***The Official Summer 2009 Transfer Rumours Thread***

[TheChipPrince]

I'll start it off, fire away please, the most obscure to the most likely, even Spurs may sign someone decent...


Glen Johnson to Liverpool looks like happening, thoughts?

[Scottish Dave]

Ronaldo to Real for £80Million

You heard it here first!

EDIT:

Damn it!, just seen the story has already broke!

[Rooky9]

Thoughts... Glen Johnson being 'worth' 19m makes me feel sick. I can't wait for football to implode.

[TightEnd]

Thoughts... Glen Johnson being 'worth' 19m makes me feel sick. I can't wait for football to implode.

It already has in some areas.

 

[TheChipPrince]

Whats the Leicester Rumours Tighty?

Newcastle rumours please Rooky...

[Colchester Kev]

Johnson is a good player that needs to be made to feel special, hence he blossomed at Pompey because he was first choice and grew in confidence, he wont do well in a team where he has serious competition for his spot.

[TightEnd]

Whats the Leicester Rumours Tighty?

Newcastle rumours please Rooky...

Simon Cox has been on-off for a month. Suggestion is that Mowbray is a big admirer, wanted him at WBA, and he'll now go to Celtic

N'Guessan from Lincoln

Loans of Ryan McGivern from Man C, Tom Cleverly from Man U again, Stockdale from Fulham

thoughts of GK Ross Turnbull from Middlesborugh






elsewhere I gather that the Deco/Carvalho to inter stuff is live, but Chelsea want a swap getting Ibrahamovic

Tevez to Man C on megawages

Bentley to Villa

Dnaiel Sturridge to Chelsea

[TheChipPrince]

This was posted on the BBC forums about Johnson, albeit the slightly biased Liverpool board, I thought it made some sense...

''Don't knock Johnson. He is just what is needed for the following reasons:

1) UEFA requires us to have a certain number of English lads for the CL, and Johnson is hence perfect.
2) His game is getting better and better and I am sure he will grow into one of the best full-backs in the world within a couple of years.
3) He adds depth to what was previously our most short staffed area of the team.
4) He is a strong attacking full-back who will give us more dynamism in the flanks than Arbeloa.

Yes, I can accept that £17m for a right back seems a lot, especially given our current financial state, but take this as a sign that maybe the bank balance isn't as low as we first thought. Plus, Rafa has for too long had to settle for cheaper, stop-gap players like Josemi and Kromkamp because he wanted to pay a fair price. If it takes £17m to get the quality we need, then so be it.''

[Colchester Kev]

Factor in the fact that Pompey still owe Liverpool about 7 million from the Crouch transfer ...

[david3103]

Johnson is a good player that needs to be made to feel special, hence he blossomed at Pompey because he was first choice and grew in confidence, he wont do well in a team where he has serious competition for his spot.

He'll do well at Liverpool then

[Rooky9]

Whats the Leicester Rumours Tighty?

Newcastle rumours please Rooky...

There are none, and can't really be any of remote truth until the club is sold. I think it's pretty telling that no one has been banging one the door for any of our players though!!

[Colchester Kev]

Manchester City boss Mark Hughes will make a bid for Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch if he is priced out of a move for Blackburn frontman Roque Santa Cruz.

If this is true I would be amazed ....

[Rooky9]

Thoughts... Glen Johnson being 'worth' 19m makes me feel sick. I can't wait for football to implode.

It already has in some areas.

 

Touché. I think that the new Real Madrid president might have managed to extend any football downturn for an extra year on top of what it was going to take.

Anyone got a vaild NUS card? Quite fancy getting the deliotte football report again this year but at £600 compared to £60 with a card it's a little too steep!

[kinboshi]

Johnson is a good player that needs to be made to feel special, hence he blossomed at Pompey because he was first choice and grew in confidence, he wont do well in a team where he has serious competition for his spot.

He'll do well at Liverpool then

Especially if we sell Arbeloa to help fund his signing.

Personally, I hope we sell Dossena and Lucas to help fund it.  Babel can go as well imo.

[Colchester Kev]

Nothing coming out of Burnley yet ... must be a few signings on the cards.