January Transfer Gossip

everdead.ie

mike65 wrote: »

everdead.ie where did you get that list?

Sorry I should of included it
http://www.epltransferrumors.com/2010-summer-transfers/

Johner

Boselli for Wigan has turned out to be the biggest pile of ****e ever, they spent 7.5million on him, I actually thought he was going to good.

Johner

papagormo wrote: »

I still wish we held on to Stoch, and possibly Ballack for another year.
The bit we seen of Yossi was pretty good I thought.

Yeah agree with you there, was shocked Stoch went.

everdead.ie

Getting close now to January always a bit of excitement even if we won't do much business this January.

lordgoat

papagormo wrote: »

I still wish we held on to Stoch, and possibly Ballack for another year.
The bit we seen of Yossi was pretty good I thought.

TBH if you're missing anyone this season it's Carvalho.

Whippersnapper

As a Liverpool fan, I have zero excitement for the transfer window opening.

Oat23

Whippersnapper wrote: »

As a Liverpool fan, I have zero excitement for the transfer window opening.

If the whispers in Germany are to be believed then you may be getting a certain Dutch winger from us and a ridiculously low price.

slingerz

who's us?

Oat23

Just Contribute

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Huh?

flahavaj

Just Contribute wrote: »

Huh?

The answer's probably in his sig for those that bother to leave them turned on.

Oat23

My bad. Didn't know you could turn sigs off.

The answer is Hamburg and Eljero Elia. Liverpool were linked to him last January and in the Summer. Woy has scouts watching Elia and another one of our wingers(Jonathan Pitroipa).

Just Contribute

flahavaj wrote: »

The answer's probably in his sig for those that bother to leave them turned on.

Apologies. I didn't realise you could turns sigs on. They are off by default.

missingtime

Oatesy23 wrote: »

My bad. Didn't know you could turn sigs off.

The answer is Hamburg and Eljero Elia. Liverpool were linked to him last January and in the Summer. Woy has scouts watching Elia and another one of our wingers(Jonathan Pitroipa).

They any good?

Nailz

Oatesy23 wrote: »

My bad. Didn't know you could turn sigs off.

The answer is Hamburg and Eljero Elia. Liverpool were linked to him last January and in the Summer. Woy has scouts watching Elia and another one of our wingers(Jonathan Pitroipa).

Was thinking that, Elia is a top winger, would be useful in that Liverpool side. Oddly enough first person who popped into my head was Castelen, which wouldn't make sense because he's criminally injury-prone.

Nemanja91

Tbh I couldn't imagine Elia wantng to go to Liverpool or Liverpool being able to afford him

Whippersnapper

Eljero Elia...is he fast and can he cross a ball?

Nailz

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Tbh I couldn't imagine Elia wantng to go to Liverpool or Liverpool being able to afford him

Yeah, nor do think he'll go anywhere till Summer either, if at all this year. I can actually see him fitting in somewhere in Serie A.

karma_

Just Contribute wrote: »

Apologies. I didn't realise you could turns sigs on. They are off by default.

Best place for them in fairness.

monkey9

Nemanja91 wrote: »

Tbh I couldn't imagine Elia wantng to go to Liverpool or Liverpool being able to afford him

Why couldn't we afford him?

Oat23

Nailz wrote: »

Yeah, nor do think he'll go anywhere till Summer either, if at all this year.

It's not a gimme that he's leaving. But he's clearly frustrated that he isn't getting enough gametime and our manager isn't a fan of his. He has said he and his agent will be meeting with the club soon to ''sort it out''. He was asked if he wanted to stay after our game Friday and he said ''I don't know''. Doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.

One thing I do know is if he isn't told he'll be starting more then he'll leave. He'll want to play first team and we will want to sell him before his value goes down again. We could use money.

Nemanja91

monkey9 wrote: »

Why couldn't we afford him?

Well he has 3 and a half years left on his contract and I can't see hamburg letting him go for cheap.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

He'll be going for upwards of 20m. Only 3 teams in the league could afford that (not including Arsenal).

Dr Galen

if he is a 20mill player, why isn't he getting his game?

Oat23

We wont get 20 mil for him. That was the price tag put on him by the club in the summer but nobody would pay it. If he's going to leave next month it'll be for around €14m imo.

And he should be getting a game, he's the best winger we have but he's been unlucky with injuries again this season and 1 or 2 disappointing performances when he came off the bench when he wasn't fully fit has seen him lose his starting place.

Dr Galen

sorry mate, my post looked like I was being a smart arse. Just don't have much more than a passing interest in German football tbh, so genuinely didn't understand how a good player could be left sitting.

sounds like a NESV type player so, someone relatively cheap but soe quality about them, who maybe has lost their way a little. We'll see i suppose. I fear we're gong to be linked with every player out there, which gets real old real quick

Oat23

Dr Galen wrote: »

sorry mate, my post looked like I was being a smart arse. Just don't have much more than a passing interest in German football tbh, so genuinely didn't understand how a good player could be left sitting.

Not at all . Perfectly reasonable question to ask when a player valued at €20m only 4 months ago can't get a game.

everdead.ie

Sky sports understands City are in advanced talks to sign edin Dzeko what are they going to do with all their strikers?

BERBA

everdead.ie wrote: »

Sky sports understands City are in advanced talks to sign edin Dzeko what are they going to do with all their strikers?

got this sneaky feeling 'arry gonna go for adebayor assuming he takes a big pay cut.

karma_

everdead.ie wrote: »

Sky sports understands City are in advanced talks to sign edin Dzeko what are they going to do with all their strikers?

Most of the strikers at City and getting shipped out. Our first choice strikers at this point are Tevez & Balotelli.

everdead.ie

Also Julio Baptista who was strongly linked with spurs has signed for malaga

shano_88

everdead.ie wrote: »

Also Julio Baptista who was strongly linked with spurs has signed for malaga

ye should be happy about that. Hes useless.

