TBH I wouldn't want Ribery if it was for "crazy money". I would love Aguero but I don't really see the need

John Mensah - Olympique Lyonnais to Sunderland on Monday. Very excited about this signing.

How do youknow this?

That's a great signing.

Same as usual... A combination of reading stuff in the papers (online), then texting a mate at the club for confirmation.

arsene wenger wants to spend 6 of his 38m made by sales on wesley sneijder - daily mail


arsenal are a great team even with so many players out injured - nasri, walcott, rosicky etc. but they do need a few more players to be able to compete with manutd, chelsea and liverpool this season...

If Sneijder is sold for only 6 mil then Wenger would have made signing of the season. Sneijder is an absolute class player

VDV has said that he rejected a move back to Ajax

Lovenkrands, Campbell and Carney all to Newcastle according to various reports.

Newcastle have had a 600 k bid for Solvi Ottesen accepted as well. Things looking slightly better.

Edited by guest: 17/8/2009 03:58:02 PM

By Carney and Campbell do you mean David Carney and Sol Campbell?

Yep I do

So that would be two players who nobody else is prepared to sign, and a third who can't get a game at Sheff Utd. How the mighty have fallen.

First two should do a decent job at CCC level though. Carney, jury is still out but hard to argue with how he plays in the NT.

But tbh nobody else wanted Bent ;) :p

Carney is weird. He is so good at the NT level (remember him marking Messi out of the game!?!?!) but seems to struggle with long ball teams. Hopefully we sign him and he shines for us on the left wing.

Except Hull and Stoke.

There's also the fact that whilst Sol is available free, it took a month of negotiating to get Spurs down to 10 million up front for Bent. That 10 million may well have scared a couple of clubs off.

As for the Sol signing - if he's coming in to replace Sideshow Bob then it'll be a great move for a year. If he's coming in to replace Taylor (as he goes to Everton, or wherever), then a Sol-Sideshow Bob back pairing could be extremely flat-footed.

A Sol - Sideshow partnership would just about guarrantee us relegation.

Blackburn have just signed Michel Salgado on a two year contract.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/8209642.stm

any truth to this Carney-Newcastle move, that guy needs some 1st team action pronto lol

Carney to Newcastle? Wow didnt see that coming at all

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is ready to make a £10m offer for Real Madrid's Dutch midfielder Rafael van der Vaart.
Full story: The Times

PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEE

just what we need

Doubt it. Just rumors but I hope it is true.

i dont know what to believe anymore, one day we have 2m to spend the next day we have 10m for VDV or 21mil for Upson.... :-k hope we get VDV he is a gun...

Today's transfer news...

Mensah has signed for Sunderland.
Stephen Taylor off to Everton after the weekend.
Tommy Smith to Portsmouth in next 48 hours.

That is all.

OFFICIAL: Marco Zalayeta signs for Bologna from Napoili. Hmmmm....

Nightclub obsessed waste of talent, Sunderland to Hibs. No fee mentioned, but whatever it was was too much.

This could be Stokes last chance at Hibs, had an excellent time when he was on loan at Falkirk a few years ago. He was held in high regard at Arsenal during that time, hope he knuckles down and makes the most out of the potential he has.

12.58 Rafa Benitez has warned Ryan Babel he is fighting for his Liverpool future following his failure to make an impression.

10.46 Everton have managed to secure a work permit for Argentina midfielder Ever Banega.

09.56 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has not ruled out making a move for Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira.

0629 BST Carlo Ancelotti insists Andriy Shevchenko has a future at Stamford Bridge, despite the fact that the Ukrainian has played just one game in the last 15 months for Chelsea. (Press Association)

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is poised to sign Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock for around £8m. (Daily Mirror)

Everton have given up the fight to keep England defender Joleon Lescott and agreed to sell him to Manchester City for £22m.
Full story: Daily Mail

Fulham are considering a move for Arsenal defender Philippe Senderos and Newcastle defender Steven Taylor.
Full story: Times

Gianfranco Zola has set up a meeting with Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh on Monday to try and persuade the Moroccan to join West Ham.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Has this thread broken down? I'm sure I've posted here since 22nd.

With some of these prices for average defenders liverpools splurge on Glen Johnson actually now seems reasonable.

Hmmm. I cant recall. Oh well. At least it works now :lol: