January Transfer Thread - I want! I want! I want!

Sahin passed his medical at Dortmund and will be confirmed at a press conference in 40 minutes.

http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/sport/bvb/BVB-News-Live-Ticker-BVB-hat-Nuri-Sahin-verpflichtet;art11635,1876488

Caveman1 wrote: »

Chelsea & Man City target Taison has signed for Shakhtar Donetsk.

Strange one that.

Lots of Brazilians over there and even more money.

Manchester United:

In:
Marouane Fellaini (before Chelsea buy him and derail his career ala Scott Parker, SWP, Sidwell etc...)

Out:
Nick Powel (loan)
Macheda

sprinkles wrote: »

Manchester United:

In:
Marouane Fellaini (before Chelsea buy him and derail his career ala Scott Parker, SWP, Sidwell etc...)

Fellaini is a better player then Parker and Sidwell were when they came to Chelsea and the amount of players that were ahead of them meant neither were really going to make it with us.

Fellaini would walk into our midfield right now and would be a nailed on starter for the foreseeable future.

GavRedKing wrote: »

Fellaini is a better player then Parker and Sidwell were when they came to Chelsea and the amount of players that were ahead of them meant neither were really going to make it with us.

Fellaini would walk into our midfield right now and would be a nailed on starter for the foreseeable future.

1 good season and half a really good season. Same as Parker for Charlton before Chelsea bought him. Everyone was tupping him to become the next big thing for England. I would say they were at the same level of hype. Not saying that Fellani isn't better but we'll see if/when he moves to a bigger club if he will thrive. As for Chelsea, their midfield was a lot better back then too - United's isn't as good, imo.

Michael Johnson available for a free.
I would imagine many top clubs will be knocking down the door of the 'future england captain'.

EdenHazard wrote: »

Are u serious? Fellaini has been highly rated since he was with Liege, he won the league at like 18 or something as a permanent starter. Parker just maxed his ability, Fellaini was always destined to be a top player.

Why weren't the big clubs looking at him then? He was a class act but hardly one that was definitely going on to big things. Just look at the recent news of M Johnson at city for a perfect example of a player not reaching his potential. Fellani, up until the end of last season was not being touted for any of the big clubs. Same happened with Parker. After 1 and a half seasons of playing well for Charlton and he was snapped up by Chelsea because he was the sole reason that Charlton were pushing for that 4th spot so early on in the season. He was touted as the next big star of english football (similar to MJ). Fellani over the last 2 seasons has shown is class but if he moves to a club like chelsea of Man City he will find playing time very hard to come by and will probably go the way of Parker, warming the bench for the best part of his career.

I don't see what the big difference between him and Fellani is tbh in terms of how they were rated at the same stage in their career. (I'm not talking about playing style, 1930s haircut v 1970s harcut etc).

kingtubby wrote: »

Michael Johnson available for a free.
I would imagine many top clubs will be knocking down the door of the 'future england captain'.

Had to laugh at the irony your username and post subject created.

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Parker left Charlton, where he was excelling to sit on the bench and make 15 appearances for Chelsea before moving on. IMO if he had stayed at Charlton he would have more than likely earned a few England call ups rather than waste his 23rd year sitting on the bench, while most of the media forgot about him. He became a small fish in a big pond. He then had to leave to get first team opportunities and went to Newcastle were injury and illness restricted him from playing to the best of his abilities.

My point is that players moving to big clubs with plenty of other players in their position, especially at a young age - 23 seems to be particularly popular for players to make these decisions - disjoints their career. It knocks a promising career off it's path and stunts it's growth. These are just 2 or 3 examples I've given. Rodwell is another - I thought it was a crazy desicion to move to Man City at that stage of his career as he's bound to get more experience from playing week in week out and being an important part of the team. That's not going to happen at Man City.

Anyway, getting 3 times your salary for sitting on a bench isn't that bad at the end of the day.

kingtubby wrote: »

Michael Johnson available for a free.
I would imagine many top clubs will be knocking down the door of the 'future england captain'.

Judging by your username I'm guessing it's you Michael. :pac:

EdenHazard wrote: »

also where are all these big clubs in for M'Vila? We heard for last 2 years all about M'vila, then when he's available, no interest from any of the top teams. If football was based on stats/football manager, qpr would and could be pushing for champions league spot with their team they have.

Comes with an attitude problem apparently.

JPA wrote: »

Comes with an attitude problem apparently.

Exactly an immense talent but knack for causing trouble off the pitch has scared a lot of teams of taking a risk on him, hes kinda France's Joey Barton just not quite as annoying or a twitter account.