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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby smithy » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:07 pm

Zenit St Petersburg are asking for over for £16m for Andrei Arshavin.

Tottenham aim to clinch the £17m signing of Blackburn midfielder David Bentley and send goalkeeper Paul Robinson to Ewood Park as part of the deal.

Bentley's move will spark a transfer merry-go-round, with Aston Villa ready to sign veteran Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel.

Manchester United have put a £25m limit on their pursuit of striker Dimitar Berbatov and told Spurs they can take it or leave it after the Londoners rejected an initial offer of £20m.

Manchester City are ready to beat AC Milan to the signature of Ronaldinho after making a £22m bid for the Barcelona playmaker on Sunday night.

Barcelona will this week offer Samuel Eto'o plus £15m to Arsenal in a final attempt to lure Emmanuel Adebayor to the Nou Camp.
Winger Alex Hleb will be unveiled by Barcelona on Monday after completing his £15m move from Arsenal.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez's hopes of signing Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and Spurs striker Robbie Keane have suffered a setback with the news that midfielder Xabi Alonso looks set to stay on Merseyside.

Everton have been linked with a move for Tottenham striker Darren Bent, with Fulham emerging as the latest club to be interested in signing Andy Johnson.

The Merseysiders are also interested in Switzerland right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner, who would available from French club Lille for about £700,000.

El-Hadji Diouf may still be playing at the Reebok Stadium next season as Bolton have yet to receive any bids for the wantaway Senegal striker and he still has a year left on his Trotters contract.

Reading manager Steve Coppell is ready to sell half his squad, including defender Nicky Shorey and midfielder Stephen Hunt, for the right price.

But James Harper's hopes of making a swift return to the Premier League are in doubt as the Royals are demanding £5.5m for the Middlesbrough and Bolton target because Arsenal would net 40% of the deal for their former midfielder.

Bolton boss Gary Megson has rejected West Brom's offer of £1.25m plus Paul Robinson for defender Abdoulaye Meite.

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will make a £6m bid for Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will step up his attempts to sign Hearts defender Christophe Berra this week with a final £1.75m offer.

But the Championship side could face competition from Feyenoord for the Scotland defender's signature.

Celtic may make a move for former Chelsea midfielder Samuele Dalla Bona, who is currently with Napoli.

Hull City are in talks with Tottenham about signing defender Ricardo Rocha and are also interested in signing Portsmouth defender Djimi Traore.

Lille want to sign Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi.

Egypt striker Amr Zaki is expected to join Wigan on a season-long loan despite signing a contract extension at El Zamalek until 2012.

Newcastle believe they can strike a deal with Real Zaragoza for £7m-rated Argentina midfielder Pablo Aimar.

West Ham are lining up a £1m bid for Rangers goalkeeper Neil Alexander as first choice keeper Robert Green is attracting a number of clubs.

Motherwell are set to clinch loan deals for Celtic pair John Kennedy and Jim O'Brien.

However, the Fir Park side may face competition for defender Kennedy from Championship clubs while Well boss Mark McGhee is keen to strike a permanent deal for winger O'Brien.

AC Milan have ruled out a move for Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

Rangers target Anderson Polga will not be moving to Ibrox after signing a new three-year deal with Sporting Lisbon.
Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Old Trafford has been thrown into further doubt after Manchester United fans demonstrated against the Portugal winger at a reserve friendly match against Burscough at the weekend.
Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro has told Ronaldo he should honour his contract and stay at United.

Portsmouth fans have handed in a 2,000-name petition to 10 Downing Street calling for manager Harry Redknapp to be awarded a knighthood.

Everton will hope for good news on their plans to move to a 55,000-seat stadium in Kirkby this week when they will discover whether or not the £400m project will be called in for a public inquiry.
England defender Micah Richards has been banned from having a girlfriend by his mum as she thinks that wannabe WAGs are just after the Manchester City player's money.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby JK » Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:31 pm

Some interesting reports coming out of England, sounding as though Keano could be on Merseyside pretty soon along with Berbatov at the Theatre of dreams .. Seems Spurs are none too happy about it either ... Both reports courtesy of http://www.4thegame.com ....

Reports suggest that Liverpool are close to completing the signing of Tottenham Hotspur striker Robbie Keane.

