Football Rumours Archive April 16 2009
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EFC News: well everton don't have a lot of money, so this should happen
INS:
Moutinho ($15)
Veloso ($12)
Owen (Free)
Nani (Loan)
OUTS:
Van Der Meyde ($3)
Mikel Arteta (Part Of Moutinho $17)
Lescott (Part Of Veloso $15)
Jacobson (Free)
Toffee 4Life
Tottenham News:
Alan Hutton maybe purchased by Man Utd in the summer as Alex Ferguson knows of his ability and Harry Redknapp prefers who's good at the moment rather than how they will be in the future. Red Nose Ferguson will probably make an enquiry at the end of the season.
Harry really likes this team he's got right now apart from Gomes. Although a lot of the Spurs faithful believe he's a quality keeper that just needs to settle it appears Harry may offload him unless he learns to get the basics right. If he does go Spurs will try for one of Joe Hart/Scott Loach/Wayne Hennesey/Kieran Westwood with Cudicini as backup and to help them with his expierence.
Bent pretty much looks like he's going but Spurs want to fork out as much money as possible. They are pretty hopeful Man City will take a sniff and splash out. This means that Harry will want a new tall striker to compete with Pav. He currently looking at Zigic & Llorente as they are both giants and very lethal in the air.
Harry also would like a left winger but will not spend loads as he feels he has his ideal starting XI. Someone like Adam Johnson from Boro maybe brought in. Chimbonda may leave for a French club on loan as he feels his time in England is coming to an end.
Also expect next season that Obika/Rose/Townsend/Taarabt will start getting games as Harry wants to build up a good youth system like he did at West Ham with Carrick, Defoe, Ferdinand etc.
Good times ahead I hope COYS
AlexO
Martin O'Neil was at the Leicester v Leeds game on Easter Monday with his wife. Of course she may be a Foxes fan like at least one of his daughters, or he could have been watching possible targets/acquisitions for next season, or both. Villa have in the past been rumoured to be interested in England under 21 left back, Joe Mattock, however it is far more likely that MON was assessing the much sought after Leeds midfielder Fabian Delph. News from Artur Steppe.
Bolton will sign
nigel reo coker £5mil finally
gareth bale £4.5mil
danny gabbidon free
paulo ferreira £1.75mil
and finally none other than federico macheda on loan and JULIO CRUZ FOR £9MIL PLUS BLERIM DZEMAILI
((( AFC Bulletin )))
Possable move by AW 4 Rapid Vienna's Erwin Hoffer , he's drawn comparisons with Man United player Wayne Rooney . AW is also interested in BORO defender Wheater as its Heard BORO intend 2 sell him come the summer . Fiorentina player Felipe Melo is unlikely 2 move 2 AFC as he's set 2 extend his contract at Fiorentina . Standard Leige player Steven Dafour is set 2 leave in the summer its learnt his club wants 13m for him AFC ,Spurs , AVFC are all interested .
Massive News regarding Glasgow Rangers
David Murray has a buyer and they are from Northern Ireland, the new owners want there own people running club and will clear all debt and pump money into an already decent side
Smith will go with mcoist being given the choice of a coaching role only take it or leave it!
In will come one of 2 people! Alan Curbishley! or Czabo Laslo!
Depending on who come in depends on who we sign, watch this space!
HibernianFC
Outs– Jones, Rosa, Szamultolski, JJ, McNeil, Fletcher, O'brien and a few others in massive clear out.
Ins– Graham Smith(Motherwell), Billy Clarke(Ipswich), Imrie(ICT), Dorrans(WBA)loan
Mixu could also leave but won't be replaced with John Hughes as Rod Petrie and him had a massive fall–out when he was a player at Hibs.
Re: West Ham takeover
Have to get myself one of these diamond magnets, make myself a fortune.
To the people who keep saying that when united sell Tevez they will buy . . . from the money.
