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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Transfer GossipThis is a page for any rumours or even transfers that have or are about to happen. Don't say, Aston Villa are close to signing Ronaldinho, cos there not.Gareth Bale has moved to Spurs. Now all they need is another left winger or a central midfielder to be almost as good as Liverpool. Liverpool have signed Dimitar Berbatov's old strike partner from Bayern Levshken. Andriy Icantspellit I apparently Robbie Fowler's replacement. Nani is a target for Man U, but Aresenal and Liverpool are also after him. Tottenham see him as the left winger I mentioned. United are also closing in on Owen Hargreaves for the 30,674th time Chelsea beat... everyone to sign Steve Sidwell from Reading. Something-or-other Cisse (neither Djrbril or the old Pompey one) as signed for the royals, but is not a direct replacemnt. Man City and newcaslte are being taken over. Aresenal have signed some young goalkeeper, i belive he's called Luis Fabwinkski but i might be wrong. |
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| u1bd2005 |
Well Ive heard quite a bit about Beckham coming on loan to Newcastle. 
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
From LA Galaxy? They'd never do it... would they? | ||||||||
| hez |
luke youngs goin to west ham, hermanators goin to pompey, bent looks set to go to either tottenham, west ham or liverpool (probably liverpool coz my frends dad works with bents dad in a post office). | ||||||||
| Nadji |
Theres a lot of rumors floating around Anfield as a result of Gillet and Hicks backing Rafa plans.
Rafa is after 2 more midfielders with creativity: Rafael Van Der Vaart may be one. He will be available for very cheap money–around 8mil and he will replace the Spain–bound Luis Garcia who Benitez feels isn't one of the players who can pull it off every week. Previously, Rafa has dealt with his inconsistency, but with funds, Luis will be replaced. The other midfielder Benitez is looking at is Daniel Alves who will compete with Pennant but can also fill in at right back. He will cost in the region of 15mil Rafa plans to sign 2 strikers (as well as Voronin) Carlos Tevez is said to be a chance coming in and Liverpool will should spash out 25mil to get him. Eto'o is also on the list, but is less likely then Tevez in my opinion. Torres's name has also been floating around as well as possibly Michael Owen. Which should set the reds back around 17 and 9 Mil respectively. Other names circulating for that illusive spot up front are David Villa (unlikely) and Bent. Rafa backs his defense so I believe only one defender will arrive. This will be Gabriel Milito for around 13mil. Although Rafa trusts Agger, he feels in some matches he is going to struggle. Milito will also provide excellent cover and will push for first team, unlike Hyypia. Riise may be leaving for the right price. I'm not saying this is concrete as this is mostly rumors and hear say, especially with some of Rafa's signings in the past anything could happen. But this is the "Transfer Rumors" topic and I see my predictions as Educated Speculation. |
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| u1bd2005 |
It is rumoured that it will happen in january as LA Galaxy have a big season break, and Beckham has admitted that he doubts he would be able to keep his fitness for the England squad without playing matches now that he has been recalled. so it is rumoured to be a loan of about 3 months during LA Galaxy's season break. |
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| DanTheGunner |
Hmmm a few interesting ones for Liverpool there, Van der Vaart would be a very good buy for them, Tevez too. David Villa is outta their price range i reckon, only Chelsea could afford him.
I think/am hearing Man Utd are going to try to sign Torres, but they will need a massive amount of cash AND make him leave cause he wants to stay at Atletico for life Oh and Henry is supposedly going to Barcelona  . Well if they do sign him, Eto'o is coming to the EPL i think
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| Nadji |
I wouldn't worry about Henry, but I think Eto'o will be leaving Barca regardless. Villa has a massive release clause and is probably even out of Chelski's price range. |
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| hottntott |
As I understand it, Beckham will have time to spend in the Premiership each season, as the US season is short, and he is likely to turn out for Tottenham because it is near his Hertfordshire home. Arsenal are also interested. The great scandinavian striker did the same for Man U this season. | That's the model. So Beckham would be both very fit and also very sharp. And it seems that Ferguson still covets Berbatov. Crouch to tottenham? We must keep The Berb! Tottenham big need is still a real good stopper centre back, to free up Ledley. I had hoped they would have gone for Woodgate, my favourite. For clubs like Tottenham I see rotation as the big problem. Players want to play. Just look at poor Defoe's situation. We are not seeing the best of him, so why on earth are Tottenham closing in on Michael Owen? |
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| u1bd2005 |
I don't know what Liverpool Supporters will make of this rumour but...
