Transfers
Top 10 transfers June 2009
A recap of the best deals done by the Premier League clubs in the first month of the transfer window. See if you agree with our picks of the shrewdest bits of business.
Deadline day deals January 2009
Stay tuned for all the action from the last day of the January transfer window as it happens in our deadline day special.
January transfers 2009
Just a quick reminder that you can check out a list of all the officially completed transfers as they happen over at our Transfers page, which you can access by clicking on the tab in the top right hand corner of the screen or by following this link. So separate fact from ridiculous rumour and [...]
Deadline day deals summer 08
Here are all the confirmed transfers as they happen today:
Roman Pavlyuchenko Spartak Moscow to Tottenham Hotspur £13.8m
Vedran Corluka Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur £8.5m
Nadir Belhadj Lens to Portsmouth season long loan
Ignacio Gonzalez Valencia to Newcastle United season long loan
Louis Saha Manchester United to Everton £8m
Andriy Voronin Liverpool to Hertha Berlin season long loan
Ryan Donk AZ [...]
Transfer round up 22/8/08
Plenty of transfers to catch up on this week as the transfer window nears its final week with the shock move being Arsenals swoop for Manchester United full back Mikael Silvestre. Beyond Arsene Wengers love for everything french the whole world is scrathcing their head trying to come up with a good reason why Wenger [...]
Boro hoik in Hoyte
Middlesbrough have completed the signing of Justin Hoyte from Arsenal this afternoon. The 23 year old former England U21 international has agreed a 4 year contract at the Riverside after the clubs agreed a £2.5m fee earlier in the week. Hoyte’s arrival marks a good piece of business for Middlesbrough after they sold Luke Young [...]
Coloccini comes to Toon
Newcastle United today hailed the arrival of some long awaited defensive reinforcements as Argentinian international Fabricio Coloccini arrived from Deportivo La Coruna. Coloccini has signed a 5 year deal which could cost the magpies upto £10.3m depending on appearances and will wear the number 2 jersey at his new club. Coloccini has so far failes [...]
Cuellar comes to Villa
Aston Villa have again payed a handsome price to reinforce their threadbare squad forking out £7.8m for spanish journeyman defender Carlos Cuellar. The midlands side has now spent £30m on defensive recruitment alone this transfer window often drawing criticism for paying over the odds for English talent thus driving the price of homegrown talent up [...]
Kaboul makes Pompey switch
Younes Kaboul has ended his long winded transfer saga after opting for life on the south coast at Portsmouth. The Tottenham reject had been fought over by Aston Villa and Sunderland who initiated the transfer by making a bid for the frenchman. His agent immediately put the dampers on that move saying:
“Younes wouldn’t join Sunderland [...]
Villa sign another Young
Luke Young will be joining his namesake Ashley Young at Aston Villa after the former England fringe player agreed terms on a 3 year deal. Earlier in the day Villa announced they had agreed a £5m fee with Middlesbrough for the 29 year old former Spurs man and had been given permission to conduct a [...]
Shorey becomes a Villain
Nicky Shorey has completed his £3.5m move from relegated Reading to Aston Villa after passing a medical and inking a 3 year deal with the mid table midlands side. Shorey who has picked up 2 England caps has also played 2 seasons in the top flight and will vie for a regular starting place with [...]
AJ finally moves to Fulham
Andrew Johnson has fianlly completed his complicated move to Fulham from Everton today. The intitial fee is believed to be between £9m and £10m which had proved a stumbling block between the 2 clubs after Johnson’s medical revealed the players knee is still damaged from an old injury. Fulham lobbied Everton to reduce the fee [...]
Shittu signs for Bolton
Bolton wanderers have completed a deal to bring Nigerian International defender Danny Shittu to the Reebok after agreeing a rumoured £2m fee with Championship side Watford. Shittu had been expected to move to Rangers after the clubs agreed a fee last month but the SPL side failed to agree personal terms with the player who [...]
New Rover Villanueva video
Blackburn Rovers have moved swiftly to replace David Bentley by agreeing a loan move for Chilean trickster Carlos Villanueva who has already become somewhat of a sensation with his new teammates. The Chilean player of the year will spend the season at Ewood park with a view to a permanent £4m move if all goes [...]
Bentley bags Tottenham transfer
David Bentley has finalised his move to Tottenham after they agreed an inital fee of £15m which could rise to £18m for the former Arsenal midfielder. The 23 year old playmaker passed a medical late last night and agreed terms on a year deal with Tottenham set to parade the player at a press conference [...]
Malbranque makes Sunderland switch
Steed Malbranque has completed his move to Sunderland joining Teemu Tainio and Pascal Chimbonda in an exodus from Tottenham to the north east. Malbranque a product of the Lyon youth system has signed a 4 year contract at the Stadium of Light as Juande Ramos continues to strip the Spurs squad back to its bare [...]
Wenger brings in Bischoff
Arsene Wenger has added another typical signing to the Arsenal ranks today with the arrival of Amaury Bischoff from Werder Bremen. No suprises then that he’s French, young and ofcourse an unproven talent as he didn’t make a single appearance in the Bundesliga. If 21 year old Bischoff is a success we will no doubt [...]
Ben Haim signs for City
Manchester City have signed Israeli international Tal Ben Haim for a whopping £5m after the Luis Felipe Scolari deemed him surplus to requirements at Chelsea. Ben Haim who moved to Stamford Bridge on a free transfer only a year ago has put pen to paper on a 4 year deal and will vie for the [...]
Cattermole joins Wigan
Wigan Athletic have swooped to sign England under 21 international Lee Cattermole from Middlesbrough for £3.5m. The tall stocky midfielder is a local lad who rose through the youth ranks at boro and is obviously sad to wave his hometown goodbye:
“I’m sad to be leaving my home-town club in many ways and I want to [...]
