He had his head turned by City months and months before he left. It conveniently coincided with his sudden loss of form. He was never going to re-sign with is.

You've got to stop letting players contracts run down to the last 12-14 months before you try and offer them an extension. The board need to give themselves time to cash in on dissonant players.

Apparently Llorente -JUVE deal is done, will arrive in June on a free.

Rubbish, he wanted 100k, we didn't want to give it to him. City wanted him since January when his demand was made.

Afroman is correct and we're suffering from our current policy with contracts.

Sky Sports are reporting that Liverpool are preparing to negotiate a deal with Inter for both Sneijder and Coutinho. Both could be handy for the reds (depending on price of course).

Sky Sports are also reporting that Carlos Tevez has told Man City that he has no intention of signing a new contract as he plans to return to Boca on a free transfer in 2014.

Djibril Cisse has joined Al Gharafa on loan.

From sky sports:
"Reports in Italy suggesting that Wesley Sneijder would have been prepared to discuss a salary reduction to stay at Inter Milan, but has now seen the club accept an offer from Galatasaray and attempt to move him off their books. The Dutchman appears destined to be on the move during the winter window, with Liverpool also said to be keen on acquiring his services."

That offer was rumoured to be in the area of 6-7m.

Deal is done, what a waste he'll be in Turkey

Gala have announced the signing of Sneijder for 7.5m apparently.

Amazing how far he's dropped. Think Gala will very pleased with that bit of business though, depending on his wages.

Gala will be very pleased with themselves. Time will tell if it's a good piece of business.

Amazing that he went from competing for WPOTY for some of Europe's biggest clubs to playing in Turkey.

Really is an amazing fall from grace in such a short space of time. Be interesting to see how he goes in Turkey. Gala will be pleased with that fee, but won't be pleased with his wages unless he tears it up.

How much are they paying him a week? I'd be up around 100k, yeah?

I'd say it depends how much this supposed pay off from Inter was. Suspect it'll be more than 100k though.

Man City are apparently demanding 34m for Mario Balotelli from AC Milan :lol: Get real.

Rumours abound that Yann M'vila's move to QPR is a done deal as well.

It would be one of the strangest top line player moves re Sneijder to Gala.
I didn't think he lost that much form the last 12mths to only gain this Gala move ? puzzling tbh.

He's been absolutely rubbish the last 12 months, pretty much after Mourinho left he started to decline. Since Ranieri became manager he played him too deep and once Stramaccioni became manager he's hardly played him. He doesn't fit the system they use.

Sky Sports is reporting that Jonathan De Guzman is on the verge of making his loan at Swansea permanent.

The Daily Fail seems to think that Florent Malouda is on the radar for QPR...but it is the Daily Fail...

The Guardian reports that AC Milan and Man City have come to an agreement over a fee for Mario Balotelli.

Bummed that city are selling Balotelli. He was perfect in that team.... A right twat

Edited by SomethingClever: 21/1/2013 09:00:08 PM

The Coutinho to Liverpool rumours are gathering momentum. Allegedly a 10m deal.

ESPN reckon M'Vila to RUBIN of all places for €11.5 million.

http://m.espn.go.com/soccer/story?storyId=1307421
Sorry that its a mobile link

Edited by MVFCSouthEnder: 21/1/2013 09:58:25 PM

Rubin are under a transfer embargo though?

The ban was imposed on December 20th and they were given 30 days to resolve the dispute. So theoretically the embargo should be over and Adamov should be paid.

El Mundo is reporting Barcelona are stepping up their pursuit of a replacement for Victor Valdez with David De Gea their first choice.

Betting outlets have also suspended markets for Wilfried Zaha's next club with several big bets being reported for Manchester United.

Barca also apparently chasing Pepe Reina

Depending on their offer, could be worth us cashing in. Sell Reina for 20m, pick up Valdez on free. Good business that'd be.

u got rocks in your head if u think reina is worth 20m.

So you think Valdez won't get picked up in the summer then?

Hardly. To Barcelona he's a club-grown player, he's got bags of experience and he's also a quality keeper when he has defenders who pay attention as well.

Even then, he's going to be a lot cheaper than 20m :lol:

Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has undergone a physical at Newcastle while Hooper is almost out the door at Celtic, according to sky sports.