Still remembered there is a transfer thread last time here but now gone like the smoke in the air.

So now is Jan, transfer window reopened. Let's discuss the lates transfer and news.

Just noticed Montella join Fulham as loan deal, another failure import from Serie A? (sure Chrisky will blast me..lol )

hopefully to see hargreaves and torres in man utd squad

hargreaves n ribery is enough to satistfy me...

n surprise that liverpool gonna buy villa too.. is it true?

This post has been edited by maxizanc: Jan 5 2007, 12:55 AM

owen may be come as man u player... ribery also being targeted by real madrid as well.. not much surpurise as liverpool planning to buy villa... since rafa take over liverpool as a manager, a lot of spain player brought to epl action... livewrpool also need extra striker as well... man u also needed a striker, cannot depend on saha, rooney and solskjaer...

MU got larsson what...anyways really montella going to fulham ah? i thought he is one of Roma's important strikers or am i outdated on the latest happenings in the seria A?

this season roma, rise up and challenging for tittle...may be they hv better striker thn montella....

i only know roma got totti.. anyways which defender you think chelsea will get in the end?richards,andrade or ben haim? i have a feeling it would be andrade cause richards will be too expensive..

Montella is hardly a failure in Serie A actually... he did pretty good so far, scored 6 goals as he only started 7 games + some sub appearances. juz that we're playing a lone striker tactic, n Totti is in slizzling form.

anyway i hereby declare myself to b a Fulham fan for 6 months.

montella that good ar? sorry, noob in seria a. he didnt get into the winning WC2006 squad did he?

if u ask i sure say good. well he did scored more than 130 goals in Serie A so far...

laz season he was injured for most of the season, n was in terrible form.

nothing against montella, but my view is italian strikers can't make it big in EPL. looking at the recent players coming fr italy, sheva, corradi, crespo (espc in 1st season. last season was onli commendable for me). but then again, i hope he proves me wrong as i like fulham's brand of play n respect coleman.

Ribery will be going to Real? I think it depends on Becks and his new contract.
David Villa might join Liverpool, but I doubt that Rafa can raise enough money to get him through the January transfer. I hope we can see him next season tho.
Hargreaves seems unlikely to join Man UTD, but we will never know what that old man fergie can do. He might do a swap for Hargreaves for all we know.

seems like Lucas Neill to Liverpool almost certain, being mention everywhere..

so chelsea wont spend stupid money he say, hmm... how much do u think they will spend during this transfer window? ben haim is most likely to go there.

Hope tat i can c Hargreaves in EPL, Torres as well..
btw..did arsenal had any rumous of buying any playes?

dont think arsenal will buy anyone on Jan.

villa definately wont go liverpool during jan transfer window cause valencia want a lot of money for him..money that even chelsea wont pay..

Liverpool might do with an unknown striker, like Arsenal did last season when they bought Adebayor. with crouch, Bellamy and Kuyt working well together, they might not need Villa this early, but just someone to cover for them. Arsenal or Wenger has stated they do not want any new players, and this might be because too many good youngsters are wanting to play. Diaby and Lauren are also back to the squad.

larsson is just a 3 month loanee
we need a striker with aerial presence so we can diversify the use of our wingers

the sun malaysia today reported that Barca bidded for Ronaldo 40M Euro
40M euro, i won't sell him using euro pricing , according to that report MU have slapped a 70M euro which is not very much IMHO
if im in charge i would put 100M pound come lar if you really want to buy

There was also one Gianluca Vialli. The most successful Italian is arguable Gianfranco Zola. It is my opinion that Montella will do well in his time here as I feel he can adapt to the English game that involves more aerial challenges. He is a good header of the ball and I have a feeling he may just ensure Fulham stay in the Prem this season.

It is highly unlikely but not impossible. Crouch is valued at around $12 million by Newcastle and though both Rafa and Crouch have said he won't be leaving, you never know with the wheeling and dealing that goes on nowadays. Villa will be allowed to leave for around $20+ million or so from what I remember reading, so that's a difference of around $8 million or so. Couple all that with the fact that DIC could be in the picture really soon and are rumoured to provide around $30 million in transfer funds. It also looks like we are interested in signing Masherano who wants to leave the hammers. http://www.westham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=45261

How about this for another rumour eh? Crouch to Juve?
http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=4...n+Juventus+link


I was watching Football Focus the other day and both Shebby and Macca predicted that Becks could well move to Anfield (heavens, no!). The latest news however is that Real will be offering him a 2 year contract so that is some relief to me.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jan 5 2007, 11:29 AM

It's not always just about the money. Nowadays players have the power to determine where they want to go. Reyes for example has always cited he wants to play for Real and jumped at the chance when it arrived. Unless I'm mistaken, I remember reading somewhere that Ronaldo would one day like to play in Spain (it's a much better place to live as well, compared with almost every city in England).

