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Transfer Rumour Thread 2012/2013
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Football transfer rumours: Arsenal to sign Junior Hoilett from Blackburn?
Today's rumours are undermanned
Junior Hoilett could be heading to Arsenal. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images
Treacherous English tabloid the Sun has only gone and boosted the chances of a GERMAN team beating brave Londoners Chelsea in the forthcoming Champions League final by revealing this morning that Roberto Di Matteo is "a goner" no matter what happens at the Munich showpiece. The exclusive disclosure that the manager will not be around next season is sure to trigger the same sort of panic attack that Tottenham players supposedly suffered when they were led to believe that Harry Redknapp would be moving on. If even the ferocious English terrier Scott Parker could not hold the Tottenham troops together, then Chelsea, who will be deprived of the suspended lionheart John Terry for the final, are certain to collapse like so much foreign-built blancmange.
"Roberto has tried to talk to the club's hierarchy about pre-season training for next season but has been given very short shrift," the Sun quote a club insider as saying, "that has convinced him that he really is just an interim manager, filling the post until a full-time appointment can be made". The Sun says that one of the favourites to get the job full-time is Laurent Blanc, whose France side will play AGAINST ENGLAND at this summer's Euros, no doubt with Le Turncoat Tabloid cheering them on.
Still, if Di Matteo does get the boot from the Bridge, he could always consider applying for a return to The Hawthorns. The only problem for Di Matteo is that, according to other organs, West Brom have their heart set on Gus Poyet. But they may not get him, as fellow Midlanders Wolves and Aston Villa are said to want Poyet to bring them some Brighton-style loving too. From that you may deduce that the writing is on the wall for Alex McLeish, as well as on vandalised bedsheets held up by disenchanted ultras at Villa Park.
"D'oh!" might very well be the reaction of Danny Simpson upon finding out via today's papers that his haggling for an improved contract at Newcastle has convinced the club's bosses its time to offload him. Whether he will turn to Twitter and seek succour in the writings of Nietzsche, Morrissey and Joey Barton but apparently he will be joined on the Newcastle scrapheap by Leon Best, of whom the club want rid even though he had not demanded a pay rise and has scored twice as many Premier League goals this season as Shola Ameobi. On his way into the Mike Ashley Arena, meanwhile, is Ajax's Danish defender Nicolai Boileson, who, just to recap, is Danish and a defender.
The second team in Manchester are hoping to emerge from the shadow of neighbours Manchester City by signing 18-year-old Chilean strikerAngelo Henriquez. The only snag is that Borussia Dortmund want the youngster too and may insist on United pulling out of contention as a condition for selling United Shinji Kagawa. But maybe United don't really want the Chilean but just want Dortmund to think that they do so that United can then withdraw their interest and make it look like they've done Dortmund a favour. Yes, perhaps hanging around Roberto Mancini has made Ferguson better at this mind-games lark.
But there'll be no psychological ploys when Ferguson heads over to Goodison Park to negotiate the purchase of Leighton Baines: you can't out-eyeball David Moyes. Cash is the key, and the Daily Mirror reckons Ferguson is about to offer £10m to Everton. He might also consider improving his squad by acquiring some of City's cast-offs: the Mirror claims Mancini is to jettison Nigel De Jong, Eden Dzeko, Adam Johnson, Kolo Touré and Stefan Savic.
Meanwhile back in London, despite being on the verge of bottling qualification for the Champions League, Arsenal plan to continue vying with the likes of Bayern Munich, this time for the signature ofBlackburn's Junior Hoillet, who is out of contract at Ewood Park and has mysteriously decided against prolonging his stay among insurrectionist fans, clueless chicken barons and a manager whose unpopularity is matched only by his chutzpah.
Today's rumours are undermanned
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- guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 May 2012 09.14 BST
Junior Hoilett could be heading to Arsenal. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images
Treacherous English tabloid the Sun has only gone and boosted the chances of a GERMAN team beating brave Londoners Chelsea in the forthcoming Champions League final by revealing this morning that Roberto Di Matteo is "a goner" no matter what happens at the Munich showpiece. The exclusive disclosure that the manager will not be around next season is sure to trigger the same sort of panic attack that Tottenham players supposedly suffered when they were led to believe that Harry Redknapp would be moving on. If even the ferocious English terrier Scott Parker could not hold the Tottenham troops together, then Chelsea, who will be deprived of the suspended lionheart John Terry for the final, are certain to collapse like so much foreign-built blancmange.
