January Transfer Window

syke · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:36

LeaguePosition14 said:
Jimmy Bullard might be back this weekend. Good news, and like a new signing.

Yep.

Shame about Anelka..think he'll drop a bit @ chelsea.

McBride is meant to be back soon @ fulham too.

Fulham are stuck for left wingers atm though. Bouazza dislocated shoulder during last game.

ScarySquirrel · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:42

I like Anelka. I am glad he has come to Chelsea

Rotty · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:46

£15m sounds a bit steep though

ScarySquirrel · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:47

LOL at the wikipedia entry on Anelka:

On 11 January 2008, Anelka signed a four and a half year contract with Chelsea. The transfer fee was reported to be £15million. Anelka scored a hat-trick on his debut against Tottenham.

Rotty said:
£15m sounds a bit steep though

Steep? It's ******* vertical!!

Always wanted to say that

syke · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:50

No doubt he'll be a good signing, but i dont think he'll make as much of an impact. However Drogba / Anelka paired could be scary.

BaZ87 · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:53

£15m seems pretty reasonalbe to me, you have to remember the way the market has gone this season and that January is always expensive. With Bent cost £16m, £15m on Anelka's cheap.

BFCTom · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:57

I'd agree with Baz, considering Spurs paid £16M for Bent I think £15M for Anelka is a far better deal.

I bet he scores tommorow

Eddie · 11 Jan 2008 at 12:58

ScarySquirrel said:
Steep? It's ******* vertical!!

You sound like a Bottom fan, me too

Anelka always seemed happy at Bolton, it'll be interesting to see how he copes with the possibility of not being selected every game. He does seem to have sorted himself out a bit now, he plays with a much better attitude these days.

Rotty · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:00

BaZ87 said:
£15m seems pretty reasonalbe to me, you have to remember the way the market has gone this season and that January is always expensive. With Bent cost £16m, £15m on Anelka's cheap.

on that basis Anelka is a bargain

weringo · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:00

£15m for Anelka is a steal, although with the pressure he would have put on the owners at Bolton to let him leave they were never going to get much more than that.

Still... £7m profit for Bolton isn't a bad bit of business.

Twinblade · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:03

Doesnt that now make Anelka officially the worlds most expensive player? (Total transfer bids combined that is)

BaZ87 · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:06

More than likely, both Real and PSG spent over £20m on him then City spent around £12m, £7m when he went to Turkey, £8m to Bolton and now £15m so that takes it over £82m :eek:

syke · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:09

BaZ87 said:
More than likely, both Real and PSG spent over £20m on him then City spent around £12m, £7m when he went to Turkey, £8m to Bolton and now £15m so that takes it over £82m

.

Gooner14 · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:09

We only spent £1m on him!!!

He's a ****. Not as mush as Cashley, just a little bit of one. Good player, could have been great, his and Claude's fault and he knows it.

syke · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:10

93% profit for Utd :eek:

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CliffyG · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:10

In the current market i think 15 mil is probably a fair price, he will get them goals.

Gooner14 · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:13

What does this mean for Sheva and Drogba?

BaZ87 · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:16

Can't see how Drogba can stay after what he's said, though saying that every season he comes out saying he's off to Milan etc and Sheva's just not very good any more. I think Anelka would score more than both Drogba and Sheva anyway.

Anksy · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:25

Aol Sport said:
United are world's richest

Manchester United have been declared the world's richest club once more.

United Online said:
Reds announce record profits

The financial results confirm United's leading position in world sport based on the team's on-field success, Old Trafford's expansion and increased sponsorship revenue.

The key factors in United's increased financial results are as follows:

- Group turnover increased 27% to £210m (2006 - £165m)

- Gross turnover (including sales from Nike merchandise and MUTV not consolidated in these results) rose 21% to £245m (2006 - £202m)

- EBITDA rose 72% to £79.8m (2006 - £46.3m)

- Profit before tax jumped 93% to £59.6m (2006 - £30.8m)

- Matchday revenue up 30% to £92.6m, (2006 - £71.3m) reflecting successful expansion of Old Trafford, increasing capacity to over 76,000

- Media revenue up 35% to £61.5m (2006 - £45.5m) due to semi-final appearance in the UEFA Champions League, finalists in the FA Cup and winning the Barclays Premier League

- Commercial revenues up 15% to £56.0m (2006 - £48.6m) due to the first year of the world record AIG shirt and accompanying financial services sponsorship deals, increase in the Nike contract and new platinum sponsors, Kumho Tires, Betfred and Hestiun

- Wages to turnover ratio fell to 43.6% (2006 - 51.6%) comfortably within the Club's historic aim to keep the figure around 50%

- Spending on Alex Ferguson's Whisky supplies rose 22% year on year, this is similar to recent annual increases and in line with expectations

- The Club continues to be the only one in the Premier League to disclose the total payments in the year to players' agents - a practice it believes to be something all clubs should adopt. In 2006/07, that figure was £2.1m (2006 - £1.8m).

- Independent research indicates that the Club has 333 million followers around the world with 139 million 'core' fans.

I think we should put a end to this and just buy the world tbh.

Andybtsn · 11 Jan 2008 at 13:34

What's that to do with transfers?!