Usually i would hoy this in the transfer tavern thread, but it's from the Echo (probably still rubbish mind)... Make your own mind up. .............................................................. BLACKPOOL boss Ian Holloway expects winger Matt Phillips to remain at Bloomfield Road despite rumoured interest from Sunderland. The Black Cats remain in the hunt for a new wideman and look like missing out on one of Martin OâNeillâs main summer targets, Junior Hoilett. Out-of-contract Hoilett is thought to be considering the merits of QPR and German outfit Borussia Mönchengladbach, who are both willing to match the 22-year-oldâs wage demands of more than £50,000 a week. Sunderland have baulked at those figures and are turning their attentions to other targets. Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady, who played under OâNeill at Celtic, has been on the radar all summer while Phillips continues to be linked with a host of Premier League clubs, including Sunderland, Aston Villa, Everton and Wigan. But Blackpool have laughed off suggestions of Phillips (pictured) leaving and are under no pressure to sell the 21-year-old, who began his career with OâNeillâs former club Wycombe. Holloway said: âMatty is a great lad and a great player. He and Tom Ince (fellow Blackpool winger) are the kind of exciting, young players people want to watch and I am delighted and proud to have them in my squad. âThey are going to be very big players for us next season and Iâm looking forward to seeing what they can do.â Hoilettâs former Blackburn team-mate Steven NâZonzi is another who has been linked with Sunderland after being left out of the clubâs pre-season training camp in Austria. Sunderland are thought to have watched NâZonzi along with Hoilett last season and have kept tabs on the Frenchman, who would add height and power to the Black Catsâ midfield. But there have been no bids for the 23-year-old and Blackburnâs ambitious price tag of £10million is likely to dissuade any top-flight suitors. Meanwhile, the saga over Marcos Angeleri return to Argentina continues, with the flop Sunderland right-back set to fly back to his homeland this week in an attempt to finally bring a resolution to his Stadium of Light exit. Angeleri was back on Wearside last week as his former club Estudiantes and fellow Argentine outfit San Lorenzo fought it out for the 29-year-oldâs signature. But he now appears to have opted for Estudiantes, where he spent a month training during the summer, despite San Lorenzo making a last-ditch bid for the defenderâs services. Angeleri is expected in Argentina in the next 48 hours where he is set to finalise his move, with Sunderland happy to tear up the final year of the Argentina internationalâs contract after just three first-team appearances
I have heard reports we might throw Wickham into the deal and he will spend a season down there on loan personally I would hope the club put in a bid of 1.5m + David Vaughan and Wickham going there for a season
Makes a change not seeing the name Stephen Fletcher in an article for once! I would be happy with Cuellar, Nzonzi, McGeady or M Phillips & R Van Wolf in this window.
This is the first player I am quite excited about. Could be an Ashley young style signing from MON. I am in favor of this one. Would mean no A Johnson though. Then again this lad could be just as good.
Need to throw more money at him than Everton...They have to be favourites because of geeographic and footballing reasons surely? Rate him highly, would love him here.
Think he could do a fantastic job once he settled here. Him and jimmy mac on the wings? Not many would catch them
I will record and upload to this site a video of me castrating myself if you lot sign RVW this transfer window.
Still early days, speculation is rife, but MoN will have the final say, and hopefully, surprise us in a nice way. Anyway heres hoping.
