EPL summer deals

last SG · 2008-05-20T19:23:55+00:00

Switzerland full-back Philipp Degen has officially completed his move to Liverpool after putting pen to paper on a four-year deal at Anfield. Degen was avail...

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Below are the updates in the transfer market as at 19July08

ARSENAL

IN: Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff, £5m), Samir Nasri (Marseille, £12m)

OUT: Alex Hleb (Barcelona, £15m), Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan, free), Jens Lehmann (Stuttgart, free), Kerrea Gilbert (Leicester, loan)

ASTON VILLA

IN: Curtis Davies (West Brom, £8m), Steve Sidwell (Chelsea, £5m)

OUT: Luke Moore (West Brom, £3m), Patrick Berger (Sparta Prague, free), Olof Mellberg (Juventus, free), Thomas Sorensen (released)

BLACKBURN

IN: None

OUT: Peter Enckelman (Cardiff, free), Stephane Henchoz (released), Bruno Berner (released)

BOLTON

IN: Johan Elmander (Toulouse, £10m), Fabrice Muamba (Birmingham, £5m)

OUT: Daniel Braaten (Toulouse, exchange), Andranik Teymourian (Fulham, free), Ivan Campo (released), Stelios (released)

CHELSEA

IN: Jose Bosingwa (Porto, £16.5m), Deco (Barcelona, £8.3m)

OUT: Steve Sidwell (Aston Villa, £5m), Ben Sahar (Portsmouth, loan), Hernan Crespo (Inter Milan, free)

EVERTON

IN: None

OUT: Lee Carsley (Birmingham, free), Stefan Wessels (VfL Osnabruck, free), Bjarni Vidarsson (released)

FULHAM

IN: Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil (West Ham, £6.3m combined), David Stockdale (Darlington, £600,000), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, free), Zoltan Gera (West Brom, free), Andranik Teymourian (Bolton, free), Toni Kallio (BSC Young Boys, free)

OUT: Tony Warner (Hull, free), Carlos Bocanegra (Rennes, free), Bjorn Runstrom (OB, free), Brian McBride (released), Jari Litmanen (released), Philippe Christanval (released), Simon Elliott (released), Ian Pearce (released), Kasey Keller (released)

HULL

IN: Peter Halmosi (Plymouth, £2m), George Boateng (Middlesbrough, £1m), Craig Fagan (Derby, £750,000), Geovanni (Manchester City, free), Bernard Mendy (Paris St Germain, free), Tony Warner (Fulham, free)

OUT: David Livermore (Brighton, free), Henrik Pedersen (Silkeborg IF, free), Jay-Jay Okocha (released)

LIVERPOOL

IN: Andrea Dossena (Udinese, £8m), Diego Cavalieri (Palmeiras, £3m), Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund, free)

OUT: Peter Crouch (Portsmouth, £11m), John Arne Riise (Roma, £4m), Danny Guthrie (Newcastle, £2.5m), Antony Le Tallec (Le Mans, undisclosed), Harry Kewell (Galatasaray, free), Scott Carson (West Brom, £3.25m)

MANCHESTER UNITED

IN: None

OUT: Gerard Pique (Barcelona, £5m), Tom Heaton (Cardiff, loan)

MANCHESTER CITY

IN: Jo (CSKA Moscow, £18m)

OUT: Georgios Samaras (Celtic, undisclosed), Andreas Isaksson (PSV Eindhoven, undisclosed), Geovanni (Hull, free), Sun Jihai (Sheffield United, free), Emile Mpenza (released), Paul Dickov (released)

MIDDLESBROUGH

IN: Didier Digard (Paris St Germain, £4m), Marvin Emnes (Sparta Rotterdam, £3.2m)

OUT: George Boateng (Hull, £1m), Mark Schwarzer (Fulham, free), Fabio Rochemback (Sporting Lisbon, free), Gaizka Mendieta (released), Dong Gook Lee (released)

NEWCASTLE

IN: Danny Guthrie (Liverpool, £2.5m), Jonas Gutierrez (Real Mallorca, £2m)

OUT: Peter Ramage (QPR, free), Stephen Carr (released), James Troisi (released), David Rozehnal (Lazio, £2.9m)

PORTSMOUTH

IN: Peter Crouch (Liverpool, £11m), Glen Little (Reading, free), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan)

OUT: None

STOKE

IN: Rudolph Austin (Portmore United, £1m), Dave Kitson (Reading, £5.5m)

OUT: Dominic Matteo (released), Russell Hoult (released), Marlon Broomes(Blackpool, free)

SUNDERLAND

IN: None

OUT: Andy Cole (released), Ian Harte (released), Stephen Wright (released), Stan Varga (released)

