Summer 2010 Transfer Thread: B*llsh*t, Rumours & Wishes

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

All the signs: Lerner is over. Mancini "we are closer with Milner" MON "I think something will be sorted with James in the next couple of days" and bookies 1-14 to go to Man City. Just hope Ireland is in that deal and Keane is all set up. And even Bellamy involved cause we really need some "cutting edge" players to progress .......PS: Man City "Chairman. Khaldoon al Mubararak flying in saturday am to seal Milner deal" Daily Mail ..........

[Ads]

Steven Ireland in the midfield just in time for the visit of one of the bus parkers who stifled us at home last term.

That'll do pig, that'll do.

[eastie]

Stephen Ireland and robbie keane would give us a huge lift if we get them this week-very impressed tonight with reo coker , bêye and luke- maybe worth keeping but mon needs to play them more often.


Sidwell, heskey and davies can all go though.

[RussellC]

Where was Curtis tonight??

[phantom limb]

Where was Curtis tonight??

Injured I think.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Where was Curtis tonight??

Injured I think.

Now there`s a surprise !

[eamonn]

Where was Curtis tonight??

Getting off at the Seven Sisters?

[Dante Lavelli]

Where was Curtis tonight??

Getting off at the Seven Sisters?

I hope so.  The deal makes so much sense for everyone.

Villa are not a big enough club to have 4 expensive centre backs.  Lose one and promote Clark, reducing our legendary wage bill whilst properly utlising the youth system.

For me Keane or Bentley would be ideal straight swaps.  As I've said before I'm not a huge fan of Keane but if its cost neutral in transfer fees and a  minimal increase in wages then there's no doubt over a season that Keane will contribute more than Davies. [/list]

[Matt Collins]

Can you see Keane and Ireland and two wingers though? I guess it's only really replacing Milner with Ireland, and Heskey with a more logical second striker.

I was a Bentley advocate, but don't want to stifle Albrighton's development. But Bentley in a central 3 with Ireland, and two wingers sounds quite tempting.

[Matt Collins]

Curtis is going to be out for a few weeks - they feared it would be months again.

[phantom limb]

Good news / Bad news

Milner is probably going to Man City. Shorey is having a medical at West Brom, thus ensuring that we take 6 points off them next season by repeatedly attacking them down their left hand side until he breaks down in tears and lets everyone run past him.

Unfortunately it is also confirmed that Emile Heskey is not going to Bristol City.

[TheSandman]

Anyone see this?

McGreedski: Russian fans turn on Celtic star

Spartak Moscow fans have dubbed Aiden McGeady as ‘McGreedski’ and threatened revolt over the vast sums being offered to the winger.

Sportsmail understands the unsettled Celtic star has been offered £2.5million a
year after tax with the Russians — in excess of £50,000 a week — substantially more than the sums currently provoking unrest among Spartak fans.

Although initially reluctant to move to Russia, Spartak sources were confident last night they had secured their man. However, his welcome could be less warm from team-mates and supporters over the willingness of his new suitors to smash their salary structure for him.

The final throw of the dice for under-fire coach Valery Karpin, McGeady’s arrival would not be unanimously popular, with Spartak fans’ leader Ivan Katanaev declaring: ‘Who is McGeady? He didn’t play anywhere, except for Celtic, so why are we praying he joins our Spartak?’

Kostya Hlebnikov, a 24-year-old Spartak fan, was equally unhappy, saying: ‘He should be called McGreedski not McGeady for asking for more money.

‘Just look at him — he is interested only in money. If Spartak pays more, he will join the club.

‘But for £10m, we could get something we really need, like a new arena. He is being offered over £40,000 per week — more than anyone in Spartak is paid.

‘He wants a personal contract. I don’t think a player with his abilities deserves such big money.’

Moscow newspaper Sport Express also expressed concerns over Spartak’s willingness to pay McGeady more than other players.

An editorial read: ‘In Spartak, they always kept to a very reasonable rule of limit on footballers’ wages. They believe that a big difference in players’ incomes is bad for the team’s morale and spirit.

‘Two million pounds a year, which the press talk about now, clearly exceeds this. Evidently, it was the only way to lure him to Spartak.’

The paper also predicted McGeady would be homesick and ‘feel low, as if in exile’.

More favourably, however, Sport Express added: ‘In Scotland, they called him The King of the Wing and he was highly valued for his great versatility.’

McGeady was yesterday shown around Spartak’s Soviet-era training base as the Russian club rolled out the red carpet to the player, his girlfriend and agent.

‘McGeady is in Moscow, we are showing him everything,’ said a source. ‘We are very close to getting his signature.’

The club imposed a media blackout as the 24-year-old was shown the spartan training camp with three pitches, one heated, an hour and a half outside Moscow.

McGeady has also been offered an interpreter, bodyguard, driver and chef to ensure he can cope with language problems and settle in a city that yesterday remained shrouded in smog caused by peat and forest fires.

There was also a visit to the rented Luzhniki Stadium, where Celtic earned a 1-1 draw under Gordon Strachan. Currently without their own arena, Spartak plan to build a new stadium as part of Russia’s 2018 World Cup bid. Spartak sit eighth in the Russian league, 19 points behind Zenit St Petersburg.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1300468/McGreedski-Russian-fans-turn-Celtic-star-Aiden-cash-offer.html#ixzz0vs2tR9GS

He wants what? Jesus christ!

[pauliewalnuts]

Anyone see this?

Kostya Hlebnikov, a 24-year-old Spartak fan, was equally unhappy, saying: ‘He should be called McGreedski not McGeady for asking for more money.

He wants what? Jesus christ!

Does anyone in the entire world believe that a Russian supporter really said this?

[Legion]

Nope.

[adrenachrome]

Anyone see this?

Kostya Hlebnikov, a 24-year-old Spartak fan, was equally unhappy, saying: ‘He should be called McGreedski not McGeady for asking for more money.

He wants what? Jesus christ!

Does anyone in the entire world believe that a Russian supporter really said this?

Well, plenty of people in the western world believed that that the USSR was intent on nuking/invading the Free World, and we were only saved by Raygun and Thatcha, so I would have to answer in the affirmative.

McGreedski! Fuck a duck.