Summer transfer talk and rumours

jesus_thats_gre

chopperbyrne wrote: »

A midfield pairing of Barry and Ireland with Roubinho working off them will be trouble for any team they play.

I imagine it would be more along the lines of:

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--Robinho

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Ireland

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SWP--

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Barry

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DeJong

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or maybe:

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Robinho

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SWP

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Barry

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Ireland

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DeJong

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rossie1977

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

City are going to end up with a squad of 40 players soon enough.. I am trying to figure out the type of players that they are after.

seems to me they are after all the players utd, liverpool and chelsea want

jesus_thats_gre

Let them do the scouting and just offer more money seems like a reasonable solution

Evil_Clown

This is after appearing in the BBC rumours section:

Former Portsmouth manager and Arsenal legend Tony Adams has admitted on talkSPORT radio that he is close to becoming the new Celtic boss after entering into talks with the club.

WOW, I didn't expect this

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

Let them do the scouting and just offer more money seems like a reasonable solution

Lol good luck with that

JPA

Evil_Clown wrote: »

This is after appearing in the BBC rumours section:



WOW, I didn't expect this

Celtic aren't that stupid are they? Are they?

JPA

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol good luck with that

You misunderstand.

Dave!

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol good luck with that

He meant United, etc., do the scouting, and City offer more money

Tony Adams to Celtic? Jesus H Christ...

Xavi6

Tugay to join City as a coach apparently.

jesus_thats_gre

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol good luck with that

I am saying that that is what City are doing.. Crisis!

Xavi6

jesus_thats_gre wrote: »

I am saying that that is what City are doing.. Crisis!

Yeah sorry my bad, I got it on the re-read.

All the excitement is getting to me

Fenix

SSN reported that he himself said if Wim Jansen was appointed Director of Football or some such, he will get the manager job. In the same report they stated that Wim had no interest in returning to Celtic.

Will be surprised if it's not Martinez.

eagle eye

Sam Allardyce has made his first foray into the summer transfer market wtih the capture of Elrio Van Heerden.

Xavi6

Sorry but who?

(Genuine question)

eagle eye

Elrio Van Heerden, South African International. I put an interview up with Big Sam in the Rovers thread about him. I've also watched some youtube footage, they guy can play anywhere in midfield, but from what I'm getting from Blackburn, Big Sam is hoping he will be challenging for a spot on the left or maybe make himself a place as an attacking midfielder. I don't know much more about him myself either but he is likened by the boss to Pienaar. I will be glued to every Confederations cup game that South Africa play now.

Xavi6

eagle eye wrote: »

Elrio Van Heerden, South African International. I put an interview up with Big Sam in the Rovers thread about him. I've also watched some youtube footage, they guy can play anywhere in midfield, but from what I'm getting from Blackburn, Big Sam is hoping he will be challenging for a spot on the left or maybe make himself a place as an attacking midfielder. I don't know much more about him myself either but he is likened by the boss to Pienaar. I will be glued to every Confederations cup game that South Africa play now.

Careful, that's how Samaras got us.

That_Guy

Looks like Gareth Barry is on his way to Man City.

eagle eye

Its certain now, all the respected sites comfirming it.

bigstar

eagle eye wrote: »

Its certain now, all the respected sites comfirming it.

yep its on mcfc.co.uk too. good signing for us, hopefully more to come.

PHB

Fantastic signing for them, great coup by Hughes, a real statement of intent taking him off a team that is above them in the table

JæKæ

The pool had 18m turned down for him last year,now he's gone to city for 12m.
Worse depreciation than a brand new <insert American car manufacturer name>

Bounty Hunter

JæKæ wrote: »

The pool had 18m turned down for him last year,now he's gone to city for 12m.
Worse depreciation than a brand new <insert American car manufacturer name>

nope Villa wanted 18m last year and turned down 16m i believe. his contract now would be half as long yet Villa still got 2/3 of his valuation from then even though hes older now. Its a good deal for City and Villa (if we can replace him).

also what a deal financially for Barry if what i read on another site is true about a 5yr contract.

£100,000.00 x 52 weeks x 5 yrs =

£26M!

ctrl-alt-delete

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

also what a deal financially for Barry if what i read on another site is true about a 5yr contract.

£100,000.00 x 52 weeks x 5 yrs =

£26M!

Minus 50% tax, provided it remains the same

still a massive amount of money though

ctrl-alt-delete

being reported on Spanish radio that Real have signed Kaka for €65,

this in turn reported by Sky Sports News,

double negative might just make it positive

Mr Alan

65 euro?!

i spent that on a hair cut & shave at the weekend!

bigstar

Mr Alan wrote: »

65 euro?!

i spent that on a hair cut & shave at the weekend!

€65 on a haircut and shave! and you think city are wasteful with their money

Chucky the tree

Mr Alan wrote: »

65 euro?!

i spent that on a hair cut & shave at the weekend!

You spent €65 on a haircut and shave? Wtf? Name change to Mrs Alan imo.