TOTTENHAM

IN: Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb, £15.8m), Giovani dos Santos (Barcelona, £4.7m), John Bostock (Crystal Palace, £700,000)

OUT: Tommy Forecast (Southampton, £200,000)

WEST BROM

IN: Gianni Zuiverloon (Heerenveen, £3.2m), Luke Moore (Aston Villa, £3m), Roman Bednar (Hearts, £2.5m), Marek Cech (Porto, £1.4m), Do-heon Kim (Seongnam Ilhwa Shunma, £550,000), Graham Dorrans (Livingston, £100,000), Michal Danek (Viktoria Plzen, loan), Scott Carson (Liverpool, £3.25m)

OUT: Curtis Davies (Aston Villa, £8m), Martin Albrechtsen (Derby, free), Luke Steele (Barnsley, free), Zoltan Gera (Fulham, free), Kevin Phillips (Birmingham, free)

WEST HAM

IN: Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson (HK Kopavogur, undisclosed)

OUT: Bobby Zamora and John Pantsil (Fulham, £6.3m combined), Nolberto Solano (released)

WIGAN

IN: Olivier Kapo (Birmingham, £3.5m), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham, free)

OUT: Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen, £800,000), Julius Aghahowa (Kayserispor, free), Salomon Olembe (Kayserispor, free), Andy Webster (Rangers, free), Josip Skoko (released)

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Zarate

ARSENE WENGER is considering a move for Argentine ace Mauro Zarate.

The striker, 21, has left Birmingham after his loan from Al-Sadd of Qatar, who value him at £20million.

He scored four goals at St Andrew’s but City gave up their option on him after they were relegated.

Now Arsenal boss Wenger is tracking the hitman.

Blues boss Alex McLeish said: “He will be a good asset to one of the big clubs.

"It’s just a shame that our situation counted against us.”

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Reading

READING could lose four mainstays of their team following relegation.

Stephen Hunt, Nicky Shorey, Kevin Doyle and James Harper are summer targets for Premier League clubs.

Sunderland boss Roy Keane is a big admirer of Irish midfielder Hunt.

West Ham are eyeing left-back Shorey, while midfielder Harper and striker Doyle could attract attention.

Ibrahima Sonko and Emerse Fae, banned by the Royals for refusing to play for the reserves, also want out.

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Barry

ASTON VILLA boss Martin O’Neill is ready to get tough with Liverpool over Gareth Barry.

O’Neill and club owner Randy Lerner have already spoken to their skipper about his future after the Reds tabled a rejected £10million player-plus-cash bid.

That angered O’Neill who snapped: “Liverpool have put in an offer — well it’s debatable whether it is an offer!”

England midfielder Barry, 27, who has two years left on his current deal, has promised an answer within a fortnight.

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stickie!

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Rochemback released meh? i thought he just signed a new deal

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villa should accept the 10 million + player deal.

provided liverpool exchange mascherano.

that will silience rafa.

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Zarate

ARSENE WENGER is considering a move for Argentine ace Mauro Zarate.

The striker, 21, has left Birmingham after his loan from Al-Sadd of Qatar, who value him at £20million.

He scored four goals at St Andrew’s but City gave up their option on him after they were relegated.

Now Arsenal boss Wenger is tracking the hitman.

Blues boss Alex McLeish said: “He will be a good asset to one of the big clubs.

"It’s just a shame that our situation counted against us.”

wu ngia boh. they actually loaned out a player valued at 20 million pounds?

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whats wrong with Liverpool - if they really want Barry, table a big bid for him lah...get rid of the rubbish players- Kewell (past his prime), Pennant (crap thats why Arsenal ditched him), Hyppia (think he can play well in a Championship team), Itanjie (a funny name to go with a crap keeper).

And next season, maybe he shouldn't rotate so much and play Babel more often - he is fast and he is good - don't understand why he don't get so much "air time".

With Barry sitting in midfield with Maescharno, Gerrard and Babel and orchestrate the attack and striker wise - Kuyt and Torres should be formidable.

Think he should keep Crouch and sell off Voronin. Get another decent keeper to compliment Reina.

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And next season, maybe he shouldn't rotate so much and play Babel more often - he is fast and he is good - don't understand why he don't get so much "air time".

With Barry sitting in midfield with Maescharno, Gerrard and Babel and orchestrate the attack and striker wise - Kuyt and Torres should be formidable.

Think he should keep Crouch and sell off Voronin. Get another decent keeper to compliment Reina.

cuz babel isnt a 90min-player.

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Silvestre

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Mikael Silvestre is weighing up a move to Bordeaux.

Former United veteran Laurent Blanc, who is the French club's boss, has declared his interest in the player.

Silvestre, whose season has been disrupted by knee injuries, is out of contract at the end of next season.

