ARSENAL
I have it on good authority that Arsenal have put in a £12 million GBP bid for River Plate's Columbian forward, Falcao: there is no news if this has been successful or not but Wenger believes that Falcao could be the next Drogba. Also Arsenal will sign Portuguesa forward Diogo for roughly £10 million GBP.
Those two will join Samir Nasri at the Emirates along with the possibility of Andrei Arshavin and Andre Ayew (a ghanain Wonder–kid from Marseilles).
Finally, do not be surprised to see Wenger launch an 11th hour bid for Tottenham–bound keeper Heurelho Gomes.
Just one nag at all the Tottenham fans on here, I am sorry but Tottenham are not a top 4 club, alright they may have ambition, but they can simply not cut it at the top.
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LES DECHETS
Barnsleys Ins:
John Stead: 950 k
Eastwood looks set to reject a loan deal to Barnsley in order to fight sor a place in the Wolves Team
Barnsley Outs:
Brian Howard – West Bromwich 1.75 rising to 2. m if the Baggies Stay up
Heinz Muller – Bolton 600K
Martin Devaney Blackpool 150K
Arsenal rumours:
Huntelaar is coming to the Emirates, He has turned down a deal at Ajax which has been well documented and a fee has been agreed for around £18 million for him to join the Gunners. he has made it clear he wants a new challenge and due to Bergkamp n Wenger connection there is only one destination for him, Arsenal fans will remember Wengers interest around the time Emirates opened in which he scored the first ever goal at the ground in bergkamps testimonial and Wenger had him scouted that same season. Adebayor is definitely leaving we are not waiting to see if Ade goes before signing a new forward, it's the other way around and as soon as Huntelaar agrees term expect £28 million bid from FC Barcelona to be accepted. He has had one good season and Wenger will no way be held to ransom despite his potential and Arsenal are a club that look to spend little and sell big when opportunities arise. Nasri and Bischoff will join being the only additions required.
Chelsea will not buy Kaka as they have Deco, Makelele, Ballack, Mikel and Lampard and Kaka wants to stay in Italy. Man United will sign miguel from Valencia as Neville replacement, after lahms Euros I am sure he's gone down Fergies wanted list chimbonda is joining Spanish outfit as replacement. Veloso, Bergissio (south American fwd) n Ronanldinho to AC Milan, Quaresma and Eto'o to Inter, Arshavin to FC Barcelona aswell as Hleb. VILLA and SILVA are going nowhere. Tottenham to have to start selling quickly due to size of squad expect following to depart: Dawson, King, taarabt, boateng, ghaly, chimbonda, zokora, Lennon and Keane or Berbatov. Liverpool are not looking for many players, Rafas priority is to find the perfect foil for Torres which is expected to be Keane, Bendtner is not a target and as an Arsenal fan if you were to get him, I am sorry for you. Watch all this activity unfold over the next month.
I was talking with my Uncle at a recent party, his mother in law has an apartment in Grand Canaria and was recently on holiday there when she was David Villa playing bowls with his family who are members of the local bowls club. She got his autograph and asked him about coming to Liverpool, he said "i like playing in red" with a huge grin on his face.
, put your house on this one going through
EPort Big Red
Real Rumours
Arsenal:
Ins: Ramsey, Nasri, Bischoff, + maybe a CB, or Arshavin.
Outs: Lehmann, Flamini
Liverpool:
Ins: Dossena, Degen, Barry, A big forward to replace Crouch (santa cruz, Gomez? )
Outs: Crouch
Man United:
Ins: Target man (santa cruz, Huntelaar), podolski
Outs: Ronaldo in 2009 after his stock decreases
Chelsea:
Ins: Deco, Quaresma, Gomez
Outs: Lampard in '09, Drogba in '09
I have heard from a number of good sources in an around the Manchester area that Renato Augusto is considering a move to a number of top flight clubs, with Man United being one of the favourites. Ferguson feels confident of landing the young Brazilian though due to the fact that Anderson and him are good friends.
The Hammers news:
Just been sent a copy of a fax to turn the air blue in the east end
LBM has been handed an extended contract for another two years at £45K a year.
also been told that the big clearout is not going to happen until the Jan transfer window, (possible that this happens when Curbishley is sacked) so expect more of the same this year
the only players to leave are Nobby (already gone) and Bobby Z
The money that was promised 18 months ago is not there, until the economic climate improves no serious money will be outlaid. this includes the new stadium.
