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Posted by ESPNsoccernet Staff on 06/12/2011

Welcome to On The Move, ESPNsoccernet's comprehensive transfer blog. Between June 1 and September 1, we will be keeping you up to date with all the latest gossip and speculation from the world of football, as well as the actual completed transfers of course.


Ronaldo has clearly heard tales of £400k-a-week at City. ©Getty Images

22.33 Late rumour to close the shop after a long and lonely day for this scribe. It is said that Liverpool have agreed a fee with Blackpool for Charlie Adam. £10 million the fee, says Twitter - where else - so expect that to break tomorrow. There's one to tide you over until the morning comes. Goodbye for now.

22.03 Even more Twitter: Falcao, wanted, and quite rightly too, by many clubs across Europe, says he wants to stay at Porto. He tweeted: ""Stay calm about all the news. We all have dreams, but before thinking about them, they will stay with me at FC Porto."

21.35 More Twitter: News thin on the ground, but there's news and speculation that Manchester United will buy Argentine midfielder Pato Rodriguez. Says @intheknow99: "Figure I have been told is £9.7m (precise, I know!). #MUFC currently working on work permit paperwork, using "exceptional talent" rule."

20.31 The much-mentioned Eden Hazard is now linked with Barcelona. And he's rather happy about that news. He told El Mundo Deportivo: "Barca? Can I even get into their team? It's an honour to be linked with the best team in the world but I have nothing else to say. It is great to hear news like that."

19.51 Twitter talk: Some discussion of Arsenal being linked with Keisuke Honda of CSKA Moscow. He was excellent at the World Cup last year so it's an interesting move, though may signal defeat in their hopes of keeping Fabregas or Nasri.

18.59 More Birmingham stuff: Scott Dann is very much for sale, and Sky Sports and their sources suggest that Arsenal have joined the hunt alongside Liverpool. He's a Merseysider and doesn't speak French, Spanish or Polish so a move to Anfield looks likelier.

18.27 Barcelona are set to add to their midfield glut by siging Hercules youngster Kiko Femenia, who will only cost a 10 million euro buy-out clause. No sign of Hercules saying that the clause is not a release clause and that they want more money...indeed, he will only cost 4 million euros.

17.15 Demba Ba is linked with Newcastle, via Twitter talk, but doubts supposedly remain about his ability to pass a medical.

16.41 Manager movements: Billy Davies quits Forest and Steve McClaren is in talks. And now we are told that Alex McLeish has quit Birmingham City. We await confirmation of the latter.

16.28 More on Sneijder. First Guus Hiddink denies that he has been in talks with Chelsea about becoming the club's new manager, or told the Blues to sign Wesley Sneijder from Inter. Then, the player himself says that: "Only God will decide where my future lies." Clearly thinks a lot of Guus, then.

16.02 DONE DEAL: Paris Saint-Germain have by completed the signing of France striker Kevin Gameiro from Lorient on a four-year deal.

15.54 Two Spurs player widely expected to move on from White Hart Lane are Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko. Both are making noises about staying, and the cynical would suggest a loyaly bonus is at the forefront of their thinking. Crouch: "Of course I'm happy where I am. It's a great club and, in my opinion, it's on the up."

Pavlyuchenko's agent Oleg Artemov:""Roman wants to stay at Tottenham. In a couple of weeks I plan to meet the management of the club. We will discuss his future. Roman has a Spurs contract and we want to prolong it. We will not even consider any other offers yet."

15.15 Corriere dello Sport says Didier Drogba is wanted by AC Milan, which seems almost plausible.

15.05 Bernie Mandic is back. That's the hirstute man who represented Harry Kewell at the time of his infamous move to Liverpool from Leeds United, the man who mistook the word 'nada' for 'doo-dah'. Anyway, his client looks likely to be returning to Australia and the A-League. "Every club that has expressed an interest in Harry has been told exactly the same thing at all times," Mandic told the Sydney Morning Herald. "(We've told them,) 'You are welcome to make an offer but keep in mind that the next move Harry makes will not be to a club offering the best financial offer. The key to any deal is the environment for his family."

13.50 Bad news for Chelsea? Neymar's agent, Wagner Ribeiro, has stated that if the Santos striker was his son, he would want him to play for Real Madrid. He told AS: "If he was my son, I would want him at Madrid. They are the best club in the world; they have no equal. It's the maximum a player could want. I know their president [Florentino Perez] well; he is a serious and passionate man." This was the chap that said Neymar was as good as Messi last week.

12.53 Not much in the way of reputable sources on this one, but Mikel Arteta is linked with a return to Spain with Valencia. Odd one, as Valencia are even skinter than Everton.

12.31 Paris Saint-Germain's petro-dollars will sign French striker Kevin Gameiro from Lorient for €11 million fee, according to L'Equipe.

11.51 Our man Harry Harris says the Jones deal is done, and it will cost Manchester United £20m. Story here.

11.26 Tottenham are prepared to go to war with Manchester United and Chelsea over Luka Modric, say The Mirror.

11.06 Bayern Munich are in the Samir nasri hunt, say the Mail on Sunday. That may be better for Arsene's mood if he thinks he might lose his 'Little Prince' to Manchester United instead.