I use a site which usually has very reliable sources as well. |
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| DanTheGunner |
Yeah ive been hearing that, plus if they sell Crouch and Bellamy they could make a bid of Villa or Torres 
O'Neill seems to want Bellamy at Villa so they can go for a European spot |
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| Nadji |
'Rafa told me I won't be sold' - Crouch
Looks like Crouchy is staying at Anfield. Source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=434425&cc=3436 |
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| hottntott |
I don't know why any team would want to sell crouch. he is great on anyone's bench, the worst way. Like him or not, he is goals. | ||||||||
| Nadji |
Thats right, he's also quite versatile and has been the center of many of Rafa's strategies. The tall player always has the advantage in the air and you don't get much taller then Peter. | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
Agreed, ive dissed Crouch heaps in the past, but i now think hes a pretty handy striker. Liverpool should get rid of Bellamy, hes Hey look, the swear filter works.......he can run pretty fast, thats about it . They need a world class striker, and if they spend big they'll prolly get one. Someone quick to run onto Crouch headers would be good lol
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| philiam111 |
chelsea also wants tevez ,villa and i think that chelsea can afford villa!!~! | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Crouch is actually rubbish in the air compared to most players in the premiership, which for the tallest player is something...
philiam, chelsea can't afford villa or tevez unless they sack mourinho. Roman isn't prepared to spend big on him, but if say Hiddink came in, the sky's the limit... |
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| DanTheGunner |
DEAR LORD!
Manchester United have scored a major summer transfer coup by swooping for highly-rated Portugal-based duo Anderson and Nani. From Soccernet, so its a proper source That bad for every other team in the EPL, both these players are future superstars :S. Fees are agreed, only personal terms remain, but I doubt the players will say no |
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| DanTheGunner |
Villa has a 100 million pound release cause, NO player is worth 100 mill, u could buy like 4 guns for that lol |
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| hottntott |
StevieC - say what you like - but if the ball is in the air, you want crouch in the box. | ||||||||
| philiam111 |
i know but valencia are gonna sell him cheaper i think | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Nani, anderson, rooney, ronaldo. Help.
Valencia will not sell villa for less than 40 million pounds. Chelsea's budget is 20 million. End of. |
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| DanTheGunner |
exactly what i was saying stevieC, EPL defences are in major trouble now, arsenal's especially, lol Villa wont go to Chelsea, unless they get rid of Shev. No point having him Drogba and Shev competing for (usually) for a sole striking spot |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Usually 2 this season actually, since they got sheva they've played 4-4-2 and drogba's had more room to score (he's no longer double marked) | ||||||||
| hottntott |
mr Bench will be their problem. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Tell sheva he's getting on and can only be used effectivly as a sub. He'll aggree, they're paying him something like £120,000 a week to do nothing
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| u1bd2005 |
Latest news is Joey Barton linked with Newcastle, I just heard it on the news. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
He's had a medical and viduka will proberbly move there too. | ||||||||
| Nadji |
Both of them will make their way to the magpies. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Viduka isn't certain to go but proberbale, Barton has, it just needs confirmation from Man City that he's offically left. | ||||||||
| warrior |
liverpool have put a bid in for samuel Eto | ||||||||
| warrior |
west ham have put a bid in for andy johnson | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Marlon Harewood is leaving West Ham on a free. | ||||||||
| cjj141092 |
parker has signed 4 west ham! | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Reo- coker is proberbly going to Aston Villa, which may mean Gavin McCann goes to Man City and complete the circle of transfers (Barton to Tonn, Parker to West Ham, Reo-Coker to Villa, McCann to City) | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
Ribery just signed for Bayern Munich, bad for arsenal
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| hez |
i know most of you really dont care about this but charlton have signed leister city defender patrick mccarthy for £650,000 and we're getting chris perry back on a free i think. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Barton's moves is OFF for now because he's demanding City pay him some sort of loyalty bonus. Bad for newcastle, sold parker and havn't got the replacement yet. | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
loyalty bonus? wtf? i dont like him anyway, hes bound to get into more fights at newcastle lol. i think he'd be a bad move for them | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Just imagine if they hadn't sold Bowyer yet, or if they buy Bellamy back! Barton, Bowyer and Bellamy. | ||||||||
| sneddon_1000 |
Manchester United are being linked with Standard Liege youngster Marouane Fellaini.
