Football Rumours Archive March 13 2007
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Paul Stalteri and Tomasz Radzinski will join Toronto FC during the MLS summer transfer window. Both are looking at two or three year deals.
Transfer rumour from Holland.
Huntelaar (Ajax) to LFC ( money + Zenden )
Koné (PSV) to The Spurs
Sneijder (Ajax) to Man. United
CHESLEA RUMOURS.
WITH MOURINHO SAYING ON SKY SPORTS RUMOURS THAT HE ONLY WISHES TO SIGN TWO PLAYERS In THE SUMMER I THINK HE WILL KEPP GLEN JOHNSON FROM GOING ON LOAN AGAIN AND WILL ALSO BRING ALEX TO STAMFORD BRIDGE (HIM ALREADY BEING OWNED BY CHELSEA) .
I THINK HE WILL BUT ONE CB AND A MIDFEILDER.
EXPECT OFFERS TO BE MADE FOR MILITO AND POSSIBLE AIMAR
The mighty Suprs to make a final; push for the champions league by signing a host of world class players in the summer:
INS
Diego Werder Bremen 12million
Vincent Kompany Hamburg 10million
Morten Gamst Pedersen 7. 5million
Florent Sinama Pongolle 3million
John Arne Riise (Swap for Lennon)
Dean Ashton 6million from relegated West Ham
Jesus Navas 8million
OUTS
Aaron Lennon 15million plus Riise to Liverpool
Jermaine Defoe 12million to Man Utd
Mido 2. 5million to Man City
Teemu Tainio (spelling) to Bolton 3million
Tottenham Team for next Season:
GK Robinson
RB Chimbonda CB Kompany King/ Dawson LB Riise
RW Jesus Navas CM Diego Zokora LW Gamst Pederson
ST Ashton/ Berbatov Sinama Pongolle
Amos and Sim
Tottenham have their eye on Diego from Werder Bremen. Already scored 10 goals this season, which has impressed Martin Jol. Sees him as a replacement for Michael Carrick. He is also looking at Alexander Hleb as a replacement for Lennon who is on his way to Man Utd to switch wings with Ronaldo.
Celtic Rumours: Inside information from Celtic Park can reveil that WGS has shortlisted 5 strikers he wants next season, of which he hopes to sign 2. They are Robbie Keane, Bobby Zamora, Andy Cole, Garry O'Conner and Nwanku Kanu. Kenny Miller, Majic Zacrapski and Craig 'Plug' Beattie will all be shown the door.
WILLIE FALCONER
Some rumors that might be true, my source is from a sport journalist, some of the rumors have been around.
ARSENAL
IN: Coupet or Boruc
OUT: Ljungberg, Hleb and Lehman
CHELSEA
IN: Quaresma (Spelling), Nani and Alves
OUT: Ferreira and Robben
L'POOL
IN: Villa, Tevez and Ramos (R. Madrid)
OUT: Bellamy, Fowler and Carson
MAN UTD
IN: Ashton and Cahill
OUT: Silvestre, Fletcher and Park
That's all folks,
Here is the real deal on ARSENAL,
Taye taiwo will be signed from Marseille, scouts have been to watch him, Frnk Ribery will also come in and Aliadiare will head to marseille. Strong target is Torres, with Baptista confirmed to be off to Atletico Madrid, Reyes will not return, Robinho will replace Freddy Ljungberg, Buffon will be signed. That will be the squad.
Liverpool to sign Ricardo Quaresma for 10mil.
David Moyes to be given just under 20 million to spend if Everton get into europe and will look at mainly Young english players, but may be forced to buy foreigners, expect clearout of older players and fringe players like pistone, Naysmith, stubbs, carsley, wright, Mcfadden, Beattie, JP kissock is set to be brought into the first team next year and Vaughan and anichebe may mean Moyes does not waste money on a striker and focus on left back, wings and a defensive midfielder
Real Madrid are set to offer Jose Mourinho the managers job in the summer with Mourinho keen on the job - however he wants to stay at Chelsea for another 2 seasons atleast and will turn down the offer on this instance. The Seville coach could accept the Madrid job if offered.
