ohhh_yeah 2991 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Tottenham aim to clinch the £17m signing of Blackburn midfielder David Bentley and send goalkeeper Paul Robinson to Ewood Park as part of the deal. (Daily Mirror) Bentley's move will spark a transfer merry-go-round, with Aston Villa ready to sign veteran Rovers goalkeeper Brad Friedel. (Daily Mirror) Manchester United have put a £25m limit on their pursuit of striker Dimitar Berbatov and told Spurs they can take it or leave it after the Londoners rejected an initial offer of £20m. (Various) Manchester City are ready to beat AC Milan to the signature of Ronaldinho after making a £22m bid for the Barcelona playmaker on Sunday night. (Daily Mirror) Barcelona will this week offer Samuel Eto'o plus £15m to Arsenal in a final attempt to lure Emmanuel Adebayor to the Nou Camp. (Daily Star) Winger Alex Hleb will be unveiled by Barcelona on Monday after completing his £15m move from Arsenal. (The Sun) Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez's hopes of signing Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry and Spurs striker Robbie Keane have suffered a setback with the news that midfielder Xabi Alonso looks to set to stay on Merseyside. (Various) Everton have been linked with a move for Tottenham striker Darren Bent as Fulham emerged as the latest club to be interested in signing Andy Johnson. (The Independent) The Merseysiders are also interested in Switzerland right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner, who would available from French club Lille for about £700,000. (Daily Mirror) El-Hadji Diouf may still be playing at the Reebok Stadium next season as Bolton have yet to receive any bids for the wantaway Senegal striker and he still has a year left on his Trotters contract. (The Sun) Reading manager Steve Coppell is ready to sell half his squad, including defender Nicky Shorey and midfielder Stephen Hunt, for the right price. (The Sun) But James Harper's hopes of making a swift return to the Premier League are in doubt as the Royals are demanding £5.5m for the Middlesbrough and Bolton target because Arsenal would net 40% of the deal for their former midfielder. (Daily Mirror) Bolton boss Gary Megson has rejected West Brom's offer of £1.25m plus Paul Robinson for defender Abdoulaye Meite. (Daily Mirror) Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp will make a £6m bid for Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. (Daily Mirror) Wolves boss Mick McCarthy will step up his attempts to sign Hearts defender Christophe Berra this week with a final £1.75m offer. (Daily Star) But the Championship side could face competition from Feyenoord for the Scotland defender's signature. (The Herald/The Sun) Celtic may make a move for former Chelsea midfielder Samuele Dalla Bona, who is currently with Napoli. (Various) Hull City are in talks with Tottenham about signing defender Ricardo Rocha and are also interested in signing Portsmouth defender Djimi Traore. (The Times) Lille want to sign Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi. (The Times) Egypt striker Amr Zaki is expected to join Wigan on a season-long loan despite signing a contract extension at El Zamalek until 2012. (Daily Mail) Newcastle believe they can strike a deal with Real Zaragoza for £7m-rated Argentina midfielder Pablo Aimar. (Daily Mail) West Ham are lining up a £1m bid for Rangers goalkeeper Neil Alexander as first choice keeper Robert Green is attracting a number of clubs. (Daily Record/Daily Mirror) Motherwell are set to clinch loan deals for Celtic pair John Kennedy and Jim O'Brien. (Various) However, the Fir Park side may face competition for defender Kennedy from Championship clubs while Well boss McGhee is keen to strike a permanent deal for winger O'Brien. (The Sun) AC Milan have ruled out a move for Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc. (Daily Mirror) Rangers target Anderson Polga will not be moving to Ibrox after signing a new three-year deal with Sporting Lisbon. (Daily Mirror) Cristiano Ronaldo's future at Old Trafford has been thrown into further doubt after Manchester United fans demonstrated against the Portugal winger at a reserve friendly match against Burscough at the weekend. (Daily Mirror) Real Madrid defender Fabio Cannavaro has told Ronaldo he should honour his contract and stay at United. (Daily Star) Portsmouth fans have handed in a 2,000-name petition to 10 Downing Street calling for manager Harry Redknapp to be awarded a knighthood. (Various) Everton will hope for good news on their plans to move to a 55,000-seat stadium in Kirkby this week when they will discover whether or not the £400m project will be called in for a public inquiry. (The Times) England defender Micah Richards has been banned from having a girlfriend by his mum as she thinks that wannabe WAGs are just after the Manchester City right-back's money. (Daily Star) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@yourservice 67 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Once he hears we have Danny Guthrie he'll jump at the chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 £17m for David Bentley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Spurs are in for Arshavin apparently. If after all the talk he ends up at Spurs N.O. will meltdown into a little river of bitter slurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7318 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 id be rather upset if they ended up with arshavin or bentley. Paired up with Modric thats a partnership id love to see here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 900 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 "Sir Harry Redknapp"? Piss off you south coast nobodies. Also, if Rovers lose Friedel and "gain" Paul Robinson, that'll be a sight to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 £17m for David Bentley. 17mil too much for that shitebag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Someone over on F365 saying there's going to be a big signing in the next couple days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Someone over on F365 saying there's going to be a big signing in the next couple days. Some fella who writes for the Mirror posts on a Blackburn board and mentioned something about a big signing coming our way. Said he was going to post more details at 11pm but the board is down http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php?showto...mp;#entry638962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11080 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 1 a week, I'm telling you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Someone over on F365 saying there's going to be a big signing in the next couple days. Some fella who writes for the Mirror posts on a Blackburn board and mentioned something about a big signing coming our way. Said he was going to post more details at 11pm but the board is down http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php?showto...mp;#entry638962 Be the same bloke make, called Ewood Geordie on F365. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 The plot thickens It'll be nee fucker, mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 From that forum: NEWCASTLE - Have made a £7 million offer for Pablo Aimar at Zaragoza. He has chosen the Toon over Portsmouth and Benfica with Sunderland also keen. Why is that of interest to Rovers? No idea. I'm just showing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31596 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Is that Akabusi's husband? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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