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The manager of the Russia national football team, Fabio Capello, will have to provide an explanation to the nation’s parliament for the team’s poor outing in the World Cup in Brazil.

Russia got knocked out from the group stage of the tournament despite being placed in not so tough group.

Out of the three matches that Russia played in Brazil, they lost one, while, drew two and thus, just had a couple of points when the group round ended. That was not enough to see them through to the pre quarter finals.

According to the contract that Capello has with the Russian football Association, he will be at his post for 4 more years i.e. till the next World Cup.

The manager of the Russia national football team, Fabio Capello, will have to provide an explanation to the nation’s parliament for the team’s poor outing in the World Cup in Brazil.

Russia got knocked out from the group stage of the tournament despite being placed in not so tough group.

Out of the three matches that Russia played in Brazil, they lost one, while, drew two and thus, just had a couple of points when the group round ended. That was not enough to see them through to the pre quarter finals.

According to the contract that Capello has with the Russian football Association, he will be at his post for 4 more years i.e. till the next World Cup.

The parliament wants to know what steps he would take in this duration so that the Russian team become much stronger and performs better in the 2018 World Cup.

Many members of the Russian parliament have recently criticized Capello heavily accusing him of not doing his work properly despite taking a huge salary.

Capello is getting 7 million Pounds annually from the Russian Football Association. If the Association decides to terminate his contract right now, they will have to pay the Italian about 15 million Pounds as compensation.

Before taking the charge of the Russian side, Capello was the Three Lions manager and he hadn’t done a significant job for them either. England, under him, in the last World Cup had managed to win just one match. So, it’s hard to understand why the Russian Association was so eager to give him a long contract extension earlier this year i.e. in January.

Capello’s salary there in England was not as high as that in Russia. He was getting about 1 million Pounds lesser annually as the Three Lions manager.

Italian club Fiorentina are planning contract talks with Italian international midfielder Alberto Aquilani as soon as he returns to the country after his duties with the Italian national team from the World Cup in Brazil.

The Viola is expected to sit down for contract talks with several of their players but the position with the Italian international is very precarious. They have already had positive contract talks regarding a straight forward extension with the likes of Borja Valero as well as Gonzalo Rodriguez and are also expected to go straight into negotiations with Peruvian midfielder David Pizzarro, whom they are very optimistic about holding on to.

Italian club Fiorentina are planning contract talks with Italian international midfielder Alberto Aquilani as soon as he returns to the country after his duties with the Italian national team from the World Cup in Brazil.

The Viola is expected to sit down for contract talks with several of their players but the position with the Italian international is very precarious. They have already had positive contract talks regarding a straight forward extension with the likes of Borja Valero as well as Gonzalo Rodriguez and are also expected to go straight into negotiations with Peruvian midfielder David Pizzarro, whom they are very optimistic about holding on to.

Neto, the goalkeeper is also expected to sign a new two year extension with the club with the option of another year which will see his annual income rise significantly from the current € 600,000 per year. However, according to a popular Italian media publication, Fiorentina and Alberto Aquilani both want to continue their association but the Viola want the player to reduce the player’s wages significantly from the current € 1.7 million per year, something the former AS Roma man is not willing to accept.

And if there is indeed a breakdown in negotiations between the player and the club, there are several clubs that could be after the former Liverpool midfielder with the likes of Genoa, Torino as well as Inter Milan keeping a close watch on the developments.

Alberto Aquilani became the most expensive Italian to move to English football when Liverpool paid a massive fee of £ 20 million to AS Roma for his services. But he failed to find his feet at Anfield and was loaned out to AC Milan before being sold to Serie A rivals Fiorentina when the Red and Blacks refused to meet his buyout clause with Liverpool.

Now that all the major leagues in Europe have concluded, some players are reaching the end of their respective contracts and this starts to create rumors on whether or not they will continue remaining in the club they are right now or be transferred somewhere else.

In some way or another this is the case with Alberto Aquilani, a 29 year old midfielder who has vast experience playing in top clubs such as Juventus, As.Roma and Ac.Milan. Aquilani still has 1 year remaining on his contract with Fiorentina and even though there have not been talks concerning an extension with the Italian club, his agent is confident that he will remain wearing the Fiorentina the years to come.

Now that all the major leagues in Europe have concluded, some players are reaching the end of their respective contracts and this starts to create rumors on whether or not they will continue remaining in the club they are right now or be transferred somewhere else.

In some way or another this is the case with Alberto Aquilani, a 29 year old midfielder who has vast experience playing in top clubs such as Juventus, As.Roma and Ac.Milan. Aquilani still has 1 year remaining on his contract with Fiorentina and even though there have not been talks concerning an extension with the Italian club, his agent is confident that he will remain wearing the Fiorentina the years to come.

“No. There are no new developments on Aquilani’s renewal with Fiorentina. In football there is this attitude to want to renew contracts with great haste but for the moment, there is no rush for my client.

“The player is relaxed, his contract with Fiorentina expires in June 2015, so there will be all the time needed to be able to talk about an eventual renewal. He is happy in Florence. He has no intention of finding any other destination in this transfer market. He is happy with Fiorentina. He is ready to discuss his future, and above all else he is ready to discuss the lengthening of his contract.” Franco Zavaglia said.

A few years ago when Aquilani was a player of Liverpool, his agent stated that he would remain with the Premier League for at least another season but it was later announced that the Italian midfielder was going to be transferred to Fiorentina and rumors are starting to build up once more as there are reports linking Aquilani with a move away from Fiorentina.