*** Official Summer Transfer B*ll*x Thread ***

[Dubciteh]

no thanks to Villa, similar to Eto in that last year was the time to buy them, no sense in paying bucks on either now.

[1950]

I'd rather have Eto'o than Villa.

[bluelogic32]

The bollox today says we're in a battle against MU and Spurs to sign Everton midfielder Jack Rodwell. He's a good young english talent but surely this is nothing but bollox. I've seen him play a few times throughout the year but not enough to have a solid opinion on him. Estimated "bollox value"= 25mil....

[leewonpen]

What's happening with this transfer window.its dead quiet.if we want sanchez get the deal done.its dragging on like eto and kaka.looks like tevez is staying.hopefully we can get rid of the fringe and loan players asap and get the players we need.bobby manc is also quiet,so then the quiet must all be part of the strategy

[Mark (Blue Army)]

Tevez ready to stay at City

Carlos Tevez's agent has indicated the Argentine is ready to pledge his future to Manchester City.

The striker's future at Eastlands has been the subject of constant speculation with Tevez eager to leave England and be closer to his family in his native Argentina.

His representative, Kia Joorabchian, has claimed the forward is now prepared to stay as he is ready to bring his family over to Manchester from South America.

"I don't think speculation about Carlos leaving is fair at the moment," Joorabchian told the Daily Star Sunday. "I don't think money is a consideration.

"Maybe it's a case of his family coming over to him. That's something he's trying to sort out. I'm sure in the next week he will sort the family issue out.

"Once he does, he will announce it and everyone will be in a better place."

Joorabchian insists Tevez has not asked to leave and that he remains committed to City's cause by helping them win more trophies after leading them to FA Cup glory last season.

"Carlos has always had a goal. The goal was that City needed to get into the Champions League and win a trophy," added Joorabchian.

"And they won a trophy and achieved that goal. Now that has given him a tremendous feeling. He held that trophy with a lot of pride.

"If you look at the team they are going to get stronger and stronger and, if Carlos stays, they would be my favourite to win the title.

"I'm sure that will be a factor in his mind and, the fact that City fans have embraced him, will count for a lot along with his great relationship with the supporters.

"I think all these factors will be positives for him to stay. Carlos has not made any decision to move.

"We have not asked to leave the club."

skysports.com

[PeterParker]

Tevez ready to stay at City

Carlos Tevez's agent has indicated the Argentine is ready to pledge his future to Manchester City.

The striker's future at Eastlands has been the subject of constant speculation with Tevez eager to leave England and be closer to his family in his native Argentina.

His representative, Kia Joorabchian, has claimed the forward is now prepared to stay as he is ready to bring his family over to Manchester from South America.

"I don't think speculation about Carlos leaving is fair at the moment," Joorabchian told the Daily Star Sunday. "I don't think money is a consideration.

"Maybe it's a case of his family coming over to him. That's something he's trying to sort out. I'm sure in the next week he will sort the family issue out.

"Once he does, he will announce it and everyone will be in a better place."

Joorabchian insists Tevez has not asked to leave and that he remains committed to City's cause by helping them win more trophies after leading them to FA Cup glory last season.

"Carlos has always had a goal. The goal was that City needed to get into the Champions League and win a trophy," added Joorabchian.

"And they won a trophy and achieved that goal. Now that has given him a tremendous feeling. He held that trophy with a lot of pride.

"If you look at the team they are going to get stronger and stronger and, if Carlos stays, they would be my favourite to win the title.

"I'm sure that will be a factor in his mind and, the fact that City fans have embraced him, will count for a lot along with his great relationship with the supporters.

"I think all these factors will be positives for him to stay. Carlos has not made any decision to move.

"We have not asked to leave the club."

skysports.com

I really don't get him and his homesickness. We all get homesickness, is normal, but most of us live in a normal country. I have nothing with his homeland, but in a country were violence and celebrity kidnapping is regular, and players like Messi are hit in the face in day light, well, who wants to go back there and put his family in danger? And if i recall, the bringing the family in England was already a failure in the past

A weird captain we have. It's a great that he will stay, but is he staying because he wants to, or did Kia told him too.

[Mark (Blue Army)]

I really don't get him and his homesickness. We all get homesickness, is normal, but most of us live in a normal country. I have nothing with his homeland, but in a country were violence and celebrity kidnapping is regular, and players like Messi are hit in the face in day light, well, who wants to go back there and put his family in danger? And if i recall, the bringing the family in England was already a failure in the past

A weird captain we have. It's a great that he will stay, but is he staying because he wants to, or did Kia told him too.

