Transferts et Rumeurs Premier League

[Man-U]

Tain si on m'avait il y a 2 ans que manchester city signerai robinho je n'y aurait jamais cru! City est devenu le nouveau chelsea

[RVN10]

Gudjonhsen (Barcelone) aurait signé à West Bromwich Albion. rmcsport

Ca aussi mine de rien c'est surprenant, il aurait pu/du trouver bien mieux pour rebondir...

 

c'est un bon joueur, WBA se renforce très bien en tout cas...

[Veloso]

Pool aurait fait une offre pour Owen

 

eurosport.fr

[pj harvey]

mais il n'y a qu'une explication pour le transfert de Rubisnho : money, money, money

par contre ce joueur n'a aucune ambition, lamentable mais malheureusement une réalité de + en + courante aujourd'hui

[Loïc]

J'avoue qu'il me dèçoit là ... Je le pensais pas comme ça, moi t'facon je continue à bien l'aimer pour ses dribbles géniaux et sa technique, enfin bref c'est mieux Shity que Chel$ki pour moi mais c'est chiant quand même

[RVN10]

Pool aurait fait une offre pour Owen

 

eurosport.fr

c'est soirée football manager chez les dirigeants anglais ou quoi ?

[Invité zakaria.saga]

Non mais Robinet de m**** ! pu**** trop dégouté, qu'est ce qu'il pouvait bien foutre à $hity ? Le nouveau Pelé ... laisse moi rire

[Loïc]

Il a une mauvaise gestion de sa carrière. Si il avait la mentalité avec son talent je pense qu'il aurait été plus étincelant au moment ou j'écris ce post et qu'il aurait pu être le nouveau Pelé. Ce n'est que mon avis En tout cas bonne affaire pour Shity mais je voulais qu'un jour Robi porte nos couleurs, tant pis...

[canto_ronaldo7]

Robinho voulait vraiment quitter le Real et n'a pas pu signer à Chel$ki, c'est la seule explication plausible. Parce que quitter le Real pour Shity, sportivement je vois pas. Donc c'est qu'il ne pouvait pas et ne voulait pas rester. Et quand Shity s'est présenté avec ses 40M€, le Real a dit oui et lui aussi (j'imagine même pas le salaire!).

[Loïc]

Ouais ce qui m'énerve aussi c'est qu'il disait que son rêve était de jouer au Réal et une fois qu'il y est il a cassé les couilles pour aller à Chelsea et ironie du sort il se retrouve à Manchester ....... City.

[Chizza]

je pense qu'il faut comprendre le joueur, ça devenait très difficile au Real, ses dernières déclarations n'ont pas arrangés les choses, Madrid ne voulait pas le céder à Chelsea, ce que je peux comprendre, céder un tel joueur à un rival européen c'est du suicide, City à fait une très belle offre et voilà. Le garçon a maintenant la possibilité de prouver son talent et son adaptation en PL. J'ajouterais que c'est d'autant plus judicieux de sa part de signer là qu'à Chelsea, où il n'aurait pas eu de place de titulaire (cf. ya qu'à voir Schevchenko). A City il aura le temps de s'adapter, c'est pas tous les jours qu'on verse 40M (quoique ça devient récurent les grosses sommes) alors qu'à Chelsea on a l'habitude des transferts ratés, et après 3 matchs il aurait commencé à faire banquette.

[Chizza]

Marouane Fellaini a signé à Everton pour 5 ans (transfert: entre 14 et 16 M)

 

 

source: standard de m**** euh de liège

 

 

 

[Canto 7]

Pour Robinho, j'ai vu la news sur le site l'équipe

 

J'étais sur le derrière, j'ai alors foncé ici, et là....confirmation :blink:

 

c'est incroyable, je crois effectivement qu'il a paré au plus pressé, dans ce cas, il aurait pu se retrouver presque n'importe où ????

