The Transfers/Transfer Rumours Thread

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#VCF president - "If Soldado goes then it is because the €30m (£26m) figure has been met, not a cent less or a cent more.

 

Have madrid actually bid for aturo vidal?

 

Julio Cesar's agent says Napoli wanted him but couldn't pay his salary. Arsenal a "concrete option.

Seems like Kevin Gameiro will move from PSG to Sevilla for around €8M (Plus around €2M in variables) - 5 year contract.

Queens Park Rangers have agreed a fee with Wolves for the transfer of Karl Henry. (Source: Sky Sports)

Fulham are in talks with French side Evian about midfielder Mohammed Rabiu. (Source: The Times)

Manchester City are ready to take their summer spending beyond £110m with a £22m bid for Real Madrid defender Pepe.

Blackburn's French defender Gaël Givet is set to join Italian side Livorno on a free transfer.

Aston Villa defender Alan Hutton is poised to re-join Real Mallorca on a season-long loan. (Source: Daily Telegraph)

Reading are in talks with Juventus over a possible partnership similar to the one between Udinese & Watford

Fiorentina have announced they will sign Joesp Ilicic from Palermo

GdS: Roma have rejected a €12m offer for Osvaldo from Valencia

Sky: Benfica & Fulham are interested in Walter Gargano

Official: Millwall have signed Scott McDonald, on a 2-year deal after Scott canceled his contract with Middlesbrough by mutual consent.

Dinamo Moscow and Rubin Kazan have reportedly joined the race for Feyenoord defender Daryl Janmaat.

According to AS, Villarreal have signed Sergio Asenjo from Atletico Madrid for €4 million.

Partizan Belgrade have confirmed the signing of defender Milan Obradovic from Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv.

Reina has been signed by Napoli, according to Sky Italy

Official: Millwall have signed Scott McDonald, on a 2-year deal after Scott canceled his contract with Middlesbrough by mutual consent.

L'Equipe: Monaco are currently in discussions with Manchester United to sign Nani they claim.

BREAKING: Evian have announced that Yannick Sagbo has been given permission to go visit an English clubs facilities Hull City.

L'Equipe: Bordeaux are in advanced negotiations with Cheikh M'Bengue the Toulouse full back, they claim.

L'Equipe are reporting that Spurs have now made contact with Lyon over Bafetimbi Gomis.

Chery leaves for Groningen initially on a season long loan, but the club have a mandatory deal to pay €800,000 next summer, with the 25 year old then to sign a 3 year deal.

The attacker has spent the last two years with ADO Den Haag, where he has made 66 appearances for the club, and scored ten goals. Chery started his career with FC Twente, and went on to spend time on loan with Cambuur, Roosendaal, and FC Emmen.

Also announced today were a deal for ex-Tottenham defender William Troost-Ekong, and the loan signing of Liverpool’s young midfielder Krisztian Adorjan.

Defender Troost-Ekong was a free agent after being released by Tottenham, where the 19 year old failed to make any first team appearances for the club.

Hungarian Adorjan has also failed to make any competitive matches for Liverpool, but joins Groningen on loan, and may have an option to sign permanently at the end of the season.

Adorjan told the official site after signing, “In the summer I heard about the interest of FC Groningen,”

“I thought that was immediately interesting. I follow Dutch football and love the way you play. I was pleased with the interest of FC Groningen.

Martin van Geel director at Feyenoord says it would take a huge offer to sign Stefan de Vrij, and Jordy Clasie.

Ajax midfielder Eyong Enoh is set for a move to Greece with Olympiakos.

Chelsea to loan out Nathaniel Chalobah, Josh McEachran, Lucas Piazon and Wallace next season.

l'Equipe report that Monaco have shown interest in Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Rui Patricio and have submitted an offer of €10m.

#PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Aréola has been loaned to #Ligue2 side RC Lens, as announced on their official website. #Ligue1

 

Arsenal bid £40,000,001 for Luis Suarez but Liverpool hold firm
Arsenal stepped up their attempts to sign Luis Suárez on Tuesday evening by lodging an audacious bid of £40,000,001 for the Liverpool forward - one pound above the £40 million trigger clause in his Anfield contract.
The bid, made by Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis during a telephone conversation with Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre at the club’s Melbourne training base, was swiftly rejected by the Merseysiders, who remain insistent that Suárez will not be sold this summer.
Having signed a £100,000-a-week four-year deal at Liverpool last summer, Suárez’s advisor, Pere Guardiola, negotiated a clause in the 26-year-old’s contract which entitled the player to be informed of any future bid in excess of £40 million for him.
While the player’s camp may yet choose to interpret the clause as enabling Suárez to leave Liverpool should a bid greater than £40 million be received, the club remain insistent that the only obligation on their part is to relay information of any offer to Suárez, who is due to play against Melbourne Victory on Wednesday.
Suárez trained with his team-mates in front of 15,000 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground last night before being informed of Arsenal’s latest bid - the London’s club’s third offer, having lodged bids of £25 million and £35 million in the past month.
Although he was given a warm reception by Liverpool’s Australia-based fans, who chanted his name during the hour-long session, Suárez appeared subdued before waving to spectators as he left the pitch.
Brendan Rodgers is due to speak formally with Suárez after the friendly in Melbourne ion Wednesday to reiterate the club’s stance, and talks between Ayre and Guardiola are also expected at some stage in the next 24 hours.
Rodgers’ determination to resist offers for Suárez has been supported by the club’s American owners, who have given the Northern Irishman the mandate to hold firm on the ‘not for sale’ position in relation to the player.
Having noted Paris St-Germain’s £55 million signing of Napoli forward Edinson Cavani this month, Rodgers insisted that he rated Suárez in the same bracket as his Uruguay team-mate, hinting at a possible figure that would be acceptable for Liverpool.
Whether Arsenal would be prepared to stretch their interest to the point where they would break the British transfer record - currently Fernando Torres’s £50 million move from Liverpool to Chelsea - in order to sign Suárez remains to be seen, but it is believed to be highly unlikely.
Napoli, meanwhile, believe that they now have a £31 million deal in place for Arsenal’s other summer target Gonzalo Higuaín, so the north London club would have to act quickly if they want to keep that particular option alive if a deal for Suárez fell through.
Arsenal had a £23 million deal and personal terms agreed in principle with Real Madrid for Higuaín prior to the managerial appointment of Carlo Ancelotti but Real then upped their asking price. The risk now is that Arsenal could end up with none of their targets if they focus solely on Suárez.
Rodgers said yesterday that Suárez had shown no signs of discontent since arriving in Australia. “He was smiling and happy with all his mates when he arrived,” Rodgers said.
“He was glad to see them all again. He went round them and shook them by the hand. Knowing Luis as I do, he would play football all week, all day and all night, if he could so I’m sure he will want to play some part against Melbourne.”
Suárez is due to miss the first six games of the new season after serving just four matches of a 10-game suspension for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic in April.
The former Ajax striker cited the negative media reaction to his attack on Ivanovic, and his subsequent ban, when publicly admitting his desire to leave Liverpool this summer.
But Rodgers insists the controversy surrounding Suárez had not affected his standing within the club. “He has stayed very much part of the squad, so he feels part of it and we are making sure he is going to be ready,” Rodgers said.
Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho has admitted that the squad is attempting to persuade him to stay at the club. And the January signing from Inter Milan claims that Suárez is as crucial to Liverpool’s prospects as Neymar, the rising star of world football, to Brazil.
“I have played with Neymar, he is a special player,” Coutinho said. “But for sure, you can make the comparison [with Suárez].
"They are two big names, two great players that move around the ground and score a lot of goals. They have different qualities.
"Neymar is more about dribbling and organising the attacks, but Suárez scores a lot of goals. You can’t compare them directly as players, but Luis is on a par with Neymar in terms of qualities, for sure.
“They are both exceptional players and we all hope that he stays. Everyone here wants to play with top footballers and that is exactly what Luis is. We have Luis and Steven Gerrard. Great players.
"All of the players want him to stay and we have been trying to persuade him to stay.”
Liverpool, meanwhile, remain keen to sign the Valencia full-back Aly Cissokho as Rodgers attempts to bolster his defensive options.

 

Card carrying member right here! :icon_mrgreen:

 

3rd bid in for Cesc £35m I wonder how long Barca take to reject this one.

 

Chelsea to loan out Nathaniel Chalobah, Josh McEachran, Lucas Piazon and Wallace next season.