11.02 Liverpool linked with Silvestre? Surely not, oh, it seems Catania have claimed that Liverpool are interested in their Argentine defender Matias Silvestre, say Itasportpress. Villarreal linked too. Mikael remains at Werder Bremen.

10.56 The Phil Jones saga is an odd one, with The Mail on Sunday suggesting he's off to Liverpool for £22 million but many others saying the deal is all but done to Manchester United for £20.5 million. Meanwhile, the player himself must concentrate on playing for England U21 v Spain on Sunday evening.

10.30 Let's begin with a quick round-up from our friends of Fleet Street:

THE SUNDAY TIMES: Manchester City executives are due to fly out tomorrow in an effort to clinch a deal for Udinese's Chile forward Alexis Sanchez, their main summer transfer target.

SUNDAY MIRROR: Cristiano Ronaldo is demanding a huge £400,000 a week to join Manchester City. Also: Arsene Wenger is confident Samir Nasri will stay at Arsenal...Kenny Dalglish's £80million Liverpool revolution is set to continue with the capture of Southampton whizzkid Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

DAILY STAR SUNDAY: Manchester United's sensational summer spending spree is being funded by Qatari money, it was claimed and Arsenal are involved in a £10million battle with neighbours Tottenham for Ivory Coast striker Gervinho.

THE PEOPLE: Sir Alex Ferguson is on a £125million spending spree - with Inter Milan midfield star Wesley Sneijder next on his hit list.

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY: Manchester United's multi-million pound signing of teenage defender Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers lies in tatters this morning.

NEWS OF THE WORLD: Roman Abramovich will give Guus Hiddink a £150million war chest and tell him: Make Chelsea champions of Europe.

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY: The Turkish FA are threatening to report Chelsea to FIFA, if Guus Hiddink breaks his contract to engineer a return to Stamford Bridge.

Comments

Posted by dean on 06/12/2011

chelsea need a manager to last more than 2 years, i think guus is the man for the job.

Posted by Onyemesim Nelson on 06/12/2011

Wesley sneijder and luka modric should sign for manchester united. Ronaldo welcome back to England.

Posted by jibson darkchild on 06/12/2011

My question is that,when chelsea will employ a coach?

Posted by jibson darkchild on 06/12/2011

My question is that,when chelsea will employ a coach?

Posted by alex lio on 06/12/2011

Turkish FA should not be the mouth piece of GUUS HIDDINK,They should allow he to make his decision.

Posted by Rishi on 06/12/2011

I think man city concentrate more on transfers rather than playing football.they can start their own league now .every major transfer and man city are involved

Posted by Oscar NIYITEGEKA on 06/12/2011

I'm in rwanda; i'd like to thank you so much because of good news that you give us,especially for Manchester united. i realy like and love Manutd. i wish that my team gain Wesley Sneijder so that we can be champions of Europe. May God help you, me, and my best team. thx

Posted by Weeds1345 on 06/12/2011

United 2 sign p.jones, young n nasri!

Posted by Rishi on 06/12/2011

Utd should use obertan for getting nasri..this will also satisfy wenger as he will get a french prospect .he is always looking for one

Posted by Bernard on 06/12/2011

Liverpool's £22m offer to buy Jones sound crazy ! No doubt he is good but we can use instead spend the £22m to tie up Enrique/Clichy(£7-9m) & Downing/N'Zogbia(£12-15m). Also, why not turn to Cahill (£15-18m) ? He is good & has proven record in BPL. Anyway, I do agree that we should bid for Wickham & Oxlade-Chamberlain for the future, as long as they are now overrated or overvalued ! We do not need Adam but should try to bring in another world class defensive midfielder or playmaker like Mascherano & Xabi !

Posted by Daniel on 06/12/2011

Wow really? Real Madrid is the best in the world? I seem to recall that Real Madrid went 1-3-1 this year against Barcelona. Time to reconsider who's the best in the world Ribeiro, Real Madrid hasn't even won La Liga over Barcelona for the past three years.

Posted by Ikechukwu iroh on 06/12/2011

Chelsea should spend millions on neymar he is young

Posted by christopher Nduka on 06/12/2011

I love Sir Alex Ferguson,let him keep sending and give us the best,man u 4 life,2348071804484

Posted by RoyB on 06/12/2011

Oh dear... so many sensational headlines... and not one scrap of truth in any of them!

Posted by Olakunle on 06/12/2011

Wenger should make everytin posible to keep samir nasri

Posted by manu on 06/12/2011

i wish manchester united would just frickin' buy a centre mid already

Posted by Kieran on 06/12/2011

I know this probably won't happen but Chelsea should sign another spanish player to help get the best out of Torres. I was thinking the ideal buy would be Xabi Alonso because they both know each other from liverpool and lets just say torres was at his best when xabi alonso was there. Get on it Roman!

Posted by Siam Hoi on 06/12/2011

It's impossible for Ronaldo to play in a lower level club-Manchester City, compared to Real Madrid. Stop your dream please, Mancini.