How many times does it need to be said that United don't own Tevez, he is on loan
The guy who mentioned the fact that Ryan Babel had a big bust up with Rafa Benitez is absolutely right. Ryan was absolutely fuming that he was totally left out of the squad against Blackburn and feels that he was brought to Liverpool under false pretences. Rafa promised to use him mainly as a second striker but has actually converted him into a winger against Babel's wishes. We all know that Ryan wants to play for Arsenal so there may be a deal that would see Babel leave to Arsenal initially on a season long loan with Theo Walcott joining Liverpool also on loan. If the loan moves prove to be successful for both players and it suits both teams then a permanent swap deal could take place. This is something that I learned after talking to an extremely good source linked to the club and this is something that Babel wants too.
On to other talk, Rafa has a list of 95 potential summer signings that his scouts will be watching over the next few weeks and this list will then be narrowed down to 20 players. Rafa will only look at the final 20 if the price, age, potential and mentality is right for the club. On the list currently are Gareth Barry, Glen Johnson, David Silva, (although Rafa has denied he is not interested, if Silva became available then he would go back for him).
Man City to go for old players seeking a last massive paycheck. They realise that they can not attract players like Kaka, Messi and Terry to Eastlands without Champions League football, thus they will make APPROACHES for Fabio Cannavro (Real), Ronaldinho (AC Milan), Amoroso (AC Milan), Trezeguet (Juventus), T. Henry (Barcelona), Nesta (AC Milan) and other players over the age of thirty that everyone has heard of.
The Arabs have also realised that Mark Hughes is not uo to the task at Eastlands and will try to get in a big name manager who has experoence working with some of the massive egos that they want to bring in ie; the Special One.
Stoke will get money to spend this summer
and aston villa Craig Gardner,3million Man.U Frasier Campbell loan Lee martin Loan Alex Smithies Huddersfield 2million Marlon Harewood Loan will all come in
Out is Henri Camera Wigan recall and Ryan Shawcross Sunderland 3million Dave Kitson 2million
Tom Soares Crystal Palace loan Vincent Pericard Lille free
Transfer Rumours from various people who work at these clubs.
ARSENAL – KYLE NAUGHTON sheff utd
ASTON V – DARREN BENT spurs
BLACKBU – MIDO middlesbro
BOLTON – SCOTT PARKER west h/STEVE SIDWELL a.v
CHELSEA – LAVEZZI napoli
EVERTON – SANTI CAZORLA villareal
FULHAM – NANI man utd (ambitious move by fulh)
LIVERPOOL– MATT UPSON/ LUCAS NEILL west ham
MAN CITY – CLINT DEMPSEY fulham
MAN UTD – HANGLELAND fulham
BIRMINGHAM– POGATETZ middlesbrough
PORTSMOUTH– David Wheater middlesbrough
STOKE – KIERON DYER west ham
TOTTENHAM – PETER CROUCH pompey
WEST HAM – KOLO TOURE (ambitious move by Zola)
Firstly, let's clear something up. Neither Liverpool nor Man U will have significant sums to spend in the summer unless they get new owners. Liverpool's financial situation, in particular, is perilous right now and promises made to Rafa are likely to have to be broken. Despite that they'll find the £8m or so they'll need to buy Gareth Barry. The guy who suggested Johnson and Agbonlahor joining him sounds like he's got it spot on – Liverpool desperately need to up the homegrown contingent ahead of rule changes and both would be keen to join – Johnson for the big step up and Gabby for the terrible way he's been treated by Villa fans this season. £25m would capture both, so some sales would be required (Dossena and Babel to start with).
Man U's summer will be dependent upon selling lazy whiner Ronaldo to Real. Expect him to go for close to the £70m mark. That'll confirm Tevez as a United player. Don't expect lots of movement on strikers and attacking mids at OT – Macheda, Wellbeck, Tosic and Ljajic represent the future of the club. Nani, Park, Fletcher and O'Shea will all stay and only people who haven't been watching them this season would think otherwise. Scholes may hang up his boots and Wes Brown may leave in search of first–team football. Berbatov won't leave – he's part of the post–Ronaldo plan. Expect a strong defensive midfielder to arrive and possibly someone who can play left and centre back plus, if Ronaldo goes, a right winger – Valencia or Ribery. United won't spend more than they receive from selling Ronaldo.
The summer's big spenders? Man City and Spurs, I suspect.
With Luton Town's relegation from the football league confirmed, the club will inevitably be buying and selling in hope of an immediate return to League Two.