 

Je sais pas trop ce que ça va donner, dans cette équipe (city) on va attendre de lui qu'il gagne des match à lui tout seul, de ce fait, le temps d'adaptation sera peut être difficile

 

ou alors le bougre a tenté un super coup de poker qui peut être plus que gagnant s'il a les épaules solides

 

en tout cas, je suis content de le voir débarqué en premier league

[Invité zakaria.saga]

Marouane Fellaini a signé à Everton pour 5 ans (transfert: entre 14 et 16 M)

 

 

source: standard de m**** euh de liège

 

Bonne nouvelle, vraiment content pour Fellaini ! Everton est un bon choix et d'ici quelques années, il partira dans un club plus huppé. M'empèche que les Toffees se fait une belle petite équipe ...

[Mehdi United]

Je les trouver pas mal le Marouane Fellaini au J.O très solide est une grosse percutions !

[Chizza]

le montant du transfert de fellaini s'élève à 18,5 M d'euros.

[t0m4]

Peut être un peu tôt pour Fellaini ? Mais c'est un tout tout bon joueur, et son jeu est clairement compatible avec la PL (je trouve qu'il est fait pour d'ailleurs) .

Et ce transfert, ça double le budget du Standard ! C'est D'onofrio qui va être content !

[Damien]

615 millions d'euros. C'est la somme dépensée par les clubs anglais de Premier League pour faire leurs achats lors du mercato d'été selon un rapport du cabinet d'audit Deloitte. C'est un record puisque la précédente marque, établie l'été dernier, était inférieure de 37 millions d'euros.

 

La dernière journée du mercato, qui s'est terminé hier, aura vu Dimitar Berbatov passer de Tottenham à Manchester United pour 40 millions d'euros et Robinho arriver à Manchester City en provenance du Real Madrid pour 37,8 millions d'euros. Ces deux transferts représentent 14% du total des mouvements effectués pendant toute la durée d'ouverture du marché anglais.

 

A noter que les clubs de L1 ont dépensé 215 millions d'euros, soit près de trois fois moins.

 

L'équipe

 

Je ne savais pas où poster cela. On atteint vraiment des sommes colossales. Les prix flambent en Angleterre, le moindre joueur lambda est acheté au minimum 15-20 millions (je parle des joueurs anglais). Dommage qu'il n'est pas précisé quel(s) club(s) avaient le plus dépensé.

[ericantona]

The Football365 Transfer Window Awards

Posted 02/09/08 10:12

 

Best Buy

Deco - £8million to Chelsea from Barcelona

He's 30, he's got a shocking reputation and looks a bit slight for the Premier League, but already Deco looks like the missing piece in Chelsea's quest for attractive football. Whether he'll be that consistent over the season remains to be seen, but the early evidence is very promising indeed.

 

 

Worst Buy

Johan Elmander - £8.2m to Bolton from Toulouse

Yes, that's more than Chelsea paid for Deco and Bolton stumped up for a striker who has only been a qualified success in Denmark and France. He might have scored on his debut but that was against a poor Stoke side suffering from stagefright. He's hardly the seat-filler that Bolton need, is he?

 

 

Bargain Of The Summer

Brad Friedel - £2.5million to Aston Villa from Blackburn

On the creaky side of 35, Friedel isn't exactly a long-term investment. However, for a club with Villa's resources £2.5million is pocket change (I mean, they paid that for Wayne sodding Routledge). They will probably get three good years out of the American, and they will be three very good years indeed.

 

 

Rip-Off Of The Summer

Andy Johnson - £13.8million to Fulham from Everton

Two seasons ago Johnson cost £8million from Crystal Palace, in which time his stock has arguably gone down. So hats off therefore to David Moyes for somehow turning a close to £6million profit on the man more noted for his diving than goal-scoring. Special mention too for the £8million Anton Ferdinand - at least £4million too much by our reckoning.

 

 

Most Predictable Move Of The Summer

Dimitar Berbatov - £30.75m to ManYoo from Tottenham

So sodding predictable so why on earth did it take until 12.30am on Tuesday morning to be confirmed? We knew it was going to happen in May. Questions remain about United's conduct while Spurs fans will wonder whether an extra couple of million is worth ending the transfer window with a striker shortage?