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Richard Keogh the 20 year old centre back who has been impressing at Bristol City this year will be on his way to the premiership in the summer he is out of contract and has been watched by Everton and Borough after his impressive displays in the FA cup,
I have some insiders within the Walkers stadium and heres some things that they've heard. Rob Kelly WILL be given a chance under the new Milan Mandaric era but MUST have City in the top 6 by the end of september otherwise Mandaric will look for another boss with Harry Redknapp and Aidy Boothroyd among his priorities. Kelly will be given 5 million to spend in January but Mandaric will expect it to be well spent. Expect Alan Thompson and Danny Mills to arrive on frees, Phil Ifill and Gerard Pique on loan and Jason Roberts (2m), Graham Kavanagh (500k), Mike Pollitt (250k), Dejan Stefanovic (500-600k) and Danny Murphy (1. 5m) to arrive through the doors with Rab Douglas, Richard Stearman, Matt Fryatt, Mark de Vries and PatRick McCarthy to depart.
Reading are planning on giving Ray Parlour one final chance at Premiership football. Parlour joined Hull from Middlesbrough last month and has signed initially on a deal until the end of the season, but if he impresses at the KC Stadium then they'll look to extend his stay. However, I hear that Steve Coppell wants Parlour on a one year deal to add some much needed experience to his midfield, irrespective of whether Steve Sidwell stays or goes. Parlour was a major success at Arsenal but failed to make an impact at Boro and would like the chance to perhaps end his career in the top flight.
EVERTON DEAL
Everton will sign Kenny Miller and Tommy Gravesen from Celtic in the summer for £2. 5m + James McFadden
Forget big names at LFC.
Quality will out.
Huntelaar will sign.
Real Madrid to sign schweinsteiger and Dani linares-lopez in the summer. both Young 'uns. just wait until you see linares-lopez's hair! its ridiculous. I've also heard that Hleb will go to Bayern Munich in part exchange for lahm.
Liverpool FC -
With Rafa Benitez having a bumper kitty or 'warchest' to enhance his sqaud he will take every opportunity to cut out the weak links in the sqaud and build a team able to compete in europe and the premiership. Prepare to see alot of faces arrive and leave Liverpool before next season as Benitez now has the cahs available to go after his marked men.
Players in.
Daniel Alves £14m - A pacey Brazilian right back/ winger who is known to get forward and deliver good balls into the danger zone. Also has the ability to beat his man and get in behind the full backs. Since he is still Young and does what Riise does (going up and scoring when optional) you can expect Liverpool to be forced to stump up between (£14m-£17m) .
Carlos Tevez £10m - Another argentinian wonder who is wasting away in the ranks of West Ham at the moment. Tevez has not enjoyed his best season of his career but this is down to the whole team being disfunctional this term. Tevez has still shown that his movement is world class and the barrel chested forward can play numerous positions which would fit in wonderfully to Rafas mastermind (also confusing at first) tactics. Given his world cup display this would normally put the price up and we would see him going for around £19m but since West Ham have been poor all season you can expect to see him go for around £10m.
Maxi Rodriguez £14m - An argentinian trend becomes apparent at Anfield. This pacey winger has the ability to switch flanks keeping perfect composure and will score goals. His first touch is world class and reads the game well. Xabi Alonso will have a field day stringing passes through to him. His world cup display turned alot of heads and he is still fairly Young as well. I'm surprised he is still at Atletico Madrid to be honest. You can expect to see him go for somewhere between £13m and £16m.
Bojinov £9 - Good Young goalscorer who would fit in nicely beside Kuyt. However he may be in a Juve shirt for around 4years. If materialises - £9m
Giovanni Dos Santos £7m - Barcelonas hottest youth prospect since Messi. A player with pace and tRickery is something Liverpool have needed for a while now. He can play on the left and right and sit in as a striker. Since Dos Santos isn't very experienced and is far down in Rijkaards pecking order Liverpool could snap him up for around £7m which is a bargain considering he could be the next Ronaldo.
David Villa £26m - Liverpool have been constantly linked with the Spanish Speed Demon and now the funds are in the bank, Benitez looks to get his man. Villa is alot like Bellamy in his movement and attributes however his instinct in front of goal is second to none. Expect a deal to be agreed for around £26m (pounds sterling) an exchange involving Luis Garcia is rumoured to be on the cards however Benitez may be reluctant to hand out his versatile midfielder.
Players Out.
