The Rumour Mill

Jedi Knight · 06-30-2006, 02:33 PM

These are Friday's latest rumours from the popular press:

Arsenal defender Sol Campbell is on the verge of signing a £50,000-a-week deal with Portsmouth. (Daily Express)

Big Phil Scolari has overtaken Sven-Goran Eriksson as favourite to become Real Madrid's next boss. (The Sun)

Manchester United are ready to up their bid for Tottenham midfielder Michael Carrick to more than £15m. (The Times)

Lorenzo Sanz, the Real Madrid presidential candidate, also wants to sign Carrick if he gets elected on Sunday. (The Times)

Niall Quin will offer Martin O'Neill £2m to manage Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

Valencia defender Fabio Aurelio is set to sign for Liverpool on a free transfer. (The Times)

Sir Clive Woodward will follow Rupert Lowe out of the door and possibly out of football if the Southampton chairman is deposed this week. (Daily Express)

West Ham are set to sign Chelsea's Carlton Cole for £2m. (The Sun)

West Ham will also sign Luke Young from Charlton for about £4m. (The Times)

West Brom are offering Spurs £1.3m for defender Calum Davenport, 23. (The Sun)

Liverpool have set their sights on World Cup stars Hatem Trabelsi and Dirk Kuyt. (Daily Express)

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has made a late swoop for striker Francis Jeffers. (Daily Mirror)

Joe · 06-30-2006, 03:45 PM

Kuyt again?? So Newcastle, Arsenal and now Liverpool are all going to sign him, he must be some player!

Joe · 06-30-2006, 03:45 PM

I think Man Utd NEED someone like Carrick, I can see that price hitting £25M

The Guv'nor · 06-30-2006, 03:48 PM

i've heard Manu are weighing in with a £15m bid.

Stiles · 07-01-2006, 02:42 PM

Chelsea have put Hernan Crespo up for sale following his World Cup exit with Argentina. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool have been told Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt will cost them £14m. (The Sun)

Blackburn Rovers refused Wigan's bid of a player plus cash for Robbie Savage. (The Times)

Norwich have told Blackburn boss Mark Hughes that Robert Earnshaw is not for sale. (The Times)

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has sounded out Birmingham about a £3.5m deal for Birmingham winger Jermaine Pennant. (Daily Mail)

West Ham sign Chelsea striker Carlton Cole and Charlton full back Luke Young but pull out of a move for Fulham's Steed Malbranque. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is wanted by Sheffield Wednesday. (Daily Mirror)

Dunfermline have handed former Liverpool and Scotland Under-21 winger Robbie Foy the opportunity to kick-start his career and will join them on the club's pre-season trip to Holland. (Daily Record)

Joe · 07-01-2006, 02:48 PM

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Norwich have told Blackburn boss Mark Hughes that Robert Earnshaw is not for sale. (The Times)

It will be difficult to replace Bellamy but Earnshaw is not anywhere near the same class.

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West Ham sign Chelsea striker Carlton Cole and Charlton full back Luke Young but pull out of a move for Fulham's Steed Malbranque. (Daily Mirror)

A couple of quality signings for the Hammers there. Pardue really impresses me, possible England manager of the future?

Stiles · 07-02-2006, 02:00 PM

Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz has been told to persuade Cristiano Ronaldo to stay at Old Trafford. (News of the World)

Arsenal will try to hijack Manchester United's bid for Michael Carrick by selling Ashley Cole to Chelsea for £20m and using the proceeds to buy the England midfielder from Tottenham. (Mail on Sunday)

Manchester United are lining up a move for £5m-rated Ukraine World Cup star Maxim Kalinichenko. (Daily Star Sunday)

Argentine World Cup star Juan Riquelme will snub a big-money move from Villareal to Manchester United. (News of the World)

French winger Frank Ribery will also turn down Sir Alex Ferguson in favour of a move from Marseille to Lyon. (News of the World)

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho hopes to replace William Gallas with £6m Serb Milan Stepanov. (News of the World)

Manchester United will splash out £14m on Benfica winger Simao Sabrosa - if they lose Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. (News of the World)

Liverpool will offload striker Harry Kewell if they receive a work permit for Chilean Mark Gonzalez. (News of the World)

Newcastle could claim more than £9m in compensation from the Football Association if they take legal action over Michael Owen's knee injury. (Mail on Sunday)

Chelsea's Damien Duff will sign a two-year contract extension this week. (News of the World)

