All New Summer 2008 Transfer Merry Go Round/Rumour Mill

Thought I'd post the usual BBC gossip stuff:

BBC Gossip said:
Liverpool are poised to table a fourth offer for Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry, with the clubs expected to strike a deal this week. (Daily Mirror)

England midfielder David Bentley has opened the door for a £15m transfer after admitting he wants to quit Blackburn - and Liverpool, Tottenham, Manchester City and Aston Villa are all keen to sign him. (Various)

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would walk out of Old Trafford if Cristiano Ronaldo is sold without his consent. (Daily Express)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has issued a hands-off warning to Liverpool over Stewart Downing, saying the England winger is "not for sale". (Daily Express)

Inter Milan have been linked with a move for Arsenal and Holland striker Robin van Persie, while the Gunners are interested in Real Madrid midfielder Daniel Parejo. (Daily Mail)

Barcelona are preparing a £25m bid for Tottenham's striker Dimitar Berbatov, who wants to leave White Hart Lane this summer. (Various)

Premier League new boys Hull City are set to table a £2m deal for Plymouth's Hungarian winger Peter Halmosi. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham boss Alan Curbishley faces a fight with Fulham and Bolton to capture Reading's £3m-rated midfielder James Harper. (Daily Star)

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has set his sights on Nolberto Solano after the 32-year-old winger was released by West Ham. (Various)

Everton boss David Moyes is thought to be interested in Deportivo La Coruna striker Riki but may face competition from Bolton. (The Independent)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is ready to break the club's transfer record to bring in Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. (The Independent)

Greece striker Stelios Giannakopoulos wants to stay in the Premier League after being handed a free transfer by Bolton. (Various)

Paul Robinson's days at Tottenham could be numbered as Spurs boss Juande Ramos is chasing Manchester City keeper Joe Hart and France stopper Gregory Coupet. (The Independent)

Liverpool have accepted an offer of £4m for John Arne Riise, while negotiations about Xabi Alonso's sale to Juventus are ongoing. (The Guardian)

Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric wants to sign centre-half Darren Moore from Derby - before he signs up a new manager. (Daily Mirror)

Rangers are on the trail of Monaco left-back Leandro Cufre, while striker Andrius Velicka has flown to Glasgow to complete his move to Ibrox. (Daily Record)

Burnley will talk with Celtic and Wolves next week over Kyle Lafferty, according to a spokesman close to the player. (Sporting Life website)

France and Barcelona defender Lillian Thuram says both Old Firm clubs are vying for his signature. (Daily Express)

Rangers are expressing interest in Argentina and Monaco left-back Leandro Cufre. (Daily Record).

Dundee United will not allow midfielder Morgaro Gomis leave amid speculation Rangers are poised to move for the former Cowdenbeath player. (Daily Mail)

Davie Hay has returned to Livingston for his second spell after being confirmed a consultant at Almondvale. (Daily Mail)

Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has defended goalkeeper Artur Boruc following reports the Celtic stopper damaged a dressing room after the 1-1 draw with Austria. (Various)

Artmedia Bratislava coach Vladimir Weiss says Hearts have offered him the vacant manager's position at Tynecastle. (Daily Mail)

Stranraer have signed Stephen McConalogue after the striker was released by Cowdenbeath. (Daily Express)

Rangers are no nearer completing the signing of Fulham midfielder Steven Davis. (The Herald)
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Visionary said:
He won't go to RM, guaranteed, because Valencia just don't sell to Real anymore. So Barca it is then.
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Is that a guaranteed like "Shevchenko won't leave Milan" standard of guarantee or is it the full 36 month return to base sort of affair?

//edit and I saw about the Hearts manager yesterday, another coach few people have ever heard of, excellent. Although that said he has managed some pretty creditable results against the Old Firm with Artmedia Bratislava so that's a good start.
 
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HangTime said:
Quaresma is a bit of an enigma.

I've seen games where he has completely run the show and been unplayable, almost making Ronaldo look like a pub player in comparison. However he is very inconsistent and doesn't deliver all the time.

