Transfer clockwatch

its that time again the Transfer window is open and once again im going to do the transfer clock watch everyday like last time.

Day One Of The Transfer Window

12.13am Bosnia international Semir Stilic is desperate for his current club, Lech Poznan, to allow him to join Celtic in a £2.5million deal. However, the 21-year-old is also thought to be a target of Villarreal.

11.55am Championship outfit Plymouth are set to sign Manchester United starlet David Gray on loan until the end of the season. The Scotland Under 21 international will join Red Devils colleague Craig Cathcart, who is already at Home Park.

11.23am Villa boss Martin O'Neill could be forced to make a move for a striker following news John Carew's injury may keep him out until March, according to the player's agent.

11.20am Harry Redknapp insists he will not be forced to pay over the odds for transfer targets in January. The Spurs boss has been linked with West Ham's Craig Bellamy, Portsmouth trio Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Glen Johnson plus Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing.

11.05am Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has revealed he has turned down a transfer request from £10million-rated defender Kolo Toure, who is thought to be a target of Manchester City.

10.36am It would not be a transfer window if there was not speculation about Cristiano Ronaldo and the final year of the Noughties has not disappointed. The Manchester United star has dismissed continued rumours that a deal is in place which will see him join Real Madrid at the end of the season.

08.50am The biggest story breaking early on the first morning of 2009 comes from Upton Park. Cash-strapped West Ham are prepared to listen to offers for all of their players during January, which could make life difficult for manager Gianfranco Zola.

16.48 Ryan Smith has completed the formalities of a permanent move from Millwall to Southampton after the 22-year-old winger impressed during a two-month loan spell.

16.45 Morecambe forward Wayne Curtis has joined non-league Barrow on loan as he bids to regain match fitness following a rib injury.

16.45 Elvis Hammond and Drissa Diallo have both signed new 18-month deals with Cheltenham.

16.43 Doncaster have announced that they could make a move for Oldham striker Lee Hughes, who was recently offered a new two-year deal at Boundary Park, in the January transfer window.

16.27 Various sources claim Liverpool are ready to ditch full-back Andrea Dossena following a disappointing season since his £7million summer arrival.

16.17 Derby caretaker manager Chris Huthcings has been given the green-light by the Pride Park hierarchy to bring new players to the club.

16.14 Watford boss Brendan Rodgers says the Hornets are still looking for new signings despite the arrival of Gavin Hoyte.

15.58 Reports suggest Arsenal and Manchester City are ready to hijack Manchester United's move for Serbian winger Zoran Tosic.

15.30 Hull City manager Phil Brown has announced he would be 'very interested' in signing Liverpool's out-of-favour winger Jermaine Pennant.

15.21 Iceland international Hermann Hreidarsson has reiterated his desire to quit Portsmouth in the January transfer window and the defender is confident the club will not stand in his way.

15.08 Bristol City have agreed a £750,000 deal with MSK Zilina for Peter Styvar. The striker has signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Ashton Gate.

14.55 Northampton manager Stuart Gray says he will look to bring Sheffield United right-back Kyle Walker to Sixfields again.

14.33 Former Chelsea defender Adrian Pettigrew is to have a week-long trial with Greek side AEK Athens.

14.28 Stuttgart have completed the signing of 1860 Munich starlet Timo Gebhart.

14.07 Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey admits there is as much chance of players leaving Molineux as there is new faces arriving in the Midlands.

13.45 Manchester City manager Mark Hughes hopes to have signed some of his transfer targets within the opening seven days of the transfer window. Chelsea's Wayne Bridge has been strongly linked with the Eastlands outfit.

13.20 Shrewsbury boss Paul Simpson has not wasted any time in the January transfer window by snapping up Joss Labadie on an emergency loan from West Brom.

13.04 Portsmouth accept they could lose Jermain Defoe following executive chairman Peter Storrie's announcement that the striker has shown an interest in leaving Fratton Park.

12.46 Remember, if you have any good rumours or have heard some news from your club you can get in touch via our PaperTalk.

