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Carlos Kameni Signs Four Year Contract Extension With Espanyol

footballdirecta — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:51:50 +0000

Highly-rated goalkeeper Carlos Kameni has agreed a new contract with Espanyol.

The Cameroon international had been linked with a summer move to the Premier League after another impressive season in the Primera Division.

However, after recently stating his commitment to Espanyol, Kameni, 25, is to sign a deal that will keep him at Estadi RCDE until 2013.

“We have agreed an extension and Kameni has indicated to us he is happy to continue at Espanyol,” sporting director Ramon Planes said on the club’s official website.

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KAMENI RENUEVA CON EL ESPAÑOL

davidperolo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:47:38 +0000

EL PORTERO CAMERUNES HA RENOVADO POR 4 TEMPORADAS CON EL ESPAÑOL. ASI YA SE ACABAN CON LOS RUMORES DE QUE SE IRIA A INGLATERRA. ME PARECE UN GRAN PORTERO Y ES BUEN TENERLO EN LA LIGA ESPAÑOLA.

Espanyol Keeper Kameni: I'm Open To All Offers

footballdirecta — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:55:51 +0000

Espanyol goalkeeper Carlos Kameni says he’s considering all offers as he prepares to leave his Spanish club on a Bosman this summer.

“I want to experience a new league, but I do not rule out staying in Spain,” said the Cameroon international. “The Premier League is very attractive to me, I could play there.

“Bordeaux? It is a good team and a return to France is possible. I’m open to all offers.”

Arturo Canales, Kameni’s agent, also chimed in: “Benfica is a club that can match the profile of Kameni. But for now there’s been no contact. Other clubs are interested.”

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Playing Cech up

Charlie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:47:32 +0000

Apparently Chelsea have identified lack of competition for the No 1 jersey as the main reason behind Petr Čech’s alarming drop in form. Some reports have even suggested that the club are considering selling the Czech international in the summer. Any suggestion that the former Golden Gloves winner might move on is probably just making mountains over molehills, but without a doubt Carlo Cudicini’s exit to Tottenham in January has left a gapping whole on Chelsea’s team sheet – one that even the sprawling figure of Hilário can’t fill.

But just who is up to the task of taking on the Euro 2004 semi-finalist? Well, looking within the Premiership, there are a couple of first-class goalkeepers warming the substitutes bench at Manchester City and Sunderland. Joe Hart and Craig Gordon are arguably the two most promising young goalkeepers in Britain. Both are extraordinary, athletic players who have been frustrated at club level by the call for experience over promise – which is doing neither of their international careers any good. Whether they would have any better chance of making the first team deputising for Čech is another question. And neither Hart or Gordon fits the profile of Chelsea’s usual, continental and glamorous headline signings.

Looking further afield, Chelsea’s new manager Guus Hiddink could do worse than fast-tracking the career of his young ward in the Russia set-up, Igor Akinfeev. Aged just 22, Akinfeev has already notched up 29 caps and 136 appearances for his club CSKA Moscow. He was the youngest ever footballer to play in goal for Russia at the tender age of 18, and has a record of success at the highest level – he played in Euro 2008 and at one stage went 362 minutes in the Champions League without conceding a goal. Taking Hiddink a little out of his comfort zone, Hugo Lloris has excelled since moving to French champions Olympique Lyonnais in the summer and has since broken into the national team under Raymond Domenech. Another of the finest prospects in European football, Lloris was born eight months after Akinfeev and cost Lyon a cool €8.5 million – but Chelsea would have little trouble doubling up on that fee to bring the Frenchman to Stamford Bridge.

Of course there are cheaper options. It feels like half of the Premiership have been circling Espanyol’s Cameroonian keeper Carlos Idriss Kameni, while Olympique de Marseille’s Steve Mandanda would come with a lower price tag than compatriot Lloris. Whoever comes in, it’s worth remembering that when Čech came in he was by no means considered first choice ahead of Cudicini. And if the popular Italian (at one stage he was tipped for a call-up to the English national team) could lose his place so easily, perhaps Čech isn’t the “untouchable” he was under José Mourinho.

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AC Milan on Kaka: "Talks Can Begin"

chriscourtney — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:54:00 +0000

As Manchester City’s ever-rising bid for the Rossoneri’s Brazilian playmaker climbs higher into the stratosphere, we’re starting to see the first kinks in Milan’s armor. After Silvio Berlusconi’s spokesmen continued to say no, City finally looks like they are making an offer Milan can’t refuse. Last night as the bid reportedly hit $145 million, word came out that “talks can begin.”

