by David Wilson on February 1, 2010
The January 2010 transfer window is now closed in England. It was a much quieter window than in January of 2009, when Premier League teams spent a record £178 MILLION in that transfer window. We will continually update this as the last transfers get processed by the Premier League.
Updated Feb 1st. Note that we only add players to the list whose transfers have been completed and approved by the Premier League
Arsenal
Incoming:
Sol Campbell [unattached - Arsenal] Free
Samuel Galindo [Real America - Arsenal] Undisclosed
Outgoing:
Kerrea Gilbert [Arsenal - Peterborough] Loan
Philip Senderos [Arsenal-Everton] Loan
Jack Wilshee [Arsenal-Bolton] Loan
Aston Villa
Incoming:
Outgoing:
Craig Gardner [Aston Villa - Birmingham] £3m
Nicky Shorey [Aston Villa - Fulham] Loan Read more... (665 words, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)
by David on January 26, 2010
The good news for Avram Grant and Pompey fans, is that the Premier League has lifted the clubs transfer embargo. The bad news is that they can only sign players on loan or who are available on a free transfer
Portsmouth has been unable to register new players since October, when the Premier League imposed the restriction due to the club’s unpaid debts on previous transfers. The ban on registering players has been reportedely linked to payments owed to Udinese over the signing of Sulley Muntari, who has since returned to Serie A with Inter Milan.
With an agreement between Portsmouth band Udinese now in place the ban has been lifted. Read more... (254 words, estimated 1:01 mins reading time)
by David on January 26, 2010
Manchester United have agreed terms with Fulham to sign England Under-21 central defender Chris Smalling, with the 20-year-old set to join Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad during the summer.
“Chris has agreed personal terms with the club and will join for the beginning of the 2010/2011 campaign,” United said in a statement. “He will remain at Fulham until the end of the current season.”
It is amazing that Smallng was playing non-league football for Maidstone just over 18 months ago and this summer he will be heading to Old Trafford.
While Smalling is an England Under-21 central defender, the question arises where will he play at United with Ferdinand, Vidic and Evans all established players ahead of him in the team.
by David on January 15, 2010
Chelsea have been told hay they must pay Manchester City an initial fee of £3.5 million for Daniel Sturridge . That figure could subsequently rise to around £6.5m based upon appearances.
“Chelsea FC will pay an initial fee of £3.5million with additional payments of £500,000 after each of 10, 20, 30 and 40 first-team competitive appearances,” Professional Football Compensation Committee statement read, according to Press Association Sport.
“There will be a further payment of £1million if the player makes a full international appearance. Manchester City will receive 15% of any sell-on fee if the player is transferred.” Read more... (134 words, estimated 32 secs reading time)
by Patton Hunnicutt on December 23, 2009
photo credit: wonker
Roy Keane totally put his old teammate on blast today when he started running his mouth about Mark Hughes being fired from Manchester City. Like the title says…I just love it when people say how much they hate someone else. For example…I HATE Shaq…HATE him (and I’m a Lakers fan) but I hate his guts. I really do.
So, when Roy Keane says of Hughes and City:
“I think when you’re involved with a club like United, as Sparky was over his career, you shouldn’t go to a club like City. I think you should try and get employment somewhere else. I think Sparky is probably better off.” Read more... (427 words, 2 images, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)
by David Wilson on August 30, 2009
The summer transfer market is shaping up to be a very interesting one with Man City, Man Utd and Chelsea, all poised to throw around some serious money. Here is a list of all the Premier League deals during this transfer window. Updated August 30.
Arsenal
Incoming:
Arsenal
Thomas Vermaelen (undisc.)
Outgoing:
Emmanuel Adebayor (undisc.)
Amaury Bischoff (released)
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (loan)
Rui Fonte (free)
Jay Simpson (loan)
Kolo Toure (undisc.)
Aston Villa
Incoming:
Habib Beye (undisc.)
Fabian Delph (undisc.)
Stewart Downing (£12m)
Andy Marshall (free)
Stephen Warnock (undisc.)
Outgoing:
Gareth Barry (£12million)
Martin Laursen (retired)
Stuart Taylor (undisc.)
Zat Knight (undisc.) Read more... (908 words, estimated 3:38 mins reading time)
by David Wilson on August 25, 2009
With the signing of Joleon Lescott yesterday for for £24million, Manchester City have now spent £216.5m in transfer fees in the last 12 months.
Mark Hughes’ incredible spree on 13 new players, plus Stuart Taylor and Sylvinho on frees, has rocked English soccer and newspaper reports say that City’s Arab owners have pledged even more if boss Sparky can identify anyone else he wants before the deadline, plus another £100m in January!
Spending since July ’08
Here are the Premier League’s seven biggest spending clubs over the past 12 months. Read more... (110 words, 1 image, estimated 26 secs reading time)
by David Wilson on August 24, 2009
Manchester City have agreed a fee believed to be in the region of €28m for Everton central defender Joleon Lescott, subject to the 27-year-old passing medical tests and agreeing personal terms.
Mark Hughes’ side have made a series of offers for the seven-times capped England international, who was dropped from the Toffees’ squad for last week’s UEFA Europa League play-off opener against SK Sigma Olomouc with manager David Moyes concerned about his attitude after the club refused his transfer request. He was also absent for Sunday’s 1-0 league defeat against Burnley FC, with Moyes admitting: “I think there’s a deal there and it’s going to go through if things can be agreed.” Read more... (204 words, estimated 49 secs reading time)
by David Wilson on July 30, 2009
Xabi Alonso has reportedly tried to force through his move from Liverpool to Real Madrid by handing in a written transfer request.
The midfielder is concerned that Madrid did not meet Liverpool’s 48-hour deadline to meet their asking price and made his desire to leave formal, according to both Spanish newspaper Marca and the Liverpool Echo.
The DailMail reports that Liverpool and Real Madrid are close to reaching an agreement after being £20million apart in their valuations earlier this summer. They were thought to be within £5m of agreement by Wednesday night, with a fee just under £30m expected to be accepted by Liverpool by the weekend. Read more... (197 words, estimated 47 secs reading time)
by David Wilson on July 26, 2009
I have to admit that some of the transfer fees this summer have made me shake my head more than once. But the valuations of Peter Crouch and Darren Bent are totally baffling.
Spurs are interested in buying Peter Crouch from Portsmouth for a reported £9million. I know that there is a fire-sale going on at Pompey this summer but £9million for a former England center-forward who scored 16 goals in 34 games for his country and a Premiership strike rate of one goal in under every 3 games seems very cheap.
Pompey bought Crouch from Liverpool for £11million last summer, so they are losing money on the deal. Read more... (172 words, 1 image, estimated 41 secs reading time)