These are jsut Rumours. which I have heard from various websites, newspapers and peolpe. I do not have an Uncle who's neighbours cousins cat lives with an agent or any other of those stupid links people claim to have.
these are the rumours I have heard for Newcastle.
aimar – £4 million to £8 million
inler – £4 million
per ciljan skjelbred – £3 million to £4 million (? )
evans – £5 million
Djourou – £4 million
then 4 or 5 youngsters for around £4 million
To the person who said they do not know where I get my info from, it is a known fact that due to the £24 million a year bil for the Emirates, we are a little restricted on our transfer budget. And as for your 'inside info', yes the club do say they will support whoever he wants to sign, but Wenger himself has said that because of the bil we must pay for the Emirates, we have become a selling club and must sell some of our stars each year, thus we are on the verge of selling Adebayor and could well sell Hleb, emplying we do not have as much money as we would like.
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Y do people chat some much lies on this? Liverpool are not signing villa, Silva etc. there is only £20 million to spend with the rest through sales. the barry deal will be complete as soon as Crouchy to Portsmouth goes throu (£11 million) James milner will complete a £8 million move nw that "batman has signed for Newcastle" and finally the forward that will replace Crouch is Robbie Keane. he will complete a £12.5 million move with Pennant going the other way along with Finnan to provide competition with hutton. you HEARD IT HERE FIRST
Wolves ins:
Michael Chopra (loan – undisc) likely
Aaron mclean £3.5 million very likely
Richard stearmen (undisc) done deal
sam vokes (undisc) done deal
David Jones (£1 million) done deal
cristophe berra (£2.5 million) extremely likely
lee wallace (£1.5 million) unlikely
Jason shackell (£1 million) likely (only if berra deal falls through)
Hleb will complete £12 million move to FC Barcelona within the next wk. Adebayor will put pen to paper on a new five–year–deal after agreeing terms on an £80thoasand a week deal. bischoff will complete a £5 million move later this week along with samie Nasri £13. 5. the only other arrival will be a very suprising VICTOR ANICHEBE who Wenger sees as vital to beef up the squad and end the perception of aresnal being weak. he complete a £7.5 million move signing a £35thoasand a week contract thank me later when it all comes out
Forget the so called rumours about Brian Howard joining Wolves from Barnsley, the only true offer on the table is from Aston Villa and that offer is 3.5 million, "2" million down and the rest on apperances and other bonuses. source from within the club. will go down as soon as Barry joins Liverpool
Hearts Transfer Target
A mate of mine who is well connected with the club has told me that discussions have taken place with Maurice Ross. Apparently Ross is unhappy in Norway after falling out with the manager and is keen about a return home.
Tottenham
ins
Modric £16 million
Dos Santos £6 million
Gomez £8 million
Bentley £15 million
Podolski £12 million
A Ferdinand £7 million
Diarra £8 million + Kaboul
Capel to join in January once dispute with Seville is settled.
Outs
Kabooul Swap with Diarra
Chimbonda £5 million Valencia
Jenas £11 million Everton or Swapped with LeScot
Malbranque £5 million Aston Villa
Dawson £7 million Sunderland
Robinson £7 million to the ginsters factory
These have come from a Tottenham Hotspur chauffeur apart from the last one which I obviously made up
As a second in command replacement at MUFC, then do not rule out Big Sam, he is close to Fergie and he did withdraw from Blackburn job about the same time that the Portugal job came about. Nothing concrete, just a thought.
Man United failed on signing teenage sensation Ramsey from Cardiff so have decided to move for Donal from Ipswich
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Henry will not be moving back to Arsenal, new squad numbers were released and Walcott has take the number 14 jersey. you really think they would have give it to him if thierry was coming back? the prof did the right thing at the right time, I love Henry but he are not coming back.
if ade wants to be a merc, then let him go to the highest bidder, total lack of respect for the club
do not think he will get santa cruz. sparky got him in the best deal last year, that is not how Wenger works, he will not buy him, he likes a bargain and I do not think Blackburn would let him go for anything under £12 million
personally I would love to see Klass Jan paired up with a (fit) van Persie.
My mate Dave thought he saw Michael Owen at the new Celtic trainning ground in lennoxtown today. he was there fixing the electrics so he has access all areas. so he must be correct that wee Owen could be on his way to paradice
Hibernian are on the verge of securing a stunning deal to secure the services of Derek Riordan and Scott Brown on season long loan deals from Celtic as both look to engineer moves away from "Paradise". Mixu Paatelainen is also looking to persuade old Finnish pals Jari Litmanen and Sami Hyypia to Easter Road to see out their careers. Both are giving it serious consideration.