The 18 year-old Moroccan-born midfielder will be watched by United manager Sir Alex Ferguson for Belgium's U21 European Championships semifinal against Serbia on Wednesday. Fellaini's agent revealed today that a major European club is preparing a bid for the youngster. |
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| sneddon_1000 |
Apparently sunderland want forlan lmao, hesaid "It's not only Liverpool who've asked about signing me. In January, I rejected a loan move to Sunderland. I also know another Premier League club is asking about my availability. "I've signed a new deal with Villarreal and they have an exit clause of around £15million in my contract." now thats funny | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
THIERRY hENRY IS NEAR TO SIGNING FOR BARCA
even henry himself has addmited it. What an impact mr dein's departure has had. |
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| cjj141092 |
yep stevie is rite! £16,000,000
but the funny fing is dats less den bent is gonna go 2 tottenham 4! lol |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Yeah but Bent's young and Henry's old. | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
Get over Bent already, lol
Arsenal are screwed lol . Wenger will go to Real Madrid, and Fabregas will follow .
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Rosicky might be better this season, look at drogba, Essien and even Henry himself, players take time to settle. Same for Ballack and Sheva. | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
Yeah lol i agree with that, seems EPL players take a year to fire up. But even a fired-up Rosicky cant replace Henry, we need a world class striker. Maybe Trezeguet....... | ||||||||
| Nadji |
Trezeguet re-signed (3 years) with Juve, 2 weeks after saying he was sick of them. |
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| DanTheGunner |
hahaha really? what a tool. ah well. looks like we are gonna get no-one then. unless Arsenal decide to SPEND. but i dont see that happening | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Over here, anelka, Owen and Martins are being suggested. Hard to see Anelka bought back and Martins isn't that great, but Owen is a definate maybe.
Also today, on the back pages of most of the tabloids (The Sun, The mail, The Mirror etc): Barca bid £15milllion for Fabregas/ Barca to Faregas: You're next/Real and Barca make £14 million cesc bid etc |
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| DanTheGunner |
I doubt Wenger would go for Owen, supposedly he likes Martins though. Eto'o is still a possibility though.
And about Fabregas, i doubt Barca will bid, they just bought Yaya Toure. DUnno bout Real though, its a definite possibility
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Why do you not think he'll go for Owen? He's English and more famous than Martins (more shirt sales) and his release clause is lower (Owen £9 mil, Martins £11/12000000) | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
You said it there, hes English, and i dont think Wenger has a love of English players lol (not including Walcott)
In other news, Liverpool are supposedly closer to signing Fernando Torres for around £25 mill |
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| Nadji |
I hope those Torres reports are true although theres been some conflicting news about him. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Hang on, I can fill you in some more. On Monday (I think) Athletico said they'd do it for Crouch plus cash. Then on Tuesday, Liverpool said that they'd do Bellamy plus cash. On Wednesday, Athletico Madrid fans threatened to cause a riot. Can't blame them, Torres, Rodriges (spelling) and Aguero are they're only decent players.
Cole and Campbell and Hoyte and Walcott have all been English, obviously Wenger prefers French (Henry, Viera, Pires, Wiltord, Anelka, Flamini, Almunia?, Clichy, Aliladiler, and Ribery and Trezguet that he's been linked to) |
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| Mike EFC |
i hope Torres screws Liverpool.
