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 – 24 July 2009

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Starting off with news from the Barclays Premier League, Sunderland have signed Marseille’s Albanian midfielder Lorik Cana for a fee around £5 million. He becomes Steve Bruce’s third new recruit at the Stadium of Light. But Bruce is set to lose midfielder Dean Whitehead who is reportedly close to a move to Stoke. Sunderland’s relegated rivals Newcastle United may lose their right back Habib Beye who is intent on moving to Hull City. Meanwhile, Spanish striker Diego Tristan has chosen to return to La Liga. He has joined newly promoted side Cadiz after a one-year spell at West Ham United. Fulham have had their third bid for Jonathan Greening rejected by West Bromwich Albion.

In Spain, Real Zaragoza have signed Colombian midfielder Abel Aguilar and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo on a year-long loan deal. Napoli have also completed the signing of goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis from Sevilla. Meanwhile, the biggest news coming out of Spain is that Inter Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement over the swap deal of Eto’o and Ibrahimovic. Barcelona are also close to completing the signing of Palmerias youngster Kerrison. But he will be immediately loaned out to either Ajax or Porto to gain valuable first team experience. Real Madrid have used their buy back clause to re-sign Esteban Granero from Getafe. And finally, Espanyol right-back Steve Finnan could make a return to the Premier League. Wolves, Stoke and Sunderland are all vying for his signature

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Football Rumours – 22 August 2009

Football Rumours – 24 July 2009