The fact he failed to make an impact at Barcelona also could cast some doubt over how could handle playing for a big club, I think he is maybe the type that is happier as a big fish in a small pond. Some might say he made that move a bit too early, but then plenty of others have succeeded as teens (e.g. Ronaldo).
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Another problem he had at Barca was he fell out with the coach early on and just like Ronaldo had at Man utd he needed a coach to show faith in him and let him play week in week out despite the flaws in his game, he wasn't gonna get that at Barca. Personally don't think he has developed into the kind of player he should have.

Visionary said:
He won't go to RM, guaranteed, because Valencia just don't sell to Real anymore. So Barca it is then.
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Where are you getting that from?
 
semi-pro waster said:
Is that a guaranteed like "Shevchenko won't leave Milan" standard of guarantee or is it the full 36 month return to base sort of affair?
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I dunno why I put guaranteed because I guess it just sets me up for a fall from grace. :p

Valencia hate Real Madrid though, ever since Mijatovic went from Valencia to Real. That's why Mendieta never went to Real, despite saying he wanted to play there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/europe/1442165.stm

Edit- I spotted this when searching for Mendieta links-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/c...w-Cantona-Pounds-29m-man-joins-Boro-free.html

LOL @ the smoggies.
 
Paul Robinson's days at Tottenham could be numbered as Spurs boss Juande Ramos is chasing Manchester City keeper Joe Hart and France stopper Gregory Coupet. (The Independent)
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His days have been numbered ever since Juande arrived, so thats old news. The only thing we need to know is who is going to replace him. So far we have had the following linked with us:

Gregory Coupet
Joe Hart
Carlos Kameni
The Giant who plays for PSV
Scott Carson
Robert Green
Allan McGregor
Artur Boruc

At this rate Robinson will be staying as first choice.
 
Twinblade said:
His days have been numbered ever since Juande arrived, so thats old news. The only thing we need to know is who is going to replace him. So far we have had the following linked with us:

Gregory Coupet
Joe Hart
Carlos Kameni
The Giant who plays for PSV
Scott Carson
Robert Green
Allan McGregor
Artur Boruc

At this rate Robinson will be staying as first choice.
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Rumour has it you are trying to steal Foster off us in part for any Berba deal - dont think Man Utd will fall for it though hopefully

(only mentioned it because you listed all those gk's linked to you)

You can have PIG though if you want (not sure why his nickname was that, although its a lot easier to spell than Kuszczak )
 
Twinblade said:
Artur Boruc

At this rate Robinson will be staying as first choice.
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If Tottenham signed Artur Boruc then I'd expect him to be first choice really, you could do an awful lot worse than him. A good strong goalkeeper and confidence is not something he is short of, potentially Tottenham not having the same sort of religious connections/chances to wind up the opposition might do him a bit of good as well.
 
Other reports say that Coupet will be considering retirement after the Euro Finals, so that could be one less person on our list.

I dont know really who i would prefer between the sticks at WHL. As said above it could very well be Robinson staying put, and if he does i hope he has a cracker of a season, felt sorry for him last year and think the situation snowballed and it affected his performances as a result.
 
semi-pro waster said:
If Tottenham signed Artur Boruc then I'd expect him to be first choice really, you could do an awful lot worse than him. A good strong goalkeeper and confidence is not something he is short of, potentially Tottenham not having the same sort of religious connections/chances to wind up the opposition might do him a bit of good as well.
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I think he meant because there are so many players being linked but not being signed it seems like no-one will sign.

I think all of those mentioned are better than Robinson, not just Boruc :p
 
Visionary said:
I think he meant because there are so many players being linked but not being signed it seems like no-one will sign.

I think all of those mentioned are better than Robinson, not just Boruc :p
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Robinson is better than Carson and Coupet, but that's it really. The others are all very good.
 
Visionary said:
I dunno why I put guaranteed because I guess it just sets me up for a fall from grace. :p

Valencia hate Real Madrid though, ever since Mijatovic went from Valencia to Real. That's why Mendieta never went to Real, despite saying he wanted to play there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/europe/1442165.stm

Edit- I spotted this when searching for Mendieta links-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/c...w-Cantona-Pounds-29m-man-joins-Boro-free.html

LOL @ the smoggies.
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Last time I checked Steve McClaren wasn't a smoggie.
 
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