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Football Rumours – 12 September 2009

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A host of signings have been taking place inspite of the fact that the transfer window shut down 12 days back. West Ham have signed Mexico forward Guillermo Franco for a year on a free transfer after he was released by Villareal in the summer. Former Middlesborough and Newcastle forward Mark Viduka has decided to return to his home in Australia according to his agent. The Australian is a free agent and was linked with Portsmouth during the transfer window and also later on. Glauber Berti, the former Manchester City defender, currently without a club is on trial at Hull City. Middlesborough are set to beat Newcastle to the signing of Everton striker James Vaughan on loan. Boro are also keen on £2m rated Hull City forward Caleb Folan. Coventry City face competition from Swansea and Doncaster to sign 19-year old Wolves’ forward Sam Vokes. Manchester United are eyeing Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev from CSKA Moscow while Liverpool look forward to sign Chelsea and Brazil defender Alex for free next summer. Scott McDonald, the Celtic forward is a loan target for Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Matinez who hopes to sign him on a permanent basis later on.

Inter Milan manager, Jose Mourinho’s advances towards Salomon Kalou have forced Chelsea to open new contract talks with the forward. Fulham manager, Roy Hodgson is also keen on tying up his centre back Brede Hangelaand to a new contract after he successfully fended off interest from Arsenal and Everton during the transfer window. Tommy Spurr rejected a move to Everton during the summer and is set to sign a new contract with Sheffield Wednesday

Football Rumours – 28 August 2009

admin — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:03:51 +0000

With just four days left for the transfer window to close, many Premier League side are jostling with each other for last minute signings. The biggest transfer of the week involved mega-rich Manchester City. They signed Joeleon Lescott from Everton for a fee of around £22 million. To fill the defensive void left by Lescott, Everton have made a £3 million offer for Portsmouth center half Sylvain Distin. Manchester City have agreed a £6 million fee for Richard Dunne. Dunne will complete his move to Aston Villa on agreeing personal terms. Martin O’Neill hopes that Dunne would add experience to his young defense and fill the boots of Martin Laursen who retired at the end of last season.

Roy Keane has made bids for four of his former Sunderland players – Carlos Edwards, Grant Leadbitter, Nyron Nosworthy and Daryl Murphy. Edwards and Leadbitter have been given permission to talk with Sunderland and are close to agreeing personal terms. Meanwhile, Birmingham City are keen on Middlesbrough’s Sanli Tuncay. Birmingham hope to tie up a £ 5 million deal for the Turkish star but they face stiff competition from Villa, Cologne, Stuttgart and Fenerbache. Al-Sadd, the Qatari club, have made an increased offer for Afonso Alves, the forward who cost Middlesbrough a club-record £12 million last year while Bolton Wanderers’ £6.5 million offer for Achille Emana has been turned down by Real Betis. The Cameroon midfield player cost £5.5 million when he moved from French side Toulouse last summer.

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 !

Football Rumours – 14 August 2009

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:24:52 +0000

With the Premier League starting tomorrow, most teams are jostling to sign players quickly so that they would be available for participation on the first matchday. Fulham have stepped up their hunt for Damien Duff. Roy Hodgson remarked , “The clubs are talking and I hope the deal will go through. He’s (Duff) a player that interests us”. Hodgson also was quick to deny any rumours that Hangeland was on his way to Arsenal. Nwanko Kanu has agreed a one-month contract with Portsmouth as they struggle with attacking options in the club. Pompey have not yet been able found a replacement for Peter Crouch. West Ham have completed the permanent signing of Radoslav Kovac from Spartak Moscow. Kovac played nine games for West Ham last season on loan and impressed during his brief stint.

Premiership newcomers Wolves have swooped for Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne. The 20-year old England U-21 international moves to the Molineux on loan for a season. Fellow new boys Birmingham have signed experienced French defender Gregory Vignal from FC Lens. Vignal last played in the Premiership with Liverpool. Alex Mcleish is still looking out for new faces and believes Birmingham need to sign more players to maintain their Premier League status. Fulham have tied up Clint Dempsey with an improved four-year contract while Hull have signed Stephen Hunt from Reading and Kamel Ghilas from Celta Vigo.

Well, after all the transfer hoopla, let the games begin !