Karl-Heinz Rumour Mill

[christianu]

Laughing at your own jokes smugly urghh

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Originally Posted by christianu

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When Chopra starts banging in more than Nugent I am going to rub it in your face so much for being such a noob about it.

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If Chopra has a better goals/game record this season than David Nugent Esquire, I shall shave my pubic hair and make a (now world famous) Pubic Hair omlette and scran the contents on camera.

I will of course post proof on TDP.

You have your bet Mr Townsend.

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I see United are all over the papers today moaning about Heinze's agent apparently approaching clubs illegally trying to get him a move away from Old Trafford.

This being the same Manchester United that told Heinze in writing, that he wasnt wanted and could leave with their blessing if they found a buyer.

Far be it from me to defend a football agent, but I cant see what they've done wrong with this one. Apart from the fact that the only club that is prepared to offer the player a move is a club they dont want to sell to. Whinge whinge whinge from Fergie, as per usual.

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has spoken of his anger at the conduct of Gabriel Heinze's agent.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says the club's lawyers are working on forcing through a £6.8m deal for the 29-year-old Argentina defender.

But Ferguson said: "We are examining some of the statements coming from his agent and when contact was first made with Liverpool.

"We are not happy with the agent's conduct in the matter."


Interview: Liverpool chief exec Rick Parry

Ferguson added: "We're are examining that as well, but it will take a couple of days before we have anything more to say."

Liverpool have met the fee that would secure the Argentine defender's release - stated in a letter from United to Heinze's agent - but Ferguson does not want to sell Heinze to his arch-rivals.

Benitez said: "We made an offer which they rejected. The lawyers are working on it now so we have to wait."

BBC Sport understands the letter does not preclude Liverpool from buying Heinze, and he could also fight United to secure a switch to Anfield.

The fee, believed to be higher than the £6.8m mentioned, is not in Heinze's contract, it is contained in the letter to his agent.

[christianu]

MICHAEL CHOPRA

Games/(Subs)/Goals

CARDIFF 42 (0) 22
BARNSLEY 38 (1) 17

0.40 goals per game

DAVID NUGENT

Games/(Subs)/Goals

PRESTON 83 (11) 33
BURY 58 (30) 18

0.28 goals per game

I have you on facebook mate, so I swear to god I want proof.. I would love to put some money on this instead though.

[christianu]

Chopra scored nearly twice as many league goals as Nugent last year, why wont he do it again?

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Could Deco be on his way out of the Nou Camp? I heard that Barca had an XI on XI training match yesterday and that Deco wasnt in either team. He isnt injured so surely that spells bad news for the wee man. Surely there would be a number of Premiership clubs interested.

Watch this space...

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Birmingham have joined Newcastle in the race to sign China's captain Zheng Zhi from Shandong Luneng. (Guardian)

Erm, is this the same one that played for Charlton last season? Wasnt much good IMO, dont see why they're clammering to sign him.

Everton boss David Moyes has made a shock bid to hijack Wigan defender Leighton Baines' move to Sunderland. (Daily Mirror)

I heard the mags are in for him too. That would rile Sun Lun fans if he opted for them instead.



Fingers crossed

Wigan boss Chris Hutchings will move for West Brom's Paul Robinson if Baines leaves the club. (Daily Mail)

Martin Petrov's switch to Tottenham from Atletico Madrid has moved closer after he was allowed to fly to London for talks. (The Sun)

Man City are in talks with Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian midfielder Elano over a £7m move. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is to switch his attentions to Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. (Daily Star)

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes is trying to push through a £4.5m deal for Bayern Munich striker Roque Santa Cruz. (Daily Mirror)

Newcastle are in talks for West Brom defender Curtis Davies, but their £6m offer is still £2m short of the Baggies' valuation. (Daily Mail)

Bolton boss Sammy Lee has talked Swede Christian Wilhelmsson into joining for £2m from Nantes. (Daily Mirror)

Man City want Juventus left-back Giorgio Chiellini and midfielder Manuele Blasi. (Guardian)

Plymouth have put striker Cherno Samba on the transfer list. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa and Newcastle will slug it out over Danish defender Brede Hangeland. (Daily Mirror)

Norwich and Watford could battle it out for the services of Leicester striker Matty Fryatt. (Daily Mirror)

French defender Frank Signorino, a £1m-rated left-back, is a target for newly-promoted Birmingham. (Daily Mirror)

Fulham's Michael Brown is set to move to Wigan on Wednesday. (Daily Star)

Luton defender Leon Barnett has finalised a £2m switch to West Brom. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool have made a swoop on Real Madrid for 20-year-old midfielder Javi Garcia. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are chasing 17-year-old Spanish full-back sensation Alberto Morgado. (Daily Mirror)

Oldham are lining up a move for veteran former Sheffield United defender Alan Wright. (Daily Star)

Charlton are set to make former Barnet midfielder Dean Sinclair their latest signing. (Daily Mirror)

Dundee United are on the verge of signing Polish keeper Grzegorz Szamotulski on a six-month loan deal from Sturm Graz. (Daily Record)

Hibs and Hearts have both been linked with moves for Rosenborg striker Daniel Braaten. (Daily Record)

Hibs have also renewed interest in Cork City striker Roy O'Donovan. (Daily Record)

Spanish midfielder Ruben Palazuelos has signed a four-year deal with Hearts, according to his agent. (Daily Record)

[christianu]

Birmingham have joined Newcastle in the race to sign China's captain Zheng Zhi from Shandong Luneng. (Guardian)

Erm, is this the same one that played for Charlton last season? Wasnt much good IMO, dont see why they're clammering to sign him.

