Other clubs summer transfer activity thread

[Brock Manson 0]

So no Owen or Del Piero, Carroll can't be recalled until Jan...that leaves Gudjonsen and Heskey.

 

Come on Brendan, you know it makes sense.

[Aeris 0]

Riquelme is free transfer atm.

[The Fish 10963]

The league's top executives have produced a discussion paper on financial controls for the chairmen to consider which could eventually lead to clubs being forced to break even every year - or face sanctions.

It would mean a serious blow to clubs such as Manchester City and Chelsea who have return significant losses in recent years.

There is strong support at other clubs for such controls - Wigan chairman Dave Whelan on Wednesday said measures to cut spending were needed urgently, while Manchester United originally sparked the move at the league's meeting earlier in the summer.

No decision will be made on any measures on Thursday - instead two groups of 10 clubs, each with clubs mixed up to reflect size and region, are to be formed to discuss the options in more detail.

Whelan's own club Wigan have also operated at a loss - the Latics returned a net loss for the year ending May 2011 of £7.2million - but even he is in favour of the controls.

Whelan said: "This proposal has come from Manchester United - I think City haven shaken them up a little bit - but I think there should be some controls on spending.

"Some clubs are spending way more than they can afford and get into trouble - look at Portsmouth.

"The Premier League is so big and powerful and there is so much money around that the clubs try and chase it. Something has to be done so we will support these measures."

United's chief executive David Gill has been one of the driving forces behind European clubs accepting UEFA's financial fair play rules for clubs in the Champions League and Europa League to only spend what they earn, and he wants the Premier League to follow suit.

The Football League have also introduced a similar system into the Championship and Gill believes the top flight should bring in similar measures.

Gill said last week: "A lot of clubs would be happy just to introduce the financial fair play regulations into the Premier League now, some wouldn't, but that's a debate that has to have happened. And it will happen.

"If you look at it we've got financial regulations in the league below us, the Championship, and the competition above us, the Champions League, so we need to do it.

"The Premier League being the best league in the world, the most commercially effective league in the world, I think there's a real opportunity to introduce some sensible rules that effectively improve and enhance the long term or medium term financial stability."

At least 12 of the 20 top-flight clubs ended the 2010/11 season in the red with Manchester City's losses of £197million dwarfing even Chelsea's £68million and Liverpool's £49million.

Critics of financial fair rules argue that it will forever favour those clubs such as Manchester United and Arsenal who make a profit and rule out wealthy benefactors such as Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour putting money into clubs.

 

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[Aeris 0]

John Mensah is free transfer, tha fuck are we waitin for!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mensah

[Brock Manson 0]

Yeah let's sign a player who barely featured through injury for the mackems.

[Aeris 0]

That doesn't mean he's shit, still better than Willo for cover.

 

If we don't, West Ham will anyways...

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2197802/West-Ham-set-sign-John-Mensah.html

Edited September 5, 2012 by Aeris

[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

John Mensah isn't better than Williamson

[PaddockLad 17643]

Jenas off to Leeds on loan?....

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2200886/Jermaine-Jenas-set-Leeds-United-loan-move.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

How the mighty have fallen. I honestly thought I was looking at a future England captain when we got him. Fantastic first 18 months. Probably one of the players most affected by Sir Bob's sacking. It all seemed to go tits up after that. His comments on leaving were plain daft iyam, fair enough he wanted to leave but it was the same week we signed a striker from Real Madrid for the odd 17mill or so...Fred balancing the books

[@yourservice 67]

John Mensah isn't better than Williamson

 

His representative Willie McKay said: 'Several clubs want to sign John but he is keen to join West Ham.'

 

Edited September 10, 2012 by @yourservice

[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

There you go. Willie McKay: Agent of the Mercenaries.

[Dr Gloom 22143]

Jenas off to Leeds on loan?....

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2200886/Jermaine-Jenas-set-Leeds-United-loan-move.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

 

How the mighty have fallen. I honestly thought I was looking at a future England captain when we got him. Fantastic first 18 months. Probably one of the players most affected by Sir Bob's sacking. It all seemed to go tits up after that. His comments on leaving were plain daft iyam, fair enough he wanted to leave but it was the same week we signed a striker from Real Madrid for the odd 17mill or so...Fred balancing the books

 

Hard to believe he's 29 already. We signed him when he was 18 or 19 and it honestly feels like yesterday. I rated him highly too at first too, he used to link up well with dyer and solano. Funny to think his top flight career might be over already.