Transfer tittle-tattle

[Pablo]

Heard on the radio this morning that Yaya Toure has signed for a Premier League club, but they will not announce which team it is yet! Anyone know which club it is? City would be the obvious option.

[doogle]

Heard on the radio this morning that Yaya Toure has signed for a Premier League club, but they will not announce which team it is yet! Anyone know which club it is? City would be the obvious option.

http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/129352-barcelonas-yaya-tour%C3%A9-tipped-for-liverpool-fc-swap-deal-following-agent-claim.html

Barcelona's Yaya Touré tipped for Liverpool FC swap deal following agent claim

Yaya Touré could be in line for a move to Liverpool after his agent claimed that the Barcelona midfielder has already agreed a deal to join a Premier League club.

Chelsea and Manchester United have both been in the hunt for the 27-year-old, who has also been linked with a move to Manchester City where he would link up with brother Kolo, as Barcelona continue to eye Cesc Fabregas.

But after Arsenal rejected a £29million bid earlier this week, the La Liga champions have once again turned their attention to Javier Mascherano after failing to lure the Liverpool holding midfielder to Spain last summer.

A swap deal has been mooted with Mascherano, 25, keen to leave Anfield whilst Liverpool are unable to meet Barca's €36million asking price, but Touré's agent, Dimitri Seluk, has remained tight-lipped until the Ivory Coast international returns from the World Cup.

He said: "If everything goes well, Yaya will go to England.

"But we can't talk about definite clubs. We already have a closed deal, and all will be resolved before the World Cup."

Liverpool supporters also claim that managing director Christian Purslow hinted at a deal for Touré was imminent when he was bombarded with phone calls yesterday following Rafael Benitez's departure.

[Reece]

Beat me to it

[Shaggy]

We ain't gonna sign him but if we do I'd be underwhelmed - I don't think he's particularly good.

[doogle]

Beat me to it

[dww]

We ain't gonna sign him but if we do I'd be underwhelmed - I don't think he's particularly good.

I think he would have been ideal for how our team was developing under Rafa - athletic and capable of dropping back into the defensive line when needed in games. A player like that would make it easier for the fullbacks to push on and help at set pieces.

[the rev leeroy brown]

i'd be quite happy if we got yaya toure for mash. mash is superb of that there is no doubt ( apart from some queer called chris at my work who thinks he piss ) but yaya toure is a far better all round player and i feel would be a beeter player should we ditch the defensive game now rafa is gone.

[Kenneth]

He's a good replacement for Masch imo. Would certainly soften the blow.

[lickedlollipop]

we will see ... (but i think it's mancs ****y anyway )

[Fernandinho]

toure brings height and long legs which really help in screening, and he isnt so defensive minded so if we play 2 holding this season it wont be so defensive at least.. but masch is a more accurate passer...?

[tommyg]

Must be so easy for Man City to scout players, all they've got to do is type in "Best Football Player" on Youtube and thats it.

[Fernandinho]

Man city look like they have announced the singing of Boateng from Hamburg..... http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/trans...oateng-signing

Manchester City has confirmed the signing of Germany defender Jerome Boateng.

The 21-year-old will officially become a City player on July 1, having agreed a five-year deal to sign from Hamburg.

Boateng was in Manchester to confirm the details of the move before jetting off to South Africa to join up with the Germany team.

No fee was announced by the club, but it had been reported that Boateng would cost around £10.5 million.

Boateng had long been a target of City boss Roberto Mancini. "This is a very good signing for Manchester City and I am pleased to bring Jerome to the club," the Italian told the club's website.

"He is a young player who is already of a very high quality, but I think he can continue to improve at City.

"He can play a number of positions in defence, which is important. He has proved his ability in Germany and I think he can be a very important player for Manchester City in the Premier League.

"It's good for Jerome to have agreed terms ahead of the World Cup, so he can now concentrate on playing for Germany. And I will be very interested to see how he gets on in the tournament, before welcoming him back to meet his team-mates in pre-season."

Boateng, the brother of Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince, follows current City players Vincent Kompany and Nigel de Jong in moving to Eastlands from Hamburg.

[Mike]

Not really seen much of him.

[johnly]

Zoran Tosic, that wonderkid the Mancs signed has gone to CSKA on a 5 year deal after not playing one single game for them. I wonder if the press will point out this massive Fergie flop

[Shaggy]

Ludicrous. Meant to be £16m for the pair - the 2nd one never came and reduced it to around £12m for that kid? As you say no-one will say a ****ing word.