Transfer Rumours summer 2008

[.DJ]

From BBC SPORT Football Gossip:

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has authorised a record-breaking £80m move for Barcelona maestro Lionel Messi. (News of the World)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will make a £25m bid for England defender Micah Richards. (News of the World & People)

Liverpool will offer Cardiff £3m for teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey but Manchester United are preparing a £10m package for the Wales Under-21 star. (News of the World)

Newcastle and Sunderland want Manchester City's £5m-rated defender Richard Dunne and £8m-rated midfielder Stephen Ireland. (Daily Star Sunday)

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has the green light to splash £15m on Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins. (News of the World)

Manchester City midfielder Michael Johnson has emerged as a summer target for Tottenham and Arsenal. (News of the World)

Coventry boss Chris Coleman is set to raid his old club Fulham for veteran striker Brian McBride. (News of the World)

Liverpool and Spurs are chasing Colchester winger Medy Elito, 17. (News of the World)

Michael Tonge plans a £4m move to Blackburn if Sheffield United fail to win promotion to the Premier League. (News of the World)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane hopes to persuade Kenwyne Jones to stay at Sunderland after knocking back an initial enquiry from Liverpool. Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United are also interested in the striker. (News of the World)

From NEWS AND FEATURES - What The Papers Say: Papers: Reds in for Bos? - Manchester United Official Web Site
The Daily Star reckons Sir Alex is lining up a bid for West Ham striker Dean Ashton.

[Galatasaray]

Messi won't leave Barcelona. Does anyone no why he went to Barcelona in the first place? His whole human deficiency hormone. He needed treatment that cost around £500 a month. Barcelona said if he were to come to Spain and play for them they would pay for the medical bills. I don't think he would leave Barcelona so easily

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by d1j

From BBC SPORT Football Gossip:


From NEWS AND FEATURES - What The Papers Say: Papers: Reds in for Bos? - Manchester United Official Web Site
The Daily Star reckons Sir Alex is lining up a bid for West Ham striker Dean Ashton.

you have taken my job of posting the rumours from the BBC Gossip page?

[.DJ]

No i didnt know it was ur job

[Scuba Steve]

haha, I don't care. I am sure that someone else was doing it before me anyways. I could care less if you do it, no worries.

[.DJ]

alright

[LewisLaa]

Originally Posted by hokiegooner

haha, I don't care. I am sure that someone else was doing it before me anyways. I could care less if you do it, no worries.

So you DO care?

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by LewisLaa

So you DO care?

absolutely gutted mate.

[mustangt1255]

did adriano get transferred? He isn't on inter anymore on my game

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by mustangt1255

did adriano get transferred? He isn't on inter anymore on my game

he got loaned out to sao paulo in brazil

[LewisLaa]

Originally Posted by hokiegooner

absolutely gutted mate.

[zzwampen]

Adriano Galliani (milan's vice president) has said that the ronaldinho deal has collapsed...




so no ronaldinho to milan then (probably)

[Scuba Steve]

Probably a good thing in my opinion. He may have brought all the fan fare, but I don't think he would have been a good fit in the squad.

[zzwampen]

i think he would have been a quite good fit...he could take seedorf's place in their christmas tree formation...but maybe kaká and ronaldinho wouldn't fit together ...

[Scuba Steve]

I mean, I base my opinion of Kaka and Dinho playing together off of their country experience (obviously). But maybe it would be different playing for the same club ( different manager, different tactics, different style of play etc....)

[zzwampen]

Hull City eyeing Swedish League raid?

[joegerrard]

can someone tell me about the situation of porto right winger back bosingwa.
did porto and man united get a accord?

[Galatasaray]

Fenerbahce are trying to buy Ronaldo (fat one), Hernan Crespo, Julio Cruz, and there trying to buy Quaresma, but i doubt he'll be leaving porto, and if he does i doubt it would be to Fenerbahce.

[Scuba Steve]

Striker Peter Crouch is demanding showdown talks with boss Rafael Benitez after admitting he cannot take another season spent on the Liverpool bench. (Mirror).