He actually really impresed me in the games I saw of him, Charltons best player in the two games I watched.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Yeah i thought he looked pretty good when i seen him. One major bad thing about him is that his finishing made Francis Jeffers looked like Henry

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West Ham have bid a club-record £12m for Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Daily Mail, Independent)

Great player, just a shame he is mad as a bag of badgers. Apparently Man U are possibly after him as well, as a back up to the Tevez deal which isnt going to happen this side of Christmas.

Birmingham's £9m joint move for Mido and Hossam Ghaly has collapsed. (Various)

Apparently Ghaly doesnt want to leave til he's found all his teeth. There's a couple more still on the White Hart Lane pitch.....

Ronaldinho admits he would like to have Frank Lampard as a Barcelona team-mate - but boss Frank Rijkaard does not expect it to happen. (Various)

Real Madrid are still confident of signing Chelsea's Dutch winger Arjen Robben. (Various)

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson is prepared to wait a year to seal the £30m deal for Carlos Tevez. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester United are letting England striker Alan Smith talk to Middlesbrough about a £6m transfer. (Daily Mirror)

Nantes' Belgian striker Luigi Pieroni is heading for talks with Middlesbrough and Blackburn. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa have ruled out a move for Chelsea's Shaun Wright-Phillips. (Daily Express)

Manchester City are in talks with Serbian giant Nikola Zigic over a £13m move. (The Sun, Daily Mirror)

City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has made an increased £6m bid for Atletico Madrid winger Martin Petrov. (Independent)

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce will not let Kieron Dyer go on the cheap and is demanding £6m for the midfielder. (Daily Star)

Derby's new £3m Jamaican defender Claude Davis has won his appeal for a work permit. (Daily Mirror)


Pompey defender Sol Campbell is a target for Spanish club Villarreal. (Various)

Everton have been told they will have to pay £6m for Wigan defender Leighton Baines. (Daily Mirror)

Striker Nathan Ellington has urged West Brom to play him or sell him. (Daily Mirror)

Hull have failed with an ambitious attempt to lure Italian legend Christian Vieri to the club. (Daily Mirror)

Sheffield Wednesday are closing in on a £2m move for Southampton's Grzegorz Rasiak. (Daily Mail)

QPR are lining up a £350,000 move for Charlton's Simon Walton. (Daily Mirror)

Luton are set to move for Arsenal's Joe O'Cearuill. (Daily Mirror)

Motherwell look set to miss out on Celtic misfit Adam Virgo after the Parkhead club insisted they match his £5,000-a-week wage packet. (Daily Record)

Gretna are set to sign Derry City defender Darren Kelly. (Daily Record)

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Chelsea are closing in on Sevilla's 25-year-old Brazilian right-back Daniel Alves. (Daily Mirror)

Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate will step up his bid to sign striker Alan Smith when Manchester United return from their tour of Asia. (The Sun)

Fulham boss Lawrie Sanchez is on the verge of capturing Republic of Ireland B international striker Roy O'Donovan from Cork. (Daily Mirror)

Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster could make an offer for Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack. (Daily Mail)

Aston Villa are to battle with Newcastle for FC Copenhagen centre-half Brede Hangeland and Porto right-back Jose Bingwa. (Daily Mail)

West Brom boss Tony Mowbray could be poised to launch a raid for Celtic striker Derek Riordan. (Daily Record)

Celtic could be closer to snapping up out-of-favour Barcelona striker Santi Ezquerro. (Daily Record)

Hull are poised to sign striker Richard Cresswell from Leeds in a £700,000 deal. (The Sun)

Tottenham have joined West Ham in showing interest in Newcastle midfielder Kieron Dyer. (Daily Mirror)

Everton boss David Moyes has offered Wigan £4m plus a squad player for defender and lifelong Toffees fan Leighton Baines. (Daily Mirror)

That could lead to Wigan boss Chris Hutchings taking Lee Carsley from Goodison Park, although the midfielder previously snubbed the Lactics when a free agent a few months ago. (Daily Mirror)

Chelsea could be ready to go back to Tottenham for French full-back Pascal Chimbonda. (Daily Mirror)

Mikael Silvestre has snubbed a move to Newcastle because he refuses to play with Joey Barton, who had a training ground fight with his good pal Ousmane Dabo at Manchester City. (The Sun)

Arsenal new boy Eduardo da Silva, who signed from Dynamo Zagreb in July, has had his request for a work permit turned down by the Home Office. (The Sun)

Carlos Tevez's controversial move to Manchester United will finally go through next week. (Daily Star)

Tell us your transfer rumours

[slick]

Bloody hell ure slacking AFU , not even a mention of City in todays rumour mill.

Moyes will do well to get Baines if it comes off and i've been wondering all season why nobody else bar Sunderland have been interested, he's only a young kid but has excellent potential, I'm certain he'll be a big success so long as he avoids injury.

Mikael Silvestre has snubbed a move to Newcastle because he refuses to play with Joey Barton, who had a training ground fight with his good pal Ousmane Dabo at Manchester City.

See Bartons doing Newcastle some good allready without even having kicked a ball in anger for them.

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I think Moyes will have worked a miracle if Baines joins them. I cant help feeling that he is prepared to turn down all the middle of the road clubs (Sunderland, Everton etc) in the hope that this time next year a bigger club will be in the hunt for him. A top-10 club if you willl.

[slick]

U just hate the tofees don't you

I'd be surprised if he turned them down as he's an Everton fan himself allthough his agent will probably have the last say in the matter.

As for holding out for a bigger club i'm not so sure as i can see Wigan struggling this yr now jewell has gone and the recent transfers @ Wigan shows Whelan looks like he's trying to consolidate fearing the worst for this coming season.

He obviously has no intention of trying to match Baines' wage demands for a new contract and the solution will be to sell him now whilst he's at the top of his game and in the shop window as a bright new prospect.