Greetings from South Africa, where all the action is taking place as far as football is concerned, the Confederations Cup is currently underway and has not disappointed at all. We’ve seen plenty of goals accompanied by plenty of surprises, the most prominent surprise of course being the early exit of the world champions, Italy, after being annihilated by the Brazil on Sunday evening (Watch all the goals). Although I must admit I had expected Italy to go down to the Samba kings because of the form the Brazilians have been in, but never did I expect them to go down 3 – 0. But that’s how the beautiful game of football goes, you win some and loose some, but I’m certain Italy will look back and admit that they didn’t have the best of tournaments after having lost two of the 3 games they played on African soil. Not counting the friendly they played against New Zealand before the tournament kicked off.
As you can tell, there’s a lot on can say about the events of this year’s Confederations Cup, but I would like us to take a look at what’s been happening in the transfer window. A lot of rumours have been reported by various newspapers and websites and I thought I should share with the many of you that follow Footballfevr.
Here we go, enjoy:
Manchester United have been urged by former Chelsea and France defender Marcel Desailly to pay whatever it takes to sign Bayern Munich playmaker Franck Ribery – even if it costs £150m.
Full story: Daily Star
Argentine striker Carlos Tevez agreed to join Manchester City from bitter rivals Manchester United two weeks ago – and he will complete a £25.5m move in the next few days.
Full story: Daily MirrorHowever, Chelsea could scupper the deal if the Stamford Bridge outfit match the £130,000-a-week salary that City are offering Tevez.
Full story: Daily MailManchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will start to rebuild his strike force with a £30m move for Lyon striker Karim Benzema.
Full story: Daily MirrorUnited’s bid for the 21-year-old Benzema could even be as high as £35m.
Full story: Daily MailBlackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will complete his £15m move to Manchester City in the next 48 hours – provided he passes medical tests on his knee. (The Sun)
Hull manager Phil Brown wants to hijack Quinton Fortune’s move to Ipswich. The former Manchester United winger is a free agent after being released by Belgian club Tubize.
Full story: Daily StarHowever, Brown could miss out on Manchester United striker Frazier Campbell, who is stalling on a £6m move, despite the fee being agreed two weeks ago.
Full story: Daily MirrorManchester City are ready to sell Swiss midfielder Gelson Fernandes to Lens – and are hoping to claw back £2.5m from the deal.
Full story: Daily MirrorFormer Celtic midfielder Paul Hartley is wanted by Sheffield United.
Full story: Daily MirrorBut the Blades face a fight to keep defender Matthew Kilgallon at the club, with Wigan and Middlesbrough both interested.
Full story: Daily MirrorBurnley are ready to move for Nigeria centre-back Rabiu Afolabi, who is a free agent after leaving French side Sochaux.
Full story: Daily MirrorSunderland defender Anton Ferdinand insists he has no intention of leaving the club, despite interest from Fulham.
Full story: Daily MirrorBlackburn are closing in on Paris St Germain midfielder Jerome Rothen.
Full story: Daily MirrorFulham have been linked with former Spain and Liverpool striker Fernando Morientes, who does not currently have a club.
Full story: The IndependentLiverpool’s first-team coach Mauricio Pellegrino has refused to rule out the possibility of midfielder Javier Mascherano leaving the club – with Barcelona interested in the Argentine international. (Various).
Bolton will strongly resist any offers for striker Kevin Davies, who is thought to be wanted by Blackburn. (Guardian)
Birmingham have not given up in their pursuit of defender Roger Johnson, despite Cardiff refusing to lower their £5m valuation of the player. (Guardian)
Celtic face competition from Hull, Fulham, Portsmouth and Wolves for Nancy striker Marc-Antoine Fortune. (Scottish Sun)
Herman Hreidarsson looks set to reject a possible Old Firm switch in favour of staying at Portsmouth. (Daily Express)
Bristol City could sell Michael McIndoe to Sheffield United for £750,000 and replace him with Manchester United winger Lee Martin.
Full story: Bristol Evening Post
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Very interesting,
I a looking for a confirmation or not of a possible bid for Liverpool striker Fernando Torres. Can any one confirm this as true or not.
June 22nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Hey Rob, talk is that he’s a wanted man at the Bridge, not yet sure about the offers but they are very keen on signing him, who wouldnt be?
July 7th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
am so happy for what Sir Alex did to sign Micheal owen and Antonio Valencia
and am encouraging fergie to leave Frank Ribery.So let him try for Sergio Augero,J,K,Huntlear.
Danie
Uganda
July 7th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
But wenger should become serious in this summer transfer because the team is RETARDING.May be you comment
Danie
Uganda
July 7th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
@Danie, yeah Wenger has to wake up now, a lot is happening in the transfer window and no notable signing for Arsenal, it’s frustrating times indeed…