You spend 12m on downing.


And duno andyman, but he'd be an amazing replacement.

Downing meh. I ll get behind him but don't really rate him.


Distin will be a steal at 2/3million. have him for a year he ll be quality imo.

is this an old story? or a mistake, currently he plays for madrid

Falkirk 1-0 Vaduz
Flamurtari 1-0 Motherwell
FC Honka 2-0 Bangor City

FC Honka? Lmao!

Wigan and Wolves have had bids of about £2m accepted for Hamilton midfielder James McCarthy.

Wolves were the first club to agree a fee, but with Wigan joining the race it will now be down to the player to chose a preferred destination.

Hamilton boss Billy Reid said: "It's an understatement to say that losing a player like James is a blow."

Celtic and Burnley have previously bid for the 18-year-old, who has also been scouted by Liverpool and Chelsea.

McCarthy rejected a move to Liverpool in 2007, while Chelsea were just one of a number of other clubs to have previously expressed an interest in the Republic of Ireland Under 21 international.

If McCarthy completes a move he will join his former Hamilton team-mate Brian Easton in the Premier League after the Scotland under-21 left back moved to Burnley earlier in week.

And there is a possibility that a third product of the Hamilton youth system, James McArthur, could also be on his way to England's top flight.

His agent, Willie McKay, claims a Premier League club are interested in signing the 21-year-old, although there have been no firm offers yet.

Wolves have already signed six players this summer, including former Reading striker Kevin Doyle for a club record fee of about £6.5m.

Wigan, who have signed Honduras midfielder Hendry Thomas and midfielder Jordi Gomez, are also pursuing Swansea striker Jason Scotland.

Some finish team i think

theres another finnish team called KooTeePee as well. They played a scottish team last year in the europe league, imagine that ''cutie pie!?''

Manchester United's four-match Far East tour is in jeopardy after bomb blasts hit the Indonesian hotel they were due to stay in on Monday.

The squad arrived in Kuala Lumpur ahead of their match against a Malaysia XI but their clash with an Indonesia All Star side has been cancelled.

At least nine people were killed and 48 injured in the attacks in Jakarta.

The Premier League champions are also lined up for two friendlies in South Korea and China.

A United statement said: "Following the explosions in Jakarta - one of which was at the hotel the team were due to stay in - and based on advice received, the directors have informed the Indonesian FA that the club cannot fulfil the fixture in Jakarta on the 2009 Asia tour."

Monday's match in Jakarta had been a 100,000 sell-out with the club due to stay in the city's Ritz-Carlton.

"We are working on a revised itinerary outside Indonesia with the promoters and we will make a further announcement when these decisions have been made," the statement added.

Southampton have named former West Ham and Charlton manager Alan Pardew as their new boss.

His appointment on a three-year deal was rubber-stamped in the early hours of Friday, BBC Radio Solent can reveal.

Pardew, 47, said: "I'm proud and very excited to be joining a club with an immense history and huge potential."

New Saints owner Markus Liebherr said:"We are delighted to have been able to attract Alan to St Mary's from a very strong field of candidates."

Pardew, who has been out of football since leaving Charlton in November 2008, replaces Mark Wotte.

The Dutchman made his exit after Swiss businessman Liebherr completed his takeover of the troubled club earlier this month.

Saints came close to going bust after they were relegated from the Championship in May, and will begin their League One campaign on minus 10 points.

Celtic are waiting to find out their opponents in the Champions League third qualifying round.

The tournament's new format sees the Glasgow club go into the 'best placed path' when the draw takes place in Switzerland at 1100 BST.

Celtic are among the five seeded teams and can face either Sparta Prague, FC Twente, Dinamo Moscow, Romanian outfit FC Timisoara or Turkish side Sivasspor.

Lying in wait in the following round are the likes of Arsenal and Lyon.

Stuttgart, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid are the other top seeds in the next stage of the best-placed path.

In France, I support Marseille because it's my city and we really deserved the title this year. It was so close.

In England, I support Arsenal and Manchester. They know how to provide a good game, great tactics but I feel they don't push enough, they've got the potential to push further.

Marseille are my french team as well

I like lyon as well

Bakayoko moved from everton to marseille

JT WON'T LEAVE CHELSEA - BECKS

David Beckham does not believe England captain John Terry will move from Chelsea to Manchester City.

City have been pursuing centre-back Terry all summer to add steel to their defence as part of their multi-million pound revolution.

Beckham believes Terry would get more satisfaction from staying at Stamford Bridge than he would from heading north - no matter what riches are on offer.

"Happiness is the biggest thing," Beckham said. "If you've got passion to play for the club you're at, and if you're at the club you always wanted to be at, then that goes beyond any money.

"JT's like that. He's passionate about football, not passionate about money. He'll decide what's best for his football career."

Terry, who began his professional career at Chelsea, has so far been silent on his future.

Beckham said: "It won't be about money for him. At the end of the day, he's England captain and you don't become England captain being greedy. You become it because you're passionate about the game.

"I don't think JT will move because he's Chelsea through and through. But football's football. It's a business. But I think he'll stay at Chelsea because they won't want to lose him."

Beckham was himself criticised for for joining the Los Angeles Galaxy as many speculated money was a motivating factor for his trans-Atlantic move.

Before that, the midfielder had to endure moving Manchester United to Real Madrid after a falling-out with manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

"I always wanted to stay at United for my whole career but there was nothing I could have done about it," he said. "It wasn't in my hands when I left United.

"I missed it. I couldn't even bear to watch them on the TV for the first three years after leaving just because it hurt me a lot."

BARCA IN TALKS OVER IBRAHIMOVIC

Inter Milan have confirmed they are in talks with Barcelona about the sale of Zlatan Ibrahmimovic.