12.20 Leicester striker Ricky Sappleton has joined Blue Square Premier outfit Oxford on a one-month loan.

18.07 It's all quiet in the world of big money transfers as the Premier League's top dogs take time out from scouring the globe to indulge in a little port and Turkey to welcome in the New Year. Either that or they're probably too hung over to answer the phone. Either way, it makes our job that little bit harder...

17.42 Southampton have signed Lee Molyneux on a free transfer from Everton. The left-sider has signed a two-and-a-half year contract.

17.31 Lee McEvilly's loan stay at Rochdale has been made into a permanent deal after the striker signed on a free transfer from Cambridge.

18.07 It's all quiet in the world of big money transfers as the Premier League's top dogs take time out from scouring the globe to indulge in a little port and Turkey to welcome in the New Year. Either that or they're probably too hung over to answer the phone. Either way, it makes our job that little bit harder...



do they forget usually fuck all happens in january ?

fine city might buy a few players (get turned down by 10 times more) and villa will get a striker and maybe tottenham will too.

other than that though fuck all exiting will happen lol

(how many strikers do bristol city have now too? can we have atleast dele back?)

Yes have him please. All City fans want Maynard and Trundle up front and Akinde or Adebola on the bench. Bradley Orr (right back) wants to leave and is on the list.(he's decent). Hopefully Lee Johnson (mangers son) is sold so Gary Johnson will play David Noble(best City player).

And we have up front:
Trundle
Maynard
Akinde
Adebola
Brooker
Plummer
John
Styvar
(in other words too many)

Horizon wrote:

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And we have up front:
Trundle
Maynard
Akinde
Adebola
Brooker
Plummer
John
Styvar

got enough strikers lool

18.51 Chairman Peter Ridsdale has revealed Cardiff are 'very hopeful' of securing a permanent deal for on-loan Aston Villa winger Wayne Routledge.

forgot he still played football after his 15min of fame i remember everyone going mad over him then that all died

boschbourne06 wrote:

Horizon wrote:

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And we have up front:
Trundle
Maynard
Akinde
Adebola
Brooker
Plummer
John
Styvar

got enough strikers lool

no we haven't got enough. we've got too bloody many!!!
How are we gonna have any consistancy with that bloody many

19.22 West Brom boss Tony Mowbray is confident as many as four new players could arrive at The Hawthorns in the January transfer window. Who should the Baggies be looking at?

20.47 Walter Smith says he is in no rush to decide the futures of two players who have been away from Rangers on loan this season.

Alan Gow and Andy Webster both face uncertain futures.

20.11 Manchester City are in talks with Chelsea over a deal for Wayne Bridge, Sky Sports News sources understand.

Andy Webster is on loan to Bristol City this season

Horizon wrote:

Yes have him please. All City fans want Maynard and Trundle up front and Akinde or Adebola on the bench. Bradley Orr (right back) wants to leave and is on the list.(he's decent). Hopefully Lee Johnson (mangers son) is sold so Gary Johnson will play David Noble(best City player).

And we have up front:
Trundle
Maynard
Akinde
Adebola
Brooker
Plummer
John
Styvar
(in other words too many)

why the fooksu bought another then, is gary mental? we will have adebola back, we dont need a RB though, got super brayford

Good article and Sexton is right, hardly anything happens in January because most of the decent players are cup tied, injured or their club doesn't want to sell them until the end of the season.

Man City will do one big deal for Santa Cruz, around £15-20 million but the rest of their deals will be fairly small. We won't see them spend really big until the summer.

Lots of clubs need strikers though, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Tottenham, West Brom etc

MAN CITY in essence need proven players who are currently out of favour.

the german market and other such places may be good for a few deals, good leagues that dont often get there players bought by the english clubs.


santa cruz is deffinatly a possibilty, but Bburn can make some big money from it if it happens. plus hes been out of form anyway so they wont miss him currently.

anyone like: senna, fernandez, montolivo would be good signings

I heard they wanted Frings before and I think he would be a good signing.