I don't really care as long as he's banging in the goals next season :)

[CityGer]

Reading that made me sick. Makes my blood boil the way Jorabchian speaks as though we have no say in the matter. He's under contract, you slimey fucker!!

[Chinners]

There have been five new players linked with City over the past seven days bringing the running total to 29 since the 2010/11 season ended - but Alexis Sanchez and Luka Modric have hogged most of the headlines of late.
Sanchez of Udinese has been linked an astonoshing 35 times with a move to the City of Manchester Stadium over the last week to make a total of 46 in all, though there has been a definite swing towards Barcelona in the past few days according to the country's leading tabloids.

Modric didn't do badly, either, adding 18 to the four already written about him 'interesteing City' and putting him in a clear second with 22 - this despite Tottenham's insisitence the player is not for sale!

The new kids on the block this week are Napoli's Edinson Cavani, Barcelona's David Villa, Feyenoord's 16 year-old Karim Rekik, Udinese defender Christian Zapata and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. Some of the stories are no more than tenuous in the extreme, but they qualify as being linked all the same.

Jack Rodwell has had a decent week with five more stories suggesting a bid from City is immenent, putting him level with Gary Cahill of Bolton on nine.

Lille’s highly-rated Gervinho is next with eight while Cristiano Ronaldo has added one more to his tally and clocks in with seven.

Leighton Baines, Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder and Gareth Bale all slip behind Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri who each added a couple of mentions to move on to six apiece.

Among the also-rans (players linked no more than twice) are Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi, Arsenal’s Gael Clichy, Raphaël Varane of Lens, Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku, Valencia’s Juan Mata, Palermo’s Javier Pastore, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain, Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen and Serge Aurier of Lens and Cesc Fabregas.

There will be more, no doubt, in the coming days and it will be fascinating to see who Roberto Mancini's targets really are if and when the Blues enter the transfer market for real.

Here is the linked "squad":

Goalkeepers: None (but give it time ...)

Defence: Gary Cahill (Bolton), Leighton Baines (Everton), Serge Aurier (Lens), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), Raphael Varane (Lens), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Cristian Zapata (Udinese), Karim Rekik (Feyenoord).

Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Juan Mata (Valencia), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Samir Nasri (Arsenal).

Strikers: Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Gonzalo Higuain (Read Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gervinho (Lille), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), David Villa (Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Chelsea).

[Alioune DVToure]

There have been five new players linked with City over the past seven days bringing the running total to 29 since the 2010/11 season ended - but Alexis Sanchez and Luka Modric have hogged most of the headlines of late.
Sanchez of Udinese has been linked an astonoshing 35 times with a move to the City of Manchester Stadium over the last week to make a total of 46 in all, though there has been a definite swing towards Barcelona in the past few days according to the country's leading tabloids.

Modric didn't do badly, either, adding 18 to the four already written about him 'interesteing City' and putting him in a clear second with 22 - this despite Tottenham's insisitence the player is not for sale!

The new kids on the block this week are Napoli's Edinson Cavani, Barcelona's David Villa, Feyenoord's 16 year-old Karim Rekik, Udinese defender Christian Zapata and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. Some of the stories are no more than tenuous in the extreme, but they qualify as being linked all the same.

Jack Rodwell has had a decent week with five more stories suggesting a bid from City is immenent, putting him level with Gary Cahill of Bolton on nine.

Lille’s highly-rated Gervinho is next with eight while Cristiano Ronaldo has added one more to his tally and clocks in with seven.

Leighton Baines, Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder and Gareth Bale all slip behind Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri who each added a couple of mentions to move on to six apiece.

Among the also-rans (players linked no more than twice) are Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi, Arsenal’s Gael Clichy, Raphaël Varane of Lens, Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku, Valencia’s Juan Mata, Palermo’s Javier Pastore, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain, Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen and Serge Aurier of Lens and Cesc Fabregas.

There will be more, no doubt, in the coming days and it will be fascinating to see who Roberto Mancini's targets really are if and when the Blues enter the transfer market for real.

Here is the linked "squad":

Goalkeepers: None (but give it time ...)

Defence: Gary Cahill (Bolton), Leighton Baines (Everton), [highlight]Serge Aurier[/highlight](Lens), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), [highlight]Raphael Varane[/highlight] (Lens), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Cristian Zapata (Udinese), Karim Rekik (Feyenoord).

Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Juan Mata (Valencia), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Samir Nasri (Arsenal).

Strikers: Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Gonzalo Higuain (Read Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gervinho (Lille), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), David Villa (Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Chelsea).

Never heard of either of those two.

[Tokyo Blue]

There have been five new players linked with City over the past seven days bringing the running total to 29 since the 2010/11 season ended - but Alexis Sanchez and Luka Modric have hogged most of the headlines of late.
Sanchez of Udinese has been linked an astonoshing 35 times with a move to the City of Manchester Stadium over the last week to make a total of 46 in all, though there has been a definite swing towards Barcelona in the past few days according to the country's leading tabloids.

Modric didn't do badly, either, adding 18 to the four already written about him 'interesteing City' and putting him in a clear second with 22 - this despite Tottenham's insisitence the player is not for sale!

The new kids on the block this week are Napoli's Edinson Cavani, Barcelona's David Villa, Feyenoord's 16 year-old Karim Rekik, Udinese defender Christian Zapata and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. Some of the stories are no more than tenuous in the extreme, but they qualify as being linked all the same.

Jack Rodwell has had a decent week with five more stories suggesting a bid from City is immenent, putting him level with Gary Cahill of Bolton on nine.

Lille’s highly-rated Gervinho is next with eight while Cristiano Ronaldo has added one more to his tally and clocks in with seven.

Leighton Baines, Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder and Gareth Bale all slip behind Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri who each added a couple of mentions to move on to six apiece.

Among the also-rans (players linked no more than twice) are Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi, Arsenal’s Gael Clichy, Raphaël Varane of Lens, Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku, Valencia’s Juan Mata, Palermo’s Javier Pastore, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain, Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen and Serge Aurier of Lens and Cesc Fabregas.

There will be more, no doubt, in the coming days and it will be fascinating to see who Roberto Mancini's targets really are if and when the Blues enter the transfer market for real.

Here is the linked "squad":

Goalkeepers: None (but give it time ...)

Defence: Gary Cahill (Bolton), Leighton Baines (Everton), [highlight]Serge Aurier[/highlight](Lens), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), [highlight]Raphael Varane[/highlight] (Lens), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Cristian Zapata (Udinese), Karim Rekik (Feyenoord).

Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Juan Mata (Valencia), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Samir Nasri (Arsenal).

Strikers: Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Gonzalo Higuain (Read Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gervinho (Lille), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), David Villa (Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Chelsea).

Never heard of either of those two.

Well, Lens got relegated from Ligue 1, so I highly doubt they are Champions League material.

[DoomMerchant]

There have been five new players linked with City over the past seven days bringing the running total to 29 since the 2010/11 season ended - but Alexis Sanchez and Luka Modric have hogged most of the headlines of late.
Sanchez of Udinese has been linked an astonoshing 35 times with a move to the City of Manchester Stadium over the last week to make a total of 46 in all, though there has been a definite swing towards Barcelona in the past few days according to the country's leading tabloids.

Modric didn't do badly, either, adding 18 to the four already written about him 'interesteing City' and putting him in a clear second with 22 - this despite Tottenham's insisitence the player is not for sale!

The new kids on the block this week are Napoli's Edinson Cavani, Barcelona's David Villa, Feyenoord's 16 year-old Karim Rekik, Udinese defender Christian Zapata and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. Some of the stories are no more than tenuous in the extreme, but they qualify as being linked all the same.

Jack Rodwell has had a decent week with five more stories suggesting a bid from City is immenent, putting him level with Gary Cahill of Bolton on nine.

Lille’s highly-rated Gervinho is next with eight while Cristiano Ronaldo has added one more to his tally and clocks in with seven.

Leighton Baines, Inter Milan’s Wesley Sneijder and Gareth Bale all slip behind Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri who each added a couple of mentions to move on to six apiece.

Among the also-rans (players linked no more than twice) are Napoli’s Ezequiel Lavezzi, Arsenal’s Gael Clichy, Raphaël Varane of Lens, Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku, Valencia’s Juan Mata, Palermo’s Javier Pastore, Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain, Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen and Serge Aurier of Lens and Cesc Fabregas.

There will be more, no doubt, in the coming days and it will be fascinating to see who Roberto Mancini's targets really are if and when the Blues enter the transfer market for real.

Here is the linked "squad":

Goalkeepers: None (but give it time ...)