Rumors that the player’s father had travelled to Manchester were confirmed this morning and by this afternoon, the price was rumored to be approaching $150 million. I mean let’s face it, that is a sick amount of cash, especially in a depressed economy. There are a lot of things you can pay for with $150 million, including:

- Tuesday’s Presidential inauguration

- One F-22 Raptor Fighter Plane

- 15 Jozy Altidores

- The entire Werder Bremen team

- DC United’s planned new stadium

- The entire MLS player salary four+ times over

Or how about an entire new AC Milan team for the future? That’s right, the ageing Rossoneri still have a lot of quality in the side but its a club in need of a fresh wave of young talent (and $150 million can buy a lot of talent). Juve’s Gigi Buffon, Roma’s Phillipe Mexes, and Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos are just a few of the players they could scoop up with change to spare for Barcelona’s Sammy Eto’o or Lyon’s Benzema. Instead of being the big loser, AC Milan could end up paving the road to the Scudetto using Manchester City’s gold.

Meanwhile, City’s move is not without a great deal of risk. They are currently a 15th place team with only 22 points, 15 behind Wigan, and have lost five of their last 10 Premiership matches. They’ll need to spend even further to build the right cast to play around Kaka and Robinho, lest they stay mired in mid-table without a Champions League or UEFA Cup slot.

Indications are that City plan to do just that as they are close to signing Hamburg’s holding midfielder Nigel de Jong for 15m euros while they continue to chase strikers Roque Santa Cruz, Craig Bellamy and Scott Parker respectively from Blackburn and West Ham. On top of that, they are reportedly about to close a deal for Espanyol’s talented keeper Carlos Kameni.

Kameni se enfrenta a un aficionado

jonkepa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:50:04 +0000

El portero del Espanyol, Carlos Kameni, se encaró hoy al término del entrenamiento con un aficionado del equipo catalán que previamente le había aconsejado no renovar su contrato e incluso llegó a amenazarlo, según relató el seguidor del Espanyol.

Cuando aún una parte de sus compañeros se ejercitaba en la ciudad deportiva de Sant Adrià del Besós, dos aficionados, de unos 30 y 70 años aproximadamente, increparon a Kameni, recordándole que su contrato vence en junio de 2009. “No hace falta que renueves“, le reprocharon en alusión al error del portero camerunés en el empate del Espanyol ante el Athletic.

Nervioso, Kameni abandonó el césped de entrenamiento y se dirigió a los dos aficionados. Al más joven le agarró por la pechera y le pidió respeto: “¡Soy un profesional, respeta mi trabajo, respétame!”, le dijo. Según el aficionado, incluso llegó a espetarle “¿Qué pasa, quieres morir?”.

Sus compañeros Luis García y Sergio Sánchez intentaron separar y calmar al portero, que minutos después se dirigió con normalidad a los vestuarios. Pese a la insistencia de los medios de comunicación, Kameni declinó realizar declaraciones, aunque abandonó la ciudad deportiva firmando autógrafos a otros aficionados y visiblemente más tranquilo.

Su compañero Sergio Sánchez, encargado de comparecer en rueda de prensa ante los medios de comunicación, justificó la actitud de Kameni apelando a la “fuerte presión” que vive el equipo. “Es humano, creo que su comportamiento ha sido correcto y probablemente yo hubiera hecho lo mismo”, añadió Sergio Sánchez.

La Federación de Peñas pide que le aparten del equipo

Por otro lado, la Federación de Peñas del Espanyol solicitó esta tarde a la directiva del club que aparte al guardameta perico del primer equipo como respuesta al altercado. “Consideramos que (Kameni) no merece llevar la camiseta de nuestro club y pedimos que se le aplique la más alta sanción que permita el reglamento disciplinario del club”, afirman los peñistas en un comunicado.

La Federación de Peñas solicita incluso que el incidente de Kameni sea considerado un “intento de agresión” y que por lo tanto, le sea aplicada la sanción correspondiente. En su escrito, la agrupación de peñas recuerda que en los últimos años, la afición del Espanyol “ha luchado por desterrar la violencia en nuestro estadio” y califica de “intolerable” la actitud de Kameni. “Debería ser un ejemplo, en el que todos los niños se mirasen y es intolerable que atente directamente contra el estamento más alto del club, el socio”.

Los peñistas también deploran las declaraciones posteriores del Sergio Sánchez, que justificó el comportamiento de Kameni. “Un jugador de la cantera tendría que defender siempre a los socios del club que le ha visto nacer como futbolista”, concluye.

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