The Transfer Thread

[jaguar8311]

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Good for Madrid! Huntelaar is one of my favourite players and I would love to see how well he plays at Madrid(given he gets good playing time)

[Bruins]

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14.31 Romanian striker Adrian Patulea has urged current club Petrolul Ploesti not to block his move to Lincoln City.

14.43 FC Twente's former Middlesbrough midfielder Luke Wilkshire has sealed a move to Dinamo Moscow.

[BunnyHardaway]

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Pavlyuchenko to Spurs according to Sky Sports.

[devilsjaw]

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Pavlyuchenko to Spurs according to Sky Sports.

At least it's not Emile Heskey or Dean Ashton. Maybe ARshavin will follow, and I'm sure Spurs paid wayyy too much for this guy just like they do for everyone they bring in...

[Bruins]

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14.54 Yeovil Town have completed the signing of Crystal Palace youngster James Dayton on loan.

15.08 Midfield duo Denes Rosa and Nicholas Law have both been given the chance to impress Plymouth Argyle after linking up with the club on trial.

15.14 Dutch starlet Danny Hoesen has revealed that he has completed a move to Fulham from Fortuna Sittard.

Paper talk According to France Football, Rennes striker Jimmy Briand was watched by scouts from Spurs, Blackburn and Bolton in last weekend's Ligue 1 game against Lille.

15.20 Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams has revealed the club plan to tie David Dunn down to a new contract.

[Bruins]

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15.24 Bournemouth have lined up a deal to sign Swindon Town striker Barry Corr on loan.

15.30 Nicky Shorey has admitted that he does not expect former Reading team-mate Kevin Doyle to join him at Aston Villa.

16.05 Rotherham United have snapped up former Swindon defender Andy Nicholas on a free transfer.

16.26 AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has insisted there is no agreement with Chelsea for the West London club to sign Kaka in the future.

17.07 Espanyol have stated that Albert Riera must finalise his move away from the club in the next 72 hours.

[Bruins]

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17.37 Golden Arrows midfielder Kagiso Dikgacoi has claimed he is on the verge of joining Premier League side Fulham.

17.49 Southampton have landed Tottenham's highly-rated young Czech striker Tomas Pekhart on a season-long loan deal.

18.21 Ivory Coast star Kanga Akale has told skysports.com that he is keen to seal a move to Stoke.

18.46 Sky Sports News sources understand that Blackburn are in talks with Torino over a possible move for midfielder Vince Grella.

19.16 Sheffield United have allowed Chris Armstrong to join Championship rivals Reading for an initial fee of £500,000, which could rise to £800,000.

[Bruins]

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19.21 Blackburn have failed with their bid to land Bolton goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi and are now looking at alternative targets.

Paper Talk: Reports suggest that Guinea international defender Kamil Zayatte is close to joining Everton from Young Boys Berne.

20.20 Russia international striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has claimed that he is set to complete a move to Tottenham from Spartak Moscow.

23.10 Blackburn Rovers have completed the signing of Australian international Vince Grella on a four-year deal from Torino.

[KG]

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20.20 Russia international striker Roman Pavlyuchenko has claimed that he is set to complete a move to Tottenham from Spartak Moscow.

HAHA

Way to get the wrong Russian

[RoyceBrown]

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HAHA

Way to get the wrong Russian

Listen Spurs need a striker, and Arshavin is an attacking MF/hole player, as exhibited in Euro's and the fact that he has 3 goals in 19 matches this season. Spurs already have the most creative set of attacking mids in the Premiership, why add another one?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Arshavin come to WHL, but Pavlyuchenko is the tall, physically imposing, target man we really need.

[KG]

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Listen Spurs need a striker, and Arshavin is an attacking MF/hole player, as exhibited in Euro's and the fact that he has 3 goals in 19 matches this season. Spurs already have the most creative set of attacking mids in the Premiership, why add another one?

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see Arshavin come to WHL, but Pavlyuchenko is the tall, physically imposing, target man we really need.

He's pretty good but despite his 3 goals in the Euro's he was still off target on a lot of shots. He benefited from the attention Arshavin got.

Technically you still have a "physically imposing target man" and I hope you hold onto him for a little bit longer.

[RoyceBrown]

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Latest rumor has the Spurs Archavin deal back on, with Zenit reportedly willing to accept less then 20M for him.

Also, with Kompany moving to Citeh, they are willing to reopen the discussion for Vedran Corluka to Spurs, with was supposedly nearly a done deal a few weeks ago.

