Summer Transfers

[killadoob]

i hope they sign eto

he would fit in well with spurs

they have a great attack and eto is a legend

he would be the highest goal scorer in the league if he was to join it
i hope they get

deco is leaving barcelona i also hope henry leaves them and i hope they sell messi to chelsea

 

[snapshot]

I think the bashing is off par - but some of their points I feel are valid wrt trophies etc.

J

Good to know there are some football peeps on this forum. Most of the people here watch games with their special goggles on.

 

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i hope they sign eto

he would fit in well with spurs

they have a great attack and eto is a legend

he would be the highest goal scorer in the league if he was to join it
i hope they get

deco is leaving barcelona i also hope henry leaves them and i hope they sell messi to chelsea

Eto will be a good asset to any club. You right, he is a legend. He is a goal scoring machine.

Deco was told last week to start looking for another club. He has been having problems with the club for as long as i can remember.

They will never ever sell Messi. Is the new ''brand'' of the club. Like Ronaldinho has been for the past few years.

Best part about Messi, is that he is only 20!

 

[SuPaStA]

This is why i cant take you serious. Your football knowledge amazes me. Because you cant hold a debate about football you call myself and Supa trolls.

You say step down for moving to La Liga? What are you smoking? United can only dream of winning as much as Real Madrid.

Torres was an average striker in Spain, he moved to the EPL and he isthe leagues second highest goal scorer

Henry, the most prolific striker the EPL has seen for more than a decade moved to La Lga. He is good enough to warm the bench

Do you want me to go on?

+1

 

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I see Giovanni scored a hatrick for Barca last night. His first goals in the league.

He will be an asset to whatever club he goes to.

 

[SuPaStA]

Good sending of for Rijkaard!

 

[CaTcH21]

You say step down for moving to La Liga? What are you smoking? United can only dream of winning as much as Real Madrid.

errr.... Barcelona dreams even more

 

[snapshot]

Stop trolling!

 

[snapshot]

enry: Just Go, Eto'o
Thierry Henry would apparently rather see the back of Samuel Eto'o...

Thierry Henry has insisted that it's time for Barcelona teammate Samuel Eto'o to make a move, further to reports linking him with Milan and Tottenham.

“If I were Sam, I would go, but I don’t decide for him,” Henry told France-Football.

Regarding the club's fans turning on the striker, Henry added: “I never, never, never experienced such a moment. The atmosphere was very hard.”

As for himself, Henry feels that he's finished the season strongly. However, he admits that he should have taken a break after moving from Arsenal last summer.

“I was injured when I moved in and for six months I did not do anything,” the former Gunner admmitted.

“Rijkaard asked me if I wanted to be apart from the group and work for two months with a physical programme.

“I told him I wanted stay with the group, but it has been a massive mistake. When you play you cannot recover.

“I scored 18 goals in all competitions, without shooting free kicks or penalties. I made 10 assists and, despite the bad results, I finished with a good series: four goals in the last three games.”

Despite not hinting that he wants to leave the Camp Nou, the France international wants his future to be crystal clear before he continues, insisting: “If I am not part of the club’s plans, it is time to be told.”

 

[SuPaStA]

Manchester United chief executive David Gill says there is no way Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving the club.

Ronaldo signed a five-year deal in 2007, but has regularly been linked with a move to Real Madrid.

"He's got four more years with us, has been with us for five and we're sure he'll be with us for many years to come," he said.

"We're keeping him. We've no intention of letting him go and will make sure he's happy. He's going nowhere."

Referring to Ronaldo as "one of the best players in the world, if not the best," Gill said he could not see any reason why the player would want to leave, or the club would want to sell him.

"He's at a great club, winning trophies, and enjoys it immensely here, so why would he want to leave?," he said.

"We're not a club that sells its main assets, to service our debts we need to have a very successful team on the pitch and you don't achieve that by selling Cristiano Ronaldo."

 

[snapshot]

He is coming!!!!!

Alves wants Barca switch

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DANIEL ALVES is set to snub a move to England by joining Barcelona.

The Sevilla full-back has been linked with Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham.

But the Brazil star, 25, has his heart set on a move to the Catalan giants and has issued a come-and-get-me plea to new Barca boss Pep Guardiola.

Alves said: "As I have said more than once it would be an honour and a pleasure to be able to play for Barca.

“I am just waiting for concrete news and hope that things can move as quickly as possible.

"The truth is that it is a bit more complicated than it seemed.

"It does not depend on me and when that happens things are more difficult.

"I think that I am ready to join a major club. I have been at Sevilla for five-and-a-half years and a lot of things have happened.

"I have matured a lot and I have been waiting for this moment for two years now."

Alves also revealed he is a huge fan of Guardiola and even watched the ex-Barca midfielder when he was growing up.

He added: "He is spectacular. I love football and I always watched Barca against Madrid when I was younger.