Didn't Berbatov come from Bayern Leverkusen?

There are always some decent players in France, especially defenders and strikers.

Apparently, they want to sign Buffon for £30-50 million on £200,000 a week wages!

and buffon said he might do

no point in getting him, may aswell get akinfeev or a younger keeper, ni a few years when they are already better, not one who wont be in his prime when they are finally a good team.

im suprised no one has got Tymoshuk in, especially arsenal who really need that type of player

roeder out? lol

King Sexton wrote:

Horizon wrote:

Yes have him please. All City fans want Maynard and Trundle up front and Akinde or Adebola on the bench. Bradley Orr (right back) wants to leave and is on the list.(he's decent). Hopefully Lee Johnson (mangers son) is sold so Gary Johnson will play David Noble(best City player).

And we have up front:
Trundle
Maynard
Akinde
Adebola
Brooker
Plummer
John
Styvar
(in other words too many)

why the fooksu bought another then, is gary mental? we will have adebola back, we dont need a RB though, got super brayford

well akinde has not proven himself yet, nor has Plummer (but hes only 18) Brooker is constantly injured, John is shit. But the rest of our strikers are good. they just don't get the service from midfield

10.41 Blackburn have revealed that German winger Sergio Peter is expected to complete a transfer from Ewood Park to Sparta Prague in the next 24 hours.

10.26 Liverpool full-back Robbie Threlfall is poised to sign for Stockport, skysports.com understands.

10.22 Bristol City teenager Tristan Plummer has joined Blue Square Premier outfit Torquay on loan for the remainder of the season.

10.12 QPR have completed a permanent move for Iceland international Heidar Helguson, with the striker joining on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee after impressing on loan from Bolton.

10.00 Energie Cottbus midfielder Jiayi Shao is confident he has done enough to convince Birmingham boss Alex McLeish to sign him after a trial spell at St Andrews.

9.43 Olivier Dacourtexpects to secure a move away from Inter Milan during the January transfer window after falling out of favour with boss Jose Mourinho.

9.37 Striker Heidar Helguson is due to complete a permanent move to QPR after a spell on loan with the Championship club from Bolton.

9.34 Out-of-favour Hibernian striker Abdessalam Benjelloun has agreed to join Al Shaab, according to the United Arab Emirates club.

9.31 Bolton are debating whether to make a renewed bid for West Brom midfielder James Morrison after seeing their initial £3million offer for the Scotland international rejected.

9.22 Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna has turned down an approach from Manchester City, according to the Spain international's agent.

9.19 Atletico Madrid ace Sergio Aguero has revealed he is in talks over extending his contract with the club until 2012 and has no plans to leave the La Liga outfit.

9.14 Brazilian defender Kleber claims he would jump at the chance to join Manchester City in the winter transfer window.

8.52 Hull boss Phil Brown is keen to keep on-loan defender Paul McShane at the KC Stadium but admits he is powerless to stop Sunderland recalling him.

8.44 Valencia have admitted they would consider parting company with star men David Villa and David Silva if they were to receive an 'exorbitant' offer.

8.30 It is also reported in the broadsheets that Bayern Munich have told Real Madrid that they must cough up a whopping £55million if they want to sign French star Franck Ribery. It will be interesting to see a measure of ambition at the Bernabeu this month.

8.27 The Times reports that Manchester City have made West Ham a new £8million offer for midfielder Scott Parker and Hammers officials are rumoured to have been considering the bid over night.

8.10 The Daily Mail claims that Chelsea could sell Brazilian defender Alex to AC Milan and use the cash to sign CSKA Moscow's Yuri Zhirkov. The Russia star impressed at Euro 2008 and would make an ideal replacement for Wayne Bridge, who is reported to be on his way to Manchester City.

7.55 Carlos Tevez has told Manchester United that he wants to stay at Old Trafford and he expect his loan contract to be made permanent within the next week. However, speculation that Real Madrid are set to hijack any deal continues to rumble.

