The Transfers/Transfer Rumours Thread

Balague said thats bollix and he's usually on the button.

 

Lol he really doesn't. He gets it wrong all the time.

 

John Heitinga is joining West Ham from Everton. Will save Everton around £1.5million in wages because he had six months left on his deal.

Looks like Martinez has finally got Aiden McGeady.




José Sosa, nicknamed the 'Little Prince', is Atlético's first new signing in the winter transfer window. He has joined Atlético on loan from the Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv until the end of the season, although there is an option to buy the player for around €10 million.

 

Djibril Cissé, 32 now, has officially joined the 10th club of his career - Ligue 1 side Bastia: http://www.sc-bastia.net/v4/?p=25057

 

The striker Walter is very close to realising his dream of playing for Sport [Recife], the club of his heart. The top scorer for Goiás in 2013 has been in advanced talks to return to his home town of Recife. He would come to the Island's Lion on loan [from Porto].

http://infograficos.estadao.com.br/transferences/index/

Walter is known for being on the 'big' side

 

Jose Mourinho has told Juan Mata and Michael Essien that his door is open if they want to leave Chelsea.

 

Barcelona should sign Mata.

 

quality player think hes so under rated would like him at barca he is the kind of player that moyes is crying out for whether chelsea will sell to them is a different story tho

 

I dont think Man U really need a player like him, they have Rooney, Kagawa, Januzaj and Van Persie.

Man U need centre-mids, centre-backs, new wingers and possibly full-backs.

 

Cabaye and Fábio Coentrão would be ideal in jan .

 

Not a chance in * selling him to Man Utd without them getting Rooney , and they can * they are not getting Rooney .

 

Biggest January transfers so far: Rami -> Milan Honda -> Milan Sosa -> Atléti Kirchhoff -> Schalke (loan) Quaresma -> Porto.


Couple of tomorrow's papers going with the Berbatov to Arsenal.

 

At least 4 clubs want mcfc defender Joleon Lescott, who can leave#mcfc on loan. nufc, thfc and #Monaco lead the way.

Munich's Abendzeitung reporting that Lewandowski will undergo a medical this week, confirmation of move expected before the weekend.

Also had renewed confirmation today that Dortmund will not sell Reus this January. All "release clause" talk completely irrelevant.

Heitinga says his move to West Ham is off as he didn't get the right feeling about moving to Upton Park .Heitinga won't be joining West Ham, but will still be on his way out of Goodison. Heitinga: "It is not a question of finances. At this stage of my career everything has to fit"...........and West Ham didn't

West Ham target Leo Baptistão of Atletico close to joining Real Betis on loan for rest of season.


Chelsea's initial asking price for Kevin De Bruyne: £25m. Wolfsburg have opened the negotiations to lower the fee on Monday.

Wolfsburg head coach Dieter Hecking already held talks witk Kevin De Bruyne in April.

According to Sudpresse, Southampton is chasing Anderlecht defender Cheikhou #Kouyate again. Will cost at least £7m, though.

Chelsea owner Abramovich is ready to offer up to £25m for Balotelli, who moved to AC Milan last January in a deal worth £16m.

 

Niang joins Montpellier on loan until the summer. Striker failed to score league goal in 28 games at Milan

 

Marseille's Jordan Ayew joins Sochaux on loan until summer. Option to buy. Was a target of West Ham.

Lúcio has left São Paulo and is set to join Palmeiras.

Internacional have officially announced the signings of centrebacks Paulão (ex-Guangzhou & Cruzeiro) and Ernando (ex-Goiás).


Atlético de Madrid have officially announced the signing of Metalist's José Sosa on a 6-month loan deal: http://www.clubatleticodemadrid.com/noticias/atletico-y-metalist-acuerdan-la-cesion-de-sosa …

Heerenveen duo Alfred Finnbogason and Magnus Wolff Eikrem are rumoured to be targets for new Cardiff City boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

 

"Voted the best left-back in the Brasileirão, Alex Telles is leaving Grêmio, where he played for only one season. The young player who is only 21 years old was sold to Galatasaray in Turkey for about 6 million€."

From Estadão. Maybe Gala over paid a bit for a guy with only one years experience in the top division but Alex Telles is a great young prospect. Of course it would have been better for his overall career if he stayed in Brazil to gain more experience.

 

Telegraph report Chelsea having £50m bid for Higuaín rejected but ready to bid again.

 

Sky Italia & RMC both reporting that Lyon captain Maxime Gonalons on the verge of joining Napoli for £10.8m . Excellent deal at that price shocked Wenger never signed him .

Tottenham have turned down Inter's proposal to swap Lamela for Guarin

Jose Mourinho says young Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne will not be allowed to leave Chelsea on the cheap. Mourinho on DeB: "He's a fantastic player with fantastic potential.I don't want him to leave but we have a couple of contacts made by clubs.



1/2 Ivan Cvjetkovic, Mario Mandzukic's agent expects the player to remain at Bayern despite arrival of Lewandowski: "he still has two years on his contract and he is happy in Munich.


Newcastle have asked Montpellier about playmaker Cabella's availability with worries over Cabaye's future.

Récord claims Camilo Sanvezzo will arrive in Mexico on the weekend to join Querétaro.

Internacional have insisted they have no plans to let reported Sunderland target Scocco leave the club

Santos, Flamengo and a Chinese club want young striker Leandro, says Rádio Gaúcha. He's a Grêmio player, was on loan at Palmeiras in 2013.

Benfica president said this week he'd have to "listen to offers" after Champions League exit, so Matic could well be sold.

Sporting continue efforts to offload dead wood. Rinaudo, Jéffren, Elias, Labyad will all be gone if suitable offer received in January.

Sky Italia: Marseille are in negotiations with Inter Milan for the loan of left back Alvaro Pereira, they claim.

Cadena COPE: Rennes have made a €2m offer for Thiévy Bifouma (21 yr old, French attacker) but it has been rejected by Espanyol.

RMC: Valenciennes are in contact with QPR centre back Oguchi Onyewu who may make a loan move there they claim.

RMC: Valenciennes in contact with Chelsea's Tomáš Kalas for a loan deal until the end of the season, they claim.

ESPN: Chelsea will reject any attempts by Premier League clubs to sign Juan Mata. If PSG want him, they can get him.


Gazzetta dello Sport: PSG are to propose an annual salary of €7million to Juventus' French international midfielder Paul Pogba. Bid will be made in the summer £50/70m


Lyon now more desperate to sell Bafetimbi Gomis this transfer window after the 75% tax has wrecked their season's financial projections.

Montpellier manager Rolland Courbis on Cabella: 'The best case scenario is that he stays until the end of the season but Pres will decide.'

Claudio Ranieri has confirmed that Monaco are in negotiations for Lacina Traoré.

 

Got any more news on this? Elias has flown back to Lisbon and is training again with Sporting. He wants to stay at Flamengo but there seems to have been some problems. I really want him to stay at Mengão.

http://globoesporte.globo.com/futeb...-e-mantem-conversas-por-sequencia-no-fla.html

http://www.lancenet.com.br/flamengo/Elias-orientado-apresentar-Sporting_0_1058894233.html

 

Not really just what was posted on https://twitter.com/Portu_Goal