I work at Goodison Park, and earlier today saw and said hello to Hennessey ( the Wolves/Wales keeper) It's a done deal.
and the iside info is that Hibberts op is career threatning. ( cheers from some quarters.)
Reports coming from a source very close to MON state that Migual– Valencia is/are close to agreeing a deal. Malbranque in for £4 million Simek (Wed) in for £1.5 million Sidwell done Bentley renewed interest from the player Ferdinand unsure of future at the Hammers with Ferrari/Roma about to sign for the Hammers Naylor + £3 million in exchange for the wee man Malhoney
Yesterday I saw Ronaldinho's brother who is also his agent in a restaurant with Rick Parry.
I know a lot of people ly but I got proof it is on bebo Liverpool group type in red until your dead and go to pictures
My Uncle works for Newcastle United and is a good friend of Mike Ashley.
Arshavin has already had a medical and is just agreeing terms before signing on Thursday.
Michael Owen and Joey Barton will both go to Everton with Mikel Arteta coming the other way, done deal, nailed on.
Up the toon
Swindon town are lining up a bid for Ipswich Town winger Gary Roberts
Coventry City are looking to bolster their squad for the coming seasons campaign with bids for Freddy Eastwood and clinton Morrisson. they do not want to by players close to retiring so will also look at Manchester Citys keeper Joe hart on loan.
assistant manager Steve kean may be leaving to join Chelsea in a coaching role. a krishan from finham – Coventry
Lets silent these rumors that are being posted about Villa, Ronaldo, and Dinho to Manchester City. Villa said he is staying. C. Ronaldo will not leaving UNLESS Carlos Quieroz gets the Portugal job and Dinho is not going to play for a none Champions League team when AC Milan (who will be in the UCL in the 09–10, guaranteed) wants him. Adebayor will go with him because Arsenal is in some serious debt due to their move to the Emirates Stadium costing them the bank. The one thing you can be guaranteed is Lampard to Inter. Mourinho wants him and with the signing of Deco and Robinho (will be signed soon) there will be no room in the midfield for him. Think about it their midfield consists of Cole, Essien, Malouda, Obi Mikel, Lampard, Deco, and Robinho (again will be at Chelsea soon). Do not count on Villa Arsenal fans and count on Adebayor leaving.
FOR A KICK OFF not HAPPY WITH THE IDIOT THAT STOLE MY ALIAS.
NOT only THAT HE THEN GOES AND SPOUTS RUBBISH ABOUT SUNDERLAND SPENDING 25 million ON JOHNSON AND BENT.
SUNDERLAND will not BE SPENDING THIS SORT OF MONEY IN THE CLOSE SEASON DUE TO THE SIMMERING RIFT BETWEEN KEANO AND QUINNY, HOWEVER THE LOAN SIGNING OF MICHAEL DAWSON, AND THE PURCHASE OF CAMERONE JEROME 3 MILL, ROBBIE SAVAGE 2 million AND PAUL KONCHESKY 2.5 million will BE THE only INS AT THE SoL.
TOMMY THE "ORIGINAL" TOOLIE
Hey there. Long time reader first time poster. Just been checking out the Liverpool FC website, and Scotty Carson has not been given a first team squad number for next season. Somehow I do not think he will be at the club next year. Same sketch with Danny Guthrie.
TO THE GUY WHO SAID 'My wife works at Liverpool's Mellwood training ground and she's heard that Peter Crouch will not be leaving Liverpool'. WHAT ELSE SHE BEEN LYING ABOUT.
REAL LIVERPOOL RUMOUR. ALONSO will not BE GOING TO JUVENTUS UNLESS THEY MEET THE 20 M EURO ASKING PRICE. THERE HAS BEEN WORK BEHIND THE SCENES TO USE XABI IN A SWAP Deal WITH A SPANISH CLUB WHO ARE IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. I DONT KNOW TEAM OR PLAYER but I HEARD IT IS A WIDE PLAYER.
Robbie Keane will not be comng to Liverpool but expect Liverpool to bid for hunterlaar or Villa. Crouch will go to Pompey for £10 million while Alonso will stay so no gareth barry coming in. Liverpool are interested in Silva but he will probably stay in Valencia so also expect bids for schweinsteiger and riera as a cheaper winger. not saying this will definitely happen but are very strong possibilities
To end this debate. According to the Deloitte financial analysis Tottenham made 104 million while Newcastle only made 87 million in 2007 and Everton made below 70 million. This is a reflection of Tottenhams greater worldwide reputation and ability generate more money from gate receipts and shirt sales etc. Furthermore, Tottenham are effectively owend by Joe Lewis a London born billionare who is rated slightly higher then Mike Ashley in the guardians Rich list. Totthenham are therefore the Richest of the thre clubs.