If becks do come to Anfield, it might do us some good though, financially...but not on the pitch

Sorry mate, but I just can't stomach that thought.

lol, neither can I...it's just something that we can't deny at all

Girls, guys....fans of Becks will automatically become fans of Liverpool, will not be impress if the deal does go on...

zola and di canio

arsenal have more selling rumours than buying

Benito Carbone didn't do to bad during his time here either.

we got fowler for cover, no worry. we can still recall sinama or cisse

liverpool dont need villa and beck (no pls), but the thought of having mascherano wasnt really bad. we got so many south american that can help him settle down.

liverpool having mascherano...izzit truee??

i prefer to discuss this in our own team's thread...

No one is stopping you wat

Seems Masherano and Tevez will not be allowed to leave West Ham this season as FIFA rules dictate that no player can move to more than 3 clubs in a season.

man utd may get Gareth Bale, but in order to do so they may let Heinze go to either Milan, Valencia or Bayern

If i'm not mistaken, they can move but they wouldn't be able to play for the club during that same season.

Sorry if i'm wrong though.

edit: saw this somewhere but couldn;t seem to find the article/post anymore..sigh

This post has been edited by ChuChai: Jan 5 2007, 02:45 PM

Let Heinze go ?? u must be out of ur mind... ..

the current squad for Man Utd is good enuff but not big enuff if some injury happen to some players. the bench they hav this season dont hav a player that can change a game. except ole, but his speed is not as fast as last time. the age is catching up with him d.

Boa Morte confirms move



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Cottagers accept John offer



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The bench is not the best looking, but not bad lah.
Park was out injured for 3 months, Smith is still coming back from injury. Ole and Park can change games, and now we have Larsson too. Hopefully can get Hargreaves, if can't, can wait next season. Hope Ribery would be available that time too.

There are reports Madrid just bid 40M Euros for C.Ronaldo.

In their wet dreams.
Wait another 2-3 seasons, it could well happen. But we'll keep him for the time being.

How about Sol Campbell to Chelsea rumour? Chelsea surely needs some center defenders while Sol Campbell is an established one and I think he is ready to sit on the bench if there's more money in his bank each week. Not forget to mention that he will return to London and to be another "icon" there, especially to Arsenal and Spurs fans... after coming back from "foreign" club (he said so when he ask for mutual termination from Arsene Wenger )

I'm quite sure that Sol campbell won't be goin to chelsea anytime in the near future.......

whers stern john going la?NU issit..

Well.. reports said dat Barca rejected an Ronaldo offer from MU before the world cup...i guess they would be regretting it now... so so much ~

you must forget the great from Zola, Gianluca Vialli and Fabrazio Ravenalli in EPL

Zola, Vialli and Ravenalli are great player. They do perform well in EPL and i do hope that Montella can bring the Italian flavour to the EPL.

di canio fair play award winner

yeah, so Italian FW not bad playing in EPL just that players from other countries play in Italy cannot adopt EPL life...don't know why

England and Italy are both very different country. The culture, food and people are different.

Roma got Tavano, hes being a flop since joining Valencia..

Latics land Unsworth

Manchester United finally LAUNCHED the first official bid for Owen Hargreaves ( 35million euros ) .

Javier Mascherano had undergo a medical check-up at Anfield but the transfer may be blocked by fifa as there is a rule says, "a player cannot play for 2 teams in one season as he played for Corinthians and WestHam . A 6 month loan , follow by a permanent deal .

so.. if mascherano come by loan.. he also cant play for liverpool??

source??

is this true? cannot belive it..

yup...cant play..... if he plays, liverpool and him will be in hot water !!
rebelling the rules.....

haha....source is from channel 81 SportsCenter ....