Keane, along with strike partner Dimitar Berbatov, has been tipped to leave White Hart Lane this summer after Spurs boss Juande Ramos admitted that they may have to be sold to balance the books.


ROBBIE KEANE The Liverpool Echo newspaper claim that a deal has almost been done and is expected to be completed within the next 48 hours.

"We're going to see how this ends, but we're speaking about two very important footballers," Ramos had told AS.

"For the moment they are with us but, whatever happens, our plan is to have a good squad with a potential that helps us to do better than last year.

"We have to be realistic, see where we start from and who are going to compete with us. Important clubs have been spending a lot of money for years and have a certain advantage, that's why they say they want to sign our players.

"Obviously we understand there's a top four composed of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, who are the ones that qualified for the Champions League in the last few years and challenging them is very complicated.

"Our aim is to finish in this top four, but we are aware of the fact it's difficult and that other teams will fight for the same goal.

"At Tottenham we have had a clear philosophy regarding buying and selling for years. You need to understand that this club is in the transfer market, a company that needs to debrief at the end of the financial year.

"The idea is signing young players, promising and talented ones and, if important offers for older players are made, studying it to see what is the best for the club."


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Tottenham Hotspur have reported Manchester United and Liverpool to the Premier League for their actions in their attempts to sign Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane.

Sir Alex Ferguson's claims that United expect to sign Berbatov have infuriated Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, who revealed that he has complained about them and about similar comments from Rafa Benitez regarding Robbie Keane.


DIMITAR BERBATOV "It is unbelievably hypocritical given his comments in respect of Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid," Levy said.

"The behaviour of both clubs has been disgraceful. We told both clubs very early on that we had no interest in selling Robbie or Dimitar, respectively, and that they should refrain from pursuing the player.

"Both clubs arrogantly chose to ignore this request and we now have evidence that both clubs have systematically been working to prise the players away from us, outside of Premier League rules of conduct.

"Today's public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players.

"It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date.

"As a result, we have today made an official complaint to the Premier League about the conduct of Manchester United.

"Benitez made similar comments in respect of Robbie recently and we made an official complaint to the Premier League about the conduct of Liverpool earlier this week.

"I have absolutely no wish to sell either player and to date we have not accepted any offer for either."

United issued a brief response to Tottenham's claims with a spokesman saying: "We are aware of the allegation and will co-operate with the Premier League as necessary."
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby devilsadvocate » Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:01 pm

Looks like Keano and Berbatov are off. This is from Spurs chairman Daniel Levy talking on Tottenhamhotspur.com:

"I have absolutely no wish to sell either player and to date we have not accepted any offer for either. However, when a player's head is turned and their commitment is absent, particularly when they occupy key positions such as that of striker, they become a negative influence in a team dressing room in which they were once a positive addition and influence. This is the situation we now have on our hands, with both Dimitar and Robbie having made it clear that they wish to leave for Manchester Utd and Liverpool respectively.

"Irrespective of the outcome and futures of Robbie and Dimitar, we are continuing to seek to bring in quality, talented players for the future, who want to play in a Spurs shirt."


I am sooooooo pissed off right now.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Pidge » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:20 pm

Zamora to Fulham and Makelele to PSG are two big transfers. Disappointed to see Makelele go for Chelsea though.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Pidge » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:06 pm

Just reading throught the EPL transfers and Fulham have released Brian McBride - the guy who saved them from relegation and who was their captain. Hulll have released Jay-Jay Okocha who would have great exprience for them in their first season of the Premier League. WTF is going on?
Tottenham have done the best in the transfer window so far.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby devilsadvocate » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:47 pm

michael wrote:Just reading throught the EPL transfers and Fulham have released Brian McBride - the guy who saved them from relegation and who was their captain. Hulll have released Jay-Jay Okocha who would have great exprience for them in their first season of the Premier League. WTF is going on?
Tottenham have done the best in the transfer window so far.


Unfortunately, the transfer window is the only time Tottenham are the best - then we start playing and it's all downhill from there! With over a month still to run, we'll lose around 10 players including Berbatov, Keane, Robinson, Cerny (already signed for QPR), Tainio (already signed for the Black Cats), Gardner, Chimbonda, Ghaly, Boateng, Lee, plus possibly Malbranque, Kaboul (I will be pissed if he goes!), Assou Ekoto and Rocha.

