Transfers - summer 09

[Royal Rother]

Warnock set to join Villa. Goodbye Shorey?

Yup!

Stoke with two great bits of buiness today. That's how to buy in your second season! Credit where it's due.

If Stoke are paying anything like the combined £100k pw wages for Tuncay and Huth that 'Boro were, they are a another club heading for disaster.

[soggy biscuit]

Arjen Robben joins Bayern Munich for €25M

[Mr Optimist]

Just a gamble though isn't it? Stay up again with the help of these two and the wages won't be a problem.

But, go down and.......you need to get rid quickly or stare in to the abyss Leeds United stylee!

I think that is the kind of risk quite a few RFC fans would have liked to have seen us take, but personally I am happy with our way although it ended in tears at least we will not be paying for it for the next 5-10 years.

Truth is it is a gamble because realistically Sotke are one of at least 10 fairly even sides who could go down this season and a lot will depend on luck and avoiding injuries to not be one of the three.

[Row Z Royal]

Warnock set to join Villa. Goodbye Shorey?

Yup!

Stoke with two great bits of buiness today. That's how to buy in your second season! Credit where it's due.

They were talking about Warnock as the replacement for Barry on 5Llive this morning. I know he's played in both positions for Blackburn, but I thought he was very much a left-back first...

[papereyes]

Barry played centre-mid under O'Neill, as part of a midfield 3 with Petrov and one other.

[leww_rfc]

Arjen Robben joins Bayern Munich for €25M

probably won't, but could help Ribery move the other way?

[yappy]

Arjen Robben joins Bayern Munich for €25M

probably won't, but could help Ribery move the other way?

Isn't Robben a left wing while Ribery is a right wing?

Technically yes, but Ribery is being tested in a more central 'playmaker' role this season, Robben has been bought in to get the width.

[buzzby]

One time target John Mensah moves to Sunderland

[soggy biscuit]

Having spent £30M on his transfer and £18M on his wages Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to join Kiev on a free transfer

LOLz

[Deathy]

Murked.

Also, LOL @ Abramovich being fully being plans to introduce a salary cap because he can't compete with Man City or Real Madrid any more.

[Smoking Kills Dancing Doe]

Warnock set to join Villa. Goodbye Shorey?

Yup!

Stoke with two great bits of buiness today. That's how to buy in your second season! Credit where it's due.

If Stoke are paying anything like the combined £100k pw wages for Tuncay and Huth that 'Boro were, they are a another club heading for disaster.

In Peter Coates they've got the best Chairman in football. Local guy, loves the club, been involved with it for 30 plus years, used to be on the FA board too. Owns BET 365, which I think had the largets turnover of any privately owned company in the UK last year. So the moneys not gonna dry up soon.

By no means a model for most clubs to be able to follow, but an interesting story that I don't think many have picked up on. Their problems is attracting players to the club, no matter what they pay.

[Royal Rother]

Just a gamble though isn't it? Stay up again with the help of these two and the wages won't be a problem.

With £12m transfer fees and anything close to that level of wages they'll be very hard-pushed to make a profit whether they stay up or not.

[soggy biscuit]

Johnny Heitinga joins Everton for €6.5M

[Deathy]

Hull City fail to agree terms with Benjani.

[blade 1]

hull's atempts in the transfer market

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A

[Deadlock]

Having spent £30M on his transfer and £18M on his wages Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to join Kiev on a free transfer

LOLz

Funnily enough, according to Soccerbase he made 30+18 league appearance too.

Snigger.

Still, those 9 goals certainly helped propel Chelsea to the title in the three seasons he received his wages.

Oh.

[soggy biscuit]

Dmytro Chygrynskiy joins Barcelona for €25M

[cmonurz]

Having spent £30M on his transfer and £18M on his wages Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to join Kiev on a free transfer

LOLz

Funnily enough, according to Soccerbase he made 30+18 league appearance too.

Snigger.

Still, those 9 goals certainly helped propel Chelsea to the title in the three seasons he received his wages.

Oh.

There aren't many Premier League strikers with a worse scoring record than Craig Bellamy over the last couple of seasons.

[frimmers]

feed the goat..he will just get fat and lazy:)

[daswonder]

Rumours circulating that Pompey to sell Kranjcar to Spurs for 2m and Spurs getting Martin Petrov from Manchester City in exchange for David Bentley