Football Summer Transfers 2005

Post by **Tel** » 21 Jun 2005, 12:30

Follow the link to see the full list of the transfers for the English Premier League. PremierLeague.com

- Arsenal: I still think Edu should've stayed at Arsenal.
- Newcastle: Scott Parker has gone to Newcastle. It was inevitable that he was gonna move. He should've stayed at Charlton in the 1st place

- Man United: Roy Carroll has signed with West Ham. And MU bring in Ed van der Sar in return? Weird...

rand0mh3ro · Post by **rand0mh3ro** » 21 Jun 2005, 15:45

Pleeease post some of the transfers here! I'm capped. Just the big teams if you can eg Newcastle, Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal.

Post by **Tel** » 22 Jun 2005, 06:58

Arsenal

Out: Edu (Valencia, free, July 1), Jermaine Pennant (Birmingham City, £500,000)

Chelsea

Out: Mikael Forssell (Birmingham City, £3million), Scott Parker (Newcastle, £6.5million)

Liverpool

Out: Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux, free), Jon Otsemobor (released), Ritchie Partridge (released), Paul Harrison (released), Mark Smyth (released), Patrice Luzi (released), El-Hadji Diouf (Bolton, undisclosed), Mauricio Pellegrino (released)

Manchester United

In: Edwin van der Sar (Fulham, undisclosed, July 1)

Out: Roy Carroll (West Ham United, free), Ricardo (Osasuna, free), Paul Tierney (released)

Newcastle United

In: Scott Parker (Chelsea, £6.5million)

Out: Aaron Hughes (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Patrick Kluivert (Valencia, free, July 1), Andy O'Brien (Portsmouth, £2million), Jamie McClen (released), Laurent Robert (Portsmouth, season loan)

No big signings yet. Although Chelsea apparently signed some Spanish left full back. And Newcastle are apparently after Quinton Fortune.

rand0mh3ro · Post by **rand0mh3ro** » 22 Jun 2005, 07:11

Thanks Tel. Looks like a new look for Newcastle next season with O 'Brien and Hughes gone and Robert off on a seasons loan. So who signed that youngster that Chelsea and Man Utd were after? I think he's Nigerian, can't remember his name. Maybe he's still at his current club?

Post by **Tel** » 22 Jun 2005, 07:27

I haven't heard of any Nigerian youngster that Chelski and MU were after? I actually didn't notice Newcastle's players that have gone out...It is going to be a new look team.

rand0mh3ro · Post by **rand0mh3ro** » 22 Jun 2005, 10:10

Tel wrote:I haven't heard of any Nigerian youngster that Chelski and MU were after? I actually didn't notice Newcastle's players that have gone out...It is going to be a new look team.

Well this kid they're after, he's supposed to be a good prospect because Man Utd were claiming they already signed a contract with him but Chelsea were still chasing him. It also emerged that two agents acting on behalf of Chelsea were paying for this kid and some other player's education in Norway. The last I heard was that apparently they weren't doing their studies so their student visas weren't valid and now neither team can sign this prodigy. The kid also went "missing" at one stage claiming to be under too much pressure. Crazy huh?

Post by **Tel** » 22 Jun 2005, 11:01

hmmm, interesting

Post by **Tel** » 30 Jun 2005, 11:37

mmm. Some more juicy transfers...

Arsenal
- Signed Belarussion midfielder, Alexander Hleb.
- Sold goalie Stuart Taylor to Aston Villa

Chelsea
- Sold Mateja Kezman to Spanish team, Atletico Madrid.

Man United
- Bought Sout Korean International, Park Ji-Sung.

There are quite a few smaller, interesting transfers doing the rounds, but I know most of interested in the big teams.

rand0mh3ro · Post by **rand0mh3ro** » 21 Jul 2005, 07:53

Any more news? I'm capped again. Have Chelsea signed Shaun Wright Phillips yet? I heard Liverpool should be signing Peter Crouch from Aston Villa soon and Bayern Munich are cautious of Man Utd's interest in Michael Ballack. Ballack would be an awesome signing but I don't see it happening this season. Bayern have offered him a 3 year extension on his contract.