Crouch £10m - with Newcastle waiting in the wings and Liverpool frustrated with his lack of goals, Liverpool will look to cash in and ship out the gangly forward.
Zenden £1. 5m - Zenden has been linked many Times with a move back to Holland and PSV are rumoured to be interested. Zenden hasn't been the rock Benitez wanted him to be for Liverpool this season and is taking up the wage budget whilst he sits on the bench or is in the physios room.
Fowler (Free) - Fowler is getting on a bit and has very few goals this season. With a handfull of american clubs wanting his signature he will either move abroad like Beckham or become a coach for Liverpool.
Bellamy (£7m-£8m) - Another one of Liverpools frustrating strikers, scoiring few goals with many chances. Martin O'Neill is a massive fan of Bellamy since his loan spell at Celtic and would be glad to stump up around £8m to secure his services for Villa.
Cisse £8m - After spending the season on loan in France it looks like Djibril will be staying with marseille looking to agree a deal in the region of £8m. Expect Liverpool to take this and run!
Florent Sinama Pongolle £2m - FSP will be flogged to any Spanish club impressed with his display this season.
In total = £80m spent&£29. 5m retained so its looking like Rafa will get his sqaud for £50. 5m off of his £100m transfer kitty, however like in Chelseas case, teams will know we have cash to spend so infliated fees may apply to a few players.
07/ 08 Squad:
GK: Reina (Padelli, Martin, Carson)
RB: Alves (Finnan, Arbeloa, Peltier)
CB: Carragher&Agger (Palleta, Hyppia)
LB: Riise (Aurelio, Insua)
RM: Maxi Rodriguez (Pennant)
CM: Gerrard&Alonso (Mascherano, Sissoko)
LM: Kewell (Gonzalez, Dos Santos)
CF: Villa&Kuyt (Tevez, Bojinov (maybe), Voronin)
- Scott Nicholson, Kirkcaldy-
Alves could be on his way to Portsmouth in the summer. Not Daniel Alves - the 1 Chelsea and Liverpool are chasing but Herenveen's Alfonso Alves who has scored 22 goals in Dutch Eiredivisie this season. Man City are also eyeing the striker.
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To all those saying Steve Sidwell is going to the SPL, think again. he is stil in two minds of what to do, and if any where he will be going to Aston Villa. we (Reading) still hav a great chance of geting into the Uefa up so don't rule out him staying. its all stil up in the air at the moment. and Bobby Zamora will join us, whether West Ham stay up or not (probably won't) . he wants to link up with coppell again, after his brighton days and see's Reading as the best possible club to join at this stage of his career. it would be a brilliant move for him.
there fore we will be signing J. Jarosik, C. brunt, B. Zamora, L. Young and a few other suprises ! URZZ !
- Arsneal-
For those of you who think Henry is on his way are wrong, he has said in private interviews that such a disapointing season will give him more hunger next season. Arsenal will also have a suprisingly large transfer kitty, this will increase as players leave
IN: Ett'O, Iniesta, Woodgate, Ribery, Buffon
OUT: Ljundberg, Aliadiar, Senderos, Lehnmen
LOAN: Song, Troure, Diaby
TEAM 07/ 08
Buffon
Eboue Toure Woodgate Gallas
Ribery Fabregas Iniesta Rosicky
Henry Ett'o
Bch:Walcott Denilson Hleb Clichy Almunia V Persie Adebayor
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- City rumours-
if the city takeover happens then there will be Significan't transfer buget avalible. first pearce will not be sacked and will be given I more year to get things right. transfer target will be as followed
first Distan will sign a new contracted after city's new ambition
(if West Ham are relegated)
upson
aston
Reo-Coker
Nugent (anyway)
blasi
d'alessandro
Woodgate
Carson
city till I die
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Ranger signings:
frddy Adu possibility at 2 million
expect more Man Utd youth players on loan as Walter Smith has good links with SAF Scott Brown may be tepted as thomoson would pesuade him.
players out: prso klos papac buffel could bring in a good transfer fee
These are about 90% likely to happen. I'm not going to come on here and spout a load of rubbish like alot of people on here do. Anyway, Rafa will aquire 3 players in the summer as was agreed when Gillete and Hicks took control of the club. 1 striker, 1 winger and an all round attacking player will be brought in. these will be:
Trezeguet - Juventus 5-7mil
Lennon - Tottenham 15-20mil
Dos Santos - Barcelona 10-15mil
Bojinov from Juve could also be brought in if the asking price for Crouch is met.
