0-0 so far for those that dont know.

ROBINSON EYES HOOPS SWITCH

West Brom captain Paul Robinson admits he would love to follow Tony Mowbray to Celtic Park.

Mowbray is set to be confirmed as Celtic manager in the coming days after the Glasgow club finally met West Brom's compensation demands on Saturday.

Robinson has been linked with a move to Bolton but the left-back would be keen to move to Parkhead.

"I'm desperately disappointed about the gaffer leaving," Robinson, 30, told the Sunday Mail.

"I'm considering my future and if the chance came to go to Celtic with the gaffer I'd be delighted to do so.

"I came close to moving to Parkhead last year but it didn't happen. Maybe it will now.

"I would love to move to a Premier League side but working with Tony at a huge club such as Celtic is appealing."

Meanwhile, St Johnstone chairman Geoff Brown has urged manager Derek McInnes to snub a potential move to The Hawthorns.

The former West Brom skipper has emerged as one of the favourites to replace Mowbray after leading Saints to the Irn-Bru First Division title in his first season in charge.

Brown told the Scottish Mail on Sunday any approach from West Brom would not be welcome, and added: "Other than the fact that I believe Derek is serving his apprenticeship with St Johnstone and doing a good job, that was done in the First Division.

"There is another test coming up for him in the SPL and I would like to think he will stay for the challenge.

"If he does well for us then, for obvious reasons, a big club will come in and look for him."

VIDIC STAYING PUT

Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic insists he is staying at Old Trafford.

The no-nonsense centre-back has been linked with a move away from the Barclays Premier League champions.

With Cristiano Ronaldo set to complete an £80million move to Real Madrid this summer, the loss of the another influential player would have proved a real blow for Sir Alex Ferguson.

But Vidic told the News of the World: "I am very happy here and next season we will start again. I have got no desire to go anywhere.

"People forget that when you join a new league you don't just have to adjust to the country, you also have to adjust to the style of football.

"I feel my game is well adjusted to England now and I want to play a part in a successful team next season. United can make it a record four titles in a row next year."

RONALDO: I LOVE TO BE HATED

Cristiano Ronaldo is ready for his proposed £80million move to Real Madrid to make him an object of hate - and feels he will thrive under the insults.

The Portugal winger is set to seal his switch to the Spanish giants by the end of June after Manchester United accepted a world record bid.

And the 24-year-old wants to "re-write the history of football" when he lines up alongside the likes of fellow Madrid new boy and prospective team-mate Kaka.

He said in an interview with French magazine So Foot as reported in the News of the World: "I love it when people jeer me. I love to see the hate in their eyes, to hear the insults. It doesn't bother me.

"It's true lots of people hate me but there are even more who love me and who support me. I feel bad only when I play badly. Fortunately, that happens rarely."

He added: "I still have a long way to go. I really want to re-write the history of football.

"I am aware I'm already among the best of the best but I want to continue to write many more beautiful pages."

Ronaldo was eclipsed by Barcelona's Lionel Messi in last month's Champions League final in Rome, the Argentinian scoring the Catalans' second with a fine header of which Ronaldo himself would have been proud.

The pair's rivalry will intensify in the Primera Division next season should Ronaldo's move go through, with Madrid and Barca bitter rivals, but the Portuguese is not interested in comparing himself to Messi.

He said: "I have nothing to envy Lionel for. I don't compare myself to others. I am Cristiano Ronaldo - and I can win more medals than anybody else. I don't like to relax. The fans want to see a great Cristiano Ronaldo so I try to never disappoint."

United's acceptance of Madrid's offer earlier this week brought an end to one of the longest-running transfer sagas of recent years.

And Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Barclays Premier League champions did well to keep Ronaldo at Old Trafford for as long as they did.

"He wanted to leave, it's as simple as that," Ferguson told The Mail on Sunday.

"He was going to go some time. We've done well to keep him for so long."

Ronaldo's desire to leave has provoked anger among sections of United fans, who feel the club helped him become the player he is after signing him from Sporting Lisbon six years ago.

But former United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, a former Madrid boss who also knows Ronaldo from his current post as Portugal coach, believes his loyalty cannot be questioned.

"When you talk about loyalty, you must understand the loyalty has two directions," Queiroz, who enjoyed two spells as Sir Alex Ferguson's number two, told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme.

