Asked about the renewal of his contract that expires in 2010, Barcelona central defender and Mexican international Rafael Marquez (30) has repeated at a press conference that he wants to stay longer at the club:
“Hopefully we will be able to reach an agreement so that I can end my career as a player at Barça. At this moment, my agent didn’t tell me anything about how things are going.
I don’t know if there’s already a deal. I think there has been a meeting but I don’t think that an agreement has been closed. Like I’ve already said a lot of times, I want it to happen, I’m feeling very good here, comfortable, very happy. So I hope that the renewal will come, although I’m not in a hurry.”
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Marquez: "Sometimes I get mad and lose control"
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Marquez repeats renewal wish
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Picture of the day: Frey
During last Sunday's Italian league game against Siena, Fiorentina goalkeeper Sébastien Frey had troubles with the sun shining in his eyes and asked a ball boy if he could use his cap. When the fans saw it was a Barcelona cap, they informed the goalkeeper, who decided to take it off. Quote of the day: Gerrard
Eto’o wants to renew until 2014
Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o (28) wants to renew his contract, that expires in the summer of 2010, for three or four more years.
Eto’o thinks that there’s no better place to live than Barcelona and that there’s no other club like Barcelona.
The entourage of the player assured that Eto’o isn’t being influenced by the rumours linking other strikers to the club and that he’s only focuses on his game. If the club offers him a better contract, Eto’o, who doesn’t plan to ask for an excessive pay rise, will sign until 2014.
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Eto'o becomes fifth Barcelona goalscorer
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Decision on Ibrahimovic at the end of the season
Asked about the rumours linking him with an exit (read more here), Inter Milan forward and Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimovich (27) has said in an interview with Italian television channel Sky Sport Italia that he’s now focusing on his club:
"I have a contract with Inter and I'm happy to be at this club. For now we are all concentrated on winning the league. At the end of the season we will see what happens."
The player’s agent Mino Raiola said in an interview with Italian television channel Radio Radio that the club will decide on the player's future: "Ibra was hurt after the Champions league elimination but he’s now only thinking about winning the league title.
He has a contract with Inter for four years and we respect that, so he will only leave if the club finds an agreement with another club or when Inter doesn’t want to renew his contract. Without the collaboration of Inter, Zlatan cannot leave.
Like every top player he wants to play for one of the top teams---Chelsea, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter, Milan and Manchester United. All those clubs know each other very well, so Moratti will hear it when one of them is interested and then he will have to decide. I think he’s worth close to 100 million euro°. It’s the strongest and most complete player in the world."
Asked about the transfer rumours, Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti told journalists on Monday that a transfer is not on the table at his moment but seemed to leave a door open: "It's not a question of money or a dislike for the team. Perhaps he's just hurt by my outburst after Manchester, but I was refering to everyone, not just him. He clearly reacted to that defeat in the same way I did. He was disappointed.
He is just ambitious. Maybe he wants to leave to win the Champions League, but it's hard to know beforehand which team will win the Champions League. In any case, Inter will try again next year. In life, sometimes you change and then regret it after... Zlatan has an excellent relationship with Mourinho and with the club. There's mutual esteem, we only need to speak to understand each other.
There are no meetings planned for the end of the season. If he decided to leave, if he asked me to leave, then there would be a price, like there is for everyone, but I honestly haven't thought about it. We're certainly not looking for buyers for Ibra. We can't imagine Inter without Zlatan because of the importance he has for the fans. I like to think that Ibra will continue at Inter."
One day later, Moratti made clear to journalists that for now he doesn’t want to talk about the issue anymore: "Listen... I really don't want to keep on talking about this. I still haven't seen Ibrahimovic. Actually, I saw him on Sunday when he played very well, and I saw him after the match and he was calm. I will know more after I have spoken with him. For the moment I can't say anything."
Inter Milan manager José Mourinho meanwhile said to journalists that he’s calm about the future of Ibrahimovic: "Like all of us, he's very disappointed about the Champions League elimination, but he has replied on the pitch, transforming his frustration into good performances. I'm not worried. I have already convinced players to stay before. It happened with Deco. He wanted to leave Porto after the UEFA Cup victory but he stayed and we won the Champions League the following season."
Read more:
First contacts with Ibrahimovic
Last summer's search for a striker
Agent Ibrahimovic hints again at Barcelona move
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