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Transfer Deadline Day Speculation: Spurs Defender Paul Stalteri and Adel Taarabt? -- See
any and all English Transfers Being Announced Today
Metro: "...Paul Stalteri will be sent to Crystal Palace or QPR for the rest
of the season. Adel Taarabt could be joining him at Loftus Road.
West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley has today resigned. The former Charlton boss has been at
Upton Park for just under two years now since taking over at the club back in January 2007.
Curbishley is supposedly unhappy at the way the club handled transfer deadlings behind his back and
has decided enough is enough and he has now gone.
In Premiership Talk's daily roundup of transfer rumors, the Darren Bent to Sunderland rumor was
brushed off a little too easily. It is now understood that Roy Keane is prepared to make Darren
Bent the highest paid player in Sunderland history.
With Kenwyne Jones set to miss the start of the season, the Black Cats are eager to add a striker
to their ranks, and Darren Bent would be a perfect fit for the northern club.
Everton's ginger supremo David Moyes remains confident that Joleon Lescott will sign a new Everton
deal despite being linked in the ‘mee-ja' with a move to Arsenal or Manchester United. (Various)
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has managed to nab Aston Villa defender Gary Cahill , beating Boltonto
his signature.
The second swig from Caught Offside's potent daily transfer pint... Chelsea's powerhouse Ivorian
striker Didier Drogba has admitted that he would love to team up with Samuel Eto'o at Barcelona
next season. (Various) Fulham gaffer Roy Hodgson wants to snap up Teemu Tainio after Spurs boss
Juande Ramos told the Finnish midfielder that he was finished as [.
Upsets left right and centre in today's FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry
somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1.
Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and
injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at [.
Tottenham boss Juande Ramos is trying to slide under the closing transfer window with Sevilla
winger Diego Capel. (Mirror) Arsenal striker Theo Walcott doesn't want to be fobbed off with a loan
deal and is going to stay and fight like a man for his place in the team. (Mirror) Portsmouth
gaffer Harry Redknapp is [.
There's an almighty scrap at the top of the Championship to determine who will be playing Premier
League football next season, which teams will the likes of West Brom and Stoke City be replacing?
The bookmakers still don't give Fulham much of a chance, despite their heroic comeback at
Manchester City last weekend.
This morning's Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Liverpool with Belgians Standard
Liege. Here's your essential guide:
1) Like Liverpool, Standard Liege are known as ‘The Reds' because of their home strip.
2) The club was formed in 1900 by a group of the College of Saint-Servais in Liege.
Tottenham Hotspurs fans could soon forget that Robbie Keane ever played for them. Darren Bent is
making a smooth transition into Keane's old role as he has already notched an impressive 11 goals
in preseason. The English striker is certainly giving Juande Ramos something to think about.
When asked about the prospect of finally breaking into the Tottenham starting eleven for opening
weekend, Bent said, "It has been a good pre-season and if I'm called on for the first game of
the season, I'll be ready.
While Slaven Bilic may not be returning to Upton Park as manager, there are plenty of other
candidates in the frame to be Alan Curbishley's successor. The former Charlton boss walked away
earlier this week, claiming there had been a breach of trust between himself and the board. The
latter ...
'Black Friday' may well have sent shock waves through London's financial district today, but it was
a very different kind of bombshell that was emerging a few miles south of the river. Reports that
Charlton were set to be taken over by a Dubai consortium sent our forum into meltdown, because this
is precisely the thing [.
Transfer malarkey and all that jazz... Arsenal's bench warming midfield elder statesman Gilberto
has signalled that he may be off soon after declaring that he doesn't have a future at the North
London club. (Various) Chelsea will bag Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan for the cheap as chips price
of £1m in the summer.
A footballer's life can turn in ninety minutes. There are games that define some players' careers
– a goal in a major final, for instance - whilst for others it is an injury from which they
never fully recover. For a few, however, it is the ignominy of being identified with a particularly
high profile error that keeps on haunting them.
Pre-season started in earnest last night with a whole host of games being played to enable our
finest footballers to get over their Summer rest and get them hamstrings stretching again.
There was also a full programme of friendly matches today as well as the Intertoto Cup it was a
full day of footie action.
