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Today the Daily Mail wrote an interesting piece that showed what every club's squad in the English
Premier League cost to build. The top five were: 1. Chelsea (£200.7 million) 2. Manchester
United (£189.65 million) 3. Tottenham (£187.2 million) 4. Manchester City (£166.6
million) 5. Liverpool (£140.
We have a new page up located in the sidebar called "Highest Paid Footballers." Here you
can find out which players get paid the highest wages throughout the world. The top three who play
in the English Premier League are: John Terry (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), and Cristiano
Ronaldo (Manchester United).
Deloitte's Money League lists the highest revenue-producing clubs throughout the world. Their
latest results for the 2007-2008 season show that Manchester United produced 324.8 Million Euros in
revenue, Chelsea produced 268.9 million, Arsenal produced 264.4 million, and Liverpool produced
210.9. Tottenham, Newcastle, and Manchester City also came in the Top 20.
There is a possibility Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan will head to England in the summer,
according to his agent Daniel Bolotnikoff. Bolotnikoff said: "I have received calls from big
European clubs requesting information about the situation, but I am not authorised to give their
names ... My answer is always the same.
EPLTransferRumors Q&A Session
According to Chris Stanton at Setanta Sports, Bolton and
Blackburn are both interested in Villarreal midfielder
Matias Fernandez. His agent Alejandro Santiesteban said,
"After the game against Bolivia, Matias will go on holiday and we have until August 31 to
look at the situation .
According to Paul Smith at the Daily Mirror, Liverpool are interested in
bringing striker Peter Crouch back to Anfield. Boss Rafa Benitez
is thought to be planning a £4million bid for the Portsmouth footballer.
Blackburn, Sunderland, Aston Villa,
Tottenham, and Manchester City are all rumored to be interested
as well.
According to Salvatore Landolina at Goal.com, Il Corriere Della Sera is reporting that
Blackburn are set to give 35-year-old striker Christian Vieri a
ten day trial with the club starting Saturday.
According to News of the World, Manchester City are set to sign
Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz this week for £15million.
However Santa Cruz, who has had knee problems, must pass a physical first.
According to Chris Flanagan at the Lancashire Telegraph, Blackburn are checking
to see if Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari is
available.
It is also reported that Blackburn plan on extending the trial for striker Christian
Vieri.
According to Stephen Crawford at Goal.com, UEFA is looking to limit the amount
of money spent on transfers by clubs. An official statement in UEFAdirect said,
"The aim is for all clubs to be able to live on the income they generate ... A series of
incentives and disciplinary action will be examined at the next executive committee meeting.
According to Football Spy at the Daily Mirror, Bolton want £20 million for
centre-half Gary Cahill, who has been linked with Arsenal. Bolton
boss Gary Megson said,
"I can understand why the big clubs are interested in Gary, but it's going to take an offer
over and above what we received for Nicolas Anelka from Chelsea.
UPDATE: According to Richard Bailey at Sky Sports, Bojan
Krkic's agent stated that the striker is not going anywhere despite interest from
Blackburn.
May 13th, 2009 According to Martin Blackburn at The Sun,
Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce wants to acquire
Barcelona striker Bojan Krkic on loan.
UPDATE: According to Richard Bailey at Sky Sports, Blackburn
striker Roque Santa Cruz would not mind leaving the club. He told Paraguayan radio
station 970 AM,
"I would not mind moving on, if it was a big team and if the conditions were right
.
According to the Daily Mail, Tottenham are close to a £6 million deal with
Marseille for striker Djibril Cisse. Cisse recently returned to
Marseille after Sunderland did not sign him permanently.
Fulham and Blackburn are also though to be interested in
Cisse.
Bolton are supposedly interested in SL Benfica defender Mark Zoro. Blackburn had previously tried
to sign but were unable to get a deal done. SL Benfica is thought to be looking for around £3
million. Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce confirmed that they are not going after Matt Jansen.
Allardyce said, "Matt has been training with [.
Hopefully every has enjoyed the January transfer window so far. Just a heads up, it will be ending
on February 2nd, 2009. Under every rumor that we post there is a comment button. We would love to
here what all our readers think of the rumor posted, especially if it's your favorite team
involved. Would the [.
First off we would like to thank all of our readers for visiting the site to find out what was
going on in the January transfer window. This January we saw big name players move such as: Andrei
Arshavin (Arsenal), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Robbie Keane (Liverpool), Shay Given (Manchester
City), Jermaine Defoe (Tottenham), Ricardo Quaresma [.
