There are people around this city who are going to be working with you guys, teaching you softball and tennis and some soccer moves and some running moves -- all things that I enjoy doing, as well as the President and our kids.

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But with Neymar's contract due to expire at the end of next season, allowing him to leave the club without a transfer fee, Santos made the decision on Friday to cash in on its star striker, who will likely become one of the best-paid players in world soccer when he moves to Barcelona.

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With hindsight, the decision to drop Pirlo ranks up there in the annals of soccer's lousy moves.

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Dickov has been linked with moves to the Foxes and Major League Soccer side Toronto, managed by Mo Johnston.

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Before England ish soccer introduced the January transfer window, which restricts roster moves to a 31-day period in the middle of the season, a gallery of unfamiliar faces had a profound impact in the final stretch.

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Willian Borges da Silva, the 24-year-old Brazilian superstar known as Willian, represents a certain archetype: the one who leaves his country at a young age and moves for a big fee to one of soccer's nouveau-riche clubs in Eastern Europe.

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