Had he not fallen out with Mourinho? Think it was Malouda alright.
Can’t recall, he got a nasty injury his last season there and missed most of the second half of the season. It was one of Calderon’s promises that if he was elected president of Real that he would sign Robben so it came to pass
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Utd’s relationship with PSV was fairly poor at the time if I recall correctly. They felt that Utd were taking many of their best players (despite paying top price for them). They were more than happy to see Chelsea come in and gazzump Utd. Chelsea also paid the huge asking price for Essien without negotiation. Think it was around £24m.
Kenyon fucked up the Ronaldinho deal. Tried to change the terms of payment at the last minute which pissed off PSG.
The Essien opportuinity was around the time Lyon signed him from Bastia and not when Chelsea were in the market for him. Ferguson maintained he was too small and wouldn’t make it
Play with him I’d say.
Looks like Pogba may have reconsidered http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7589297/
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I see Berbatov has been told he can kindly fuck off this summer. Wonder will Arry bring him back to the Lane
A list of players available on Bosman during the summer. Not a full list , mainly shit left out.
eo Franco Goalkeeper Real Zaragoza
Antonio López Defender Atlético Madrid
Luis Perea Defender Atlético Madrid
Éric Abidal Defender Barcelona
Weligton Defender Málaga
Raúl Bravo Defender Rayo Vallecano
Nunes Defender RCD Mallorca
Pau Cendrós Defender RCD Mallorca
Nacho Defender Real Betis
Nano Defender UD Levante
Hedwiges Maduro Defender Valencia
Bruno Defender Valencia
Miguel Defender Valencia
Dealbert Defender Valencia
Mario Gaspar Defender Villarreal
Ángel López Defender Villarreal
Igor Gabilondo Midfielder Athletic Bilbao
Pedro Ríos Midfielder Getafe
Jaime Gavilán Midfielder Getafe
Míchel Midfielder Getafe
Dani Benítez Midfielder Granada
Enzo Maresca Midfielder Málaga
Kennedy Midfielder Racing Santander
Gonzalo Colsa Midfielder Racing Santander
Alexandros Tziolis Midfielder Racing Santander
Óscar Serrano Midfielder Racing Santander
Piti Midfielder Rayo Vallecano
Javi Fuego Midfielder Rayo Vallecano
Chori Castro Midfielder RCD Mallorca
Iriney Midfielder Real Betis
Royston Drenthe Midfielder Real Madrid
Mikel Aranburu Midfielder Real Sociedad
Leonardo Ponzio Midfielder Real Zaragoza
Antonio Tomás Midfielder Real Zaragoza
Emiliano Armenteros Midfielder Sevilla
Alberto Rivera Midfielder Sporting Gijon
Juanlu Midfielder UD Levante
Valdo Midfielder UD Levante
David Albelda Midfielder Valencia
Marcos Senna Midfielder Villarreal
Gaizka Toquero Striker Athletic Bilbao
Ruud van Nistelrooy Striker Málaga
Raúl Tamudo Striker Rayo Vallecano
Frédéric Kanouté Striker Sevilla
Nacho Novo Striker Sporting Gijon
Carlos Aranda Striker UD Levante
Ligue 1 PLAYER POSITION PARENT CLUB
Alexis Thébaux Goalkeeper Caen
Kévin Olimpa Goalkeeper Lyon
Jérémie Janot Goalkeeper Saint-Étienne
Teddy Richert Goalkeeper Sochaux
Steeve Elana Goalkeeper Stade Brest
Elinton Andrade Goalkeeper Stade Brest
Mathieu Valverde Goalkeeper Toulouse
Stéphane Grichting Defender AJ Auxerre
Jérémy Berthod Defender AJ Auxerre
Reynald Lemaître Defender ASNL
Steven Paulle Defender ASNL
Omar Daf Defender Bordeaux