Blackburn defender Andre Ooijer, who is out of contract this summer, is set to join PSV after the
season. PSV techincal chief Adrje van Kraaij said: "There is a big chance a deal will be
completed soon ... It's hard to say exactly when." Got an opinion about this post, player,
team? Feel free to [.
According to Darren Lewis of the Daily Mirror, West Ham United are stepping up
their efforts for Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli.
According to John Cross of the Daily Mirror, Liverpool are thinking about
making a bid for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz this
summer.
According to Sky Sports, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce is not
going after Amr Zaki, who's loan deal with Wigan Athletic ends at
the end of the season. When asked about the reports linking the club to Zaki, Allardyce said,
"There's nothing in that one, no"
It is being said that Amr Zaki will make the decision about his future next month as Wigan
Athletic will not be making his loan deal permanent.
According to Sky Sports, Manchester City boss Mark Hughes'
interest in Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz is starting to cool down. Hughes is now starting to
become interested in Aston Villa striker John Carew. Carew has
scored 11 league goals in the season.
According to Fotis Voinikas at Sky Sports, Blackburn are prepared to sign
16-year-old Asteras Tripolis goalkeeper Nikos Giannakopoulos.
Giannakopoulos impressed the club while on trial last week. He told Sport-FM,
"As far as I know, some details remain for my transfer to Blackburn, I would say only the
signatures.
According to The Guardian, Aaron Mokoena has decided to leave
Blackburn and join Portsmouth. He has agreed to a three-year deal
with the club. He said,
"I can leave in peace knowing that I've been honest to the team, I've been loyal and the
team has been loyal to me .
According to Laurent Picard at Setanta Sports, Blackburn are very interested in
Marseille midfielder Modeste
M'Bami. His agent Jean-Christophe Thouvenel
said,
"There is real interest from Blackburn, and we can call it mutual, as Modeste would
welcome the possibility of joining them this summer.
According to Stefano Federici at Goal.com, Tuttomercatoweb is reporting that
Lazio are interested in Blackburn striker Roque Santa
Cruz. Santa Cruz has been quiet over the situation saying,
"I don't wish to comment on my future.
According to ESPN Soccernet, Blackburn have agreed to sign Elrio van
Heerden from Brugge on a free transfer.
According to Football Spy at the Daily Mirror, Tottenham are interested in
selling goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes and will look to replace him with
Blackburn goalkeeper Paul Robinson.
According to Sky Sports News, Manchester City have agreed to pay £18million
for Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz.
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UPDATE: According to the Daily Mail, Blackburn are considering
making a bid for Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac. However
the striker is valued at around £10million.
According to ESPN Soccernet, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce
admitted that he would like to sign Real Madrid striker Ruud Van
Nistelrooy, who has been linked with Tottenham as well.
UPDATE: According to Jordan Cross at The News, Jonathan
Barnett, agent of Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch,
thinks that his client his available. He said,
"I think Portsmouth have financial problems. I think every player is available .
According to Chris Burton at Sky Sports News, Blackburn boss Sam
Allardyce is willing to spend his entire transfer budget on a striker. He said,
"I'm happy with the squad at the moment but obviously it wants strengthening, especially in
the front line .
UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, Zenit striker
Pavel Pogrebnyak, who has been linked with Blackburn, is set to
join Stuttgart. Stuttgart sporting director Horst Heldt said,
"Apart from Sunday's medical, everything is perfect .
According to Blackburn's official website, Blackburn have loaned out midfielder
Alan Judge to Plymouth Argyle until january.
According to Sky Sports News, Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce
admitted that the club has had no contact with Tottenham about defender
Chris Samba. He said,
"It is an absolute nonsense ... As far as I am concerned there has been no contact with
Tottenham - and I know that as I spoke to Harry Redknapp.
According to the Lancashire Telegraph, despite the fact that Blackburn striker
Benni McCarthy wants to leave, the club will not get rid of him. It states that
boss Sam Allardyce does not want to sell him as his options are going to be
limited up top once Franco Di Santo returns to Chelsea when his
loan deal ends.
Simon Jones at the Daily Mail prepared a transfer guide of every team for the upcoming transfer
window. The article lists what each club needs, who they will buy, and their likely budget. This is
a great read for all you fans out there.
UPDATE: Blackburn are close to signing Zenit St. Petersburg striker Pavel Pogrebnyak. Zenit
president Maxim Mitrofanov said: "Talks are in progress, but we have only received an
unofficial offer from Blackburn and we are waiting for the official papers." "Yesterday,
Blackburn officials contacted us and made an offer for Pogrebnyak.
According to the Telegraph, Manchester City are preparing to make one final offer for Blackburn
striker Roque Santa Cruz before the transfer window closes on Monday. Got an opinion about this
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