May 29, 200619 yr David Someil was missed off the Man City list... Surprised about N'Gotty going. He was one of their best players!
May 30, 200619 yr Author Tuesday Update: England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson will play Steven Gerrard in an advanced role behind Michael Owen in Tuesday's friendly against Hungary. (Various) Meanwhile, Eriksson is to deploy Jamie Carragher in a holding role in front of the defence. (Various) Michael Owen will play the full match against Hungary after a minor thigh strain. (Various) Germany keeper Jens Lehmann is being used to assess the threat of Arsenal team-mate Theo Walcott. (Various) England's World Cup referee Graham Poll says he responds to abusive footballers - by being abusive in return. (The Sun) Holland coach Marco van Basten has told Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to move to AC Milan to revive his career. (Various) Carlos Sainz will base his Real Madrid presidency bid on a pledge to bring in Arsene Wenger as coach. (Various) Manchester United are going to enter the race to sign Marseille winger Franck Ribery. (Various) Wigan are lining up a £3m move for Birmingham striker Emile Heskey after missing out on signing England striker Andy Johnson. (Various) Birmingham boss Steve Bruce is ready to pay £500,000 for Colchester midfielder Neil Danns. (The Sun) Portsmouth striker Lomana LuaLua is ready to sign a two-year contract extension. (Daily Mirror) Hull boss Peter Taylor has emerged as the front-runner to become new Crystal Palace boss. (The Sun) Atletico Madrid have joined Seville in the race to sign Newcastle flop Albert Luque. (Various) Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell is ready to get rid of nine players after the club lost to Watford in the Championship play-off final. (Daily Express) Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson will target Alan Curbishley for the vacant managerial role if Martin O'Neill rejects the post. (Independent) West Ham want to sign Paris St Germain's midfielder Modeste M'Bami. (The Times) Sevilla central defender Aitor Ocio turned down moves to Bolton or Rangers and is looking for a new club in Spain. (Daily Express) Walter Zenga is bidding to be the new manager of Hearts after leaving league and cup winners Red Star Belgrade. (The Sun) Coventry are poised to beat Aberdeen to the signature of Livingston and Scotland right-back David McNamee. (Daily Express) Graham Roberts is poised to be axed as Clyde manager after a power struggle with assistant Joe Miller. (The Sun) Celtic have launched a bid for Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (Daily Record) I think its almost certain that Nistelrooy is gonna move to AC Milan if Sheva leaves.
May 31, 200619 yr Author Wedneday Update: Andriy Shevchenko will complete his move to Chelsea within 24 hours after the Blues agreed a fee of £35m with AC Milan. (The Sun) Andriy Shevchenko will undergo a medical at Chelsea on Wednesday after the Blues agreed a fee of £45m with AC Milan. (Daily Mirror) Football legend Pele says England midfielder Joe Cole is good enough to play for Brazil. (Various) Glenn Roeder has told Sol Campbell he is too old to join Newcastle. (The Sun) Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz says he is winning his fitness battle and hopes to face England in the opening Group B World Cup game. (Various) Inter Milan are the latest club to express an interest in signing Sol Campbell. (Daily Express) Martin O'Neill has turned down a £2m contract to become new Middlesbrough manager. (Various) Liverpool face a battle with Barcelona and AC Milan in the race to sign Daniel Alves from Seville. (Various) Leeds boss Kevin Blackwell says Spurs and England winger Aaron Lennon took a pay cut when he moved south to join the London club. (The Sun) Tottenham are hoping to secure a £2.5m deal for Portsmouth left-back Matthew Taylor. (Daily Mirror) Cardiff will use £3m of the money received for Cameron Jerome to secure a £2m deal for Jason Koumas. (The Sun) Jamie Redknapp is considering teaming up with dad Harry at Portsmouth as first-team coach. (Various) Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson is to interrupt his summer holiday to look at transfer target Juan Roman Riquelme at the World Cup. (Daily Mirror) Tottenham are ready to sell defender Calum Davenport. (Daily Mail) Ukraine's World Cup players have been promised time alone with their wives if they reach the semi-finals. (Guardian) Rangers boss Paul le Guen has launched a bid to snap up Brondy striker Johan Elmander. He is currently at Sweden's pre-World Cup squad. (Daily Record) Another player on the move is John Hartson, who is set to be shipped out by Celtic to West Brom for a cut-price £500,000. (Daily Record). Celtic are also in the market for Real Madrid midfielder Thomas Gravesen but reportedly face competition from Galatasaray. (Daily Record). Some of these stories can be a little random like the Pele comment on J.Cole.
May 31, 200619 yr Cardiff will use £3m of the money received for Cameron Jerome to secure a £2m deal for Jason Koumas. (The Sun) Just out of interest which club did Cameron Jerome join from Cardiff City??? :unsure: Edited May 31, 200619 yr by Sharon Osbourne
May 31, 200619 yr Boring, Boring Chelsea :zzz: :zzz: They buy the best players in the world because they are scared of them and are afraid of possibly facing them in the Champions League :lol:
May 31, 200619 yr Author 35M or 45M Chelsea are getting ripped off with both offers. Sheva is probably worth only 20M as his best days are behind him IMO, but he's still one of the best strikers in the world.
