I figured since this is a popular time of year, we would do something similar to the MLB offseason thread. Just post any rumors you find interesting, we can discuss them, and then if there is something official we will post it and I will keep the OP updated with all the official moves. England Spain Valencia: Adil Rami(Lille)- £10million. Malaga: Julio Baptista(Roma)- Undisclosed, Martin Demichelis(Bayern Munich)- Undisclosed Italy Sampdoria: Federico Macheda(Manchester United)- Loan to seasons end Internazionale: Andrea Ranocchia(Genoa CFC)- £10.7million Germany Werder Bremen: Denni Avdic(Elfsborg)- Undisclosed Rest of World
Supposedly, we have agreed personal terms with Elia. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1343705/Liverpool-13m-World-Cup-star-Eljero-Elia.html
Not keen on a bidding war over striker Edin Dzeko, Real Madrid have turned their attentions to Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor, according to Spanish newspaper Marca. Tottenham want to sign Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham in time to face his former club Manchester United on 16 January. The 35-year-old is available for a two-month loan period ahead of the start of the Major League Soccer season. Brazilian and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka could be heading to Manchester United in a loan deal with a permanent £50m move on the cards. Barcelona are busy preparing a £45m bid to take Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas to the Nou Camp in the summer. Aston Villa and Newcastle are in the running to sign Paris St Germain winger Stephane Sessegnon. Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti looks set for a busy transfer deadline day following his team's poor run of form but he is not giving many clues about his targets. "I don't want to speak about which names but we do need some new players," said the man whose team are now six points behind the top two teams in the Premier League, Manchester United and Manchester City.
Valencia signed French int'l defender, Adil Rami, from Lille for £10million. Hoffenheim coach, Ralf Rangnick, was so pissed that they sold Luis Gustavo to Bayern Munich, that he quit. He's also the coach that scouted and signed Joe Gyau and Charles Renken.
Deal for Dzeko is almost done. The chairman has stepped in and looks to get the necessary wages for him. He should at Eastlands by end of the week.
Tomorrow, at Angelo Moratti Centro Sportivo, there will be the presentation of Inter's latest signing in Andrea Ranocchia who will officially become an Inter player even though that he has been training with his new teammates for a few days. This is second presentation after Leo's for the new Inter.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham City Newcastle are battling Everton and Birmingham for Wolfsburg midfielder Karim Ziani, 28, who is available for £2m. (The Sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers are making a record-breaking bid to sign AC Milan’s Brazilian legend Ronaldinho with a stunning £130,000-a-week contract offer. (Mirror) Aston Villa are offering Curtis Davies in part-exchange for Blackburn's Chris Samba. (Mirror) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Blackpool David Vaughan is ready to commit his future to Blackpool, but won't sign a new deal unless it's right for him. (Clubcall) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bolton Wanderers Bolton are keen to sign Arsenal striker Carlos Vela on loan. Manager Owen Coyle has a good relationship with Arsene Wenger after taking Jack Wilshere on loan and playing a key role in his development. (Daily Mail) Bolton target Sergio Canales of Real Madrid will not make a move to the Reebok Stadium, according to his father. (Goal.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chelsea Daniel Sturridge has told Chelsea he wants to go out on loan to Liverpool. (The Sun) Chelsea's £17.5 million bid for Benfica defender David Luiz has been rejected. (The Sun) Milan offer Ronaldinho at a bargain £7m in bid to attract Chelsea and Manchester City. (Daily Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Everton David Moyes is ready to swoop for Manchester United striker Federico Macheda to solve his goalscoring problems. (Mirror) Newcastle are battling Everton and Birmingham for Wolfsburg midfielder Karim Ziani, 28, who is available for £2m. (The Sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Fulham Fulham have had a £5million bid for Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner rejected. (The Sun) West Ham and Fulham are leading the chase for Grasshoppers' former Switzerland U21 midfielder Veroljub Salatic. (Daily Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Liverpool Daniel Sturridge has told Chelsea he wants to go out on loan to Liverpool. (The Sun) Liverpool are ready to beat Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid to the £15m signing of France star Yann M'Vila. (Mirror) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester City Bayern Munich are making a last-ditch bid to snatch Edin Dzeko from the jaws of Manchester City. (Daily Mail) Manchester City have made contact with Anderlecht