7.41 Reports in Friday's newspapers are linking West Ham defender Lucas Neill with a move to Galatasaray. Yesterday it emerged that the Hammers could be prepared to pay off the Australian's contract to allow him to move for free this month.

7.34 Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has been linked with a bid for Sunderland's El-Hadji Diouf, who he managed at Bolton. The Ewood Park chief wants to build experience in the battle to beat Premier League relegation.

7.10 Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has announced that the Gunners are unlikely to spend vast amounts in the transfer window. The news has, reportedly, angered manager Arsene Wenger.

6.50 The early news this morning is that the lawyer of Newcastle goalkeeper Shay Given has hinted that the shot-stopper could quit St James' Park. Manchester City and Arsenal have been linked with the shot-stopper and could now consider a move.

9.22 Villarreal midfielder Marcos Senna has turned down an approach from Manchester City, according to the Spain international's agent.


Man City been reading this page?

12.02 Manchester United have completed the signings of Serbian duo Zoran Tosic and Adem Ljajic from Partizan Belgrade for an undisclosed fee.

11.33 Preston have signed young defender Eddie Nolan from Blackburn on a three-and-a-half-year deal.

11.21 Unsettled striker Jermain Defoe, who has been linked with a move away from Fratton Park, was absent from training with Portsmouth today after calling in sick.

11.05 Chelsea have confirmed that Wayne Bridge has been given permission to hold talks with Manchester City over a proposed £12million move.

11.01 Chelsea teenager Jack Cork has joined Watford on loan until the end of the season.

10.56 Hibernian have announced goalkeeper Grzegorz Szamotulski has agreed to join the club until the end of the season. The SPL outfit are now seeking international clearance for the former Dundee United and Preston player, who became a free agent in December.

boschbourne06 wrote:

12.02 Manchester United have completed the signings of Serbian duo Zoran Tosic and Adem Ljajic from Partizan Belgrade for an undisclosed fee.

Does anyone know how old these guys are and if they have any proper potential. And BBC Sport said that negotiations between United and Tosic had broken down then the next day, we have signed him?

And Sexton, how come you know so much about Russian/East European players?

13.56 West Ham youngster Joe Widdowson has signed for Grimsby on loan. The defender has agreed in an initial one-month deal.

13.50 Wayne Bridge's move to Chelsea is edging ever closer with news Manchester City have now agreed a fee for the player's service.

13.46 MK Dons have terminated the contract of winger Craig Dobson with immediate effect.

13.41 Tony Adams admits he is unsure over whether Jermain Defoe will ever play for Portsmouth again.

13.39 Colchester have signed left-back Marc Tierney from Shrewsbury on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee.

13.31 Joe Kinnear has been turning the air blue again this morning, with the mild-mannered Newcastle boss less than happy about what has been said this week with regards Shay Given's future. Kinnear is fuming at Michael Kennedy - the player's lawyer - who he says released a statement without prior communication with Given. Kinnear claims Given will stay at Newcastle. Oh, and the press have received a blast too...

13.27 QPR's on-loan defender Michael Mancienne has been recalled by parent club Chelsea due to injury and suspension problems going into their FA Cup clash against Southend.

13.11 22-year-old Sergio Peter has penned a two-and-a-half-year contract with Sparta Prague as he completes a move from Blackburn Rovers. The German spent two days on trial at the Czech capital in December and has immediately impressed coach Jozef Chovanec.

12.56 Bradford have signed striker Chris O'Grady on a one-month loan from Oldham

12.55 Queens Park Rangers have signed Coventry City defender Gary Borrowdale for an undisclosed amount. The left-back has signed a three-and-a-half year contract at Loftus Road.

12.48 Leeds boss Simon Grayson says it will take 'ridiculous' money to prise teenager Fabian Delph away from Elland Road.

12.40 Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Dale Roberts has signed a permanent contract with Rushden & Diamonds after impressing while on loan this season.

12.29 Morecambe forward Wayne Curtis has joined non-league outfit Barrow on a one-month loan deal and could feature against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on Saturday.