"Roberto has tried to talk to the club's hierarchy about pre-season training for next season but has been given very short shrift," the Sun quote a club insider as saying, "that has convinced him that he really is just an interim manager, filling the post until a full-time appointment can be made". The Sun says that one of the favourites to get the job full-time is Laurent Blanc, whose France side will play AGAINST ENGLAND at this summer's Euros, no doubt with Le Turncoat Tabloid cheering them on.
Still, if Di Matteo does get the boot from the Bridge, he could always consider applying for a return to The Hawthorns. The only problem for Di Matteo is that, according to other organs, West Brom have their heart set on Gus Poyet. But they may not get him, as fellow Midlanders Wolves and Aston Villa are said to want Poyet to bring them some Brighton-style loving too. From that you may deduce that the writing is on the wall for Alex McLeish, as well as on vandalised bedsheets held up by disenchanted ultras at Villa Park.
"D'oh!" might very well be the reaction of Danny Simpson upon finding out via today's papers that his haggling for an improved contract at Newcastle has convinced the club's bosses its time to offload him. Whether he will turn to Twitter and seek succour in the writings of Nietzsche, Morrissey and Joey Barton but apparently he will be joined on the Newcastle scrapheap by Leon Best, of whom the club want rid even though he had not demanded a pay rise and has scored twice as many Premier League goals this season as Shola Ameobi. On his way into the Mike Ashley Arena, meanwhile, is Ajax's Danish defender Nicolai Boileson, who, just to recap, is Danish and a defender.
The second team in Manchester are hoping to emerge from the shadow of neighbours Manchester City by signing 18-year-old Chilean strikerAngelo Henriquez. The only snag is that Borussia Dortmund want the youngster too and may insist on United pulling out of contention as a condition for selling United Shinji Kagawa. But maybe United don't really want the Chilean but just want Dortmund to think that they do so that United can then withdraw their interest and make it look like they've done Dortmund a favour. Yes, perhaps hanging around Roberto Mancini has made Ferguson better at this mind-games lark.
But there'll be no psychological ploys when Ferguson heads over to Goodison Park to negotiate the purchase of Leighton Baines: you can't out-eyeball David Moyes. Cash is the key, and the Daily Mirror reckons Ferguson is about to offer £10m to Everton. He might also consider improving his squad by acquiring some of City's cast-offs: the Mirror claims Mancini is to jettison Nigel De Jong, Eden Dzeko, Adam Johnson, Kolo Touré and Stefan Savic.
Meanwhile back in London, despite being on the verge of bottling qualification for the Champions League, Arsenal plan to continue vying with the likes of Bayern Munich, this time for the signature ofBlackburn's Junior Hoillet, who is out of contract at Ewood Park and has mysteriously decided against prolonging his stay among insurrectionist fans, clueless chicken barons and a manager whose unpopularity is matched only by his chutzpah.
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What do you think, will Giuseppe Rossi play in Segunda next season?
No. He won't play for the first half of the season anyway with his injury, and he's far, far too good for that.
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If Adebayor is moving on (due to high wages), maybe we'll see him at Spurs?
Possibility, but I think he's going to Italy. All the top clubs there would be happy to have him. Would like to see Pato - Rossi for Milan.
Problem with that is Pato is pretty much going to PSG. I wouldn't be surprised if Rossi moved to Juventus.
If he wants to go yes. He didnt in january and nothing has pretty much changed.
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BlueHeart26
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I knew it.
Probably be announced as soon as the French season ends, next Sunday I think.
Well, it was unlikely that Arsenal would splash out so much for him, same for Spurs unless they were to offload Luka or Bale and then Chelsea have just signed Marin so I thought that was the end of their interest in him. So yeah, I'm not surprised his confirmed he'll be playing in Manchester next season...he'll probably make the wrong choice and go to City; but it would be nice to see him move to United where he'll walk into a 4-2-3-1 formation.
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BlueHeart26
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wrong choice according to who? There's no wrong choice. City will make him rich, and probably they will make him a star. They will be up there with the best for years to come, so its not a wrong choice. He decides whats best for him.
He'll be a star if he decided to join Villa ffs, don't act like they'll be the making of him. What's this about making him rich, do you think we pay our players peanuts? He'll be rich anyway. He's got to go and compete with Aguero, Silva and Nasri at City, going from the main man at Lille to having to prove himself worthy of playing ahead of one of them.
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Nasri? Seriously? He will be a starter along with Silva and Aguero without a problem. And yes, compared to the wages Man City give, its peanuts. United cant compete with Man City when it comes to money.
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