The Football Thread

[duchessXI]

so hindi na si thaksin ang owner ng man city?

 

some Dubai emir gets much of the stake in the club.

[duchessXI]

Keegan 'leaves' Newcastle

 

what a loser, knew he wasnt going to make it unlike his good ol days. just came for the hollywood and glamour.

weeh, king kev is back, lets celebrate, 0-2 now, and milner to aston villa, with no manager in mind, i really dnt know where the toons are headed at.

Edited September 2, 2008 by duchessXI

[duchessXI]

TRANSFER WINDOW

 

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ARSENAL

In: Mikael Silvestre, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Amaury Bischoff

Out: Alexander Hleb, Gilberto Silva, Jens Lehmann, Mathieu Flamini, Philippe Senderos (loan), Justin Hoyte, Nacer Barazite (loan), Armand Traore (loan)

Spent: £18.5M

Received: £15.8M

 

ASTON VILLA

In: James Milner, Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, Luke Young, Nicky Shorey, Curtis Davies, Carlos Cuellar, Steve Sidwell

Out: Olof Mellberg, Patrik Berger, Luke Moore, Shaun Maloney, Thomas Sorensen

Spent: £45.6M

Received: £4M

 

BLACKBURN

In: Paul Robinson, Vince Grella, Keith Andrews, Danny Simpson (loan), Carlos Villanueva (loan), Mark Bunn, Julio Santa Cruz

Out: David Bentley, Brad Friedel, Stephane Henchoz, Bruno Berner, Maceo Rigters (loan)

Spent: £8.8M

Received: £17.3M

 

BOLTON

In: Johan Elmander, Danny Shittu, Fabrice Muamba, Riga Mustapha, Ebi Smolarek (loan)

Out: El-Hadji Diouf, Abdoulaye Meite, Ivan Campo, Stelios Giannakopoulos, Andranik Teymourian, Daniel Braaten, Blerim Dzemaili

Spent: £18M

Received: £5.5M

 

CHELSEA

In: Deco, Jose Bosingwa, Fabio Paim (loan)

Out: Andriy Shevchenko, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Claude Makelele, Steve Sidwell, Tal Ben Haim, Khalid Boulahrouz, Hernan Crespo, Ben Sahar (loan), Claudio Pizarro (loan)

Spent: £24.2M

Received: £23M

 

EVERTON

In: Louis Saha, Marouane Fellaini, Lars Jacobsen, Carlo Nash, Segundo Castillo (loan)

Out: Andrew Johnson, Lee Carsley, Stefan Wessels

Spent: £16.5M

Received: £10.5M

 

FULHAM

In: Andrew Johnson, Bobby Zamora, Mark Schwarzer, Fredrik Stoor, John Pantsil, Zoltan Gera, Pascal Zuberbuhler, Toni Kallio, Dickson Etuhu, Julian Gray (loan), David Stockdale

Out: David Healy, Steven Davis, Kasey Keller, Brian McBride, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Collins John, Alexei Smertin, Hameur Bouazza (loan), Lee Cook (loan), Eddie Johnson (loan), Elliot Omozusi (loan), Jari Litmanen, Philippe Cristanval

Spent: £20.9M

Received: £4.5M

 

HULL

In: Anthony Gardner, George Boateng, Geovanni, Daniel Cousin, Marlon King (loan), Peter Halmosi, Craig Fagan, Bernard Mendy, Paul McShane (loan), Tony Warner, Kamil Zayette (loan)

Out: Stuart Elliott, Henrik Pedersen, David Livermore, Michael Bridges (loan), Frank Belt, Brewster Frizzell

Spent: £9.9M

Received: £0

 

LIVERPOOL

In: Robbie Keane, Albert Riera, Andrea Dossena, Philipp Degen, Diego Cavalieri, David Ngog, Peter Gulasci, Emmanuel Mendy

Out: Peter Crouch, John Arne Riise, Scott Carson, Steve Finnan, Andriy Voronin (loan), Harry Kewell, Danny Guthrie, Anthony Le Tallec, Sebastian Leto (loan), Paul Anderson (loan), Jack Hobbs (loan), Adam Hammill (loan), Besian Idrizaj

Spent: £41M

Received: £21.75M

 

MANCHESTER CITY

In: Robinho, Jo, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Vincent Kompany, Tal Ben Haim

