The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Karl Bridges]

As no-one has mentioned this one yet despite coming from such a reputable source


Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini is being offered to Premier League clubs.

Pazzini’s name has been touted around by AC Milan for a loan spell in January.

The Serie A giants have targeted struggling English teams, as the amount of money washing about in the top flight means they can afford to pay most of his wages.

Queens Park Rangers, Sunderland and Aston Villa are set to be among those interested.

Pazzini, 30, boasts an impressive goal-scoring record with Milan, neighbours Inter and Sampdoria, but he has barely figured this season.




http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/prem-strugglers-offered-transfer-ac-4743693

[footyskillz]

Ruiz makes sense. Plays atttacking street football and has toughened up in lower echelons of championship football . Brian seems fully versed to take on villas fight and help alliances and continued relations between Colombia and Costa Rica. A nice deal by all accounts. I see blues have re signed zigic i hearr heskey wasnt wanting re signed to them. Haha. Oh such matters of returning eidur gudjohnsen re signing I wonder which villa players could re sign ?
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[The Left Side]

Ruiz makes sense. Plays atttacking street football and has toughened up in lower echelons of championship football . Brian seems fully versed to take on villas fight and help alliances and continued relations between Colombia and Costa Rica. A nice deal by all accounts. I see blues have re signed zigic i hearr heskey wasnt wanting re signed to them. Haha. Oh such matters of returning eidur gudjohnsen re signing I wonder which villa players could re sign ?
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You make it sound like Ruiz is going to happen or is this just speculation?

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

It's just footyskillz!

[rob_bridge]

Ruiz makes sense. Plays atttacking street football and has toughened up in lower echelons of championship football . Brian seems fully versed to take on villas fight and help alliances and continued relations between Colombia and Costa Rica. A nice deal by all accounts. I see blues have re signed zigic i hearr heskey wasnt wanting re signed to them. Haha. Oh such matters of returning eidur gudjohnsen re signing I wonder which villa players could re sign ?
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You make it sound like Ruiz is going to happen or is this just speculation?

Ignore him. Please.

[Legion]

Ruiz makes sense. Plays atttacking street football and has toughened up in lower echelons of championship football . Brian seems fully versed to take on villas fight and help alliances and continued relations between Colombia and Costa Rica. A nice deal by all accounts. I see blues have re signed zigic i hearr heskey wasnt wanting re signed to them. Haha. Oh such matters of returning eidur gudjohnsen re signing I wonder which villa players could re sign ?
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You make it sound like Ruiz is going to happen or is this just speculation?

It's VK. Better off being ignored.

[Witton Warrior]

Ruiz makes sense. Plays atttacking street football and has toughened up in lower echelons of championship football . Brian seems fully versed to take on villas fight and help alliances and continued relations between Colombia and Costa Rica. A nice deal by all accounts. I see blues have re signed zigic i hearr heskey wasnt wanting re signed to them. Haha. Oh such matters of returning eidur gudjohnsen re signing I wonder which villa players could re sign ?
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You make it sound like Ruiz is going to happen or is this just speculation?

It's VK. Better off being ignored.

Aha! That explains the deja vu that I am reading a Babel Fish translation from a Bulgarian sports paper

[mr underhill]

I miss VK's puppy-dog, breathless stream-of-consciousness football babble . So bad, it's brilliant.

[Legion]

footyskillz is your man/lunatic.

[godzvilla]

Rumoured Aston Villa target Zlatko Junuzovic fast becoming Bundesliga's Beckham.
Zlatko Junuzovic was linked to Aston Villa in the summer and with Werder Bremen struggling while the Austrian shines, Paul Lambert should look again.
Aston Villa may have ended their nine-game run without a win in the Premier League last time out against Crystal Palace, but with the January transfer window just around the corner, reinforcements remain a priority.

One such addition could yet come in the form of highly-rated Austrian midfielder Zlatko Junuzovic, a player long linked with a move to Villa Park and currently impressing in the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen.

