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

McIndoe is a good player but no loyalty what-so-ever, went to Wolves after just half a season with us.

He's one of those guys who doesn't stay at one club for too long as well, maybe a bit of a problem in the dressing room. Can't fault his wing play though, he was our best performer the season he was here before he left.
 
The Sun are reporting that Arsenal have slapped £40m price tag on Fabregas. Sigh. I guess he is leaving then only to be replaced by 20 unknowns that speak French.
 
dante6491 said:
The Sun are reporting that Arsenal have slapped £40m price tag on Fabregas. Sigh. I guess he is leaving then only to be replaced by 20 unknowns that speak French.
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Yeah, it's shocking. Totally unbelievable that someone would read AND believe what The Sun says. :eek:
 
Good old sun, the marca of the britih isle's :rolleyes:

When do players have to register into the league. Is it before the league starts or before the transfer dead line?
 
elmuzzy66. said:
Good old sun, the marca of the britih isle's :rolleyes:

When do players have to register into the league. Is it before the league starts or before the transfer dead line?
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Usually before about midnight on transfer day - although even that was heavily delayed last summer with both Berba and other transfers being significantly delayed (I think there where some delays in Jan also due to heavy snow at the time)

Sounds like the Sun is doing just as well as NotW also, with them reporting Eto'o is DEFINITELY signing for Utd @£150k a week (yeah right) and in other news Fergie also going in for Ashley Young and Yaya Toure and Huntelaar (that must be nigh on £100m+ worth of talent right there) - I would be VERY surprised if Utd signed one of those four let alone all of them
 
FrankJH said:
Usually before about midnight on transfer day - although even that was heavily delayed last summer with both Berba and other transfers being significantly delayed (I think there where some delays in Jan also due to heavy snow at the time)

Sounds like the Sun is doing just as well as NotW also, with them reporting Eto'o is DEFINITELY signing for Utd @£150k a week (yeah right) and in other news Fergie also going in for Ashley Young and Yaya Toure and Huntelaar (that must be nigh on £100m+ worth of talent right there) - I would be VERY surprised if Utd signed one of those four let alone all of them
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Yea they also are sudgesting that puyol is on his way to man city. The one that doesn't seem too impossible is ashey cole to RM. Good old cashley
 
You know originally I was sure that this Terry to City thing was nothing more than just tabloid rumours, then obviously the other day the statement came out from Chelsea and I thought what the hell were City doing even trying to go after him? Chelsea wouldn't sell and he wouldn't want to leave them, certainly not for City! But bloody hell it dont half look like it might actually happen :eek:
 
BBC Transfer Gossip said:
Chelsea are willing to sell captain John Terry to Manchester City, if the Eastlands club offer £40m for the England defender.
Full story: Various

New Blues manager Carlo Ancelotti will seek face-to-face talks with Terry as the Italian officially takes charge at Stamford Bridge on Monday morning.
Full story: Various

Only days before Manchester City had a £30m bid for Terry rejected, the Blues defender and Eastlands manager Mark Hughes stayed at the same hotel complex in Dubai.
Full story: The Sun

If he fails in his bid to sign Terry, Hughes will turn his attentions towards 31-year-old Barcelona defender Carles Puyol.
Full story: The Sun

Arsenal have put a £40m price tag on midfielder Cesc Fabregas as they prepare themselves for a bid from Barcelona or Real Madrid.
Full story: The Sun

Chelsea are set to complete the £18m signing of CSKA Moscow winger Yuri Zhirkov after the Russian flew to London for a medical.
Full story: Various

Tottenham and Aston Villa are both interested in Sweden Under-21 striker Marcus Berg after his manager at Dutch club Groningen, Hans Nijland, admitted that "there is serious interest from two clubs".
Full story: The Sun

Steve Bruce is closing in on his first signing as Sunderland manager, 29-year-old Paraguay defender Paulo Da Silva.
Full story: Various

Bruce is also looking to bolster his striking options and is reportedly keen to sign Tottenham's Darren Bent and Portsmouth's Peter Crouch. (The Guardian)

Tottenham have held talks with Real Madrid about signing 23-year-old striker Alvaro Negredo, who has also been linked with Liverpool in a possible swap deal with midfielder Xabi Alonso.
Full story: The Times

Birmingham are willing to pay £25,000-a-week to take Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton on loan for the season - but that is less than half of what the 26-year-old earns at St James' Park.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Mark Viduka's agent has said the 33-year-old striker is "mulling over two offers from two very good sides" having left Newcastle United.
Full story: The Times