Posted by kingsley onyebuchi on 06/13/2011

i think united needs nice midfilders an strickers too..but as for wersley & nasri they are good players..but fergie i wnt good strickers...pls

Posted by Scott Hammond on 06/13/2011

Newcastle are linked with some quality players which im pleased about.. however its always about being linked! Demba Ba would be a fantastic signing despite his knee issues it would be a bargain. We also need a big time defender as well as a big time midfielder.

Posted by Cajetzy on 06/13/2011

Wenger, stop mising, use arsenal' resources. Thanks 2 fergie, a very big welldone!

Posted by CHIN on 06/13/2011

I think united no need to buy stricker ............ Fergie must buy two or three more midfilders So Fergie must buy nasri and Sneijder .............

Posted by Obiano MaryGodwin on 06/13/2011

Alex is a great coach but he should not miss the chance of buying strong defensive midfieder like Diarrra of RealMadrid and an attacking midfielder to boost our squard for the coming season. 4me let him go for Sneijder or Modrice, possible Lasara Diarra of Madrid they are tough and experienced players

Posted by Collins Aligekwe on 06/13/2011

I think chelsea will make wave next season both domestic and contenital

Posted by Obiano MaryGodwin on 06/13/2011

Alex is a great coach but he should not miss the chance of buying strong defensive midfieder like Diarrra of RealMadrid and an attacking midfielder to boost our squard for the coming season. 4me let him go for Sneijder or Modrice, possible Lasara Diarra of Madrid they are tough and experienced players

Posted by Barr. Joseph M. N. K on 06/13/2011

Pep. please make sure that you get Sanchez for us in Barcelona. All eyes are on us to perform next season. Put the team together more. We need to prove to the world that football is in our blood and that the best way to improve is by learning. May God help us in Jesus Name Amen

Posted by prince kenneth ogbeifun on 06/13/2011

Pls can somone tel arsene wenger to do somtin??? Now all we hear is strong speculations of our best legs leavin, instead of hearin abt d big names we have signed. Hw long ar we goin to continue like this.

Posted by Adesunloye Segun on 06/13/2011

Baba (father) Alex Fergie should please make sure he signs Sneijder and that black man from Madrid 'Las'. Pleasssssss Fergie.

Posted by MUDASUNIKWA CLAUDE on 06/14/2011

am manutd fan from rwanda what i can say to our team
i can encourage our manager fergie to gain the midfielder sneijder bkoz is the best midfielder in the world.so plzzzzzzzzzzz Alex bring sneidjder in team.

Posted by Vicky on 06/14/2011

Ronadol cant come to england again. Macini take ur moni elsewhere.

Posted by Ashok Rames on 06/14/2011

Man Utd should keep Darren Gibson and sell off Micheal Carrick back to West Ham. Carrick has been really useless and I don't understand why Sir Alex still gives him 1st team football. Darren proved that he's worth it in the Schalke game, and he's young. We dont need Carrick, he's a wuss and causes the team to lose, like in the UCL final & FA Cup semi against City, period.

Posted by Anonymous on 06/15/2011

Fergie should steal nasri frm arsenal coz hezz gr8 player with lotzz of talent to play in midfield he should cum and make old-trafford proud and fergie as wel

Posted by okolo righteous on 06/15/2011

wenger should sign Gervinho and Samba.He should try as much as possible 2 keep Nasri and Fabregas

Posted by Charles osiagor on 06/16/2011

Kenny dalgish shld buy more young and exprncd players.pls we cant afford to to mis top 4 position next seasn.

Posted by fab wulli on 06/17/2011

please sir alex,every one knows the nature in you for capturing talented,valuable,promising,long sarving and worthy signings throught our your wonderful management of this beautiful game in old traford.we all manutd fans a rallying behind u to see u landing great players into our army to boost the strenght of the red devils.manz managers watch who u will go for first because u the best in recognising best.so confuse them n do zour best to snaks the values we need like u do with jones great signing........................

Posted by alex on 06/17/2011

Epl will be very competitiven the next season. liverpool is signing players, man u too and chelsea is signing big names and fantastic footballers

Posted by ernie whitfield on 06/18/2011

i dont see any u.k. youth players making the grade,have to many qverseas players

GIVE THE LOCAL LADS A FAIR GO


ERNIE

Posted by yusuf tajudeen frm nigeria on 06/18/2011

sirr pls buy nasri&sneidjer cos they grt player nani,carrick, oshea, rown they can go any where

Posted by weight Koronyi on 06/19/2011

Wenger kindly hear our pleas and sign a strong defense. it sickens us always to watch arsenal concede goals from set pieces and corners.loose games we are not supposed to,score so many goals in the first half only to let the opponent to come from down to equalize.Total sickness.Why score a goal if you can't defend it?Bentner should have left long tome not now. Which striker is given 19 clear goal chances only to score two. What is your work?Get us Gervinho, E'too or Tevez for that matter but Bentner must go.We want a Thiery in the team. A scoring machine. Kalas.

Posted by Odior Philemon Oghale Oluwafemi on 06/22/2011

I believe as Liverpool is in d transfer market now is 2 compete 4 laurels bcos wed fans hav endured enof all dis seasons witout title,most especially d epl title.

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