The Football Thread

[cryingyogi]

I find it hard to believe there would be any cash plus player offer from Madrid.

Perhaps i'm wrong, but I don't remember seeing many cash plus player deals unless the players offered have been young and not proven, or older and in their last season(s), or at lower club level where their might be critical financial reasons. I struggle to imagine a scenario where any RM player worthy of featuring in a cash + player deal for Bale would tolerate being valued as just a bargaining chip for another player. how would that player hold their head up at their new club when the transfer itself simply says "every party involved thinks i'm much worse than the player i'm replacing"?

if spurs request... thats a bit different. But as we've said he's not going anywhere, I can't see it. It's not happening unless RM offer silly silly money.

[mitchspur]

I've stated before I 'Hate' the close season rumours. And I make a point of not believing ANY of them, until they happen of course.
I normally go on holiday to the Greek islands, and get p****d off when the television caters for Brits on holiday. So you get 24/7 Sky SportsNews S**t.
This year I'm to the Amalfi coast, (Saturday Silly o'clock) so I'm hoping I will be able to avoid Sky???

P.S. my adopted 2nd country Italy gave Spain a run for their money tonight.
But as with ALL the teams I support, England, Spurs and Mansfield, penalties was my undoing

See you all in 2 weeks!!

[Meini Hirion]

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Some of todays rumours with perhaps some substance as they are in most of the daily's and several football sites.

Jonjo Shelvey looks to be off to Swansea, in some instances he would have gone sooner but has been holding out awaiting interest from the Hammers, looks like there is a God after all.

Leighton Baines could be become a tug of war as Moyes wants him at OT, depending on the source, about to start bidding process, had 12 million bid rejected or not for sale at any price.

Gareth Bale. Madrid have offered money and player exchange, depends on the paper as to who the actual player is.

Ronaldo, off to UTD, Anchelotti faces fight to keep him.

Luis Suarez, Liverpool up in arms after he has reportedly agreed personal terms with Madrid.

This stuff gets me through the close season...

This year, as I think I mentioned before, I've discovered "Agents"..."Ex-Agents"..."New Agents"..and so on

All with Twitter accounts -- some are barmy some are parodies, and as I shift through and abandon about 95% of them, I am impressed by a couple of them.

If you are on Twitter, VM, follow

indykaila

he is linked to a Blog as well -

For the libidinous, follow

SexyFootyWAGs

Cesc's armcandy



Higuain's armrest


And for the bloke that broke Higuain and Felliano to the Gooners, weeks ago - follow

AgentJim_

One more match in the Confed, and then only the Women's Euro to keep me from going cold turkey



This is a long summer, for some of us, but at least we are only in Ireland for one match, against Shamrock, for which I've got sorted already.

Meantime, Vic mate, and others, follow these Tweeters. Good fun, and some of them (the two I mentioned), actually deliver weeks before the printed media.

You'll need to be on Twitter to search the handles, as it seems direct Twitter links are banned on here. But I can't find out where or why.

Oh well...

[Roger Allott]

With the riots still continuing in Brazil over corruption and misuse of public funds, particularly with regard to preparations for next year's WC, it's good to see that FIFA have got their finger on the pulse of what's really important, and taken the opportunity today to reveal that Taittinger will be the official supplier of champagne for the tournament.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...-world-2003194

“Brazil asked to host the World Cup. We didn’t force it on them,” he [FIFA President Sepp Blatter] oinked unsympathetically.

[Meini Hirion]

Transfers possibilities where I've fell out my chair laughing or looked at in awe - hardly any gone through yet - but after 3/4 weeks on Twitter, various print journos are 'dropping hints' about them - these last few days. Funny that.