On McBride, he was a quality player, but I think he's pushing 40 from memory (stand to be corrected), and with last years serious injury, he's not the player he once was. Great servant to the club though.

Okocha was in the Championship last year for a reason though - he's not EPL standard.

Maka is a big loss for Chavski IMO. I would love to have got him at Spurs.

Arsenal are ones to watch too, having lost almost their entire midfield bar Fatgreatbigass.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Bully » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:56 am

devilsadvocate wrote:Looks like Keano and Berbatov are off. This is from Spurs chairman Daniel Levy talking on Tottenhamhotspur.com:

"I have absolutely no wish to sell either player and to date we have not accepted any offer for either. However, when a player's head is turned and their commitment is absent, particularly when they occupy key positions such as that of striker, they become a negative influence in a team dressing room in which they were once a positive addition and influence. This is the situation we now have on our hands, with both Dimitar and Robbie having made it clear that they wish to leave for Manchester Utd and Liverpool respectively.

"Irrespective of the outcome and futures of Robbie and Dimitar, we are continuing to seek to bring in quality, talented players for the future, who want to play in a Spurs shirt."


I am sooooooo pissed off right now.



see what i said in previous post, that if the right offer is given the players leave :roll:
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby devilsadvocate » Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:56 am

Today it's official - It's the shittiest farquing day of the summer for Spurs fans.

Robbie Keane has gone to those binscabbing scouzers for 19m quid plus an additional 1.3m:

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/keanetoliverpool.html

This is one of the shittest things I've seen at all of the clubs I follow accross the codes.

There is NO loyalty in football. Gone are the days when you can genuinely love a player at your club. Love the club and that's it.

Midtable mediocrity.............................it seems that's all we'll ever know at Spurs.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby JK » Tue Jul 29, 2008 8:35 am

devilsadvocate wrote:Today it's official - It's the shittiest farquing day of the summer for Spurs fans.

Robbie Keane has gone to those binscabbing scouzers for 19m quid plus an additional 1.3m:

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/keanetoliverpool.html

This is one of the shittest things I've seen at all of the clubs I follow accross the codes.

There is NO loyalty in football. Gone are the days when you can genuinely love a player at your club. Love the club and that's it.

Midtable mediocrity.............................it seems that's all we'll ever know at Spurs.


Sorry for your loss DA, but won't say that Im upset to have signed Keane. :D

The clubs bring a fair share of that "disloyal" factor upon themselves IMHO, particularly the mid-table clubs (thats not a Liverpool fan bragging btw, coz we've done nothing in the EPL for 20 years) who aren't competing in the Champions League.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Dogwatcher » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:02 am

Any Sunderland news? How'd they go in the friendly last night?
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby JK » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:00 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:Any Sunderland news? How'd they go in the friendly last night?


Think they just signed ex-Bolton & Liverpool and Senegal international El Hadji Diouf
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Dogwatcher » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:08 pm

Noice signing.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby JK » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:20 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:Noice signing.


Reckon that's what both Liverpool and Bolton said too mate, didn't quite work out that way ... Think there's more for the Cats mate, I'll check it out shortly and come back ...
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby Dogwatcher » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:29 pm

Hmmm....Roy's a good bloke though, he can do the turn around ;)
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby MST » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:30 pm

devilsadvocate wrote:Today it's official - It's the shittiest farquing day of the summer for Spurs fans.

Robbie Keane has gone to those binscabbing scouzers for 19m quid plus an additional 1.3m:

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news/articles/keanetoliverpool.html

This is one of the shittest things I've seen at all of the clubs I follow accross the codes.

There is NO loyalty in football. Gone are the days when you can genuinely love a player at your club. Love the club and that's it.

Midtable mediocrity.............................it seems that's all we'll ever know at Spurs.


DA, whilst I can sympathise with you feeling betrayed as a Spurs supporter, there is no need for the above comment. It's insulting (and the least you could have done was spell Scouser correctly)

Robbie Keane has sought a dream move to the club he has followed since he was a boy. Like it or not, Tottenham are a famous name in English football but when it comes to comparisons with Liverpool, they are not on the same level. Liverpool have offered him the opportunity to play in the Champions League, to play in front of 45,000 adoring fans week in week out and with some of the best players on the planet, in particular the likely partnership with Fernando Torres.

