Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread - Mk3

Have been asked to move transfer discussion to another thread to keep it short(er) so here we go....

Link to previous threads -

Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread Mk1
Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread Mk2
Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread Mk3

Here is the current state of play (as I see it).........

Signed

Victor Wanyama - Celtic - OS Article
Dejan Lovren - Lyon - OS Article


Players linked so far:

Solid

Leandro Damiao - Internacional - Link
Ever Banega - Valencia - Link
Pablo Osvaldo - Roma - Link



Tenuous

Jesús Gámez - Malaga - Link
Yohan Mollo - Nancy - Link
Gonzalo Bueno - Nacional Montevideo - Link
Miroslav Stoch - Fenerbahce - Link
Davide Astori - Cagliari - Link
Diego Castro - Getafe - Link
Radja Nainggolan - Cagliari - Link
Jose Enrique - Liverpool - Link
Frickson Erazo - Barcelona SC - Link
Aaron Cresswell - Ipswich Town - Link
Adrián López - Athletico Madrid - Link
Fraser Forster - Celtic - Link
Ricardo Álvarez - Inter Milan - very tenuous link
Scott Sinclair - Man City - Link
Mejdi Traoui - Espérance Sportive de Tunis - Link
Victor Ruiz - Valencia - Link
Aleksandar Dragović - FC Basel - Link
Cheikhou Kouyate - Anderlecht - Link
Charlie Austin - Burnley - Link
Frederik Sørensen - Bologna - Link
Hiroshi Kiyotake - FC Nuremburg - Link
Luca Antonelli - Genoa - Link
Saber Khelifa - Evian TG - Link


Pure Fantasy!

Lorenzo Insigne - Napoli - Link
Mathieu Flamini - AC Milan - Link
Carlos Fierro - Deportivo Guadalajara - Link
Erik Lamela - Roma - Link


Gone Elsewhere

Gary Hooper - Celtic - Link (Signed for Norwich)
Raul Baena - Espanyol - Link (Signed for Rayo Vallecano)
Joan Verdu - Espanyol - Link (Signed for Real Betis)
Jeremain Lens - PSV - Link (Signed for Dynamo Kiev)
Ahmed Elmohamady - Sunderland - Link (Signed for Hull)

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that great friendship has been exaggerated to be honest. I'm sure they are acquaintances, but I wouldn't expect too many favours from Mourinho, he must be 'friends' with almost every manager in Europe.

 

Bueno should be in between solid and tedious.

 

Osvaldo should probably be moved at least to tenuous as well since we have the Roma directors on record discussing our bid for him! Not that I think it will happen now, but we definitely did make a bid.

 

Ha! I think I hate you!

Uruguay still in the U20s World Cup and play Iraq tonight, amazing how far Iraq have gone in the tournament, fair play to them.

 

Yeah, I think AvB might be the only guy in the league who has a genuinely particularly close relationship with Mourinho.

 

Yeah maybe the only reason why we haven't signed him.

 

Someone's gotta keep the Uruguay bench warm.

 

Rising football power. Won the Asian cup in 2007, despite the war and having to train outside Iraq. Now that was a great achievement.

 

Didn't Jordan and Uzbekistan make the playoff for next year's World Cup?

Also if Chelsea are gonna let a striker go, it'll be Demba Ba.

 

I can't help but feel a terrible guilt about Iraq. Don't think you can put all of their troubles down to 'the west' but I don't think we did much to help the situation. So I do hope they get some joy from somewhere, and football is as good a place as any.

 

Kouyate update-ish...

http://www.football365.com/newcastle-united/8816293/-

 

Apparently Strootman could be heading to Roma.

 

I guess a number of factors could come into it, but ultimately I'd imagine he would rather go to Newcastle unless we can produce more money, if there is any truth to the rumour.

 

Can't see why we'd be after Kouyaté; with Lovren and Wanyama do we need another central defender/defensive midfielder?

 

All depends who we sell, if we sell Fonte and Hooiveld that would mean Lovren,Yoshida and Forren left. So I wouldn't rule it out completely.

 

Irak have a long history of getting the best out of thier players, the promise of a bullet in the back of the head is a great motivation.

 

Interesting tweets from tancredi palmeri regarding Osvaldo.

 

for those not on tw@tter, what does he say?

 

There's basically been a big scandal at Roma where two of the top dogs (responsible for transfers and on the board) were recorded talking about transfer policies. The bit that concerns us is that Man City bid has gone quiet and that they hope fan pressure forces him to Southampton.

Pretty much confirms we have made a bid.

Absolute shambles for Roma though!