We(Everton) really need a new center back. Phil Jagielka would be the perfect signing. I'd love to see Manny Fernandes again but I somewhat doubt it. |
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| DanTheGunner |
Agreed Liverpool are w****rs, he should go to a good team that plays ATTACKING football, not "the long ball" team, lol. So Arsenal (lol we're poor) or Man Utd would be a good choice. I really doubt he'd move to another Spainsh club, hed be shot. I been hearing that EVerton want Jagielka, supposedly Sheff Utd (i think they're his team) wanted £4.5 mill for him, and Everton said no but im not sure And Soccernet is saying that Spurs and Charlton have agreed a fee of £16.5 million, lmao. Fools Also, Tevez has rejected a move to Inter Milan. Interesting that Edited by u1bd2005: please dont swear, thank you |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Soccernet speaks the truth.
Phil Jagielka is a midfielder that can play in defence. If you need a new defender, it's not him. He's pretty poor anyway (I';d say that no matter how good he was )
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Right, quick update.
Birmingham just signed some uncapped Brazilian defender Aresenal signed Ecuardo da Costa and Luis Fabwinski, plus someone else who's name I forgot. Jagielka has signed for Everton. Fulham want Dimansy and Henri Carmara West Ham have offered £10 million plus Benyon for Cisse and Bellamy. Cisse's not going there though so they change the deal to £8 million (no Benyaoun) And the biggest shock since Tevez and Mahrano
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| mangers boy |
Do west ham fans think tevez will leave | ||||||||
| u1bd2005 |
Im just going to post a message on a West Ham forum now, ill let you know some west hame fans views in a bit (maybe a day or two) not sure exactly how long though. |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
I think it's likely, but they're in big trouble. Joobrican will sue them if they don't sell him, the Preiership will relagate them if they do and pay Joobrican, if they sell him but don't pay joobrican then he'll sue. No win situation. | ||||||||
| u1bd2005 |
ok, quite quick (but stupid) replies from some of the west ham fans when I asked them if they thought tevez would leave.
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
1. Yes 2. I know one that can't 3. Drogba |
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| cjj141092 |
djibril cisse has gone 2 marseille n bellamy is on the verge of signin 4 west ham!!!
so tevez is almost defo gone as bellamy will b his replacement |
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| u1bd2005 |
Raul and Deco could be coming to Newcastle
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| hez |
i think deco might go as he wants to leave barcelona and says he wants to play in england. i dont see the point of raul hes too old. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
I saw that in the paper. Great players them. Don't see why Deco or Raul would want to leave, unless Barca sign Lampard. Then Deco would be third choice or less behind Xaxi, Lampard and maybe Ininesta and Marquez | ||||||||
| DanTheGunner |
The new manager Schuster said that Raul is staying, id highly doubt he'd move anyway, hes their damn captain........plus why would he make such a step down to Newcastle, lol, jks | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Raul is Real born and bred, he'll retire before he leaves them. Then he'll become manager
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| DanTheGunner |
LOL agreed About Deco though, I wouldnt be surprised if he left, but it does depend on the Lampard situation. Last time I heard, Lamps rejected a new contract, but i dont know if they offered him a new one. Any updates on that? |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
No, not yet, but Robben rejected his too. Real are pursuiting him but Mourinho says he won't let him go.
Also, for anyone that didn't notice, Chelsea have signed Florent Malouda. Someone at school said something about Reading signing a Newcastle defender. Now I'm even more scared than when Man U signed Nani and Anderson 
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Fowler is in talks with Sydney.
Liverpool have signed Benayoun and Babel. Reading are not signing a Newcastle defender, thank God. Lee Mculloc has gone to Rangers Fulham have, in the past few days, signed Aaron Hughes, Steven Davies, Diomansy Camara and today someone else. Aresenal have signed that defender from Auxerre |
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| cjj141092 |
sagna |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
That's him.
