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Blue Blood wrote:Blackburn.

Make your bloody mind up Benji!

I'll be honest i have no idea why so many clubs want him. Hope he goes.

hughesthemancini wrote:was hoping that you were going to say Dignitas......

Sunderland still hopeful on Benjani

Steve Bruce is hopeful Benjani Mwaruwari will soon be unveiled as a Sunderland player despite the transfer deadline having passed.

The Black Cats manager believes all the paperwork had been submitted in time ahead of the 5pm deadline and is optimistic the Manchester City striker is heading for the Stadium of Light.

The 31-year-old joined City from Portsmouth in a protracted deal at the end of the January 2008 transfer window which required the Premier League to scrutinise whether the deal had in fact been completed on time.

Bruce is optimistic and told ESPN: "I think we've lodged everything it in time, we've done everything we possibly can and I'm convinced we had everything in in time."

Mark ( Blue Army ) wrote:

Sunderland still hopeful on Benjani

Steve Bruce is hopeful Benjani Mwaruwari will soon be unveiled as a Sunderland player despite the transfer deadline having passed.

The Black Cats manager believes all the paperwork had been submitted in time ahead of the 5pm deadline and is optimistic the Manchester City striker is heading for the Stadium of Light.

The 31-year-old joined City from Portsmouth in a protracted deal at the end of the January 2008 transfer window which required the Premier League to scrutinise whether the deal had in fact been completed on time.

Bruce is optimistic and told ESPN: "I think we've lodged everything it in time, we've done everything we possibly can and I'm convinced we had everything in in time."

King Kev wrote:Why are his transfers always completed after the deadline??

CityGer wrote:

King Kev wrote:Why are his transfers always completed after the deadline??

It's fucking daft. Nothing happens for four weeks then everyone goes like hell for leather in the last 24 hours. I understand the posturing between clubs and the hagling but if clubs are missing out on their targets, like we are reported to have done, then it makes no sense at all.

I actually think transfer windows should be scrapped, I don't see the up side of them. Clubs should be able to do a deal all year round.

Wooders wrote:

CityGer wrote:

King Kev wrote:Why are his transfers always completed after the deadline??

It's fucking daft. Nothing happens for four weeks then everyone goes like hell for leather in the last 24 hours. I understand the posturing between clubs and the hagling but if clubs are missing out on their targets, like we are reported to have done, then it makes no sense at all.

I actually think transfer windows should be scrapped, I don't see the up side of them. Clubs should be able to do a deal all year round.

I am pretty annoyed that we went about things the way we did this window, deals where there to be done for mariga and gago and we should have got our act together and sorted them out way before deadline day, complications like work permits should have already been thought out and we should have had our man (whomever it was) waaaaaaay before 5pm yesterday. As it stands we missed out on both, heads are gonna roll for this one I reckon