January Transfer Window Thread

[sunbeam]

newham said:

sunbeam said:

Another player I've raved about on this board is Baptista. I've said he's awesome and far better than Reyes. But until yesterday he'd done squat.

Another example of a player taking time to settle in and then exploding. Martins at Newcastle fits it too.

Apparently Vidic and Evra look much better now than 12 months ago. Which is why Juve may get Heinze.


Chelsea fans should keep the faith. Like they did with Zola and Viali.

Scoring 4 goals against Liverpool reserves is hardly exploding now is it?

Shevchenko did have reasonable pace i'll have you know but he seems to not have the ability to make it in the Prem. He can read the game fairly well but struggles to get himself into the position to utilise it in the Prem.

Shin, it may be early in his career but you compare him to Drogba, but Drogba wasn't 30 years old last year.

Drogba is 28.

Do you really think a player loses it in one summer?

Oh and the Liverpool team that played on Tues would still beat most EPL teams at Anfield.

[grumpyminer]

Come on guys - Do you think Drogba would have been as prolific this season had Chelsea not signed Shevchenko?
He may not be rattling the netting as much assome would have hoped but he creates space for Drogba by dragging defenders all over the place. Why else would Drogba have already surpassed last seasons goal tally?

[martinski83]

Regarding earlier speculation about David Beckham, he is set to join LA Galaxy on a free at the end of the season. Yahoo! sport reports Beckham has signed a 5 year contact worth £128m.

Wow.

[martinski83]

Burnley have signed Eric Djemba-Djemba

[loonypeter]

martinski83 said:

More Updates for you: Thurs 11 Jan 2007-

Jon Stead signs for Sheff Utd from Sunderland - 2m

Make that £750k....

Sounds like he's only come in as a back up for Hulse, so hopefully Sheff United will still get that clinical striker we need (if the rumours are correct this could be Earnshaw)

Stead hardly set the world alight at sunderland, hopefully he'll do a little bit better in Sheffield!

[loonypeter]

Sheffield United have Signed Luton Shelton from Helsingborgs for £2m.

Could be an interesting signing, he scored more goals for Helsingborgs this season than Henrik Larsson!

[dodit]

John Carew joins Aston Villa
Milan Baros rejoins old boss gerard houillier at lyon.
A uncomfirmed team has made a 10m pound offer for teenage left back gareth bale rumored to be tottenham.
Lucas Neill has gone to west Ham while replacing neill at blackburn is stephen warnock.

[sawchuk]

dodit said:

John Carew joins Aston Villa
Milan Baros rejoins old boss gerard houillier at lyon.
A uncomfirmed team has made a 10m pound offer for teenage left back gareth bale rumored to be tottenham.
Lucas Neill has gone to west Ham while replacing neill at blackburn is stephen warnock.

Bale apparently has "his heart set on a move to ManYoo..."

[sunbeam]

sawchuk said:

dodit said:

John Carew joins Aston Villa
Milan Baros rejoins old boss gerard houillier at lyon.
A uncomfirmed team has made a 10m pound offer for teenage left back gareth bale rumored to be tottenham.
Lucas Neill has gone to west Ham while replacing neill at blackburn is stephen warnock.

Bale apparently has "his heart set on a move to ManYoo..."

If he's got any sense he'll pick Liverpool. They need a left-back. ManUre don't. Chelsea don't. Arsenal have Clichy and the monster that is Traore coming through. Plus Gallas.

Or join an smaller team like Spurs or Villa.

£10m is silly money. Heinze cost £6m!

[newham]

Bale isn't all that good. I know he's only 17, but if he couldn't hit a free kick he wouldn't have anyone looking at him.

[sunbeam]

newham said:

Bale isn't all that good. I know he's only 17, but if he couldn't hit a free kick he wouldn't have anyone looking at him.

I have heard he's a super attacking fullback. Great cross on him too. Bit like Eboue.

Dunno what his defending is like.

PS, Arsene paid £1.54m for Eboue who is still only 23.

[newham]

Couple of my mates at uni are Southampton ST holders as are most of their family. All of them to a man say that barring his free kicks, he's very average.

