Premiership Transfer Summer 2007

Well, I thought I would start this thread with regards to all the transfers this summer that have to do with teams within the Premiership.

My guess is that there will be few, if any, bigger than this first one in which Thierry Henry has reportedly signed with Barcelona for 16 million pounds. This is being reported out of various Spanish news agencies.

While any trip to play Arsenal is NOT easy, not having to worry about Henry on August 11th will make things a bit easier for Fulham.

Here is a link to the story from FoxSoccer.com:

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6912488

 

I still haven't seen anything official on this. Barça do need to add depth up front, with Saviola probably gone and Eto'o missing time for the African Nations, but I'd have expected them to be looking for someone younger than Henry.

 

Thierry is off to the Catalans to drop "Spanish Bombs" on La Liga.

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Sto ... 63,00.html

 

Well, this thread did not get much mileage this summer, but I will make one more attempt......Sunderland signed Craig Gordon for a club record 9 million pounds. While Gordon is only 24 and is a solid keeper, I am shocked at the amount of money they threw at a keeper. If I am not mistaken that is a record fee that any club paid for a keeper.

A lot of pundits, whom I think are just guessing, think Sunderland has done well this summer and will be safe come the end of the season and NOT get relegated. I, on the other hand, think Sunderland is NOT very good and I could care less who their manager is, they still stink.

Thus, don't let anyone kid you, Sunderland is going nowhere fast. Their last two campaigns in the Premiership were two of the worst in Premiership history by any club. They have splashed some cash this summer, but not enough to get this team to stay up. Down, down, down, Sunderland goin' down!!!

 

Manchester City's signings interest me more than any other. They could turn out to be pretty good, some of them.

 

They could turn out to be pretty good, but they could also turn out to be pretty bad. I have a hard time thinking all the new Italians Sven has brought in will adapt quickly to the rugged Premiership. I am NOT saying the team will suck, but my guess is that they will start slow and get better as the season goes on.

 

Newcastle have impressed me with their signings this summer. They've signed proven premier league players along with some foreign zest to the kettle.

Ins:
Mark Viduka (free), Joey Barton (£5.8m), David Rozehnal (£2.9m), Geremi (Chelsea), Alan Smith (£6m), Claudio Cacapa (free), Jose Enrique (V£6.5m).

The Magpies have splashed the same amount of funds as Fulham and have twice the quality in their 7 signings. I know that Fulham can't handle those players wages, but it must be said that Big Sam has done a fantastic job in his first transfer window with Newcastle.

 

I don't want them to be TOO bad, because it would be bad for Tim Howard's continued development, but if they dropped to the point where they were below us in the table, so be it. 8)

 

good transfers

Seven Of The Best Premiership Transfers This Summer
by CaughtOffside

and there is one transfer made by Fulham
it's Steven Davis from Aston Villa