Karl-Heinz Rumour Mill

[christianu]

Cant understand this one. Selling the Nuge for a good mil and a half less than what they paid a month ago. Hardly sound economics is it?

Obviously Harry realises he is a pile of wank, and has never had that good of a goalscoring record, 1 in 3 in the championship, 1 in 3 in League 2, but no no all football fans raved about him without ever knowing much about him.

You really did laugh at me when I said Chopra would do better than Nugent and that Nugent is massively overrated AFU.. Im bleating on about it because I was so pissed off at the time.

[keemanan]

Transfer or assasination, either one would be a benefit for Newcastle.

Citeh have a Peruvian on trial Nelson Cuevas , thats some inside knowledge dont quote me on it , same source who told me that Terry Christian ordered a nice salad on Sunday nght at a local eatarie which was garnished with the bodily fluids of a couple of citeh fans, he downed it greedily too.
I know it's disgusting but everyone hates the cnut , even manure fans.

[mrmuzeman]

Originally Posted by rockin_cherub

Yakubu in talks with Everton after 'Boro accepted a bid for him today!

Indeed Rockin, looks like the Yak is on his way

Fernandes red tape should be sorted soon and hopefully have them both in at the weekend. Thats the 2 missing pieces in an already throughably enjoyable puzzle. I think our team is more or less as good as anything out there now.

13/2 without the top 4? Yes please

[keemanan]

Isn't Johnson injured though Muze?

I agree Fernandes looks the biz , a kind of poor mans Elano you could say

Is it me or is 27 million for a full back a bit over the top?

[mrmuzeman]

Nah Keem hes just got one of those injuries that pulls you out of an international friendly if you know what I mean Well thats my theory anyway hes touch and go for the weekend but nothing to worry about.


------------------Howard--------------------

Jagielka-------Yobo------Lescott--------Baines

Fernandes----Carsley/Neville---Cahill----Arteta

------------Johnson------Yakubu-------

Wessels
Stubbs
Osman
Vaughn
Anichebe

Poor Hibbert, Valente and Mcfadden cant even make the bench

[rcgills]

Originally Posted by mrmuzeman

------------------Howard--------------------

Jagielka-------Yobo------Lescott--------Baines

Fernandes----Carsley/Neville---Cahill----Arteta

------------Johnson------Yakubu-------

Wessels
Stubbs
Osman
Vaughn
Anichebe

Have you not got Pienaar to try to fit in there somewhere too?

[mrmuzeman]

This is true rc but well hes only on loan and if everyones fit doesnt look like he can get in the squad tbh. Same with Shandy Van De Meyde hed have to go. Also ive put Carsley/Neville in the team so one of them would go on the bench or out the squad as well. If I had my way Carsley would be in and Neville on the bench. Id also have Osman in for Cahill, move Fernandes to the middle and have Osman on the right. Cahill would be my super sub for when shit needed sorting. Id either have to drop Stubbs or Anichebe from the bench as well which would suck, probly Anichebe since I got Vaughn and Cahill there already.

[mrmuzeman]

FWIW I actually think Yakubu is overpriced at 11m, I think the 7.5m Boro paid for him a few years ago was the right price. Hes a solid scorer 4 seasons on the trot so im happy to buy into that consistent quality BUT despite coming 5th, 4th, 8th, 8th in the last 4 years prem scoring charts it has to be remembed he was taking the penalties which makes a big difference. He wont be taking the penos for us. Disregarding penalties the Yaks scored 41 Prem goals in 4 seasons in a very consistent fashion, which is solid but nowhere close to prolific.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Originally Posted by christianu

Obviously Harry realises he is a pile of wank, and has never had that good of a goalscoring record, 1 in 3 in the championship, 1 in 3 in League 2, but no no all football fans raved about him without ever knowing much about him.

You really did laugh at me when I said Chopra would do better than Nugent and that Nugent is massively overrated AFU.. Im bleating on about it because I was so pissed off at the time.

