Roma sign Lobont

September 1, 2009

Roma have signed Romanian international goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont on loan from Dinamo Bucharest.

Lobont has joined Roma on a season-long loan with the option of a permanent deal.

The 31-year-old has previous experience of playing in Italy having had a spell at Fiorentina in the past.

“Lobont is on loan to Roma for a year, after which the club will have the option of paying for his transfer,” said Lobont’s agent, Victor Becali.

Lobont will provide cover for first-choice goalkeeper Doni at the Stadio Olimpico.

Abhimanyu Rajput

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Kaka´s brother leaves Milan in transfer merry-go-round

September 1, 2009

Kaka’s younger brother Digao has joined second division Lecce on a season-long loan from AC Milan in one of many deadline day transfers in Italy.

The centre-back had already previously been loaned out to Standard Liege and Rimini (twice) since joining Milan in 2004, for whom he has played only one Italian Cup match.

Newly-promoted Parma have strengthened their midfield by signing Swiss Blerim Dzemaili on loan from Serie B Torino, with one million euros and striker Daniele Vantaggiato going the other way, also on loan.

Another midfielder moving clubs is Daniele Dossena who has joined Cagliari from Sampdoria while the Sardinians have also added Juventus full-back Ariaudo on loan.

Sampdoria have signed Empoli forward Nicola Pozzi on loan while Chievo and Catania have completed a loan swap deal for Giovanni Marchese (heading to Sicily) and Gennaro Sardo (joining the Flying Donkeys).

AS Roma have strengthened their goalkeeping resources with the loan signing of former Fiorentina and Ajax stopper Bogdan Lobont from Dinamo Bucharest, according to the Romanians.

And Napoli have loaned midfielder Manuele Blasi to Palermo.

ROME (AFP)

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19/07/09: Transfer Rumors

July 19, 2009

‘Liverpool are set to offer £20m for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young.’ – News of the World

‘Real Madrid could bring back Esteban Granero from Getafe for € 4m, if the Alonso transfer from Liverpool does not take place’ – Marca

‘Valencia and Atletico Madrid are also interested in securing his services, when his contract expires on 31st of July’ – Marca

‘Villa have rejected an £18m opening offer for Young from Tottenham, saying they value the player at £30m.’ – The Sunday Times

‘Arsenal poised to bid £10m for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh to replace Emmanuel Adebayor.’ – News of the World

‘Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc says he would like Chamakh’s future to be resolved by Thursday.’ – The Observer

‘The Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, has publicly threatened to lodge a complaint against Real Madrid to FIFA, if the Spanish club still insisted to sign French international Franck Ribéry.’ – Marca

‘Everton have slapped a £30m price tag on centre-back Joleon Lescott, which is double Manchester City’s current bid.’ – News of the World

‘Tottenham are close to capturing Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch after tabling a £12m offer in the last 24 hours, beating off competition from Fulham and Sunderland.’ – News of the World

‘Bjorn Helge Riise, brother of John Arne Riise who plays for Roma, will join Fulham on Monday’ – Aftenposten

‘Spurs will find out on Monday if Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will reject an £18m transfer to Stuttgart in favour of a move to White Hart Lane.’ – Daily Mail

‘Tim Borowski could make a return to Werder after a year with Bayern Munich with Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf welcoming the move for the former club captain’ – L’Equippe

‘Benoît Cheyrou could leave Marseille if he does not extend his contract, with Liverpool and Juventus being the likely destinations’ – Le Parisien

‘After a difficult first season in Ligue 1 with Nancy, the Brazilian defender Helder could make Dinamo Bucharest switch’ – L’Equipe.

‘Chelsea and Tottenham are considering making a move for David Beckham, while AC Milan, who had the LA Galaxy midfielder on loan last season, are also interested.’ – Daily Mail

‘Bolton will try to hijack Portsmouth’s bid to sign Hull defender Sam Ricketts.’ – News of the World

‘Former Newcastle striker Lomana LuaLua may quit Qatar club Al-Arabi to join Stoke.’ – News of the World

By: Abhimanyu Rajput