DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Sandro? Man may have a point.
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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527
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Sandro? Man may have a point.
Difference being, I guess, that we have an alternative to VDV in Sigurdsson. But while Parker is out injured, we don't have an alternative to Sandro.
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
Good point. Fair enough. Hope you're right, though; VdV isn't one I'd like to see go.
marcospur2
Ronnie Rosenthal
A few on twitter getting excited by a suggestion we have had a 22m bid accepted for Leandro Damiao. Some never learn
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
marcospur2
Ronnie Rosenthal
I imply nothing! Well except not to get one's hopes up based on a random 'my mate text me this'
DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
What did your mate text you? Have we signed Damiao? ITK! Watch as I proceed to put Damiao in my line-up for West Brom! Yay! \o/
marcospur2
Ronnie Rosenthal
Haha! My team includes Damiao, Willian, M'Villa and Lloris!! I did have a mate text me last week as it happens, was pretty strong we were signing Sessegnon. While he is well placed he has never, on any occassion, gotten any transfer activity correct. It is basically a guessing game, so roll on next week!
markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
TRANSFER GOSSIP
Chelsea have rejected a £30m bid from Emirates Marketing Project for 25-year-old Brazilian defender David Luiz. City are in the hunt for defensive cover with Micah Richards out of action for 10 weeks through injury.
Full story: the Sun
Borussia Dortmund confirm the club have rejected a number of offers for striker Robert Lewandowski, 24, amid speculation of interest from Manchester United and Chelsea.
Full story: Metro
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski is rumoured to be interesting Chelsea and Manchester United
Liverpool owner John W Henry is willing to oversee the sale of two midfielders - Charlie Adam and Jay Spearing - to fund a substantial offer for Fulham's 29-year-old American international Clint Dempsey.
Full story: Daily Mirror
The two Milan clubs, Inter and AC, are competing to sign £8m-rated Holland international Nigel de Jong, 27, from Emirates Marketing Project. De Jong, who joined City from Hamburg for £18m in January 2009, has only one year remaining on his contract in Manchester and is keen to move on.
Full story: Goal.com
Saudi Sportswashing Machine want former striker Andy Carroll, 23, on loan for the rest of the season from Liverpool with a view to a permanent £12m deal, but Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is reluctant to accept such an offer.
Full story: Guardian
Michael Dawson's proposed move to QPR from Tottenham has hit a snag, and Sunderland and Stoke are now hoping to sign the experienced 28-year-old England defender for around £10m.
Full story: Daily Mail
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo, 29, says he has no knowledge of a rumoured £7m Fulham bid, but admits he would consider quitting his current club Shakhtar Donetsk for another chance of Premier League football.
Full story: Independent
West Ham and Sunderland are competing to sign West Brom's Peter Odemwingie.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Tottenham have been told to up their bid for Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris, 25, after having a offer for the France international turned down by the Ligue 1 side earlier in the summer.
Full story: Daily Star
Jesus Navas
Sevilla and Spain star Jesus Navas could be on his way to north London and Arsenal
Spurs have already increased their offer for another player - Andre Villas-Boas wants 23-year-old Internacional striker Leandro Damiao to link up with new boy Emmanuel Adebayor.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho says he is willing to loan 23-year-old Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin to an English club, but he "couldn't care less if he goes to Arsenal or Liverpool or Tottenham. I have no preference."
Full story: Guardian
Mourinho also denies that Kaka is set for a move to Manchester United, after reports the 30-year-old will be loaned out to accommodate possible incoming midfielders such as Tottenham winger Luka Modric.
Full story: Daily Express
With just a year left on winger Theo Walcott's contract, Arsenal are focusing their attention on acquiring Sevilla star Jesus Navas. The 26-year-old Spanish international has a £35m buy-out clause but his club are expected to accept a much lower offer.
Full story: Daily Star
OTHER GOSSIP
Players who have quit Arsenal over the last seven years have amassed 44 winners' medals between them at 11 different clubs, while those who stayed at the Emirates have empty trophy cabinets.
Full story: the Sun
Manchester United and Emirates Marketing Project are in dispute as neither club can agree on proposals to introduce Uefa-style financial fair play regulations in the Premier League.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers denies he is taking the Reds' Europa League qualifying match against Hearts on Thursday for granted, despite leaving the likes of Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Martin Skrtel and Glen Johnson out of his travelling squad.
Full story: Daily Mail
AND FINALLY
A hacker is being blamed for breaking into Real Madrid's club website and creating a profile page for Croatia international Luka Modric. The 26-year-old is being heavily linked with a transfer to the Bernabeu but remains a Tottenham player.