Defence: Gary Cahill (Bolton), Leighton Baines (Everton), [highlight]Serge Aurier[/highlight](Lens), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Jan Vertonghen (Ajax), [highlight]Raphael Varane[/highlight] (Lens), Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Cristian Zapata (Udinese), Karim Rekik (Feyenoord).

Midfield: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Luka Modric (Tottenham), Wesley Sneijder (Inter), Juan Mata (Valencia), Jack Rodwell (Everton), Samir Nasri (Arsenal).

Strikers: Alexis Sanchez (Udinese), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Gonzalo Higuain (Read Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gervinho (Lille), Edinson Cavani (Napoli), David Villa (Barcelona), Didier Drogba (Chelsea).

Never heard of either of those two.

Well, Lens got relegated from Ligue 1, so I highly doubt they are Champions League material.

right..two defenders from a team who can't cut it in the French league...sounds about right to me. that's what we should be stockpiling this summer....half-assed/somewhat talented defenders.

we should sign someone quickly...i'm losing my erection, and i think i've taken the transfer window equivalent of enough Viagra to give me that mythical 4-hour boner i should be calling my doctor about.

hurry the fucl up Marwood, Cook, et al.

cheers

[ant london]

the longer we go with total silence from City, the more convinced I am that we have some shizzle already lined up and we are just waiting (maybe) to let the clubs we are buying from get the replacements for our new recruits lined up

I certainly don't think this is a case of "keeping our powder dry". It's a bit frustrating as a fan but IMO the best bit of "transfer business" we could have possibly done this summer is keeping Carlos Tevez. If we manage that I think we'll definitely be capable of bringing in some talented improvements.

A bit frustrated as I want to blow my confetti cannon but I can manage to wait....just!

[joehartenglandsnumber1]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

[aaron bond]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

Can we get rid of this guy please and the links to his stupid blog?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

Can we get rid of this guy please and the links to his stupid blog?

I find him hilarious actually. Not only is his blog complete garbage, which generally is the case of 99.99% of blogs, but all the shit there is so poorly written and filled with typos that it's just funny.

Also, bonus points for use of "EPL".


Keep up the "good" work lad.

[dazby]

Doomy, there'll be no announcements til July. At least.

[Blue Blood]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

Can we get rid of this guy please and the links to his stupid blog?

I find him hilarious actually. Not only is his blog complete garbage, which generally is the case of 99.99% of blogs, but all the shit there is so poorly written and filled with typos that it's just funny.

Also, bonus points for use of "EPL".


Keep up the "good" work lad.

I agree NQD, funny stuff.

There's always one acting like a silly bollocks at this time of year, spices things up round here though really.

Next blog JHE#1, write about our renewed quest to sign Jermaine Easter, still gutted Pearce didn't bag him. Slipped through our fingers that one :(

[ian494]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

Can we get rid of this guy please and the links to his stupid blog?

I find him hilarious actually. Not only is his blog complete garbage, which generally is the case of 99.99% of blogs, but all the shit there is so poorly written and filled with typos that it's just funny.

Also, bonus points for use of "EPL".


Keep up the "good" work lad.

I agree NQD, funny stuff.

There's always one acting like a silly bollocks at this time of year, spices things up round here though really.

Next blog JHE#1, write about our renewed quest to sign Jermaine Easter, still gutted Pearce didn't bag him. Slipped through our fingers that one :(

Yep, he was a rough diamond that one, we could have got him if we had been a bit cuter and used Beany in the negotiations.

[Blue Blood]

fuck!!!! thought we had a good chance of signing villa after he revealed he was unhappy but apparantly SCUM are faveourites to get him http://epltransfertalk.blogspot.com/201 ... nited.html

Can we get rid of this guy please and the links to his stupid blog?

I find him hilarious actually. Not only is his blog complete garbage, which generally is the case of 99.99% of blogs, but all the shit there is so poorly written and filled with typos that it's just funny.

Also, bonus points for use of "EPL".


Keep up the "good" work lad.

I agree NQD, funny stuff.

There's always one acting like a silly bollocks at this time of year, spices things up round here though really.

Next blog JHE#1, write about our renewed quest to sign Jermaine Easter, still gutted Pearce didn't bag him. Slipped through our fingers that one :(

Yep, he was a rough diamond that one, we could have got him if we had been a bit cuter and used Beany in the negotiations.

We did use Beanie, rumour is he was captured during negotiations and now resides in the Wycombe Wanderers club house safe.

With hindsight we should have used Danny Mills instead.