Weekly Transfer Roundup – May 30th 2010

Here is my update for this week’s transfer activity, the percentage is strictly my prediction based on the different sources the stories are coming from.

Confirmed So Far:

In:
Jonjo Shelvey - The youngster has signed from Charlton Athletic for £1.7 million.

Out:
Mikel San Jose – The Spaniard who was on loan at Athletic Bilbao has now made the move permanent.
Fabio Aurelio -The Brazilian’s contract was not extended.

Not Confirmed & Rumours:

In:
Milan Jovanovic – Nothing new on this, should be completed soon  – 95%
Danny Wilson – Rangers now want £5 million (Dropping him from 80% ) – 70%
Arda Turan – The Turkish player has been linked again – 40%
Diego Tardelli - The Brazilian is connected with Liverpool – 30%
Juan Mata – Nothing new on this story this week, dropping from 15% – 10%
Stephen Ireland -  Nothing new on this story, dropping from 15% – 10%
Guiseppe Rossi – He was linked again twice this week – (raising him from 4%) – 10%
David Bentley - Same story here dropping from 15% – 10%
Oscar Cardozo – The Paraguayan wants out of Benfica and is being linked to us – 10%
Giampaolo Pazzini - Another story that has gone flat this week dropping from 15% – 10%
Simon Kjaer - This has gone cold too from dropping from 8% – 5%
Marijan Antolovic – The Croatian keeper has been linked, I think he will chose Spurs – 5%
Micah Richards – More talk of him being linked by Liverpool (raised from 1%) – 4%
Javi Martinez – His name floated around a few times – 4%
Simao – His name has been mentioned a few times this week, (raising from 1%) -  4%
Rafael van der Vaart -Talk of Man Utd being interested in him (dropping from 3%) – 2%
Joe Cole – Man Utd are also interested, I am afraid that we will not be able to pay his salary – 2%
Diego Forlan – Nothing new on this story this week, leaving him 2%- 2%
Gary Cahill – Price tag of £30 million? Forget it - 1%
Raul – Nothing new - 1%
Adriano – Rumour – 1%
Nedum Onuoha - Name mentioned this week – 1%
Michael Johnson – His name was also mentioned this week (one source) – 1%
Edin Dzeko – He is now being linked with Man Utd – 1%
Gareth Barry – Star Fantasy - 0%
Nikola Zigic – Just signed with Brum – 0%

Out:
Albert Riera – Talk of him going to Valencia – 75%
Yossi Benayoun – Yossi is being linked with Chelsea again – 25%
Javier Mascherano – Masch too was linked with Chelsea this week (up from 15%) - 25%
Steven Gerrard – Mourinho causing trouble – 8%
Ryan Babel – Linked with Wolfsburg (dropping from 8%) - 5%
Lucas Leiva - Linked with Wolfsburg - 5%
Fernando Torres - Pepe Reina and his agent are convinced Torres will stay (dropping him down from 5%) – 3%
Rafa - There was a rumour linking Rafa with UAE, (I am raising him up from 2%) - 3%
Alberto Aquilani – Agent denied it again – 1%

The Daily Antoine 28/5/2010 LFC News Digest

The City will remember Heysel with a 2 minute silence today more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

King Kenny believes that Liverpool will ride the storm more…
(At the end of which there is a sweet, sweet song of a lark)

Arda Turan is being linked with Liverpool again more…
(I am hearing a lot about this, it will probably happen)

The Star is linking us with Simao more…
(And how can we afford Simao?)

And we are also linked with the Croatian 21 year old keeper Marijan Antolovic more…
(Impressive stats)

Aquilani wants to stay at Liverpool more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

David Amoo has committed his future to Liverpool more…
(Excellent)

Mourinho admires Gerrard & Lampard more…
(No one has been able to get them to play together, why does he think he can do it? Who does he think he is? The Special One?)

Tom Hicks claims that there are many buyers who are interested in Liverpool more…
(Remember this FACT : Tom Hicks lies)

The Hicksmeister claims that the Liverpool buyer will probably come from the Middle-East more…
(Then I will pour a whole barrel of crude oil on myself to celebrate getting rid of you)

England U-17 make it to the European Championship final more…
(Y.N.W.A. to Reds Conor Coady and Andre Wisdom )

Torres returns to training more…
(Good luck Nando, don’t get injured)

Even Stevie is back in training after an injury scare more…
(ouch Stevie careful)

Ryan Babel has made the Dutch World Cup squad more…
(Good luck Ryan)

Daniel Agger played for the full 90 mins in the Danish victory over Senegal more…
(Go get them Danny Boy)

The Daily Antoine 28/4/2010 LFC News Digest

Tomorrow I will return to my regular schedule, many have been wondering why this has been published earlier than usual, I fly back to the US today.

I woke up in Rome this morning and all the Italian papers are talking about Rafa going to Juve more…
(Keep Dreaming Juve)

And Rafa’s agent denies the rumours more…
(Here we go again)

Rushie does not understand why Reina was not chosen as Player of Year more…
(One Word “MAFIA”)

Looks like Jonjo Shelvey will become a Liverpool player more…
(Excellent, heard a lot of great things about him)

Kuyt is battling to be fit for tomorrow’s game more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

Simao wants to ruin our Europa Dream more…
(We know that)

Lampard “Liverpool will not roll out the red carpet for us” more…
(Hell No)

Soto is proud of the LFC fans more…
(Y.N.W.A.)

God has signed on with Perth Glory more…
(Good luck Robbie)

MacMahon is proud of Ayala more…
(He played very well against Burnley)

AEK Athens want Nemeth for another season more…
(No, bring him back to Anfield)

And finally a United blog has mentioned EOTK more…
(LOL)

Thursday 10th September 2009 News, Rumours and Rants

Man Utd to face transfer scrutiny   more…
(Fiorentina now, are they going to sue them too?)

Agent: Juventus, Inter Milan & Liverpool chase Palermo defender Simon Kjaer   more…
(Come on guys the transfer window just closed a few days ago, please give us a break before you start in on these transfer rumours again.)

Stevie G,  Glen Johnson, Albert Riera, Fernando Torres & Pepe Reina are going to the World Cup after England & Spain both secured qualifications.

Paraguay also qualified following their victory over Argentina, Mascherano’s country is now in danger of not qualifying for the World Cup.

Javier Mascherano & Lucas Leiva jet  back to Merseyside and hope to make it back on time for Saturday’s game.    more…

A Portuguese newspaper reported that Liverpool tried to sign Simao right before the transfer window closed    more…

Discuss in our Forum