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| Bayern’s Thiago needs surgery, out for seven weeks Posted: 25 Aug 2013 08:13 AM PDT Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara will be out for around seven weeks after injuring an ankle in yesterday's 2-0 Bundesliga win at Nuremberg that requires surgery, the European and German champions said today. The 22-year-old Spain international will miss Bundesliga matches against Freiburg, Hanover 96, Schalke 04 and VfL Wolfsburg as well as the start of the Champions League group stage and the German Cup game against Hannover 96, Bayern said on their website (www.fcbayern.telekom.de). Thiago, who will have the operation tomorrow, damaged ligaments in his right ankle in the second half of the Nuremberg match and had to be replaced by Thomas Mueller. – Reuters, August 25, 2013. |
| Ancelotti keeps mum on Bale move to Real Madrid Posted: 25 Aug 2013 07:57 AM PDT Bale's move to the Spanish capital has been widely flagged in Spanish and British media and is said to be worth €99 million (US$133 million), eclipsing the price of around €95 million Real paid Manchester United for Cristiano Ronaldo in 2009. Photographs of Bale in the Spanish holiday resort of Marbella appeared in local media today, prompting speculation he will be presented at Real's Bernabeu stadium on Tuesday or Wednesday. At a news conference today previewing tomorrow's La Liga game at Granada, Ancelotti was asked where Bale might fit into his team. The Italian laughed and said he had not thought about it as he had "other problems at the moment". "I understand it's a very interesting issue for everyone but I can't say anything because he is not a Real Madrid player right now," he added. "I am sorry but I can't reply." Quizzed later by British journalists, he said there were two reasons why he did not want to discuss the issue publicly. "First of all because Gareth Bale is not a Real Madrid player at this moment," Ancelotti said. "The second because I need to have respect for my players and we are focused on our game tomorrow." He said he did not know if Bale would be the final addition to Real's squad before the transfer window shuts. "I need to have respect for the Spanish journalists who every day ask me this and I didn't answer," Ancelotti said. "So for you it's the same I don't want to answer." Ancelotti also responded to criticism from Barcelona's new coach Gerardo Martino about Bale's price tag. Martino told a news conference yesterday spending that amount of money on a soccer player would be "out of place in the current economic climate" and "a lack of respect to the world in general". "They were words I didn't understand," Ancelotti said. "He (Martino) has not been here for long and he still doesn't understand how European football works. "He also doesn't understand his own club because Barcelona has spent money on some very important players. "I don't want to talk about this but I think his words were a little strange." Champions Barca will be without the injured Lionel Messi when they play their second league match of the campaign at Malaga later today. – Reuters, August 25, 2013. |
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