Lamine Gassama Defender Caen
Yoann Andreu Defender Évian Thonon Gaillard
Arnaud Le Lan Defender Lorient
Timothée Kolodziejczak Defender Lyon
Djimi Traoré Defender Marseille
François Clerc Defender Nice
Drissa Diakité Defender Nice
Sylvain Monsoreau Defender Saint-Étienne
Mathieu Peybernes Defender Saint-Étienne
Jérémie Bréchet Defender Sochaux
Yassin Mikari Defender Sochaux
David Sauget Defender Sochaux
Santiago Gentiletti Defender Stade Brest
Jonathan Zebina Defender Stade Brest
Hilton Defender Stade Brest
Mohamed Fofana Defender Toulouse
Benjamin André Midfielder AC Ajaccio
Dariusz Dudka Midfielder AJ Auxerre
Kamel Chafni Midfielder AJ Auxerre
Jonathan Brison Midfielder ASNL
Bakaye Traoré Midfielder ASNL
Nicolas Seube Midfielder Caen
Christian Poulsen Midfielder Évian Thonon Gaillard
Ludovic Obraniak Midfielder Lille
Sigamary Diarra Midfielder Lorient
Ederson Midfielder Lyon
Benjamin Nivet Midfielder Lyon
Guillaume Lacour Midfielder Marseille
Romain Pitau Midfielder Montpellier
Pantxi Sirieix Midfielder Montpellier
Emerse Faé Midfielder Nice
Julien Sablé Midfielder Nice
David Hellebuyck Midfielder Nice
Laurent Batlles Midfielder Saint-Étienne
Oscar Ewolo Midfielder Stade Brest
Stéphane Dalmat Midfielder Stade Rennes
Étienne Didot Midfielder Toulouse
Antoine Devaux Midfielder Toulouse
Carlos Sánchez Midfielder Valenciennes
Renaud Cohade Midfielder Valenciennes
Roy Contout Striker AJ Auxerre
Kandia Traoré Striker Caen
Ireneusz Jelen Striker Lille
Túlio de Melo Striker Lille
Karim Aït-Fana Striker Montpellier
Hasan Kabze Striker Montpellier
Geoffrey Dernis Striker Montpellier
Éric Mouloungui Striker Nice
Péguy Luyindula Striker Paris St-Germain
Boubacar Sanogo Striker Saint-Étienne
Romain Poyet Striker Stade Brest
1.Bundesliga PLAYER POSITION PARENT CLUB
René Adler Goalkeeper Bayer Leverkusen
Hans Jörg Butt Goalkeeper Bayern Munich
Heinz Müller Goalkeeper FSV Mainz 05
Timo Hildebrand Goalkeeper Schalke
Tim Wiese Goalkeeper Werder Bremen
Juri Judt Defender 1.FC Nürnberg
Andreas Ibertsberger Defender 1899 Hoffenheim
Gibril Sankoh Defender Augsburg
Paul Verhaegh Defender Augsburg
Marcel de Jong Defender Augsburg
Uwe Möhrle Defender Augsburg
Daniel Schwaab Defender Bayer Leverkusen
Daniel van Buyten Defender Bayern Munich
Breno Defender Bayern Munich
Julian Koch Defender Borussia Dortmund
Patrick Owomoyela Defender Borussia Dortmund
Bo Svensson Defender FSV Mainz 05
Steven Cherundolo Defender Hannover 96
Christian Pander Defender Hannover 96
André Mijatovic Defender Hertha Berlin
Felix Bastians Defender SC Freiburg
Andreas Hinkel Defender SC Freiburg
Oliver Barth Defender SC Freiburg
Matthieu Delpierre Defender VfB Stuttgart
Khalid Boulahrouz Defender VfB Stuttgart
Arthur Boka Defender VfB Stuttgart
Sebastian Boenisch Defender VfB Stuttgart
Chris Defender VfL Wolfsburg
Clemens Fritz Defender Werder Bremen
Sebastian Prödl Defender Werder Bremen
Mikaël Silvestre Defender Werder Bremen
Stefano Celozzi Defender Werder Bremen
Jiri Bilek Midfielder 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Timmy Simons Midfielder 1.FC Nürnberg
Sejad Salihovic Midfielder 1899 Hoffenheim
Tobias Weis Midfielder 1899 Hoffenheim
Axel Bellinghausen Midfielder Augsburg
Marcel Ndjeng Midfielder Augsburg
Tranquillo Barnetta Midfielder Bayer Leverkusen
Michael Ballack Midfielder Bayer Leverkusen
Hanno Balitsch Midfielder Bayer Leverkusen
