival of Silvestre — if the transfer goes through — would also probably spell the end for Arsenal’s unreliable Switzerland centre back Philippe Senderos.
Finally, Fergie long awaited striker is in his hand. After pursuing for 18 months, Dimitar Berbatov is expected to agree personal terms and seal his £25million move to Manchester United. This will make Sir Alex Ferguson dream come true to field his dream attacking line-up featuring Berbatov, Carlos Tevez, Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo when the latter two regain health and fitness.
The Bulgarian Kapitan, a 27-year-old forward will be offered a four-year deal worth in the region of £80,000-a-week. United hope he will appear on their official pre-season team photo, scheduled to be taken on Friday.
With his statistic last season , Berbatov will be a perfect replacement for top scorer Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Man U has been missing Nistelrooy for quite some time, they have banking on Ronaldo to deliver rather than their striker.
Since Ronaldo will not be available for first month of starting season 2008/2009, Berbatov is the man to help Man U winning more silverware this season.Berbatov will have the chance to play in Champion League again, which is one of the reason he part his way to Man United.
With increase of fund for Spurs, they will seek for fast replacement for Berbatov.This could also mean the North London club are close to landing Zenit St Petersburg star Andrei Arshavin.
Real Madrid has end the speculation about Van De Vart when signing him on Tuesday from Hamburg SV.Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has signed a five-year deal and passed a medical in the morning and the transfer is reported to be worth around £10.3million.He will become the third signing for Real Madrid, after Rubén de la Red and Javi Garcia and fifth Dutch player in the current squad, following Arjen Robben, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Royston Drenthe and Wesley Sneijder into the Santiago Bernabéu.
Dream come True
It has been his dream linked with a move to the La Liga Champions and now he has secured his dream move to Real. Wesley Sneijder injury was the main reason the deal was sped up. His Dutch compatriot damaged cruciate ligaments in the Emirates Cup against Arsenal. It is expected that Sneijder will be out for at least 3 months and Real needed to find a replacement quickly. In Van der Vaart, they have certainly found a player who can fill in and then challenge for the starting spot when Sneijder makes his return.
Ronaldo will not coming
This signing will definitely end future transfer for Cristiano Ronaldo going to Real Madrid. This will come as welcome relief for Manchester United fans although a small minority might have wanted him to leave due to his lack of commitment.
History
Rafael van der Vaart started off his career with Ajax in Holland, making 117 appearances and scoring 52 goals. This was a remarkable tally for an attacking midfielder and this merited a move to HSV for 5.5million Euros. He spent three years at the Bundesliga club making 74 appearances and scoring 29 goals and now he has completed a move to Real Madrid at the age of just 25. In all this time, van der Vaart has acquired 57 international caps and scored 12 international goals, with a brief spell as the captain of the national team and with the opportunity he is getting at Los Merengues, he is certainly going to remain a permanent fixture within the Dutch national set-up.
Huge Impacts
With all his statistic, for sure that he is going to make a huge impact on the Spanish giants, boosting their chances of retaining the La Liga crown for the third consecutive season.
More than 2,000 spectators were on hand to see Rafael van der Vaart suit up and take the Bernabéu pitch for the first time in Real Madrid whites.
Amid the cheers and “Ole’s” from the stands, Rafael van der Vaart unleashed his arsenal of ball skills. With the fans completely captivated, the midfielder then launched several balls into the crowd.
Rafael van de Vaart was accompanied by his wife (ooga chacka!)
Andrei Arshavin is world-class playmaker. His performance during Euro 2008 has mesmerized all soccer fan. He was the key factor behind trashing Holland 3-1 to qualify for semi final against Spain.
Sadly, his dream club Barca is not interested to sign him. However Spurs show some interest. Will looking forward to see his skill, pass and dribble in EPL. Will Spurs become the new giant in EPL we will see.
Played in left wing, will provide unthinkable through pass, simple dribble and pin point cross, that is Arshavin. Small but fast,just like Messi :).
See you in EPL Arshavin and please do your best and dont be like Sheva ok..
Will he repeat his performance next season or will be a big flop in Real Madrid. He is a talented player, winning Champion League and EPL last season with Man U. I donno why, that is not enough nad still want to move to Real Madrid.
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