All the latest transfer news and transfer rumours from the Premiership and Europe. Our transfers coverage includes regular news roundups plus detailed records of past transfer windows for: English Premier League Transfers, English Championship Transfers, La Liga Transfers, Serie A Transfers, Bundesliga Transfers, Ligue 1 Transfers.
Which is a bit of a turnaround because it used to be ‘Roy Keane to launch for Patrick Vieira’. And vice versa. But a lot of today’s newspapers have the same story that Keano is desperate to bring his old nemesis to the Stadium of...
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Chelsea have agreed a deal with 12-year-old French starlet Jeremy Boga.
Boga plays for junior side ASPTT, based in Marseille, but he has now agreed to make the switch to West London.
It’s not a ‘transfer’ per se (forbidden...
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Lyon recently revealed that Benzema’s contract had a 100m Euro ‘get-out’ clause. Assuming that this is for non-French clubs instead of just for French clubs, it effectively prices out any European club from buying the player anytime...
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Today we’re hearing that Everton are interested in signing Jimmy Bullard from Fulham.
Fulham will be able to offer Bullard equal (if not more) money than Everton (London beats Liverpool as well) so it comes down to league positions and...
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The fact that Newcastle are talking to Venables - a man who, in case you’ve forgotten, was the Assistant’s assistant and for his 30 years of...
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Personally, I am not convinced that West Ham will be handing over money to Sheffield United this side of 2020 with all the expected appeals, but this morning’s newspapers are full of stories that the Hammers will be forced to sell their star...
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Alan Curbishley resigned from his position as West Ham manager last week claiming a lack of control over transfers with the breaking point being the last day sale of George McCartney.
In an interview with the Sun, Curbs has given a full account...
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I’m not an Arsenal fan. I’m not French. I’m not even a former Arsene Wenger pupil.
But dammit, he’s spot on when he talks about negotiation tricks and the lack of any genuine complaint from Tottenham’s end on their...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 4 comments
You know what really stood out about the recently closed transfer window? Not the brinksmanship, the complaints about tapping up, or even the idea of billion-dollar teams squabbling over a couple million pounds. The one thing that really stood...
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Deloitte consultancy firm reported that English Premier League clubs spent more than GBP 500 million during the recent summer transfer window.
Including the 2008 winter transfer window, total transfer spending was around GBP 675 million, compared...
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Following Alan Curbishley’s departure from West Ham yesterday, his transfer policy at the club has come under increased scrutiny. Soccerlens has rounded up Curbishley’s...
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Football transfer fees were thought to be affected by the global credit crunch but that didn’t stop English clubs from smashing the English football transfer records twice in one evening as the clubs from Manchester bought Robinho...
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Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday’s race to the finish seems to support his argument.
Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely for...
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After Dimitar Berbatov’s strange menage-a-trois dalliance with Mark Hughes and Sir Alex Ferguson, and Man...
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There’s really only a couple (well, one to be specific) deals that many people followed on transfer deadline day, but while many looked to see if Dimitar Berbatov would sign for Manchester United and who Manchester City would nab...
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Manchester United have signed Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75m. Frazier Campbell is headed the other way in a 1-year loan deal (smart bit of business from United, that).
The transfer was always expected to go down to the...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 23 comments
Newcastle have completed the signing of Spain Under-21 striker Xisco, 22, on a five-year deal worth £4.8m from Deportivo. Necessary move before Owen heads to Tottenham so that Berbatov can head to United so that Campbell can go to Hull so that everyone...
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Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon says the club have agreed to sell Brazilian Robinho to Manchester City.
Calderon (speaking to Spanish TV):
“We have agreed to sell the player for human reasons, and for footballing...
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The 20-year-old was at one time rated as one of Brazil’s most promising players, and his claim to fame is his “seal dribble” where he runs past opponents with the ball bobbing on his forehead, thus making it almost impossible for him to be tackled...
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Liverpool have confirmed the signing of 26-year old Albert Reira from Espnayol on a 4-year contract for £8m.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez is confident his new recruit will have no problems in adapting to life in Premiership football:
Written by Ahmed Bilal. 2 comments
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has said that Tottenham have accepted Manchester City’s last-day bid for Dimitar Berbatov.
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This is stark. raving. mad. A club up the creek without a paddle where finances are concerned, the owner sells the club on the weekend and with less than 10 hours to go to the transfer window, the board are off looking to spend 30m+ (some saying at...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 23 comments
There are several clubs who were left on the altar, so to speak, with respect to a few big signings this summer.
Liverpool lost out on Barry, Real Madrid lost out on Ronaldo, Chelsea and United may still lose out on Robinho and Berbatov, Tottenham...
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Louis Saha recently joined Everton on a ‘we pay if he plays’ deal, something that ends up being good for both sides as Everton get a striker in for free and Manchester United now don’t have to pay him to stay in the sickbay all day.
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Tottenham have signed Croatia defender Vedran Corluka from Manchester City on a 6-year deal for 8.5m.
The 22-year-old defender began his career at Dynamo Zagreb before joining City in 2007 where he made 41 appearances in all competitions.
Corluka’s...
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After hundreds (at least) of news bits over the last few months, we’re finally almost at the end of the summer transfer window. There’s a lot yet to happen on the final day of the window, but I’m here to get you caught up on all of the latest...
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Dimitar Berbatov came to Tottenham Hotspur believing that he would be part of a new revolution in the Premier League that would shake the established order and lead Tottenham to the Champions League.
In the two years since his arrival, the...
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Manchester City have completed the signings of 23-year-old Argentine international Pablo Zabaleta from Espanyol on a 5-year deal (roughly £6.5m) and 25-year-old Brazilian defender Glauber Berti from FC Nuremburg on a one year deal.
This takes...
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Robinho is a liar. He doesn’t want to play for Chelsea. He wants to leave Real Madrid because he thinks he’s never going to get the money and the respect that he feels he deserves. Chelsea are just the richest club to have come along and...
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In addition to our daily transfer news and rumours column, we also cover all the transfers happening in the Premier League. This summer we’re taking our coverage to the next level, and you can now track confirmed transfers for the following...
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