Full story: Metro
Chelsea have rejected a £30m bid from Emirates Marketing Project for 25-year-old Brazilian defender David Luiz. City are in the hunt for defensive cover with Micah Richards out of action for 10 weeks through injury.
Full story: the Sun
Borussia Dortmund confirm the club have rejected a number of offers for striker Robert Lewandowski, 24, amid speculation of interest from Manchester United and Chelsea.
Full story: Metro
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski is rumoured to be interesting Chelsea and Manchester United
Liverpool owner John W Henry is willing to oversee the sale of two midfielders - Charlie Adam and Jay Spearing - to fund a substantial offer for Fulham's 29-year-old American international Clint Dempsey.
Full story: Daily Mirror
The two Milan clubs, Inter and AC, are competing to sign £8m-rated Holland international Nigel de Jong, 27, from Emirates Marketing Project. De Jong, who joined City from Hamburg for £18m in January 2009, has only one year remaining on his contract in Manchester and is keen to move on.
Full story: Goal.com
Saudi Sportswashing Machine want former striker Andy Carroll, 23, on loan for the rest of the season from Liverpool with a view to a permanent £12m deal, but Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is reluctant to accept such an offer.
Full story: Guardian
Michael Dawson's proposed move to QPR from Tottenham has hit a snag, and Sunderland and Stoke are now hoping to sign the experienced 28-year-old England defender for around £10m.
Full story: Daily Mail
Former Arsenal striker Eduardo, 29, says he has no knowledge of a rumoured £7m Fulham bid, but admits he would consider quitting his current club Shakhtar Donetsk for another chance of Premier League football.
Full story: Independent
West Ham and Sunderland are competing to sign West Brom's Peter Odemwingie.
Full story: Daily Mirror
Tottenham have been told to up their bid for Lyon keeper Hugo Lloris, 25, after having a offer for the France international turned down by the Ligue 1 side earlier in the summer.
Full story: Daily Star
Jesus Navas
Sevilla and Spain star Jesus Navas could be on his way to north London and Arsenal
Spurs have already increased their offer for another player - Andre Villas-Boas wants 23-year-old Internacional striker Leandro Damiao to link up with new boy Emmanuel Adebayor.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho says he is willing to loan 23-year-old Turkish midfielder Nuri Sahin to an English club, but he "couldn't care less if he goes to Arsenal or Liverpool or Tottenham. I have no preference."
Full story: Guardian
Mourinho also denies that Kaka is set for a move to Manchester United, after reports the 30-year-old will be loaned out to accommodate possible incoming midfielders such as Tottenham winger Luka Modric.
Full story: Daily Express
With just a year left on winger Theo Walcott's contract, Arsenal are focusing their attention on acquiring Sevilla star Jesus Navas. The 26-year-old Spanish international has a £35m buy-out clause but his club are expected to accept a much lower offer.
Full story: Daily Star
OTHER GOSSIP
Players who have quit Arsenal over the last seven years have amassed 44 winners' medals between them at 11 different clubs, while those who stayed at the Emirates have empty trophy cabinets.
Full story: the Sun
Manchester United and Emirates Marketing Project are in dispute as neither club can agree on proposals to introduce Uefa-style financial fair play regulations in the Premier League.
Full story: Daily Telegraph
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers denies he is taking the Reds' Europa League qualifying match against Hearts on Thursday for granted, despite leaving the likes of Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Martin Skrtel and Glen Johnson out of his travelling squad.
Full story: Daily Mail
AND FINALLY
A hacker is being blamed for breaking into Real Madrid's club website and creating a profile page for Croatia international Luka Modric. The 26-year-old is being heavily linked with a transfer to the Bernabeu but remains a Tottenham player.
Full story: Metro
Lyon want to keep Lloris
Tottenham must improve offer if they want goalkeeper
By Patrick Haond. Last Updated: August 22, 2012 3:13pm
Lacombe, who serves as special advisor to Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, reckons the 25-year-old is "less hot" for a transfer to White Hart Lane now the French season is under way.
But he admits things could change if Spurs sell Luka Modric to Real Madrid and then return to Lyon with an improved offer for the France shot-stopper.
Lacombe told French radio station RMC regarding Lloris: "He should stay at Lyon and not join Tottenham.
"Until the transfer window closes, you never know. If Modric goes to Madrid, things may move forward.
Valuation
"But as he has started the Championship, Hugo is less hot to leave. He wants to continue at Lyon.
"We hope so, unless there is a very important proposal for him and for us. Their (Tottenham's) proposal was well below our valuation for our goalkeeper."
