Mercado de verano: La Liga Summer Transfer Thread

Jaime wrote:

*Chevantón could be on his way to Málaga. He is not in the plans of Manolo Jiménez at Sevilla and Fernando Sanz wants him although his wages could be an obstacle.


http://www.marca.com/2009/06/10/futbol/1adivision/1244632620.html

Hem fet un.. wrote:With Florentino getting his money from ACS La Caixa I am looking forward to you doing a "Leeds"...

TITO wrote:

Jaime wrote:

TITO wrote:Jaime

Can u please erase some of the ridiculous rumors in RM list?

You mean ridiculous rumours like Kaka?

Jaime wrote:

TITO wrote:

Jaime wrote:

TITO wrote:Jaime

Can u please erase some of the ridiculous rumors in RM list?

You mean ridiculous rumours like Kaka?

I removed C. Ronaldo from the "rumours" list.

TITO wrote:

Jaime wrote:

TITO wrote:

Jaime wrote:

TITO wrote:Jaime

Can u please erase some of the ridiculous rumors in RM list?

You mean ridiculous rumours like Kaka?

I removed C. Ronaldo from the "rumours" list.

Just take Iniesta off. And we are clear.

Jaime wrote:Today's rumours from Marca:

*Valencia will not be counting on the services of right back Miguel next season and has been told to look for another club.

*Mallorca may have to sell Arango and Moyá (recently linked with Barcelona) because they still owe Athletic money from the Aduriz transfer last year.

*Tamudo looks set to leave Espanyol; England is his probable destination

*Osasuna contemplating selling Plasil but want no less than 15m euro for him; several English clubs are said to be interested.

Jaime wrote:I have no idea but my guess is Valencia would probably like to get around 10m euro for Miguel. They have Alexis who can play right back and they are also close to signing Jeremy Mathieu on a free who I think can play both left and right full back so they don't really need Miguel and obviously they need to generate some cash.

Plasil has been one of Osasuna's better players, although his statistics aren't that great (4 goals, 7 assists). 15m euro seems a bit much to me, probably 10m euro would be more realistic.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Jaime wrote:I have no idea but my guess is Valencia would probably like to get around 10m euro for Miguel. They have Alexis who can play right back and they are also close to signing Jeremy Mathieu on a free who I think can play both left and right full back so they don't really need Miguel and obviously they need to generate some cash.

Plasil has been one of Osasuna's better players, although his statistics aren't that great (4 goals, 7 assists). 15m euro seems a bit much to me, probably 10m euro would be more realistic.

He only plays left.

Jaime wrote:Javi Calleja signs for Osasuna coming from Málaga on a free transfer.

Málaga are going to have a very different look next season. Same with Deportivo.

Jaime wrote:More rumours from Marca:

*Claudio Bravo - linked with us earlier in the week - is wanted by Unai Emery. In fact, Emery has told the club not to renew Cesar's contract in order to pursue Real Sociedad's Chilean goalkeeper.
I doubt an international will want to play second fiddle to Renan

*Málaga want to sign Xavi Torres (Barcelona); it would be a permanent deal with Torres getting a five year contract
He's a right-back, right?

*Málaga are also interested in Zaragoza midfielder Antonio Hidalgo
Possible. He's not getting into the team.

*Ivica Dragutinovic looked to be headed to Greece but Olympiacos can't meet the players wage demands. Sevilla are not counting on the defender for next year.

*Sporting have rejected an offer from Atlético for their young left back José Ángel. Sporting have shown interest in loaning Atlético players Valera and De la Cuevas and they were trying to work José Ángel into the deal but Sporting believes they are separate operations.
José Ángel is supposed to be better, so they might let it happen

*Sporting will present Alberto Rivera (Betis) next week.

Olé wrote:

Jaime wrote:More rumours from Marca:

*Claudio Bravo - linked with us earlier in the week - is wanted by Unai Emery. In fact, Emery has told the club not to renew Cesar's contract in order to pursue Real Sociedad's Chilean goalkeeper.
I doubt an international will want to play second fiddle to Renan

*Málaga want to sign Xavi Torres (Barcelona); it would be a permanent deal with Torres getting a five year contract
He's a right-back, right?