[martinski83]

Ages since I did an update so here we go:

26 January 2007

Zoltan Harsanyi (FC Senec - Bolton) Loan
Scott McGleish (Northampton - Wycombe) Undisclosed
Lubomir Michalik (FC Senec - Bolton) Undisclosed
Andrew Smart (Macclesfield - Northwich) Loan
Drew Talbot (Sheffield Wednesday - Luton) £250,000

25 January 2007

Zoumana Bakayogo (Millwall - Brighton) Loan
Elliot Benyon (Bristol City - Crawley) Loan
Jan Budtz (Doncaster - Wolves) Loan
Jeremy Clement (Rangers - Paris St Germain) Undisclosed
Robbie Doyle (unattached - Macclesfield) Free
Ugo Ehiogu (Middlesbrough - Rangers) Free
Stephen Glass (Hibernian - Dunfermline) Loan
Steve Guinan (Cheltenham - Hereford) Loan
Simon Johnson (Darlington - Wycombe) Undisclosed
Marc Laird (Manchester City - Northampton) Loan
Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe (Rennes - Celtic) Loan
Danny Simpson (Manchester United - Sunderland) Loan
Ben Smith (Weymouth - Hereford) Free
Christian Smith (Port Vale - Cambridge Utd) Loan
Jeff Smith (Port Vale - Carlisle) £60,000
Danny Thomas (Shrewsbury - Hereford) Free

24 January 2007

Jordy Brouwer (Ajax - Liverpool) Undisclosed
Simon Davies (Everton - Fulham) Undisclosed
Ahmed Fathi (Ismaily - Sheffield United) £700,000
Claudio Reyna (Manchester City - New York Red Bulls) Free
Neil Sorvel (Shrewsbury - Morecambe) Undisclosed
Paul Tait (Boston - Southport) Free

23 January 2007

Mark Birch (Gretna - Southport) Loan
Salif Diao (Liverpool - Stoke) Loan
Nick Gindre (Walton & Hersham - Woking) Free
Paul Gindre (Walton & Hersham - Kidderminster) Free
Leon Knight (Swansea - Milton Keynes Dons) Undisclosed
Andy Keogh (Scunthorpe - Wolves) £600,000
Tom Shaw (Rushden & Diamonds - Nuneaton) Loan
Romain Larrieu (Plymouth - Gillingham) Loan
Dave Martin (Dartford - Crystal Palace) £25,000
Craig McEwan (Brechin - Stenhousemuir) Swap
Luke McShane (Peterborough - Gravesend & Northfleet) Loan
David Murie (Stenhousemuir - Brechin) Swap
Dany N'Guessan (Rangers - Lincoln) Free
Ricardo Rocha (Benfica - Tottenham) Undisclosed
Tom Shaw (Rushden & Diamonds - Nuneaton) Loan
Neil Shipperley (unattached - Brentford)
Ashley Young (Watford - Aston Villa) £9.65m

22 January 2007

Pawel Abbott (Huddersfield - Swansea) £150,000
Lionel Ainsworth (Derby - Halifax) Loan
Milan Baros (Aston Villa - Lyon) Undisclosed
Kepa Blanco (Sevilla - West Ham) Loan
John Carew (Lyon - Aston Villa) Undisclosed
Joey Gudjonsson (AZ Alkmaar - Burnley) £150,000
Lucas Neill (Blackburn - West Ham) Undisclosed
Rory Prendergast (Blackpool - Rochdale) Free
Stephen Warnock (Liverpool - Blackburn) Undisclosed

19 January 2007

Wayne Andrews (Coventry - Bristol City) Loan
Chris Beardsley (Mansfield - Rushden & Diamonds) Loan
Stuart Beavon (Didcot Town - Rushden & Diamonds) Free
Jermaine Beckford (Leeds - Scunthorpe) Loan
Kyle Critchell (Southampton - Chesterfield) Free
Adam Dugdale (Crewe - Southport) Loan
Hogan Ephraim (West Ham - Colchester) Loan
Rory Fallon (Swansea - Plymouth) £300,000
Joe Garner (Blackburn - Carlisle) Loan
Andy Griffin (Portsmouth - Stoke) Loan
Mark Howard (Cardiff - Swansea) Loan
Mark Hughes (unattached - Stevenage)
Joel Ledgister (Southend - Gravesend & Northfleet) Loan
Adam Le Fondre (Stockport - Rochdale) Loan
Dominic Matteo (Blackburn - Stoke) Free
Scott McCulloch (Partick - Stenhousemuir) Free
Filipe Morais (Millwall - St Johnstone) Loan
Shane Nicholson (Chesterfield - Boston) Loan
Mark Preece (Forest Green - Weston-super-Mare) Loan
Chris Senior (Halifax - Altrincham) Loan
Paul Stonehouse (Forest Green - Gloucester City) Loan
Alex Varney (unattached - Gravesend & Northfleet)