Mr Alan

also got a head massage & upper body massage, but this a little off topic!

which reminds me.....

ctrl-alt-delete

Mr Alan wrote: »

65 euro?!

i spent that on a hair cut & shave at the weekend!

I think it's safe to rule the possibility of both of those out,

sorry forgot the million part. easy mistake, sure bankers do it every day.

Mr.Nice Guy

Great signing for Man City. I can't help but feel Villa should have held out for more though.

Highsider

Ah yes Gareth Barry. The man who said he wanted to leave Villa for Champions league football and then signs for Man City. Also lol at Villa selling one of their top players to a direct rival for 4th,5th,6th place next season :pac:

eagle eye

Highsider wrote: »

Ah yes Gareth Barry. The man who said he wanted to leave Villa for Champions league football and then signs for Man City. Also lol at Villa selling one of their top players to a direct rival for 4th,5th,6th place next season :pac:

So you are saying that there is no chance that City can actually jump into contention next season even with all their megabucks? Is that right?

mayordenis

eagle eye wrote: »

So you are saying that there is no chance that City can actually jump into contention next season even with all their megabucks? Is that right?

You tell ;em eagle eye, he's a loose cannon with everything to prove but your setting the record straight, pew pew.


I don't think anyone is saying that - but based on this year where Villa looked in contention for champions league football, they are not a poor club either you may or may not know. Oh and they actually will be playing in Europe this coming season.

eagle eye

mayordenis wrote: »

You tell ;em eagle eye, he's a loose cannon with everything to prove but your setting the record straight, pew pew.


I don't think anyone is saying that - but based on this year where Villa looked in contention for champions league football, they are not a poor club either you may or may not know. Oh and they actually will be playing in Europe this coming season.

I didn't tell anybody anything, I just asked questions.

My own thoughts are that they need a top notch CB and cover, another holding mid for cover and Tevez. That would do it imo. Some people are talking about an out and out goalscorer, they don't really need that if they get Tevez, between him and Robinho they would rip defences apart and Ireland as well.

Mr Alan

has a club ever gone from midtable to contending for the league in one year?

eagle eye

Mr Alan wrote: »

has a club ever gone from midtable to contending for the league in one year?

Yes

Fromvert

eagle eye wrote: »

Yes

Who?

GuanYin

Fromvert wrote: »

Who?

Arsenal?

eagle eye

Fromvert wrote: »

Who?

Loads of them, most recent would be Newcastle. Aston Villa comes to mind.

Mr Alan

a quick look at premierleague.com would show that Newcastle actually came third 2 seasons before they challenged for the league.

eagle eye

Mr Alan wrote: »

a quick look at premierleague.com would show that Newcastle actually came third 2 seasons before they challenged for the league.

You asked a question and you got a good answer. They also finished third on their first season in the Premier League after being promoted the season before.

GuanYin

Season 1992-93
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 84 Pts
10. Arsenal 56 Pts

Season 1993-94
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 92 Pts
4. Arsenal 71 Pts

Season 1994-95
1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 89 Pts
12 Arsenal 51 Pts

Season 1995-96
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 82
5. Arsenal 63

Season 1996-97
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 75
2. Newcastle United 68
3. Arsenal 68

Thanx 4 The Fish

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

nope Villa wanted 18m last year and turned down 16m i believe. his contract now would be half as long yet Villa still got 2/3 of his valuation from then even though hes older now. Its a good deal for City and Villa (if we can replace him).

also what a deal financially for Barry if what i read on another site is true about a 5yr contract.

£100,000.00 x 52 weeks x 5 yrs =

£26M!

And stick half of that on Tax.

13 mill is still a decent amount.

Fromvert

GuanYin wrote: »

Season 1992-93
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 84 Pts
10. Arsenal 56 Pts

Season 1993-94
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 92 Pts
4. Arsenal 71 Pts
Thats hardly challenging for the league

Season 1994-95
1 BLACKBURN ROVERS 89 Pts
12 Arsenal 51 Pts

Season 1995-96
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 82
5. Arsenal 63
Either is that

Season 1996-97
1. MANCHESTER UNITED 75
2. Newcastle United 68
3. Arsenal 68

Where did Newcastle finish the season before this?

mike65

I forgot how sh1te Arsenal were during Grahams last few years and before Wenger

everdead.ie

I think its a bit unreasonableto expect them to win the leaguewith all the new players the team will take time to gel but they would need to be challanging for the top four which spurs did went from 10 to 5th missing out on final day of the season to early to make any predictions imo tho

Fromvert

Going from 10th to 5th is not that much, but to go from 10th to 2nd and id say within 5 points of the champions takes a lot.

Baggly

Alot.....

Something which our Arab friends have....

mike65

They can't turn Sparky into Del Bosque/Fergerson/Jose

Fromvert

Yeah but they still dont have the pulling power required to get the top quality player required to win the league. Imo it will take them another season before we see City break/challenge the top 4.