Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527

[ArcspacE]

This is quite worrying to be honest, so wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he signs for Arse next week for an extra 1.2m or something ridiculous. Not a good sign at all. Hopefully I'm wrong

Typical fudging Spurs bad luck.

 

[raboner]

the only positive i can gather is that he appears to still 'want' the move, it just seems to be quite a ways from being completed.

 

[Superted]

The only positive is about 15 ITKs who told us this was done and dusted look like absolute mugs (moreso than usual)

 

[ArcspacE]

May I just add - thought he looked quite good against England. Cultured, strong, composed on the abll, read the game well, none of that cluless BAE hoofing down the left or always backtracking chasing shadows due to misreading yet another pass. Can't recall a single time he was beaten for pace or in the air. And that's not even his natural position.

I really hope we sign him, looked intelligent on and off the ball - a player who can fit straight into our tactial ethos as opposed to a hoofing ogre/clogger

 

[markysimmo]

TRANSFER GOSSIP

Man United and Emirates Marketing Project target Mats Hummels, 23, has committed his future to Borussia Dortmund by signing a new-five-year contract.

Full story: talkSPORT

Spurs star Gareth Bale, 22, has gone on holiday to consider his Tottenham future as speculation continues to mount over the future of manager Harry Redknapp.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea have prepared a ?ú7m-a-year package for Porto striker Hulk, 25, and they are ready to pay as much as ?ú30m for the Brazilian.

Full story: The Times

Blackburn winger Junior Hoilett, 21, whose contract expires this summer, looks set to join German side Borussia Monchengladbach.

Full story: The Times

QPR, West Brom and Malaga are all interested in signing West Ham goalkeeper Robert Green, 32, after Hammers chairman David Gold confirmed the England stopper would be leaving the club.

Full story: The Telegraph

Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar, 30, fears Spurs will price him out of a move back to Everton, where he spent the end of the season on loan.

Full story: The Sun
Fabricio Coloccini's form earned him a place in the PFA Team of the Year

Fabricio Coloccini's form earned him a place in the PFA Team of the Year

Premier League champions Emirates Marketing Project want to sign Saudi Sportswashing Machine captain Fabricio Coloccini, 30 .

Full story: The Metro

Tottenham, QPR and West Ham are all interested in signing former Chelsea and Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka, 33, who is currently with Shanghai Shenhua.

Full story: Daily Mail

Phil Jagielka is concerned that Everton team-mate Marouane Fellaini, 24, could be lured away from Goodison Park this summer.

Full story: Daily Mail

West Ham have been told they will have to pay ?ú6m if they want to sign Norwich striker Grant Holt, 31.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Chelsea want to follow up the signings of Eden Hazard and Marko Marin with a move for Arsenal duo Bacary Sagna, 29, and Theo Walcott, 23.

Full story: Caught Offside
OTHER GOSSIP
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway

Ian Holloway has been at Blackpool since 2009

Swansea are targeting Blackpool manager Ian Holloway as they look set to miss out on Wigan assistant Graeme Jones.

Full story: Daily Star

Cardiff are confident of keeping manager Malky Mackay despite interest from Norwich.

Full story: Daily Star

Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy has revealed he is in the Team GB squad for the Olympics.

Full story: The Sun

Norwich defender Russell Martin, 26, believes a new manager could prevent "second season syndrome" striking at the Premier League club.

Full story: talkSPORT
AND FINALLY

England's kit could hinder them at Euro 2012, according to Swedish research.

Full story: Daily Mail

Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi further fuelled speculation that his girlfriend is pregnant with their first child with his goal celebration against Ecuador. The 24-year-old put the ball up his shirt and gestured to the crowd.

Full story: The Metro

 

[Hully]

TRANSFER GOSSIP


Spurs star Gareth Bale, 22, has gone on holiday to consider his Tottenham future.

Full story: Daily Mirror

Stop press! Footballer goes on holiday....

 

[raboner]

laughable isn't it? outrageous.

 

[milo]

All clubs get it. It fills papers and people buy them for sport gossip.

 

[Enter the Pitbull]

[h=3]STEVEN PIENAAR fears Spurs will price him out of a dream return to Everton.[/h]
The midfielder is desperate to seal a permanent move back to Goodison after spending the last four months of the season there on loan.

