Puyol pledges loyalty to Barca

Carles Puyol is not interested in leaving Barcelona despite receiving lucrative offers from The United Arab Emirates and Russia.

Anzhi Makhachkala were one of the clubs believed to have offered Puyol a contract, having already managed to land Samuel Eto’o last summer.

The Barcelona captain has only ever played for the Catalan giants and wants to see out the rest of his career at the club.

The centre-back recently underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will require six weeks to recover.

Puyol will miss Euro 2012 due to his physical problems, but he has stressed more than once that he is keen to continue his playing career until he turns 40. He has a contract with Barcelona until June 2013.

The 34-year-old also said he had no intentions of retiring from international football insisting he aims to add to his 99 caps for Spain.

Source : http://www.soccernews.com/puyol-pledges-loyalty-to-barca/95405/

Eto´o denies PSG link

Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto’o has refuted rumours of a possible move to Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain.

Persistent rumours suggested the Cameroon striker could complete his PSG move during the upcoming transfer window.

But Eto’o has made it clear he intends to stay with the Russian club.

A statement on his website read: “The qualification for the Europa League, far from being an end in itself is, I hope, the beginning of a great adventure that will take us on top of European football.

“This has been my ambition and my goal as I arrived in Dagestan and I count on everyone that we will devote the beginning of next season even better by completing our league and showing us worthy of our place in the Europa League. Thank you all.”

Source : http://www.soccernews.com/eto%c2%b4o-denies-psg-link/95099/