Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 TRANSFER GOSSIP Manchester City have offered Blackburn a final bid of £18.5m for striker Roque Santa Cruz. (The Guardian) Tottenham are also keen on Santa Cruz and have offered striker Darren Bent as part of the deal to bring the Blackburn forward to White Hart Lane. (The Times) Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is lining up a £10m bid for Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch if RSanta Cruz does leave. (Daily Mirror) Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a long-term agreement with Real Madrid worth about £91m. (The Times) Tottenham have ended their interest in bringing Liverpool striker Robbie Keane back to the club. (The Independent) AC Milan have been told they do not have to bid for David Beckham before the transfer window closes on Monday. (Daily Telegraph) Charles N'Zogbia says he will never play for Newcastle again after manager Joe Kinnear called him "insomnia" on TV. (Daily Star) Newcastle keeper Shay Given is set to complete his £8m move to Manchester City. (Daily Mirror) Kevin Nolan is set to complete his £4.5m move from Bolton to Newcastle on Friday. (The Sun) The Magpies are trying to offload Damian Duff in an attempt to bring in Derby's Kris Commons. (Daily Mirror) Newcastle hope that £3m will be enough to help them land Toulouse defender Albin Ebondo. (The Times) Manchester City will make one last bid for Arsenal defender Kolo Toure and may offer Micah Richards as part of the deal. (Daily Mirror) Chelsea and Manchester City have joined Real Madrid in the race to sign Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez. (The Times) Chelsea are closing in on the transfer of Fiorentina defender Branislav Ivanovic. (The Times) Sunderland face competition from Bolton for West Ham's Calum Davenport. (The Times) Or, Wolves are set to sign Calum Davenport for £3m. (Daily Mirror) Blackburn are lining up a £2.5m bid for Sunderland forward El-Hadji Diouf. (Daily Mirror) Crystal Palace are trying to sign Chelsea winger Scoot Sinclair on loan. (Daily Mirror) Fulham are looking at Derby midfielder Giles Barnes as Jimmy Bullard's replacement. (Daily Mirror) Cardiff will take £6m for star midfielder Joe Ledley who is wanted by Fulham. (Daily Mail) Reading midfielder James Harper is set to sign for Middlesbrough in a £5m deal. (Daily Mail) Manchester City could renew their interest in Chelsea defender Alex and Inter Milan's Marco Materazzi. (Daily Mail) Leicester are to make a £250,00 bid for Hull defender Wayne Brown. (Daily Star) Swansea are set to smash their transfer record with a £500,000 bid for Southampton's Nathan Dyer. (Daily Star) Leeds have told Fulham that star midfielder Fabian Delph will cost them £5m. (Daily Express) Bolton are resigned to missing out on Sporting Lisbon defender Miguel Veloso. (Daily Telegraph) OTHER FOOTBALL GOSSIP Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been warned the club face "financial armageddon" if they fail to qualify for next season's champions league. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool are to report Tottenham for allegedly 'tapping up' striker Robbie Keane. (The Sun) Premier League clubs are to discuss doing away with the January transfer window. (Daily Mail ) Bolton manager Gary Megson has blamed their recent poor form on the clubs "pathetic" fans. (Daily Mirror) AND FINALLY David Beckham is being linked to a possible buyout of League One outfit Leyton Orient. (The Sun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Newcastle are trying to offload flop Damien Duff to bring in Derby star Kris Commons. Republic of Ireland winger Duff, 29, has been an expensive disaster at St James' Park since a £5million move from Chelsea in July 2006. And Toon boss Joe Kinnear is under pressure to get Duff off United's crippling wagebill. Former Nottingham Forest chief Kinnear, who took Commons to the City Ground in July 2004, wants to be reunited with the left-sided Scottish international. But Wigan boss Steve Bruce is also a big admirer of £3-mrated Commons and is ready to swoop as he looks to spend his transfer windfall following the sales of Emile Heskey and Wilson Palacios. Bruce and assistant Eric Black have been to watch Commons in the past week and are keen to do a deal. Bruce has failed to land Reading's Stephen Hunt and Cardiff's Joe Ledley, citing 'crazy prices' as he bids to bolster his squad. However, Commons is more affordable as Derby try to balance the books after a bad year and Wigan are poised to make an offer in the next 48 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1280 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Not seen anything of Commons but if he's any good at all I'm all for offloading Duff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 Not seen anything of Commons but if he's any good at all I'm all for offloading Duff. Thats just it isn't it, whilst we are complaining about numbers in the squad any chance we have of offloading Butt, Duff, Geremi and Smith I find myself wanting the the club to let them go asap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1280 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Most of the players at the club are shite and tbh I don't foresee much change in that in the near future. The type of players we are apparently bringing in are a million miles away from being the players we would hope to be going for but hopefully they won't all be crocks and they certainly won't be on the big wages the likes of Duff, Smith and Geremi are on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22518 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 don't think we can afford to get rid of duff at this stage tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagler 0 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 i think we should try and hijack Joe Ledley .... six million is not that much these days for young up coming stars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1280 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 don't think we can afford to get rid of duff at this stage tbh Not sure he offers us anything worth keeping tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Bob Almighty! 0 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 That Commons boy surely cant be any worse then Duff or Insomnia, at this stage i say bring him aboard and hope for the best. Does 4.5 million not seem a bit high for Nolan though? i was thinking more around the 3 mil mark when i heard we were after him. SIGH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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