German Captain Philip Lahm retires from Internationa duties....Awww but y naaaa

Philipp Lahm has confirmed his retirement from Germany duty. He toldBild: "I already told Jogi Low on Monday that I will retire from international football. This decision has emerged in the last season. I am lucky that this has now came together with winning the World Cup. This morning, I called DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach and informed him about my decision and thanked the DFB staff for their support in the last few years."

Demba Ba to Besiktas... Done deal

Demba Ba's  spell at Chelsea has come to an end after the striker signed for Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas on a four-year deal.


The Senegal international moves to the Istanbul club after struggling to establish himself as a regular at Stamford Bridge following his switch from Newcastle United in January 2013.
He made just 23 starts in all competitions at Chelsea but spoke of a desire to impress at his new club after completing his €6 million transfer.

Arsenal have signed France right-back Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle... Gunners dey vex sha

The French full-back agreed a €10 million move to the Emirates Stadium earlier this month and underwent a medical,It is now a done deal.
"We are delighted to welcome Mathieu Debuchy to Arsenal," Arsene Wenger told the club's official website.

"He has shown he can perform at the highest level with his club sides and also for France. He is a quality defender who has good Premier League experience and I'm confident he will fit in very well with us."

Debuchy added: "I'm very proud to be joining a great club like Arsenal and to wear its colours, it's one of the biggest clubs in the whole world.

David Luiz apology to all Brazilians....Awwwww

David Luiz has apologised "to all Brazilians" for the humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup semi-final in Belo Horizonte

David Luiz, who was named captain in the absence of the suspended Thiago Silva, could only offer an apology at full-time for an abject personal and collective performance.
"I just wanted to give some happiness to my people. To my people, who suffer so much already," Luiz toldRede Globo.
"Unfortunately we couldn't do it. I'm sorry, everyone. Sorry to all Brazilians. I wanted to see my people smiling. 
"Everyone knows how important it was for me to make the Brazilian people happy, even if just because of football."
“To explain what happened now is complicated. This is a dream that ends, although not the way we hoped. 
"In my life, I've learned to be a man at all times. I won't shy away from anything, I'll take it on the chin. One day I'll give happiness to those people."

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Germany striker Miroslav Klose became the record scorer in World Cup history by netting his 16th finals goal against Brazil...Kudos!

He is not a Ronaldo or a Pele, he is simply a goal poacher.

The 36-year-old Lazio striker put his country 2-0 ahead as they opened up a 5-0 half-time lead in Belo Horizonte.

Klose moved level with former Brazil striker Ronaldo by scoring against Ghana earlier in the competition.

Germany's leading goalscorer with 71 goals in 136 games, he is the third player to net at four World Cups.

Brazil legend Pele and West Germany's Uwe Seeler both scored at the 1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970 finals.

Klose's goal against Brazil came in his 23rd World Cup appearance, a tally only compatriot Lothar Matthaus has bettered.

Germany have never lost a game in which he has scored.

Brazil 1-7 Germany.....A brutal demolition by a superior side

Brazil's World Cup dreams ended in humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte.

A thunderous occasion that began with Brazil riding a tidal wave of emotion was reduced to a nightmare as Germany were 5-0 up inside 29 remarkable minutes in front of a disbelieving Estadio Mineirao crowd.

Brazil's players mourned the absence of the injured Neymar before kick-off, but captain Thiago Silva was an even bigger loss. The result was their first competitive home defeat in 39 years, and the end of their hopes of making it to the World Cup final at the iconic Maracana on Sunday.

Instead, Germany will meet either Argentina or the Netherlands, who play on Wednesday in Sao Paulo.

Do you think this would happen tonight?

Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng have been expelled from Ghana's World Cup squad for alleged indiscipline.

Ghana’s plans for this evening’s decisive World Cup clash against Portugal have been catapulted into chaos after two players – Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng – were suspended indefinitely and ordered home.

The Ghanaian FA claim that a team meeting descended into acrimony on Tuesday when Muntari launched ‘an unprovoked physical attack on Moses Armah, an Executive Committee member from the national association.

Fifa bans Luiz Suarez from 9 international games and four months from all football activities.

The FIFA disciplinary committee, after more than 10 hours of talks over Wednesday night and Thursday morning, banned has banned Luiz Suarez from nine competitive Uruguay games and four months of all football activity.

This follows him biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during Uruguay's victory over Liverpool, the third time he has done such an abhorrent act on the football field, which was taken into account by the committee.

Suarez will miss 13 Liverpool games and any transfer negotiations will not be affected by the ban but would obviously complicate matters, and has been fined £65,000.

Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against Luiz Suarez.

Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against Luiz Suarez after the Uruguayan was accused of biting by Italy centre-back Giorgio Chiellini.
The Liverpool striker, who has previously been embroiled in two biting controversies, seemingly leant into Chiellini and bit his shoulder, with the Juventus man keen to point a mark on his skin out to the referee.
And after announcing on Tuesday evening that they would look replays of the altercation, the world's governing body has deemed the incident serious enough to take forward.
A statement read: "Fifa can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the player Luis Suarez of Uruguay following an apparent breach of art. 48 and/or art. 57 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code during the 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil match Italy-Uruguay played on 24 June 2014.
"The player and/or the Uruguayan FA are invited to provide with their position and any documentary evidence they deem relevant until 25 June 2014, 5pm, Brasilia time

Suarez has always had a thing for Giorgio Chiellini's Shoulder....He attempted having a bite 12 months ago....Suarez should be locked in a cage.

Luis Suarez has had his eyes on Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder for quite some time it seems, with the 27-year-old appearing to attempt to bite the defender for the first time at the Confederations Cup 12 months ago!

The two sides met during the third-place play-off during the World Cup warm-up tournament and, after the incident on Tuesday, it appears Suarez has been biding his time and waiting for the opportunity to strike again.

Finally we have Louis van Gaal first signing at Manchester United for £28.4 Million

Athletico Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera is close to becoming Louis van Gaal's first signing at Manchester United for the sum of £28.4million.

The 24-year-old has been offered a staggering €181,000-a-week contract, with United dispatching a lawyer to Spain to thrash out a deal and the player having already bid farewell to his team-mates.

United are keen to finalise a move for Herrera in the coming days as they look to exploit a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave for €35m - a figure that would rise to around €40m on July 1.

New United boss Louis van Gaal, who takes over at Old Trafford after his World Cup commitments with Netherlands, has given the green light to the move as he looks to shape his squad for an assault on the Premier League title in 2014-15.