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The Tuesday Troll : Ronaldinho to join Man City?
Published by Ian John on November 10, 2009
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A quick troll through this weeks transfer rumours sees plenty to keep the football fan keyed up and excited about January’s transfer window. Not least now that Chelsea will be looking to spend two or three years worth of money in the one window.
To that end, the Londoners have been linked this week with moves for Milan’s Alexandre Pato, GAIS Brazilian midfielder Wanderson, Atletico Madrid’s Sergio Aguero and Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery. Roman must have been in touch with his bankers in Switzerland as that little lost could cost him well over £100m. Chelsea face stern competition apparently from Inter Milan for Aguero and both Manchester City and Manchester United for Bayern winger Ribery.
City meanwhile are being linked, yet again, with selling Robinho in the transfer window. Apparently a ‘summit’ in Abu Dhabi this week will see a deal agreed with Barcelona for the transfer of Robinho permanently. City are believed to be keen on defender Carles Puyol and Kolo Toure’s brother Yaya, though it remains to be seen whether either would be part of the Robinho deal or would be separate deals. City are also keen on QPR youngster Rahim Sterling, who has been described as a ’14 year old genius’. Which can only mean he knows how to put his clothes away and use Clearasil properly. Not content with one genius, City apparently want Milan’s Ronaldinho to replace Robinho, the fact he has told them to get stuffed once already seemingly not putting Mark Hughes off.
Manchester United have been linked with Benfica’s Angel Di Maria. which isn’t the most butch name in football is it really? United are also one of a host of clubs keeping tabs on Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh. The same Chamakh Arsenal were reportedly keen on until Bordeaux started quoting telephone numbers instead of an asking price to sign him.
Since Tottenham’s striking options are so thin on the ground given that Harry can only pick from Jermaine Defoe, Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko, David Bentley, Giovanni Dos Santos and youngster Harry Kane, Harry feels he needs to strengthen by signing Ruud Van Nistelrooy. Apparently he will become the urgently needed fourth choice striker should Roman Pavlyuchenko complete a move to Valencia, who seem to have mustered some money from somewhere to secure this.
Liverpool are set to try and raise £100m through a new rights issue, though the chances of this actually working out appear about as slim as their title hopes this season. Unpeturbed, Rafa Benitez has targetted Eljero Elia of SV Hamburg, though while he may sign for Liverpool in January he may well remain in Germany until the end of the season. Rafa obviously following the Aquilani route here in committing vast sums of money the club don’t have, for a player who will only be able to play six months later.
Bolton want Andy Carroll from Newcastle as a long term replacement for Kevin Davies. Well, that is apparently Gary Megson’s line of thinking, but personally I just think he wanted a carroll around the Reebok stadium at Christmas time. The old traditionalist that he is.
Any transfer rumours you hear feel free to add them below and you can look as gibbering an idiot as me when they don’t come true at all.
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