The 2010 Summer transfer thread

[GoN_]

Well, with your one in one out policy, you can now get that Coencetrao, or whatever his name is.

Coentrão

The left back for Portugal in the World Cup or is that someone else?

Yes

And bollocks to David Luiz. Even at half his quoted price I wouldn't deem him worthy of consideration.

And I hope everyone thinks the same. Hope he stays here.

Edited August 10, 2010 by GoN_

[Twist]

So apparently Utd had Ozil listed on their first team page on the official website? It has since been taken down.

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Mesut Ozil signs for Manchester United according to official website

Mesut Ozil is arguably the hottest property in European football right now, but if Manchester United’s official website is anything to by, they may have won the race to sign the in-demand midfielder.

On the first team profiles section, Ozil has been given his own entry – albeit lacking in detail – but the mere fact that it’s there has set tongues wagging.

Ozil was one of the stars for Germany at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. His impressive performances led to widespread speculation that he would leave Werder Bremen this season for one of Europe’s top sides this summer.

The likes of Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal have all been linked over recent weeks, but it was United boss Sir Alex Ferguson who was in the stands at Craven Cottage on Saturday to watch the 21-year-old in action.

The Red Devils’ manager confirmed his interest in signing the Germany international, and it now seems that Old Trafford will be his most likely destination.

But this isn’t the first time that something similar has happened, only for the player in question to move elsewhere. Perhaps the most famous example involved Robinho. His shirt was readily available to buy on Chelsea’s official website, only for the Brazilian to opt for a transfer to Manchester City instead.

And this deal may not even happen, either. But one thing certainly can be guaranteed: it won’t stop the United faithful from getting hugely excited at the prospect of seeing Ozil in a red shirt.

Praying it's somehow true, but every right reason tells me it's bollocks. Oh and for anybody who cares, here's the link.

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={FE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC}&section=playerProfile&teamid=&bioid=94383

Edit - From what I have gathered, it's fake and has happened numerous times before with other players.

Edited August 11, 2010 by JohnnyPerfect

[therockbox]

If you change the numbers at the end of that URL Johnny posted, there's loads of them:

Hulk

Bruno Alves

Joe Cole

[Sam]

It's because when they write about a player in their gossip page or opposition reports they assign them a unique ID, you can find many many 'profile' pages they don't really mean anything.

[stokeriño]

Seems a bit of a waste of time to create them all, frankly.

[Dynamite]

So we (Man Utd) have just bought 20 year old Portuguese striker Bebe for £7.4million. This one really came out of the blue. Anyone from Portugal here able to shed some light on the guy?

EDIT: Apparently just two years ago he was playing for Portugal in the homeless World Cup? Talk about a dream come true.

Edited August 11, 2010 by Dynamite

[Sam]

Well this one is a total shocker, I had heard of Chicharito before he signed as my mexican friend was a huge Chivas friend and kept banging on about him. Never heard of Bebe, though I seen a picture and he has cool dreadlocks...

On another note Blackpool have signed the beast that is Marlon Harewood.

[METALMAN]

Man Utd will need to remember to change his nappy and give him regular feedings.

[therockbox]

[METALMAN]

Let's hope that he doesn't throw his toys out of the pram when it all goes wrong.

[Dynamite]

He was on the front page of Marca today with it reported Madrid were gonna get him. This is clearly payback for Ronaldo. You take our best player, we take your Bebe.

[The Future]

Word on the United blogs are that Bebe prefers to play Attacking Mid and isn't an out and out forward, came out of the blue this one...fingers crossed he turns out to be brilliant.

[METALMAN]

The KKK took my Bebe away.

[Sam]

I read that Queiroz told Fergie to snap him up, I guess the Portugal manager should know something about Portuguese talent....

[TCO]

I read that Queiroz told Fergie to snap him up, I guess the Portugal manager should know something about Portuguese talent....

Watching Portugal play, sometimes you'd think the opposite ^_^

[Colossus]

The guy went from a team in the 2nd Division (like Coca-Cola League 1 in the UK), was a bench player there, went to Guimarães, played one month in the Pre-Season, and he goes to Man United. That is brilliant

And no, we can't say that much about him, except he has an awesome hair, and is a bit of a douche. He is almost unknown to us here in Portugal

[ONO]

Ireland - Milner switch tomorrow apparently.

[King Ellis]

Let's hope Bebe doesn't have kids.

[Blue Rosler]

We've already seen part of how Hernandez could turn out, so it looks good.

Also Christian Poulsen moves to Liverpool... finally Liverpool is getting a decent looking squad again.