Leif 6,006 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Maicon about to sign for Man City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 @Leif,Source? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 @Leif,Source?I'm... in the know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Why are they signing him? Makes no sense. Aren't they covered in the full back department? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin_3d 1,140 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Lies, damned lies and transfer rumorsBy: EDAs this summer's transfer window approaches its frantic denouement, things really stepped up a gear on Wednesday.Moussa Dembele sealed his move from Fulham to Tottenham while Javi Martinez completed his switch from Athletic Bilbao to Bayern Munich despite the Basque club claiming he had left to undergo his medical without their permission.But perhaps the transfer news which caused the biggest stir on Wednesday, in certain spheres at least, came on Twitter. The person behind the 'FootballAgent49' account, which had accrued some 40,000 followers during the transfer window, exposed it as a fake. Rather than being an influential football agent who was privy to all the juiciest exclusives, it was, in fact, the account of an 18-year-old with time on their hands and some attention to seek.'Bored person fools idiots on internet' may not be the most earth-shattering headline of all time, but nonetheless it served to embarrass a few people who should really have known better.It was the biggest fuss made over a media spoof since Sky had to clearly signpost that their detective show A Touch Of Cloth was a parody in trailers because many viewers just didn't get it."I started out when I was bored one evening and I never once thought that I could get 43k followers," FootballAgent49 said in their farewell post. "I feel my twitter experience has been very successful with some of my 'Stories' even trending 5th in the world. I'm proud to say that I haven't had even one transfer scoop in my time yet people still say im more reliable than Sky Sports News and the BBC. Laughable."The Daily Mail even wrote an article based on my Kaka tweets and the 2 journalists who wrote it were following me."Another account, EPLAgent007, had come clean on Monday, only using much more colourful language in their own statement.Both account-holders used their closing statements to expose everyone who claims to be 'ITK' (in the know) on Twitter, forums and message boards as frauds, something which seems obvious to most people. Claiming to be ITK is rather like someone telling you "I'm mad, me". If you are going out of your way to tell people you are, then you almost certainly are not.Despite the obvious flaw in the whole conceit that anyone whose livelihood depends on handling sensitive information is not going to simply distribute it for free to whomever is interested, thousands of people have bought into the whole concept.And why wouldn't they? Is it any different to following some of the reheated rumors and regurgitated gossip that fills the sports pages of some newspapers during transfer windows?ED knows of at least one instance of a reporter being told to create a link between a player and a club in order to fill space as deadline approached.When a deal comes off the back pages will scream with the claims that they were the ones to bring you the news first, even though the very enthusiasm of those claims exposes just how often they don't get it right.Real agents are guilty of propagating such rumors, too. Both Victor Moses and James McCarthy were reportedly wanted by Real Madrid and Barcelona a couple of years ago. Both ended up playing for Wigan.This is not to say that the vast majority of transfer stories do not have some basis to them. Reporters can glean genuine information from any number of sources and relay it in good faith only for nothing to come of it.With the calendar and ticking clock now forcing clubs into decisive action in the transfer market, fans everywhere are desperate for any nuggets of information or rumor about the players their club is going to sign.Rumors linking X to Y in a £Zm swoop are churned out and gobbled up on a daily basis, with all parties seemingly aware of what is going on but all happy to be complicit in any case. That is where much of the appeal of the transfer window lies, that supporters everywhere can be allowed to daydream. It certainly beats the reality of an actual transfer, like that of Luka Modric to Real Madrid, chugging along all summer.As long as people are willing to buy into it, then the rumor mill will stay open for business. Perhaps that is no bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif 6,006 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Why are they signing him? Makes no sense. Aren't they covered in the full back department?I guess it's just the board trying to keep Mancini 'happy'.Both Richards and Zaba are currently better than him IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 so Granero is signing for QPR today! Hughes is really doing some business huhGranero would be a great signing for them but Hughes' transfer policy has been nothing short of ridiculous. That is nothing new of course, considering what he did at Man City. Hell, they're still trying to get rid of the deadwood Hughes brought to the club and because of their absurd wages they won't attract any interest. City have players like Bridge, Santa Cruz on +100k a week playing for their reserves and they haven't got a game at City for years now. QPR have now got a lot of has-beens from top clubs and all of them are on too high wages for a club like QPR. Also getting Rob Green to play as their first choice GK, and then get a proper top class keeper like Julio Cesar two games later can't do any good for their squad harmony. Everyone gets promised a shitload of money and a guaranteed place in the starting lineup but then they move on and get half a dozen more new players to play in that exact same position and someone is bound to be unhappy. Would love to see that club get relegated now. Spike and Justin_3d 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Oh actually I've just figured it out. Maicon is being bought because Citeh are using 3-4-3/3-4-1-2. Makes a bit more sense now but not the best option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic weeds 446 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Swansea are really doing good. Pablo Hernandez is a very good player at 5.5m. 27 years and has been good for Valencia. They are ooking to play it 'the continental way'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Fabio Ferreira joins Adelaide United from Chelseahttp://www.heraldsun...h-1226458974241Also Del Piero might be joining Sydney FC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19385661A really good read about what actually happens on transfer deadline day across Europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Swansea are really doing good. Pablo Hernandez is a very good player at 5.5m. 27 years and has been good for Valencia. They are ooking to play it 'the continental way'.He was realy unimpressive last season, Feghouli played much better, thats why Pablo wasnt even im first 11. But for 5 mio he is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic weeds 446 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 He was realy unimpressive last season, Feghouli played much better, thats why Pablo wasnt even im first 11. But for 5 mio he is good.I agree, Feghouli was really impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRonaldo 55 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I don't really get what City is doing.They want to buy only because they have money. Not because they need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Is there some Deadline Day special thread coming for tomorrow? Can't follow any of the action live but it would be great if you guys could keep track of everything that's happening in one single thread so it would be much easier to read through afterwards instead of having to browse them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Is there some Deadline Day special thread coming for tomorrow? Can't follow any of the action live but it would be great if you guys could keep track of everything that's happening in one single thread so it would be much easier to read through afterwards instead of having to browse them all.both BBC and Sky S will be running transfer time clock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Pablo is a great replacement for Scott Sinclair. Better player IMO. Well done Swans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingPapers 194 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Do you guys think we will buy someone else tomorrow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 People just want Chelsea to be involved in the transfer window deadline fiasco. We don't really need anyone else anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,942 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Do you guys think we will buy someone else tomorrow?Doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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