All New Summer 2008 Transfer Merry Go Round/Rumour Mill

Chong Warrior · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:48

Anyone else think Scolari is having a word on Ronaldo's ear about joining him at Chelsea??

JohnnyG · 14 Jun 2008 at 15:52

Chong Warrior said:
Anyone else think Ronaldo is having a word on Scolari's ear about joining him at Chelsea??

Chong Warrior · 14 Jun 2008 at 16:02

lol... could you imagine though? That would really sting... but if Roman offered £100m could the Glaziers afford to turn it down?

I'd love to see the fireworks if it happened

NokkonWud · 14 Jun 2008 at 18:01

Wouldn't surprise me if that was a strong reason for telling him to join Madrid to be fair.

syke · 14 Jun 2008 at 18:49

Fulham are the busiest by far so far this summer :/

Highly-rated defender Gabor Horvath has revealed he will travel to Fulham for a trial with the Premier League side.

Shamikebab · 14 Jun 2008 at 18:53

Highly rated, I've never heard of him :confused:

Andybtsn · 14 Jun 2008 at 18:59

If Fulham are getting him he's bound to be crap.

Visionary · 14 Jun 2008 at 19:53

Shamikebab said:
Highly rated, I've never heard of him

You've never heard of Horvath? Have you being living under a rock?

NokkonWud · 14 Jun 2008 at 23:06

Highly rated in his own house. Obviously.

medley · 14 Jun 2008 at 23:17

Horvath? Sounds like a RPG monster if you ask me!

peetee · 14 Jun 2008 at 23:20

sounds like a warm drink tbh.

daz.wallace · 15 Jun 2008 at 08:39

Early news from the BBC:

Big Phil will bid £40m for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. (News of the World)

But the Spanish international has reassured Liverpool fans that he has no desire to leave Liverpool. (Sunday Express)

Ronaldinho would love to sign for Chelsea and be reunited with Scolari, the coach who made him a World Cup winner six years ago (Daily Telegraph)

Scolari will shake-up Chelsea's midfield and attack with moves for Deco, Ricardo Quaresma, Ronaldinho and David Villa, with Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka among those likely to leave. (Sunday Times)

Deco won't be moving to Stamford Bridge as he is seen as too old to justify a likely £12m price tag (Various)

Rafa Benitez could persuade David Villa to sign for Liverpool, according to the striker's Spanish team-mate Carlos Marchena. (Mail on Sunday)

Ronaldo agreed personal terms on a move to Real Madrid "a long time ago". (The Observer)

But United won't be bullied into offering Ronaldo a bumper new pay deal to persuade him to stay. (Mail on Sunday)

Liverpool will up their bid for Gareth Barry to £15m and could sign the Aston Villa midfielder as early as next week. (The Observer)

And they might have to go as high as £20m for the England international. (News of the World)

Spurs keeper Paul Robinson will not be moving to Middlesbrough as manager Gareth Southgate has decided to give Brad Jones and Ross Turnbull the chance to fight it out for the number one shirt. (The Observer)

Bordeaux and Roma are chasing Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre. (Channel 4 - Football Italia)

Spurs boss Juande Ramos wants two keepers to replace Paul Robinson - Manchester City's Joe Hart and France international Gregory Coupet. (News of the World)

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes hopes to sign Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra for £8m. (News of the World)

And Hughes will complete the £18m capture of Brazilian forward Jo this month. (Various)

James Milner has pleaded with Newcastle not to block a "dream" £7m move to Liverpool. (Various)

Coventry have signed Aron Einar Gunnarsson from AZ Alkmaar (The Observer)

Manchester City goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson is a £2m target for Turkish side Galatasaray. (Various)

Rafa Benitez could persuade David Villa to sign for Liverpool, according to the striker's Spanish team-mate Carlos Marchena. (Mail on Sunday)

If only we could afford him

Ripper · 15 Jun 2008 at 10:45

Heard a rumour Benitez tried to stick a clause in the latest Barry bid to bring the initial price down which means they'll give Villa more money if they win the league.

Come on Villa aren't THAT stupid

skly · 15 Jun 2008 at 11:22

Gareth Barry should worth more than £18m.

eggyoke · 15 Jun 2008 at 11:24

Rafa Benitez could persuade David Villa to sign for Liverpool, according to the striker's Spanish team-mate Carlos Marchena. (Mail on Sunday)

Strangely I do believe believe that Benitez could do it, but yeah, we have no money

Many Spanish players don't like to play outside of Spain, but Liverpool is an option with Benitez in-charge. And especially when these players see the likes of Torres being worshiped I'm sure they'd see Liverpool as the place to go outside of Spain.

The problem with that is, if Benitez goes, our team disolves lol....

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JPMslither · 15 Jun 2008 at 12:05

NokkonWud said:
Wouldn't surprise me if that was a strong reason for telling him to join Madrid to be fair.

Spot on mate. No chance he wants Ronaldo playing against him.

JAzz · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:13

skly said:
Gareth Barry should worth more than £18m.

And people wonder why Arsene Wenger doesn't buy British players....

JohnnyG said:
Drogba's 3 monthly change of heart:

Hopefully it's all to late for him now though

You want him to leave? I'm think someone has spiked your milk old man

NokkonWud · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:17

skly said:
Gareth Barry should worth more than £18m.

No chance.
£8m-£10m is about the right price, but being English and being between EPL clubs it's more.

peetee · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:27

skly said:
Gareth Barry should worth more than £18m.

If Torres cost £20m and is a hell of a lot younger... a world class forward(lets face it everyone knew he was a massive name when we bought him, before he'd made such an impact for us) and hes a forward, a position theres not an abudance of brilliant players in...

Barrys a CMF..... well hes quite good, definately not world class, 28, plays in a position where theres already an adundance of QUALITY players throughout the league... Hes DEFINATELY less valuable than Mascherano who was £18m and is a lot younger.

Barry is not worth 18m, 14 at most, but only due to the fact that hes an English player and proven in the league, and we're being held to ransom anyway.

NokkonWud · 15 Jun 2008 at 13:57

That's a good point. There isn't exactly a shortage of top CM's in the league, there are even a lot of top English CM's with Gerrard, Lampard, Carrick, Hargreaves and then the lesser ones like Jenas and Huddlestone (and others I'm sure).

£18m is very expensive for someone of Barry's age when you compare other signings. Villa are holding Liverpool to ransom and personally I can't understand why Liverpool are still chasing it.