 

 

Best Bit Of Business

Shaun Wright-Phillips - £8.5million to Manchester City from Chelsea

Having trousered £21million for the wee man, if City had gone back to a normal club and offered a shade more than a third of that price three seasons later then they would have been laughed out of the room. But as we all know Chelsea are very, very far from a normal club.

 

 

Worst Bit Of Business

Andriy Shevchenko - Chelsea to AC Milan, terms unknown/nominal

Oh who else could it have been?

 

 

Most Baffling Transfer

George McCartney - £6m to Sunderland from West Ham

Not baffling from Sunderland's point of view - he's a fine left-back - but what formation are the Hammers thinking of playing where they don't actually field a left-back? They're now stuck with a right-back playing on the left until at least January. It's not been a great window for Hammers' fans.

 

 

The Transfer Nobody Saw Coming

Robinho - £32.5m to Manchester City from Real Madrid

This was Mikael Silvestre until about 10pm on Monday evening when it became clear that the new cash-rich City really were about to break a British transfer record for the Brazilian. How many heart attack victims were admitted to Manchester hospitals on Monday night and Tuesday morning? Crazy, just sodding crazy.

 

 

Most Desperate

Marouane Fellaini - £15m to Everton from Standard Liege

We would guess that if Everton fans were told that they were about to break their club transfer record, they would venture that the incoming player's name would be at least vaguely familiar. But £15m on a 20-year-old unknown Belgian? And we thought signing Louis Saha was a desperate bid to add numbers to a paper-thin squad...

 

 

The One Nobody Had Heard Of But Will Turn Out To Be Genius

Amr Zaki - Loan to Wigan from Zamalek

How we scoffed when Steve Bruce signed the 'best striker in the world', according to some nonsense FIFA points system. However, going on the first couple of games Zaki looks like the find of the summer, and if he carries on like this then bigger fish than Wigan will be sniffing around this time next year.

 

 

NM and SW

 

 

 

The Deadline Day Winners And Losers

Posted 02/09/08 09:21

 

Winners

 

Manchester City

Mark Hughes wasn't exaggerating when he described September 1 as "one hell of a day". He was, though, in error when he greeted the capture of Robinho as a "statement of intent". The club's audacious attempt to sign Dimitar Berbatov was a statement of intent; the purchase of Robinho for a British record transfer fee of £32.5m was a message of deliverance. In one swoop, and on day one of their ownership of City, ADUG proved that money will be no object in their ambition to transform the club and English football in the process.

 

Whether by design or accident, City's pursuit of first Berbatov and then Robinho meant their new regime announced their arrival with a direct challenge to the dominance of the two superpowers of the British game. Time, coupled with the determination of the player to move to Old Trafford, prevented them from signing Berbatov but the capture of Robinho is adequate compensation, representing a stunning coup and the first defeat of Roman Abramovich in the transfer market. Never before had the Chelsea owner been outmoneyed; never before have Manchester City possessed the financial muscle to bid, let alone buy, a player recognised as one of the best in the world.

 

For all the promises and pledges emanating from Eastlands yesterday, it was the forlorn statement from Stamford Bridge, announcing their refusal to "pay the 40million euro asking price" for Robinho, that spoke loudest. A transformation of the Premier League's landscape is already underway.

 

 

Manchester City Fans

Nobody is laughing at them anymore.

 

 

The City Of Manchester

Indisputably now the capital of English football.

 

 

Premier League Bosses

Had the league not decided, just a few weeks ago, to extend the transfer window by 24 hours so that it did not slam shut on a Sunday then the takeover of Manchester City would have occurred too late for their new financers to signal that the era of the Big Four is no more and football in general would have been denied arguably the most exciting day of the year to date.

 

 

The Premier League

In headline, Football365 has already asked of September 1 2008: 'Was This The Day The Big Four Died?'. Yet weighed against the celebration that the demise of their financial dominance will spark will be considerable disquiet about the nature of a revolution funded purely by unconnected money from a distant corner of the globe. In a single day, the history of Manchester City was wiped out as irrelevant to its present status as a football club.