Tottenham also have a much more succesful domestic history then Newcastle and European history then Everton, and therefore have a better reputation abroad. In recent years they have outperformed them finishingfifth twice and winning the league cup in the last three seasons.
Back to rumours. Despite what has been posted on this forum Tottenham will not be selling Lennon or king nor will they be signing Crouch (joining Pompey). they will almost certainly offload Robinson (villa), Chimbonda (hsv) Kaboul (Pompey) bent, tainio, ghaly, pyo, zokora and maybe dawson. Expect bids for defenders, Kompany or Felipe. A left winger, probably not capel or vdv after both said they would not be interested, expect a bid for de la red, Downing and Bentley.
Tottenham do not plan to sell either Keane or berbs next season, however if berbs goes expect bids for pavlyuchenko, Huntelaar and Luis fabiano. With the signings made so far and expected acquistitions Tottenham look the most liklely to break the top 4 next season.
Joe Cole has been approached by the Hammers, think he will be not required when big Phil splashes big cash on lots of players
Joe Lewis has been at chadwell heath, must be a medical.
Brian Wilson to join Bristol Rovers from neighbours City for 100,000
David Moyes is preparing a £5.8 million bid for Michael Kightly after meeting with his agent last week and agreeing a £22k a week four year deal. The deal will be sweetened by the player agreeing to leave with no pay off due to the excessive signing fee offered by Moyes.
Sunderland are on the verge of smashing there transfer record for shaun Wright–Phillips for £10 million and there are very close to agreeing deals for johnny evans, Darren Bent, bids also lodged for mcgeady and kallstrom
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Riquelme still a target £7 million
Aimar £5 million
A Ferdinand £8 million
Reyes £7 million
Saha £4 million
A Turan £8 million
Belletti £2 million
Ben Haim £3 million
Keegan would also like another holding midfielder, all of these will not be signed, only when he does sign can he start picking which other players he needs.
Martins will only be sold at right price £15 million no less.
Signings over the next few days. Liverpool will sign Luis Suarez (UR) from Ajax Amsterdam. Arsenal will sign Samir Nasri (FR) of Marseille, Amaury Bischoff (PT) of Werder Bremen, and Mustapha Bayal Sall (SEN) of St. Etienne. Machester United will sign KJ Huntelaar (NE) of Ajax Amsterdam, Michael Parkhurst (US) of New England RevoLuton, and Yuri Zhirkov (RUS) of CSKA Moscow.
Premier league clubs– major signings
Arsenal– Ramsey, Nasri
Aston Villa– James Harper
Blackburn– Johann Vogel, Steven Davis
Bolton– Elmander
Chelsea– Deco
Everton– Bradley/Aimar
Fulham– Zoltan Gera, Paul scharner, Harewood
Hull– geovanni, campbell, Nugent
Liverpool– Barry, Degen, Guiza
Man. City– Colin kazim–Richards
Man. United– Valencia, Gomis
Middlesborough–Jimmy Bullard
Newcastle– Inler, sahin
Portsmouth– Crouch
Stoke– Lee McCulloch
Sunderland– Jimmy Briand
Tottenham– Pavlyuchenko
West Bromwich– Zuiverloon, ameobi
the Hammers– Sionko
Wigan– Gravesen
Now with Digard and marvin in the bag, there is just one more signing in midfield that remains. bodde and harper (sadly) look like the possible targets but I really hope we have a look at ANGELO PALOMBO from palermo, he is a very strong Def. mid. or even a shock but unsuccesful bid for Liverpool's Lucas
now on with the others
Liverpool–
barry will go that is for sure, also the Keane deal has it a snag as Crouch is on his way to Pompey (good for him). This year it seams Rafa is going for efficient players rather than big names hence degen and dossena, and also a lot of promising youngsters from across Europe.
Arsenal–
Adebayor had one good season and he wants a payrise. well I believe he knows this is the time to throw a tantrum About this as he knows he cannot keep it up (git)
Wenger might just lose it and send him on his way and cruz, Martins and Huntelaar look likely to fill in. Nasri, ramsey in, Hleb gone and Wenger is setting his sight on krancjar
Man u–
The Saga that is Ronaldo is getting really boring
if you have to go just go already which will trigger a big money merry go round across Europe.
by the way, he will leave.