And he said: “It isn’t impossible. Bordeaux is a club which is close to my heart.

"When I was little, I followed their exploits in Europe. I also have family in the Gironde region.

“But each player has to be satisfied in a sporting sense as well as financially."

Silvestre missed most of United’s title-winning campaign with a knee injury he suffered in September.

He returned towards the end of the season but he is unlikely to make France’s squad for Euro 2008.

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Sidwell

MIDDLESBROUGH have joined the race to land £4million-rated Chelsea outcast Steve Sidwell.

Boro boss Gareth Southgate faces stiff competition from Premier League rivals Everton and Aston Villa.

But Southgate will try to tempt the former Reading midfield star, 25, with the promise of regular first-team football at the Riverside.

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Rochemback released meh? i thought he just signed a new deal

Rochemback

MIDDLESBROUGH have ended Fabio Rochemback's stay on Teesside.

The Brazilian is out of contract this summer and has been told he will not earn another deal at the Riverside.

Rochemback is now set to join former club Sporting Lisbon.

Boss Gareth Southgate said: “We both feel that the time is right for Fabio to have a fresh challenge.

"He is a talented footballer and he’s just had his best season for us.

"It was fitting that he should bow out against Manchester City on Sunday with probably his best performance in a Middlesbrough shirt.”

Gaizka Mendieta and Dong Gook Lee has also been released by Boro.

But Southgate is desperate to keep hold of keep Mark Schwarzer, whose deal is set to expire.

He added: “We are talking to Mark. I’d like him to stay. His experience is important but he has real drive and determination that is still increasing.

“He is the one in our dressing room that can truly say he has played at the highest level - in World Cups, in Europe, in cup finals and so on.

“We have to negotiate and see where we go but players have to want to stay here and we have to want to keep them.

“Mark has been here a long time so he has to decide if he needs a fresh challenge, whether what we are trying to do is going to excite him, whether he feels he is going to be appreciated here.”

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cos they r treating those suitors as radish aka cai tao..haha

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JOHNSON

MICHAEL JOHNSON will spark a Manchester City exodus by sealing a switch to Liverpool.

The £6million-rated England Under-21 midfielder is wanted by Rafa Benitez as the Kop boss looks to bring in fresh blood.

And with City sources insisting EVERYONE is up for sale due to the uncertainty over Sven Goran Eriksson’s future, Johnson will be the first to go.

Skipper Richard Dunne is weighing up moves to Newcastle or Everton while Manchester United will lead the chase for Micah Richards.

Elano, Martin Petrov and Joe Hart have also been targeted by a host of Premier League clubs.

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Deco

CHELSEA and Spurs are on alert after Barcelona midfielder Deco, 30, announced he wants to leave this summer.

The Portugal star said: “To play for Barca is a dream I have completed. There is only one club bigger — and they would not let me go to Real Madrid.”

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Moreno

SPURS are expected to return with an improved £6m bid for Cruzeiro striker Marcelo Moreno, 20.

Alvimar Perrella, president of the Brazilian side, claims Spurs have already had an offer rejected.

He said: “The proposal was well short of what we expected.

“They should return to make a new offer.”

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the club that consist the most average joe is spurs.

why keep buying average player which they had abundance at their disposal.

get DECO, get a world class central defender.

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Midfielders Ivan Campo, Stelios Giannakopoulos and Andranik Teymourian have all been released by Bolton but manager Gary Megson is hopeful of persuading goalkeeper Jussi Jaaskelainen and defender Ricardo Gardner to sign new contracts.

Wanderers finished just a point above the Barclays Premier League relegation zone after staging a remarkable escape and Megson has started planning for next year.

'Ivan, Stelios and Andranik have all done well for Bolton Wanderers and I'd like to express my gratitude to them,' said the Bolton boss. 'It's time for them to move on and I wish them all the best.'

Jaaskelainen and Gardner's contracts expire at the end of June but Megson remains hopeful of extending their stay at the Reebok.

'Jussi and Ricardo have both been excellent servants and are still very much part of my future plans for this football club,' he told the club's website. 'Hopefully, we can get them secured on new deals as soon as possible.'

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Dean Ashton will get a fresh opportunity to leave his bitter-sweet FA Cup final memories behind when he is expected to move across London to join Tottenham this summer.

The 24-year-old striker, valued at about £15 million, scored for West Ham in the last final to be played in Cardiff but still finished on the losing side when Liverpool won a dramatic penalty shoot-out after Steven Gerrard's last-gasp equaliser.

Now Ashton tops the Spurs shopping list as they look for a replacement for Real Madrid-bound Dimitar Berbatov.

Meanwhile, the north London club are hoping to end their long search for a goalkeeper by signing former Real Madrid youth team product Diego Lopez from Villarreal.