The Tevez saga is continuing. There is a way around the trouble they're in. Fulham are trying to sign Cook. They here that he'll be playing for England regualy and nearly got in the World Cup squad. They don't know that that is Alistar Cook, the cricker. Tehy are siugning Lee Cook, the 6th best winger in the Championship iun 2005-6 |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Jason Koumas signed for Wigan.
Reading have been linked to a River Plate defneder, Gergo or something. This is the only bad thing about Coppell, he always signs defenders, paticuarly centre backs. At the moment we've got Ingarmarsson, Sonko, Bikey (Bee-kay), Mate (Mat-ay), Sodje, Dubery and Bennet, all signed by Coppell. He's also signed left-back Golbourne, rb/cb John Halls, and de la "your-not -useless-anymore" Cruz. Then There's Murty and shorey, plus teh youngsters, and he's bought and sold Martin Keown, Greg Halford... I'll shut up. |
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| StevieCoppellisaGod |
It's back!
Signings completed: Luka Modric (Spurs, £16.5m) Jose Botswinga (Chelsea, £16.5m) John Bostock (Spurs, £1m) Some rubbish Italian left back (Liverpool, £1.5m) There are others but I can't recall them. High profile players to be released: Carlos Bocnegra, Mark Schwarzer, Fabio Rochemback, Antti Niemi Manergerial changes: Avram Grant sacked along with assistant Henk ten Cate. Rumours: Leroy Lita to Hull, £2-8m (sorry, a stray "m" sneaked in there) Stephen Hunt to Sunderland, £5-10m David Villa to Chelsea, up to £38 million Sergio Ramos to Chelsea, up to £50 million Igor Akinfeev to Man U, up to £30m Wilson Palacios and Antonio Valencia to Man U, up to £11m for the pair (6+5) Samir Nasri to Arsenal, up to £16 million Nicky Shorey to Newcastle, Villa, or West Ham: £5-7 million Dimitar Berbatov to Man U, £20-40m John Mensah to Portsmouth, £2-6m Frank Lampard to Inter, up to £45 million (world transfer record, breaking Zidane's £44.6m) Jo to Man City, Spurs, Everton, Newcastle, 'boro, Villa, West Ham, Pompey, up to £23m (think we could see more due to a bidding war!) I know you lot are unlikely to care, but Michael Kightley to Reading, £1.5m |
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| Mike EFC |
Everton, Spurs and Roma chasing Joaquin | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
Interesting. He'd be a good player for Everton or Spurs, but I don't think Roma need him, they've got Mancini Deco to Spurs, Newcastle, Inter or Roma, with Porto as an option if he can't agree terms. Brian McBride to the MLS. |
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| Mike EFC |
Also Moyes has been watching Michael Bradley, who played for the USA against England on Wednesday. He has also said he would like a move to Everton. According to some sources Everton and Liverpool are battling for Michael Johnson who has a 10m price tag. Another one is James Milner who could be on his way to Everton for 5m. And also Real Madrid have apparently offered Man Utd 50m Segio Ramos, Robinho and Diarra for Cristiano Ronaldo. | ||||||||
| StevieCoppellisaGod |
I've heard that Blackburn will go for Milner if Liverpool get Bentley.
Man City Special Richard Dunne is going to every club in the Premiership. Micah Richards is fancied by Chelsea and Man U. Liverpool, Everton, and possibly Newcastle want Michael Johnson. Stephen Ireland is a target for Fulham, who will pay £4m Bolton are going for Geovanni, who has struggled with injuries, due to the fact that they have no strikers. Milan want Corluka, but will face competion from Barcelona, who will go for Vedran if they can't get Phillip Lahm (Bayern) or Alves (Sevilla). Real also like him and see him as an ideal replacement for Sergio Ramos. Elano will go to Chelsea- but only if they get Scolari as manager- for a fee of up to £7m. Martin Petrov may join fellow Bulgarian dimitar Berbatov at Spurs, who stilll need a left footed left winger. They have been after Petrov for 2 years. They could also bid for Joe Hart if they don't get Oscar Ustari or Carlos Kameni. Franco Ochoa is another target. And finally, Thaksin is set to appoint Sam Allerdyce as manager! (I made that up) |
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