January transfer window thread

klose

Yes that time of year again where clubs can supplement their teams is nearly upon us, usually a much quieter window than the summer one but thought it deserved a thread of its own.
Few done deals already in the premier league already despite the window not officially opening till january 1st.

https://twitter.com/swansofficial/status/547391133471752192

https://twitter.com/southamptonfc/status/547481552222162944

In europe dortmund have already agreed a deal to sign kampl and atletico are very much rumoured to be taking torres off milan in a swap deal for cerci who has not lived up to expectations thus far.

As a liverpool fan id love a goalkeeper who can goalkeep and a striker that can score goals, not too much to ask for?
Who is on yer transfer wishlist?

Talib Fiasco

Elia is a good signing. Looking forward to seeing his trickery in the league.

DeAndre Yedlin is now joining Spurs as well after the summer deal. Smashing pull for Spurs, he's gonna have a fantastic career.

From a City point of view, a striker would be great. If the David Villa deal came through I'd be happy enough considering FFP and all that. Expecting a quite window before a massive summer spend.

BMJD

Neto and Jackson Martinez to Liverpool please. Benzema too but that's just crazy talk.

GavRedKing

Chelsea

In - nobody i can think of. Barring a serious injury or two.

Out - Salah on loan maybe
Cech too, if he wants it.

Harry Palmr

Keeper of the Goals and a Scorer of the goals thank you

klose

Torres signing permanently for Milan despite only being a quarter way through his 2 year loan and having only scored once
https://twitter.com/chelseafc/status/548909438648979456

Plays in with Milan looking to fob Torres off to atleti to get cerci?

Ulysses Gaze

klose wrote: »

Torres signing permanently for Milan despite only being a quarter way through his 2 year loan and having only scored once
https://twitter.com/chelseafc/status/548909438648979456

Plays in with Milan looking to fob Torres off to atleti to get cerci?

The only reason I could see for that deal.

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/CheGiaevara/status/548891067698122752

pudzey101

cavani to arsenal

greendom

pudzey101 wrote: »

cavani to arsenal

Can't see it happen. Would be fun if it did.

Cantona's Collars

Moyes wants Januzaj,Can & Charlie Adam on loan at Sociedad.

Harry Palmr

Can? as in Emre Can? he can feck off.

Ulysses Gaze

pudzey101 wrote: »

cavani to arsenal

They don't need a striker.

What they need is a centre-back and defensive midfielder.

For the price they'd spend on Cavani they could buy Ezequiel Garay from Zenit and Khedira from Real Madrid.

Cantona's Collars

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Can? as in Emre Can? he can feck off.

Seems like Can Can't,is it 4 games he's featured in since signing despite the "Gerrard Dilemma".

It's odd that Rodgers won't play him.

Harry Palmr

Still wouldn't loan him.

rob316

zerks wrote: »

Moyes wants Januzaj,Can & Charlie Adam on loan at Sociedad.

Emre can? No way will that happen.

greendom

Arsenal apparently interested in St Étienne's Perrin. The Carvahlo talk has resurfaced too with Arsenal supposedly making a 20m bid.

Also Khedira has not made his future plans clear to Real Madrid. Sounds like he wants to run down his contract.

LostBoy101

rob316 wrote: »

Emre can? No way will that happen.

To be honest if Gerard is going to be ahead of him in the pecking order then the loan would be a good chance to prove Rodgers wrong. I don't see him featuring much this season.

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/TeleFootball/status/549332070036938752

Aenaes

Dammit, I really like Podolski.

LostBoy101

Torres back to Athletico Madrid on loan as expected.

pmasterson95

Nick Powell loan being terminated by Leicester. United set to send him out to Championship for rest of season.

Corholio

Zarate on loan to QPR from West Ham

IncognitoMan

If podolski did join inter could he play in the europa league or would he be cup tied from the champions league?

klose

IncognitoMan wrote: »

If podolski did join inter could he play in the europa league or would he be cup tied from the champions league?

Don't think he can, I remember when Liverpool bought sturridge off Chelsea in January he could not play v zenit in the last 32 game as he played cl with Chelsea that season.

Liam O

Think you can register 1 player provided it's not the same competition they played in, could have been changed though.

DenMan

Podolski won't be leaving Arsenal for Inter according to Wenger!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30634351

klose

Enzo perez from benfica to valencia for 25 million, really nice squad they've built since their new owner came in.

DVDM93

zerks wrote: »

Moyes wants Januzaj,Can & Charlie Adam on loan at Sociedad.

