Off-season transfer window thread (soccer)

Meh. I find it interesting regardless.

 

- Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is lining up a summer bid to bring Inter Milan midfielder Sulley Muntari back to the Premier League - with Jermaine Jenas heading in the opposite direction. Redknapp's summer targets also include Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones, Middlesbrough winger Stewart Downing and Charlton wonderkid Jonjo Shelvey.

- Liverpool are ready to sell midfielder Lucas Leiva for about £6m and the Brazilian is willing to leave.

- Manchester City want a £1m loan fee for number two goalkeeper Joe Hart, with Birmingham ready to pay it.

- Bayern Munich will battle with Sunderland to appoint former Barcelona boss Louis van Gaal as boss this summer.

 

According the EPL website:

Sami Hyypia will join Bayer Leverkusen in the summer after signing a two-year deal.

Harry Redknapp is ready to sell Kevin-Prince Boateng and Giovani Dos Santos and wants to bring in a heap of established players in the summer, rather than youngsters.

 

- Real Madrid presidential candidate Eduardo Garcia claims to have a deal in place to sign Didier Drogba from Chelsea if he wins the election

- Manchester United have offered over £60m for Bayern Munich's French midfielder Franck Ribery, suggesting Cristiano Ronaldo will be on his way to Real Madrid in the summer

- Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has told some of his older players they are playing for their futures and he will recommend who should stay and who should go when he leaves

- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says he wanted Sami Hyypia, who has agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, to stay at Anfield, with an eye on an eventual coaching role. The Spaniard added "the door is always open" for the defender's return

- Joey Barton's agent insists the midfielder wants to stay at Newcastle next season, even if the Magpies are relegated

- Manchester United want to raise the capacity of Old Trafford to 95,000, which would be bigger than Wembley

 

Nothing wrong with Tim Howard tbh. He does the job.

 

- Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce, the man who signed Joey Barton for Newcastle, could be interested in acquiring him for Rovers after the Magpies began moves to terminate the midfielder's contract.

- Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has dropped hints he may leave the club, saying he speaks to AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani regularly and describes the club as "sexy as Beyonce".

- Porto left-back Aly Cissokho claims Tottenham are interested in him

- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez says he will not be put off making big-money signings, despite striker Robbie Keane's short and ill-fated stay at the club this season before returning to Tottenham.

- Sunderland have decided against making striker Djibril Cisse's loan move from Marseille into a permanent transfer.

- Portsmouth have failed in a £500,000 bid for Scotland's young player of the year, Hamilton midfielder James McCarthy.

- Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate has admitted he does not know how the club will cope financially whether or not they avoid relegation from the Premier League.

 

There are like 5 clubs nicknamed "The Blues" tbh. Easy to get confused >_>

 

Arsenal duo Theo Walcott and Robin Van Persie are close to signing long-term deals with the club.

 

Breaking news in England:

- Chelsea are ready to offload striker Didier Drogba after his furious reaction to the club being knocked out of the Champions League by Barcelona.

- Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has quashed talk of midfielders Javier Mascherano and Xabi Alonso leaving the club this summer.

- Bolton could refresh their interest in Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton, who has been suspended by the Magpies, during the summer.

- Alan Shearer has enjoyed management more than he thought and will stay on as Newcastle boss even if the club are relegated.

- Former Gunners midfielder Emmanuel Petit has warned Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger that Cesc Fabregas could leave unless he signs proven talent.