Barcelona have ruled out a move for Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Daily Star Sunday)

Manchester United are ready to offer Spurs £15m for Michael Carrick and Atletico Madrid £20m for Fernando Torres. (Sunday Express)

Tottenham are to make a £8m move for Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing. (Daily Star Sunday)

Tottenham and Portsmouth are locked in a £7.5m war to land West Ham striker Marlon Harewood. (News of the World)

Portsmouth are lining up a £5m swoop for Croatia star Darijo Srna. (Daily Star Sunday)

Arsenal are interested in Dutch striker Dirk Kuyt, Kolo Toure's brother Yaya and West Brom's Curtis Davies. (Daily Star Sunday)

Charlton lead the hunt for Ukraine World Cup star Andriy Voronin. (News of the World)

Charlton are confident they can fight off Manchester City to snatch Steve Sidwell from Reading. (Daily Star Sunday)

Antonio Barragan is set to leave Liverpool for Deportivo La Coruna. (News of the World)

Liverpool keeper Chris Kirkland is likely to make a move to Wigan this week. (News of the World)

Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has revealed he was forced out of Anfield by boss Rafa Benitez. (News of the World)

Reading boss Steve Coppell has made a £4.2m bid for Ghana's John Mensah. (News of the World)

Pompey boss Harry Redknapp is keen to poach £4.2m Ghana star Shulley Muntari. (News of the World)

Aston Villa boss David O'Leary is on the trail of Manchester City's Danny Mills. (News of the World)

Hamburg are bidding to sign Aston Villa striker Milan Baros for £5m. (Daily Star Sunday)

Joel Drogba, brother of Chelsea star Didier, could be on his way to QPR. (Daily Star Sunday)

Sunderland and Middlesbrough are chasing Austrian star Roland Kollmann. (Daily Star Sunday)

Fulham are set to swoop for Juventus star Fabio Cannavaro - if Juventus are found guilty of match-fixing and relegated. (News of the World)

Wigan boss Paul Jewell is targeting World Cup stars Niko Kranjcar and Denny Landzaat. (Daily Star Sunday)

AC Milan have joined the race to sign Blackburn defender Lucas Neill. (Daily Star Sunday)

Jason Roberts wants to move to Charlton after falling out with Wigan owner Dave Whelan. (Daily Star Sunday)

Real Madrid and Brazil star Ronaldo is the target of Red Bull New York, formerly the New York Metro Stars. (Sunday Express)

Michael Essien has urged DC United star Freddy Adu to join him at Chelsea and revert to his native Ghana from USA. (The Observer)

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Arsenal will try to hijack Manchester United's bid for Michael Carrick by selling Ashley Cole to Chelsea for £20m and using the proceeds to buy the England midfielder from Tottenham. (Mail on Sunday)

Would love to see Carrick join Arsenal. With his passing game and Henry speed to get behind defenders it would be awesome. But i wouldnt be willing to let Ash go. Too big a part of Arsenal.

Stiles · 07-03-2006, 11:54 AM

Cristiano Ronaldo will be ditched by Manchester United because of his non-football antics against England. (The Sun)

Glenn Hoddle will meet Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey on Monday to discuss his decision to resign as manager. (The Guardian)

Paul Ince leads the race to be new Wolves boss in the wake of Glenn Hoddle's departure. (Daily Mail)

Charlton boss Iain Dowie will offer Luke Young an improved deal to prevent him falling into West Ham's hands. (The Independent)

Manchester United are favourites to sign £2m-rated Derby midfielder Giles Barnes, who is also wanted by Everton, Liverpool and Newcastle. (Daily Mail)

Birmingham City are in talks with French defender Bruno N'Gotty, 34, who is out of contract at Bolton and available on a free transfer. (Daily Mail)

Sheffield United hope to pip Hearts in the race to sign Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng. (Daily Mail)

Everton are trying to lure Australia midfielder Brett Emerton from Blackburn for £1.5m. (Daily Mail)

I dont see Ronaldo being ditched. The whole transfer rumor was made by the Real candidate trying to attract attention so shareholders would pick him.

Joan Laporta said he had agreed a contract with Beckham before his election. And then he went and said afterwards that they just offered him a contract.

So i think the same with happen with Ronaldo. He may get shipped off but Fergie has never really let anything like this affect his decision regarding possible transfers out.

