Saturday 30 June 2007

Cuéllar won´t force his exit


He wants to play for Rangers. Everyone knows it but he will respect Osasuna and if a deal is not reached, he will accept it and play for "los rojillos" another year.

From Sky Sports.

Rangers have made Cuellar one of their top transfer targets after he impressed against them in the Uefa Cup last season.Walter Smith's side are believed to have had a bid rejected for Cuellar and the player's agent Pedro Bravo is hopeful a deal can be agreed to suit all parties."There have been offers. The most recent one was not satisfactory to Osasuna and Cuellar will continue to be an Osasuna player with pride," Bravo told Diario de Navarra."To allow Cuellar to go to Rangers, there must firstly be an agreement between Rangers and Osasuna."In their heart, Osasuna know what the player wants. But at the moment we can't do anything else."We are in the hands of those who have him contracted and who pay him."Cuellar is very grateful to Osasuna and he is not going to force his exit."If Osasuna do not accept the offer from Rangers, it will be their right and we will respect them."Cuellar wants what is best for Osasuna and for himself. If there is an agreement with Rangers, Cuellar will sit down with Rangers to see if he can reach an agreement.

Friday 29 June 2007

Nekounam and Soldado in UEFA´S revelation squad


Both Iranian and Spanish internationals, Javad Nekounam and Roberto Soldado have been chosen in UEFA´S revelation squad for this season. UEFA, at the end of each season ,selects those players who have made an impact in La Liga being new players or young rising stars.

The team is as follows:
Gorka Iráizoz (RCD Espanyol); Torres (Real Madrid CF), Alexis (Getafe CF), Garay (Real Racing Club) y Puerta (Sevilla FC); Cazorla (RC Recreativo), Nekounam (CA Osasuna), Casquero (Getafe CF) y Jankovic (RCD Mallorca); Soldado (CA Osasuna) y Zigic (Real Racing Racing).

The opinion of UEFA journalists is that "Nekounam has adapated perfectly to the Spanish League in his first season, playing great matches both in the League and in the Uefa Cup"

"Soldado has confirmed what he started showing last year, with 11 goals and being his strength and effort very important for Osasuna´s achievements "

Congratulations to both players!

Information from uefa.com and www.osasuna.es

Thursday 28 June 2007

Tomorrow may be a busy day

Tomorrow major decisions will be taken regarding the future of players which hopefully will remain or sign for Osasuna

Webó will be asking himself "should I stay or should I go". To Mallorca that is. Manzano, has made Webó one of their priority signings and the Cameroon international might be looking for more minutes in the island.
Webó and Pablo García share the same agent and it won´t be a surprise if Pablo García is tomorrow evening an Osasuna player
Plasil´s agent said a decision over the players future was to be made Thursday or Friday....

Tomorrow may be a busy day

Wednesday 27 June 2007

David López leaves for Bilbao,Plasil might be on his way to England


Athletic Bilbao have officially completed their move for Osasuna´s David López. The midfielder will leave the Pamplona based outfit for 6 million Euros and will pen a 4 year contract. It has been confirmed on both Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna websites.

Jarsolav Plasil, one of Osasuna´s targets for this summer might end up playing in the Premier League. According to his agent in the Czech press,"The offer [from Osasuna] is lying on the table. We are only waiting for the statement from Monaco."I expect it to be decided on Thursday or Friday. Jarda does not have to move anywhere though."He has been considering the offer because the Spanish league has always been a league he wanted to play in."But there is an offer looming large from England too," Paska added.

And finally Rangers are preparing a third and definite bid for defender Cuéllar after having two already rejected.

Tuesday 26 June 2007

Another day full of rumours


Plasil,Kepa Blanco,Gerardo...What a nice team we would have if all those rumours turned into confirmations.

As we mentioned earlier, Plasil is far from being an Osasuna player. 4 million Euros is a sum Osasuna can´t pay and "the rojillos" will have to find other ways of negotiating or bringing the player to Pamplona
Ex-West Ham striker, Kepa Blanco, is also on the transfer wish list, but again those 3 million Euros already offered by Getafe and his wish to join Athletic make him another player who we don´t think will be wearing a red shirt next season.
Gerardo from Sporting Gijon, on the contrary, doesn´t seem to like the idea of continuing in Asturias. He has waited for a much better contract proposal from Sporting but it simply hasn´t come. Osasuna should only find battle for this player in other 1st division teams like Levante.

Plasil has a 4 million Euro price tag


According to As, Monaco would be willing to sell Jarsolav Plasil to Osasuna for around 4 million Euros. This would indeed clash against Osasuna´s transfer policy that consists in signing out of contract players or bargains. Monaco know Osasuna have cashed in around 20 million Euros after selling Raúl García and David López and hope to make some money on a player that has never seemed to establish in the Principality.