 

To depict yesterday as 'the day that football died' - the title of this morning's phone-in programme on BBC Five Live - is belated. While this was the day that Manchester City died and was reborn, football was first put up for sale long ago. Manchester United and Liverpool are bankrolled by borrowed dollars, Chelsea by Siberian roubles; the arrival of City's Arabs is just a sign of the times.

 

 

Robinho

But does he consider himself a winner? When the Brazilian agitated for a move out of Real Madrid the destination in mind was Chelsea and certainly not a club that can only offer UEFA Cup football and the vague promise of things to come. Even with their newly-acquired riches, City are likely to find the January window a frustrating period - leading players are not prone to mid-season moves and the 'superstars' players being sought by the club's new owners are bound to be otherwise engaged by the pursuit of titles, both domestic and European - and so the wait will be prolonged before revolution equals results.

 

Roman Abramovich's impact was so instant because he bought Chelsea in early summer, providing Claudio Ranieri with plenty of time to spend his riches. One question that needs to be asked of the new City hierarchy is why their takeover was only finalised a matter of hours before the transfer window slammed shut. Mark Hughes' reaction must have been a mixture of excitement, relief and frustration.

 

Robinho's response to learning that he had been sold by Real Madrid to a club that remains, in global terms, relatively unknown, must have been altogether different. No, lad, City, not United. As yet, the Brazilian has neglected to comment on the transfer, which is telling itself. Rumour has it that he has never ever been in Manchester before.

 

Tasked for the rest of the season with transforming a mid-table side into immediate title contenders and watching on while his previous employers seek La Liga and Champions League glory, he may soon reach the conclusion that he joined City a year too early.

 

 

Manchester United

United have their man and an extra dimension to their attack but at what cost? Had they met Tottenham's valuation of Berbatov a month ago then they would have an extra £3m in the bank. It's arguable that they would also boast an additional two Premiership points and perhaps a European Super Cup in the trophy cabinet.

 

And it's not just in money terms that United were made to paid yesterday for their bewildering intransigence. News of Manchester City's bid for Berbatov apparently sparked such alarm at Old Trafford that Sir Alex Ferguson broke with protocol by personally intervening at Manchester Airport to prevent Berbatov from meeting a delegation of Eastlands officials. The details of that particular Deadline Day story are yet to be told but, given Spurs remained adamant throughout the day that they had not given United permission to speak to the Bulgarian, suspicion is rife that their subsequent silence was bought with hush money in the form an exorbitant fee.

 

The Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter will not be lonely in viewing ManYoo's conduct - literally visible as Berbatov sauntered around Old Trafford - with disdain. What some United fans will defend as muscle-flexing, others are bound to regard with distaste as bullying.

 

 

Everton

On any other day, signing a Belgian midfielder for £15m would seem outlandish.

 

 

Sky Sports News

It's reasonable to assume that the station enjoyed record figures yesterday.

 

 

Losers

 

Chelsea

The signing of Robinho was supposed to be a landmark in English football - when before has it possessed the clout to force a prized asset out of Real Madrid's clutches? - and a seminal moment in the advance of one of its clubs. That expectation proved prescient - but, unfortunately from Chelsea's perspective, just not in the manner envisaged.

 

Listening to Peter Kenyon speaking about the proposed capture of Robinho last week, it wasn't the chief executive's confidence that the deal would be completed that stood out but the significance he attached to the deal. "We are gaining respect every year and the rest of Europe see us as a real club," he proclaimed. "A lot of that has been behind-the-scenes work, we're very influential in European football." Snatching a recognised superstar, not yet at his peak at the age of 23, out of Real Madrid's clutches would have been an axis-tilting event. That Manchester City have trumped both Chelsea and Real Madrid - the first club considered to be the richest in the world, the second as the biggest - is a shockwave of epic proportions. Stamford Bridge will not crumble in the aftermath but the arrival of a bigger, richer benefactor on the scene trumps their ace card.

 

From a purely sporting perspective, Deadline Day also constituted a disaster for Chelsea. Robinho should have been the missing link in their squad, the superstar capable of filling the void that saw Chelsea just fall short in the Premier and Champions League last season. Now he is in Manchester, while Manchester United are celebrating the arrival of their own perceived final piece. It's distinctly feasible that May's retrospecters will conclude that Chelsea's loss yesterday was the pivotal moment in the season.

