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United eye reinforcements to their squad

February 7, 2011

With Gary Neville already having hung up his boots and Edwin Van Der Sar retiring at the end of this season and senior players like Scholes and Giggs in the twilight of their careers, Sir Alex is desperate to add a few new faces to his squad. Although the Red Devils made no additions to their roster in January, they are actively scouting for potential additions.

Patrice Evra’s contract expires in 2012 and the French star has not yet put pen to paper on a new deal. Sir Alex is eyeing Celtic’s Honduran left-back Emilio Izaguirre as he looks for more options in the left side of defense. Ferguson personally watched him in action when Celtic faced Rangers in the Scottish Cup. Izaguirre joined Celtic in the summer from his homeland, choosing the Scottish club over various Premier League suitors like Wigan.

United are also keeping tabs on Newcastle’s Ivorian midfielder Cheik Tiote. Sir Alex is expected to make a bid of around £15 million for the player in summer. Tiote is considered to be a replacement for Owen Hargreaves whose United career has been plagued with injuries throughout.

Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is also a big target for the Old Trafford club.

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Written by soccer-writer · Filed Under Manchester United Transfer News | Manchester United Transfer Rumours

Hodgson and Hughton favourites for WBA job

February 7, 2011

With the winter transfer window shut, player movements may not grab the headlines; but there is a lot of speculation on the managerial front. West Bromwich Albion parted with their Italian manager Roberto Di Matteo after his side lost 0-3 against a spirited Manchester City outfit at Eastlands. Speculation is rife with possible replacements for Di Matteo’s job.

Two men who are in the forefront include Roy Hodgson and Chris Hughton. The ironic part is that both these managers were fired from their jobs at Liverpool and Newcastle respectively, in the recent past. Michael Appleton has been appointed as caretaker manager till a permanent replacement is found. The WBA board believes that Roy Hodgson is the right man to steady the ship at the Hawthorns. If he rejects the offer, Chris Hughton is set to be approached. Derek McInnes, now in charge of St Johnstone, is also in the fray.

Roberto Di Matteo did well working on a limited budget, but WBA’s form had been suffering in the last couple of months and they were sliding perilously southwards. Di Matteo could have lost his job three weeks ago but a 3-2 win against Blackpool kept his head above water. League Managers’ Association chief executive Richard Bevan criticized the decision and launched an attack against the WBA board, ” Roberto represents yet another victim of the hire and fire mentality that pervades our game. The club have big matches ahead, against Wolves and West Ham and you have to question the decision to sack the manager. It is exactly in situations like those that we all want to see clubs back the individuals they have employed rather than see the sack as a panacea.”

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Written by soccer-writer · Filed Under West Brom Transfer News, Rumours

Torres, Luiz and Carroll deals go through on Transfer Deadline Day

February 1, 2011

On an extremely busy transfer deadline day, the three big deals of the day- Fernando Torres, David Luiz and Andy Carroll all went through, for a combined fee of £100m+.

Carroll became Liverpool’s club record signing as the Reds, after having an initial £30m bid rejected, signed him for a reported £35m+ add ons. Newcastle were reluctant to sell him, but Carroll also handed in a transfer request to ensure that the transfer went through.

Carroll will wear the No.9 shirt left vacant by the departure of Fernando Torres to Chelsea. Torres’ deal is a record transfer fee for a player between British clubs, with Chelsea reportedly paying £50m for him.

Chelsea were also involved in the other big name transfer of the day,signing David Luiz from Benfica in a £21m part exchange deal ( player swapped- Nemanja Matic)

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Written by Le Foot · Filed Under Chelsea Transfer News | Chelsea Transfer Rumours, Liverpool Transfer News | Liverpool Transfer Rumours, Newcastle United Transfer News, Rumours

Rangers sign Bartley and Diouf, loan out Beattie

February 1, 2011

Rangers have completed the signing of Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf on loan from Blackburn Rovers till the end of the season. They have also confirmed that former Southampton striker James Beattie has been loaned out to Premiership newboys Blackpool till the end of the season.

Diouf is likely to make his Rangers debut in the Old Firm derby against Celtic in the Scottish Cup this weekend.

The signing of Diouf and David Healy strengthens Rangers’ attack after the departure of top scorer Kenny Miller this winter.

On transfer deadline day, Rangers also announced the signing of young defender Kyle Bartley on loan from Arsenal.

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Written by Le Foot · Filed Under Blackburn Transfer News, Rumours, Blackpool