He's a nice guy

strong as well

Chelsea In's:
Zhirkov – CSKA Moscow 15m (Chelsea has been chasing him for 2 years now, seems like they will make a bid for him this summer)

Alexander Pato – AC Milan 45m (Although he said that he wants to stay, he would love to join Ancelotti at Chelsea)

Stephane Sessegnon – PSG 10m

Turnbull – Free Agent (Back up keeper for Cech

Nah i hate him diving for the phone and a lot of what hes done he seems like an attention seeker.

Cech don't really need a back up keeper.

And Villa will come Chelsea.

Villa is going to everton

Nasser Al–Kharafi will try to take over Liverpool this week with a £480m move for overrall power. If he does take over, he will provide a £100m budget so that Liverpool can win the Premier League.He wants Glen Johnson for £18m, David Silva for £21m, Carlos Tevez for £30m, Ezequiel Lavezzi for £20m and Javi Martinez for £11m. Xabi Alonso will not leave. Andrea Dossena, Lucas, Albert Riera, Jermaine Pennant, Philipp Degen, Damien Plessis, Charles Itandje and Sebastian Leto will provide a further £30m, so Rafa will make a move for Taye Taiwo for £20m and David Wheater for £10m. This will only happen if Nasser Al–Kharafi.

If his bid for a take over fails, then Rafa will only have a £15m budget WIHTOUT sales. He will make omves for Sylvain Distin for £2m, Tuncay for £5m and Adam Johnson for £8m

Hangeland will go to Arsenal for 4 million in return for the free transfer of Gallas to Fulham

Wenger will off–load Bendnter to Fulham for 5 million

Paul Scholes will go to Stoke for 2 million and captain the side. Meanwhile Giggs will do the same this time going to Birmingham.

Kevin Nolan is on his way to Hull.

David moyes' transfer budget is once again goin to be minimal with little activity, however david moyes may decide to spend all of his budget on the Portuguese star Moutinho but this is unlikely. more likely targets will be;
ledley
morrison
owen
orenuga

Liverpool finances hit all time low and Hicks and Gillet are now being forced to sell up by the Liverpool board after a vote of no confidence was issued Leading bidders include
Sir Richard Branson
Ambani group
DIC(yes they are back in)
An Arab consourtim
GMr holdings
All these and more
When it comes to transfers Benitezs plans has benn hit hard
Silva will come using funds from Babel Dossena Vorinin and possibly Riera
owen to come for free
Distin to come in for 2 mill
If the take over goes through Aguero will become priority number 1 and Santon will be at Liverpool for sure

Leicester to sign Kevin Phillips on season long loan,

Who does Phillips play for now?

Birmingham i think

Why Liverpool and Rafa Benitez are already in trouble in the transfer market

The transfer window has only been open a week and Liverpool are already in danger of being left behind as Chelsea, Manchester City and Real Madrid force the pace while Rafa Benitez's hands are tied.

Having come so close to winning a first title in 19 years, Liverpool need to capitalise on their progress this summer by adding the three players they need (striker, creative/wide midfielder, full back) to win the championship but with Benitez "on holiday", no new chief executive in place and bleak financial prospects, recruitment is going to be tough.

Last summer's top target, Gareth Barry, has already moved to Manchester City for £12 million and Liverpool also look like they will miss out on Carlos Tevez, who may well join Barry at Eastlands.


The speed and conviction with which City are moving is in marked contrast to Liverpool. Then there is Roman Abramovich's renewed enthusiasm for shelling out rubles: Chelsea are threatening Liverpool's efforts to sign England right back Glen Johnson from Portsmouth.

To cap that, the representatives of Benitez's priority target, David Silva, the Spain and Valencia forward, have been in talks with Real Madrid. Everywhere they look, Liverpool are being outmanoeuvred.

Instead of adding to their squad Liverpool have been put on the defensive. Real Madrid, injected with some of the old Florentino Perez machismo, are talking effusively about the gifts of Xabi Alonso. While Benitez was prepared to sell the Spain international at the right price last summer because it would have allowed him to sign Barry, that is no longer an option and, after a fine season, losing the underrated Alonso would be a major blow.

Benitez has repeatedly complained of how tardiness and a lack of conviction has previously cost the club the signing of elite players - Nemanja Vidic and Didier Drogba are the examples he often holds up. Those criticisms were directed, without much subtlety, at chief executive Rick Parry.

Well, Parry is standing down this summer and with Benitez having negotiated a more active role in recruitment as part of his contract extension he must now deliver. There is no doubt that Benitez has scouted players across the world with typical rigour and he is confident that the right hit-list has been drawn up.

