Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread - Mk4

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).........

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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

Alfred Finnbogason - Heerenveen - Link
Kyle Naughton - Tottenham Hotspur - Link
Matej Vydra - Udinese - Link
Emil Hallfredsson - Verona - Link
Kennedy Igboananike - AIK - Link
Gonzalo Bergessio - Catania - Link
Innocent Emeghara - FC Lorient - Link
Ryad Boudebouz - Sochaux - Link
Fabio Quagliarella - Juventus - Link
Jesús Gámez - Malaga - Link
Gonzalo Bueno - Nacional Montevideo - 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
Cheikhou Kouyate - Anderlecht - 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

Miroslav Stoch - Fenerbahce - Link (On loan to PAOK)
Charlie Austin - Burnley - Link (Signed for QPR)
Aleksandar Dragović - FC Basel - Link (Signed for Dynamo Kiev)
Yohan Mollo - Nancy - Link(On loan to Saint-Etienne)
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)

 

Updates for Downthe36:

- Yohann Mollo has gone on loan to Saint-Etienne
- Alexandar Dragovic has gone to Dynamo Kyiv

 

Nice on...I knew there were a couple of moves I had forgotten to update, but couldn't remember who else for the life of me.

 

Interesting that Dynamo have managed to get Dragovic and Lens. Could they possibly challenge Shakhtar?

 

I love the link for Carlos Fierro, gets me every time.

 

In other news, Scott Sinclair has just tweeted this:

Scott Sinclair ‏@Scotty_Sinclair
A fresh start of new things to come!

 

Hahaha, I hadn't actually seen that before.

What a poorly-constructed sentence.

 

Belhanda and Benoit Tremoulinas, too, as well as Mbokani who's already scored 5 in the opening 3 games of the league I believe. Shakhtar have certainly topped back up on South American talent but Willian, Fernandinho and Mkhitaryan leave a huge hole in their team so they need them to step up quickly.

 

This official statement from Torquay United on the signing of Krystian Pearce is hilarious, yet bizarre: http://www.torquayunited.com/news/article/krystian-confirmed-954211.aspx

The stuff of dreams for a press officer.

 

Shakhtar have Wellington Nem now. I only know of him from FM, but if the game is accurate then he might just fill that hole. They also have Douglas Costa and Alex Teixeira so I think they can still put a pretty fearsome squad together. Facundo Ferreyra is another new signing, and another FM gem. I'm tempted to say they've got it covered, but I'm sure they can afford to splash out if they fancy it.

 

He sounded pissed off. Is it only me or is that player photograph seriously scary?

 

I just looked up Ferreyra's FM stats in 2021, good lord.

 

They're also after Bernard.

 

Thought he was Arsenal bound?

 

Indeed familiar with them along with Fred and Fernando, but out of them only seen Nem and Fred live and only the once each, all great talents in their own right but fact is that Mkhitaryan, Willian and Fernandinho were probably Shakhtar's three best players, at least in my book, so they're still relying on relatively unproven players to fill a pretty large hole in their side. Not a huge problem as the Ukranian league isn't really much stronger than the Brasileirao so the step up won't be huge in that regard (though more so for Ferreyra), how they go in the CL will be the most interesting as they were very impressive last year. Point is that Kyiv have probably improved as a team much more than Shakhtar have, so they will certainly be feeling much more heat on their backs, although Shakhtar are probably still £50m in profit from their business to this point with Dynamo towards that mark in the other direction.

Funnily enough they play this Sunday, was planning to watch it but had forgotten so glad you reminded me.

 

He'll get along well with Luke.

 

West Ham apparently. Although it could be West Brom, Everton, us or most likely another season at City with a new boss.

 

I'll be watching it too. I think Dynamo have made very ambitious signings, but I'm concerned with the mentality of some of the players. I saw a rumour that Belhanda wanted to leave, less than 24 hours after signing! Also Brown Ideye is a massively selfish striker who might still score plenty of goals against the poorer teams in the league but could hold them back a bit.

Unless Shakhtar do make a big move for a proven AMC, they'll be playing quite a young side and hoping for them to fulfil their potential. I still think they've got a decent amount more class in their side than Dynamo, but not enough to improve on their last Champions League campaign, and I suspect that's what the board are aiming for.

 

About a month ago he was apparently set to join Dortmund, but this has been one hell of a saga. I can't say I've seen what all these teams see in him.

 

Bookies don't know who yet, that's for sure....
http://www.skybet.com/football/transfer-specials/event/15021112