PEOPLES DAILY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012
Transfer The season is over. Clubs are counting their blessing as well as losses and would like to make amends and even beef up their squads where noticeable lapses exist. And the transfer market is agog barely 24 hours after major European leagues dropped the curtain. And so to keep abreast with latest rumours, we begin daily doses of movements within the market both for players and coaches like.
Everton eye £5m Liverpool star
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oyes is gauging what the reaction would be to his fellow Scot making the first Anfield-to-Goodison transfer since 1992 Liverpool will sell Charlie Adam for a knockdown £5million and Everton boss David Moyes is poised to make a sensational move for him. Scotland midfielder Adam is being offered around behind the scenes because he will not be a starter under new Kop boss Brendan Rodgers, just a year after predecessor Kenny Dalglish bought him from Blackpool for £9m. Moyes wanted his fellow Scot before he was priced out of his range and still rates the former Rangers schemer highly although he is looking into the potential pitfalls of buying Adam.
Charlie Adam
Saha joins Sunderland on one-year contract
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ouis Saha has signed for Sunderland on a one-year deal. The 34-year-old former Fulham, Manchester United and Everton striker has been without a club since leaving Tottenham at the end of last season. The Frenchman could make his Black Cats debut against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Saha joined Spurs on a short-term deal in January from Everton but his contract was not extended at the end of the campaign.
Louis Saha
Rovers reject Bunn offer
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lackburn Rovers have rejected a bid for goalkeeper Mark Bunn from Premier League Norwich City. Rovers rejected a bid in the region of £500,000 for Bunn from the Canaries out of hand and do not expect either him or number one Paul Robinson to quit this summer. Bunn will not be fit for Saturday’s big Championship kick off at Ipswich, and could be on the sidelines for another month having suffered a recurrence of a hip injury he has suffered from for most of the summer. Robinson is the man of possession of the number one shirt for the start of the campaign but Rovers are keen to keep hold of Bunn to provide the necessary competition between the posts.
Lewandowski vows Dortmund stay
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orussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski has ruled out a transfer away from the German champions this summer. Lewandowski, 24 next week, currently has a contract through until 2014 with last season’s double winners. The Poland international, who netted a hat trick against Bayern Munich in the DFB Pokal final in May,
contributed 22 goals and ten assists in Dortmund’s title-winning campaign and has aroused interest from Europe’s top clubs, with Bayern, Manchester United, Chelsea and Juventus among his reported suitors. Dortmund has already informed the clubs interested in Lewandowski that he will remain at Westfalenstadion until the end of his contract.
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rendan Rodgers is hoping to close a loan deal for Real Madrid midfielder Nuri Sahin fromWest Brom. Sahin, 23, is available on a season’s loan after struggling to establish himself at the Bernabeu. He has made only 10
Reds sign Sahin on loan appearances for the Spanish champions since arriving from Borussia Dortmund a year ago, and has been told he can move elsewhere in search of first-team football.
Pereira deny Napoli, Inter Milan link
completing a loan move for Barcelona winger Christian Tello, 21, with Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre flying to Spain to finalise negotiations.
Bayern close in on Martinez
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lvaro Pereira has d e s c r i b e d speculation that he is a target for Napoli and Inter Milan as “just rumours” and insisted he is “focused on Porto”. Pereira, 27, has been one of Porto’s most consistent players in recent seasons and has also produced some impressive displays at international level for Uruguay notably at the 2010 World Cup and 2011 Copa America and has been
The Turkey international has been encouraged to move to Merseyside by his Real team-mate Xabi Alonso, who spent five years at Liverpool. Rodgers is also hopeful of
Alvaro Pereira linked with a move away from Estadio do Dragao. Chelsea were rebuffed after making an approach for the wing-back last year, but Inter and Napoli have emerged as potential suitors this summer.
ayern Munich are moving closer to the signing of Athletic Bilbao’s Javi Martinez, although the Bavarians have denied rumours that the transfer is already done. Martinez, 23, has been a Bayern target from the beginning of this transfer window, and the Spain international’s move to the Allianz Arena could break Bundesliga records. Bayern have already splashed out •29.8 million on the likes of Mario Mandzukic (•12 million from Wolfsburg), Xerdan Shaqiri (•9 million from Basel) and Dante (•4.7 million from
Javi Martinez Monchengladbach) this summer in their bid to become German champions again after failing to win a trophy in the last two seasons.
Song can join Barcelona —Wenger Newcastle land Anita
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rsenal has privately indicated a willingness to sell Alex Song to Barcelona but the two clubs are yet to agree a fee. Barca vice-president Josep Maria Bartomeu was in London yesterday to hold formal talks over a deal to sign Song, despite Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger publicly insisting earlier this week that he would not countenance a sale. The Gunners are thought to want around £18million for the Cameroon international but Barcelona is short of that valuation and
talks are continuing. Wenger and Song have an adequate working relationship but sources close to the player claim it has become strained at times.
Alex Song
Goran move to Stoke City failed
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oran Popov’s loan move to Stoke City from Dynamo Kiev has collapsed after the Macedonian failed to receive international clearance. Popov agreed a seasonlong loan with the Potters, but he revealed there have been problems obtaining a work permit. The 27-year-old first came to the attention of
Stoke manager Tony Pulis when the Potters met Dynamo in last season’s Europa League competition. Popov, who has accumulated 42 caps for his national team in eight years, has played all across Europe for teams including Red Star Belgrade, Egaleo and Heerenveen, before moving to Kiev in 2010.
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ewcastle United has announced the signing of Netherlands midfielder Vurnon Anita from Dutch champions Ajax. Anita agreed a five-year contract with the English Premier League club after helping the Dutch giants win their second successive league title last season. The 23-year-old, born on the island of Curacao, joined the Ajax youth academy in 1999 and made his firstteam debut in 2006. Anita, who has three caps for the Netherlands, can also play as a full-back and Pardew is reported to have paid around £6.5 million ($10.2 million, •8.3 million) for his services.
Modric set for Real Madrid as Spurs seek replacements
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eal Madrid is close to finalising their protracted move for Spurs midfielder Luka Modric after increasing their offer to £30m. The 26-year-old is expected to hold talks with Real officials in the coming days after the La Liga side revived a deal that had previously stalled. Spurs are lining up replacements with Porto’s Joao Moutinho but also Rennes midfielder Yann
M’Vila on the radar. Modric’s departure may not be officially confirmed until Spurs are confident they have a deal in place for his replacement.
Garrido undergo medical at Norwich City
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Javier Garrido
ormer Manchester City defender Javier Garrido is currently undergoing a medical at Norwich City. The 27-year-old is hopeful of completing a season-long loan move from current club Lazio to Carrow Road with a view to a permanent deal. Garrido spent three years in England with
City before moving to the Serie A side in 2010 for an undisclosed fee. Garrido joined City in 2007 when Sven-Goran Eriksson was in charge, but found firstteam appearances limited. The left-back was also part of Spain’s poor London 2012 campaign which saw them eliminated at the group stage.
Luka Modric