Dimitar Berbatov and Alan Curbishley

Dimitar Berbatov has finally gotten his wishes and moved to Manchester United for £32millio.
In my opinion way too much money for him! But hopefully for Man U fans (not for me!) he will be good there it will take work, but Ferguson is a great manager and knows which players work and which don't.
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West Ham manager Alan Curbishley has won the sack race! anyone surprised? I knew he would be the one to win the sack race.
Who is next? I'm thinking King Kev!











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Cristiano, Cristiano, Cristiano

Cristiano Ronaldo has come out and said that he will be this season at Manchester United. Here's what he said ; 'Sir Alex Ferguson heard my reasons, I heard his and we have an agreement that the best for both parties would be if I stay. Therefore, I can confirm that next season I will play in Manchester United.
'For a while, my desire was that Manchester would accept Real Madrid's bid. To say the opposite would be cheating people and my own conscience.'

He might be there this season, but he is gone next, i can assure you that. He is already preparing everyone for his departure. Enjoy him while you can Man U fans.
Rooney its time to step up.

Ronaldo, I'm sorry that is was so hard for you to make the decision to stay and Manchester United, you know after winning the EPL and Champions league with them and with your horrible pay and all.

I'm sorry but i don't feel bad for him, like i said before i understand that his dream is to play for Real Madrid, but there are better ways to deal with wanting to leave your club and Ronaldo did not handle it well.
I can't wait to see how Manchester United fans receive him.

Man U fans what do YOU think of all of this?
Do you think he will be there next season?
Did he handle the whole Real Madrid thing well?
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What is going on with Everton?

What is going on with Everton? It seems like all the other premiership teams are buying and selling and are up to something, but nothing is going on with Everton.
They have not brought in a single player. I think Everton is a good team, but i don't think they will be in 5th this season, its not that they are getting bad, its just that it seems like all the other teams are getting better.
I know Everton has always had financial problems and to be honest David Moyes has done a fantastic job with the few resources he has had.

What i don't understand is why does Everton not have money? or why does the board not give them money? Its not like they are a team at the bottom, where you might hesitate in giving a lot of money to, Everton are a team that in the last couple of years have become a somewhat consistent club, who the top 4 think twice about when they play them, in my opinion all Everton needed was a little push to get into the top 4, two or three good signings and they would have been set, but i think its too late now, Tottenham has made fantastic signings, so have Liverpool and Sunderland, and don't forget about Portsmouth who have done nothing but surprise us, If Everton want to stay in 5th they will have to fight very hard for it, i don't see them going to 4th this year.

I think they have quality players, Tim Howard, Tim Cahill (his problem is he is constantly injured), Mikel Arteta, Yakabu, Lescott, Phil Neville and others, but its not enough, they NEED to sign some players!

What do YOU guys think is going on behind closed doors at Everton?
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Andrew Johnson has signed for Fulham for £10.5million on a 4-year deal.
Good luck to him, i hope he helps Fulham, i hope he works well with my American boys. I think he will do good at Fulham.

Will Everton miss him?
What do Everton fans have to say about this?



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Gareth Barry Leaving?....

Well, well, well, it seems like Gareth Barry is on his way to Liverpool after all. It seems that Liverpool are waiting to sell Pennant, Veronin (i can't wait for these two to go) and Alonso (i'm not too happy about him leaving) so that they can have the money to buy Barry, The Sun and The Times Online are reporting.
I know this comes to a surprise to a lot of people. but not to me, i had written about it Wednesday, when Aston Villa posted on their website that Barry would be staying.

As a Liverpool fan i can't wait to see him play. I think he will be fantastic with Steven Gerard and i think if we do get him the squad will be very good.

But i feel you Villa fans, I know that if Gerard left i would devastated, having your captain leaving is very hard and i understand that, and to be honest i think this will affect Villa a lot. At the end of the season, i told my friends, "watch out for Villa they have a good squad and with a few summer buys they can be a strong challenger for fourth", but i don't think thats going to happen if Barry leaves, he is the heart and soul of that team and losing that is very hard, they will have to rebuild and that can take time. But i think Martin O'Neill is a good manager, so lets wait and see what tricks he pulls out his sleeve.

Robin Van Persie to Juventus? and Diego to Chelsea?

Is Robin Van Persie on his way out of Arsenal and on his way to Juventus? Reports have surfaced saying that Juventus will meet Arsenal to discus the possibility of the player leaving. It is being reported that Van Persie no longer gets along with Arsene Wenger and is open to leaving the club.

I think Van Persie is a very good player, with one big problem he is very injury prone. When he is fit he is a very good player, but he can be out for months.
If he leaves Arsenal definitely will need to find a good replacement for him. I would hate to see him leave Arsenal, when he is fit he plays beautiful football and i would hate to see the premiership lose that.
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Reports have surfaced saying that Chelsea are interested in Werder Bremen's Diego.
But do they really need him? I think Chelsea have one of the best midfield's in the world and with Frank Lampard staying, would he get any playing time?
Chelsea of course have denied these reports.

