New summer transfer thread

"andy" · 9 Aug 2007 at 11:29

moody said:
The top Premier League goal scorer for the last four seasons is;

1. Henry 92
2. Yakubu 54
3. Robbie Keane and Rooney 53
5. Lampard 50

yea definetly rubbish

would be the best striker everton have had in years

shame hes black nigerian or we could have put a good few more million on his price

BFCTom · 9 Aug 2007 at 11:52

Breaking News on SSN, Real Madrid sign Robben and Drenthe according to Spanish Radio.

In lesser news, Barnsley sign Heinz Muller from Lillestrom. This guy is a 6 foot 6 goalkeeper and aparently something special, many people say we wont hold onto him passed January he is that good

Mr_L · 9 Aug 2007 at 12:00

Tommy D said:
Breaking News on SSN, Real Madrid sign Robben and Drenthe according to Spanish Radio.

I guess that means Real have dropped their interest in Daniel Alves, leaving Chelsea free to sign him. Assuming Sevilla are willing to let him go.

G|mp · 9 Aug 2007 at 12:02

Mr_L said:
I guess that means Real have dropped their interest in Daniel Alves, leaving Chelsea free to sign him. Assuming Sevilla are willing to let him go.

There was a gentlemans agrement between Chelsea and Real that if Madrid dropped their interest in Alves and allow Chelsea to have him they would allow Robben to move

Gentlemans agreement between those 2

chesterstu · 9 Aug 2007 at 12:03

Chong Warrior said:
Berbatov scored 12 Prem goals last season. Would you be unhappy if your team bought him for £10m?

Berbatov is a different type of player to Yak. Yak has a bad attitude on the pitch

red11 · 9 Aug 2007 at 12:58

Chong Warrior said:
How many of Ronaldo's goals were penalties?

What does it matter how many of his goals were penalties?

Yakubu scored 12 goals in the Premiership, 4 of them were penalties. He scored 5 in the F.A. Cup and 2 of them were penalties. So the seasons total of 17 goals/6 penalties.

Compare that to Ronaldo, 18 goals in the Premiership, 3 of them penalties. His only 2 goals in the F.A. Cup were both penalties. And he scored 3 goals in the Champions League. Total amount of goals 23 goals/5 penalties. So not only did Ronaldo outscore a striker but he scored from less penalties too. Up until December Saha took all our penalties.

Chong Warrior said:
I know of at least one penalty he 'earned' and scored last season that he shouldn't... cheating &@%$!

Oh was that the game we went on to win 4-0?

NokkonWud · 9 Aug 2007 at 13:05

Linoge posted what I meant by the 23 goals.

Boro fans rave about Yakubu being this goal scoring force, yet Rooney is one goal behind and all Man Utd fans say he doesn't score enough (as well as fans of all the other teams).

moody · 9 Aug 2007 at 13:14

NokkonWud said:
Linoge posted what I meant by the 23 goals.

Boro fans rave about Yakubu being this goal scoring force, yet Rooney is one goal behind and all Man Utd fans say he doesn't score enough (as well as fans of all the other teams).

Maybe people who say Rooney doesn't score are stupid then. or simply have blinkers on because he plays for Man Utd. Mind you, you would expect a player playing for Man Utd to score more goals then one playing for Boro.

Linoge, don't you know pens don't apperantly count. Even if, like the Yak, he won them all himself. :rolleyes:

NokkonWud · 9 Aug 2007 at 13:45

The penalty thing was a reply to an earlier comment about 'how many penalties did Ronaldo score'.

The problem with Rooney is that he spends over half the match in the middle of the park winning the ball leaving no-one up front. He doesn't do bad for someone who basically plays from midfield, he'd score a lot more if he stayed up front for example.

red11 · 9 Aug 2007 at 13:58

NokkonWud said:
Linoge posted what I meant by the 23 goals.

Boro fans rave about Yakubu being this goal scoring force, yet Rooney is one goal behind and all Man Utd fans say he doesn't score enough (as well as fans of all the other teams).

Aye, all Rooney's goals were from open play too.

Rooney

EPL - 14 goals
FA Cup - 5 goals
Champions League - 4 goals

23 goals in total (0 penalties)

Berbatov

EPL 12 goals
Carling Cup - 1 goal
Uefa Cup - 7 goals

20 goals in total (0 penalties)

Keane

EPL - 11 goals (3 of them penalties)
FA Cup - 5 goals (1 of them a penalty)
Carling Cup - 1 goal
Uefa Cup - 5 goals

22 goals in total (4 of them penalties)

Viduka

EPL - 15 goals
FA Cup - 5 goals

20 goals in total (0 penalties)

Yakubu

EPL - 12 goals (4 of them penalties)
FA Cup - 5 goals (2 of them penalties).

17 goals in total (6 of them penalties)

Ronaldo

EPL - 18 goals (3 of them penalties)
FA Cup - 2 goals (2 of them penalties)
Champions League - 3 goals

23 goals in total (5 of them penalties)

Drogba

EPL - 20 goals
FA Cup - 3 goals
Carling Cup - 4 goals
Champions League - 6 goals

33 goals in total (0 penalties)

Bigpig · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:06

Middlesbrough have confirmed that they have not received a bid from Everton for Yakubu Aiyegbeni.

It has also been reported that he handed in a transfer req as untrue

JohnnyG · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:11

Chelsea are saying that they've still not recieved an official bid for Robben yet, I wish he'd just go as he obviously doesn't want to play for us anymore and if we get @£20m for someone like that we can spend it on someone who does want to play for us, like Alves

red11 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:12

JohnnyG said:
Chelsea are saying that they've still not recieved an official bid for Robben yet, I wish he'd just go as he obviously doesn't want to play for us anymore and if we get @£20m for someone like that we can spend it on someone who does want to play for us, like Alves

I read that Chelsea want him to hand in a transfer request and publically state that he wants to move before they'll let him go.

BaZ87 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:13

Would Alves be coming as a rb or rm? As he really can't defend.

syke · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:17

BaZ87 said:
Would Alves be coming as a rb or rm? As he really can't defend.

Wing Back, a role like Evra/Carlos/Cicinho i would imagine.

JohnnyG · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:19

Linoge said:
I read that Chelsea want him to hand in a transfer request and publically state that he wants to move before they'll let him go.

That's probably true, we don't want to sell him but if he wants to go then he should make that clear.

BaZ87 said:
Would Alves be coming as a rb or rm? As he really can't defend.

I assume as a RB, is he any worse than Ferreira?

BaZ87 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:19

Syk3 said:
Wing Back, a role like Evra/Carlos/Cicinho i would imagine.

Chelsea don't play wing-backs though

JohnnyG said:
I assume as a RB, is he any worse than Ferreira?

Maybe not actually worse technically but he is very attacking (makes Roberto Carlos look defensive) and will get caught up field a lot.

syke · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:21

BaZ87 said:
Chelsea don't play wing-backs though

They play Cole in a similar position dont they?

BaZ87 · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:22

no he plays as a full-back and Cole can defend.

NokkonWud · 9 Aug 2007 at 14:27

Yep, Alves can't defend, he's very much like a more powerful Evra. Great going forwards, suspect defensively.

If that's the case in Spain, what's it gonna be like in England?