AnCapaillMor

shano_88 wrote: »

ye should be happy about that. Hes useless.

Totally agree for a guy who was built like a sh1t brickhouse, he was a total pussy.

Keano

West Ham reported to be interested in Shane Long. If he signs he'll be back in the championship in a few months!

Het-Field

Keano A Legend wrote: »

West Ham reported to be interested in Shane Long. If he signs he'll be back in the championship in a few months!

The deal between the Hammers and Villa for Steve Sidwell is considered to be done.

I think we are building a decent team for our assault on the Championship next year !

amiable

BERBA wrote: »

got this sneaky feeling 'arry gonna go for adebayor assuming he takes a big pay cut.

Why would Arry need to take a pay cut?

slingerz

Liverpool supposedly interested in Carlton Cole.

amiable

slingerz wrote: »

Liverpool supposedly interested in Carlton Cole.

I really hope this is just idle speculation and there's no truth to it.
i wouldn't let him play for liverpool

Keano

amiable wrote: »

I really hope this is just idle speculation and there's no truth to it.
i wouldn't touch him

But would you let him play for Liverpool :P

dahat

slingerz wrote: »

Liverpool supposedly interested in Carlton Cole.

another great mediocre signing for liverpool,just shows what level liverpool are aiming for these days!!!!!!!!!

monkey9

slingerz wrote: »

Liverpool supposedly interested in Carlton Cole.

Stop saying things like that. It makes my eyes bleed!

dsmythy

Carlton Cole? Poor Liverpool. Why are they not having a crack at getting Carroll if they are worried about goals.

Liverpool's main problem is their away form and resilience. Get a couple of guys who are not afraid of a road trip or at the very least get Gerrard fit

RobTheLad

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3322758/Jermaine-Pennant-signs-permanent-deal-with-Stoke.html

according to the sun jermaine pennant has signed for Stoke on a permanent basis

amiable

Ashley Young supposedly Liverpool's top transfer target in January.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/12/30/2282810/liverpool-make-ashley-young-th

How reliable this info is i don't know

Bounty Hunter

amiable wrote: »

Ashley Young supposedly Liverpool's top transfer target in January.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/12/30/2282810/liverpool-make-ashley-young-th

How reliable this info is i don't know

I've always said that Young in January for less than 15m is simply a no go, add to it the fact that that report comes from goal.com and that there only quote is two words long and doesent support the premise of their article i'd say it's not too reliable.

Gerard Houllier, the Aston Villa manager, insists it would take “crazy money” for the Premier League strugglers to sell their prize asset

mike65

Talk of Richard Dunne and Robbie Keane joining Wolves, the former is proabably more plausible than the latter.

amiable

And Randy Lerner is on record as saying things have changed at Villa so just cos GH says Crazy money like 80mill for Young doesn't make it so. I remember Rafa saying Barca would have to pay 50mill for Maschareno and that didn't happen.
In saying all that i don't see Ashley Young being a good enough player to help change things. He's mediocre at best

Bounty Hunter

amiable wrote: »

And Randy Lerner is on record as saying things have changed at Villa so just cos GH says Crazy money like 80mill for Young doesn't make it so. I remember Rafa saying Barca would have to pay 50mill for Maschareno and that didn't happen.
In saying all that i don't see Ashley Young being a good enough player to help change things. He's mediocre at best

the actual quote from Lerner doesent exactley say what your suggesting and nobody is suggesting any kind of figure like those above but the clubs official line as best can be seen as Houlier is being backed and that Young is not for sale, that his contract

article from the guardian about Houlier
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/30/gerard-houllier-randy-lerner-backing

more to the point, from an article about Young and his contract in the birmingham mail:

Houlier wrote:

“Let’s wait and see, at the moment I can tell you that we’ll assess that a bit later on.

“But in the meantime I don’t think he’ll leave in January. I don’t think so.”

Prompted to be more definite, Houllier continued: “He won’t go in January.

“I’ve not spoken to him about it at the moment as he is injured.

“He told us very clearly that he would like to end this season and see what he’ll do and we respect that.

“He knows we hope. The club’s will is to keep him. I’d keep him in until the end of his contract and to keep the club developing. Obviously if someone comes in with crazy money...”

Asked if Villa were bold enough to risk a £20 million-plus-rated player leaving on a free in 18 months’ time, Houllier said: “Am I brave? Yes. Is Mr Lerner brave? Yes, I think so.”

Houllier fully appreciates Young’s value to Villa and has the statistics to support his view that he has been one of Villa’s best, hardest-working players in matches and training this season.

“As far as I’m concerned, since I’ve been here, and I can give you facts, he’s one of the players, if not the one, who’s run more miles in every game,” he said.

“In training I can tell you he puts himself around.

“Why he can do that on the field is because he trains like that all the time. He’s a good trainer and he’s also a good match winner.

“He’s strong and he can withstand physical pressure, I’ve noticed that. He gets fouled, he’s one of the players who gets the most fouls.”

amiable

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

the actual quote from Lerner doesent exactley say what your suggesting and nobody is suggesting any kind of figure like those above but the clubs official line as best can be seen as Houlier is being backed and that Young is not for sale, that his contract

article from the guardian about Houlier
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/30/gerard-houllier-randy-lerner-backing

more to the point, from an article about Young and his contract in the birmingham mail:

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Ashley-Young-not-going-anywhere-says-Aston-Villa-boss-Gerard-Houllier-article632715.html

I think you'll find Houllier was suggesting those type of figures

Bounty Hunter

I meant nobody on here, Houlier is just trying to emphasise that he's not for sale