It seems that Marcus Bent's transfer to Birmingham has fallen through...but Man city are interested. I guess Dowie is looking to make sure he's gone before getting a replacement in.
Of what I've seen of Petrov I think he'll do ok in the EPL, but for that money he should. He also has the advantage of having worked with Martin O'Neill at Celtic.
1.) A central "box-to-box" midfielder 2.) A striker (if M.Bent goes) 3.) A striker even if he doesnt 4.) Maybe another left back for cover
(I dont think there is a real need for another CB to be honest considering Gibbs and Sorondo will be back in a couple of months. We've seen that Faye is more than capable if the worst comes to the worst)
Even if M Bent doesn't leave surely we still need a striker ?, JFH won't play in every game and that leaves M Bent and Misbie !! as our only options.....god help us if Baby Bent gets injured with that back-up !!
another striker please (probably a loan) and an attack minded central midfielder please and I'll be more than happy...
interesting to see whether Reo Coker is off. It'll also be relly interesting to see how Pardew gets on with the very volitile Tevez. Exciting signings and a real coup but i wonder why Europeans elite didn't take their reported interest further.
It'll be interesting to see how West Ham get on with the Work Permits for these two, one of the reasons cited for us not getting a WP for Bolanos was that he was only on loan and not a purchase.
There will be no problem with Permits, both are playing for Argentina and valued at £15million each. Both are widely rated as 2 of the best young players in the world and their weekly salary will reflect this. Even if they don't fit the initial criteria 75% of games played in last 2 years they will walk an appeal... even for a loan.
They are very differnt to signing a young Costa Rican for 2million with a years loan upfront.
There won't be time for an appeal if they don't get a work permit today, however you would have thought the process had already been started if they announced them (same as Bolanos, all the paper work was with the home office prior to our original announcement, then it was just a case of waiting for a decision)
They don't need a WP to complete the signing in line with the transfer window. You can sign the player regardless... whether you can actually play them is a different matter :-)
I can't see WH forking out £30million next year for the pair of them.
The company with the "rights" to tevez & Mascherano are MSI, the same company that were interested in putting a take-over bid in for us a few years back....
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Expect Malbranque and Chimbonda to join Spurs today. In fact, expect Spurs to be the most active club in the market today.
Or Middlesborough?
I guess we'll see a replacement in?
If big Bent goes, go for Brian McBride. I could see Fulham selling for the right price and he could be what we need for our squad.
1.) A central "box-to-box" midfielder
2.) A striker (if M.Bent goes)
3.) A striker even if he doesnt
4.) Maybe another left back for cover
(I dont think there is a real need for another CB to be honest considering Gibbs and Sorondo will be back in a couple of months. We've seen that Faye is more than capable if the worst comes to the worst)
I'd have thought Rossi was a good shout but he's off to the barcodes perhaps someone else on loan?
another striker please (probably a loan) and an attack minded central midfielder please and I'll be more than happy...
Unbelievable....
Blimey.
They are very differnt to signing a young Costa Rican for 2million with a years loan upfront.
I can't see WH forking out £30million next year for the pair of them.
Still a win / win for Wham as far as i can see.
Expect Spurs to gazump them this afternoon !
Of course it's not dodgy!!