**Summer Transfer Thread: News, Rumours and Speculation**

Matt Derbyshire looks set to sign for Olympiakos for around £3m, thought he looked like a decent little player at Blackburn - better than Samba upfront anyway!
 
Tombstone said:
Chelsea have now matched Liverpools bid for Glen Johnson. Up to him now which one he wants.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5388201,00.html
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Wow looks like Bosingwa is really on his way then, must be something outside of football that we dont know about behind him presumably wanting to move :confused:

andybtsn said:
So Boswinga will be going?

Don't know why Johnson would want to go back to Chelsea tbh.
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Promise of First Team football with the departure of Bosingwa? He's far more ready to nail down a spot in their starting 11 than he was when he was originally signed from West Ham

Personally though I can see him snubbing Chelsea to give it a shot at Liverpool
 
BBC Transfer gossip said:
0936 BST: West Ham United want to sign Chilean midfielder Luis Jimenez from Serie A champions Inter Milan.

Boss Gianfranco Zola told La Gazzetta dello Sport.: "He is one of those lads who play the way I like. It's not easy to sign non-EU players in England but I think these problems can be solved."


TRANSFER GOSSIP
Manchester United, Real Madrid and Chelsea are on standby to swoop for Lyon striker Karim Benzema.

The president of the French club Jean-Michael Aulas admitted: "He has been approached. For the moment, I managed to convince them not to go further."
Full story: The Independent


Chelsea could be set to wreck Liverpool's hopes of signing Glen Johnson with Portsmouth executive chairman Peter Storrie saying: "Glen has got permission to speak to two clubs".
Full story: The Sun

The future of striker Carlos Tevez still hangs in the balance with just two weeks remaining on his loan deal at Manchester United, but he could still stay at Old Trafford - if the club make him the highest paid player.
Full story: The Sun

Manchester City have agreed an £18m deal to sign Blackburn forward Roque Santa Cruz.
Full story: Daily Mail

Newcastle United have slapped a £10m price tag on defender Sebastien Bassong with Tottenham and Arsenal leading the chase.
Full story: Daily Mail

Manchester City still wait anxiously to see if striker Samuel Eto'o will be heading their way from Barcelona, but Inter Milan are keen on ruining Mark Hughes' party.
Full story: The Sun

West Brom are lining up an audacious bid for former Liverpool star Luis Garcia.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Bayern Munich are closing in on Chelsea defender Jose Bosingwa.
Full story: The Times

Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh is being checked out by Arsenal as a possible replacement for Emmanuel Adebayor who could be off to AC Milan.
Full story: The Times

Sunderland are close to securing Manchester City defender Richard Dunne for £5m.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Crystal Palace have won the race to sign striker Freddie Sears on loan from West Ham. (The Sun)

Fulham have moved closer to signing Wigan midfielder Paul Scharner for £4m.
Full story: Daily Mail

Wigan are poised to battle it out with Celtic for the services of Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher. (The Sun)

Celtic and Ipswich are vying for the services of Cobreloa striker Eduardo Vargas. (The Sun)



OTHER GOSSIP
Kevin Keegan is being lined up for a return to football with Southampton.

The Pinnacle consortium, poised to take charge of the Saints, want the former England and Newcastle boss to be part of the team.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Burnley director Brendan Flood says Celtic tried to prise manager Owen Coyle away from them within an hour of the English club's promotion to the Premier League. (Daily Express)

Former Celtic and West Ham striker Paolo Di Canio will this week become head coach of Romanian club Poli Iasi. (Daily Express)

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez faces a massive headache with Xabi Alonso the latest player to eye Anfield's exit door, following news that Javier Mascherano's agent met with Barcelona this week.
Full story: Daily Express

Former Manchester United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy has told his team-mates Arjen Robben and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar to leave Real Madrid and head for Spurs.
Full story: Daily Star

Chief executive Gordon Smith says the Scottish FA would demand compensation from the Government if it was forced to hand live international matches to terrestial broadcasters instead of satellite channels. (Various)


AND FINALLY
Newcastle United are committed to paying their players a £10m bonus less than six weeks after relegation from the top flight.
Full story: Daily Mail

Kirk Broadfoot says he could have been blinded by the exploding egg that ended with the Rangers defender in hospital with burns and shards of glass in his eyes after a microwave accident. (The Sun)

Rangers defender Kirk Broadfoot says he is missing out on a sunshine holiday because of fears his injured ankle could develop a blood clot brought on by flying. (Daily Record)
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Torres: Me and Masch won't go

Torres also believes the Argentinian will stay, adding: 'Javier loves it at Liverpool, that is all I can tell you.

'In the summer people like to make a lot of noises about world-class players - and Javier is a world-class player. He has said himself that he is very happy at Anfield and there is no reason for him to want to leave.'
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Hope he's right about Masch
 
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Apparantly Johnson is on Merseyside today for his medical with Liverpool :)

The bad news is that Alonso is reportadly refusing to commit his future to the club :(

I would be unhappy to see Alonso leave us, but if we can get a good price for him and put that money towards Silva and/or Villa I would be very happy indeed.
 
dhill said:
Apparantly Johnson is on Merseyside today for his medical with Liverpool :)

The bad news is that Alonso is reportadly refusing to commit his future to the club :(

I would be unhappy to see Alonso leave us, but if we can get a good price for him and put that money towards Silva and/or Villa I would be very happy indeed.
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liverpool dont have any money do they?

you'd have to sell torres/gerrard and alonso to get silva and villa as they level out about the same combined price tag gerrard being the cheaper of the two.
 
The future of striker Carlos Tevez still hangs in the balance with just two weeks remaining on his loan deal at Manchester United, but he could still stay at Old Trafford - if the club make him the highest paid player.
Full story: The Sun



Yea....... unlikely.......
 
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