As already posted:

Into Arsenal:

Higuain (Real)
Julio Cesar (QPR & Brazil)
- Or Bergovic (Stoke)
Felliani (Everton)

Out:
Mannone
Arshavin


Latest gossip is that the gooners have agreed a fee: £23.5m (but not wages) with Man Utd for Rooney ( whether this is as well as Higuain or as an alternative is causing some dispute amongst the leading Twitts)


Out of Liverpool:

Suarez (Real)
Shelvey (Hammers)
Agger (Barca)
Reina (??? can't remember)
Carragher (Done)

IN:
Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Biteco (Gremio)
Mignolet (Sunderland - done I think)
Villa (Barca - if Suarez brings in loot)
Aspas (Celta Vigo)
Touré (Done)
Shaw (Southampron)

Man Utd In:

Alcântara (Barca)
Ronaldo (Real)
- OR Bale (Spurs)
Baines (Everton)
Lewandowski
Varela (Penarol - Done)

Out:

Evra (PSG or Monacco)
Rooney (Arsenal / Chelsea)
Scholes (Done)

Chelsea:

Schürrle(Done)
Lewandowski - If -
Cavani fails

Out:
Bruma
Marin
Benayoun
Ferreira
Malouda
Turnbull

All done



West Ham:

Carrol (Done)
Shelvey (Liverpool)
Rat (Donetsk)(Done)

Out:
Cole (done)

Everton:

Redmond (Birmingham)
Honda (Russia somewhere)

Out:

Baines -(Man Utd)
Hitzlsperger / Neville (Done)

Man City:

In:
Fernandinho (Donetsk)
Navas (Sevilla)
Both done -
Lewandowski

Out:

Bridge
Touré
Santa Cruz.
All 3 done

Spurs:

In:
Benteke (villa)
Paulhino


Out:

Bale - (Everywhere )

Bentley
Gallas
Both done

Swansea:

Bony
Redmond (Blues)
Amat (Done)

Baggies:

Out & Done:
Fortuné
Gera
Reyes


Sunderland:

In :
Whatmore (Altrincham)
de Guzman (Villareal - LOAN)
Karlsson (IFK Gothenburg)

All done

Out:
Mignolet
Elmohamady
Bramble
Kilgallon
Noble

All done.


Norwich:

Garrido (Lazio)
van Wolfswinkel (Lisbon)

- Both Done

Redmond (Blues)
Hooper (Celtic)

Out:
Adeyemi
Steer
Rudd
Camp

All done

Toon:

In:
Emerick-Aubemyang (St. Ettiene)
Zouma (St. Ettiene)
Belhanda (Montpellier)
Honda (Somewhere in Russia)

Out:
Harper
Simpson

Both done

Saints:

Lovren (Done)

Stoke:

Pieters (PSV)
Pennant (re-hired)
Both Done

Out:
Delap
Upson
Sidibe
Whitehead




I hope I ain't missed some, probably have.

When I started this I've had to go back and back to re-check.

Where things are done, I've tried to log it, but...it's all good fun
....and gets some of us nearere August 3rd.

[Road Dogg]

We've signed Danny Simpson from Newcastle on a free, was supposed to be in for Dwight Gayle from Peterborough

Players under 30

Hope whoever comes in over the next few weeks have hunger and desire, sadly missing from bulk of playing staff last season.

Joey Barton supposed to be back Monday, hope we keep hold of him but apparently he wants out.

Released DJ Campbell and Bothroyd, thought they may have done a job for us up front next season.

[victor meldrew]

Originally Posted by Meini Hirion

Transfers possibilities where I've fell out my chair laughing or looked at in awe - hardly any gone through yet - but after 3/4 weeks on Twitter, various print journos are 'dropping hints' about them - these last few days. Funny that.

West ham have also signed

Danny Whitehead (Stockport)
Adrian (Real Betis)

Shelvey can go anywhere he likes apart from E13.

Colour Blind Gay (O'Neill) has been given a new contract

[Road Dogg]

Originally Posted by victor meldrew

Colour Blind Gay (O'Neill) has been given a new contract

Rumours.....

[victor meldrew]

Originally Posted by Road Dogg

Rumours.....

I wish it was.

[Road Dogg]

Which part, being color blind or Gay?