I dun get it y Liverpool keep on buying players since they got tonnes and tonnes of decent and good players in their disposals..pity most of da players tat r not getting much playing time...

not really a January transfer, but i think this is kinda worth knowing :


Figo signs Arabian deal

Luis Figo will leave Internazionale at the end of the season after signing a one-year deal with Al-Ittihad.



More...

This post has been edited by Chrisky: Jan 6 2007, 06:21 AM

Figo himself looks like an Arab for me....hahahaha

i thought figo not going? now he going again..

dude, this worlds all about money, football not excluded

Maybe he'll stay, Inter have a really good chance of winning the Scudetto.

This post has been edited by Soulsareworthless: Jan 6 2007, 03:41 PM

huh?? i dun really get ur point... whos the decent and good player that u mention?? =.=''' and.. tonnes<---- give soem example?

He'll stay until the end of the season, by then the Scudetto is won.
And hey, i'm sure he's gonna be earning alot of retirement money from his new club.

Adol im not a Liverpool fan but i do noe tat they bot alot of players tis season..for instance Bellamy..He's not tat bad actually..He's abit temperamental but tat's all..He's a good footballer and someone who can contribute to da team..Pennant is also a decent player..Its hard to live up to da expectation but u cant expect much from a player who juz came to da club rite?Even Carrick is given da time to adapt to MU's style of play..

In defence Liverpool got Aurelio Agger and some up and coming youngsters..Indeed liverpool is missing a DM wen Sissoko is injured but if they do buy Mascherano den wher's Sissoko gonna play?Even Hamann oso got it hard and play v v little games..

well... i have a strange feeling that heinze is going to join bayern which will take owen hargreaves to ManUtd... that's why SAF go for gareth bale... omg...

well... so far boa morte's deal surprised me... dont really think he will go to west ham... now saying pardew wanted to sell darren bent because he got injured...

what surprise me more is Michael Brown named as new skipper for the cottagers.....just n=been there for 1 season...just like Woodgate for Boro.

we 'los che' like to see villa more than him

After more money offered i guess.

Arab land with sunshine all day long, fat pay check, no need to train so hard.

Ahhhh, paradise, hard to resist indeed.

Actually, Bellamy is the 1st choice striker along Kuyt for now.
Pennant feature more than 3/4 of Liverpool games.
Aurelio injured for 2 months now only fit.
Gonzalez still adjusting to Premier league & feature in more than half of Liv games.
Agger feature more than Hyypia this season, need to say more?
Paletta is the one for future and feature in cup games.
Guthrie being groomed for 1st team with few games in premier league.(oops hes not bought but graduated from academy)

So who did I miss?

Basically all Liv players bought in the summer did feature regularly contrary to ur comment.

Mascherano is a tactical signing. A DM but more cultured footballer than Sissoko hence the interest.

This post has been edited by vreis: Jan 7 2007, 12:06 AM

benitez tends to buy good (not world class, just good) players in quantities. He believes in a big squad set up. If a 1st teamer is injured,or in need of a rest, or just plain rotating when he sees fit, he wants to have an adequate and able replacement.

Imo, I don't see the point in signing Mascherano NOW, with the FIFA ruling and all. If it's in the summer fair enough.

Before tis i was replying to sum1 who asked me to name him few names tat r good and decent players..So tat's y i bring up names such as Bellamy and Pennant..

Well Liverpool did brought quite a few new faces to da team..Its like Chelsea act to have
replacement for every department..Mark Gonzales and Harry kewell on the left..Garcia and Pennant on da right..And Alonso Gerard Sissoko and to an extent Zenden..These are da few example of how equipped Liverpool are..They got so many players in their disposals and and more or less resembles Chelsea..

Tat's y i said tat its a pity for some players who are not getting games since Benitez is playing in a rotation policy..U cant really get da true potential of a player if u dun give them enuff games rite?So i juz feel tat Benitez should offload some players 1st before trying to sign Masherano..Im afraid he wont be able to play much games too..

Cheers mate..

If you look at the injury list and a season schedule, i think as a manager you will like to have as many player as possible.

totally agree... and i dun really see any potential stars in liv currently.. all of the potential stars is 1st team player i could say.. agger, gerrard, alonso , and pennant..

aurelio is out of injury and juz recover back.. kewell? i dun think he is fit to play in this season, hamann?? dude.. go update urself plz ..

when sisokko is injured.. liv have to covered their center by ZENDEN.. come on .. is he a natural center mid? i dun think so ..