The only Can he'll be getting is a Can of Dutch Gold. Stay away Moyesy.

Godot.

Wonder if any panicking bottom of the table Premier League clubs will buy Daryl Murphy. 17 goals already for Ipswich this season :eek:

Will I Amnt

DVDM93 wrote: »

The only Can he'll be getting is a Can of Dutch Gold. Stay away Moyesy.

Ah jaysus, that's bad; really bad. Go and have a word with yourself.

DVDM93

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Ah jaysus, that's bad; really bad. Go and have a word with yourself.

Boards

Oat23

Maybe this has been discussed and I missed it. But Qatari club Al-Arabi seem to be employing a strange transfer policy that I hope doesn't take off among other rich teams in countries players don't want to play in. There is a group of investors involved in the club whose sole aim is to profit on transfers. They are signing young players and loaning them out immediately to clubs in big leagues for a loan fee, hoping that the player performs well and can also be sold on for a transfer profit later on.

The first player signed is Maxime Lestienne (22), a young Belgian player who they signed from Club Brugge in the summer for €10m. He was loaned out to Genoa in Serie A the day after they bought him. Lestienne was being chased by AC Milan before Al-Arabi offered €10m.

Second player signed is Nigerian striker Imoh Ezekiel (21) who joined for €8m from Standard Liege in the summer too. His case is a bit different as he is currently playing in Qatar. Some Belgian papers suggested that he might play there for 2 years to gain citizenship.

Third player signed is Paul-Jose M'Poku (22), who will be signed this month from Standard Liege. The transfer was supposed to happen in the summer for €8m, but they could not find a club to loan him out to so it was called off. They are attempting to find him a club in Italy or Germany this month.

They are all supposedly on salaries of €2.5m per year. They all came from the Belgian league where the average annual salary is around €0.4m.

cson

That's not a new phenomenon though - there's always been 3rd party ownership particularly in South America where the end goal is the same; profit on transfers.

It's an interesting take on the concept; probably sailing close to the wind of trafficking! But from a business point of view; I think its creative albeit very very risky given the sums of money involved.

klose

Podolski pretty much confirmed to inter now

https://twitter.com/inter_en/status/551122639310577666

marklazarcovic

DenMan wrote: »

Podolski won't be leaving Arsenal for Inter according to Wenger!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30634351

klose wrote: »

Podolski pretty much confirmed to inter now

https://twitter.com/inter_en/status/551122639310577666

keeponhurling

Kevin Doyle to Arsenal to provide cover

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/550982583912509440

8-10

keeponhurling wrote: »

Kevin Doyle to Arsenal to provide cover

Huh? This real?

Nalz

8-10 wrote: »

Huh? This real?

Surely not.... Daryl Murphy would be a better bet anyways :pac:

8-10

Trilla wrote: »

Surely not.... Daryl Murphy would be a better bet anyways :pac:

They've made worse Jan transfers for cover...Kim Kallstrom comes to mind.

Agent Coulson

Cavani has been told he can leave PSG..

The French club have told Cavani he is free to leave at the end of the season after being left out of Laurent Blanc's winter training camp in Marrakech.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/549869/Edinson-Cavani-Arsenal-Man-Utd-Liverpool-Chelsea-PSG-Summer-Deal

January bids coming from Premier League clubs I would guess.

rob316

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cavani has been told he can leave PSG..



http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/549869/Edinson-Cavani-Arsenal-Man-Utd-Liverpool-Chelsea-PSG-Summer-Deal

January bids coming from Premier League clubs I would guess.

£62m that article says, no way would anyone pay that

marklazarcovic

honestly ive never been impressed by cavani,for club or country..good player yes,great ,no way

Harry Palmr

Cavani has ridiculous cheekbones and terrible hair. Wont fit at Liverpool.

DenMan

Hatem Ben Arfa on his way to Nice!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30665531

extra gravy

DenMan wrote: »

Hatem Ben Arfa on his way to Nice!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30665531

Every time I see his name now, it just reminds me of this

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/8926544/premier-league-newcastle-forward-hatem-ben-arfa-believes-he-can-win-ballon-dor

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/MessiMinutes/status/551329874196320256

Cantona's Collars

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/551458113329848320

theoneeyedman

zerks wrote: »

https://twitter.com/MessiMinutes/status/551329874196320256

In that picture, he looks like a bastard son on David Ginola:)

Guy:Incognito

zerks wrote: »

https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/551458113329848320

I figured Sam might go along with the "don't touch it, don't touch it, jesus don't touch it or it'll fall apart" approach for the rest of the season with the squad.:)