The Transfer Thread

[Rage]

Cork City's Alan Bennett about to join up with former teammates Kevin Doyle and Shane Long at Reading. All of our Eircom Legaue talent is being stolen for the benefit of British football. Boohoo.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

Charlton have turned down £18 million from West Ham for Darren Bent.

£18 million? May as well wait until the summer; there is no way that Charlton would sell to another relegation battling side and if Charlton go down, it'll be half as cheap.

[-A-]

Both clubs have denied that bid ever happened.

[NobBe Nobbs]

And damn fucking right, Bent is not being sold. Nor will he be allowed to leave if we go down, we'll just come right back up again.

[John Stones' Paint Trophy]

Both clubs have denied that bid ever happened.

[mikevandam]

David Williams had the same problem last year, and now he's at Brondby.

[Chris the Human]

And doing fairly well i should add.

[ONO]

God, I love transfer deadline day. It's been pretty quiet so far though.

Villa are linked with Shaun Maloney. Come on the Aston Celtic. ¬_¬

[The LBTN Express]

Villa have also been linked with Alan Smith who is apparently there taking a medical.

Upson is also poised to join West Ham for £7.5 million if he gets the terms he wants, the main one being a relegation release clause.

Also, SWP has supposedly been spotted in and around Newcastle.

[ONO]

I seen the Upson story on Sky Sports, what is the source for the Smith / Villa story?

[Lord Nibbler]

Owen Hargreaves and Stephen Appiah have both apparently been spotted in Manchester.

[ONO]

I would love to know where people are getting this stuff from, I've been searching and can't find anything at all, help me out lads.

George Weah has been spotted in Liverpool. ¬_¬

[Lord Nibbler]

I would love to know where people are getting this stuff from, I've been searching and can't find anything at all, help me out lads.

George Weah has been spotted in Liverpool. ¬_¬

[ONO]

West Ham have confirmed the signing of Matthew Upson, on their website, for £6m.

[The LBTN Express]

I believe Arsenal get 25% of that so Birmingham have sold him for £4.5 in total. I thought they'd have gotten a bit more than £6 million seeing as they were considering a £7.5 million offer a while ago.

[therockbox]

Bwahaha, another rip off.

[ONO]

It is supposed to rise to £8m, based on appearances.

[Guest Rabid Wolveringo]

Reto Ziegler's gone on loan from Spurs to Sampadoria, I don't really think he'll be back.

Also, Palermo have signed highly rated Uruguayan Edison Cavani, which is being made a huge deal in the Latino channels here. The guy tore apart opposing teams while playing for the U20s, and while that's not saying much he certainly looked impressive. Could be one for the future.

Massimo Macarone also seems to have gone back home.

And the US radio has said that Thierry Henry just came out of Pizza Hut Park after negotiation with the MLS. Oh man, that one was delicious moronic >_>

EDIT:

And some interesting slightly transfer related news, Ottmar Hitzfield is the new Bayern Munich coach after Felix Magath was sacked. Hitzfield's awesome and this should provide for some interesting stuff in this year's CL.

Edited January 31, 2007 by Rabid Wolveringo