Great buy for West Ham that. Also, from the same article: "They also want Sporting Gijon defender Alberto Botia". Mentioned it before, but we should be in there.
I know he's old but I wouldn't mind him coming here, way out of our league with wages though, anyones guess where he will end up.
Turkey, apparently.
The infamous Sky Italy says Juve.
Pretty shite that.
“But it is not just about funding. Category One clubs can cherry-pick the best young players in the area, so the knock-on effects are huge.”
How? Surely it's up to the player?
Robin Bairner @RBairner
#Debuchy also set to move. Newcastle may be priced out - Lille reportedly want €10m now - but Inter & Chelsea rumoured to be interested.
Why would a bloke on the Internet reporting from London on some random football sites be considered a trushtworthy source ahead of professional journalist in the Netherlands with actual access to the clubs and players? All he does is report what he reads elsewhere and voice an opinion, just like any other fan on any fan forum. Dutch football specialist my arse..
Never said much of that. Anyway, maybe I should rephrase it. He's a great source when it comes to Dutch football. I've seen other well thought of/recognized football people come to him with questions regarding his field.
http://www.teamtalk.com/thefootball50
Mohamed Moallim -
"Like James Appell, here's another man outstanding in his own European field. We've chosen experts to represent all the top nations in the current UEFA co-efficients table, to give a clued-up continental input to our list. Mohamed Moallim delivers on the Dutch Eredivisie and is on top of all things Oranje too."
Reckon he'd jump at the chance to join us. In any case, it's not a matter of him simply wanting to stay. He's been open to moves to both Bayern (I know) and Benfica.
Of course they can get relegated. Don't think they will, but it wouldn't be very surprising. Utter average team. A lot will depend on how shrewd they are in the transfer window.
NET spend. Spurs received £12m for Crouch, £8m for Palacios, £8m for Pav, £16m for Bent plus quite a bit for the like of Hutton, Boateng, Taraabt, OHara, Kranjcar etc while sunderland Bent aside wont have received anywhere near as much.
Henderson.