 

 

Tottenham Hotspur

Spurs began the year with a strikeforce quartet of Dimi Berbatov, Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Darren Bent. So it's difficult to regard the current line-up of Bent, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Frazier Campbell and Dos Sontos as anything other than a regression. They, like United, have cause to regret their inability to reach a deal over Berbatov several weeks ago. It's believed that Tottenham spent the last few minutes before the window closed desperately - and vainly - seeking reinforcements.

 

Player power meant the club had no choice but to reluctantly sell Berbatov but another issue to be examined is that of manager power at White Hart Lane. Juande Ramos' call two weeks ago for the Berbatov sale to be hurried through went unheeded and last night's failure was the predictable result. Ramos deserves sympathy, yet his peripheral role in negotiations was agreed upon when he joined the club last autumn.

 

 

Arsenal

While the rest of the league spent last night frantically waving their cash like thirsty pubgoers confronted with a call for last orders last night, Arsene Wenger spent his evening watching Arsenal's new wave of youngsters in action against Chelsea's reserves. Apparently steadfast in his exclusive view that Alex Song, Denilson and Abou Diaby can provide Cesc Fabregas with the platform he requires, Wenger's isolation from the frantic developments elsewhere was a microshot of how out of sync the Frenchman remains from the cash-obsessed (and cash-run?) Premier League.

 

 

Newcastle United

Said Kevin Keegan as he asked for Newcastle to trust his judgement in selling James Milner: "I've have got to get three or four players in and I am confident we will do that. But I'll be judged on Monday at 12 o'clock."

 

With September 1 producing only 'Nacho' Gonzalez on loan and the moderately-priced £5m Xisco, it's no surprise that Keegan is now the new favourite to be the first Premier League manager to leave his post this season.

 

Pete Gill

[Mehdi United]

Merci pour ce résumer je retient que les Losers :D

[Sanji]

Record de dépenses

Football - Premier League

 

Les clubs de Premier League anglaise ont battu un record d'indemnités de transferts cet été. La facture s'élève à environ 500 millions de livres (615 millions d'euros), 30 millions de livres de plus qu'en 2007.

 

La dernière soirée de transferts lundi a permis à la Premier League de battre ce record, avec les arrivées du Brésilien Robinho à Manchester City pour 32,5 millions de livres (40 millions d'euros) et du Bulgare Dimitar Berbatov à Manchester United pour 30.75 millions de livres (38 millions d'euros).

 

Eurosport.fr

[Veloso]

Vagner Love en janvier ?

 

 

Vagner Love, l'attaquant international brésilien du CSKA Moscou, pourrait prochainement prendre la direction des Toffees d'Everton.

A en croire certains échos de la presse anglaise (Daily Mirror), lattaquant international brésilien Vagner Love (24 ans, CSKA Moscou) devrait rejoindre Everton en janvier prochain. Montant de lopération : près de 15 millions deuros.

 

source:football365

 

[Chizza]

Most Desperate

Marouane Fellaini - £15m to Everton from Standard Liege

We would guess that if Everton fans were told that they were about to break their club transfer record, they would venture that the incoming player's name would be at least vaguely familiar. But £15m on a 20-year-old unknown Belgian? And we thought signing Louis Saha was a desperate bid to add numbers to a paper-thin squad...

 

pas trop d'accord avec ça. En tout cas j'éspère que Marouane ne lit pas les journaux parce que c'est le genre d'article qui vient mettre une pression énorme. Il vaut largement ses 18,5M il a 20 ans et monte en puissance, donc on verra bien en fin d'année si c'est toujours un unknown Belgian.

[ericantona]

Ilunga prêté à West Ham 02/09/2008 18:59

 

Le Téfécé a officialisé, mardi après-midi sur son site Internet, le prêt d'une saison de son défenseur congolais, Hérita Ilunga, au club anglais de West ham.