Tottenham–
well the skillful van der vart has rejected them and capel is also likely to stay put so now they will really pursue Bentley with Lennon headed the other way. Ramos seems happy with his attacking options unless one/both of them leave which means bids for villa, Sergio Garcia and a shock bid for inter's adrano (more likely if drog or ade head to Milan)
that is all
boroKnight
Hearts FC Transfer Deal
Hearts are close to agreeing a deal to sign Charlie Mulgrew of Wolves. The former Celtic defender has struggled for regular first team games at Wolves and is desperate to return back home. A deal should be completed by the end of the end of the week.
Ipswich hope to tie up a deal for Crewe sriker Nicky Maynard in the next 7 to 10 days it could well involve a fee off £1.7 million and a squad player who's surplus to requirements going to Crewe. Also the Richard Wright deal if not sorted by around the 18th July Town will bring another keeper possibly two in, Shane Supple will not be sold as highly regarded at Ipswich but problem be loaned out for experiance, more players to come in first week in August
Jon Walters will only leave if the bids go above the 3 millon Mark the cost to replace quality with quality
Anyone else wondering how many managers Leicester City will get through next season? My guess is 5, do I hear 6?. Jerry Smart
Turmoil at Goodison. EGM called due to the facts that:
i) Everton FC has no money due to putting it all away into ‘locked accounts' for the new stadium.
ii) The new stadium that is not going to happen any time soon, due to local resident pressure groups, and further pressure from fan groups who feel Everton are leaving the City to Liverpool (get a grip).
iii) Silk purse from sows ears. Moyes is tired of doing it, in fact his job is virtually impossible, anytime he goes near a 'lesser light' player the price jumps from a reality to silly, this is what is called the 'Cahill' factor. Other managers are frightened of looking daft.
Rumours of Moyes leaving to become United's assistant are premature, Moyes and Rooney do not see eye to eye on a professional level, and United would want a real winner in to replace a legend, and while Moyes has brought stability to the Walton White Sox, he is still the 'nearly' man. No comment on United, it is irrelevant while Sir Alex is still there, maybe Moyes will end up there one day.
In the meantime, it is virtually assured that Newcastle will be Moyes next destination, where he will be given around £50 million to spend, + what he can get for existing playing staff. The only bit of bad news for Newcastle fans is that any move is likely to be held up until the end of July (season ticket sales), meaning little transfer movement until January or next Summer. but bearing in mind that most players at Newcastle are previous Moyes targets. I would not worry.
Everton will get little in the way of compensation due to Moyes only having a year on his contract left. It's being touted on some dodgy blues websites that Steve Round will become their new number one…rubbish, as I stated last week, there is a manager with a head the shape of a pear drop, who is available and ticks all the Everton board boxes in terms of wringing the best out of cheap players (Allardyce, if you still do not get it. ).
There is likely to be some ‘tooing and froing' of players between Everton and Newcastle as a result, but we shall see.
Also expect as a result of all of this, Lescott and Yobo to be subject to enquiries from Arsenal (they want either, but not both), Everton will probably accept offers between £9–£11 million for Lescott, or £8 million for Yobo.
Things are a little messy on Merseyside, and Newcastle look like they could revel in their new role as one of Europes elite clubs, by appointing an elite manager.
NbTb
In Russian media is suggested that Arshavin wants to get out off Zenit.
Zenit refused the offer from FC Barcelona because there is a higher offer from the Hammers.
Gianluca Nani had contacts with Arshavin before the Euro 2008 finals.
Expect this signing to be confirmed by Friday.
BREAKING ARSENAL NEWS
The next 10 days will be worth seeing for ARSENAL fans. Lots of behind the wall activities. Ken Friar has been even more busier than he expected once he took over from Keith Edelman.
1. Samri Nasri deal to be finalised (£13 million)
2. Hleb is now going despite Wenger's wishes. Wenger wanted to keep HLEB, but now that Hleb has burnt his bridges by having a public spat, he will HAVE TO GO. THE ARSENAL have class and do not want uncivilised professionals.
Hleb gone for £12 million.
3. Adebayor Factor to be done next week. Arsenal have offered a last 'take it' or 'leave it' offer of £60000 per week, which is double his wages. There will be a Clause in this contract to say that if Arsenal win a trophy next year ie Premier league or CL, then Adebayor will have another pay rise to be discussed next June.
Adebayor to decide on this final offer.
4. Despite much information, one unnamed player is coming which I have not been able to confirm.
It is all happening in the next 10 days
Remember from a factual source.
PS: SOMEONE said that this is a rumour site not about facts. Well, football rumours will do, but not rubbish such as seeing someone at an airport/in a cafe. Please be sensible, do not reduce yourself in public with simple observations. People do go out and about to shop etc. That is not relevant to post here.
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