Summer transfer thread 2012

[Chazza]

Pedro Pinto @pedrocnn
Inter seem to be close to signing Lucas from Sao Paulo. Their sporting director, Marco Branca was in Brasil on Weds to negotiate a deal.

[Shaggy]

LOL

[little dave hedgehog]

why's that funny?

[Reece]

Because the Mancs were claiming to be close to signing him etc.

[little dave hedgehog]

oh.

[Bender]

Tottenham are threatening to pull the plug on their bid to sign Emmanuel Adebayor and make a renewed move for Brazilian striker Leandro Damiao.

Adebayor has demanded that Spurs pay him the £4million transfer fee they have agreed with Manchester City, which forced chairman Daniel Levy and manager Andre Villas-Boas to reconsider their options.

City have also warned Adebayor, 28, they will not be held to ransom and are willing to let the Togo international rot in the reserves for two years if he continues to hold out for crazy money.

Having taken Adebayor on loan last season, Spurs agreed a £4m deal to sign him permanently.

City had agreed to subsidise part of Adebayor’s £175,000-a-week wages, meaning he would not lose any money by making the switch to White Hart Lane on a four-year contract.

But Adebayor stunned both Spurs and City by rejecting the deal unless he also receives the £4m fee and effectively moves on a free transfer.

He also only wants a two-year contract at White Hart Lane, so he can try to make even more money by moving on again in 2014.

Levy reacted by immediately resuming negotiations with Brazilian club Internacional over Damiao and is also looking at Chelsea’s Daniel Sturridge.link

[Bender]

Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo is making a blockbusting £25million bid for German star Andre Schurrle – to fill Didier Drogba’s big boots.

Di Matteo has been given the go-ahead to up his offer for the 21-year-old Bayer Leverkusen striker and provide fresh muscle up front.
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Meanwhile, it has emerged Oscar and his agent took a £12.5m half-slice of the transfer paid by Chelsea, with Internacional getting the other 50 per cent.

The £6.25m payment to Oscar was above board, however, as the player and his advisor each owned a 25 per cent portion of his economic rights.
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[Muddled]

Aquilani and Adebayor expecting their respective transfer fee's to be paid to them. What the **** is going on?

I'll flick back on to the Olympics where we see sportsmen and women who are unpretentious, humble and do it for the love of the sport they compete in.

Godamn my unreserved love for football.

[Exiled_red]

Aquilani and Adebayor expecting their respective transfer fee's to be paid to them. What the **** is going on?

I'll flick back on to the Olympics where we see sportsmen and women who are unpretentious, humble and do it for the love of the sport they compete in.

Godamn my unreserved love for football.

Greedy ****ers

[Leyton388]

Football clubs need to get a grip and sort this player power out. It is out of control now.

[kingfunk]

Aquilani and Adebayor expecting their respective transfer fee's to be paid to them. What the **** is going on?

I'll flick back on to the Olympics where we see sportsmen and women who are unpretentious, humble and do it for the love of the sport they compete in.

Godamn my unreserved love for football.

Exactly why my love of professional football is fading.

[Lee]

Aquilani and Adebayor expecting their respective transfer fee's to be paid to them. What the **** is going on?

I'll flick back on to the Olympics where we see sportsmen and women who are unpretentious, humble and do it for the love of the sport they compete in.

Godamn my unreserved love for football.

Sick isn't it. The *******s have no passion.

Imagine being paid £60k per week to play football.

If Aquilani wanted to return home and Adebayor really wants to play football then what difference does £20-80k per week make to people who earn that sort of poke.

[Darkon]

Arsenal have officially signed Cazorla. Good buy for them unfortunatly. Seem's like they are getting some good business done this summer.

[Darkon]

PSG are in for him as well according to Thiago Silva

[Lee]

Arsenal have officially signed Cazorla. Good buy for them unfortunatly. Seem's like they are getting some good business done this summer.

Great signing for them. When was the last time they've spent so much money in one window?

If they can keep Van Persie then they should do well next season.