January Transfer Window 2012/2013 Season Rumours/Signings

mmj_uk said:
Most other clubs in the Premiership would have sold him to Spurs, they wouldn't have risked letting him go on a free when there was £3m to be made.

It's not just that United overpriced him but that they let him go for nothing when they could have made £3m on him, what happened to getting a return on the time and money spent training him?
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You really don't get it do you?
 
mmj_uk said:
It stinks of United using their financial clout (letting millions of pounds slip through their fingers) just to ensure their unwanted players don't go to league rivals.
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Rubbish, this is Ezekiel Fryers we're talking about not bloody Wayne Rooney anyway the player was out of contract thus we had no control over where he went.

It's funny you said about the spirit of the game earlier and yet you fail to see the only party who hasn't acted in the spirit of the game is Tottenham Hotspur/Daniel Levy
 
No point being fussed about fryers, he's not all that and Spurs are never really going to be a real rival to United. Lesson learned is all. Uefa need to tighten up the rules but doubtless that'll take an age. I suppose they could do something like if sold back to another club in the same country within a set period the development fees are still payable and to be set by tribunal.
 
Fat Frank is on £150k/week at the moment. :o

Chelsea fans are such ungrateful plastic muppets, holding up the sign for Lampard that says "we appreciate you even if the club doesn't". The way the club is being run has brought (bought? :p ) them numerous trophies and you can't have it both ways.
 
I really hope nobody goes in for Bridcutt!...I saw rumours that Norwich were interested though. I have always thought he was safe as he is tiny, so no prem teams would go for him, but he has been playing exceptionally well this season.
 
Few things trying to hint at Wenger clearing dead wood to go for Villa and calling Villa to talk to him personally. Again though I just don't think I can get excited about it... he plays upfront, fine, that means Giroud is benched, 11mil 40-60k a week and a waste, it means Walcott back out wide where he is more useless, and Podolski still wide left where he will be better but not his best position.

If he plays wide left or right, that means, Walcott upfront and Giroud wasted, Giroud upfront and Walcott or podolski on the spare wing... basically I'm not against it but our real issue is once again no actual natural wide players who PREFER to play there and are better there. Walcott sucks balls out wide, Giroud wouldn't be great, Podolski is very inconsistent out wide.

It would once again be him attempting to fix the wrong problem, as always.

The biggest two problems this squad has are, one fullback of any quality and we won't even play him, barely a single natural wide player in the entire squad, and we're still looking to buy more strikers to play out wide.

Once again the issue is Wenger thinks Gibbs is a great fullback, and loves Sagna, and thinks Walcott can play wide right great.... its Wenger's blindness that costs us so badly.

I'd kill to buy a Baines, or any half decent fullback, I just don't see it happening.
 
One More Solo said:
Fat Frank is on £150k/week at the moment. :o

Chelsea fans are such ungrateful plastic muppets, holding up the sign for Lampard that says "we appreciate you even if the club doesn't". The way the club is being run has brought (bought? :p ) them numerous trophies and you can't have it both ways.
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Yeah, how DARE a couple of season ticket holders come out in support of one of the clubs best players ever.
Man.U. fans are such numpties :p
 
JohnnyG said:
Yeah, how DARE a couple of season ticket holders come out in support of one of the clubs best players ever.
Man.U. fans are such numpties :p
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There is exactly nothing that encompasses the management style of how Chelsea have won titles with having to get rid of Lampard. They haven't at any stage in the past what 8 years made an effort to get rid of really old players, nor get rid of their best players.

Keeping or getting rid of Lampard wouldn't change the way Chelsea have won titles. They've switched systems, managers, players who don't work, kept players who don't work and got rid of players who have worked. Shevchenko, Ferreira, Robben would be examples of those. The only general philosphy I'd attribute to describe the way Chelsea is being run is, when the manager isn't working they aren't scared to change them. Players, that has been far less true, again Ferreira, I have no clue why he's there. In terms of forcing out players who are effective, in form and amongst the clubs best, that isn't something Chelsea has made a habit of in gaining success.

They should keep Lampard, he's been their best player for is it a decade now, he's been the best box to box midfielder the premiership has seen in terms of quality + consistency + effectiveness.

With Lampard, he's the kind of guy you want at the club for life, play until he doesn't want to play, ignore the press, the guy has never once said he demands a place or made any attempt to move. The only thing he's said is its hard to sit on the bench when you've been dropped and the team is playing worse. You want him to retire from football, move into coaching and teach kids, reserves and eventually the first team to play like he does.

Doesn't Lampard have kids and I assume shared custody, wouldn't that mean moving to the states for football would be pretty difficult, in which case I can kinda see him sticking around in the EPL... but playing for a direct rival to Chelsea seems unlikely.
 
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Azza said:
Lampard rejects three-year Everton offer - http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...-offer-amid-interest-from?source=breakingnews

Haha they don't half publish some ****!
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They do indeed ;)

Goal.com 6/1/13 said:
The midfielder will leave Chelsea at the end of the season after being told he will not get a new contract from the European champions.
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The People 6/1/13 said:
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is ready to *perform a major U-turn and re-open contract talks with Frank Lampard
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drunkenmaster said:
SFL..
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All the Lampard waffle in the media is just that, some take the bait some don't.
Neither the club nor he have said anything about him not getting a new contract, he's repeatedly said that he wants to stay at the club for life & the club have repeatedly said nothing, that's how they deal with all contract negotiations.
If he does stay the papers will claim a major back down by RA and if he goes it will be a shocking way to treat a club legend, even though AVB 'had to get rid of the old guard' according to the same papers this time last year.
And if he does leave, it won't be to another PL club, they couldn't match the stupid levels of cash he could get if he went to the USA or PSG etc.
 
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