Out: Vedran Corluka, Rolando Bianchi, Geovanni, Sun Jihai, Georgios Samaras, Andreas Isaksson, Emile Mpenza, Paul Dickov, Matt Mills, Nery Castillo

Spent: £76.6M

Received: £13.8M

 

MANCHESTER UNITED

In: Dimitar Berbatov, Davide Petrucci

Out: Louis Saha, Mikael Silvestre, Gerard Pique, Fraizer Campbell (loan), Lee Martin (loan), Danny Simpson (loan), Chris Eagles, Tom Heaton (loan), Kieran Lee, Dong Fangzhuo

Spent: £32M

Received: £9.7M

 

MIDDLESBROUGH

In: Justin Hoyte, Didier Digard, Marvin Emnes

Out: Luke Young, George Boateng, Lee Cattermole, Mark Schwarzer, Fabio Rochemback, Gaizka Mendieta, Lee Dong Gook, Jonathan Grounds (loan)

Spent: £10.2M

Received: £10M

 

NEWCASTLE

In: Fabricio Coloccini, Xisco, Jonas Gutierrez, Danny Guthrie, Sebastien Bassong, Ignacio Gonzalez (loan)

Out: James Milner, Emre, Amdy Faye, David Rozehnal, Stephen Carr, Peter Ramage, Lamine Diatta

Spent: £26.8M

Received: £19.1M

 

PORTSMOUTH

In: Peter Crouch, Younes Kaboul, Jerome Thomas, Glen Little, Armand Traore (loan), Ben Sahar (loan), Nadir Belhadj (loan)

Out: Sulley Muntari, Pedro Mendes, Linvoy Primus (loan), Omar Koroma (loan), Asmir Begovic (loan)

Spent: £18M

Received: £15.7M

 

STOKE

In: Dave Kitson, Amdy Faye, Abdoulaye Faye, Ibrahima Sonko, Danny Higginbotham, Tom Soares, Andrew Davies, Seyi Olofinjana, Thomas Sorensen

Out: Marlon Broomes, Adam Rooney, Russell Hoult, Anthony Pulis, Jon Parkin

Spent: £17.5M

Received: £0

 

SUNDERLAND

In: Djibril Cisse (loan), El-Hadji Diouf, David Healy, Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, Teemu Tainio, Anton Ferdinand, George McCartney, Nick Colgan, David Meyler

Out: Danny Higginbotham, Dickson Etuhu Andy Cole, Greg Halford (loan), Russell Anderson (loan), Paul McShane (loan), Ross Wallace (loan), Ian Harte, Stephen Wright, Stanislav Varga

Spent: £34.4M

Received: £3M

 

TOTTENHAM

In: Luka Modric, Roman Pavlyuchenko, David Bentley, Giovani Dos Santos, Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Corluka, John Bostock, Cesar Sanchez, Fraizer Campbell (loan)

Out: Dimitar Berbatov, Robbie Keane, Paul Robinson, Steed Malbranque, Pascal Chimbonda, Teemu Tainio, Younes Kaboul, Lee Young-Pyo, Anthony Gardner, Tommy Forecast, Tomas Pekhart (loan), Leigh Mills (loan), Joe Martin, Radek Cerny

Spent: £66.1M

Received: £77.7M

 

WEST BROM

 

In: Borja Valero, Scott Carson, Luke Moore, Roman Bednar, Marek Cech, Gianni Zuiverloon, Abdoulaye Meite, Kim Do Heon, Jonas Olsson, Ryan Donk (loan)

Out: Curtis Davies, Kevin Phillips, Zoltan Gera, Martin Albrechtsen, Miguel Tininho

Spent: £21.3M

Received: £8M

 

WEST HAM

In: Valon Behrami, Jan Lastuvka (loan), Balint Bajner

Out: Anton Ferdinand, Freddie Ljungberg, George McCartney, Bobby Zamora, John Pantsil, Nolberto Solano, Richard Wright

Spent: £5M

Received: £19.3M

 

WIGAN

In: Amr Zaki (loan), Lee Cattermole, Olivier Kapo, Daniel De Ridder, Maynor Figueroa (loan)

Out: Marlon King (loan), David Cotterill, Julius Aghahowa, Antoine Sibierski (loan), Andreas Granqvist, Josip Skoko, Andy Webster, Salomon Olembe

Spent: £7M

Received: £1.6M

 

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[redshirt]

Keegan 'leaves' Newcastle

 

what a loser, knew he wasnt going to make it unlike his good ol days. just came for the hollywood and glamour.

weeh, king kev is back, lets celebrate, 0-2 now, and milner to aston villa, with no manager in mind, i really dnt know where the toons are headed at.

