Football Rumours – 22 August 2009

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With no more than ten days to go for the end of the transfer window, teams are busy making last ditch deals to shore up their shaky squads. Everton left out Joleon Lescott for their Europa League game which has increased speculation that he might be joining Manchester City. Everton have already enquired about Newcastle’s Steven Taylor and Portsmouth’s Sylvain Distin as possible replacements. After losing first choice keeper Herulho Gomez through injury, Harry Redknapp is considering making a cheeky move for England stopper David James. West Ham center back James Collins is a wanted man. Both Stoke City and Aston Villa have tabled £5m bids for him. Fulham have added to their squad by signing Baggies captain Jonathan Greening on loan for the season. After losing out on Alvaro Negredo to Sevilla, Hull have turned their focus to David Nugent. They are expected to go in with a £4m offer for the former Cardiff player.

Back in Spain, Borja Valero is close to joining Mallorca on a one-year loan deal from WBA and as mentioned before Sevilla have signed Alvaro Negredo under the noses of Hull City. We head to France where St. Etienne have signed Werder Bremen striker Boubacar Sanogo for an undisclosed fee while Le Mans central midfielder Mathieu Coutadeur has revealed that he wishes to join Ligue 1 rivals Monaco. Reports in France also suggest that PSG migh move for Valencia striker Miguel Angel Angulo and Olympique de Marseille attacker Mathieu Valbuena.

We’ll be back with more last minute deals next week !

Football Rumours – 17 July 2009

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:21:15 +0000

We switch our attention to the European leagues this week. Marseille have continued their buying spree and have completed the €12m signing of defensive midfielder Stephane M’bia from Rennes. Mbia was a target of many Premier League sides, but he chose to remain in France. Nice midfielder Cyril Rool and Rapid Bucharest goalkeeper Elinton Andrade are also set to join Marseille. Didier Deschamps has already signed Lucho Gonzalez, Edouard Cisse, Charley Fomen and Souleymane Diawara. French defender Sebastien Puygrenier has agreed to join Monaco on a season long loan deal from Zenit St.Petersberg with the option of permanent transfer at the end of the loan. Puygrenier moved to Russia from Nancy but failed to make any impact.

In Spain now, Malaga have lodged a bid with Zamalek for their Egyptian striker Amr Zaki. Joan Laporta and Txiki Begiristain have landed in Milan to start negotiating with Inter for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Inter president Massimo Morrati has accepted that a swap deal between Ibrahimovic and Eto’o looks likely. Brazilian left back Maxwell is on the brink of a move to Barcelona. He will join the Catalan giants subject to a medical.

Also, Brazilian defender Lucio has agreed to join Inter Milan on a free. He was a free agent after his contract with German giants Bayern Munich had expired while Lazio president Claudio Lotito has claimed the club never received any bids from Napoli or Zenit St. Petersburg for their Macedonian striker Goran Pandev.

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Football Rumours – 22 August 2009

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