The 27-year-old was linked with a move away from the German club in the summer, having failed to agree terms on a new contract with the River Islanders.

Villa were thought to be weighing up a bid for the Austria international over the summer, but with no formal bid forthcoming, Junuzovic moved to distance himself from talk a move to the Midlands side.

Speaking to the Bild during the summer, the midfielder played hard to get, stating: "I do not know anything (about Aston Villa). No one has yet come up to me with anything like that."

But with the playmaker now in the final year of his deal at Bremen and continuing to star for the troubled Bundesliga club, a move could yet be in the offing, particularly if Junuzovic keeps scoring the kind of goals that have seen him make headlines in the German top-flight.

Lying 14th in the league and just three points off the bottom, Werder fans can at least console themselves with the fine performances of the Austrian who is starting to show the talent that first convinced the club to sign the midfielder from Austrian Vienna two years ago, only to see his development hampered by injuries.

Capable of playing anywhere across the midfield or further forward in a supporting attack role, Junuzovic is known as much for his shooting skills as he is his defensive contributions.

Voted at the Matchday 13 goal of the week, you can see the goal for yourself to decide whether Villa could benefit from a midfielder of Junuzovic's quality.

Once valued at £3 million, a cut-price January deal could yet be on the cards, though the Clarets could yet face competition for a player garnering plenty of attention in Germany.

[Dante Lavelli]

Midfielders, midfielders, midfielders.

There is a midfielder at MK Dons who looks a real prospect.  His name is Dele Alli and he reminds me a bit of Delph though he has a bit more of a physical presence.  I think he's only 18, but has scored 14 goals in 50 odd appearances for them and has represented England at younger age groups.       

Going to Liverpool in January.  That's my ITK via a friend, who has a friend who's sister is going out with Peter Winkleman's (chairman) son.  It doesn't get more solid ITK than that, does it!?

[passitsideways]

Just curious - was it ever confirmed that we genuinely made a bid for Sergio Canales? Or was it just a pisstake to stir everyone up on deadline day?

[OCD]

We're not likely to get a confirmation but the weight of the story seemed to suggest that we had tried to bring him in. Either that or it was a ploy to get Cleverley's agent to stop fucking about.

[paul_e]

Guillem Balague on sky at half time in the depor vs malaga game has just linked us to Sergi Darder, I'd be pretty happy if that's true, only 20 and looked handy when we played them a couple of years ago, think he's more defensive again though so not really sure he's what we'd need (I haven't seena  great deal of him though, don't watch much la liga any more.

[Londonvilla]

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/375214/EXCLUSIVE-Aston-Villa-want-Malaga-midfielder-Sergi-Darder

EXCLUSIVE: Aston Villa want Malaga midfielder Sergi Darder
ASTON VILLA are weighing up a cut-price £7million move for Malaga midfielder Sergi Darder.
oss Paul Lambert has been keeping tabs on the Spain Under-21s ace since he scored against them in a pre-season friendly and have sent scouts to watch him once again recently.

Darder, 20, is also being watched by Manchester City and Tottenham but it is understood Villa are the only club to have asked about his availability.

The midfielder is under contract until June 2017 and has a buy-out clause of £33m.

But cash-strapped Malaga have a host of money worries and could be forced to accept a much smaller fee, with sources in Spain confirming they will listen to offers for the player.

Lambert has struggled with central midfield in the past two seasons and thinks Darder could be the answer.

Meanwhile, former Villa keeper Mark Bosnich has blasted the Premier League side’s owner Randy Lerner.

Bosnich hit out at the American billionaire after reports suggested he was ready to sell the club.

And Bosnich has called for Lerner to come clean about his future intentions to the fans.

He said: “When you come to a big club in England, regardless of where you’re from, you have got to be honest with the fans and tell them what you want.

“The fans have had promises galore – they are sick and tired of all the stories.