Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 TRANSFER GOSSIP Real Madrid want to seal a £15m deal for Wigan's Antonio Valencia. (Star) Manchester United and Chelsea face a summer battle for Villarreal's £12m-rated keeper Diego Lopez. (Star) Manchester City boss Mark Hughes fears he will be priced out of a move for striker Roque Santa Cruz, who Blackburn are valuing at £18m. (Star) But Hughes is set to make a £17m take-it-or-leave-it offer for Santa Cruz, which could be enough to seal the transfer. (Mirror) And City may make improved offers for West Ham pair Scott Parker and Craig Bellamy but say they have not bid for Newcastle keeper Shay Given. (Star) Arsenal's hopes of signing midfielder Niko Kranjcar have been dashed after Portsmouth insisted he will not be leaving the club in January. (Star) Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate wants to keep Tottenham target Stewart Downing until the summer. (Star) Bolton have bid £2m for Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton. (Various) Sunderland have insisted El-Hadji Diouf and Michael Chopra will not be sold this month. (Star) Hull are eager to complete a £1.5m deal for West Ham midfielder Luis Boa Morte. (Mirror) And Hull boss Phil Brown is also set to make a £2m move for Derby midfielder Paul Green. (Star) Portsmouth defender Herman Hreidarsson is set to become the latest player to leave Fratton Park by joining Celtic in a £500,000 deal. (Mirror) Everton want Hearts duo Christophe Berra and Andrew Driver. (Various) Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has told left-back Nicky Shorey he can leave the club, with West Ham and Tottenham both interested. (The Sun) Tottenham have failed with a £6m bid to capture Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones. (The Sun) But Spurs have targeted Lens striker Aruna Dindane as an alternative and will make a £4m bid. (The Sun) And the north Londoners are set to seal the signing of Polish keeper Sebastian Przyrowski from Polonia Warsaw for a fee of £1m. (The Sun) Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is taking Benfica's Ivory Coast defender Marco Zoro on trial. (Mirror) Bolton will sign defender Sebastien Puygrenier on loan from Zenit St Petersburg - and drop their interest in West Ham's Callum Davenport. (Mirror) Newcastle's Alan Smith has been told his swap deal with Middlesbrough striker Mido is off. (The Sun) Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has urged the club not to sell defender and former skipper William Gallas. (The Sun) Middlesbrough face a battle to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson, with Everton, West Ham and Fulham among their competition. (Express) Newcastle winger Charles N'Zogbia says Arsenal is his first-choice destination should he secure a move away from Tyneside. (Express) Birmingham boss Alex McLeish faces competition from Portsmouth for the signature of West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer. (Mirror) And McLeish has told Rangers striker Kris Boyd to back down on his demands or a £4m move is off. (Express) Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has, via his agent Jorge Mendez, reached a verbal agreement to join Real Madrid at some point. (The Times) Oldham have offered veteran striker Dean Windass a loan deal to escape his misery at Hull. (Various) Cardiff are poised to bolster their push for promotion to the premier League by signing Rangers winger Chris Burke. (Mirror) Wolves have lined up an improved £1m offer for Watford midfielder John-Joe O'Toole. (Star) Crystal Palace will try to hijack Coventry's bid to re-sign Birmingham striker Gary McSheffrey. (Various) Preston are leading the chase for Carlisle striker Danny Graham, who has already been the subject of a £250,000 bid from Huddersfield. (Star) Swansea are set to break their transfer record to land MK Dons skipper Dean Lewington for £450,000. (Mirror) Reading manager Steve Coppell is ready to bid £250,000 for Coventry midfielder Jay Tabb. (Star) Bradford are favourites to sign Burnley's Steve Jones after the winger's loan spell at the club. (Star) Sheffield Wednesday manager Brian Laws has his eye on Hull midfielder Bryan Hughes. (Star) Shrewsbury are set to complete a £150,000 deal for Preston duo Karl Hawley and Brett Ormerod. (Various) OTHER FOOTBALL GOSSIP Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new deal in order to prevent him leaving the club for free when his contract runs out in the summer - the winger has been linked with AC Milan and Real Madrid. (Various) Anfield legend Alan Hansen has urged Reds boss Rafael Benitez to strengthen the squad in order to win the Premier League. (Mirror) Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari will ignore Nicolas Anelka's pleas to play alongside striker Didier Drogba rather than the pair being alternated in the team. (Mirror) Emmanuel Adebayor has come out in defence of former Arsenal skipper William Gallas over his criticisms of the team last November. (Various) Fabio Capello has hinted he will make David Beckham England's most-capped outfield player next month by picking him for the match against Spain. (Mirror) Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy is two matches away from automatically qualifying for a new deal at the club. (Mirror) Former Watford manager Graham Taylor will make a shock return to the club as a director. (The Sun) AND FINALLY Stoke boss Tony Pulis has interesting way of describing his club's transfer policy. After signing Matthew Etherington, he said: "We are not at Crufts, we are at Battersea Dog's Home. We go looking for strays, get them in and cuddle them." (Various) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31195 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. I cant remember the last time I read one of those and thought "hmmm yeah thats canny" never mind "get the fook in!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJD 0 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Should try for a cheeky player.. put in a sly loan bid for someone like Saviola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Bolton have bid £2m for Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton. (Various) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 We are now officially shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. Even more depressing when I read that Boyer is the 5th addition to the Brummies squad, nine days into the January window and they've got five players in and we've got neebugger. Hats off to Ashley, hats off to Kinnear, hats off to Wise & his men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. Even more depressing when I read that Boyer is the 5th addition to the Brummies squad, nine days into the January window and they've got five players in and we've got neebugger. Hats off to Ashley, hats off to Kinnear, hats off to Wise & his men. I understand your depression, but what movements (oo-er matron) have been going on in the prem??? Not that many so far, methinks. Give it time, Noelie, give it time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. Even more depressing when I read that Boyer is the 5th addition to the Brummies squad, nine days into the January window and they've got five players in and we've got neebugger. Hats off to Ashley, hats off to Kinnear, hats off to Wise & his men. I understand your depression, but what movements (oo-er matron) have been going on in the prem??? Not that many so far, methinks. Give it time, Noelie, give it time. Aa knaa yer reet Snakehips but when yer as owld as aa am ye knaa yer not ower flush wi time left, ye wanna see summat happening before its ower late an ye gan fer a Burton. Fergie said he wasn't going to add to his sqad and on the 2nd of January he had two Serbs on board and as far as I know he has already added a third player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2991 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 how many teams in the prem have not even made one signing yet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 how many teams in the prem have not even made one signing yet??? How many transfer windows in a row have we been saying that now. And we'll continue saying it until it's February and we are fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4857 Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 More typically depressing news for us then. Even more depressing when I read that Boyer is the 5th addition to the Brummies squad, nine days into the January window and they've got five players in and we've got neebugger. Hats off to Ashley, hats off to Kinnear, hats off to Wise & his men. I understand your depression, but what movements (oo-er matron) have been going on in the prem??? Not that many so far, methinks. Give it time, Noelie, give it time. Aa knaa yer reet Snakehips but when yer as owld as aa am ye knaa yer not ower flush wi time left, ye wanna see summat happening before its ower late an ye gan fer a Burton. Fergie said he wasn't going to add to his sqad and on the 2nd of January he had two Serbs on board and as far as I know he has already added a third player. they're kids though, one of those serbs has been loaned straight back where he came from and the third is a kid from stoke who is on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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