18 January 2007

Rikki Bains (unattached - Tamworth)
Mark Brown (Inverness CT - Celtic) Undisclosed
Jason Byrne (Shelbourne - Cardiff) Undisclosed
Calum Davenport (Tottenham - West Ham) Undisclosed
Adam Hammill (Liverpool - Dunfermline) Loan
Dean Hooper (unattached - Cambridge Utd)
Lauren (Arsenal - Portsmouth) Undisclosed
Chris O'Grady (Leicester - Rotherham) £65,000
David Perpetuini (Lewes - Rushden & Diamonds) Free
Darren Potter (Liverpool - Wolves) Undisclosed
Ricky Ravenhill (Grimsby - Darlington) Undisclosed
Giuseppe Rossi (Man Utd - Parma) Loan
Matthew Spring (Watford - Luton) £200,000
Tommy Wright (Barnsley - Darlington) Undisclosed

17 January 2007

David Dunn (Birmingham - Blackburn) Undisclosed
David Marshall (Celtic - Norwich) Loan
Marcus Richardson (Cambridge - Crawley) Free
Sean Ridgway (unattached - Crawley)
Luke Rodgers (Crewe - Port Vale) £30,000
Dean Windass (Bradford - Hull) Loan

16 January 2007

Stephen Cooke (Bournemouth - Torquay) Loan
Omar Daley (Charleston Battery - Bradford) Undisclosed
Steve Ferguson (Woking - AFC Wimbledon) Loan
Malvin Kamara (Cardiff - Port Vale) Undisclosed
Chris McGrail (Preston - Accrington) Work experience
John Murphy (Blackpool - Macclesfield) Free
Ricky Ravenhill (Grimsby - Darlington) Loan
Marc Tierney (Oldham - Shrewsbury) Free
David Weir (Everton - Rangers) Free
Tommy Wright (Barnsley - Darlington) Loan

15 January 2007

Danny Carey-Bertram (Unattached - Forest Green) Free
Leon Clarke (Wolves - Sheffield Wednesday) Undisclosed
Paul Connor (Leyton Orient - Cheltenham) £20,000
Omar Daley (Charleston Battery - Bradford) Undisclosed
Lee Elam (Weymouth - Exeter) Undisclosed
Steve Evans (Woking - Crawley) Undisclosed
Steve Ferguson (Woking - AFC Wimbledon) Loan
James Hunt (Bristol Rovers - Grimsby) Loan
Mamadou Seck (Le Havre - Sheffield United) Free
Luton Shelton (Helsingborg - Sheffield United) £2m
James Simmonds (Chelsea - Cardiff City) Loan
Steve Tully (Weymouth - Exeter) Undisclosed
Andy Warrington (Doncaster - Bury) Loan
Che Wilson (Southend - Brentford) Loan

13 January 2007

Richard Campbell (Raith Rovers - Musselburgh Athletic) Loan
Bob Davidson (Rangers - Dundee) Undisclosed
Bobby Ryan (Shelbourne - Dunfermline) Undisclosed

12 January 2007

Mark Albrighton (Boston - Rushden) Loan
Tyrone Berry (Rushden - Lewes) Loan
Barry Conlon (Darlington - Mansfield) Free
Murray Davidson (Livingston - Cowdenbeath) Loan
Ryan Dickson (Plymouth - Torquay) Loan
Eric Djemba-Djemba (Aston Villa - Burnley) Loan
Jake Edwards (Crawley - Tamworth) Undisclosed
Luke Foster (Lincoln - Stalybridge Celtic) Free
Scott Golbourne (Reading - Wycombe) Loan
Martin Gritton (Lincoln - Mansfield) Loan
Kristaps Grebis (Metalurgs - Oxford Utd) Undisclosed
Peter Holmes (Luton - Chesterfield) Loan
Chris McGroarty (Stranraer - Berwick) Free
Paul Mitchell (MK Dons - Wrexham) Loan
Stevie Nicholas (Stranraer - East Fife) Free
Daniele Padelli (Sampdoria - Liverpool) Loan
Dene Shields (Gretna - Ross County) Free
Darryn Stamp (Stevenage - Halifax) Undisclosed
Alan Thompson (Celtic - Leeds) Loan
Brian Wilson (Cheltenham - Bristol City) Undisclosed

[dodit]

Liverpool been given permission by fifa to sign javier maschereno from west ham but not comfirmed yet.
Leicester have signed geoff horsfield on loan from west brom for the remainder of the season.

Russell Hoult has gone to stoke from west brom on a free transfer.
Matthew Upson is rumored to be signing for west ham tonight.