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Midfielder Bayern Munich
Danijel Pranjic Midfielder Bayern Munich
Sebastian Kehl Midfielder Borussia Dortmund
Florian Kringe Midfielder Borussia Dortmund
Juan Arango Midfielder Borussia Mönchengladbach
Roman Neustädter Midfielder Borussia Mönchengladbach
David Jarolím Midfielder Hamburg SV
Manuel Schmiedebach Midfielder Hannover 96
Patrick Ebert Midfielder Hertha Berlin
Maximilian Nicu Midfielder SC Freiburg
Tim Borowski Midfielder Werder Bremen
Adam Nemec Striker 1.FC Kaiserslautern
Albert Bunjaku Striker 1.FC Nürnberg
Christian Eigler Striker 1.FC Nürnberg
Nando Rafael Striker Augsburg
Ivica Olic Striker Bayern Munich
Mohamed Zidan Striker Borussia Dortmund
Florian Heller Striker FSV Mainz 05
Mladen Petric Striker Hamburg SV
Jefferson Farfán Striker Schalke
Raúl Striker Schalke
Pavel Pogrebnyak Striker VfB Stuttgart
Claudio Pizarro Striker Werder Bremen
Markus Rosenberg Striker Werder Bremen
Premier League PLAYER POSITION PARENT CLUB AGE
Lukasz Fabianski Goalkeeper Arsenal 26
Manuel Almunia Goalkeeper Arsenal 34
Vito Mannone Goalkeeper Arsenal 23
Andy Marshall Goalkeeper Aston Villa 36
Brad Guzan Goalkeeper Aston Villa 27
Jussi Jääskeläinen Goalkeeper Bolton Wanderers 36
Henrique Hilário Goalkeeper Chelsea 36
Marcus Hahnemann Goalkeeper Everton 39
Tim Howard Goalkeeper Everton 32
Csaba Somogyi Goalkeeper Fulham 26
Mark Schwarzer Goalkeeper Fulham 39
Stuart Taylor Goalkeeper Manchester City 31
Tomasz Kuszczak Goalkeeper Manchester United 29
Steve Harper Goalkeeper Newcastle United 36
Declan Rudd Goalkeeper Norwich City 20
Radek Cerny Goalkeeper QPR 37
Carlo Nash Goalkeeper Stoke City 38
Thomas Sörensen Goalkeeper Stoke City 35
Craig Gordon Goalkeeper Sunderland 28
Carlo Cudicini Goalkeeper Tottenham Hotspur 38
Heurelho Gomes Goalkeeper Tottenham Hotspur 30
Márton Fülöp Goalkeeper West Bromwich Albion 28
Mike Pollitt Goalkeeper Wigan Athletic 39
Carlos Cuéllar Defender Aston Villa 30
Míchel Salgado Defender Blackburn Rovers 36
Gary Cahill Defender Bolton Wanderers 25
Paul Robinson Defender Bolton Wanderers 32
Ricardo Gardner Defender Bolton Wanderers 33
Sam Ricketts Defender Bolton Wanderers 30
Zat Knight Defender Bolton Wanderers 31
José Bosingwa Defender Chelsea 29
Sylvain Distin Defender Everton 33
Stephen Kelly Defender Fulham 28
Zdenek Grygera Defender Fulham 31
Fábrio Aurélio Defender Liverpool 32
Tamás Kádár Defender Newcastle United 21
Adam Drury Defender Norwich City 33
Zak Whitbread Defender Norwich City 27
Danny Gabbidon Defender QPR 32
Danny Shittu Defender QPR 31
Fitz Hall Defender QPR 30
Jonathan Woodgate Defender Stoke City 31
Ashley Richards Defender Swansea City 20
Vangelis Moras Defender Swansea City 30
Ledley King Defender Tottenham Hotspur 31
Nicky Shorey Defender West Bromwich Albion 30
Paul Scharner Defender West Bromwich Albion 31
Maynor Figueroa Defender Wigan Athletic 28
Jody Craddock Defender Wolverhampton Wanderers 36
Tomas Rosicky Midfielder Arsenal 31
David Dunn Midfielder Blackburn Rovers 31
Josh Morris Midfielder Blackburn Rovers 20
Vince Grella Midfielder Blackburn Rovers 32
Martin Petrov Midfielder Bolton Wanderers 32
Sean Davis Midfielder Bolton Wanderers 32
Florent Malouda Midfielder Chelsea 31
Danny Murphy Midfielder Fulham 34
Owen Hargreaves Midfielder Manchester City 30
Darron Gibson Midfielder Manchester United 24
