July 3, 2002
Blancagrees one-year Old Trafford deal
Veteran French centre-back Laurent Blanc has postponed his retirement from the game by at least 12 months after agreeing a one-year deal to stay at Manchester United.
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July 3, 2002
Veteran French centre-back Laurent Blanc has postponed his retirement from the game by at least 12 months after agreeing a one-year deal to stay at Manchester United.
July 3, 2002
Jose Antonio Camacho's decision to stand down as coach of theSpanish national side has surprised his players, several of whom expected him to continue in his position until 2004.
July 3, 2002
Juventus have denied reports linking Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids with a move to Serie A rivals Roma.
July 3, 2002
Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale claims that the club have been overwhelmed by the quality of candidate applying to replace David O'Leary as the club's new manager.
July 3, 2002
Roger Lemerre has been sacked as coach of French national side, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF) has announced.
July 3, 2002
Middlesbrough have completed the signing of Empoli strikerMassimo Maccarone for a club record fee of £8.1million and look set to re-sign Brazilian midfielder Juninho after agreeing a fee with Atletico Madrid for the World Cup…
July 3, 2002
Ronaldo has stated that he is prepared to quit Internazionale if the club are not prepared to increase his salary and the winner of the World Cup Golden Boot has admitted that Real Madrid would…
July 1, 2002
Internazionale president Massimo Moratti has challenged Ronaldo to recreate his World Cup form when he tunrs out for Inter next season.
July 1, 2002
Leeds United are expected to make an official approach to Celtic to request permission to speak to Martin O'Neill about the vacant manager's position at Elland Road.
July 1, 2002
South Korea coach Guus Hiddink has confirmed that he will become the new coach of PSV Eindhoven.
June 30, 2002
Brazilian striker Ronaldo said he was overjoyed to have helped Brazil to their fifth World Cup success.
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