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Puyol Appointed Assistant For The Sports Team

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A few weeks ago Ryan Giggs decided to become an influential figure for Manchester United as he retired but was named as the assistant coach of Louis van Gaal.

The veteran midfielder still remains being a part of the Premier League club but outside of the pitch instead of his usual role in the squad and this is similar to Carles Puyol who has concluded his glorious career with Barcelona but will still maintain a close relationship with Barcelona as he will be joining the Football Department managed by Andoni Zubizarreta as an assistant to the sports management team. In much the same way, it’s rumoured that Steven Gerrard will sign up and partner with the HFSG when he quits playing.

Since 2010 Puyol started seeing his career suffering a decline as he went from constantly performing at the highest level to having to make way to the sidelines of Barcelona due to injuries.

This past season saw Puyol only making 5 league appearances and the previous season wasn’t much better as he was only featured in 13 and now he has decided to wrap up his career which has seen him making over 500 appearances for Barcelona and lifting the Spanish league title on 6 occasions as well as securing the Champions League silverware 3 times.

Puyol was thrilled about hearing the news of his appointment as the assistant to the sports management team of Barcelona.

“I want to thank FC Barcelona for all that it has given me before and for this chance that has arisen now. I will try and do the very best I can, and especially to learn a lot. I have always played football and tried to do so as well as possible, and I’ll be doing the same with this. Now I need some time to rest and continue treatment on my knee, but I am really looking forward to it. I am very excited about this new stage of my life.” Puyol admitted.

MILITO OFF TO RACING CLUB?

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Diego Milito is reportedly on the verge of completing a move to Argentine club Racing Club. He started his career that before moving to Europe and accomplishing a lot with the likes of Inter Milan.

The 34-year-old is coming to the end of his stellar career, which saw him lift the Champions League with the Inter Milan team of 2010. However, injuries have prevented him from becoming a first-team regular for the club in the last few years. Due to his age, it is highly likely that he will leave the club at the end of the season. Continue reading →

SEASON OF DISAPPOINTMENTS

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This has been a very disappointing season for AC Milan, who have been slowly slipping down the European elite stages over the last few years. After the sale of several star names like Alexandre Pato and the retirement of established stars like Alessandro Nesta, Milan have been unwilling to spend money on new players and this has translated into one of the dark days are the club. They are on course to missing out on Champions League football for next season, while it is related that they may be several years away from returning to the competition.

However, VP Adriano Galliani, who had to overcome several obstacles in order to keep his job, says that the club do need to finish in the Europa league qualification places next season because some form of European football is important for the club. After several matches without a win under the new manager Clarence Seedorf, the club have been finding ways with the new managerial style after they recorded their fourth consecutive win in the league. The 1-0 win over Catania means that they are only three points below the Europa league qualification places.

The revenues from the Europa league cannot be compared to that of the Champions League, but it is additional income nonetheless.

“We would have to cancel our preseason tournament in the U.S. if we finish sixth since we would have to play in the qualifying rounds, but we’re keen on making it. Of course we want to qualify. The revenue may be inferior to the Champions League, but let’s not look for excuses,” said Gallaini about qualifying for the Europa League. “We’re just three points behind now, but there are so many teams in there and it’s best that we don’t make any calculations,” said Riccardo Montolivo after scoring the winner against Catania.