Striker Merry-Go-Round

Didier Drogba, Dimitar Berbatov, Santa Cruz, Michael Owen, Mauro Zarate, Louis Saha, David Villa, Luís Fabiano, Frédéric Kanouté, Diego Milito, Samuel Eto'o, Dani Güiza, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Thierry Henry, Javier Saviola, Fred, Mario Gomez, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Amauri, Hernán Crespo, Goran Pandev, Antonio Cassano, Mirko Vučinić, Alberto Gilardino, Adriano, etc....



There are gonna be a lot of top quality/big name strikers? available this summer for the right price.

I doubt any club is gonna make two big money striker signings in the summer.

So some of these strikers will still be at the same club for the start of next season.

I think when one big money move happens then the rest will follow.

Can you predict which striker is going to end up at which club?

Santa Cruz........

A running gag with no end in sight.


P.S.: Benjamin Lauth is for sale apparently, and he really would like to play on the island.

Didier Drogba - Man City after no other club wants him
Dimitar Berbatov - Roman Abram
Mauro Zarate - Liverpool
David Villa - Real
Eidur Gudjohnsen - Arsenal
Thierry Henry - Liverpool plz
Javier Saviola - Man City
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - Man U
Amauri - Milan or Juve
Hernán Crespo - Random argentinian team
Goran Pandev - Obispo will buy him for liverpool
Crouch - Portsmouth or Inter to replace Zlatan if he moves to real

£3m !

If someone signs him and starts him week in week out they could treble their money in a year.


Same goes for Tamas Priskin - sign him for £1m and you have a £5m player in a year or two !

If you go by press reports Sevilla won't have any players next season

Calidad wrote:If you go by press reports Sevilla won't have any players next season

Which reports ?

Does anyone actually think that Michael Owen will move this summer? I personally can't see a club like Man Utd making a move for him regardless of how low the fee could be.

How secure is Eto'o's future at Barcelona? I read that he was booed during yesterdays game and has also been linked with a move to Inter.

How about Pavel Pogrebnyak as well, I know Zenit have strong financial backing to keep him happy but he could be temped away if the right offer came along. Wagner Love will probably leave CSKA as well.

Creter Pouch?

I agree with Cesc in that I don't see Owen leaving us this summer. I do think he is somewhat happy at Newcastle, probably for the first time in his career with us. He came largely because of Shearer, and due to injuries, a lack of interest and a focus on the England team, he didn't really integrate until the latter part of this season. Now, Keegan has him motivated, he's really supporting him and trying to boost his confidence; the team in general is much more together; and Owen is playing a new role which suits the type of player he has become. All of this isn't to say that he wouldn't move should a big club come in for him - but I can't see him leaving England again, and I don't think any of the top four will move for him, whilst Man City is out of the question now that Eriksson is leaving. Personally, my priority is keeping Martins at the club and happy, and I wouldn't want to keep an Owen who plans to run down the last year of his contract - but ideally, Owen will sign a new deal, and we will keep both.

I'd like to see Russia do well in the European Championships, I think they play nice football and are realistic dark horses, and if they do make an impact, then it will be interesting to see if clubs come after some of their players. I think Arshavin could leave Zenit (and I would love him to come to Newcastle) because - though Zenit have plenty of money, and though Advocaat has suggested that he intends to keep the squad together - I think Arshavin might be ready for a move, and that they won't prevent him from leaving, since he's served them well. But I don't think the same will happen with Pogrebnyak. He's only been at Zenit for a year, I think they will want to keep him, and I'm not sure the interest will be there after only one season.

I'm interested in who Milan end up with after being linked with all of Amauri, Drogba and Shevchenko - and, related to this, in who Chelsea replace Drogba with. Again, I would love Newcastle to sign Pandev, but that is maybe a long shot.

Cesc wrote:How secure is Eto'o's future at Barcelona? I read that he was booed during yesterdays game and has also been linked with a move to Inter.

He was booed because the crowd felt he had deliberately got himself suspended for the Clasico.

His future is not 100% secure at all, unlike last season. The papers seem to indicate that the club will listen to offers, and may sell if an offer of 35 million euros or more comes in.

Hope not.

I'm thinking clubs might be a little reluctant to sign Fabiano. Yes, he's had a great season... but after how many attempts?

He had a horrible time in France and Portugal, and didn't settle-in right away in Spain either; I would think clubs outside of Spain would be weary that his inadaptation could surface once again.

What about Chevanton?

Gilardino signs for Fiorentina
http://www.channel4.com/sport/football_italia/may28k.html

Real Zaragoza Make Oliveira Theirs
http://goal.com/en/articolo.aspx?contenutoid=710427

MORENO MAKES SHAKHTAR MOVE
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/other/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/05/27/SOCCER_Moreno.html

Milan are -2 strikers but have at least £18m from the sales of Gilardino and Oliveira to buy a new one, Eto'o/Drogba?

Tottenham are yet to sign a replacement for the outgoing Berbatov.

If you believe certain Spanish news agencies Barcelona could make an offer for Adebayor.

Its not likely, but for the right price it just might happen.

I would where Dani Guiza will end up as well.

Didier Drogba, 30

Does no major club in Europe want to sign Drogba anymore?

At the end of the season he was heavily linked with a move to Inter and AC Milan, maybe Barcelona aswell?

AC Milan now seem to want to sign Adebayor who is 6 years younger than Drogba and if they can't get him then they will probably move for Eto'o, 27.

If the reports are true then Barcelona also want to sign Adebayor, Villa is also an option.

Inter Milan, Adriano is coming back from loan, plus Inter could soon be signing Frank '20 goals from midfield a season' Lampard. Do they need to sign Drogba?

We have bid for Milito apparently. He would be a brilliant signing.

Vucinic is officially a Romanista! And it only cost us €12m

http://www.ilromanista.it/?section=news&id=12769

And I'm not too sure, but I think Cassano signed for Samp.

everyone and his dog is bidding for Pavluvichenko (sp ?), yet you get Gomez for free if you buy three bars of soap