"In terms of the modern game, loyalty is to be a great professional, to be committed to the club, to be engaged with the coach and the vision of the club and nobody can put one thing against Cristiano because as a professional he's brilliant.

"But as you know with 95% or 96% of movement in football it is the managers at the clubs that dictate the movements."

A former Madrid great has warned the winger, though, that he will have to come to terms with being just another player at the Bernabeu.

Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Madrid for a then world record fee in 2001.

He said in the Daily Mirror: "Despite the vast amount of money available in his transfer to Real Madrid, Ronaldo will have to come to terms with being just another star at the club.

"With the arrival of Brazilian Kaka and more expected to follow under returning president Florentino Perez, he cannot expect to take centre stage at a club like Real Madrid.

"Besides, while the supporters love to embrace superstar players, collective success is far more important to them than that of any individual."

BARNES SET FOR TRANMERE JOB

John Barnes is poised to return to English football as manager of Coca-Cola League One side Tranmere, according to the Jamaica Football Federation.

The former Watford and Liverpool winger, capped 79 times by England, has stepped down from his role as Jamaica coach in order to succeed Ronnie Moore, who was sacked by Tranmere at the end of last season.

The Jamaica Football Federation vehemently denied reports Barnes had been sacked and revealed he had notified them of his decision to step down in order to take charge at Prenton Park.

Barnes, 45, was appointed as coach of the Reggae Boyz in September last year.

A JFF statement explained: "His contract was due to expire on June 30, 2009. Barnes secured a contract with Tranmere Rovers in England for the upcoming English football season and advised the JFF of that development last Sunday morning.

"With Barnes securing a job prior to the Gold Cup, the JFF decided in the long-term interest of the game not to offer him a short-term extension, but to appoint Theodore Whitmore as national coach for the remainder of the life of this administration."

The decision to replace Barnes with Whitmore, Jamaica's coach during the final three World Cup qualifiers last year, was confirmed following an emergency meeting of JFF directors.

Jamaican-born Barnes began his playing career with Watford in 1981 and made his debut for the Hornets aged 17 before then Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish paid £900,000 to take him to Anfield in the summer of 1987.

Barnes quickly cemented his place as one of Liverpool's outstanding players, playing alongside the likes of Ian Rush, Peter Beardsley and John Aldridge.

He had a brief spell at Newcastle where he teamed up with Dalglish again, and finished his playing career at Charlton.

Barnes also bossed Celtic, working in tandem with director of football Dalglish at Parkhead, but the partnership proved unsuccessful and he was sacked after seven months.

John barnes will send tranmere into the premiership

Becks would have nailed that freekick.

Stupid Iraqi's, learn to play football!

It looks like a ship

T'is the point

http://www.fulhamweb.com/-8758-/Prem...ransfer/jo.htm


Loooks like Jo could be scoring goals against Everton this season playing for Fulham.

Cant wait til they play spain

Im hoping that Fulham do well, and Jo was mint for Everton :thumbs:

Portsmouth, Get it? :puzzled:

I think I just came

Lets hope it sails off and sinks

:laugh2:

We don't need JO

We have Saha and The Yak

"senderos keen on Arsenal return but could have aston villa bidding for him to."

Brb, gonna make a bagel

Senderos LOL

Bagel with Philadelphia

Hope we have some good transfers this week, united big spending..

GIBSON: BORO ARE NOT FOR SALE

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has strongly denied reports he is ready to sell the club.

The Sunday Express claimed the lifelong Boro fan was ready to end his day-to-day involvement with the club and invite outside investment following their relegation to the Coca-Cola Championship.

But Gibson on Sunday issued a strongly-worded statement insisting he is committed to restoring the Teessiders to the top flight.

"This report is totally inaccurate," said Gibson.

"The club is not for sale. I'm absolutely committed to Middlesbrough Football Club and I'm going to stay with the club. The fans can ignore this silly report.

"I've made that absolutely clear in the recent past. My sole focus for Middlesbrough Football Club is getting us back in the Premier League. That's what we're all working towards and we believe we can do it."

Boro chief executive Keith Lamb echoed the owner's thoughts, dismissing the reports as "wide of the mark".

"Steve and I have gone to extraordinary lengths recently to make it clear to the media that the club is not for sale and never has been," said Lamb.

"Steve's commitment remains as strong as ever. We would not normally react to what has become known as football's 'silly season' but this is so wide of the mark it's important Boro fans know that Steve's loyalty to the club has never wavered."

Hurry back Jayson.