But Tottenham are refusing to lower their ?ú6million asking price for a 30-year-old player who cost them just ?ú3m in January 2011.
Pienaar knows he does not figure in Harry Redknapp’s plans after getting just 14 minutes of Premier League action for Spurs last season.
South African Pienaar quit the Toffees for a ?ú60,000-a-week contract with Spurs but has never been a regular starter at White Hart Lane.
But his impressive performances back at Everton since January have sparked a bust-up between Redknapp and chairman Daniel Levy. The Tottenham supremo has demanded to know why Redknapp has failed to get the best out of Pienaar when he plays so well for Everton boss David Moyes.
And Levy has also questioned why his manager is demanding cash to strengthen the midfield when he has not utilised Pienaar’s talents.
Now their disagreement is threatening to scupper Pienaar’s wish to move back to Goodison Park.

 

[ArcspacE]

I hope he leaves for his career sake. Will never be a regular with us as long as Redknapp is manager and would end up deteriorating like dos Santos and Bentley into a nothing bit-time no confidence player. If you don't play - you lose form, simple as that. Especially when Huddlestone is back, adding to that Livermore, etc. - not a chance, Peanut. Investec signing, nothing more - Arry would have never gone for him - it was pretty obvious from his interviews, contract lenght and subsequent treatment. Might as well cash in now.

 

[milo]

I hope he leaves for his career sake. Will never be a regular with us as long as Redknapp is manager and would end up deteriorating like dos Santos and Bentley into a nothing bit-time no confidence player. If you don't play - you lose form, simple as that. Especially when Huddlestone is back, adding to that Livermore, etc. - not a chance, Peanut. Investec signing, nothing more - Arry would have never gone for him - it was pretty obvious from his interviews, contract lenght and subsequent treatment. Might as well cash in now.

What do you mean by Investec signing?

 

[ArcspacE]

Check your PM

 

[Jordinho]

The Sun

• Furious Rio Ferdinand laid into Roy Hodgson after being snubbed yet again for England's Euro 2012 squad.
• Craig Bellamy broke an Olympic code of silence to reveal he is in Stuart Pearce's Great Britain squad for London 2012.
• Dirk Kuyt has become the first casualty of the Brendan Rodgers era at Liverpool after being flogged to Fenerbahce.
• Steve Pienaar fears Spurs will price him out of a dream return to Everton.
• Norwich chief executive David McNally has angrily hit out at claims skipper Grant Holt is quitting for West Ham.
• West Ham have lost their battle to hang onto Rob Green - who is eyeing a Champions League adventure with Malaga.
• Reading want to re-sign axed West Brom defender Nicky Shorey six years after he led them into the top flight.
• Dave Jones has made Anthony Gardner his third new signing for Sheffield Wednesday.
• Danny Guthrie is being offered the chance to revive his career at Southampton after being booted out by Saudi Sportswashing Machine.

Daily Mirror

• Rio Ferdinand was involved in a bitter new row after Roy Hodgson was accused of treating the Manchester United defender with a "total lack of respect".
• Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt is quitting the Kop for Fenerbache in a ?ú2.7million move.
• Gareth Bale has gone on holiday to decide on his future amid doubts whether Harry Redknapp is staying at Whte Hart Lane.
• West Ham have been told it will take ?ú6million to land Norwich striker Grant Holt.
• Everton boss David Moyes is worried he could lose Marouane Fellaini in a ?ú20million move this summer.
• Wolves winger Matt Jarvis is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Fulham and Stoke.
• Reading boss Brian McDermott's bid to sign Colombia international midfielder Carlos Sanchez has run into trouble.
• Ipswich manager Paul Jewell wants to snap up Paddy Kenny in a bargain deal.
• Cardiff are lining up an improved bid for Coventry defender Richard Keogh.
• Sheffield Wednesday have snapped up ex-England defender Anthony Gardner from Crystal Palace.

Daily Star

• Rio Ferdinand hit out at Roy Hodgson after being snubbed by the England boss for a second time.
• Craig Bellamy will play for Great Britain at the Olympics.
• Graeme Jones has turned down the chance to manage Swansea - and they now look set to target Blackpool manager Ian Holloway.
• England goalkeeper Rob Green is quitting West Ham.
• Dirk Kuyt has quit Liverpool to join Turkish giants Fenerbahce.
• Cardiff have vowed to do everything they can to keep Malky Mackay out of the clutches of Norwich.

