January Transfer Window Thread

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wolves sign algerian midfielder adlene guedioura.

[MEIRELES.]

Welbruck is WACK. Any athlete, should run the 1500 instead.N'Gog shits all over him tbh. Best u20 year old striker in the Prem.

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wolves sign algerian midfielder adlene guedioura.

Lol@N'gog being better than Macheda,Di Santo,Daniel Sturridge.

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Lol@N'gog being better than Macheda,Di Santo,Daniel Sturridge.

[The King]

Fools.

[MrJibbles]

Santos have asked Manchester City to pay about half of Robinho’s wages as they prepare to make him the highest-earning player in Brazil.Fresh details of the complex deal emerged last night that reveal the strength of the forward’s desire to return to his former team, the lengths that the Brazilian club are going to to secure the signing and the scale of City’s financial muscle.The forward is ready to take a pay cut of about £45,000 a week from the £150,000 that he secured when he became the most expensive player in this country after moving from Real Madrid 18 months ago. Santos are in talks with sponsors to help to fund about £35,000 of the remaining wage — three times more than their present top earner — with City expected to pick up the balance, about £70,000.There will probably also be a loan fee payable from Santos to City.Odilio Rodrigues Filho, the Santos vice-president, is set to arrive in Manchester today to put the final touches to the deal, including its length, which could be completed in the next 24 hours. He will join two Santos marketing directors, Armênio Neto and Eduardo Musa, who have held talks with their counterparts to thrash out contractual issues such as image rights.Robinho, 26, has made it clear that he wants to move to boost his standing in Brazil before the World Cup finals. He has scored only four goals since the end of 2008.“It is 90 per cent certain,†Robinho said. “I am bursting to get back to Santos. [The move] is well under way. The clubs are talking about the duration of my loan. Santos would like it to be for a year, but City will only allow me to leave for six months.â€City maintain that their record signing, who cost £34.2 million in September 2008, will not be moving permanently. They received an informal inquiry from Benfica. Santos’ problem is simply to find the money to re-sign the player, who spent three years at the club before he joined Real in 2005.They have been in talks with local sponsors to raise more than 20 per cent of the player’s wages, following on from similar agreements that have enabled Ronaldo, Adriano and Roberto Carlos to return to Brazil. Ronaldo earns about £80,000 a week playing for Corinthians, some of which is paid by sponsors.Luís Ãlvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, the Santos president, has confirmed that City could be given first option on Paulo Henrique Ganso and Neymar, the playmaker and forward respectively, as part of the deal and said that the weather had been a significant factor in Robinho’s desire to return to Brazil.“An underlying factor is that in England it is two degrees and in Santos it is 38 degrees [100F],†Ribeiro said. “For technical reasons, he wants to come back. The manager has a plan and Robinho wants to be more near to Brazil for the World Cup. He has accepted a considerable reduction in his salary. I confess that I once thought Robinho returning was just a fantasy, but I believe after I talked with him that it can happen.“We will have news about Robinho by the end of the week. We have two representatives in England conversing with him and here in Brazil we are going to look for sponsorship.â€As a measure of the inequality that Robinho would bring if the proposed loan move goes through, the club’s present top players, Fabio Costa, the goalkeeper, and Leo, the defender, earn about £17,000 a week.Emmanuel Adebayor, the City striker, was back in training yesterday after returning from Africa in the wake of the fatal attack on the Togo coach in the build-up to the Africa Cup of Nations this month. It will be left to Adebayor to decide whether to put himself forward for selection for tomorrow evening’s Carling Cup semi-final, second leg with Manchester United at Old Trafford and he has been offered counselling.City officials are adamant that they have not made an offer for Fernando Gago, the Real Madrid midfield player, and have played down talk that Benjani Mwaruwari, the striker, could be allowed to leave this month.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_city/article7002404.ece

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Manchester City have warned Robinho that he may not be leaving Eastlands this month after all, despite the Brazilian forward claiming to be "90% certain" of returning to Santos on loan in the next few days. While City are prepared to discuss loan deals for Robinho – and Benfica are, like Santos, one of a few clubs to have expressed an interest – any move is contingent on a deal being financially worthwhile for the club.It is also understood that Roberto Mancini will not allow Robinho to depart unless he can replace him with extra attacking cover. This could be supplied as part of a loan exchange arrangement.http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/25/robinho-manchester-city-santos

[Lethaldabizzle2008]

Fools.

lol @ N'gog bein better than anyone nevermind Wellbeck!!Wellbeck aint makin it at United.EDIT: f*ck Robinho too, thinks his sh*t dont stink! Wouldnt want him at Arsenal. Better off in Brazil.