*Málaga are also interested in Zaragoza midfielder Antonio Hidalgo
Possible. He's not getting into the team.

*Ivica Dragutinovic looked to be headed to Greece but Olympiacos can't meet the players wage demands. Sevilla are not counting on the defender for next year.

*Sporting have rejected an offer from Atlético for their young left back José Ángel. Sporting have shown interest in loaning Atlético players Valera and De la Cuevas and they were trying to work José Ángel into the deal but Sporting believes they are separate operations.
José Ángel is supposed to be better, so they might let it happen

*Sporting will present Alberto Rivera (Betis) next week.

Olé wrote:

Jaime wrote:More rumours from Marca:

*Claudio Bravo - linked with us earlier in the week - is wanted by Unai Emery. In fact, Emery has told the club not to renew Cesar's contract in order to pursue Real Sociedad's Chilean goalkeeper.
I doubt an international will want to play second fiddle to Renan

Real stunned by £80m tag on Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Jonathan Northcroft

The overheated football transfer market is showing no sign of cooling, with Real Madrid hot on the trail of yet another exorbitantly expensive forward, Internazionale’s Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Representatives of the player met Real officials earlier this month and have also held talks with Barcelona, after Inter indicated they would be willing to sell their leading scorer.

The fee Inter are looking for is understood to be close to the world record £80m Real Madrid agreed for Cristiano Ronaldo. Barcelona were scared off by the price tag. Florentino Perez, Real Madrid’s new president, must have taken a deep breath but has not dropped his interest — even though he has also signed Kaka for £56m. Real are expected to sign Valencia goalscorer David Villa for £34m this week and are chasing Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso, who might cost upwards of £20m.

Perez is budgeting for an outlay of about €300m (£255m) this summer to build a “spectacular” team and argues much of the money can be recouped. His motto is “the most expensive things are the cheapest” because great players repay much of their huge fees through increased ticket sales and greater commercial contracts. He also plans to raise funds via player sales and is willing to offload Real’s entire Dutch contingent, which has put Premier League clubs on alert. Tottenham are interested in striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, available for £15m, while Arjen Robben has been offered to Liverpool with Gabriel Heinze as makeweights in any deal for Alonso.

Ibrahimovic, 27, has scored 57 goals in 88 Serie A appearances for Inter but relations have cooled between the Swede and his coach, Jose Mourinho. Inter are unlikely to get £80m for the striker who, as the best-paid player in the world until Kaka moved to Real Madrid, also has hefty wage demands, but Perez could try to tempt the Italians with a player-plus-cash deal involving the Argentinian Gonzalo Higuain.

At home, Portsmouth confirmed that Glen Johnson is likely to leave this summer. Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool are interested in the England full-back, who left Stamford Bridge in 2007. A fee of £20m could be the asking price.

Having ruled out Ibrahimovic, Barça are competing with Manchester United — and, inevitably, Real — for Franck Ribery for a fee of about £65m. United have also made an inquiry about Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o, who with one year left on his contract, is available for less than £30m, but the Cameroonian striker’s salary demands make Manchester City stronger suitors. United are on the brink of signing Antonio Valencia from Wigan after making a formal offer of £17.5m for the Ecuador winger and are also chasing Lyons striker Karim Benzema.

Meanwhile, respected sources in Italy report Paolo Maldini, recently retired after 25 years with AC Milan, is about to join Chelsea’s coaching staff. In any other week, that would be big news but yesterday it was just a footnote with the transfer market in such a feverish state.

VICTOR VALDES IS OLD TRAFFORD TARGET
Barca keeper's pay demand sparks Manchester United interest

MANCHESTER UNITED are keeping an eye on Barcelona's Victor Valdes after his contract talks broke down.

The Catalan keeper's deal runs out at the end of next season - and he wants parity with the Spanish club's top out-field stars.

United have tracked Valdes all season but expected his contract to be settled after his end-of-season heroics in the Champions League. But Barca have been stunned by the 27-year-old's £7.6million pay demands.

President Joan Laporta said: "We have a wage structure and we are not planning to change it.

"We were surprised to hear what the player wanted. I'd like to think he is aware of what his agent has asked for."

United had turned their attentions to Villarreal keeper Diego Lopez but could now refocus on the Barca man.