you serious?

lol. Typo on BBC. They will fix it soon

Sure am. It is a very egotistical clause to have.

AS unbelievable as that is, it's been common knowledge since he had it written in back in 2006.

- Portuguese giants Sporting have ruled out the possibility of selling captain Joao Moutinho.
- There's an interesting line coming out of Spain this morning. If reports are to believed Manchester City are lining up a move for Real Madrid veteran Guti.
- Reports emanating from Italy continue to suggest Liverpool are weighing up a move for Roma midfielder Alberto Aquilani. goodbye Xabi

"Werder Bremen general manager Klaus Allofs is looking to push through deals for Bayern Munich midfielder Tim Borowski and Chelsea striker Claudio Pizarro."
That's good business there. Buy back the midfielder who left you on a free transfer 12 months ago...

Sunderland transfer watch...
Daryl Murphy to Hull for 1.5 mill
Nyron Nosworthy and Dean Whitehead to Stoke for 6.0m (buy one - we throw the other, and taxi fair, in for free)

Neither locked down but both likely in the next week or two.

Roy Keane pissed off because he wanted Murphy and Whitehead at Ipswich.

Edited by Benjamin: 15/7/2009 10:51:24 AM

Sunderland must be laughing at that Whitehead/Nosworthy deal tbh.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes his side can offer John Terry a new lease of life and said the Chelsea and England captain needs a fresh challenge.
Full story: Various

Hughes is also on the verge of signing Emmanuel Adebayor for £25m after the player underwent a medical in Manchester.
Full story: Various

Real Madrid could sign Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso by the end of the week as they are prepared to meet the club's asking price of more than £30m for the 27-year-old.
Full story: Daily Telegraph

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will do everything he can to keep Alonso at the club, along with Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano, who has been linked with a move to Barcelona.
Full story: Daily Star

Tottenham have held talks with Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, but could miss out on signing the Dutch international after Stuttgart had an offer accepted for the 25-year-old.
Full story: The Times

Spurs full-back Gareth Bale, 19, is wanted on loan by Italian side Roma to provide competition for John Arne Riise.
Full story: The Sun

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce will give veteran striker Christian Vieri, 36, all the time he needs to prove his fitness after spending some time with the Rovers squad at a training camp.
Full story: The Sun

Fulham will launch an £11m bid for Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch - but only if Bobby Zamora leaves to join Hull City.
Full story: The Sun

Sunderland have had a £14m bid for Darren Bent rejected by Tottenham as the north London club want to recoup the £16.7m they paid Charlton for the 25-year-old striker two years ago.
Full story: The Sun

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney says if he had not become a footballer he may have become a priest. Asked what he would have done if he could not play football, the 23-year-old said: "I haven't a clue what else I could have done, I wasn't really the best in school. I always enjoyed religious studies - so maybe a priest."
Full story: The Sun

:lol: :lol: :lol: At Rooney

:-SWayne rooney as a priest. That wold be fail central :lol:

Middlesbrough are believed to have agreed a fee in the region of £12m for the transfer of England winger Stewart Downing to Aston Villa.

Emmanuel Adebayor has passed a medical and will move to Manchester City once his work permit is approved.


Both on BBC. Both Legit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8149488.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/a/aston_villa/8151447.stm

I havnt seen much of Aquilani, is he any good and how much do you guys reckon he'll cost ?




How much strikers do they have and whos going to play?

Robinho
Tevez
Roque Santa Cruz
Bellamy
Adebayor
Caicedo
Bojinov
Benjani


Edited by jimsmith: 15/7/2009 08:55:15 PM

Rooney wouldnt have to worry about remaining celibate.

It's amusing, but frankly we're pissing ourselves laughing at Hull paying over a million of Daryl Murphy.

England striker Peter Crouch is locked in transfer talks with Sunderland after they agreed a £12m deal with Portsmouth, BBC Sport understands.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/8151876.stm

Benj called it months ago :lol:

He didn't realise that was in the job description.

They're probably just stoked to get a fee for him tbh

I don't really think that's going to help them much. They don't really have any good wingers so that's not going to help them out much IMO.

Overnight:
- Fulham boss Roy Hodgson claims transfer target Jonathan Greening is keen to join the club.
- Juventus signed Fiorentina's Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo on Wednesday after beating off competition from Arsenal.
- Barry Ferguson's Rangers career looks to be over after the Ibrox club accepted a bid from Birmingham City.
- Adebayor's proposed move to Man City is all but done with him being approved for a work permit.
- Luis Fabiano's agent Jose Fuentes has warned AC Milan that they must travel to Spain and raise their offer or risk losing out on the Sevilla striker.
- Winger Stewart Downing has arrived at Aston Villa's training ground to hold talks over his proposed £12million move from Middlesbrough after the two clubs agreed a fee earlier in the day.

Nah, a couple of weeks ago tops. ;)

Exactly. If ever a player was set to be locked away in the reserves for 2 years until his contract ran out, it was Daryl. The lad has had so many chances to show his stuff but continuously bottles the big moments.



Agree about the lack of wingers - but if our defense and midfield did it's job, Steeeeeeeed, Carlos and Andy RUN FATBOY RUN Reid can all deliver well. It's the lack of chances for them to do it that hurts us. Dean Whitehead started 30 EPL games last season, Leadbitter started 12, that pretty much shows how bad our midfield was.