The heart of the Luton Town team, Keith Keane and captain Kevin Nicholls will remain at the club, as will goalkeeper Dean Brill. Mick Harford has stopped playing Jake Howells as he doesn't want scouts watching him, noting him as a seriously important member of the team for next season.
Definite departures from the club include all the loanees including the very impressive Chris Martin and Claude Gkanpka who looks set to seal a £500,000 move to Leicester City. Asa Hall looks to also seal a £500,000 move to the Championship with Norwich and Crystal Palace keeping tabs. Despite only signing for the club permanently in January, £80,000 arrival Tom Craddock will probably also be on his way out but for a lot more than what Luton paid for him at about £650,000 with Scunthorpe interested. Luton's sales will seal just under £2 million in total.
Harford is looking to bring in Andrew Mangan from Forest Green Rovers for around £150,000 despite the player being involved in a recent betting scandal. Harford is also keeping tabs on Salisbury duo Matt Tubbs and Charlie Griffin. Clubs will still be loaning Luton Town players with Shrewsbury Town set to loan keeper Jasbir Singh and Norwich City set to continue their affiliation by loaning by loaning 19 year old Luke Daley.
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LFC Rumours
Ins:
Johnson – 10m
Wheater – 4m
Rodriguez – 16m
Downing – 12m
Aguero – 25m
Sturridge – Free
Outs:
Itandje – Auxerre 2m
Arbeloa – Atletico Madrid (part exchange for Aguero)
Degen – Schalke 3m
Agger – Real Madrid 9m
Dossena – Juventus 7m
Plessis – Monaco 4m
Riera – Valencia 13m
Babel – Inter 14m
Voronin – Werder Bremen 4m
Pedro Mendez will definately be leaving Rangers in the summer.
He says its the most split and demoralising dressing room he's ever encountered.
The only way he'll stay is if Walter is a man of his and boots Barry Ferguson out.
If Ferguson plays again, Pedro will leave.
Where? i don't know but i'm sure there will be plenty of takers and Rangers will not be hard to deal with, because as everyone knows Rangers are skint.
Rangers apparently looking at nothing but free transfers and only if they move some players on.
European rumours
villa–barcelona
etoo–chelsea/liverpool
tevez–real madrid
ribery–barcelona
adebayor–ac milan
sakho–arsenal
benzema–man utd
berbatov–man city
ronaldihno–man city
diego–juventus
dzeko–bayern
alder–bayern
witsel–fulham
defour–aston villa
mcgregor–bolton
ferguson–birmingham/sunderland
mcgeady–bayern
To the guy who said this. . "where on earth do you think cardiff will get this kind of money!?
Taylor will remain on loan with a view for a permanent deal in the summer, this is the same for Chops and Quincy.
Eddie Johnson will remain if he takes a pay cut"
For a start Chops is already signing in the summer for a record 4 million–already a done deal.
Quincy won't stay,, not getting a look in at the 1st team. Eddie Johnson won't sign look at his record 2 goals all season.
Money wise–Promotion money has all been promised to Dave Jones by Ridsdale. There are obvious signs of a take over at the club, first of all Ridsdale used all his bonus money at the end of last season to buy more shares at the club. Secondly Dave Jones decides to spend his bonus on more shares in the club and then thirdly Keith Harris decides to become a board member and since then a bunch of business men have been linked with the club. So do you still think Cardiff won't have enough money ?? Get your facts right !!!! ––– The Blues Are Going Up –––
Arsenal to sign Simon Showell from Wolves u18, dubbed the English Lionel Messi. Wolves to sign Luke Moore from West Brom as well for 2.5m.
To the dilutional Newcastle Fan who said "Owen has young children in school and my wife did his mortgage for petes sake, i know Owen will sign if we stay up and Shearer stays, that's for sure" Everyone knows his family live in cheshire and he flys up each day!!
Big rangers news sir david muray has found a buyer and it is part of the group that bought man city and they will be huge changes
they will be a new chairman and bain will be sacked aswell thank god for that walter will go up stairs at the end of the season and phill brown will get the job
players ins
gordon
hutton redknapp doesn't rate him
cuellar hates playing right back
david bentley same as hutton
players outs
mcgregor
g.smith
weir
daily
webster
s.smith
hendami
adam
mculloch
vellicka
beasley