Burnley manager Owen Coyle is interested in 29-year-old French winger Fabrice Pancrate, who is a free agent after his contract with Paris St Germain expired.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Wisla Krakow forward Pawel Brozek is in talks with Fulham over a possible £3.5m move to Craven Cottage.
Full story: The Times

Former Liverpool forward Luis Garcia is wanted by Fulham, West Brom and Blackburn after being given permission to leave Atletico Madrid.
Full story: The Times

Hull City are on the verge of signing former Portsmouth and Arsenal full-back Lauren, who is without a club after being released by Pompey.
Full story: Various

The future of Fulham defender Brede Hangeland is in doubt after the Norwegian rejected a new contract worth double his current salary.
Full story: Daily Mirror


OTHER GOSSIP
Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo, who has joined Real Madrid in an £80m deal from Manchester United, says La Liga is now better than the Premier League because of the quality of players arriving in Spain.
Full story: Various

Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech has denied claims by former Blues manager Luiz Felipe Scolari that he helped get him sacked, saying he "always had huge respect" for the Brazilian.
Full story: The Independent

Fabio Capello is planning a training camp in Austria next summer to help prepare his England players for playing at altitude at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Full story: Various

England are planning a friendly with Brazil in Qatar in November, which threatens to anger Premier League clubs during an already crowded season.
Full story: Various

Manchester City winger Martin Petrov believes the money available to manager Mark Hughes will help City break into the Premier League's top four and compared their situation to that of Chelsea before Roman Abramovich took control at Stamford Bridge.
Full story: Daily Mirror


AND FINALLY
England midfielder David Beckham has splashed out £100,000 so he and wife Victoria are the only guests on North Island in the Seychelles, which doubled as Tracy Island in the hit TV show Thunderbirds, for their wedding anniversary.
Full story: The Sun
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FrankJH said:
http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2500

Gabriel Obertan from Bordeaux to Man Utd possibly, 20yo striker looks ok but nothing special, Arsenal and AC Milan where chasing also - a bit "meh" if it comes off
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Gabriel Obertan is a 20-year-old striker who can play behind the strikers or on either wing. He broke through into the Bordeaux side in 2006/2007 and spent half of last season on loan at Lorient.

Obertan played 16 times for the Ligue 1 champions in the first half of the 2008/2009 campaign and then scored one goal in 15 appearances for Lorient.
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Hardly what we want to be honest Fergie, a bloke who cant even make it into the Bordeaux team :(
 
Arsenal have put a £40m price tag on midfielder Cesc Fabregas as they prepare themselves for a bid from Barcelona or Real Madrid.
Full story: The Sun
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But they haven't really have they? What a terrible, terrible, story fabricating news paper
 
Looks to me like he's trying to find the next big thing in France after we missed out on Benzema.

So we're going to end up signing someone half as good and twice as crap :(
 
If Arsenal only got 40m for Cesc, I'd be devastated. In my opinion he'll be one of the greatest midfielders in the world over the next 10+ years as his game has nothing to do with speed so you're getting 10 years of world class Cesc, for 4m per year that's daylight robbery. I'd be asking for 60m, see what they're really made of.
 
Chelsea have signed Russian international Yuri Zhirkov from CSKA Moscow for a reported £18m fee.

The 25-year-old left-back, who has played 28 times for Russia, came to prominence during Euro 2008 when the national side reached the semi-finals.

Zhirkov, who can also play in midfield, has joined on a four-year deal.

The Russian utility player is Chelsea's third signing of the summer, following the arrivals of goalkeeper Ross Turnbull and striker Daniel Sturridge.

During his time with CSKA Moscow, Zhirkov helped the Russian club win the Uefa Cup, scoring the second goal in the 3-1 win over Sporting Lisbon.

Zhirkov flew to London on Sunday and underwent a medical before completing his transfer.
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Couple of weeks ago everywhere was saying this lad was a winger now he's a LB? Another pretty unimaginative signing for Chelsea if true.
 
Tom84 said:
Couple of weeks ago everywhere was saying this lad was a winger now he's a LB? Another pretty unimaginative signing for Chelsea if true.
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He can play left wing or left back.

I expect to see him starting left wing, and he can act as backup for A. Cole at LB as currently we don't really have backup for him (after Bridge left).

Great signing in my opinion :)

Nice to see someone all of our signings so far under 25 as well :p
 
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