League Two side Carlisle United have extended Derek Asamoah s initial one-month deal with the club until 4 January 2015.
Asamoah, 33, has already scored twice in three substitute appearances for the Cumbrians, and manager Keith Curle is hoping the addition of the former Ghana international will the club avoid relegation for the second straight season.
We know where we are with Derek and we ve seen what he can bring to the squad, Curle told the club s official website.
He isn t the type of player who wants a contract based on bit-part appearances.
He wants a little bit of stability and he now has an opportunity to really get going and hopefully build up his minutes on the pitch.
I know him really well and I signed him in the past w…
Atletico Madrid have made Schalke midfielder Juan Manuel Jurado their number one target for the summer transfer window, .
The 25-year-old joined the Miners in a €13 million deal from Atletico in August 2010, but has utterly failed to justify the hefty price tag at Veltins Arena.
The Bundesliga side want to cash in on the Spaniard in the summer and they are willing to listen to offers for the playmaker.
According to AS, Atletico Madrid want to re-sign the player in the summer and los Colchoneros are expected to make an official bid in the near future.
The La Liga side already have a great playmaker in Diego, but with the Brazilian likely to return to Wolfsburg when his loan deal ends in the summer, Atletico are desperate to sign him a replacement.
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Former Real Madrid boss Vicente del Bosque was on Tuesday named as the new coach of the Spanish national team to replace Luis Aragones who masterminded the successful Euro 2008 campaign last month.
The president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF) Angel Maria Villar proposed the nomination of Del Bosque to the executive committee which was accepted, said a RFEF spokesman.
He will be presented on Thursday at 1315 (1115 GMT).
The 57-year-old Del Bosque will take charge of his first match on August 20 when Spain face Austria in a friendly international in Copenhagen.
His first competitive game will be a 2010 World Cup qualifier against Bosnia in Murcia on September 6.
The 69-year-old Aragones was not offered a new deal with Spain despite…