I dun think Liverpool has problem with centre midfield..
they have alonso and gerrard..both are very good players.
the problem they have now i think lies in their wing play..
they dun have good wingers..luis garcia is good but not consistent..
mark gonzales..well, mayb trying to adapt to epl, kewell injured again
pennant is so-so..
thats my opinion though

yeappp... so that if liv sign mascherano maybe can move gerrard to ring wing kekeke... and wat if gerrard and alonso injuerd? whos gonna cover them?? i mean if..

Turning into more like a Kops' thread.

i think liverpool need good striker... their midfield are very good..

This post has been edited by nizamhameed: Jan 7 2007, 06:34 PM

lol.. so lets talk about some other's potential transfer maybe?? hmm.. small ronaldo to real madrid?

Probably not now, in the the near future for sure.

small ronaldo to real madrid not possible after his recent performances leh, unless they offer HUGGGEEEE sum of money so that the chairman interfere

I don't think Man Utd will sell Ronaldo to Real Madrid

me too....ask real madrid buy arjen robben la
chelsea also didnt use him in first 11

unless got case where ronaldo bust up against SAF.. just like Beckham's case

This post has been edited by maxizanc: Jan 7 2007, 09:19 PM

Haha ... Ronaldo won't BUST UP against SAF la
unless, he wants to go .... but he won't go now
cos he haven't won anything yet at Man Utd

hard to say lah.. when beckham havent bust up with SAF .. who know this will happeed??

oh ya.. antoher transfer rumours ..is about manager transfer hehe.. chelsea's manager jose is going to replace by hiddick


source : soccernet

MU won't sell C.Ronaldo but Malcolm Glazer surely will, he's a businessman and money talks.

Money talks - but if the board and the manager are on the same wavelength there shoud not be a problem. Surely the board, on the advice of the manager, would hate to see their best players go.

Which brings me to rumoured 'unrest' at Chelsea. If it is true, imo it is because Jose is forced to buy players he didn't really want at an inflated price. Roman and Kenyon might have meddled with Jose's business.

Hahaha.... Seems like u are playing too much of FM2007....

Every clubs do want to keep their best players... but well, nowadays other factors do make a transfer materialise... Just hope its a good factors n not otherwise....

Actually I don't think we have that big a squad. Look at our reserve lineup and you'll notice that only Fowler, Dudek and possibly Warnock feature in the 1st team. The signing of Masherano makes sense to me especially when you consider that Sissoko is out injured as is Zenden. We need immediate cover in the centre as only Gerrard and Alonso are recognised central midfielders. Lucas Neill will provide some much needed backup to Finnan who is our only rightback (though Carra can fill in). Our forwards are also misfiring and we are crying out for a clinical finisher. It is not an issue of whether or not we have players in other positions but more if we can find better ones. Pennant has had only a couple of decent games since signing and Garcia is more of a supporting striker than a right winger, another department we need strengthening in.

This post has been edited by Duke Red: Jan 8 2007, 11:50 AM

Agreed with duke red that pennant is not up to the expectation. He does not defence and not a goal scorer as well. His assist almost all come from his crossing yet his accurancy is not very good although i believe he is one of the player who deliver most crossing in EPL. The quality of crossing is very important becoz of the style liverpool play. I think RB will continue to search for winger at both sides.

might really be that i play too much FM 2007, but it does happen IRL though. Imagine your club in debt and someone offer 100million pounds for your best player. of course u sell right? even if the manager dont want to. XD

maybe, but i just read it from MU site.Valencia, Milan, and Bayern are showing their interest in getting Heinze.With Bale coming in, there's a possibility

I hope SAF wont sell any of the current mayb keiron and silves but not the other. Man Utd need to add in to their squad. so that no matter man utd win the league or not, they will still have a very good and balance squad.

yup, true2.hopefully Mikael will go away, finally..

hello guys,cn i join y`all?

i've heard MU will sign Bojan Krkic - 16 year-old Serbian-Spanish footballer who plays for Barcelona FC in Spain

Krkic has scored 899 Goals, in 7 seasons (1999-2006), which gave him a goal average of 3.5 goals per game! He is currently playing with the Barçelona B team. (2006/2007)

This post has been edited by miccy: Jan 8 2007, 06:38 PM