Football Rumours – 04 September 2009

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With the transfer deadline behind us, we will take a look at some of the obscure moves that took place on deadline day and also at those which failed at the last moment. There was lot of talk about a possible swap deal between David Bentley and Martin Petrov. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy pulled the plug on the deal after it appeared that Manchester City only wanted to loan Bentley for a year. City defender Richard Dunne’s move was completed 24-hours after the window closed, when his paperwork was ratified by the Football League.

There’s trouble brewing at Middlesbrough too. Middlesbrough insist that striker Alfonso Alves remains their player despite an announcement on the website of Qatari side Al-Sadd that he has signed a three-year deal to play for them. The deadlock is yet to be broken. Spartak Moscow pulled out of the deal to sign Roman Pavlyuchenko after Spurs demanded a staggering £17.6 m for the Russian. West Ham’s search for strikers continues even after the window. They are tracking free agent Mark Viduka after they failed to sign Manchester City’s Benjani – apparently due to their inability to track down his agent. Reports also suggest that Arsenal forward Nicklas Bendtner rejected offers from Barcelona, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich to sign a new deal at the Emirates Stadium.

Elsewhere, a lot of loan deals went through on the final day. David Nugent joined Burnley on loan from Pompey while Ivan Klasnic signed for Bolton from French club Nantes for six months. Versatile midfielder Teemu Tainio joine Birmigham on a season long loan from Sunderland.

We’ll be back next week with more transfers from England and beyond.

Football Rumours – 22 August 2009

admin — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:58:18 +0000

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 !

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