Post by **Tel** » 21 Jul 2005, 15:33

Some more of the more popular signings...

Blackburn Rovers: Craig Bellamy (£5 million)

Chelsea: Shaun Wright-Phillips (£21 million 8O )

Everton: Simon Davies (£3.5 million)

Liverpool: Peter Crouch (undisclosed)

Man City: Andy Cole (Free)

Newcastle: Emre (£3.8 million)

Portsmouth: Collins Mbesuma (undisclosed)

These signings are getting more interesting by the day. Chelsea are ruining the game a bit by buying anything that moves, but there are players that don't appreciate that, which is nice to see.

crabstick · Post by **crabstick** » 21 Jul 2005, 20:41

Newcastle have also singed a young new keeper Tim Krul. hes from holland, came from Den Haag.He's 17, dunno why we signed him since we already hav the best keeper in the league, and thats a given.

Snowflke · Post by **Snowflke** » 21 Jul 2005, 20:46

I heard rumours that Figo wants to go to Liverpool(or Liverpool are looking to buy him). Has anybody heard anything?

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 21 Jul 2005, 21:38

I read a few days ago that Inter Milan and Figo are negotiating contracts. The contract is worth 6 Million I think.

Liverpool signed Peter Crouch for 7 Million.

And Chelsea signed Asier Del Horno, not sure for how much.

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 22 Jul 2005, 10:14

Real Madrid signed Robinho for 24Million.

halo · Post by **halo** » 22 Jul 2005, 10:45

ADV4NCED wrote:Real Madrid signed Robinho for 24Million.

WHAT WHEN?????? my word.... this was not expected... darn, i was hoping he was going to arsenal.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 24 Jul 2005, 12:45

halo wrote:
ADV4NCED wrote:Real Madrid signed Robinho for 24Million.
WHAT WHEN?????? my word.... this was not expected... darn, i was hoping he was going to arsenal.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Lol there has been transfer talk between Santos and Real Madrid about his transfer for a month, maybe more.

IMO, I think he's overrated, I watched him playing the World cup qualifier games with Brazil, he didn't seem brilliant but I understand that he is very young and could be a promising talent.

Post by **Tel** » 25 Jul 2005, 07:35

Snowflke wrote:I heard rumours that Figo wants to go to Liverpool(or Liverpool are looking to buy him). Has anybody heard anything?

Liverpool definitely want Figo, but Real Madrid want a fee for him. Liverpool can only afford Figo's wages, but not an additional fee.

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 02 Aug 2005, 22:14

Real Madrid signed Julio Baptista.

Post by **Tel** » 03 Aug 2005, 07:22

I know :-/ . Arsenal should've bought "The Beast", but who could refuse Real Madrid?

Post by **Tel** » 03 Aug 2005, 11:26

Tottenham Hotspurs have signed Edgar Davids! Now that is a big signing for Spurs.

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 03 Aug 2005, 15:44

Tel wrote:Tottenham Hotspurs have signed Edgar Davids! Now that is a big signing for Spurs.

Yes I'm sure he'll feature in the coming season! Any idea on how much they paid? He is really old though, I think he'll only be there for a season or two.

Regarding Chelsea, why the hell are they trying to sign M Essien ??? As if they need another midfielder, I still think they need one more wordclass striker in that team and they could really be great.

Post by **Tel** » 03 Aug 2005, 15:56

Spurs signed Davids on a free transfer (bargain!), and he's 32 now. So I definitely think he was brought in to bring experience to a young midfield.

Post by **Tel** » 04 Aug 2005, 12:15

I would never have thought about seeing one of the Neville brothers away from MU, but it has happened. Phil Neville has signed for Everton, can you believe it!

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 04 Aug 2005, 17:56

Tel wrote:I would never have thought about seeing one of the Neville brothers away from MU, but it has happened. Phil Neville has signed for Everton, can you believe it!

IMHO its about time

Inter Milan has finally completed the signing of Luis Figo.

ADV4NCED · Post by **ADV4NCED** » 17 Aug 2005, 21:38

I heard Chelsea finally signed Michael Essien for around 25 Million pounds, is it true?