Official football transfers rumour thread

[Flojo]

From Times OnlineJune 19, 2007Chelsea are reportedly set to hijack Fulhamââ¬â¢s move for Lee Chun-Soo, the Ulsan midfield player, after being put under pressure to sign a South Korean player by their sponsors, Samsung.

If true Chelsea are a joke

[Guest mainman]

Heard Glazer put pressure on Fergie to play park in 05-06

[The Infamous]

EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool Officials In Madrid For Torreshttp://www.goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=332509Goal.com can reveal that Liverpool officials are in Madrid to complete the transfer of Fernando Torres.The big money signings that the new Liverpool owners have been promising might finally become a reality.George Gillett had insisted on Monday evening that he was ready for Liverpool's "phase two": the signing of new players after securing key ones to improved contracts, and there have been definite movements.They have been tracking Fernando Torres for a while, and have now stepped up their efforts. The Reds are looking to make their mark this summer, and a team has travelled to Madrid, we can confirm.The objective is to finalise the transfer of the Atleti skipper, and today itself if possible.Torres, 23, has scored 14 goals in what has been a very moderate season, one in which the club have collectively struggled. After having his buy-out clause reduced to 40 million euros last summer, he is now ready to make the jump to a bigger club.An earlier bid (from another club) in the region of 30 million euros fell just short of expectations, and we believe that Liverpool will offer players as a part of the deal, in order to bring down the price. Luis Garcia - who played at Atletico Madrid before Barcelona - is supposedly the player who has been offered. The midfielder had an absolutely stunning season at the Vicente Calderon in 2002-03, when he scored 9 goals in 30 games in addition to setting up many, and still has admirers at the club.It is being seen by many as a trip similar to Carlos Quieroz's to Portugal, when Manchester United set the transfer marked on fire. At the very least, the objective is similar, to tell other clubs, and as much their own fans, that they mean business!

[Flojo]

I don't want Torres, I want a certified goal machine!

[XcalibA]

Serie A - Milan declare intentEurosport - Mon, 16 Jul 12:53:00 2007 Milan have made clear their intent to sign at least one non-EU star before the August 31st transfer deadline. The Champions League winners are in particular looking for additional firepower and vice president Adriano Galliani went so far as to name their potential targets before insisting at least one will join the Rossoneri next season. And, of the five listed, Milan will have to go head-to-head with Chelsea for at least three."One of these five non-European players that we are following will arrive," Galliani claimed."Those players are Ronaldinho, [Andriy] Shevchenko, [Didier] Drogba, [samuel] Eto'o and [Alexandre] Pato."Milan would have to contend with the Blues for Drogba and Shevchenko - both of whom Jose Mourinho is keen to retain - while Pato is a confirmed target for the West London club and Ronaldinho and Eto'o both names that have been linked to them in the past.Of the five, Shevchenko and Pato are the most likely to move to the San Siro as the former struggled in his first season in England and is believed to be open to a return to Milan while teenager Pato has been made available for a big-money transfer by Internacional.Reda Maher / Eurosport