** Official ** Summer 2010 Transfer Thread - Signings, Sightings and Rumor's in Here

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skippi90 said:
...playing in the hole you say?...
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Its old but I had to.

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Goal.com, but ....Liverpool have told Barcelona that they want £24.5m in cash for Javier Mascherano after rejecting an offer of £18.8m plus Alexander Hleb for the 26-year-old Argentine.

Id have probably accepted ~19m plus Hleb, but good to see we're not willing to be bent over.
 
Hleb's almost worthless so I wouldn't accept that. I wouldn't be against taking him as part of the deal but with the fee being closer to £24m + him. In normal circumstances Masch is worth at least what we got for Alonso last summer if not more. However with him pushing for a move and with him entering the last 2 years of his contract you've got to be a bit more realistic and ~£25m would be the bottom line imo.
 
REAKING GOSSIP
[0830 BST] Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho rules out moves for Chelsea striker Didier Drogba and Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor. Asked about Drogba, he said: "Again, no chance."
Full story: Sky Sports News

TRANSFER GOSSIP
Liverpool have told Barcelona that they want £24.5m in cash for Javier Mascherano after rejecting an offer of £18.8m, plus Alexander Hleb for the 26-year-old Argentine.
Full story: goal.com

Juventus have set up a £15m option to purchase former Roma midfielder Alberto Aqualiani, who they are set to sign from Liverpool on an initial loan.
Full story: insidefutbol.com

Birmingham are set to make an improved £9m offer for Wigan's Charles N'Zogbia and are also keen on £2m PSV Eindhoven leftback Carlos Salcido.
Full story: Daily Mail

Sunderland are interested in West Ham striker Carlton Cole after being rebuffed in their efforts to sign Ghana's Asamoah Gyan from Rennes.
Full story: Daily Mail

Everton manager David Moyes is leading the chase for Peter Crouch - and will let Tottenham have contract rebel Steven Pienaar in exchange for the England striker.
Full story: Daily Mirror

West Ham have made an £8m bid for Lorient striker Kevin Gameiro, who bagged 17 league goals in the French league last season and caught the eye of several major European clubs.
Full story: the Sun

Ian Holloway is set for a swoop on Newcastle's Leon Best and Swansea's Stephen Dobbie after conceding that Blackpool need six more signings for a chance of Premier League survival.
Full story: Daily Star

Striker Alessandro Diamanti looks set to quit West Ham for Brescia after holding talks about a return to Italy.
Full story: Daily Star

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp wants to sign another former Arsenal player - Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Out-of-contract Arsenal defender Mikael Silvestre has turned down a move to Turkish club Kayserispor. The 33-year-old is believed to eyeing a move to the United States to join compatriot Thierry Henry at Red Bull New York.
Full story: imscouting.com

Brazilian forward Robinho is set to meet officials from Fenerbahce in Manchester on Tuesday in an attempt to seal a move from Manchester City before the 31 August transfer deadline.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

OTHER GOSSIP

Manchester United will pay £60,000 in fines for manager Alex Ferguson as he carries on his ban of speaking to the BBC.
Full story: the Sun

Arsenal's French manager Arsene Wenger believes England deserve to host the World Cup in 2018. "Nowhere else in the world can you travel into the centre of a town or city and find the football stadium squeezed between the streets where people live their lives," he said.
Full story: Daily Mail

Liverpool youngster Chris Mavinga has expressed his disappointment at his lack of opportunities he is being given by new manager Roy Hodgson, who he claims prefers English players, and says he wants to leave the club.
Full story: imscouting.com

Paul Scholes could yet be offered a return to the England set-up after it emerged that Fabio Capello is to ask the Manchester United midfielder to clarify his publicly expressed sense of regret at having declined a late invitation to be included in the World Cup squad.
Full story: the Guardian

AND FINALLY

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce has been tuning in to BBC Radio 2 - listening to DJs such as Chris Evans, Ken Bruce and Steve Wright - to avoid the abuse he gets on football phone-ins from fans.
Full story: Daily Mirror

West Ham manager Avram Grant is set to miss out on a bargain loan deal for Manchester City youngster Felipe Caicedo because of an administration error.
Full story: Daily Mirror
 
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Biz.Kid09 said:
lol but seriously take away the fee and we have made good signings.
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well I think the way City crushed Liverpool last night does kinda show City have made some good acquisitions, but there have been plenty of stinkers in there too:

-£25m for Adebayor - I think every gooner was trying to keep a straight face whilst that deal was going through, in case their laughter scuppered the deal.
-£30+m for Robinho - He was good for about 5 minutes, then just a waste of space/wages
-£18m for Jo
-£17.5m for Santa Cruz - A rip off for a player who is injured often
-£10m for Bridge - 2nd choice LB wherever he goes?

I reckon that to be over £100m flushed down the toilet...
Time will tell on the Milner/Ireland deal, Milner was very good last night, though I have to say 26m+a player of Ireland's quality again smacks of rip-off.
 
goonerfan said:
well I think the way City crushed Liverpool last night does kinda show City have made some good acquisitions, but there have been plenty of stinkers in there too:

-£25m for Adebayor - I think every gooner was trying to keep a straight face whilst that deal was going through, in case their laughter scuppered the deal.
-£30+m for Robinho - He was good for about 5 minutes, then just a waste of space/wages
-£18m for Jo
-£17.5m for Santa Cruz - A rip off for a player who is injured often
-£10m for Bridge - 2nd choice LB wherever he goes?

I reckon that to be over £100m flushed down the toilet...
Time will tell on the Milner/Ireland deal, Milner was very good last night, though I have to say 26m+a player of Ireland's quality again smacks of rip-off.
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Those players cost more than the entire Liverpool squad playing last night...

I don't blame City for being rich, it's just depressing when your club has no money.
 
Adebayor always going to be behind Tevez if they are playing 1 up front.

Robinho is a brilliant player, just not in the Premier League.

Jo was before the big money.

Santa Cruz because Hughes bums him.

Bridge, they needed a half decent LB, but then they bought in other players.



I don't think most people understand that this bloke literately has unlimited money, he wants the best, he wants the team to win everything so he will let Manchini get in the players he wants to play the system he wants. Obviously some are not going to fit properly and players he thinks will work great there e.g. Milner he is going to spend stupid amounts of money on, he doesn't care how much money he flushes down the toilet. In a season or two, just like with Chelsea they will have a 'team' who will be league and top 4 finishes consistently. It's just going to take time and experimentation like with any other team.
 
BaZ87 said:
Hleb's almost worthless so I wouldn't accept that.
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Wouldn't say he's worthless. He looked decent in the league, he's just not settled since leaving Arsenal.

Biz.Kid09 said:
lol but seriously take away the fee and we have made good signings.
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Take away the fee? Well anyone you get if you ignore the fee is a good signing then? :confused:

imho, you've made some very average signings and you've paid a lot of money for them. More money then sense.
 
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