I have always said that i think Diego is a fantastic player and i would love for him to get more attention, he really is very good and would compliment any team. When will he get the move he finally deserves?
Pay attention to Diego he is a quality player.

The Cristiano Ronaldo Saga

Lets talk about the Cristiano Ronaldo drama, new reports are suggesting that Real Madrid have not given up hope on signing him. He is possibly the best player in the world, in possibly the best team in the world (it pains me to say that as a Liverpool fan). And now after having the best season of his career with a League title and a Champions league he wants to leave.
I will say this, he is a fantastic player, he has the possibility to be the "Pele" of this generation (not saying he is as good as Pele, he is not) and who does he owe this to? he owes this to Alex Ferguson and Manchester United, who nurtured him and stood by him after England hated him after the World Cup incident.
Yes it takes natural talent, i'm not taking that away from him, but Ferguson helped him become the player he is today and Ronaldo is being very ungrateful.

If i was a Man U fan i would be so mad about the way he has handled the whole thing that i would want him to leave. And the slave comments? I am so sorry he feels he has been treated like a slave, being one of the highest players in Europe must be very hard and making millions a year that must be hard too.

I understand that his dream has been to play for Real Madrid, i get that, and the way he has been playing he can go to Real Madrid whenever he wants. So why now? why not wait a couple of yeahs and become a United legend? Why not wait until Ferguson retires? Why not be loyal to the man who was loyal to you? To the fans who were loyal to you? Think about this Ronaldo.

So Real Madrid want him and he wants to go, but will Man U let him go?
What do you think will happen? Will he leave this season? Should he leave this season?

More on Joey Barton and David Bentley

The FA have given Joey Barton a 10 game ban over his attack on his former Manchester City team mate Ousmane Dabo, he is also facing a ban for the attack that left his former team-mate unconscious.

Call me unsympathetic but i find this to be really funny. Like i said before, Joey Barton should be banned from football and is a disgrace to the game, but is kinda funny. A professional athlete attacks a team-mate so bad that he was left unconscious and needed surgery, AND he has not even apologized to Ousmane Dabo!!!
This guy is crazy! He attacked some poor guy at a McDonald's, punching him up to 20 times and after that (keep in mind this is on the same night) he punched a 16 year-old kid outside. Quality... quality.

I think the truly sad thing about all of this is that he is a decent player, and could have been a good one for England i doubt that after all of this he will ever get called up, but you never know.
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Its official David Bentley has signed for Tottenham from Blackburn Rovers for £15million for 6-years.
I think its a really good signing, he is a quality player and should get more starts in the England senior team, and i think he will help Tottenham do much better this season, he will fit in perfectly at Spurs.. Even though they lost Kean and probably will lose Berbatov, I have faith in Juande Ramos.
As a Sevilla fan let me tell you, he is a quality manager, he know how to spot talent and can do lots of things with little money. Spurs fans, you are lucky to have him. I was depressed for about a week when he left Sevilla.

What is up with Gareth Barry and David Bentley?

What is up with Gareth Barry? Is he going or staying? Depending on what you are reading he is staying, The Sun reported that Liverpool missed the deadline set by Aston Villa by 15 mins, The Times is also reporting that he will stay, The Daily mail is reporting that Barry has secured a deal, Villa will get £17.5million fee and Steve Finnan.
Aston Villa's official site released a statement saying that he will be staying, Martin O'neill told the site:
"Naturally we're all absolutely delighted that Gareth will be staying at Villa Park and relieved that there is resolution and closure to the transfer saga.

"At a very positive meeting on Monday it was agreed between Gareth, his agent, Mr Lerner and myself that a deadline should be communicated to Liverpool to finally resolve the situation.

"Liverpool were informed and that deadline came and passed. Now we can all look forward to the season ahead with relief, anticipation and ambition."

So is he staying at Villa? or has he moved to Liverpool and will be announced Thursday?
Now as a Liverpool fan i would love to see Barry at Liverpool, i think he is a good midfielder and works well with Gerrard.
But I completely understand Villa fans, it hurts to know that your best player wants to leave, and you feel betrayed, this is a guy who has been at the club for years and is the heart and soul of the team it hurts to know he wants to leave. I feel you Villa fans.

Tomorrow we will see what really happened.
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So it seems David Bentley is moving to Tottenham (ESPN Soccernet is reporting that he has signed), but of course we have to remember that Mr. Bentley is a formal Arsenal player. And it seems like Arsenal fans are furious that he is on his way to Spurs.

Now i love Arsenal fans, they are some of my favorite fans (more on that later) but i have to disagree. Its not like this is Thierry Henry or Fabregas moving to Tottenham! Yes Bentley was in the youth academy but if i recall correctly he has one start for Arsenal! (first team). And he was sold very cheap to Blackburn, so he was obviously not a very important player to the club.
So c'mon Gooners give this guy a break, he is a good player and left Arsenal because he was not playing, its not like he left Arsenal directly to Tottenham.