As we mentioned yesterday in Osasuna Agency, Plasil´s agent would be negotiating directly with the club here in Pamplona.

Plasil, Valdo, Cuéllar...who next?


Names,rumours,agents... Today has been a very busy day, although a day in which almost nothing has been confirmed.

What we do know thanks to L´Equipe, is that Pavel Pavska ( Jarsolav Plasil´s agent) visited Pamplona yesterday to talk with Osasuna. The idea is to sign the Czech international on loan with an option at the end of the season to make a permament deal.

Valdo
has finally been presented as a new Espanyol player. He decided not to continue with Osasuna despite a very interesting offer from the club. Osasuna will claim a 1,5 million Euro compensation fee just as it was established in a meeting between Spanish clubs last year.

According to The Evening Times, Rangers chief executive Martin Bain is still negotiating a £2m deal with Osasuna for Cuéllar.

Finally Gerardo and Camuñas ,both from second division clubs, will soon decide if they join
Osasuna. Gerardo is a right-winger who can also play in defence and Camuñas is an interesting midfield player.

Astiz off to Legia Warszawa

This caught us all by surprise. We were expecting Iñaki Astiz, to have probably taken part in the summer pre-season with Osasuna, but finally he is off to Poland. The fact that Jan Urban, one of the most important players in the history of Osasuna, will be the Legia trainer this year and that he knows the player, have been a key element in Astiz going to the Polish League.

He had offers from other second division teams in Spain, but he has accepted the challenge of going abroad. Urban described him on Legia´s website:
"He is good in the air, has the ability to take out the ball. The only problem is, how will he deal with the pressure put by fans. But I hope he will do enough. He is in the similar age as the majority of our players. As a matter of fact, he should have no problems to enter the team."

We wish Iñaki the best in his Polish experience and we hope Legia Warszawa complete an excellent season.

Rangers still after Cúellar


Rangers have made Carlos Cuéllar one of their priority signings for this summer.They have already had two bids rejected by Osasuna, the last one in the region of 2,5 Million Euros, but are still hoping to conclude a deal in the following weeks.
Diario de Noticias informs that Osasuna would only accept a bid above the 3,5 Million Euros mark for Cúellar and in the case of being sold, would be replaced by a player from the B squad
(Osasuna Promesas)
The Scottish press goes further, and affirms a deal has been reached between Rangers and Cúellar, leaving it only to the clubs to finish the deal off.

We will wait and see..

Monday 25 June 2007

Osasuna today



Jaroslav Plasil from AS Monaco, Pablo García from Real Madrid, Gerardo from Sporting de Gijón (Spanish second division club) are just some of the names which might end up playing in Osasuna next season.

Osasuna needs to strengthen itself and have to do it in style, as some of their key players have packed their suitcases and left our club in search of glory elsewhere.
David López ( 5,8Million Euros), Raúl García (13Million Euros), Valdo, (1,5 Million compensation fee)Soldado (back to Real Madrid) Milosevic, Juanlu (back to Betis after loan), Romeo and Muñoz, won´t be in next years squad and therefore quality signings have to be made.
Increasing rumours also place defender Cuéllar in Rangers next season.

Portillo from Nástic Tarragona (cost 750,000 Euros and scored 11 goals last year in a team that finished last) and Xavier Margairaz from Zürich (arrives free, has won the league this year and scored 9 goals ) are for the moment the only confirmed signings. Apart from the players mentioned in the initial paragraph, Osasuna have nearly struck a deal with under 21 Chile striker, Nicolas Medina and are negotiating with Ezquerro from Barcelona.

Sporting director, Juan José Lorenzo has a lot of work this summer...

Javad Nekounam


Hardly anyone had heard of Javad Nekounam when we first read his name in Diario de Navarra (local newspaper). The first thing we knew about him was that he was from Iran and that he had been sent off during the world cup. Osasuna had just signed one of the best players we have seen in the Reyno de Navarra. Without speaking a word of Spanish, Javad arrived in Pamplona as Osasuna´s first exotic signing and has proved to be a complete success during his first year in Spain.
His calmed style of play, his passing precision and stealing ability have made him not only one of the Osasuna favourites, but also one of the best new players in the Spanish league.
His moment of glory this season came when he scored a last minute extra-time goal against Girondins Bordeaux that meant Osasuna would play for the first time in history a UEFA cup quarter final.
But Neko or Neku, as we call him here, has been much more than that crucial goal. His elegance on the pitch and the way he makes the team play are something people where not used to, here in Pamplona.
There is only one thing that has Osasuna fans worried and that is his buy-out clause. Only a tempting 5 million Euros could see him out of our squad, and with the departure of Raúl García to Atlético Madrid, Nekounam is without doubt one of the most important players in the team.
He desires to progress, but we hope he can achieve that goal in our club.

For an excellent second season in Pamplona! JAVAD NEKOUNAM!

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