I do agree that loyalty is a word of the past but he is not the first player to complete such a move and he certainly won't be the last. Keane gave Spurs seven good years of service and at 28 years of age he thought the time was now to move to a bigger club and see if he can collect some honours before his career draws to a close.

Be honest mate, can you blame him?
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby cyclops » Tue Jul 29, 2008 3:43 pm

Torres,Keane,Babel n Gerrard in the same side bring on man u,chelsea and who ever else thinks there good enough.

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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby devilsadvocate » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:13 pm

MST wrote:DA, whilst I can sympathise with you feeling betrayed as a Spurs supporter, there is no need for the above comment. It's insulting (and the least you could have done was spell Scouser correctly)

Robbie Keane has sought a dream move to the club he has followed since he was a boy. Like it or not, Tottenham are a famous name in English football but when it comes to comparisons with Liverpool, they are not on the same level. Liverpool have offered him the opportunity to play in the Champions League, to play in front of 45,000 adoring fans week in week out and with some of the best players on the planet, in particular the likely partnership with Fernando Torres.

I do agree that loyalty is a word of the past but he is not the first player to complete such a move and he certainly won't be the last. Keane gave Spurs seven good years of service and at 28 years of age he thought the time was now to move to a bigger club and see if he can collect some honours before his career draws to a close.

Be honest mate, can you blame him?


Fair enough MST, no offence intended, just one pissed off fan at the moment. When a player you love leaves for a rival club, it's a bitter feeling. Imagine if your Stevie G went to Man USA - you'd be bitter too.

On the honours bit, I believe it was Spurs 1 trophey, Liverpool 0 last season - HAHAHA.

Liverpool shold be solid this season. 2 world class strikers, Stevie G, Alonso, Kuyt, Babel and Mascha in the middle, Skyrtl, a couple of newbies and Agger back from injury at the back, along with a promising young keeper to back up the old man. I think your defence is a still probably a little shaky, but in the middle of the pitch and up front, Liverpool will be class. Will Rafa be able to sit still long enough to leave the bloody team alone though.

On a positive for Spurs Bent scored 4 for Spurs against Norwich in a friendly last night and Dos Santos is looking like a great find.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby devilsadvocate » Tue Jul 29, 2008 6:28 pm

Constance_Perm wrote:
Dogwatcher wrote:Noice signing.


Reckon that's what both Liverpool and Bolton said too mate, didn't quite work out that way ... Think there's more for the Cats mate, I'll check it out shortly and come back ...


Yeah, not sure about Diouf, he's more hassle than he's worth. Good player, but a hugely disruptive influence apparently.

Ins for the Black Cats:

Diouf (Bolton) - will be good if Keane can control him, which is doubtful, even for Keane.
Teemu Tainio (Spurs) - solid versatile player. Was very sad to see him leave Spurs. Will be great if he stays fit.
Pascale Chimbonda (Spurs) - Like Diouf in a way. On his day, can be one of the best defenders in the league who can score goals, but he's liable to brain explosions and has a compulsion to sulk like a frenchie schoolgirl.
Nick Colgan (Ipswich) - A new keeper. Will he be ahead of or behind Gordon?
David Meyler (Cork) - Midfielder.

IMO, your lot need to hang onto Kenwyn Jones. Stokes is decent too.
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby mumbles » Tue Jul 29, 2008 7:00 pm

Dogwatcher wrote:Any Sunderland news? How'd they go in the friendly last night?


I think we won 4-0
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Re: Off season rumours and transfers

Postby JK » Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:11 pm

devilsadvocate wrote:Liverpool shold be solid this season. 2 world class strikers, Stevie G, Alonso, Kuyt, Babel and Mascha in the middle, Skyrtl, a couple of newbies and Agger back from injury at the back, along with a promising young keeper to back up the old man. I think your defence is a still probably a little shaky, but in the middle of the pitch and up front, Liverpool will be class. Will Rafa be able to sit still long enough to leave the bloody team alone though.


I reckon Rafa's initial pre-season intention will be too lessen the rotations, but I reckon the CL Qualifiers in recent years and then our progression in that comp meant he continued with them.

Red's still lack width (and solid coverage at LB)I reckon, but overall I like the squad ... Be interesting to see if we get much from the yound reserves winning squad of last season, with a bit of luck we might be Arsenal-esque and bring through some bright youngsters this year (reckon Nemeth is bound to get a run at some stage).
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