Lyon, meanwhile, have also ruled out the possibility of letting Clement Grenier move to Nice after Yoann Gourcuff was sidelined for up to three months with a knee injury.
But the club admit defender Aly Cissokho, who has in the past been linked with Saudi Sportswashing Machine among a host of Premier League clubs, could leave.
If the 24-year-old does move on, Lyon would look to sign Nice's Fabian Monzon in a swap deal for Jeremy Pied.
Lacombe said: "There is a good chance for Aly to leave. If Aly leaves, we could hire Fabian Monzon to replace him."
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/8009876/Lyon-want-to-keep-Lloris
Tottenham must improve offer if they want goalkeeper
By Patrick Haond. Last Updated: August 22, 2012 3:13pm
Lacombe, who serves as special advisor to Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas, reckons the 25-year-old is "less hot" for a transfer to White Hart Lane now the French season is under way.
But he admits things could change if Spurs sell Luka Modric to Real Madrid and then return to Lyon with an improved offer for the France shot-stopper.
Lacombe told French radio station RMC regarding Lloris: "He should stay at Lyon and not join Tottenham.
"Until the transfer window closes, you never know. If Modric goes to Madrid, things may move forward.
Valuation
"But as he has started the Championship, Hugo is less hot to leave. He wants to continue at Lyon.
"We hope so, unless there is a very important proposal for him and for us. Their (Tottenham's) proposal was well below our valuation for our goalkeeper."
Lyon, meanwhile, have also ruled out the possibility of letting Clement Grenier move to Nice after Yoann Gourcuff was sidelined for up to three months with a knee injury.
But the club admit defender Aly Cissokho, who has in the past been linked with Saudi Sportswashing Machine among a host of Premier League clubs, could leave.
If the 24-year-old does move on, Lyon would look to sign Nice's Fabian Monzon in a swap deal for Jeremy Pied.
Lacombe said: "There is a good chance for Aly to leave. If Aly leaves, we could hire Fabian Monzon to replace him."
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/8009876/Lyon-want-to-keep-Lloris
QPR target Jermain Defoe deal as Tottenham chase Leandro Damião
David Hytner
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 August 2012 12.37 BST
Jermain Defoe's future at Tottenham Hotspur remains uncertain as the club pushes to sign the long-term target Leandro Damião of Internacional, despite having completed the permanent transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor for £5.5m from Emirates Marketing Project.
QPR, who have agreed a £9m deal with Tottenham for the defender Michael Dawson, are interested in taking Defoe, who has previously played in London for Charlton Athletic and West Ham United.
André Villas-Boas has said that he wants three strikers this season to compete for the one starting berth in his 4-3-3 formation, with the third being the 19-year-old Harry Kane.
The manager's rationale is that it can be problematic to have too many established players fighting for a single place, with the third choice, inevitably, left to feel frustrated at his lack of sufficient minutes.
Defoe does not appear to be a natural fit for the lone striker role in a 4-3-3 and he and his agent have already had talks with Villas-Boas this summer to discuss the situation.
Villas-Boas has said the right things in public about the England international, who contributed 17 goals for Tottenham last season and scored in their opening day defeat at Saudi Sportswashing Machine on Saturday, but if the club can finalise the pursuit of Damião, the Brazil No9, then Defoe might find himself surplus to requirement.
Villas-Boas has tracked Damião throughout the summer and Tottenham have sent a representative to Porto Alegre in an attempt to secure the player's €20m signing. Damião impressed for Brazil during the Olympic Games in London. Tottenham are also interested in the Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder Willian.
Villas-Boas's squad rebuild is taking shape, with Tom Huddlestone loaned to Stoke City for the season and Sébastien Bassong having joined Norwich City on a permanent basis.
The manager remains open to offers for Heurelho Gomes, David Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Giovani dos Santos and Rafael van der Vaart while Luka Modric's proposed transfer to Real Madrid continues to drag.
Dawson has been moved on as Villas-Boas considers him to lack mobility and to be behind Younes Kaboul, William Gallas, Jan Vertonghen and Steven Caulker in the central defensive pecking order.
He used Dawson as the club captain during pre-season, following Ledley King's retirement, as he was the "reference" point from last season, when he was the vice-captain, but Villas-Boas said last Thursday that he would not announce his captain for the season until the transfer window had neared its end and he had "a better idea of the players that stay with us and come in". Dawson's departure, as such, had been advertised.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/22/qpr-jermain-defoe-spurs-damiao
David Hytner
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 August 2012 12.37 BST
Jermain Defoe's future at Tottenham Hotspur remains uncertain as the club pushes to sign the long-term target Leandro Damião of Internacional, despite having completed the permanent transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor for £5.5m from Emirates Marketing Project.
