Diego Forlan eying Super Cup encounter against Inter Milan
Uruguay’s World Cup golden ball winner Diego Forlan is looking forward to the Super cup encounter against the Champions league winners Inter Milan. The Super cup is played between the winners of UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa league. The European curtain raiser will take place on the 27th of August. Forlan said that it will be a historic win for his club Atletico Madrid and he will love to be on the score sheet as he has been on most of the big games for Atletico Madrid.
Forlan was in phenomenal form last season for the Spanish club, he was instrumental in their journey to the final of Europa league. Forlan also scored the winning goal in the final in a 1-0 win against Fulham.
The 31 year old was by far one of the best players at the World Cup in South Africa. Many said that he was one player who had mastered the art of controlling the controversial Jabulani ball.
He scored 5 goals for Uruguay and earned the golden ball, that is awarded to overall best player in the World Cup.
While talking to a newspaper in Spain Forlan said that he is waiting anxiously for the big match up. He said that Inter Milan are one of the best clubs in Europe and playing against them will be a big test. He said that Atletico compared to Inter are a club in progress but still will put them under some good pressure.
Forlan was also linked with a possible move to Inter Milan soon after the World Cup. However apart from the rumours there were no official reports of Inter’s interest for the Uruguay striker. When asked about a possible move to Inter Milan, Forlan said that it will be an honour for him to play for Inter but no one from the club actually approached him. He said that he had only heard rumours like everyone in the media and that is all there is to the story.
Diego Forlan said that Atletico has made great strides in recent times, and last season’s win in Europa League was a giant step forward for the club. He went on to say that the new signings at the club will help them make their way up in the domestic league as well as defend their title in Europa League.
Meanwhile once again the most talked about transfer saga of summer that actually did not take place, has resurfaced once again. Barcelona defender, Gerrard Pique has said that his Spanish team mate Cesc Fabregas will eventually be a Barca player. There was immense speculation that the 23 year old will join Barcelona, but the midfielder was convinced by Arsenal manager to stay at the Emirates.
Piqu, who was the player who forced Fabregas to put on the Barcelona Jersey, said that he will be a perfect fit for Barcelona. The defender said that Cesc wanted to move to Barcelona and had expressed his desire during the World Cup. It is only his manager at Arsenal that he respects and admires a lot, who convinced him to stay. Pique went on to say that even though he has decided to stay at Arsenal for now, it is only a matter of time before he makes his way across to camp Nou.
Cesc Fabregas joined Arsenal after leaving Barcelona as a 14 year old, he has been a Barca fan since he was a little boy and had expressed his desire to move back to his childhood club. However, Arsene Wenger said that he had invested 6 good years in his development and it will not be fair on his part if he leaves the club at this stage.
However it is an open secret that Cesc will eventually be a Barcelona player, if not this season then definitely next year.
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