[Heero Yuy]

ROO TO REAL?I think if Barcelona get Wayne Rooney in the summer they would be unstoppable! Have you heard of any rumours relating to Wayne Rooney leaving United in the summer? David O'Callaghan (Barcelona fan)GUILLEM SAYS: I have spoken to Barcelona and Real Madrid and they are not interested in Wayne Rooney. They say he is not in their plans at all. It is quite interesting these rumours about Real Madrid and Barcelona come up when he is re-negotiating his contract, isn't it?

Real aren't the sort of club to be hiding their intentions either

[KING]

fulham have accepted a bid from United for Smalling but rejected ours

[Captain Planet]

ffs

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United make Smalling moveRed Devils edge ahead in the race to land Cottagers starletSky Sports News understands Fulham have accepted a bid from Manchester United for Chris Smalling.The 20-year-old defender has become the subject of intense speculation during the January transfer window, with a number of clubs tracking his progress.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, a man renowned for nurturing young talent, had openly expressed his admiration for the talented centre-half.The Gunners are, however, yet to show their hand, with Wenger favouring a cagey approach in his winter transfer business.That appears to have opened the door to reigning Premier League champions United, with Sir Alex Ferguson keen to snap up Smalling as a potential star of the future.The England Under 21 international has made rapid progress since joining Fulham from Maidstone in 2008, and made his first Premier League start against Chelsea on 28th December 2009.The Cottagers had been keen to fend off interest in the youngster amid mounting speculation, and have not commented on United's reported offer, but they appear to have relented in their efforts to keep Smalling in the capital.

will be pissed to see him go, but if they were talking of prices like £7 mill from arsenal... if the fee really is around that and it means we can get a new striker then it's got to be done.

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If we get a bid accepted no doubt he'll accept us**unless Rio is his idol

[Haze]

hodgson n fulham are on there crack pipes,

[Haze]

clearly shows fulham are going nowhere

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Not really.If the bids £10m for a player who has only played 3 games, why wouldn't you accept it?Especially as give it a couple of seasons he could playing in the Championship or something (not with Fulham).

[Haze]

i wonder just how must hes going for tho

[Guest R9]

And the fact they need a striker

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I'd assume Man Utd bid the same as us, but have offered him back on loan for the next 6 months, where as we dont usually do that.

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Jack Wilshere will be loaned out during January "without any doubt".Arsène Wenger remains eager to give the highly-rated 18-year-old midfielder a chance to gain experience elsewhere. The likes of Bolton, Burnley, West Ham and Dutch side Twente have been mentioned in the media as possible destinations.Nothing has materialised yet but Wenger hopes to do a deal before the transfer window closes next week."I will let him go out on loan without any doubt," said the manager before the weekend game. "I want him to go to the right club and play."

[Haze]

fulham should try still,never see fulham with good young midfielders

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SSN says Wenger has said we're still in for him.

[TF S4DK]

Routledge just joined the barcodes.How many clubs has he played for now?

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Pompey can start dealing again. Altho why any club would want to do any business with them is beyond me.

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Arsenal still hope to sign Chris SmallingArsene Wenger has not given up hope of completing a deal for promising Fulham defender Chris Smalling, despite battling Manchester United in the hunt for the England Under-21 international.Smalling, 20, has caught the eye of the Premier League leading teams following his solid performances for Fulham, who rate the centre-back at around £7 million having plucked him from Maidstone.Reports suggest United have had a bid accepted, while Arsenal's was rejected.Wenger, though, maintains until the ink is dry, no deal can be considered done.The Arsenal manager said: "It just looks like Manchester United offered more money than us, but as long as the player has not signed anywhere it is not the end of it."Let's see what happens there."We will not come out on what we are doing exactly. It has come out [elsewhere], but that does not mean it is true."If we have anything more to tell you we will let you know."Wenger, however, rejected suggestions he was set to move for Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.He said: "We are not after any striker at the moment."The Gunners manager is, though, ready to let teenage midfielder Jack Wilshere go out on loan to get some regular first-team football."We have interests now from a few Premier League teams, it will be decided today or tomorrow," Wenger said."Burnley is an opportunity."At the end of the day, Wilshere will have his word to say, because he needs to decide where he likes to go."