and here´s round one
Arsenal - Aston Villa
Bolton - Tottenham
Chelsea - Man City
Everton - Watford
Man Utd - Fulham
Newcastle - Wigan
Portsmouth - Blackburn
Reading - Middlesbrough
Sheff Utd - Liverpool
West Ham - Charlton
and here´s round one
Arsenal - Aston Villa
Bolton - Tottenham
Chelsea - Man City
Everton - Watford
Man Utd - Fulham
Newcastle - Wigan
Portsmouth - Blackburn
Reading - Middlesbrough
Sheff Utd - Liverpool
West Ham - Charlton
MarickChelsea - Man City
Ruud's gone to Real for £10.5m, according to that Wiki page.
"The most important and recognize player in the history of the country."
Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I were as great as Paulo Wanchope.
Are there are interesting European transfers?
I can't seem to find a reliable website
...Geddit?
If you guys are interested, check out this thread.
Marcos Senna is tipped to go from Villareal to Man Utd
Couldn't have put it better myself. He was a nice little earner in Fantasy Football last season, so here's hoping he turns out alright. Bellamy and Pennant...methinks Rafa's new thing is bad boys, instead of Spanish guys.Originally Posted by Cz
Apparently Carrick is going to United for £18.5m. That's absolutely ridiculous if it's true, and United will have been taken for a ride.
£18.5m? I could understand that sort of preposterous sum from Chelsea, but United should have more sense than that. Carrick's a fine player, but for that sort of money they could've done better.
"The most important and recognize player in the history of the country."
Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I were as great as Paulo Wanchope.
Carrick's move has been completed, nowhere near worth 18.6 million. Ah well, long as it will add to Manure's debt and another routine defeat to Blackburn, i'm happy.
Leeds United anyone?
It's not really a Leeds situation when you consider they've just made £10m from Mikel (a guy who didn't even kick a ball for them) and £11m from RVN.
Leeds were only in debt by only about 100 mill, Manure are in about 500 million, with a weak midfield compared to Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. They aren't going to win the league, i mean they were happy enough to win the eague cup last season, when 3 years previous they thought the league cup was a joke after losing to Liverpool.
You say they got 20 odd million from those 2 players, then they blow near enough all of it on just a good player.
Last edited by Russielloyd; 08-01-2006 at 04:56 AM.
If by £500 million you mean the £660 million Glazer debt which has been saddled upon the club, then yeah, there's that, but the purchase of Carrick won't really have an affect on that. Player transfers, while more limited than before, won't really bear most of the burden, as they're instead trying to conquer America (I'm surprised they sold Spector and sent Howard out on loan) and Asia (It's not a coincidence that Park Ji-Sung was one of the players modelling their new kit, and that Dong Fanzhou is being pushed as a big hope...) with their mass marketing machine to make the required money. Let's be honest, Manchester United is a more profitable business than Leeds United.
Yeah, at present their midfield is average, even with Carrick. It amuses me that they paid £18.6m when we paid £10.5m for the superior (and younger) Xabi Alonso, especially when Carrick has no experience in international competitions, and his international experience consists of 6 friendlies and a World Cup game against Ecuador. Still, that's the price you pay when you buy English, as we found out with £6.7 Pennant.
I think that money, and anymore they have, would've been better spent on trying to lure Riquelme or Torres, or even Patrick Vieira.
I think Carrick's fee is terrible. although i can understand that they can afford that.
I wouldnt want to be a Villa fan at this moment in time with all the off-field stuff going on and they havent signed or sold anyone, leaving them with the same team as last season which was really rather poor. They still havent found a new manager either
EDIT: btw i am a not a villa fan
Speaking of which, Vieira has revealed he's not ruling out a move to United. Oh, how I would love to see him walk out in Arseanal's new stadium in a Man United shirt, along with thousands of MU fans in the same shirt - possibly the biggest slap in their face we could make against a rival club, I reckon.
Nice to see that not every player is snubbing us, though.
As for Carrick, it's expected that the £18.6m is made up of roughly £12-13m for the transfer and the rest is based on performances - probably how often he plays in the next year or two, what results we get out of it and what trophies we manage. So if £18.6m is the price to get a player to help us win the league, then hell, so be it.
Either way - a midfield including the likes of Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes, Park and Giggs isn't a midfield to be scoffed at - especially if we can pull in Vieira as well, or possibly (but far less likely) Mascherano.
Bow before the mighty Javoo!
I tell you at West Ham a player we need is Andres D'Alessandro, is he joining Portsmouth full time? He's a great player it would be good to see him in the premiership next year
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