over teenage striker Romelu Lukaku to say they are ready to meet the £18million asking price. (Daily Mail) Manchester City have turned down £95k-a-week West Ham loan deal for Wayne Bridge. (Daily Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Manchester United Alex Ferguson plans to ship Federico Macheda out on loan after seeing it work wonders for Danny Welbeck. (The Sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle Aston Villa and Newcastle will battle it out to sign Paris Saint Germain ace Stephane Sessegnon. (Daily Mail) Newcastle are battling Everton and Birmingham for Wolfsburg midfielder Karim Ziani, 28, who is available for £2m. (The Sun) Alan Pardew has refused to deny Newcastle's interest in Tottenham striker Robbie Keane. (The Sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stoke City Stoke boss Tony Pulis admits he would be prepared to let Eidur Gudjohnsen move on if a suitable offer was made. (PA) Stoke are making arrangements to sign Jermaine Pennant on a six-month loan from Spanish side Real Zaragoza. (TalkSport) Defender Robert Huth is set to reject a move to Liverpool. (Mirror) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sunderland Steve Bruce will be forced to work with what he has, due to poor crowds affecting his transfer kitty. (Tribal Football) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham want to take David Beckham on loan from LA Galaxy for three months. (The Sun) Leeds want old boy Jonathan Woodgate on loan until the end of the season. (The Sun) Alan Pardew has refused to deny Newcastle's interest in Tottenham striker Robbie Keane. (The Sun) ------------------------------------------------------------- West Bromwich Albion Co-owner David Gold has said the club are monitoring 15 players in the January window. (Mirror) John Carew is set to turn down Birmingham and Fulham and move to the Hawthornes. (Mail) West Brom are set to go head-to-head with Wigan for the signature of Leeds midfielder Max Gradel. (Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------- West Ham United Avram Grant has tabled a £4million bid for Liam Lawrence - who has just joined Portsmouth for free. (Sun) Manchester City have turned down £95k-a-week West Ham loan deal for Wayne Bridge. (Daily Mail) West Ham and Fulham are leading the chase for Grasshoppers' former Switzerland U21 midfielder Veroljub Salatic. (Daily Mail) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wigan Athletic Wigan have confirmed the signing of Adrian Lopez after being granted international clearance for the Spain U21 defender. (The Sun) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Wolverhampton Wanderers Mick McCarthy wants to bring Tottenham Hotspur striker Robbie Keane back to Wolves. (Mirror) Wolves will battle with Aston Villa for Middlesbrough duo Gary O'Neil and David Wheater. (Mirror) McCarthy's plans to bring Joleon Lescott back to the club have been scuppered, as Manchester City have no plans to loan out the defender. (Mail)
Like this signing for Valencia. If they could sneak in Vela on loan, then I'd think they'd be able to keep their CL spot.
Sorry if posted already but Blackburn Rovers have made a offer to A.C. Milan for Ronaldinho. 6.2m Euro is the reported offer
*Manchester United starlet Federico Macheda is on the verge of completing a loan move to Sampdoria, his agent has confirmed. * Udinese have insisted that Alexis Sanchez won’t be joining Inter or Manchester United in January. “He’s staying here.” * UniCredit have reportedly told Roma that they can't sign West Ham United full-back Valon Behrami in the January transfer window. * Inter plan to offer Real Madrid their Brazilian right-back Douglas Maicon in exchange for Kaka, according to Il Corriere dello Sport.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/860443/venky%27s-rubbish-talk-of-ronaldinho-move-to-blackburn-rovers?cc=5901
got an idea, if there is an official transfer. either bold your post or put so I can find them easily
Scottwilsonecho #NUFC expect Ben Arfa deal to be confirmed tomorrow after Marseille officials return from winter break. €6m give or take a few centimes
MILAN - Andrea Ranocchia is officially an Inter player. This morning, as the Lega Serie A registration offices reopened, F.C. Internazionale submitted the documentation proving the permanent signing of the player from Genoa CFC (who kindly released the player for training from 29 December). The defender signed a contract that will keep him with the club until 30 June 2015. He will wear the number 15 jersey. Italy international Ranocchia, born in 1988, will be presented tomorrow in the press room of the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti in Appiano Gentile, the conference will start at 13:00 (the training ground will be open to journalists, photographers and TV crews from 13:00; live coverage will be available on Inter Channel).
As a Roma fan I would like to say Fuck you all. Also good Bankz I dont want that former Lazio fag who cant even get playing time on one of the worst teams in the EPL.
I dont remember the last time I looked forward to a signing period and now 3 of my favorite players on the team might be gone by the summer.