Daily Mail

• Roy Hodgson delivered the ultimate snub to a furious Rio Ferdinand when he selected a defender who has played just two minutes of international football ahead of him for Euro 2012.
• Norwich chief executive David McNally took to Twitter to deny West Ham have made a ?ú4million offer for striker Grant Holt, who has put in a transfer request and is wanted by Aston Villa.
• Dirk Kuyt says the appointment of Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager had nothing to do with his decision to join Feneberbahce.
• Aston Villa and Sunderland are showing late interest in Burnley's Jay Rodriguez as his move to Southampton is yet to be finalised.
• Tottenham are among the clubs showing interest in Nicolas Anelka. West Ham and QPR are also keen.

Daily Express

• England manager Roy Hodgson and the FA were branded "disgraceful" after Rio Ferdinand was again overlooked for Euro 2012 despite Gary Cahill being ruled out by injury.
• Craig Bellamy has revealed he has agreed to play for Great Britain at the Olympics.
• Dirk Kuyt brought down the curtain on his six-year Liverpool stay by joining Fenerbahce.
• West Ham chairman David Gold has confirmed England goalkeeper Rob Green will leave this summer.
• Rafael van der Vaart has said he wants to stay at Tottenham although he refused to rule out a move to Schalke.
• Michael Laudrup's agent played down talk linking him to the vacant managerial position at Swansea.
• Wolves' Matt Jarvis is wanted by Fulham and Stoke.
• Cardiff have vowed to do everything they can to keep Malky Mackay from succeeding Paul Lambert.

 

[milo]

Check your PM

Not impossible but it not normally the way that sponsors behave and especially not ones who only have half of our games. I've always thought that we bought him because he was cheap, available, could be useful and if it didn't work out we could probably sell him on at a profit.

 

[ArcspacE]

Not impossible but it not normally the way that sponsors behave and especially not ones who only have half of our games. I've always thought that we bought him because he was cheap, available, could be useful and if it didn't work out we could probably sell him on at a profit.

You'd be surprised, especially if they have long term plans with us which potentially extending into the stadium, etc. They could have in theory financed half of his contract for all we know on the basis of our sponsorhip, etc.

Anyway - that's at least my explanation for a player who

- we didn't need
- offered a massive contract essentially retiring him with us with no re-sale
- the manager never really said anything about

 

[milo]

You'd be surprised, especially if they have long term plans with us which potentially extending into the stadium, etc. They could have in theory financed half of his contract for all we know on the basis of our sponsorhip, etc.

Anyway - that's at least my explanation for a player who

- we didn't need
- offered a massive contract essentially retiring him with us with no re-sale
- the manager never really said anything about

By massive contract, do you mean long contract or big wages? A longer contract just means that it is easier for us to ask for a higher transfer fee when we sell him.

 

[ArcspacE]

I'd say both - the alleged 60k would put him in our top 1/3 no doubt

Also - I wouldn't imagine we bought him with the intention of re-selling. He's 30 after all

 

[braineclipse]

We needed Pienaar. We were in the CL and still in the hunt for a CL spot in the league, we needed some backup to Lennon and to some extent Bale as Harry doesn't seem to trust Kranjcar in big games, I don't blame him. He could also provide backup for VdV and possibly in central midfield in a 4-5-1. He was the kind of hard working utility player we needed, and he also seemed to have enough quality about him to make a difference. He was experienced, knew the league and was available for a fairly small fee.

We had to pay him as much as we did since he most likely already had solid wages at Everton and Chelsea were after him as well and they were probably offering him more than we did.

Harry played him plenty when we first signed him, didn't seem to be a player he had pushed onto him.

It just didn't work out, for whatever reasons.

 

[milo]

We needed Pienaar. We were in the CL and still in the hunt for a CL spot in the league, we needed some backup to Lennon and to some extent Bale as Harry doesn't seem to trust Kranjcar in big games, I don't blame him. He could also provide backup for VdV and possibly in central midfield in a 4-5-1. He was the kind of hard working utility player we needed, and he also seemed to have enough quality about him to make a difference. He was experienced, knew the league and was available for a fairly small fee.

We had to pay him as much as we did since he most likely already had solid wages at Everton and Chelsea were after him as well and they were probably offering him more than we did.

Harry played him plenty when we first signed him, didn't seem to be a player he had pushed onto him.

It just didn't work out, for whatever reasons.

I agree.

 

[Hotshot-Tottenham]

What is the latest update to Vertonghen?

shouldn't think there'll be much with the bank holiday(s) now til after Weds.