January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

Who have QPR bought? An couple of reasonable full-backs and that is it. I do not see Fernandes bankrolling them to the extent of a Chelsea or Man City. They will be one of the teams slogging it out with us for midtable.

Fernandes is nowhere near as rich as Abramovich.

[Dante Lavelli]

QPR would really struggle with the FFP rules as their ground is so small.  So even if Fernandez is willing to splash the cash it will be very hard for them to take the leaps forward that Chelsea and city have.

[Steve R]

Who have QPR bought? An couple of reasonable full-backs and that is it. I do not see Fernandes bankrolling them to the extent of a Chelsea or Man City. They will be one of the teams slogging it out with us for midtable.

Fernandes is nowhere near as rich as Abramovich.

Or Randy Lerner, I believe.

[villadelph]

Who have QPR bought? An couple of reasonable full-backs and that is it. I do not see Fernandes bankrolling them to the extent of a Chelsea or Man City. They will be one of the teams slogging it out with us for midtable.

Fernandes is nowhere near as rich as Abramovich.

Or Randy Lerner, I believe.

2010 Forbes listed his value at $330mil. Not even close to Lerner ($1.1bil) let alone Abramovich.

[SoccerHQ]

It's similar to when Egghead and the Icelandic lot took over West Ham and signed the likes of Ljungberg, Kieron Dyer, Lucas Neill, Boa Morte etc on ridiculous wages and contracts.

They finished mid table and eventually got relegated, the same will happen at QPR.

[SoccerHQ]

QPR and Man City being our overlords. Who ever would have thought it?

QPR will just be another West Ham I think. I really can't see them being a major force in the game.

i thought that about Chelsea when Abramovich took over,
 the club itself is irelavent, money is the major force in football today, if you have it and spend it you will be a force, thats the way it works now i'm afraid

Chelsea had won two FA cups, a league and european cup winners cup in the five years before Abramovich took over, reached the champions league quarters in 2000 and had competed for a couple of league titles.

They'd also signed good foreign players like Zola, Desailly, Hasselbaink so were already an attraction abroad.

Better comparison would be with Man. City but Tony Fernandes is no Sheikh is he?

[pauliewalnuts]

Liverpool contacted Man City and offered Caroll for Tevez in a straight swap.

I might call Brad Pitt and offer my mother in law for Angelina.

[Percy McCarthy]

Liverpool contacted me and offered Caroll for my mother-in-law. It only fell through when they realised she was black.

[pauliewalnuts]

Liverpool contacted me and offered Caroll for my mother-in-law. It only fell through when they realised she was black.

*applause*

[Percy McCarthy]

Reciprocated. Yours was a good un.

[adrenachrome]

Philly Soccer News

January 28, 2012
QUICK SPIN
Mwanga training with Aston Villa for 10 days

CHESTER, Pa. - Philadelphia Union forward Danny Mwanga has embarked for a 10-day training stint with Barclay’s English Premier League side Aston Villa. He will join his teammates in Orlando on February 6, in time for the start of the Union’s second leg of preseason.

The Union selected Mwanga as a Generation adidas signee with the first overall selection in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, the first draft pick in club history. After starting the first-ever match in Union history in Seattle on March 25, Mwanga finished his rookie season with seven goals and four assists and was a Rookie of the Year finalist. Mwanga battled minor injuries during his sophomore campaign but finished the season with five goals and four assists 28 matches.

Aston Villa sit in 11th place in the Premier League standings and feature USMNT goalkeeper Brad Guzan and striker Robbie Keane, currently on a six-week loan from the LA Galaxy.

Mwanga is the seventh member of the Union to train abroad this offseason. Midfielder Freddy Adu joined La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, goalkeeper Zac MacMath trained alongside Tim Howard at Everton, Amobi Okugo trained with Bundesliga side SC Freiburgand, 16-year-old Zach Pfeffer trained with Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, Michael Farfan spent two weeks with Sunderland and Sebastien Le Toux recently returned from Bolton.

[Dante Lavelli]

Philly Soccer News

January 28, 2012
QUICK SPIN
Mwanga training with Aston Villa for 10 days

CHESTER, Pa. - Philadelphia Union forward Danny Mwanga has embarked for a 10-day training stint with Barclay’s English Premier League side Aston Villa. He will join his teammates in Orlando on February 6, in time for the start of the Union’s second leg of preseason.

The Union selected Mwanga as a Generation adidas signee with the first overall selection in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, the first draft pick in club history. After starting the first-ever match in Union history in Seattle on March 25, Mwanga finished his rookie season with seven goals and four assists and was a Rookie of the Year finalist. Mwanga battled minor injuries during his sophomore campaign but finished the season with five goals and four assists 28 matches.

Aston Villa sit in 11th place in the Premier League standings and feature USMNT goalkeeper Brad Guzan and striker Robbie Keane, currently on a six-week loan from the LA Galaxy.

Mwanga is the seventh member of the Union to train abroad this offseason. Midfielder Freddy Adu joined La Liga side Rayo Vallecano, goalkeeper Zac MacMath trained alongside Tim Howard at Everton, Amobi Okugo trained with Bundesliga side SC Freiburgand, 16-year-old Zach Pfeffer trained with Bundesliga side Hoffenheim, Michael Farfan spent two weeks with Sunderland and Sebastien Le Toux recently returned from Bolton.

This is a another good idea from AMc (or his coaching team).  There are already some good players coming out of the MLS and these training/trial deals mean we can have a good look at them.

[godzvilla]

Who else is currently training with us ? .....there was / is a Jamaican ( Rambo ) , an African  ( Nigerian ?) Full Back and now this guy Mwango . It would be nice to know , from Club sources how they progress , or not , as the case may be ..........................Godzvilla!

[Percy McCarthy]

Think the Nigerian blew his chance by posting about it on facebook, and Rambo turned out to be unfounded speculation.

[LeeB]

Liverpool contacted me and offered Caroll for my mother-in-law. It only fell through when they realised she was black.

Quality.