Inter supremo Massimo Moratti has been locked in talks with Barca over the past week about numerous subjects.

They have already agreed terms on Maxwell's move from Italy to Catalunya, whilst they are set to take Alexander Hleb from the Spanish club.

Now they are also talking about the possible transfer of Ibrahimovic, which could also see Samuel Eto'o move to the Giuseppe Meazza.

"We have closed the negotiations for Maxwell and now we are trying to end the talks over Hleb," Moratti told Sky Sport Italia.

"Obviously we have spoken about other things also, because they were interested to know something about Ibrahimovic and to talk about Eto'o, two players at the same level,

"There is the possibility to do an operation with these two players.

"What are the odds of Ibrahimovic leaving Inter? I don't like to frame things this way, I don't know right now, we'll have to wait and see what the player wants.

"In any case, if the matter should be taken all the way to completion, then Eto'o would be in the deal."

Reports in both Spain and Italy suggest the clubs are close to agreeing terms on the deal which would see Inter receive €40million plus Eto'o and Hleb on loan for a year.

LUCIO DEAL NOT DONE YET

Lucio's transfer to Inter Milan from Bayern Munich is not a done deal yet, according to the Italian club's president Massimo Moratti.

The Brazil captain is expected to sign a three-year contract with the Italian champions but Moratti refuted the claim of the Bayern Munich website that the deal had been completed.

"Lucios signing? It is not yet official," Moratti told the club's official website.

"From what I know it's not all definite."

The 31-year-old joined Bayern in the summer of 2004 from Bayer Leverkusen and is under contract with the German giants for a further year.

Moratti admitted the arrival of Lucio would bring to an end Inter's quest to acquire Chelsea stars Deco and Ricardo Carvalho.

Celtic will play Russian side Dinamo Moscow in the Champions League third qualifying round.

Nottingham Forest are set to sign Tottenham Hotspur defender Chris Gunter for £1.75m, subject to a medical.

The 19-year-old Wales international, who had an eight-game spell on loan with the Reds last season, has agreed personal terms at the City Ground.

Gunter joined Spurs from Cardiff in January 2008, but made just five league appearances and 16 in all.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp had previously stated that he was not willing to let Gunter leave.

Barcelona and Inter Milan have started negotiations over a swap deal involving Barca striker Samuel Eto'o and Inter forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Reports suggest Barca will pay about £35m plus Eto'o, 28, for Ibrahimovic, 27, as well as sending Alex Hleb on loan for a season to the Italian club.

Inter president Massimo Moratti told his club's website that he had held talks with counterpart Joan Laporta.

"We will see if it is possible to enter both players in a deal," said Moratti.

Eto'o came close to agreeing a move to Manchester City, before the Eastlands side ended their pursuit on 10 July.

The 28-year-old Cameroon international has scored more than 100 goals in five seasons at the Nou Camp but has been regularly linked with moves away from the club and is out of contract next summer.

35 Million + Etoo + Hleb on loan for Ibrahimovic

I think Inter are getting the better deal here

****ing hope he doesnt go to Barca.

Zlatan needs to go premiership.

Everton have turned down an offer from Manchester City for Joleon Lescott.

City tabled the bid, understood to be £15m, for the 26-year-old defender as they hope to pair him with England and Chelsea captain John Terry.

But Everton backed up manager David Moyes' declaration that he will not sell his high-profile players by rejecting the offer out of hand.

And it may be down to Lescott to force the issue if he wishes to join City's other expensive summer signings.

Moyes assured shareholders at a forum at Goodison Park on Wednesday that none of his players are for sale.

He said: "I have already said there will be no players sold at Everton and I do not feel I need to say any more.

"The board have never sold a player from me, it will only be at my discretion. I said it at the end of the season and I do not need to say any more."


Moyes wont let him go

Birmingham have completed the signing of former Scotland captain Barry Ferguson from Rangers for a fee in the region of £1.2m.

The midfielder will be reunited with former Gers boss Alex McLeish, who is now in charge at St Andrews, after signing a three-year deal.

The 31-year-old was fined and stripped of the Rangers captaincy last season.

That followed a breach of discipline while on Scotland duty which also led to an end to his international career.

He was dropped by Rangers manager Walter Smith but returned for their last three games of the season as they overtook Celtic to win the Scottish Premier League and lift the Scottish Cup.

Manchester United have allowed striker Manucho to join Spanish side Real Valladolid on a five-year deal.

The Angolan international, 26, failed to establish himself at Old Trafford, making just one Premier League appearance during his 18-month stay.

Manucho was initially loaned out to Panathinaikos in Greece and spent the second half of last season at Hull.

Despite enjoying moderate success at Hull he found himself surplus to requirements at United.

Former assistant manager Carlos Queiroz first alerted United to Manucho and the forward was handed a three-year contract after a brief trial period in December 2007.

However his application for a work permit was only granted in August last year and in the interim he was farmed out to Greece.

BBC sports presenter Ray Stubbs is to leave the corporation to be the frontman of ESPN's live Premier League coverage, it has been announced.

Stubbs, who spent five years on the books at Tranmere Rovers, presented football, snooker, darts and other sports in his 25 years with the BBC.

"This was always going to be a difficult decision," he said.

"But a chance to join one of the world's top broadcasters on day one of a new channel was too good to reject."

Head of BBC TV Sport Philip Bernie said: "Ray has been a fantastic member of the BBC Sport team for many years and we wish him all the best for the future."

ESPN acquired the live rights for 46 Premier League matches next season following the collapse of Irish broadcaster Setanta.

Stubbs's first match fronting their coverage will be Everton v Arsenal at Goodison Park on 15 August.