MONDAY FOOTBALL NEWS The VVIP guest list for Sundays World Cup final included film stars Daniel Craig and Ashton Kutcher, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Gabon counterpart Ali Bongo, basketball star LeBron James - and former Leeds midfielder Olivier Dacourt. (Guardian) Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, 29, had The Chosen One printed on his boots for the World Cup final. (Daily Mail) Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002, says his countrys footballing problems run deep. (Daily Star ) Golden glove winner Manuel Neuer, 28, says he has fallen in love with the warm-hearted people of Brazil during Germanys World Cup winning stay in the country. (Fifa) Netherlands and Bayern Munich forward Arjen Robben, 30, has turned down an offer from Dutch boss Louis van Gaal to follow him to Manchester United this summer. (Daily Telegraph) Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is hoping to complete the £3m signing of Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina, 25, from Nice this week. (Daily Mirror) Chelsea have opened discussions about bringing Didier Drogba, 36, back to Stamford Bridge as a second choice striker and coach. (Daily Mail) Liverpool striker Iago Aspas, 26, is set to join Sevilla on a season-long loan. (Liverpool Echo) Tottenhams summer transfer plans are on hold as midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, 24, and defender Michael Dawson, 30, are reluctant to leave. (Daily Mirror) The agent of Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen, 27, admits the Belgian could leave White Hart Lane this summer.(Evening Standard) Liverpool have reignited their interest in £18m Sevilla left back Alberto Moreno. (Daily Express) Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu is convinced Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who is set to join Barca for £75m, will have his four-month ban for biting reduced, despite Fifa rejecting the 27-year-olds appeal. (Independent) Meanwhile Barcas plans to publicly unveil Suarez in a presentation ceremony wont be allowed until his ban is over. (Sun). West Ham winger Stewart Downing, 29, believes the imminent £12m signing of Enner Valencia will help take the pressure off Andy Carroll. (Daily Star) Astronaut Reid Wilson tweeted a picture (external) of the Expedition 40 crew watching the World Cup final in space. Germany and Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski, 29, took to Facebook (external) to post a snap of him on the pitch grasping the World up trophy and looking pretty pleased with life. Belgium captain Vincent Kompany expressed sympathy for Manchester City team-mates Pablo Zabaleta, Martin Demichelis and Sergio Aguero after Argentinas World Cup final defeat. He tweeted: (external) @pablo_zabaleta @demichelisok & @aguerosergiokun football is hard sometimes. You made everyone proud & had a great tournament. Heads up. Fifa president Sepp Blatter seemed to enjoy the game, posting: (external) What an intense Final from both teams. Congrats #GER: 4th title & 1st European team to win #WorldCup in Americas. Joey Barton has a theory for Germanys success, tweeting: (external) So the best prepared team win the World Cup. Only team to build their own training base. Coincidence? I think not... Liverpool frontman Daniel Sturridge went on Twitter (external) after Germanys victory to say: Not even gonna lie Im jealous its not me. Fuel for the fire I guess... One day I hope to help England win something. Thats the dream... AND FINALLY A number of YouTube users have been duped by a spoof video that appears to show a North Korean news broadcast announcing that the national football team had made it to the World Cup final. (Independent) Goodmorning Sportslovers...... Nice week ahead
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:42:09 +0000
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