Showing posts with label football news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label football news. Show all posts

Friday, August 4

Its official, PSG announce signing of Barcelona Superstar Neymar for 5- years in World Record deal


After weeks of speculations, ? Paris Saint-
Germain have officially completed the signing of
Brazilian superstar Neymar from Barcelona and
in the process more than doubled the previous
world transfer record after triggering the 25-
year-old's enormous €222m release clause.
This is the first time in history that a French
club has broken the record, with Spanish, Italian
and English clubs responsible for all but three
world record deals since the very first £100
transfer was completed 124 years ago in 1893.



Neymar signed a lucrative 5-year contract with
PSG after leaving Barcelona's pre-season
programme earlier this week.

On completion of the transfer, Neymar said 'I am
extremely happy to join Paris Saint-
Germain. Since I arrived in Europe, the club has
always been one of the most competitive and
most ambitious. And the biggest challenge, what
most motivated me to join my new teammates
is to help the club to conquer the titles that
their fans want. I played 4 seasons in Europe
and I feel ready to take the challenge. From
today, I will do everything I can to help my new
teammates, to open up new horizons for my
club and to bring happiness to its millions of
supporters around the world'.

Wednesday, July 12

Sad!Another Ivory Coast footballer dies after collapsing on pitch in Abidjan


The Ivorian football federation has been struck
with another major blow after 29-year-old Eugene
Koffi Kouame who plays for Turkish side
Egirdirspor died after collapsing during a football
match at Koumassi Stadium in Abidjan South.
The striker was said to have been playing a
football match with a group of friends on Monday,
when he passed out and was rushed to a
hospital. But emergency treatment failed to revive
him. It was later confirmed that he had passed
away.
Confirming the sad news, his club in a statement
indicated that Kouma suffered a heart attack and
died on Monday.
”It is while wanting to maintain the form
with buddies and other footballers at the
economic capital, that he met the death
due to a heart attack,”reads the statement
published by French news outlet, First
Magazine.
Kouame's death comes a month after fellow
Ivorian player, Cheick Tiote, also collapsed and
died during a training session with Chinese side
Beijing Enterprises.