Nugent is terrible - its amazing how he ever got an England call up imo. He has no pace, skill. Harrys probably wanting to cut his losses on him now.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Real Madrid have targeted Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov and are willing to meet the troubled White Hart Lane outfit's £20m price tag. (The Daily Star)

Chelsea are targeting Barcelona defender Juliano Belletti. (The Sun)

Birmingham want to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Peter Luccin. (Daily Mirror)

Aston Villa are trailing Porto right-back Jose Bowswinga. (The Sun)

Watford's Darius Henderson, whose club turned down a £1.5m offer from Fulham for the striker, has put in a request for a transfer. (Daily Mirror)

West Ham could give El Hadji Diouf a way out of Bolton by making a £10m bid for the Senegal international. (The Sun)

Wigan will hold talks with Celta Vigo left-back Diego Placente as they try to lure the Argentine to the JJB Stadium. (Daily Mirror)

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson wants a striker and two midfielders before the transfer window closes. (Independent)

Birmingham and Portsmouth are vying to sign Fulham midfielder Papa Bouba Diop. (Independent)

Sunderland offered more cash and midfielder Graham Kavanagh for defender Danny Higginbotham but had their offer rejected by Stoke. (Daily Star)

Aston Villa will step up their bid to sign West Brom defender Curtis Davies by bidding an increased £8m. (Times)

Arjen Robben's expected move to Real Madrid will give Chelsea the funds to finally complete the signing of Sevilla right-back Daniel Alves. (Times)

Fulham will make a £1.5m move for Celtic midfielder Thomas Gravesen. (Scottish Sun)

Celtic striker Maciej Zurawski may return to former club Wisla Krakow on a loan deal. (Mirror)

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Id be delighted with 1.5m for Graveson - that would be a decent amount of business and would get back some the cash that we have wasted on him.

Get rid of Graveson to fund a top drawer CB. I would be happy with that.

[all_funkt_up]

Villa have made an improved £8m bid for defender Curtis Davies but West Brom are holding out for £12m. (Star)

I'd pay £12m for Richards but not Davies. He's alright but he's no megastar.

Anyone else think he's worth anywhere near 12 million sheets?

Manchester City and Manchester United are battling it out for £12m-rated Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. (Star)

Aston Villa are considering making a £15m bid for out-of-favour Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe. (Sun)

Manchester City have offered Micah Richards a contract worth £10m to prevent him leaving. (Sun)

Reading have joined Aston Villa in the chase for Fulham defender Liam Rosenior, who is available for around £2m. (Sun)

Newcastle's flop £9.5m striker Albert Luque is joining Ajax on a free transfer. (Sun)

Sunderland have offered Andy Cole a one-year deal. (Sun)

Manchester City will snap up 31-year-old Benfica striker Nuno Gomes on a free transfer. (Mirror)

City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is also considering a £7m move for Celta Vigo midfielder Borja Oubina. (Mirror)

Dynamo Kiev are trying to Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko on loan. (Mirror)

West Ham striker Bobby Zamora is being targeted by Spanish club Real Betis. (Mirror)

Derby will move for Man City's Paul Dickov or Portsmouth summer signing David Nugent if their bid for City striker Darius Vassell fails. (Mail)

Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg may turn down a new contract and leave the club on a free next summer. (Mirror)

Leicester and Sheffield United have joined Fulham in the race for Watford striker Darius Henderson, who has handed in a transfer request. (Mirror)

Sunderland are set to sign Roma defender Sammy Kuffour on a free transfer. (Star)

Wigan have turned down Sheffield United's £1.4m bid for Kevin Kilbane. (Star)

[christianu]

I'd pay £12m for Richards but not Davies. He's alright but he's no megastar.

Richards is worth at the very least 25 million, but I think we would even reject that.

Rio went for near 30 and he was older and not even as good as Richards at his age.

Plus Richards can play in any position all over the pitch. He started out in CM, he used to play on the wing, he's so good he can play anywhere.

[slick]

Ditto Chris, Richards is still only 19 and one of the best defenders i've ever seen, he's a mixture of the old and new school as he has a never say die attitude and shirks nothing, has pace, can run and dribble with a ball and can jump like a gazelle.

Unlike Ferdinhand you'll never see him struggling on the back foot and even if he falls over he'll get back up and soon chase the man down.

He's like a Bionic Tommy Smith with elastic legs and at only 19 yrs old can only get better, I just hope he steers clear of injury as the way he plays puts a lot of exertion on the body.

If he can do that then he has the world at his feet.

[slick]

I'm still sorry we never grabbed Nathan Baines in the summer as the pair of them together could have come on leaps and bounds and with them both being English it would have beared well for the future where Internationals are concerned.