team for 07/ 08:
GK - REINA (CARSON)
RB - FINNAN (ARBELOA)
CB - CARRA (HYYPIA)
CB - AGGER (HYYPIA)
LB - RIISE (AURELLIO)
RM - GERRARD (PENNANT)
CM - SISSOKO (MASCHERANO)
CM - ALONSO (ZENDEN)
LM - LENNON (DOS SANTOS)
ST - KUYT (BELLAMY)
ST - TREZEGUET (VORONIN)
there will obviously also be some outgoings, these are some of them:
KEWELL (INTER)
CISSE (TOTTENHAM)
PONGOLLE (RECREATIVO DE HUELVA)
CROUCH (NEWCASTLE)
GONZALEZ (VILLEREAL) (IF NO IMPROVEMENT)
EL ZHAR, PELTIER, GUTHRIE, ANDERSON (OUT ON LOAN)
so that's it. the futures bright for LFC.
From an inside source: Another Executive at NK Koper is a good friend of both Milan Mandaric and Roma cahirman Franco Sensi. He is trying to help Mr. Mandaric helping a deal materialise with takes Stefano Chuka OKaka, and Gianluca Curci on loan at the start of the 07/ 08 season.
These are not from an inside source, but from a usually reliabe source:
OUTS:
Hammond £Nominal - Tranmere
de Vries £0 - Ado Den Haag
Stephen Hughes £180,000 - Leeds (if they stay up)
Hume - £875, 000 - Preston NE
Plus others, from the academy etc.
INS:
Didier Agathe - £0 - Unregistered
Jerome Thomas - £1, 200,000 (using money from Hume, Hughes and Mandaric)
Todorov - £0 - Portsmouth (Out of contract)
Marcus Bent - £Loan - Charlton
Please note these are not definite Transfers or Prices. These are player currently being looked at or currently in Very early negotiations
To all those thinking Terry can buy out his contract, you've misread the rule, he hasn't served enough of his current contract to do that yet. A player can only buy out their contract if they have served at least three years or seasons of it. He'll be able to do it at the end of 2007/ 08 season. Oh, and to those laughing at the idea of Paul Scholes going to Oldham, although I doubt he'll do it this season, he has ALWAYS said that he intends to spend the last two seasons of his career at Oldham Athletic.
Reading FC
Steve Coppell will see some in's and out's this summer. If S. Sidwell doesn't sign a contract he's going to have to find a replacement, I would like to see Reo-Coker but is highly unlikely Barton could be another target. I think Coppell will send out some scouts and have a look for talent.
I think kitson will go for a small sum of 2m ono and you'll probally find someone more creative comes in like again Barton as his buy out Clause on his contract is only 5. 5 mil. Reading are reallly looking for is someone who plays off the strikers to give Reading more options in attack.
And seol is going back to the championship
Coppell will also need to find a long-term replacment for Murty after next year, so he might have approach Charlton's Luke Young or glen Johnson from Chelsea.
Reading will also secure the Signatures of A. Bikey, Zamora, A. Ferdinand if no esle get him, J. Thomas from Charlton.
Reading Team for Next season will be:
Hahnemann/ FedeRichi
Murty/ Young
Ferdinand/ Ingimarson
Sonko/ Bikey
Shoery/ Brown
Little/ Oster
Reo-Coker/ Harper
Sidwell/ Barton
Hunt/ Convey
Lita/ Doyle
Long
Reading Will Conquer Europe!
Rangers summer activity
OUT:
Klos
Weir
Papac
Ponroy
Svensson
Rae
N'Diaye
Sionko
Novo
Sebo
Prso, maybe
IN:
Langfield - £200k
Murty - £500k
Anderson - £1m
Webster - £750k
Broadfoot - Free
Brown - £3. 5m
McCulloch - £1. 5m
Gow - Free
McDonald - £500k
SQUAD
McGregor, Langfield, Robinson
Murty, Hutton, Ehiogu, Anderson, Webster, Broadfoot, Murray, Smith
Burke, Brown, Ferguson, Hemdani, Thomson, Adam, McCulloch
Boyd, Novo, McDonald, Gow, Prso