Ryan Giggs Midfielder Manchester United 38
Alan Smith Midfielder Newcastle United 31
Danny Guthrie Midfielder Newcastle United 24
Kieron Dyer Midfielder QPR 32
Michael Tonge Midfielder Stoke City 28
Rory Delap Midfielder Stoke City 35
Salif Diao Midfielder Stoke City 34
Tom Soares Midfielder Stoke City 25
Jack Colback Midfielder Sunderland 22
Jordan Cook Midfielder Sunderland 21
David Cotterill Midfielder Swansea City 24
Ferrie Bodde Midfielder Swansea City 29
Kemy Agustien Midfielder Swansea City 25
Thomas Butler Midfielder Swansea City 30
Jerome Thomas Midfielder West Bromwich Albion 28
Somen Tchoyi Midfielder West Bromwich Albion 28
Steven Reid Midfielder West Bromwich Albion 30
David Jones Midfielder Wigan Athletic 27
Hendry Thomas Midfielder Wigan Athletic 26
Jordi Gómez Midfielder Wigan Athletic 26
Mohamed Diamé Midfielder Wigan Athletic 24
Andrey Arshavin Striker Arsenal 30
Emile Heskey Striker Aston Villa 33
David Hoilett Striker Blackburn Rovers 21
Jason Roberts Striker Blackburn Rovers 33
Nick Blackman Striker Blackburn Rovers 22
Ivan Klasnic Striker Bolton Wanderers 31
Kevin Davies Striker Bolton Wanderers 34
Robbie Blake Striker Bolton Wanderers 35
Didier Drogba Striker Chelsea 33
Salomon Kalou Striker Chelsea 26
James Mcfadden Striker Everton 28
Louis Saha Striker Everton 33
Andy Johnson Striker Fulham 30
Dimitar Berbatov Striker Manchester United 30
Michael Owen Striker Manchester United 31
Peter Lövenkrands Striker Newcastle United 31
Aaron Wilbraham Striker Norwich City 32
Simeon Jackson Striker Norwich City 24
Alessandro Pellicori Striker QPR 30
Heidar Helguson Striker QPR 34
Patrick Agyemang Striker QPR 31
Mamady Sidibé Striker Stoke City 31
Ricardo Fuller Striker Stoke City 32
Ryan Noble Striker Sunderland 20
Roman Bednár Striker West Bromwich Albion 28
Hugo Rodallega Striker Wigan Athletic 26
Doesn’t appear to be a very accurate list. Gibson and Hargreaves listed as Utd players.
Well out of date, Abidal signed a new contract with Barca before Christmas as well.
Villa’s Stephen Ireland bound for New York
For months now it is no secret that former Chelsea and German star, Michael Ballack has seen his future in the MLS but according to agent Ballack’s agent Michael Becker one club who has made it clear that he won’t be playing for them is the New York Red Bulls.
Why would the struggling Bulls – only one goal in their opening games – not want such a majestic player as Ballack one might ask ? The answer from agent Becker is that he knows that Bulls General Manager, Erik Soler , has set his sights on luring Aston Villa and ex-Republic of Ireland star, Stephen Ireland to the MLS.
Becker told Goal.com that he could not understand Soler’s reasons, adding: “”Michael would love to play in New York. However, it seems that Soler already made massive promises to Stephen Ireland in October. This is an unbelievable incident,” Becker told Goal.com.
“There are a lot of places where Michael believes he would be a good fit, but in New York with Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez, that’s a title-winning team in his mind.”
Ballack is believed to be seen by many U.S managers as more of a holding midfielder whilst the Bulls clearly are looking for someone who can create scoring chances for the likes of Thierry Henry. Holding midfielder? Becker finds that view “offensive”.