QPR, who have agreed a £9m deal with Tottenham for the defender Michael Dawson, are interested in taking Defoe, who has previously played in London for Charlton Athletic and West Ham United.
André Villas-Boas has said that he wants three strikers this season to compete for the one starting berth in his 4-3-3 formation, with the third being the 19-year-old Harry Kane.
The manager's rationale is that it can be problematic to have too many established players fighting for a single place, with the third choice, inevitably, left to feel frustrated at his lack of sufficient minutes.
Defoe does not appear to be a natural fit for the lone striker role in a 4-3-3 and he and his agent have already had talks with Villas-Boas this summer to discuss the situation.
Villas-Boas has said the right things in public about the England international, who contributed 17 goals for Tottenham last season and scored in their opening day defeat at Saudi Sportswashing Machine on Saturday, but if the club can finalise the pursuit of Damião, the Brazil No9, then Defoe might find himself surplus to requirement.
Villas-Boas has tracked Damião throughout the summer and Tottenham have sent a representative to Porto Alegre in an attempt to secure the player's €20m signing. Damião impressed for Brazil during the Olympic Games in London. Tottenham are also interested in the Shakhtar Donetsk attacking midfielder Willian.
Villas-Boas's squad rebuild is taking shape, with Tom Huddlestone loaned to Stoke City for the season and Sébastien Bassong having joined Norwich City on a permanent basis.
The manager remains open to offers for Heurelho Gomes, David Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Giovani dos Santos and Rafael van der Vaart while Luka Modric's proposed transfer to Real Madrid continues to drag.
Dawson has been moved on as Villas-Boas considers him to lack mobility and to be behind Younes Kaboul, William Gallas, Jan Vertonghen and Steven Caulker in the central defensive pecking order.
He used Dawson as the club captain during pre-season, following Ledley King's retirement, as he was the "reference" point from last season, when he was the vice-captain, but Villas-Boas said last Thursday that he would not announce his captain for the season until the transfer window had neared its end and he had "a better idea of the players that stay with us and come in". Dawson's departure, as such, had been advertised.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/aug/22/qpr-jermain-defoe-spurs-damiao
Club claim to have had enquiries for Chelsea, Spurs & Man Utd target
Thursday, August 23, 2012
7:30 AM
Borussia Dortmund claim to have turned down numerous enquiries for star striker Robert Lewandowski, who has been linked with a number of Premier League sides this summer.
The 24-year-old Poland international netted 30 goals for the Bundesliga champions last season and put in some impressive performances for his country at Euro 2012.
Dortmund have made it clear they are desperate to keep Lewandowski at the club, and sporting director Michael Zorc has confirmed they have rejected various approaches.
“There have been enquiries from several clubs,” Zorc told Bild.
“Our position has not changed since March - Lewandowski still plays at Dortmund.”
The club’s chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has backed Zorc’s stance, saying: “There were other clubs interested in him.
“I am repeating myself but Lewandowski will play next season for Dortmund,” added Watzke.
http://www.london24.com/sport/arsen...es_for_chelsea_spurs_man_utd_target_1_1490886
Thursday, August 23, 2012
7:30 AM
Borussia Dortmund claim to have turned down numerous enquiries for star striker Robert Lewandowski, who has been linked with a number of Premier League sides this summer.
The 24-year-old Poland international netted 30 goals for the Bundesliga champions last season and put in some impressive performances for his country at Euro 2012.
Dortmund have made it clear they are desperate to keep Lewandowski at the club, and sporting director Michael Zorc has confirmed they have rejected various approaches.
“There have been enquiries from several clubs,” Zorc told Bild.
“Our position has not changed since March - Lewandowski still plays at Dortmund.”
The club’s chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke has backed Zorc’s stance, saying: “There were other clubs interested in him.
“I am repeating myself but Lewandowski will play next season for Dortmund,” added Watzke.
http://www.london24.com/sport/arsen...es_for_chelsea_spurs_man_utd_target_1_1490886
Nutter-Naylor
Anthony Gardner
I love it how all these teams are going to great lengths to tell the media that they are not selling certain players.
Chelsea have said they are not buying anyone else in this window, Utd already have 5 strikers so it sounds like Dortmund are begging Spurs to make a bid!
Yep, its similar to Harrys pro-active denials in the press of any interest in another team's player. Players arent loyal to clubs though, neither are managers so no real reason for clubs to be loyal to players
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Serge Aurier
Fcuk it I'm putting Damiao I'm my team!
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Serge Aurier
I would cry also of VDV goes. 7-10 goals a season we won't get I reckon if he goes