 

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[N@wel]

Voici le top 10 des 10 meilleurs transferts durant le mercato d'été saison 2008/2009

 

TEN) Dimitar Berbatov: Tottenham to Manchester United £31m

If we forget for a moment just how badly he treated the north London club and concentrate only on his ability, then I think his move to Old Trafford is a very good one indeed. I think it’s clear that his impact at White Hart Lane has been further accentuated by the relatively poor start made by former teammate Robbie Keane at Liverpool, thus showing just how much of the quality in their Spurs pairing was due to the Bulgarian’s brilliance.

 

 

NINE) Brad Friedel: Blackburn to Aston Villa £2m

The American keeper is probably the most consistent performer in his position in the Premier League, so when Martin O’Neill snared him for just £2m, I think it can rightfully qualify as one of the bargains of the season. Whilst at Blackburn, the 37-year-old was heroic in his efforts between the sticks, he is still incredibly fit for his age and should have another few seasons still in the tank!

 

EIGHT) Jonas Gutierrez: Real Mallorca to Newcastle Undisclosed

Jonas is the kind of player that gets you on the edge of your seat and keeps you there for ninety minutes! A really determined character who is not afraid to take on his man and keep going, this 25-year-old Argentinean international is a real quality purchase, and just the kind of player who can help move the St James’ Park outfit from mid-table mediocrity towards the top six.

 

SEVEN) Amr Zaki: Zamalek to Wigan Athletic on loan

If the Egyptian has any doubters, and he definitely had one or two in the press, they will surely have to reconsider their opinion after his storming start to life in English football. Four goals in four games have started his JJB career with a bang and, even though he is only a season-long loan deal, Steve Bruce will surely already be getting a permanent bid ready. However, there will surely now be competition for the striker’s signature!

 

SIX) Robinho: Real Madrid to Manchester City £32.5m

Mark Hughes was apparently nearing an early exit from Manchester City a few weeks back after a rocky relationship with the chairman, but now with new owners in tow, they have managed to pull of the surprise of the summer by nabbing the Brazilian forward Robinho. Yes the 24-year-old cost a British transfer record to capture him from Real Madrid but it’s a sum they will surely recoup both on the pitch and off it!

 

FIVE) Vincent Kompany: Hamburg to Manchester City Undisclosed

This 22-year-old Belgian is hardly a household name, but his appearances in a City shirt have already shown that they have signed a truly quality player. It’s no surprise that his first two outings for the Eastlands outfit have ended in 3-0 wins, as this solid performer has been awesome in both central midfield and when drafted in at centre back. A very intelligent buy.

 

FOUR) Giovani: Barcelona to Tottenham £4.7m

A hugely-talented Mexican teenager, Giovani’s move from Barcelona to north London was sudden and surprisingly cheap. The multi-purpose attacker already has the talent to take the Premier League by storm, and will hopefully be thrilling the White Hart Lane fans for years to come.

 

THREE) Mikael Silvestre: Manchester United to Arsenal £700k

Definitely the bargain of the summer, this Arsene Wenger signing serves many purposes. The adaptable Frenchman Silvestre has great experience to pass on to the younger members of the Gunners squad, and also has a few more years to prove the Arsenal faithful that he hasn’t lost the spark that led him to multiple honours whilst in a Manchester United shirt.

 

TWO) Luka Modric: Dynamo Zagbreb to Tottenham £16.6m

The capture of Luka Modric by Juande Ramos was an inspired one. Tottenham managed to fend off efforts from a number of top-level sides for the Croatian’s signature. The battling midfielder with incredible vision and agility was superb in Euro 2008 and, at just 22, he has immense potential and could be a Spurs legend of the future.

 

ONE) Samir Nasri: Marseille to Arsenal £12m

Arsene Wenger has been typically thrifty this summer when it comes to new additions, but I believe this signing alone will prove huge for the club. The 21-year-old is a fantastic talent and one whom the club will be looking to help further link midfield to attack. Many Gunners fans will be looking to him to be the next Robert Pires, but this fellow former Marseille player could be even better. At £12m in today’s market I believe this winger is a steal!