Everton boss David Moyes is lining up a £3m bid for out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell. (Various)

Moyes is also prepared to pay £4m for American midfielder Michael Bradley from Dutch side Heerenveen. (Mirror)

Manchester United will sit down with Wigan next week to thrash out an £8m deal for midfielder Wilson Palacios. (The Sun)

And there could be more business between the two clubs, with United looking to offer striker Louis Saha and cash in exchange for Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia. (Mirror)

The Latics, meanwhile, are looking to reinforce their attacking options by making a £4m swoop for Egypt striker Amr Zaky after boss Steve Bruce watched the 25-year-old score twice for his club Zamalek on Monday. (Various)

Sol Campbell's Portsmouth career appears to be over with boss Harry Redknapp eyeing Benfica defender Luisao as a replacement. Pedro Mendes is also likely to leave Fratton Park. (Daily Express)

Another player leaving Portsmouth could be Lassana Diarra, with Tottenham said to be confident of signing the former Chelsea and Arsenal midfielder. (Guardian)

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos will attempt to lure West Ham's England's Under-21 defender Anton Ferdinand to White Hart Lane in a £6m deal. (The Sun)

The Spaniard will shell out another £6m on Birmingham winger Olivier Kapo, if the Blues are relegated on Sunday. (Mirror)

But Spurs could be set to lose star striker Dimitar Berbatov, who was conspicuous by his absence at the launch of the club's new kit on Tuesday night. (Various)

Mathieu Flamini will be joined at AC Milan by Barcelona full-back Gianluca Zambrotta with the Italian set to sign for £5.5m. (The Sun)

Sunderland are leading the race to sign Carlton Cole from West Ham but Celtic and Middlesbrough are also interested in the former England Under-21 striker. (Mirror)

Martin O'Neill could turn to Stephen Carr, who has been released by Newcastle, after being priced out of a move for Porto full-back Jose Boswinga. (Mirror)

Ivan Campo will be one of several players to leave the Reebok Stadium as Gary Megson sets about a clear-out at Bolton. (The Mirror)

One player who could be arriving at Bolton is Sheffield United defender Chris Morgan in a £1m deal.

Watford could be the destination for out-of-favour Fulham defender Moritz Volz. (Daily Star)

Cardiff winger Peter Wittingham will be targeted by newly-promoted Nottingham Forest as a replacement for Derby-bound Kris Commons. (The Sun)

Sunderland and Wolves are to scrap it out for Barnet's £1m-rated winger Albert Adomah, who only arrived from Harrow in January. (The Sun)

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by hokiegooner

Moyes is also prepared to pay £4m for American midfielder Michael Bradley from Dutch side Heerenveen. (Mirror)

I would love to see that transfer...... I think he could learn a lot there, and still get a decent amount of playing time.

[M1ZZ0U]

I'd love to see Bradley join Tim Howard at Everton.

[magicsven101]

Uli Hoeneß, Manager of Bayern München, stated in an Interview past Monday, that ManU is interested in Philip Lahm.
Lahm prefers to go to Spain, and also takes England into consideration, but Hoeneß expects him to stay in Munich, though.

[Scuba Steve]

this is from the Guardian's online transfer rumours:

Not content with inflicting serious collateral damage by making away with Flamini for the sum total of £0m, Milan representatives are now hell-bent on rubbing salt in the wound by stealing their 30-goal hitman Emmanuel Adebayor as well. And, to add insult to salt-ingrained injury, fellow Serie A side Internazionale have joined forces in an unlikely alliance by trying to kidnap Alexander Hleb.


Such a two-pronged assault, you would think, would be more than enough for any under-fire club to deal with but it seems that Arsenal will soon have to contend with a third enemy at the gates as a Spanish Armada has now sailed undetected up the Thames, moored at Embankment and emptied onto the Victoria line in the hope of making it to Highbury & Islington before siesta time. Real Madrid have realised that this could be the best time to strike and are lining up a bid for Cesc Fábregas.

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by M1ZZ0U

I'd love to see Bradley join Tim Howard at Everton.

I would too, but I just found this on Sky Sports [take it for whats it worth, you can never know about this things]

From Sky Sports

Bradley has German preference

In-demand American could shun Premier switch

American starlet Michael Bradley favours a move to Germany - his agent has confirmed to skysports.com.

The Heerenveen midfielder has been strongly linked with a switch to the Premier League with Manchester United, Everton, Blackburn, Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sunderland amongst those to have scouted him in recent months.

Scottish giants Celtic are also said to be keeping close tabs on him - whilst German outfits Werder Bremen and Stuttgart are keen.

And although he would not rule out a move to England - his agent Kon Schramm confirmed a switch to the Bundesliga looked the most likely option.

"He will probably make the move to Germany," Schramm told skysports.com.

"He likes the clubs, the league and he knows it better. I think he will feel good in Germany."

No contact

The most serious interest from England appears to be emerging from Merseyside with David Moyes attending a match recently to make a check on Bradley - who has scored an impressive 15 goals from central midfield.

But Schramm insisted he has not heard from The Toffees.

"There is no contact with an English club at this moment, a move to England is possible but we will see," he continued.

"We hope something on his future will develop in the next month or so.

"He has one-year left on his current contract and a transfer is not something Heerenveen have really talked about."

[Joobieo]

Real Madrid doesn't really need anymore players lol, heck they have like 2 or 3 people who could start on other teams on the bench at all times.

- Joobieo