Early Tuesday gossip from BBC Liverpool identify Hamburg's Dutch international winger Eljero Elia as the man to spark a Reds revival - with Lacina Traore, Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez also targets. Everton will bid to bring Manchester United striker Michael Owen to Goodison Park. Chelsea are to make a move for Borussia Dortmund's Serbian international defender Neven Subotic in an attempt to shore up their leaky defence. Hull are doubling their bid for Swindon hot-shot Charlie Austin to £1.2m. Wolves are to make a £500,000 bid to sign Barnsley winger Adam Hammill. Juventus have stepped up their chase to sign Liverpool's Danish defender Daniel Agger. Liverpool fear they will lose out to Napoli in the chase to sign Utrecht striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel. Bolton have joined the chase to land Danish international midfielder Michael Silberbauer, with Arsenal's Carlos Vela another target. Everton have joined West Ham in race for Monaco's Congolese striker Dieumerci Mbokani. The Independent is claiming Tottenham have cooled on Becks and are turning their attention towards Luis Suarez
You guys are always going to have to sweat it out a little bit every transfer period. It's kind of comical.
It may depend on how successful we are trophy-wise this year and how our team dynamic evolves over the rest of the year. But as of right now, I don't see any reason why we'd let him go.
Alexis Sanchez and Inter. A marriage which, according to a report in the Gazzetta dello Sport, could happen very soon. Of course, because the player is fascinated by the possibility of landing in a big club and Inter who appreciate the technical skills of the Chilean. So on Thursday, the boy's agent Fernando Felicevich will be in Italy to discuss directly with the Friuli club and try to unlock him in January. The objective of Felicevich is to enforce the will of Sanchez who does not want to miss this great opportunity to playing for a big team like Inter.
The teams have agreed on the fee, but they still have to agree to personal terms at this point. The will throw whatever money he wants at him so I don't see this being a problem.
* AC MILAN are interested in Victor Ruiz according to Franco Rossi’s column.Franco Rossi wrote today in his column that AC Milan have focused on RCD Espanyol’s Victor Ruiz as they can’t afford buying Benfica’s David Luiz.The Portuguese club wants around €35m and with Manchester City also competing for his services, Milan decided to focus on other, cheaper players * GARETH BALE could move to Italy in June according to his agent. Following reports linking Juventus with Tottenham wingback Gareth Bale, the Welsh’s representative Peppino Tirri, revealed that the Old Lady are not the only Italian side interested in the 21-year-old. The highly-rated speedy, who controls both legs very good, is not for sale in January, but Tirri revealed that in the next summer, his client could move away from the White Heart Lane.
I don't quite buy it, but I would lol if Bale left spurs. Also I will update OP later, I'm flying to san fran in a bit and got some work to do when we get there
Flamengo are wrapping up the signing of AC Milan ace Ronaldinho today. Radio Globo reported last night that Ronie was on his way to Rio de Janeiro, where he will officially sign a Flamengo contract. Blackburn Rovers confirmed they had made an offer to Ronaldinho in the last 48 hours. However, Flamengo's three-and-a-half year deal has swayed Ronie. It will be worth €600,000 per month, plus bonuses and sponsor fees. It will be a reunion with ex-Brazil manager Wanderley Luxemburgo.
AC Milan are eyeing Borussia Dortmund youngster Marcel Schmelzer. Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani agrees with coach Max Allegri that they're short of fullback options and is currently scouring the market for potential prospects. Genoa defender Mimmo Criscito was considered, while an enquiry for Sergio Ramos was quickly rejected by Real Madrid. Galliani has now turned to 22 year-old Schmelzer, a Germany U21 international who has played at Dortmund all his career. Milan hope to do business for €7 million.
Dinho to Flamengo Ronaldinho is heading for Flamengo, as even Gremio now confirm “we consider the negotiations to be closed.” Earlier today Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani suggested he was “99 per cent a Flamengo player.” Now Gremio are also confirming that they have backed out of the talks to bring him back to the club where he started his career. “It all seemed to be finalised, we were just waiting for Ronaldinho to put pen to paper, but things changed,” commented Gremio President Paulo Odone. “Flamengo can pay Milan a buy-out clause thanks to their sponsors, while we cannot go beyond our limits and therefore we consider the negotiations to be closed. “We have already told our position to agent Roberto de Assis. We had been told Dinho wanted to end his career in his favourite club, but that will not be happening now..
*AC MILAN are close to reach an agreement over Andrea Lazzari of Cagliari Calcio. The Rossoneri are negotiating with Cagliari for Lazzari and the two sides are close to reach an agreement, according to Saturday’s edition of the Rome-based paper il Corriere dello Sport. It is being claimed that Milan will offer Cagliari the second half of Davide Astori (estimated at €4-4.5 million) in exchange for the Italian midfielder. *AC MILAN are reportedly interested in signing Amauri to replace the injured Filippo Inzaghi. Despite Vice President Adriano Galliani insists no more forwards will arrive in the January transfer market, Tuttosport is reporting today that the Rossoneri are willing to sign Amauri from Juventus.
Flamengo was the first name to pop up months ago. I kind of figured that'd be the one. Gremio seemed a little too spontaneous and Blackburn was just...