The word is Keane is going to have to persaude a “reluctant Ferdinand” to move to the north east…I’d say never in his worst nightmare could Keane have imagined it would have come to this!
8m…fuck sake…that is ridiculous money
Reading have signed Chris Armstrong from Sheff Utd…Is he a striker??..If he is then that should be Doyler on his way…seemingly Keane is sniffing around Doyler also
think armstrong is a full back…is leroy lita still at reading…
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Reading have signed Chris Armstrong from Sheff Utd…Is he a striker??..If he is then that should be Doyler on his way…seemingly Keane is sniffing around Doyler also[/quote]
Surely not the guy with the coco pops on his face? He must be about 40!
no you are thinking of the former tottenham legend and chris hughton lookalike…
Yes, he used to be a very common sticker at the time. I must have had about 40 of him. You couldn’t give him away.
The 31-year-old France international had appeared to be on his way to Manchester City or Sunderland. But Sportsmail can reveal that Arsenal came in with a late offer to tempt Silvestre into one of the summers most unexpected transfers.
Sources close to the player revealed last night that the 31-year-old had been won over by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, one of his home countrys most revered coaches, and the promise of Champions League football at the Emirates.
Arsenal will expect to pay United around 750,000 for a player who moved to Old Trafford from Inter Milan in the 1998-99 season and will offer him 50,000-a-week.
What makes the deal so remarkable is that Wenger and his bitter rival, United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, have never before traded players in the 12 years they have been in opposition in the Premier League.
The two men have often been in competition for the same player from overseas and have at times coveted members of each others squads. Wenger, for example, considered a move for David Beckham when he left United in 2003 and Ferguson always wanted former Gunners captain Patrick Vieira. But no deal between the two men has ever been close to coming off.
Silvestre, who has made 361 appearances for United in all competitions, was thought to be holding out for a testimonial next year when he turned down summer approaches from Bordeaux and Paris Saint-Germain in his homeland.
It was also thought that his family wanted to remain in the north-west.
But it appears the opportunity to join another top English club, especially one with such a strong French influence, proved too hard to resist.
Wenger wants to integrate Silvestre into a defensive unit that already contains Frenchmen Gael Clichy and William Gallas. The arrival of Silvestre if the transfer goes through would also probably spell the end for Arsenals unreliable Switzerland centre back Philippe Senderos.
It would be certainly be a shock to see this happen. I doubt Ferguson would let him go to Arsenal. City or Sunderland seemed his most likely destination at the weekend. At Arsenal he would be only backup while at least at City or Sunderland he would play most weeks.
yeah would only be a back up but would be a bit more reliable than senderos…why hasn’t he been getting a look in at united…injury/form/ferguson doen’t rate him anymore…or is it a bit of all three…
I couldn’t see it happening either, what with the whole Heinze to Liverpool fiasco last year
He did knee ligament damage last season and with Evra as first choice left back and the Vidic/Rio partnership he isnt getting a look in. Ferguson sees O’Shea as backup left back anyway and now with the De Silva Twins emerging he can let Silvestre go. I respect Silvestre after refusing to go to Newcastle last season because that scum bag Barton attacked his friend Dabo.
Silvestre is utter rubbish. In fact I attribute United’s resurgence after Chelsea’s two leagues to the signing of Vidic and the discarding of that utterly useless fucker.
I would have Senderos ahead of him…
Diego Forlan linked with move to Tottenham…
Probably dependant on Berbatov moving to Old Trafford
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Spurs must have the highest turnover of strikers in terms of 's and numbers in recent years. They are also being linked with Santa Cruz from Blackburn.
Is their Arshavin bid dead in the water?
I was surprised to see them linked with Arshavin, how many small playmakers does one team need to buy?
Don’t think Forlan would be all that good a signing for Spurs but I’d cash in on Berbatov alright if I was Ramos.
Pavluchenko is a better striker I think. Aguero is who makes Athletico tick, Forlan hasn’t been brilliant since he moved from Villareal.
Is that Aguero who scored twice for Argentina Yesterday against Brazil?..good player
Ronaldinho was a disgrace in that game yesterday…barely got a touch
I think Arshavin to Spurs won’t happen either, there was a buy out clause of 10m sterling but they are looking for 20m…although if he starts sulking they might let him go for 15m…I think Barca are just waiting in the wings for the price to come down
Aguero is class, slapping it into Maradonna’s daughter at the moment, the whole Argentine nation is pleading with him to block her.
Didn’t know that - some breeding that would be.
Yea that was the deal last season anyway, not sure if it still is, hard to keep up with these crazy kids. Maradonna was in the stands there yesterday, I presumed partly to do with his love of Argentina and partly to do with Aguero.
i see former celtic legend alan stubbs has retired today due to a knee injury…
I see Arsenal told Arse-Shaver to fook off when they saw his wage demands