"We've momentum and we can't afford to lose it tbh"- The '13-'14 summer transfer window thread for PL and beyond

oh look

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/queens-park-rangers/10240232/QPR-to-sign-Scott-Parker-from-Spurs-in-next-48-hours.html

Redknapp said: "We're hopeful of getting Scotty signed soon. He's a great lad and will be a really good signing for us."

Parker / Henry / Barton three man midfield would be a sight to behold.

yes i'm very excited

whither esteban?

parker's gone for a medical, that lovely daughter of his drove him down, he's stitting down at reception now having a nice cup of tea, the nurses have given him a blanket and everything

granero took his lifetime destined place alongside karl on saturday, made his customary ineffective and borderline petulant contribution, bottled a tackle that led to us conceding, got the hook for swp who done alright. won't be seeing him again

i thought sociedad were in for granero?
tough choice, lining up with henry or moving to san sebastian and playing in the champions league

Would like to read extracts from Granero's diaries in which he discusses his departure from Madrid and his time at QPR. I wonder what he's made of Redknapp.

disabuse yourselves of fancy notions and take him for what he is, a gap year student called stephen barn

you loved him, at first

get that right up ye etc.

Manchester United have taken the top-level decision that Wayne Rooney will not be sold to Chelsea no matter how much money is offered or whatever the potential risks of keeping an unhappy player. Their stance is irreversible and will represent a significant setback for José Mourinho, who had been under the impression a deal to take him to Stamford Bridge was only a matter of time.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/13/wayne-rooney-not-for-sale-chelsea

mixed feelings about this quote

That falls in line with a promise made to Moyes when he took over from Ferguson that United would keep together the squad that won the league last season. United, for example, have rejected several bids for Nani and the only player they are willing to move out is Bébé

https://twitter.com/NBCSportsSoccer/status/367365046197706752

oh lord

That's all true though isn't it, handy guide imo

6. Teams that rhyme with "Ganchester Goonited" are awarded unlimited injury time until they get a result.

look, Fergie's dead ok? Let it go

...or is he?
http://hereisthecity.com/2013/08/12/manchester-united-the-greatest-mind-game-fergie-ever-played/

Martin Charquero ‏@MartinCharquero 8h
ATENCIÓN. Luis Suárez me confirma que no se ira de Liverpool. El apoyo de los hinchas en las últimas semanas influyeron en la decision.

Martin Charquero ‏@MartinCharquero 8h
Luis Suárez ve como probable una renovación (extension) del contrato que lo une a Liverpool.

Do los hinchas still lo apoyan?

What's great about all these sagas going off is it still leaves a couple of weeks for hilarious overbidding on third-choices, has-beens and never-weres.

so suarez is staying and we're signing willian for 30m. wake me up in a fortnight.

£30m?! Some fire sale.

It's about what they paid for him. afaict Anzhi have no real need to sell, they aren't in any financial difficulty, but just want to scale things down.

Aren't they rumoured to be in some kind of difficulty due to a broken potash cartel and an oligarch or something? I'm sure I read that yesterday, it's not the kind of thing I would dream up.

It was reported in the Guardian but seems quite speculative. The share price dipped but went up again and Kerimov's exposure is a fairly insignificant proportion of his total wealth. His health problems seem a more convincing reason for scaling things down. Trying to compete at the very highest level was apparently more stressful than enjoyable.

lol medel

player of the season, calling it

and already a dick

What's he done? All I can find is him describing Cardiff as a stepping-stone, excuse me while I process the concept.

There is consideration for execution and timing yknow

Also i dont share ilf love for fouling cunts.

hmmn deems u seem to be suggesting gattuso is just cattermole with tactical intelligence, a vaguely neanderthal handsomeness and a more extensive collection of hand gestures?

No, he's a better footballer than cattermole and a foulin cunt who should have been banned for months after his tackle on corluka and his butt to joe jordan

this morning i was thinking about corluka

the bluemoon forums, home to the lowest standard of literacy of all epl forum, used to refer to him as 'breadvan'

He was a good rightback, as were pamarot and chimbonda before him, walker isnt nearly as much an improvement on them (if at all) as is accepted. Corluka by some distance the best option behind lennon.

carwauker vs korluka

Kal'nawtan killed supermans dad didnt he ps it's pronounced nyachtan fyi england

"It is a new challenge that I want to fulfil," Medel is quoted telling Chilean station, Radio Cooperativa. "It's going to be different. Football here is tougher, stronger, faster."

Sky sources: Hull sign Tom Huddlestone from Tottenham ‪#‎SSN‬

on a friend's Facebook, 20 minutes ago

it's on the proper thread, might put RIP in the title

Messi, Beckham, Cruijff, Best, Pele, Ronaldo, Beckenbauer, Cafu, Banks, Maldini, Hansen to Farnborough

Poor Elvis Hammond. I'd say it's the final indignity but I'm sure he has a few left in him.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/14/article-2393941-1B4C3738000005DC-809_634x516.jpg

"I find it hard to believe that's the way the balls came out of the bag, that's for sure," said the Scot. "I hope it's not because Manchester United won the league quite comfortably last year [that] the fixtures have been made much more difficult."

It begins. 'The fixtures have become much more difficult' is my opening bid for new season thread title btw.

yeah not bad

sthing with fergie as duncan, rooney as macduff, moyes as macbeth but is it quite right

Etienne Capoue came from Tolouse but is here to win the Premier League 2013/2014

"Is this D. Agger I see before me?" - anticipating Utd's fifth-place finish

haa

"Luis doesn't think this year is our year"

That article starts with him saying it's the hardest start for 20 years. Seems churlish to complain after two decades of having it easier.

xxxp