 

Two words

 

 

Allan Shearer

[biggyprox]

Keegan 'leaves' Newcastle

 

what a loser, knew he wasnt going to make it unlike his good ol days. just came for the hollywood and glamour.

weeh, king kev is back, lets celebrate, 0-2 now, and milner to aston villa, with no manager in mind, i really dnt know where the toons are headed at.

 

 

Two words

 

 

Allan Shearer

 

 

last night, i got physically drained as my mind was going over what would happen to transfers for newcastle. i was literally dreaming at what was going over the market. The first chance i got to check on the news was late tonight. And what i read, i couldnt believe it. I thoughr rhis must be a continuation of my dream. I'm not saying anything yet nor am i going to make any conclusions. I'm going to wait for nufc.co.uk to release word of confirmation. Whatever happens, I'll always be a Toon fan.

[duchessXI]

Kevin Keegan has not been sacked as Newcastle United manager, according to a statement issued from St James' Park.

 

Speculation has mounted all Tuesday that the Geordie idol had been sacked after a row over transfer policy with owner Mike Ashley and director Dennis Wise. However, United said: 'For the avoidance of doubt the Club has not sacked Kevin Keegan as manager.'

 

when will owners/directors ever think that coaches/managers knows best. they have their own jurisdictions at their respective roles and shouldnt interfere with the works of the other.

 

that is how mourinho left, and that is precisely how KK left. i could just imagine what Boss Ashley would be feeling like sitting in between and around the toon fans. i actually think he needs a facelift he wants to save his ass.

[xycho_g]

wtf?! mancity wants ronaldo for 135m euros or abt $210m...

 

damn arabs.. ang yaman.. haha

[duchessXI]

wtf?! mancity wants ronaldo for 135m euros or abt $210m...

 

damn arabs.. ang yaman.. haha

 

rich and stupid at that.

 

with 135 euros, i could get at least a team with 8 superstars. thats almost your whole team revamped. geez.

 

very impractical at a recession period we are experiencing. plus hes injured. no one knows whether hel be back at his form.

[_eRon_]

with oil money, the sky's the limit, buying c.ronaldo for $210 million or 135 million pounds!?! hilarious hehehehehe...pag natuloy yan tiba-tiba ang manutd hehehehehe

 

ayos ang transfer market, the best tlga ang EPL, ang dynamic ng league with its changes as well its style of play, astig ...

[biggyprox]

annnnd the first one packing is kevin kee.... umm wait a minute, its alan curbishley of west ham! damn! the hammers have been a solid team, always menacing top flights. This is what makes the EPL so dynamic. I'm still hoping that the garbage in Newcastle gets resolved, Kevin Keegan is still the perfect man for the job, I still am anticipating how the team fares with him on the helm and with new signings to train, maybe a better Newcastle would emerge. Maybe in the following days, they'll see the light and get their act together.

[bubuy]

ayos ang transfer market, the best tlga ang EPL, ang dynamic ng league with its changes as well its style of play, astig ...

 

yeah and with foreign owners taking over a lot of teams, i honestly believe this would lead to the demise of the EPL.. give it 6-8 years time..

 

 

 

remember you read it here first.

Edited September 4, 2008 by bubuy

[howard_the_duck]

ubos ang pera ng mga owners. hahahaha

 

 

 

 

wala kasing salary cap sa europe. pero mas marami pa rin yata ang kinikita ng mga american athletes. ewan ko lang ha

[redshirt]

The arabs have too much money.

 

They should send me a tanker of premium unleaded for their equivalent of christmas.

Edited September 5, 2008 by redshirt

[biggyprox]

guys, just a a question, i want to hear your comments. with the sudden investment of the abu dhabi united group and their very very deep pockets, do you think that this will become beneficial to the premier league and in general to the game itself? would these mean a more entertaining and dynamic pace of the game. How will players and clubs themselves benefit or demise from this seemingly infinite source of money?

[biggyprox]

kevin keegan has resigned from newcastle united