All New Summer 2008 Transfer Merry Go Round/Rumour Mill

Im not sure how Huckerby managed to keep a straight face through all that :D

edit: TBH that's a fair reflection of yanks knowledge of football. I was over in Vegas for the semi's and the final of the Euro's and you get a few yanks who think they know what they're talking about trying to educate the rest, had me in stitches :D
 
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skippi90 said:
Nor Arsenal either. He's just a Judas *******.
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No we turfed him out. Good thing as well as Touré appeared to have peaked at the right time.

Here's hoping he can rediscover that form for next year, the ACoN and playing out of position for the final few games appeared to have screwed him a little.
 
from the BBC:

Robinho and Didier Drogba are poised for a £40m swap between La Liga and the Premier League, with £25m-rated Brazilian forward Robinho moving to Chelsea and Blues striker Drogba on his way to Barcelona. (Daily Mirror)

England midfielder Frank Lampard has been offered a record-breaking £39m, five-year deal by Chelsea which will make him Britain's highest-paid footballer. (Various)

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is set to make a shock bid to bring former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse, now at Marseille, back to the Premier League. (Daily Mirror)

However, others say Hughes will make a £15m move for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz. (Various)

West Ham, who are also interested in Cisse, have been warned by Marseille they have 10 days to sign the £8m-rated France striker. (Daily Star)

Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is set to shatter his signing record with a £10.75m bid for Everton striker Andrew Johnson. (Various)

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has offered £5m plus Charles N'Zogbia for Celtic winger Aiden McGeady. (The Sun)

Aston Villa have made a late bid to hijack Younes Kaboul's £5m move to Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan boss Steve Bruce is to offer Fulham £3m to bring back old favourite Jimmy Bullard to the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

Paul Ince is poised to make Chile midfielder Carlos Villenueva his first signing as Blackburn boss. (The Sun)

Sunderland goalkeeper Marton Fulop is the subject of a £6m bid by Stoke City. (Daily Express)

Birmingham have told QPR to forget about signing Martin Taylor after assuring the defender he will play a key role in their bid for promotion. (Daily Mirror)

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has told Inter Milan manager Jose Mourinho that midfielder Sulley Muntari is not for sale. (The Sun)

Celtic are in advanced talks with Auxerre for the Romanian defender Gabriel Tamas, who is available for £3.5m. (The Guardian)

West Ham will on Wednesday complete their first major signing of the summer with the £5m acquisition of versatile Lazio midfielder Valon Behrami. (The Independent)

Peru winger Nolberto Solano is in talks to join Los Angeles Galaxy after being released by West Ham. (The Times)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman has launched a bid to raid Portsmouth for defender Martin Cranie. (Daily Star)

Cardiff are ready to hijack Leeds' £300,000 move for Wolves outcast Jay Bothroyd. (Daily Star)

Coventry striker Michael Misfud has asked for a transfer, with Crystal Palace, Norwich and Bristol City all showing interest. (Daily Mail)

Rangers assistant boss Ally McCoist travelled to Portugal to watch Ibrox target Glenn Loovens in Cardiff City's 2-1 win over Vitoria Guimaraes in the Algarve Cup (Western Mail)
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syke said:
Fulham close to signing Andy Johnson apparantly.
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Madness for the figures going around. I'd be happy to have re-couped 6 million on a player that can run fast to the touchline chasing lost balls. Very little strength, falls over easily and bottles taking a pen in the biggest game of his life.

So you left with someone whose quick and doesn't score goals. May as well sign Dwain Chambers.
 
What no Hull rumours today? Poor show.

Wenger says we still have at least one more midfielder to sign. Not sure whether to expect a winger or a DM though.

Also, Toure's got malaria. :(
 
Ripper said:
Best bit for me is them talking about the greatest goal of all time against Manchester United (host: "We're looking at it here!"), whilst playing some random goal he scored for Norwich against Birmingham.
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No no no, it wasn't Manchester United, it was "Manchester". I think he beat both teams with one goal.
 
Latest Spurs rumours:

- Arshavin signed, subject to a medical
- Bentley eventually signed for £12mil plus Robbo
- Fee agreed for Pavlyuchenko

I'll believe it when I see them holding a Spurs shirt though. :)
 
After the fan site claiming they made up the quotes Levy has had to create a new dossier:

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Tunney said:
Latest Spurs rumours:

- Arshavin signed, subject to a medical
- Bentley eventually signed for £12mil plus Robbo
- Fee agreed for Pavlyuchenko

I'll believe it when I see them holding a Spurs shirt though. :)
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Don't really want Arshavin as I don't feel he is good enough. He hasn't proven himself enough, 2 good games at the Euro's and a good UEFA Cup Final isnt enough. Would rather we saved the cash and purchased a DMC with it.

Bentley looks likely to be a Spurs player at some point during the season, just a matter of time and money offered.

As for Pavvy, he looks good, knows where the goal is, and as long as his fee is less than the cash we get for Berba then wont be too bad.

Just need a DMC now.

After the fan site claiming they made up the quotes Levy has had to create a new dossier:
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Not aimed at you, but I wonder how much United paid their Norweigen friends to advise they made up the quote.
 
I don't reckon they got paid to make anything up. I think they just got a bit over-excited at getting to interview Ferguson, and decided to be a bit "inventive" with their quotes in order to generate some interest in their site.
 
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Twinblade said:
Not aimed at you, but I wonder how much United paid their Norweigen friends to advise they made up the quote.
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LIke I said earlier it was said that the quotes were false anyway, even before it all came out about Spurs reporting United. But yes I assume something was done anyway.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Madness for the figures going around. I'd be happy to have re-couped 6 million on a player that can run fast to the touchline chasing lost balls. Very little strength, falls over easily and bottles taking a pen in the biggest game of his life.

So you left with someone whose quick and doesn't score goals. May as well sign Dwain Chambers.
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You paid £8.6m, figure rumoured to be £10-11m
 
Tunney said:
I haven't heard anything about Zokora leaving and anything about a new DMC being linked with us. It's worrying. :(
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I don't think Zokora is leaving, but I have heard that Ramos doesn't rate him highly enough, not tall enough and physical enough apparently.

What he does have though is a lot of energy, if only we could mould him and Huddlestone together.
 
Liverpool sign yet another youth, Emmanuel Mendy from Murcia Deportivo.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23072008/58/premier-league-liverpool-sign-spanish-starlet.html

Seriously, if we dont make a decent first team signing soon I'm going to cry. This summer transfer window has been so crap its unreal. I'm not just talking about Liverpool either.

So much for the ripping right winger we've needed for God knows how long.

Sorry just having a bit of a moan here.
 
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