Joe · 07-03-2006, 04:20 PM

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Would love to see Carrick join Arsenal. With his passing game and Henry speed to get behind defenders it would be awesome. But i wouldnt be willing to let Ash go. Too big a part of Arsenal.

Were Chelsea hot for him last season too? It seems as though Mourinho really wants him and money may talk in the end. I hope it doesn't, the league is already predictable enough without Chelsea raiding all the competing teams.

If Carrick does leave it would need to take a bid much jigher than £15M

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Cristiano Ronaldo will be ditched by Manchester United because of his non-football antics against England. (The Sun)

This is one for as thread on its' own!

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 12:45 AM

Some of the names being bandied round Old Traffiord.

IN Riquelme, Torres, Hargreaves, Lennon, Simao, Ribery OUT Ronaldo, Fletcher Richardson Silvestre Evra RVN Smith

King of Kings · 07-06-2006, 10:09 AM

Hargreaves would be great but would he move? Now his stock has risen in the World Cup this may be the time for a move to England.

They will need some major surgery on that midfield.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 11:55 AM

I don't think they will have all of the names I mentioned though, they don't have that sort of money.I think possibly Hargreaves is the most likely out of all of them. I don't think Fletcher will go however because they say this every transfer window but SAF sticks by him.

Stiles · 07-06-2006, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by goldenHuddlestone

Some of the names being bandied round Old Traffiord.

IN Riquelme, Torres, Hargreaves, Lennon, Simao, Ribery OUT Ronaldo, Fletcher Richardson Silvestre Evra RVN Smith

We will take Richardson in a heart beat.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 06:25 PM

You being serious. why would you want Richardson?

King of Kings · 07-06-2006, 07:14 PM

Richardson seems to have gone off the boil a little recently and not heard much from him.

If united are to sell anyone they should get Fletcher, Ronaldo and RVN out to begin with. I would keep Smith as he is a useful player when fit, but agree to an extent about silvestre, he is a left back IMO, Man Utd need another stroing centre back too.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 07:17 PM

I would love Smith at Spurs

Legend · 07-06-2006, 08:31 PM

I want Smith and Evra to stay, the others can all get lost. As for signings, we need to find a new Keano, I would like to see Carrick come to us.

But we don't have that much money, we can't compete with Chelski.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 08:52 PM

I wouldn't mind if Carrick went he's not worth more than 10 million

Stiles · 07-06-2006, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by goldenHuddlestone

You being serious. why would you want Richardson?

Young, Talented, Flexible, smooth, left sided and basically a player i admire.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 09:48 PM

I consider him a very similar player to Pennant and you did not use him to his capability

Stiles · 07-06-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by goldenHuddlestone

I consider him a very similar player to Pennant and you did not use him to his capability

How very true. I totally agree. And i think the same would happen. But if i was the boss. He wouldnt.

goldenHuddlestone · 07-06-2006, 11:26 PM

now thats just going from one extreme to the other lol

squid · 07-07-2006, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by King of Kings

Hargreaves would be great but would he move? Now his stock has risen in the World Cup this may be the time for a move to England

06-30-2006, 02:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jedi Knight Admin Join Date: May 2006 Location: ma hoose Posts: 1,437 vCash: 500	The Rumour Mill These are Friday's latest rumours from the popular press: Arsenal defender Sol Campbell is on the verge of signing a £50,000-a-week deal with Portsmouth. (Daily Express) Big Phil Scolari has overtaken Sven-Goran Eriksson as favourite to become Real Madrid's next boss. (The Sun) Manchester United are ready to up their bid for Tottenham midfielder Michael Carrick to more than £15m. (The Times) Lorenzo Sanz, the Real Madrid presidential candidate, also wants to sign Carrick if he gets elected on Sunday. (The Times) Niall Quin will offer Martin O'Neill £2m to manage Sunderland. (Daily Mirror) Valencia defender Fabio Aurelio is set to sign for Liverpool on a free transfer. (The Times) Sir Clive Woodward will follow Rupert Lowe out of the door and possibly out of football if the Southampton chairman is deposed this week. (Daily Express) West Ham are set to sign Chelsea's Carlton Cole for £2m. (The Sun) West Ham will also sign Luke Young from Charlton for about £4m. (The Times) West Brom are offering Spurs £1.3m for defender Calum Davenport, 23. (The Sun) Liverpool have set their sights on World Cup stars Hatem Trabelsi and Dirk Kuyt. (Daily Express) Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has made a late swoop for striker Francis Jeffers. (Daily Mirror) The FORCE will always triumph over the dark side!!!

