January 2009 Transfer thread

I definitely posted this an hour ago and everyone ignored me. :wink:

 

Even if this offer were still on the table, don't we already have like eleven right backs?

No thanks on Nolan - he's like Bullard except thuggish from playing at Bolton.

 

Megson's quote that multiple agents have contacted him claiming to represent Jimmy is pretty interesting. Not incredibly relevant I guess, but just interesting that he doesn't have a set agent. Is he playing the field, seeing who gets him the best deal?

 

Sorry, I didn't see your post (until now)... frak

 

Hehe no prob. I was just amused that the Bullard-to-Bolton posts kept chugging along after I posted the link.

 

Al-Citeh have reportedly bid 120 million Euros for Kaka. Holy crap, that's a lot of money.

 

And a salary of a 1/2 million pounds/wk. Not sure if Steinbrenner moved to Abu Dhabi or Scott Boras starting representing footballers.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... icedo.html

Who is this guy? Why isn't he getting any pitch time with Citeh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_Caicedo

Anyone seen him play?

 

I don't know, but I just want to point out from this article they're thinking Fulham's looking into getting Doncaster's Brian Stock as a Bullard replacement.

Seriously, Brian Stock? Of Doncaster? OK, so he was crucial in getting the team to the Championship. But as a replacement of Bullard? Really?

 

I hope that's shite.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... Delph.html

I've seen this rumor more than once now so there might be something to it.

One for the future, perhaps?

 

Off topic as far as Fulham is concerned, but if you were able to listen to The Football show, on Sirius w/ Charlie Stiletanno (sp?) and Giorgio Chinaglia, they got an interview w/ Umberto Gandini, a muckety muck at AC Milan, and he put none other than Kaka on the phone. He said a little about why he said no to more money than is imaginable, and he has so much class and dignity about his business that I feel better following this crazy game today. How many people would do that and not engage in remorseless capitalism? Who would have really blamed him if he had? It was a great interview, and I bet Ricky Kaka never has to buy a meal or a drink (if he ever should partake) in red parts of Milan for all of his life. Can you really put a price on that?

 

Delph seems high on Roy's list. He went to see him play last weekend. It is interesting much of the rumor mill is regarding YOUNG players. This may mean Roy plans on hanging out with the fellas and Mo for awhile at the Cottage. Good news for us if it is so.

 

Sure, but you'd have to carry a pad around with you all the time to write all that stuff down.

(You cannot, however, put a price on how much nicer Milan is than Manchester.)

 

Seol went out.

 

But yes, point taken. Everyone seems hesitant to shell out the cash. And in this economy can you blame them?

 

On top of that, Roy's got a set of players he likes playing the style he wants and has the club in the top half of the table, so there's no reason for him to go too far out of his way to buy or sell.