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Transfers, Transfers, Transfers.

September 1st, 2008 by Ken

With managers putting in their final bids for players to strengthen there squad before the transfer deadline closes tonight at 12midnight, there has been a lot of activity already including:

A shock bid from Manchester City for Berbatov with a reported fee of £30 million who has been on Uniteds wish list from last season and have also bid for the striker.

Tottenham coach Juande Ramos has continued the overhaul of his squad with the deadline-day signing of versatile Manchester City defender Vedran Corluka who joins Croatia team-mate Luka Modric at White Hart Lane

Deportivo La Coruna accepted an offer from Newcastle for striker Xisco. The 22-year-old was in negotiations with Newcastle.

Valencia confirmed the signing of Ignacio “Nacho” Gonzalez, but the Uruguay midfielder was immediately loaned out to Newcastle United.

Liverpool added to there Brazilian contingent after signing youngster Vitor Flora on a free transfer. A deal has been agreed for the 18-year-old striker who holds an Italian passport and spent last season with Brazilian outfit Botafogo.

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Au revoir Saha.

August 29th, 2008 by Ken

Everton have announced they have agreed to sign Manchester United’s Louis Saha on a two-year contract, subject to a medical.

Toffees boss David Moyes is adding to his squad again with agreeing an undisclosed fee for the France striker, who is being offered a two-year contract with the option of a one-year extension.

The 30-year-old former Newcastle and Fulham striker will become Everton’s third signing in a week following the captures of Lars Jacobsen and Segundo Castillo providing he is passed fit by the club’s medical staff.

Saha, whose spell at Old Trafford was beset by injuries, has 18 international caps and scored 42 goals during his united career.

Not the best for a striker at united but suppose them injuries don’t help. The amount of times I seen Louis come back from injury to play one game and become injured again was a joke to be honest he was lucky to be their for so long.

The most disappointing thing is that on his day he can match most strikers his ability to hold up the ball and finish was excellent he was just plagued with injury and so we hardly ever seen this side of him.

Some part of me hopes that he can go Everton and find his form again with out injury it would be great to see and maybe shows that he just had bad look at Manchester United.

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Shaun Wright-Phillips Back Home!!

August 28th, 2008 by Ken

After talking yesterday and dismissing any moves to Everton or Manchester City has seen him to day sign for Manchester City.

The winger who had moved to Stamford Bridge in 2005 after promising to be one of the brightest young players in the country with City.

Shaun had a difficult time at Chelsea due to injury and was rarely able to repeat the form he once shown at city this led him to fall down the pecking last season and new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari has now agreed to let him go.

Shaun Wright-Phillips aged 26, completed a medical and finalized his transfer after an undisclosed fee was reached between the clubs.

In an interview today Wright-Phillips told Man City’s official website:

“Obviously I’m delighted to come back to City and I just can’t wait to start again,”

With new manager Mark Hughes also claiming he’s excited about having such a talented player in the squad and believes Wright-Phillips will flourish again at City.

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The wonder kid!!

August 27th, 2008 by Ken

Robinho is on the brink of a big-money move to Chelsea, according to his representative.

Chelsea expect to conclude the prolonged signing of Robinho from Real Madrid within 24 hours for a fee of around €36m (£28.6m),

This signing is set to complete Luiz Felipe Scolar

i’s squad-building for the season with the new boss bringing in several new faces as apart of his new reign in charge.

Robinho’s agent has confirmed that a deal is in sight and is expected to see him sign for £70,000 a week, twice what he earns at the Bernabéu.
With the introduction and arrival of Robinho to Stamford Bridge it is likely to prompt a move for Shaun Wright-Phillips’ with teams such as Manchester City & Everton chasing his signature.

This week seen the departure of Andriy Shevchenko

as he returned to Milan, initially on a season-long loan but with a view to a permanent deal as scolari tries to rebuild the Chelsea side and make them world beaters.

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Liverpool add to their Summer Signings.

July 24th, 2008 by Ken

Liverpool Sign 19 year old striker.

Liverpool have finalised the signature of the highly-rated teenage striker David Ngog from Paris St Germain in a four-year contract with the Barclays Premier League club.

This new striker should add the depth back in to the squad after seeing the departure of Peter Crouch for Portsmouth. It is thought he will go straight into the Reds’ first-team squad and join fellow summer arrivals Andrea Dossena, Diego Cavalieri and Philipp Degen.

Ngog, who is the cousin of former Rangers and Newcastle defender Jean-Alain Boumsong, has had a difficult previous season with his former Paris St Germain team under achieving and barely maintaining their Ligue 1 status.

The pacey forward onlt managed to score just the once in 18 appearances but has been far more effective for his national team of France, scoring at every youth level for his country, including a brace against England Under-19s last season.

The departure from the Parc des Princes seemed inevitable from the moment he refused to sign a new contract with Paul le Guen’s side. With his contract coming into the final year Liverpool stepped in with a bid thought to be around £1.5million.

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Is Ron Finally off to Italy?

July 16th, 2008 by Ken

AC Milan have confirmed they will be completing the signing of Ronaldinho on Wednesday.

The Italian giants have announced that they have finalized a fee with Barcelona and terms with the Brazilian born playmaker.

After rejecting the chance of a move to Manchester City, Ronaldinho will agree a three-year deal with Milan, keeping him at the San Siro until 2011.

Milan who have released comments on their official website which reads: “AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho”.

“The playmaker will fly out to Milan this Wednesday to undergo a medical and sign a contract that will keep him at Milan until June 2011.”

The final fee for the Brazilian born playmaker is meant to be in the region of €18.5million (£14.6million) giving the player an earning estimated around €6.5million (£5.1million) per season.

Not bad for a player who has been quoted, “past his best” but I’m sure he will make allot of heads turn in Milan with his trickery and the direct play to feet may suit his game well.

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