“In Brazil he was considered to be one of the best in his position.

"He was a great player and I have no doubt that he will be a great coach.”

Seville president Jose Maria del Nido rejected Chelsea’s £28m bid for Alves last summer and the player himself admits his high valuation may scare some clubs off.

He said: “It is difficult to put a price on my work.

"It is the president who must do that. Where I go is what I decide.

“I will say where I go. My future is down to me and nobody else, but the price is down to him.

"Last year he rejected an offer that was far too much. But I cannot do anything about that if someone wants to pay that."

 

[hj2k_x]

Manchester United chief executive David Gill says there is no way Cristiano Ronaldo will be leaving the club.

Ronaldo signed a five-year deal in 2007, but has regularly been linked with a move to Real Madrid.

"He's got four more years with us, has been with us for five and we're sure he'll be with us for many years to come," he said.

"We're keeping him. We've no intention of letting him go and will make sure he's happy. He's going nowhere."

Referring to Ronaldo as "one of the best players in the world, if not the best," Gill said he could not see any reason why the player would want to leave, or the club would want to sell him.

"He's at a great club, winning trophies, and enjoys it immensely here, so why would he want to leave?," he said.

"We're not a club that sells its main assets, to service our debts we need to have a very successful team on the pitch and you don't achieve that by selling Cristiano Ronaldo."

Why would he want to leaves the Champions of Europe?

 

[snapshot]

Ya, why would he goto a club that didnt win it.

says alot about the club

 

[killadoob]

ROME, May 22 (Reuters) - AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti has targeted Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o or Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor as potential close-season signings.

 

[nivek]

killa - dont i owe you $? how much did we bet again?

 

[killadoob]

yup 100 bucks

will pm my account number

 

[mercurial]

Ronaldo: I'm not leaving

On a night of European glory, Cristiano Ronaldo gave Reds fans even more reason to celebrate when he quashed rumours that he could join Real Madrid this summer by pledging his future to United.

When asked by a TV reporter whether he would be leaving the club with which he has already achieved so much in his short career, Ronaldo gave the emphatic reply all Reds fans wanted to hear.

“No, no, no. I’m going to stay,” he said.

It was a fitting end to an emotional night for the Portuguese winger who opened the scoring in the 26th minute, but then missed his spot-kick in the dramatic penalty shoot-out.

“When I missed the penalty, I thought we were going to lose,” he said.

“I played well in the game and I scored a goal, but I missed the penalty. I thought it was going to be the worst day of my life.

“But the lads did their jobs. They believed they were going to score, and they scored. Penalties is a lottery, you never know who is going to win, but I think we deserve to win because we played better in the game.

“It means everything to me because we won both trophies, the Champions League and the League, so I feel very happy. It is one of the most happy days of my life. I feel very, very proud.”

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=5993282

 

[Fern9do]

Schuster: Ronaldo Will End Up At Madrid
Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster has stoked the fires of speculation surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo by declaring today that the Manchester United star would one day end up at the Bernabéu...

Ronaldo stated less than 24 hours ago that he was "staying" with Manchester United, but nonetheless some have picked up on the choice of wording he used elsewhere to speculate that he ma still have his eye on a move.

Among these is Schuster, who is not known to be a man to mince his words.

"Sooner of later, Cristiano Ronaldo will wear white," he boomed to Noticias Cuatro.

What's more, he defended his side's recent attempts to coax the Portuguese ace via the media to the Spanish capital.

"If there is any possibility of our recruiting him then Real Madrid have to try," he reasoned.

Despite the winger's "non-transferable" status at Old Trafford, he remains Los Merengues' main target for the summer transfer window.

Steve Michaels, Goal.com

http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=706874

 

[mercurial]

http://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=706874

Eventually meaning 5 years time

I didn't want to post that article earlier cos I felt it has no relevance.

 

[Fern9do]

Reds Up Barry Bid
Liverpool have reportedly stepped up their pursuit of Aston Villa skipper Gareth Barry, raising their bid to ₤12 million…

Villa boss Martin O’Neill immediately rejected the Reds’ initial ₤10 million offer for Barry, and is desperate to hold onto the England midfielder.

But according to The Sun, the Merseyside giants are prepared to fork out at least ₤12 million to capture their main transfer target.

O’Neill and Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez have been at loggerheads in press recently regarding the latter’s decidedly open approach for the 27-year-old.

O’Neill claims the former Valencia boss has been excessively aggressive in his pursuit of Barry, while Benitez feels the former Celtic manager should resign himself to the fact the player may have to leave Villa Park to achieve his European ambitions.

Villa have offered Barry wages of ₤70,000-per-week — a ₤30,000 raise — to stay, but the lure of Champions League football and the possibility of linking up with close friend Steven Gerrard could prove too difficult to refuse.

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=707251
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Looks like we will be making our first high profile signing of the summer soon