But who is going to help him turn targets into signings? Ian Ayre, the effective commercial director, is favourite to take over, but no appointment has been made and, across Europe, deals are being struck.

Another, more drastic problem is that for all Benitez's ambition, he is operating under real financial constraint. The club's accounts, released on Thursday, have called the club's financial viability into question.

Quite simply, they cannot afford to service their substantial debts and, according to one source, could be losing as much as £1 million per month. That means the American owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett, need to plough in some more of their own cash or find outside investment, and that is unlikely before they refinance their credit deals on July 24.

If this wasn't such a high profile football club the banks would almost certainly not grant Liverpool an extension. As it is, the club will probably get six months.

This will have inevitable consequences on Benitez's ability to spend. The club will be pulling money in through season ticket sales but, according to one source, he has a budget of between £10-15 million – not enough to buy you one top class player, let alone three. Through strategic sales – or even the forced one of Alonso – Benitez might well be able put together one really substantial offer.

Silva is believed to be his priority and it was reported that, while ostensibly on holiday, Benitez met the player last week. Otherwise, reported targets are more modest: Sylvain Distin of Portsmouth as defensive cover, Brazilian striker Kleber from Cruzeiro and Tuncay Sanli of Middlesbrough to add depth to the club's attacking options. Competing for the very top players, as Chelsea, Manchester United and City are, is simply not feasible.

It is not looking encouraging for Liverpool. The latest Deliotte report on football finances, published on Thursday, shows Liverpool fourth in the wage table, paying £90m to Arsenal's £100m, Manchester United's £120m and Chelsea's £170m.

Those are figures for the 2007-08 campaign and since then, Manchester City have come on to the scene, prepared to pay more than any club in the world for the right player.

Liverpool's closest rivals in the pay scale, Arsenal, can offer life in London, state of the art training facilities and a superb modern stadium. Despite claims work will restart in 2012, it is not even clear if the 73,000-seater Stanley Park development is going to happen.

That means Liverpool have to trade on other assets to lure players to Anfield. The most obvious pull is the club's rich tradition.

Then there is the competitiveness of the current team – playing with Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres must be a draw. Benitez has exploited his connections in Spain in the past, too, to help facilitate deals. But Liverpool can't trade on these ineffable qualities forever.

It has taken an extraordinary effort to get as close as Liverpool did to winning the Premier League, losing only two games all season. How frustrating it would be for that heroic effort on the pitch to be undermined by a slack summer off it.

Hangeland and Gallas not sure who id prefer.

Bendtnar will do quality for Fulham, probs their best attacker.

Ben, plenty of double posting going on in the britney thread :nono:

And talking about Gossip girl as well

they havent stayed on topic

I was just looking at Romario's goal scoring record

1988–1993 PSV Eindhoven 109 (98)
1993–1995 FC Barcelona 46 (34)

:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked::shoc ked:

Wow thats ****ing amazing!

1987–2005 Brazil 85 (71)

"Mark Schwarzer of Fulham was the league's best shot-stopper, saving four of every five shots on target faced."

"Frank Lampard and Robin van Persie were joint-top of the assists ranking."

"Chelsea were the most accurate passers in the league this term."

"Liverpool were the only team not to suffer a home defeat in the Premier League this season."

"Jamie Carragher and Richard Dunne now hold the Premier League record for own goals with six apiece."

"Andrei Arshavin was the first player to score four goals in a Premier League match and not end on the winning side."

"There were 63 red cards shown this season."

Some Random facts from this season.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/260520...ts-season.html

Australia qualify for the World Cup yeeeeah.

Thats because they have

Schwarzer and Cahill.

2 Best players in the team.

Adebayors National Record is 39 caps 35 goals.

VAN PERSIE FOR SAN SIRO
The Sunday Mirror's lead story is that Arsenal's Robin van Persie is wanted at Inter Milan.

According to the Mirror, Jose Mourinho is 'preparing a £25million bid for the Arsenal striker who is currently away on World Cup duty with Holland' and regards the Dutchman as a 'key recruit'.

Van Persie has two years remaining on his current contract at the Emirates and has yet to sign an extension despite months of talks

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...367606,00.html

Arsenal keen on Lanus star Eduardo Salvio
07.06.09 | tribalfootball.com

Arsenal are watching Lanus star Eduardo Salvio.

The 19 year-old Argentine winger has been likened to Atletico Madrid star Sergio Aguero.

Arsenal are among European clubs chasing the £10 million-rated Salvio.


http://www.tribalfootball.com/arsena...-salvio-249185