Brazil coach,felipe scolari has revealed his feelings on diego costa's neglect of his country to switch to current world and european champions,spain.The atletico madrid striker decided recently to switch allegience which doesnt go down well with scolari. “He [Costa] is one of the 45 players I
have on my list,” he said at a press
conference. “The Brazilian Football
Confederation [CBF] said that he was not
going to be allowed to join the Spanish
national team. I was asked through e-
mail whether I would be ok with that and
I gave my thoughts.
“I'm still the coach here so I can say what
I think. I can't fight against laws, but
within my evaluation criteria, he's one of
the players that are part of my team,
initially, and that could or could not be on
the final list.”
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013
FELIPE SCOLARI AGAINST DIEGO COSTA SPAIN SWAP.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
DIEGO COSTA TO MISS QUALIFIERS FOR SPAIN
Brazilian-born atletico madrid striker,diego da silva costa has missed out on a place in Spain's squad for their final World
Cup qualifiers - as he waits for clearance after switching allegiance.
Costa, 24, has scored eight goals in
Seven games for Atletico this term and has now opted to play for spain.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
VICTOR VALDES:I WANT TO MOVE ABROAD
Spain international,victor valdes is set to leave the catalan outfit at the end of this season.Valdes who is a product of barcelona's youth academy has spent his entire career to date at the camp-nou.
The goalkeeper will be out of contract at the end of the season,even though he has been offered a contract extension,valdes says he wouldnt be signing it. "I am seeking new challenges. I want to
play in another league and be with my family in another place.
"But this season I have still been feeling
the love and support of the people and that is greatly appreciated.''
Senior players at the camp nou have tried to persuade the spainard to stay,but valdes heart is set on a new challenge.
Who should replace valdes at barça?