Sounds a bit like a lad the aussies call "nick carle".

Should have gone for Karim Ziani before Wolfsburg snared him. That guy has had a meteoric rise. Three years ago he was playing for Lorient in French League Two. Big fan of the way he plays his football too. Someone like Etienne Didot, Sanli Tuncay (:lol:), Edgar Barreto or even Jonathan De Guzman would be a brilliant asset for Sunderland to have. Unfortunately only Barreto is likely to come cheap out of those four.

Of those mentioned, Ive only seen Tuncay and De Guzman play. De guzman is meh. Alright for a Bolton or Blackburn, but nothing higher. Tuncay looks to be brilliant. Shame he had no one else helping him out at Boro. He'd be a massive get for Sunderland.

I dont' think Sunderland fans would take too kindly to him though. I like De Guzman, and you've got to remember he's only 20.
Though, if I were in charge at Sunderland I'd probably be chasing Barreto first (5mil, tops), Tuncay (I have no idea, can't be more than 10mil) and Crouch and that's enough to have the side moving up the table this season. Although, no Cisse this year may not be entirely beneficial.

Edited by afromanGT: 16/7/2009 05:22:01 PM

1035 BST: Chelsea are set to step up their efforts to sign Ashley Young but will have to bid £25m to prise the winger from Aston Villa.
Full story: standard.co.uk

Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has asked for more time before he makes a final decision on a transfer to Manchester City - the Togo international is possibly holding out for AC Milan to make a last-minute move.
Full story: The Sun

Adebayor was also offered to Manchester United, among other leading European teams, as his agents tried to drum up interest from other clubs to guarantee the player a bumper pay deal.
Full story: Daily Mail

The Gunners have had a £7m bid for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh rejected, with the French club asking for defender Mikael Silvestre to be added to the offer.
Full story: The Sun

Manchester City have made a surprise move for Tottenham winger David Bentley, who is valued at about £12m by the north London club.
Full story: Daily Mirror

West Ham have been told by Barcelona it will cost them £5m to sign striker Eidur Gudjohnsen.
Full story: Daily Star

Tottenham could beat Stuttgart to the signing of Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, who is stalling on a £15.5m move to Germany in the hope of joining the Premier League side.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Or, Spurs want Huntelaar's Real Madrid team-mate Alvaro Negredo. The striker, who was on loan at Almeria last season, is valued at £15m.(The Independent)

And Arjen Robben could be a third Real Madrid player to be courted by Tottenham. The former Chelsea winger claims the White Hart Lane side have made inquiries about him. (Daily Telegraph

Liverpool have expressed an interest in Albacete's Belgian midfielder Ritchie Kitoko. (The Times)

Meanwhile, Liverpool defender Andrea Dossena will not be joining Italian side Napoli as his agent has said "it was all a misunderstanding".(Daily Telegraph)

Manchester United chief executive David Gill says the club may still add to their squad, despite boss Sir Alex Ferguson's insistence that no new players will join this summer.
Full story: Daily Mirror

Dont want Adebayor, just got rid of a sook in Tevez. Spurs and Madrid are linking up alot, they along with City are going to be very difficult to beat next year. And good to hear Gill saying where gunna spend some more money

Just had a call to say that the Crouch deal is done. Highest paid player in the clubs history - claims that the main reason he's coming is that he wants to play every week prior to the world cup. Not the biggest Crouch fan in the world, but it's the first time I can ever recall us signing a current England international, so I'll take it!

EDIT - Correction - just got another call to say Crouchy has got cold feet on signing the contract because his agent has an identical offer from Fulham - who will also offer Crouch guaranteed first team football all season. Looks like it's going to be a nail-biting night for me!



We'd take Tuncay like a shot - however, he's not the position we need to sort. It's the more defensive midfielder we've had problems with. Teemu Tainio is alright but he's always injured, Whitehead and Leadbitter run their guts out but haven't the quality, Dwight Yorke was too old last season and he's gone now (still shocked he hasn't arrived down here yet).

Cisse going is no big loss. He pretty much stopped playing once we sold his mates in January. Thanks for the goals and the first half of the season, but no thanks to anymore of your standing still glaring at the linesman every time you're caught a mile off-side.

Edited by Benjamin: 17/7/2009 12:50:15 AM

:lol: :lol:

Crouch is a pretty good signing. He will always score. Shit, I just put Crouch in my fantasy team.

Arsenal have lost out in their bid to sign Felipe Melo from Fiorentina, with the Brazil midfielder opting to sign for Juventus instead.

Juventus have paid 20.5m euros (£17.6m), plus winger Marco Marchionni.

Its on BBC.

1630 BST: Blackburn target Nikola Zigic has as many as 15 clubs interested in signing him from Valencia, according to the striker's agent. (Press Association)

Alberto Aquilani's agent has rubbished reports that Liverpool are weighing up a bid for the Roma midfielder.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5436494,00.html :(

Downings move to Villa has been completed.

Edited by imnofreak: 17/7/2009 02:35:16 AM

Sam, we wanted a striker. Not a washed-up old one who once played for AC Milan and Inter. It's not looking good for us this year.

Sam's just cooling his heels until he knows whether Crouch is signing for Sunderland - once that deal is done Sam will join the bidding war for Kenwyne Jones.

And the top clubs are trembling.
Big sam s*** head the instigator of landslides.