“Ask Erik Soler why he thinks Ballack is a central defender or just a holding midfielder. It’s a pretty exclusive point of view,” Becker said.
“Why would you go for a no-name player who no one knows, who hasn’t started in months, when Michael Ballack is available?”
Of course Ireland is also ten years younger and no doubt Soler believes he would be around for much longer than Ballack.
Villa meantime will no doubt be holding out to recoup the 8 million they paid for Stephen who has only recently suggested that he might be interested in player for his country again. And indeed the saving of some 70,000 sterling a week might no doubt be another good reason why Villa might agree to a transfer on or close to their terms. Villa fan forums have mixed views – there are as many who would like him to stay as want him to go. This Stephen Ireland saga is likely to ‘run and run’.
Ballack meantime one feel sure will indeed be in the MLS League as Becker made clear to Goal.com
“July 16 [the day the MLS teams can sign players from abroad] is around the corner,” Becker said. “I’m sure you’ll see Michael playing somewhere in MLS at that stage.” Among those who have shown some interest it is believed are teams in Chicago, Montreal and Phildelphia
Podolski has passed a medical at Arsenal acc to reports. 10.9M, deal to be confirmed next week.
Chelsea are being linked with a €100 million double move for Ronaldo and Higuain. Hard to see Real even entertaining that considering Ronaldo cost the bones of that in the first place and has been sensational since he arrived
The only way Stephen Ireland could be compared favourably to Michael Ballack is that his off field antics and general cuntishness might generate more headlines in the US than a former superstar at the end of his career.
In a way Id be sorry to see a talent like Ireland leaving Villa. But there was 18 months where he did sweet fuck all for the club. In the last few, he has shown he has got plenty of ability. But he can be incredibly gutless at times. You might get away with that in a team where 9 or 10 others were giving it their all but some of the current VIlla squad havent given a shit since MON left. Ireland isnt good enough of a player to compensate for the fact that he is a complete liability without the ball. He hasnt got the heart to get into the box these days even. Anything that requires desire or guts, he is badly lacking. Good to find space turn on the ball and keep possession. Doesnt create enough chances or is enough of a goal threat to warrant a free role type of position imo. Maybe at a better side he would.
on the free transfer list above, the next manager at Anfield could do worse than getting Berbatov signed up. Would add far more than Andy Carroll ever would. I could see him working well with Suarez as he did with Keane. He never had much pace to begin with so dont think he would decline all that much over the next few years. Has given up international football too so would always be around.
Parma have agreed a deal for Sotiris Ninis and he will join them this summer.
Roma have declared interest in Dirk Kuyt, who I can see leaving at seasons end. He has been a great servant for the club and some where like Italy will be ideal for him as he begins to slow down.
I doubt there’s any interest from Roma in Kuyt, he doesn’t fit into our style of play and he’d be well down the pecking order as we’re well covered in attack. Sabatini denied reports linking us with Suarez and Palacio as he said we have other priorities than attack.
I wonder where Del Piero will end up this summer, he’d tear up in the Premiership if he went there, would be a good signing for the likes of Liverpool who are severely lacking in some craft and creativity.
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Where do we reckon Mario will be next season?
I think he’s been angling for a move back to Italy for some time as he has admitted publicly that he misses Italy and his friends. The recent controversies, growing impatience of the City management, board and fans about his attitude coupled with Mancini’s uncertain future make it likely that he will go back to Italy this summer. Only a couple of clubs could attract Mario.
Milan - Boyhood Milan fan and Galliani is a big fan of his.
Inter - The club most strongly linked with him, never enjoyed a great relationship with the fans last time around but seems to be well liked by the club’s backroom team.
Juventus - As a hate-figure with the Juventus fans I’d say there is no chance of this happening.
Roma - He has insulted the city of Rome and Francesco Totti in the past, so again there is no chance of this happening.
Napoli - Highly unlikely they would be able to afford Balotelli.
It’s also very unlikely Mario will travel to Euro 2012 now, Prandelli has a code of ethics about players getting sent off and such and he has persistently warned Balotelli to keep his discipline.