January 2009 Transfer thread

Two rumour outlets. Jus' sayin'.

http://www.clubcall.com/fulham/roy-want ... 33630.html

http://www.eatsleepsport.com/fulham/lie ... 33630.html

 

Make that three:

http://www.fulham.vitalfootball.co.uk/a ... p?a=137001


Her's what I think. Get the big fellah regardless of whether Hangeland leaves. I think Hughes does and admiral job, but could you imagine Gooch and Hangeland holding down the center back.

Shades of Vidic and Rio???

 

Aye, aye, Captain.

See what happens when you post before having the requisite amount of caffiene.

 

I feel weird saying this, but... if Hangeland isn't leaving, I think I'm actually OK with Baird as our third CB after the nice job he did at Spurs. Also, if Hangeland isn't leaving, I don't see Roy wanting to break in a new center back mid-season as effective as our defense has been this year, nor do I see Gooch signing somewhere that he won't be the starter right away. I don't think he's a great fit for us unless we do wind up selling the Hangman.

While we're talking about Standard, if Bullard goes (I don't actually think he will, but if), I'd love to make a run at Steven Defour as his replacement. 20 years old and already club captain, reigning league MVP and a regular for the Belgian national team. He'll probably land with a higher profile club when he decides it's time to leave Belgium, but I can aim high, can't I?

 

I'd love to see us targeting players like Defour, though he might already be out of our price range. Standard got up to £15 million for Marouane Fellaini last summer, so I would imagine that they would expect a similarly huge fee here. If we had the cash RIGHT NOW (which we actually might if Bullard leaves, and we can work some incentives into the deal like Everton did), we could probably sign him.

 

Anyone else read that we could be singing...

Luis Garcia,
He drinks Sangria,
He comes from Barca,
To bring us joy,
He's 5'7",
He's football heaven,
Please don't take my Luis away...

 

Are we talking about the Luis Garcia who used to play for Liverpool? (In the Wikipedia disambiguation page for "Luis Garcia" there are five soccer players.)

I like the fact that he's a left-footed wide player, and also that he has a ready-made song.

 

That might be this year's David Albelda rumor. I don't watch a whole lot of Spanish football, but I'll assume that he's still pretty good.

 

Beasley might be available on the cheap....

 

jmh, that would be the one. Apparently three other clubs are also going to make a bid for the out of favor Atletico Madrid player.

I believe Garcia possesses the creative flare the side has been lacking in attack. Another positive... he's left footed player. Somethign Fulham has needed for some time. Not saying he is the cure all for Fulham, but would add another edge to the Fulham attack.

 

How much for Eto'o??

 

TJ Moncur goes to Wycombe on a free.

 

World-class striker in his prime, seemingly rejuvenated under a new coach and leading La Liga in goals? Playing for a club that doesn't need the money? Let's just say "more than we'd get from selling Hangeland AND Bullard" and leave it at that. 8)

In news involving players previously loaned to Fulham, QPR have signed Wayne Routledge and Al-Citeh are on the verge of buying Wayne Bridge from the Blue Poo.

 

Daily Mail saying Fulham are set to offer Jimmy Bullard that new contract to keep him.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7807547.stm

 

The Mail is never the best source, as I understand it, but I don't think it would surprise anyone if this were the case and Roy had simply been waiting until his current contract was closer to expiration before starting to talk about an extension.

 

Could also be a ploy on Roy's behalf to drive up the potential bidding. That's just the first I've seen of FFC potentially ponying up to keep him, so I linked it. I pretty much hold all of the rumor sites in the same regard. That said, it's fun to read the fodder. Kinda like following politics.

 

It's transfer season, so that of course means Fulham are being linked with Sami Hyypia:

This from the BBC rumo(u)rs page (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/default.stm). Not putting too much stock in it, but this thread has been quiet, so I figured what the hell.