Transfer News, Rumours and Bollocks Thread

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I just find it strange that all through pre season we are told that fannygas is injured and we fuck around with barca for months thus hampering our efforts in the window. Yet once he's signed he's fully fit and playing very well.

And his goal was very very good. I suggest you watch it. He has slotted in there very well and I can see him being a regular starter. Come back at the end of the season and tell me I was wrong.

After the game Guardiola said he hadn't been fully fit.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

chelsea are no Arsenal. i doubt they will sell himto us. they try to ship drogba or anelka,to make room for him, i dont know. but no one really try to sign them,maybe coz of their high wage.

Sturridge would be a welcome addition if Chelsea decided to sell. . .fuck Kalou
but I still feel we need someone that has a bit of aerial ability (does he?) I mean we keep getting side players and after all the failed tries, we now have Jenko who can cross, it seems a waste to go small again.

[Niall_Quinn]

Only they've reported it and no one else. Hasn't been carried by any of the more reputable French agencies.

No one's ever heard of them before, wouldn't get my hopes up.

It's all true, damn you!

[Boss]

Former Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves has revealed he offered to play for the club for free as he tried to salvage his Old Trafford career.

Hargreaves endured an injury-ravaged final few seasons at the club, failing to play a full game during the final two years of his contract as he struggled with persistent injury troubles.

With his deal at the club having expired in the summer, Sir Alex Ferguson understandably decided to release the player he signed from Bayern Munich for £17 million in 2007. Hargreaves, however, has revealed how desperate he was to stay at the club and try to prove his fitness.

"At one stage I did offer to play for nothing this season, just to stay on,'' Hargreaves told the Daily Mail, "but they said, 'You don't want to do that' and they were probably right'.

"I don't blame them for letting me go. I can understand it. There comes a point when you have to say, 'This hasn't worked out. The game has moved on. See you later, all the best'."

Having spent the summer working hard to regain full fitness, Hargreaves is yet to find a new club, but he has attracted interest from Premier League side West Brom. Wherever he eventually signs, the 30-year-old is confident his body will hold up to the rigours of top-flight football and even believes he can force his way back into Fabio Capello's plans for next summer's European Championships.

"I'm going to blow people away,'' he said. "I'm coming back believing I can return to the level I was at before. My body feels great and my knees are perfect.

"I've just got this huge chip on my shoulder because I've been out for three years and people think I'm dead and buried, but right now I'd like to think I can play 40 games this season and, with the right care, I believe I can train every day. I hope to be back in the England side for the European Championships next summer. You have to have ambition.''

Hargreaves attracted attention earlier in the summer for a series of videos that were posted on YouTube on his behalf as he demonstrated his fitness in a series of drills. The midfielder had the videos made to attract the interest of clubs as he does not employ an agent, and says he was unfazed by the jokes they created when the media discovered them.

"It ended up on YouTube because the files were too big to email to specific people, specific clubs,'' he said, "so I put them on YouTube so they could see it. I know it became a bit of a story when people found it in the public domain but I don't really care. No big deal.''

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...r-free?cc=4716

Sign him up, Arsene.

[Boss]

Former Sweden international Freddie Ljungberg is to sign for Japanese club S-Pulse on a free transfer.

Having spent time in the MLS with Seattle Sounders and Chicago Fire, the 34-year-old returned to Britain in December when he signed with SPL side Celtic, but he made just seven appearances before leaving the club.

Should he receive a work permit, he will now complete a move to Japan and Ljungberg is looking forward to the challenge ahead.

"I am so excited about playing in Japan," he said. "I was inspired by the way the Japanese people dealt with the tragedy of March 11 earthquake and I really want to show support for them by playing football in Japan and for S-Pulse in particular."

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...-pulse?cc=4716

Ljungberg

[StamfordBrdige]

chelsea are no Arsenal. i doubt they will sell himto us. they try to ship drogba or anelka,to make room for him, i dont know. but no one really try to sign them,maybe coz of their high wage.

Don't believe the bullshit. Drogba was never going anywhere, apparently he's been close to leaving Chelsea for the last 4/5 years yet he is still here.

If Sturridge doesn't get a decent amount of football at the bridge this season then i can see him leaving which would be a serious fuckup. Granted he still has lots to learn but we need to keep him and other youngsters and more importantly give them meaningful game time on the pitch.

[4-3-3]

http://www.setanta.com/ie/Articles/2...l/gnid-106551/

me gettting confused with bolton ppl..they are kidding around.

[KESSLER]

bbcsport_david David Ornstein
Lille tell me that Park Chu Young (meant to be signing for them from Monaco) is on his way to Arsenal. Story to follow on BBC site #afc

[Syn]

http://www.setanta.com/ie/Articles/2...l/gnid-106551/

me gettting confused with bolton ppl..they are kidding around.

Don't get the fuss with Cahill. He's hardly in a class of his own; there are plenty of defenders like him around. If Bolton are asking too much, get more established players like jagielka even if you have to pay more. We shouldn't be taking shit from Bolton - he's not that good.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

It's Hazard in disguise.