Real Sociedad sack coach

Real Sociedad have parted company with coach Martin Lasarte, three days after avoiding relegation from the Primera Division.



Lasarte led Sociedad to the Segunda Division title in 2010 in his first season in charge and then helped keep the Basque club in the top flight.



Sociedad announced on their website: "Real Sociedad have told Martin Lasarte that next season he will not continue as coach of the first team squad and, therefore, the Uruguayan manager will leave the club.



"Real Sociedad want to publicly thank Martin Lasarte for the work he has done and the professionalism he has shown at our club during these two seasons, and at the same time wish him the best of success both professionally and personally in the future.''



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Hercules Appoint Former Serbia Coach Miroslav Djukic

Hercules have appointed former Serbia coach Miroslav Djukic to replace Esteban Vigo, who was sacked on Sunday.

The Spanish club released a statement on their official website stating that Djukic, now age 45, has agreed to stay until the end of the season.

Djukic is best remembered in Spain for missing a late penalty for Deportivo Coruna on the final day of the 1993-94 season when a goal would have given the club their first league title.

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LIONEL MESSI HIGHEST MONEY EARNER IN WORLD FOOTBALL 2010 | MOURINHO HIGHEST PAID COACH IN 2010

According to “France Football”, FC Barcelona Football player LIONEL MESSI repeats again in 2010 as the “Highest Paid Player in the World”. This takes into account his Club salary, different incentives & bonuses & other monetary concepts ( such as publicity, sponsorship, merchandising …etc)

Lionel Messi

Top 10 money earners in World Football Players:

1.Messi, 31 million €

2.Cristiano Ronaldo, 27,5

3.Rooney, 20,7

4.Kaká, 19,3

5.Beckham, 19

6.Ronaldinho, 18,3

7.Tévez, 15,4

8.Lampard, 14,2

9.Touré Yayá, 13,8

10.Henry, 13,2

Lionel Messi with his 31M€ makes him the 7th highest paid on the planet. First is Tiger Woods (Golf) with 53M€, followed by another golf player Phil Mickelson with 40M€, with F1 driver Michael Schumacher in third with (Auto) with 39M€.

Jose Mourinho

In the Coaching area, Real Madrid JOSÉ MOURINHO tops the list of Football Coaches for 2010 with 13,5M€. He is followed by:

2. Josep Guardiola ( FC Barcelona) – 10,5M€

3. Rafael Benitez (ex Inter Milan) – 10,2M€

4. Fabio Capello ( England National Team) – 8,5M€

5. Alex Fergusen (Manchester United) – 6,9M€

6. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) – 6,6M€
 

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Fluminense coach quits

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Fluminense coach Muricy Ramalho, who turned down the job to become Brazil's manager and went on to lead the club to the Brazilian championship title last year, has resigned.



Ramalho, who won the Brazilian championship four times in five years after a hat-trick of titles with Sao Paulo, cited the poor infrastructure at Fluminense.



“When I arrived at the club (in April 2010) I was promised two things: a team to become champions and an improvement in the physical structure of the club,” Ramalho said in a statement.



“We achieved the first with the title in the 2010 Brazilian championship and the second, an improvement in the structure, was not realised,” he added after Fluminense drew 0-0 with Flamengo in a Carioca (Rio) state championship derby.



“I would very much like to thank everyone who worked with me during this period and say my cycle at this club is closed,” added Ramalho, whose resignation came a day after Fluminense sacked the club's director of football Alcides Antunes.



The club president Pieter Siemsen said he would do everything within his powers to stabilise the club.



“We'll work to the death so Fluminense need never again go through this. You have a team that are Brazilian champions, a first notch coach and you see that trainer leave because he feels he doesn't have adequate working conditions,” Siemsen told reporters.



Ramalho's decision came as a shock given his reputation for not breaking his contracts.



Selected by the Brazilian Football Confederation to replace 2010 World Cup coach Dunga after Brazil's quarter-final defeat by the Netherlands in South Africa, Ramalho did not take the job because Fluminense refused to release him from his contract.



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