[quote=āBandageā]Touch and go between Serie A and La Liga all right.
How many world class players have turned the EPL down this summer at this stage?
The list is getting ever longer and Meloās the latest one.
You have Ribery, Benzema, Ronaldo, Fortune, Melo, Villa, Vucinic to name but a few.
Wigan are on the verge of signing Jason Scotland from Swansea though.[/QUOTE]
is he the guy who flopped for the arabs?
[quote=āBandageā]TFK EXCLUSIVE
David Villa WILL sign for Barcelona this summer for a fee in the region of 40m.[/QUOTE]
Fooking class 
The very man.
Found the video of Darius Vassell arriving in Turkey to sign for that side. Between 2 and 4 minutes is where it all kicks off - he look likes heās shitting himself. Gas:
Jermaine Pennant has signed for Real Zaragoza. I wonder their fan(s) on here make of that?
Madird will be seething.
Anyone any idea where martin oāneill is hiding out this weather?
Stoke are rushing to push through a record 10million bid for Rennes midfield powerhouse Stephane MāBia and hope to beat Everton and Marseille in the race to sign him today.
Bolton sign Paul Robinson on a season long loan from West Brom
That lad is muck. Glasgow Celtic are lucky he turned them down.
Villa being strongly linked with Miguel Veloso today. Bolton have been after him for years. 23, Portugal international spiky defensive midfielder seems to fit the bill for me. You would be worried that only Bolton seem to have been interested in him. Anyone know what this lad is like on the ball? Presume Reo Coker will be heading for the exit door if this move happend.
Hangeland stalling on a new contract at Fulham is good news. Hopefully Carew has him tapped up for us.
Heās a decent player on the ball. Probably more suited to that than the tackling role that will be expected of him in the EPL. Heās more Pirlo than Gattuso though obviously not in the class of either. Maybe something of an Ambrosini but again not that good.
That will do nicely. He is 23 and has time to improve.
Hope we revert back to 451 next season. Think it suits us better.
------------------Guzan---------
Youngā(Hangeland hopefully)āDavies/Cuellar----Shorey
-----------------Veloso---------------
--------Milner-----------Petrov------
(An other)---------------------------Young
----------------Carew-------------
That an other could be this Steven Deffour who we have been linked with for 2 years tho Everton are keen too. Captain of Belgium , 21 and highly rated. Looks the part anyway. It better not be Downing, we dont need another British type player.
Adebayor to Man City sez the Gaurdian. Him and Tevez up front would be fairly tasty.
Tevez is a poor mans Dirk Kuyt. Adebayor had a cracking season at Arsenal originally but last season wasnt great. I reckon his true value is perhaps somewhere in the middle and if Arsenal are getting massive money for him then it may be worthwhile.
Still dont think City will do anything next season.
Veloso was linked with Man Utd for a while.
Villa really need to sort out their full-backs if they want to be successful this coming season. Luke Young is absolute muck while OāNeill didnāt seem to fancy Shorey for much of last season.
[quote=āKIB manā]That lad is muck. Glasgow Celtic are lucky he turned them down.
Villa being strongly linked with Miguel Veloso today. Bolton have been after him for years. 23, Portugal international spiky defensive midfielder seems to fit the bill for me. You would be worried that only Bolton seem to have been interested in him. Anyone know what this lad is like on the ball? Presume Reo Coker will be heading for the exit door if this move happend.
Hangeland stalling on a new contract at Fulham is good news. Hopefully Carew has him tapped up for us.[/QUOTE]
Arsenal were heavily linked with him also. Donāt know anything about him though.
Would be delighted to see Ade head for City, should get some decent cash for him off them too.
Sunderland manager Steve Bruce tonight landed his second summer signing when he clinched a deal for Paraguay skipper Paulo da Silva.
The 29-year-old central defender, who has been capped more than 50 times for his country, has put pen to paper on a three-year deal to seal a move from Mexican club Toluca.
Bruce said: 'Iām delighted to have signed a player of Pauloās experience.
'He is captain of his country and has played at the highest level in South America, so will bring leadership qualities to our side
Manchester City are hopeful of clinching the signature of Carlos Tevez before they head off for a three-match tour of South Africa on Wednesday.
Tevez has been tipped to land at Eastlands since informing Manchester United he would not be making his āleaseā deal permanent.
The South Americanās subsequent stinging attack on Alex Ferguson has not endeared him to the Red Devils faithful, nor former United striker and current academy director Brian McClair, who branded Tevez ādisrespectfulā for claiming he should have started the Champions League final defeat to Barcelona in May.
However, his stock will have risen among the Blues support, who will have noticed how effective Tevezās all-action style can be.
City officials have always been quietly confident of getting their man.
Aware of the complexities surrounding the Argentina star - who would have to join the Blues under normal contract conditions, rather than the third-party status that caused such controversy when it was unearthed at West Ham - City have been reluctant to appear too bullish.
Yet, if talk of a medical, which would have to take place tomorrow when the player returns from holiday, proves to be accurate ahead of a departure for South Africa, Tevez could then join fellow new recruits Gareth Barry and Roque Santa Cruz.
City are also monitoring John Terryās situation with interest as the Chelsea skipper continues to give the impression of wanting to talk with the Blues hierarchy.
Terry is said to have had a meeting with Roman Abramovich this weekend and is bound to have raised concerns about the failure to land any of the big-name targets that were put to him as possible signings last spring.
Fearing another season without either the Premier League or Champions League trophies despite the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti, Terryās head is sure to have been turned to some extent by the offer of a massive salary, said to be way beyond his current 135,000-a-week deal.
It is claimed City are ready with a third bid for the 28-year-old, which may just be enough to trigger a formal transfer request
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Carlos Tevez. Ferguson said today that Tevez didnāt return his calls or texts over the summer. Itās all falling apart at Old Trafford.
[quote=āThe Dunphā]Veloso was linked with Man Utd for a while.
Villa really need to sort out their full-backs if they want to be successful this coming season. Luke Young is absolute muck while OāNeill didnāt seem to fancy Shorey for much of last season.[/QUOTE]
Couldnt disagree more. Luke Young is a quality right back. MON messed him around last season sticking him left back where he was shite but that wasnt his fault. He started the season extremely well at right back and I reckon he will make the England squad for the World Cup. He is a really good player.
Ya Shorey was left on the bench after a few bad games at the start of the season. MON reluctance to rotate the squad ever saw him hardly play until the last couple of months where he came back in and did well. His lack of pace is an issue but I reckon he might come good next season.