Really has not progressed as much as he should have by this stage.
Always looked a very good prospect.

 

Carlo Ancelotti's sacking set Josh back a great deal, can't see him breaking through unfortunately.

 

Sky Sport Italia claim Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina is flying in for his Napoli medical on Wednesday.

The shot-stopper has agreed to join on loan for one season and it’s reported the two clubs have already exchanged contracts.

Personal terms have also been finalised, so Reina will undergo a medical on Wednesday or Thursday.

He reunites with Rafa Benitez, who first signed him at Liverpool and is the new Coach of Napoli.

Meanwhile, this opens the door for Morgan De Sanctis to join Roma for €0.5m.

 

Looked decent in his loan spell at Boro

 

Arsenal bid £40m and £1 for Suarez.
Good olde Wenger, that £1 was surly going to turn heads in the finance department of Liverpool :smiley-laughing002:

 

From what I've heard, there was a figure of £40 million going round, and Wenger thought that any bid over that would get accepted.

If you're on ebay, and the item is £10, you bid £10.01. You're not going to bid £12 so that the seller won't be annoyed and offended are you?

 

Apparently there's a clause in Suarez's contract at anything over £40 million bid means that negotiations can take place between Suarez and the club who've offered it for him.

Suarez's agent (Pere Guardiola) thought that the bid of £40m +£1 would have been enough for negotiations to start with Arsenal, as suggested in his contract. However Liverpool are claiming that clause is only for them to inform Suarez that a bid has been made for him.... which seems kind of strange because he would have found out about the bid anyways.

There is still some talk that this might go to court, as the wording of the clause in Suarez's contract seems to have confused all three parties in this case. They don't know whether it's just a clause that means they have to inform of a bid, or whether it's an actually clause which means he can start negotiations with another club.

 

Footballs gone mad this transfer window, think it could quite easily be the biggest amount of money spent in a transfer window by all clubs. So many big money signings have been made and some big numbers still being flung about for players.

Surprised Arsenal are going so high on Suarez, theyve never really been the type of club to do so.

 

So what you are saying is Liverpool would find it grosely offensive if Arsenal bid say £44 million for Suarez and would refuse to sell him.
Indeed. I know its the other way round, lol

 

A good day for the lawyers, the fees for that one should run into the hundreds of thousands!

 

John W. Henry ‏@John_W_Henry 4h
What do you think they're smoking over there at Emirates?


PSG forward Kevin Gameiro in Spain to complete £7m transfer to Sevilla.




Official: Lazio sign Argentine midfielder Lucas Biglia from Anderlecht for £5m http://www.sslazio.it/news/news/1-news/4022-comunicato.html …

Gonzalo Higuaín left out of Real Madrid squad for Lyon friendly as £31.8m Napoli move edges closer.

Tottenham are poised to make a fresh move for 28-year-old Lyon forward Lisandro Lopez.

Everton, West Brom and Fulham are all interested in Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Clément Chantôme.

CdS: Borriello will be loaned to Inter from Roma.


CdS: Roma are in talks with Arsenal over Gervinho


Le Parisien: Michel Bastos' departure from Lyon is imminent they claim. Lyon have accepted a €5m bid from a Middle Eastern side.

J-M Aulas: The sale of Bafetimbi Gomis is a sporting one nothing else. We have too many attackers and his contract is out next year.

Romain Alessandrini's agent has told @lequipe that he still believes a transfer to Marseille this summer is possible.

 

CSKA Moscow have sold Vagner Love to Chinese side Shandong Luneng. The fee is reported to be between €12-20m. [L’Equipe].

Higuaín and Pepe Reina have arrived in Italy for their medical with Napoli.

Rubin Kazan are willing to pay €4 million for Olympiakos' Paulo Machado.

Zenit St Petersburg are ready to move for troubled Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse

Representatives of Zenit have arrived in Porto Alegre to negotiate a deal for Leandro Damiao. They will meet Giovanni Luigi today.

Rubin Kazan are considering making a bid for Fiorentina midfielder Juan Vargas. They are willing to pay €5 million for the Peruvian.

Both Dinamo Moscow and Rubin Kazan have reportedly joined the race for Feyenoord defender Daryl Janmaat.

Rubin Kazan have offered €8m for Fiorentina player Roncaglia.