June 1, 200619 yr Author Thursday Update: Wayne Rooney has told friends he will be fit enough to kick a football as early as next week. (Daily Mirror) Michael Owen has been told by England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson that he can duck out of tackles in the final World Cup warm-up game. (Daily Star) Chelsea have a clause which means they can claim back £7m of the transfer fee for Andriy Shevchenko, should he be injured at the World Cup. (Various) Liverpool are to launch a £9.5m bid for Charlton striker Darren Bent. (The Sun) AC Milan will use the money from the sale of Andriy Shevchenko to bid for Steven Gerrard. (Daily Star) Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd has had a £1m bid for West Brom defender Paul Robinson rejected - but he will increase the offer. (Daily Mirror) Blackburn have joined the race to sign 6ft 8ins, £7m-rated Red Star Belgrade striker Nikola Zigic. (Independent) Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock wants to sign Matthew Kilgallon from Yorkshire rivals Leeds. (The Sun) Blackburn are to double the wages of Morten Gamst Pedersen in a bid to keep him at Ewood Park. (Daily Mirror) Wigan striker Jason Roberts is set for talks with Turkish club Besiktas after they tabled a new bid of £2m - with wages of £30,000 a week. (Various) Bolton are interested in signing Lazio's Ousmane Dabo - who wants £30,000 a week. (Various) Newcastle are the latest club to join the race for Chelsea defender Robert Huth. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool keeper Chris Kirkland has agreed a season-long loan deal with Wigan Athletic. (Daily Mail) Didier Drogba's future at Chelsea is in doubt after the Ivory Coast striker failed to attend a pre-World Cup training camp. (Guardian) Jason Euell has snubbed a £1.5m move to Cardiff as he fights for his place at Charlton Athletic. (Daily Star) Alan Curbishley is the latest person to turn down the vacant manager's post at Middlesbrough. (Express) QPR want to take Manchester City's Bradley Wright-Phillips to Loftus Road on a one-year deal. (Daily Star) Former Met Police commissioner Lord Stevens will tell the Premier League that 60 top-flight transfers in the past two years were corrupt. (Express) Aston Villa are ready to offer Danny Mills a contract after he was told he is surplus to requirements at Manchester City. (Express) A new report says job security for football bosses is diminishing. (Times) Portsmouth are ready to join the race for Celtic striker John Hartson. (Daily Record) Rangers target and Brondby striker Johan Elmander has been urged to move to Ibrox. (Daily Record) Good old Sven hey. I actually belive the rumour about Owen been allowed to pull out of tackles which is pretty ludacris IMO.
June 1, 200619 yr Sunderland look set to keep most of the players including Julio Arca, Liam Lawrence and Kevin Kyle
June 1, 200619 yr Author Sunderland look set to keep most of the players including Julio Arca, Liam Lawrence and Kevin Kyle I reckon Arca will probably go to. a newly-promoted club
June 2, 200619 yr It says on the Sunderland website they have got Arca on contract till 2007, he is also on the list of players signed up/kept on for next season.
June 2, 200619 yr Author Chelsea are set to complete the sensational £20m summer signing of Arsenal's Ashley Cole. (Daily Star) Wayne Rooney told Prince William he expects to play in the World Cup. (The Sun) Manchester United have told AC Milan they must cough up at least £20m if they want Ruud van Nistelrooy as a replacement for Andriy Shevchencko. (Daily Express) Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted for the first time that a series of bust-ups with Ruud van Nistelrooy preceded the Holland striker's fall from grace at Manchester United. (Daily Mail) French giants Marseille and Lyon are battling to land Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse. (Star) Aston Villa are bracing themselves for a £3.5m bid from Tottenham for Gareth Barry. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool have been alerted to the availability of Argentina forward Pablo Aimar, who may be allowed to leave Valencia for as little as £5m. (The Times) Portsmouth are ready to offer striker Lomana LuaLua a lucrative three-year contract to keep him at Fratton Park. (Express) Joseph Yobo will be offered a massive wage rise by Everton to tempt him into forming a new-look defensive partnership with Joleon Lescott. (Sun) Manchester City skipper Sylvain Distin has refused to sign a new three-year deal. City boss Stuart Pearce has offered Birmingham £2m for Dutch full-back Mario Melchiot. (Star) Wigan boss Paul Jewell is ready to sell Jason Roberts - a target for Birmingham and Turkish side Besiktas - and make a move for his old strike partner Nathan Ellington from West Brom. (Mirror) Middlesbrough are close to completing the transfer of Roudolphe Doula, the Sporting Lisbon forward they narrowly failed to sign last summer. (Times) Paul Gascoigne has launched an attack on the Rangers players he believes cost Alex McLeish his job. (Daily Record) Quinton Fortune has shown how keen he is to sign for Celtic by house-hunting in Glasgow. (Daily Record) The big news is really about Nistelrooy today, and I don't quite understand Chelsea.....I thought Mourinhio said he was gonna sign 3 players and he's already singed 4?.
June 2, 200619 yr It would be goos if Liverpool could sign Aimar but then again I don't want Cisse to leave :(
June 2, 200619 yr Chelsea are set to complete the sensational £20m summer signing of Arsenal's Ashley Cole. (Daily Star) Rubbish. He's said he was staying multiple times. Also, Chelsea were meant to be buying Roberto Carlos about a week ago. Not going to happen :cool:
June 2, 200619 yr Rubbish. He's said he was staying multiple times. Also, Chelsea were meant to be buying Roberto Carlos about a week ago. Not going to happen :cool: I don't think Cole will go either, but Carlos is on course for Chelsea IMO :o
June 2, 200619 yr I don't think Cole will go either, but Carlos is on course for Chelsea IMO :o Carlos is crap.
June 2, 200619 yr Carlos is crap. Good in his prime but he is a bit crapper now he is older, but it would be a good signing but I would'nt pay a lot of money for him
June 2, 200619 yr Author Carlos is rubbish and is way way over-rated. All he can do is take free kicks and he isn't very good at those anymore, and he is a useless defender.
June 2, 200619 yr Carlos is rubbish and is way way over-rated. All he can do is take free kicks and he isn't very good at those anymore, and he is a useless defender. Well he's not much of a "defender" anyway :lol: he's an attacking full back really which I don't think is what Chelsea need.
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