Football Special Report: Transfers in Europe for the year 2010 (Part 2)
Yaya Toure
Lanky Ivorian Yaya Toure was on Manchester City’s wish list for long time. Eventually he joined his brother http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kolo-c21278 Toure at Manchester City as a defensive midfielder. Well known for his physical game, Yaya left Barcelona and joined English Premier League.
Manchester City paid 24million GBP to land the ace player and he became one of the highest-paid players in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-de-Jong-c27882 is going strong
this season. Apart from his defensive skills, he is good in charging forward and taking strong shots. Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 gives him liberty to go forward and attack according to the match situation. Against Barcelona, he scored only four goals in 74 matches, whereas
with Manchester City he has already scored three goals in 18 games.
Raul Meireles
Portuguese born Raul Meireles is established and experienced midfielder. In the absence of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-Meireles-c30678 plays the role of power house in the Liverpool team. He has added new dimension to his game as he can play central and defensive midfielder.
In the summer transfer, Liverpool paid 11.5 million GBP to land him to Anfield. He played for a long time with Porto and scored 15 goals in 137 matches before coming to Liverpool. Raul Meireles got four number shirt of his new team and has starred in 14 matches,
yet to score a goal.
Rafael van der Vaart
Dutch all rounder van der Vaart has been prolific goal scorer in his career. He served Real Madrid for three years before moving to Tottenham Hotspur. He has ample experience of club and international football. He has scored 16 goals for the Dutch team in
88 matches. He started his career with Ajax in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 and played 117 matches for them, scoring 52 goals. He joined Tottenham Hotspur right at the twelfth hour when only two hours were remaining in the close of the transfer window. Manager Harry Redknapp fetched
him for 8 million GBP and ensured he lands at White Hart Lane. So far for Tottenham Hotspur, he has played 13 games with a goal tally of 8.
Ramires
Brazilian footballer http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 opted to join Chelsea after leaving Benfica. He is been known to change clubs frequently and has tries four different clubs in last five years. Midfielder started his senior international career in 2009 and is current player
for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Shevchenko-c6014 used to wear this jersey. He has not made a mark yet with Chelsea however, he has the ability to make strong tackles and win the balls for the team in the midfield. Expensive
23 years old Ramires was purchased for 22 million Euros and has played 13 games this season for the men in blue.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Cole-c18694
Sensational winger and attacking midfielder had an illustrious career with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and took part in 183 games. He was very close to sign Arsenal however, with a batter rate at Liverpool veteran joined Liverpool on a free transfer. English International signed
a four year contract with his new club. He wore his favourite number 10 shirt and was the first signing of Roy Hodgson after Rafael Benitez left to manage http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan. His debut with the club in the premier league was not a happy ending as he was red carded
for a challenge on http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 pretty soon. So far, he has played just eight games and in is hoping to play more after he returns from injury.
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