Tag: Hulk

  • No one Does Business like FC Porto

    Another season in which FC Porto needs to sell their biggest star isn’t a surprise to anyone. Maybe the price, something around €60 million paid by Zenit for Brazilian forward Hulk, is somewhat of a surprise, and the destination, instead of the Premier League, could be surprising as well.

  • Hulk – Ready to Leave Porto and Join Chelsea

    Maybe it was all about waiting for the Olympic tournament to be over, so he can fully concentrate on bringing a gold medal back to Brazil. Hulk had a good tournament, but failed at the finish line, losing to Mexico 1-2 in the final. Now he feels ready to move on, leave Porto and join a Premier League team, probably Chelsea.

  • Oribe Peralta Surprisingly Shines in Olympic Football Gold Medal Match (Mexico vs Brazil)

    This was supposed to be it for Brazil, but no matter how talented their teams over the years tend to be, the gold medal is always a bit out of reach. This time it was Mexico and two goals from veteran striker Oribe Peralta that were too much for the favorites, losing yet again in another Olympic football tournament final, this time 2-1.

  • Chelsea – Finally Signing Victor Moses?

    With the Community shield match coming up and more than one unconvincing performance in the preseason, Chelsea are in a desperate mood for additions before the season begins, with Wigan’s Victor Moses first in line, hopefully finally completing the negotiations for the 21 year old after a month or so of chasing the player.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Chelsea Bids Keep Getting Rejected

    The list of players Chelsea want is long – Hulk, Oscar dos Santos, Victor Moses, Willian, Andre Schurrle. The common denominator? All the bids for these players have been rejected so far, making it hard to keep track of who Chelsea are really after and what’s the priority.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Hulk too Expensive for Chelsea

    By now, Hulk should have been in London playing for Chelsea, but Porto just want move or budge from their release clause, wanting an astronomical €70 million for the Brazilian striker, which, understandably, as put off all potential suitors at the moment.

  • Hulk Will Be Chelsea’s Second Big Signing of the Summer

    Brazilian striker Givanildo Vieira de Souza, known to most simply as Hulk, will be switching the blue & white stripes of FC Porto for the all-blue of Chelsea, apparently the only club willing to bid anything even remotely close to the £80 million release clause the Portuguese champions are asking for.

  • Porto’s Hulk is the Next Big Name on Transfer Row

    Brazilian striker Hulk is about to complete his fourth season with FC Porto, winning the title for the third time in four seasons while scoring 16 goals this year for the club in the league. Despite not recieving any concrete offers yet, it seems Hulk is ready to move on to bigger and better.

  • Benfica vs Porto – The Game That Sent The Title North?

    Hulk opened the scoring, Oscar Cardozo’s brace gave Benfica the lead in the second half, but a red card and Porto’s superior side eventually got the two goals that might bring them the title for a sixth time in seven seasons, winning the O Classico 3-2 in dramatic fashion, taking sole lead of the Primeira Liga in Portugal.