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Joe Football Talk Admin Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 14,425 vCash: 500	Kuyt again?? So Newcastle, Arsenal and now Liverpool are all going to sign him, he must be some player! Thanks for visiting FootballTalk.org. You could register now and have your say.

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Joe Football Talk Admin Join Date: May 2006 Location: Glasgow Posts: 14,425 vCash: 500	I think Man Utd NEED someone like Carrick, I can see that price hitting £25M Thanks for visiting FootballTalk.org. You could register now and have your say.

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07-01-2006, 02:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
Stiles Admin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somerset, England. Posts: 2,448 vCash: 500	Chelsea have put Hernan Crespo up for sale following his World Cup exit with Argentina. (Daily Mirror) Liverpool have been told Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt will cost them £14m. (The Sun) Blackburn Rovers refused Wigan's bid of a player plus cash for Robbie Savage. (The Times) Norwich have told Blackburn boss Mark Hughes that Robert Earnshaw is not for sale. (The Times) Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez has sounded out Birmingham about a £3.5m deal for Birmingham winger Jermaine Pennant. (Daily Mail) West Ham sign Chelsea striker Carlton Cole and Charlton full back Luke Young but pull out of a move for Fulham's Steed Malbranque. (Daily Mirror) Manchester City goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is wanted by Sheffield Wednesday. (Daily Mirror) Dunfermline have handed former Liverpool and Scotland Under-21 winger Robbie Foy the opportunity to kick-start his career and will join them on the club's pre-season trip to Holland. (Daily Record) This has been the opinion of Liam Stiles. The Poster boy of Footballtalk.org

07-03-2006, 11:54 AM	#8 (permalink)
Stiles Admin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somerset, England. Posts: 2,448 vCash: 500	Cristiano Ronaldo will be ditched by Manchester United because of his non-football antics against England. (The Sun) Glenn Hoddle will meet Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey on Monday to discuss his decision to resign as manager. (The Guardian) Paul Ince leads the race to be new Wolves boss in the wake of Glenn Hoddle's departure. (Daily Mail) Charlton boss Iain Dowie will offer Luke Young an improved deal to prevent him falling into West Ham's hands. (The Independent) Manchester United are favourites to sign £2m-rated Derby midfielder Giles Barnes, who is also wanted by Everton, Liverpool and Newcastle. (Daily Mail) Birmingham City are in talks with French defender Bruno N'Gotty, 34, who is out of contract at Bolton and available on a free transfer. (Daily Mail) Sheffield United hope to pip Hearts in the race to sign Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng. (Daily Mail) Everton are trying to lure Australia midfielder Brett Emerton from Blackburn for £1.5m. (Daily Mail) I dont see Ronaldo being ditched. The whole transfer rumor was made by the Real candidate trying to attract attention so shareholders would pick him. Joan Laporta said he had agreed a contract with Beckham before his election. And then he went and said afterwards that they just offered him a contract. So i think the same with happen with Ronaldo. He may get shipped off but Fergie has never really let anything like this affect his decision regarding possible transfers out. This has been the opinion of Liam Stiles. The Poster boy of Footballtalk.org

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goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	Some of the names being bandied round Old Traffiord. IN Riquelme, Torres, Hargreaves, Lennon, Simao, Ribery OUT Ronaldo, Fletcher Richardson Silvestre Evra RVN Smith

07-06-2006, 11:55 AM	#12 (permalink)
goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	I don't think they will have all of the names I mentioned though, they don't have that sort of money.I think possibly Hargreaves is the most likely out of all of them. I don't think Fletcher will go however because they say this every transfer window but SAF sticks by him.

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goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	You being serious. why would you want Richardson?

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goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	I would love Smith at Spurs

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Legend Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 109 vCash: 0	I want Smith and Evra to stay, the others can all get lost. As for signings, we need to find a new Keano, I would like to see Carrick come to us. But we don't have that much money, we can't compete with Chelski. The man, the myth, no it's Cantona, THE Legend

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goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	I wouldn't mind if Carrick went he's not worth more than 10 million

07-06-2006, 09:48 PM	#20 (permalink)
goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	I consider him a very similar player to Pennant and you did not use him to his capability

07-06-2006, 11:26 PM	#22 (permalink)
goldenHuddlestone Admin Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,653 vCash: 480	now thats just going from one extreme to the other lol