Its official! Robbie Keane is a Liverpool player

Its official Robbie Keane is a Liverpool player. He was signed a 5-year for £20.3million. The striker has signed for the club that he has supported all his life, on the move he said:
“I do not think I let Spurs down. I had six fantastic seasons there and gave them everything. Since day one.I always give everything, and that will never change. The Spurs fans were always magnificent to me and I will always have a place in my heart for them.But this is a new chapter in my life and one that I am looking forward to. I had six great years at Spurs and thank them for that.There are players leaving Spurs, but there are also good players coming in. I can only focus on Robbie Keane and what is good for me.'

He might make his first appearance as a red tomorrow against Villarreal.
As a Liverpool fan i could not be more happy, i think he is a fantastic striker and i think he will work well with Torres.
But here is my question, what happens with the Berbatov move? I think Spurs have to let him go, he does not want to be there, but what good strikers will they have left? Darren Bent?... i think not. From what i'm hearing Spurs are willing to sell Berbatov, but they are willing to sell him to Manchester United for more than they are asking other clubs for. Is it fair? why should Manchester United pay more for?

Another thing i'm hearing is that Tottenham are hoping to replace Keane/Berbatov with Andrei Arshavin and are also looking to get David Bentley.
We will have to wait and see what Tottenham will do this transfer market, it will be interesting.

Lets talk about the latest transfers rumors...

After a very long hiatus the blog is back! And today i want to talk about the latest transfer rumors, even though i must say this transfer season has not been very entertaining

--Newcastle Goalkeeper Shay Given to Arsenal-I think that Almunia is a decent GK and maybe Arsenal should get a new younger GK just in case. I think this rumor is false. Since Lehmann left Almunia has taken the role of number 1 GK and i don't think Shay Given is going to leave Newcastle where he has a start every game to sit on the bench at Arsenal.

--Arsenal Defender Philippe Senderos to Newcastle for £4m, I've actually heard a lot about this and from what i'm hearing, Mr. Wenger does not want to sell Senderos, but the board does. Not a big loss for Arsenal and a good buy for Newcastle, i say Arsenal should sell him. We will see how this turns out.

--Real Madrid Forward Robinho to Chelsea, how many season have we been hearing this? the rumor is that Chelsea have offered around £31.5m, I can see this move happening, Chelsea need a striker, but i think this deal but up to whether Real Madrid sign either Ronaldo or Kaka, i don't think they would let him go if they don't have a back up plan.

--AC Milan Midfielder Kaka to Chelsea (move would not happen if Chelsea get Robinho) depending on what you have been reading he is off to Chelsea or Real Madrid, he is a quality player and any club would love to have him, but he does not seem interested in leaving Milan and Milan don't see interested in selling him, be we all know Mr. Abramovich can hand any team a blank check and get what he wants. I don't see him leaving Milan, and if he were to leave it would be to Real Madrid.

--Valencia Forward David Villa to Real Madrid or Tottenham since the Euros ended Villa has been linked with a move everywhere. He has come out and said that he does not want to leave Valencia, but he is 25, it might be time for a move. I think he could go to Real Madrid, if this were to happen I'm pretty sure they would sell Robinho. I think that most people would think he would not move to Tottenham, but i don't think this is such a crazy idea, true Tottenham or not in the top 4 and he would be giving up Champions league football, but its a new league, a Spanish manager and they are in a building stage, he could become a hero at Tottenham if he chose to go.

--Tottenham Forward Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United Tottenham want £38m Man U want to pay £25m, i think no matter what Tottenham have to sell him, He does not want to be there and who wants a player that does not want to play for the club? In my opinion Spurs are being greed, to me his is not worth that much.

--Lyon Forward Karim Benzema to Manchester United, Lyons is probably the most annoying club to buy from they are greedy and change their prices all the time, Benzema has been linked with them for a while now, what i'm hearing is that its up to Man U signing Berbatov, whether or not this deal is made.

--Blackburn Rovers Forward Roque Santa Cruz to Manchester United, now that Mark Hughes is not at Blackburn i can really see him moving, but I'm also hearing that this transfer depends on the Berbatov/Man U move.

--Arsenal Midfielder Cesc Fabregas to Real Madrid, for a while there have been rumors of him leaving but he has come out and said he is not ready to leave Arsenal, but that in some future he would like to play for Real Madrid. So for now FALSE.

--Tottenham Forward Robbie Keane to Liverpool, there have been a lot of rumors that this is a done deal and that we are just waiting for the announcement and as a Liverpool fan i would love to have him, but if Tottenham sell Berbatov (which it seem like they will) how can they sell Robbie Keane? What strikers will they have left? I won't believe until is see it.
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Now i know these are not all the transfer rumors but these are the ones that are going around today. I will be back tomorrow to talk about something else in the footballing world!

Tell me what YOU think about these rumors, which would you like to see be real?