And to top it off, I know it's all rumor at this point, but Miguel Veloso is close to completing a move to Spurs. He'd most certainly be the holding/defensive/ball winning MF we're lacking currently.

-------------------------MY THOUGHTS-----------------------------------

Where will all these MF'ers play if these deals go down? Where would Arshavin fit with Jenas, Giovani, Lennon, Bentley, Modric & Huddlestone....then mix in Veloso?? Where will they all play?

Corluka is a RB now, but Hutton should be Spurs first choice at RB when fit. So that means he provides coverage at CB (which we desperately need) and Defensive MF? Where does Zakora go (who cares truthfully)?

[ZM Punk]

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Latest rumor has the Spurs Archavin deal back on, with Zenit reportedly willing to accept less then 20M for him.

Also, with Kompany moving to Citeh, they are willing to reopen the discussion for Vedran Corluka to Spurs, with was supposedly nearly a done deal a few weeks ago.

And to top it off, I know it's all rumor at this point, but Miguel Veloso is close to completing a move to Spurs. He'd most certainly be the holding/defensive/ball winning MF we're lacking currently.

-------------------------MY THOUGHTS-----------------------------------

Where will all these MF'ers play if these deals go down? Where would Arshavin fit with Jenas, Giovani, Lennon, Bentley, Modric & Huddlestone....then mix in Veloso?? Where will they all play?

Corluka is a RB now, but Hutton should be Spurs first choice at RB when fit. So that means he provides coverage at CB (which we desperately need) and Defensive MF? Where does Zakora go (who cares truthfully)?

Talk about buying players for the sake of buying them. I guess thats why the Spurs are the Spurs.

[BunnyHardaway]

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-------------------------MY THOUGHTS-----------------------------------

Where will all these MF'ers play if these deals go down? Where would Arshavin fit with Jenas, Giovani, Lennon, Bentley, Modric & Huddlestone....then mix in Veloso?? Where will they all play?

Corluka is a RB now, but Hutton should be Spurs first choice at RB when fit. So that means he provides coverage at CB (which we desperately need) and Defensive MF? Where does Zakora go (who cares truthfully)?

Easy...bench Jenas and keep Huddlestone as a sub...lock Bent up in a cage also. I'm a huge Corluka fan so I'd definitely put him in the starting XI. Maybe something like:

------Hutton------Corluka-----King-----Woodgate----Bale----
--------------Bentley----Modric----Veloso-------------------
----------------Gio----------Arshavin------------------------
--------------------Pavlyuchenko----------------------------

I had no place for Lennon, and I doubt we'll use 5 defenders, but that'd be a solid lineup.

[RoyceBrown]

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Easy...bench Jenas and keep Huddlestone as a sub...lock Bent up in a cage also. I'm a huge Corluka fan so I'd definitely put him in the starting XI. Maybe something like:

------Hutton------Corluka-----King-----Woodgate----Bale----
--------------Bentley----Modric----Veloso-------------------
----------------Gio----------Arshavin------------------------
--------------------Pavlyuchenko----------------------------

I had no place for Lennon, and I doubt we'll use 5 defenders, but that'd be a solid lineup.

I love your idea, and would welcome a defensive back 5 that featured Hutton & Bale!Bale!Bale attacking the wings, but that just isn't Juande's (4-5-1 seems to be his style).

I rate Corluka very highly also, and would love to see him join Spurs, we can find a way to utilize him somewhere.



I'd envision more of a 4-4-1-1 (tried to illustrate below) with Bentley & Modric out wide, Arshavin sitting in "the hole" behind Pavly, and Jenas being able to push up the middle with Veloso sitting deep.

Corluka then could interchange with Hutton, and fill in for Woody, Ledley & Dawson in the middle, or Veloso in MF.


-------Corluka-------King-------Woodgate-------Bale--------
-------------------Jenas------------Veloso------------------
----------Bentley--------------------------------Modric-----
----------------------------Arshavin------------------------
--------------------Pavlyuchenko----------------------------


BENCH that looks like this:
Gio (left side wing)
Lennon (right side wing/MF)
Bent (STRIKER...gah! - I like your idea of locking him in a cage somewhere)
Hutton
Huddlestone (DMF, CMF & CB in a pinch)
Dawson/Zakora/Gilberto/O'Hara/Assou-Ekotto
Cesar (Keeper)