Moving Along....
I'll be honest - most of my footie brain started drifting away from the World Cup and toward Leeds United's summer signings long before last weekend. We're a month away from the start of the next season but we're already being inundated with pre-season friendlies and summer transfers. Here are some of the big transfers so far: Arsenal - Marouane Chamakh (free from Bordeaux)
Brum - Ben Foster (£6million from Manchester United)
Bolton - Martin Petrov (free from Manchester City)
Chelski - Yossi Benayoun (undisclosed from Liverpool)
Everton - Jermaine Beckford (free from Leeds)
Liverpool - Roy Hodgson in from Fulham; Milan Jovanovic (free from Standard Liege)
Citeh - Jerome Boateng (£10million from Hamburg), Yaya Toure (£25million from Barcelona), David Silva (£24m from Valencia)
United - Javier Hernandez (£7million from C.D. Guadalajara)
Spurs - Sandro (£6m from Internacional)
WBA - Thomas Hitzlsperger (free from Lazio)
Wigan - Antolin Alcaraz (undiscl. from Club Brugge)
Wolves - Stephen Hunt (£3m from Hull)
So who's made the best moves, gents?
posted by The Blue Devil @ 6:47 PM
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Some of the friendlies coming up this week:
Friday:
MFK Kosice v Leeds Utd
Man Utd. v. Celtic
Saturday:
Al Hilal v. Liverpool
Barnet v. Arsenal
Palace v. Chelski
Sunday:
Porto v. Ajax
Tuesday:
Bury v. Leeds
Wednesday:
Grasshoppers v. Liverpool
Sturm Graz v. Arsenal
Toronto FC v. Bolton
Thursday:
Philadelphia Union v. Man Utd.
Hull has done the best business because they unloaded that turd Hunt on Wolves. Shorn of him and Phil Brown, it's hard to sustain any hate for Hull now.
The gooner faithful are excited by the arrival of Chamakh up front and Koscielny at the back, but want to hear more about a new keeper, a defender, and midfield stalwart. Mark Schwartzer seems a likely move from Fulham if not a completely welcome one. 3m seems a lot for his last move and his creaky performance for the Aussies in the world cup. I know that Khedira moved to Real last night, so that dream vanished, but I'm still holding out for Honda, Coentrao, and Stekelenburg's signature on Arsenal contracts.
I reckon that Schwarzer is a great move for the Gunners. He doesn't exactly the Continental smoothie image of the club, but then what have you lot won with that approach lately? Exactly! Mark is a proven Premiership keeper who won't be dropping them in the net like Almunia and Fabianski when his hands get a wee bit cold in Bolton in February. Sure, he got a bit shelled against the Germans but then he did have the likes of Craig Moore and Lucas Neill for cover in the match. Start thinking of the Schwarzer anthems now.
That is only a short term fix as Schwarzer is near the end of his career. He is a proven premiership caliber keeper. Who will replace Schwarzer at Fulham?
Wow - Joe Cole has moved to Liverpool on a free for a four-year contract and is on £90K a week.
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