From Arsenal.com - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said:
"Experience-wise we are a bit short in midfield but we will see. With Diaby not being injured,
Denilson being available, we have quality in there. Today we did not have Rosicky, Fabregas,
Eduardo, van Persie and Song. They are five top-class players.
Alan Pardew will have been delighted to secure the services of this player for the long season
ahead. The Charlton boss is under pressure to deliver this term, with the Addicks failing to land a
top six spot last season, despite challenging at the right end of the table for much of the
campaign. Sky Sports [.
Sky Blue Thinking Like the promise of a meteor shower on a clear night or (less so in recent times)
the results filtering through of a General Election, transfer deadline day is one of those things
you promise yourself is worth staying up for, but often falls short of the wild speculation. In
past seasons the summer window hasn't ‘slammed shut', as many commentators put it, but rather
creaked to a close with no major shocks other than the odd DaMarcus Beasley joining Charlton on
loan.
You're not fooling anyone, Djimi.
The last time Reading were in the Championship, they collected 106 points and stormed to the title.
The Royals lost just two games on their way to automatic promotion and looked for all the world
like a Premier League team. Sadly, after one brilliant season in the top flight, they are back in
the division [.
This is a frustrating time to form part of Liverpool's reserve squad. Two FA Youth cup successes in a row and the national reserves title won with remarkable ease yet not one of the players seem to be anywhere near forming part of the senior team next season.
True Emiliano Insua and Damien Plessis did make it into the side towards the end of the season but those were exceptional circumstances where there was little to play for.
Ok, so Darren Bent scoring 4 times at a Championship side doesn't do a lot to ease the pain of
losing your club's Player of the Year for 3 of the last 5 years, but it does give us a ray of
hope.
At Norwich last night, Bent played in a lone role with Giovanni Dos Santos in behind. This is the
type of position Bent was so successful with at Charlton and I feel it's the kind of formation that
could serve us very well away from home, an area which has cost us Champions League football in
recent seasons.
Martin Jol loves his attacking football. This time a year ago, he had acquired Darren Bent from
Charlton, and was seriously considering a system whereby the player could line up in a
three-pronged attack with Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov, perhaps bringing on Jermain Defoe for
extra spice and gung-ho .
WIGAN ATHLETIC Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo
(Birmingham City), Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City), Maynor Figueroa. Notable departures: David
Cotterill (Sheffield United), Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent (Charlton). Possibility:
Marlon King (Hull City).
I think it would come as a surprise to many to know that West Ham, not Middlesbrough, not Aston
Villa, not any of the promoted clubs, had the highest average of English players in their starting
lineups (6.61/11) in the 2007-2008 Premiership season. That surprise serves as of a commonly-held
feeling towards West Ham from outside those associated with the club in one form or another:
apathy.
Soccerword's Championship Predictions
1. Birmingham
2. Reading
3. Sheffield United
4. Crystal Palace
5. Queens Park Rangers
6. Ipswich
7. Bristol City
8. Watford
9. Coventry City
10. Nottingham Forest
11. Charlton
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Notable arrivals: Nadir Belhadj (Lens, loan), Jerome Thomas (Charlton), Armand Traore (Arsenal,
loan), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham), Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Ben Sahar (Chelsea, loan), Glenn Little
(Reading) Notable departures: Steven Davis (Rangers), Pedro Mendes (Rangers), Sulley Muntari (Inter
Milan) What grade.
West Ham legend Paolo Di Canio could be set to make a sensational return to the club as manager
after being installed as one of the favourites to replace Alan Curbishley according to Datasport.
Former Charlton chief Curbishley quit his post at Upton Park today, and while the bookmakers have
installed Croatia national team boss Slaven [.
Alan Curbishley while wishing new West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola well, has also warned him to
watch his back. The Italian succeed the former Charlton boss at Upton Park, to become only the 12th
permanent manager in the club's 113-year history. But the former Italy Under-21 boss has been
warned by Curbishley that promises are not always [.
Some news to read as you get shot by your stove: I know we covered the Spanish beer thing
yesterday, but these guys' photo is better. Or...worse. Yes! Worse! Much, much worse! That's what I
meant! (With Leather) Best possible reason to run a futbol club? To launder drug [...]
Sky Sports reports that Premiership strugglers Wigan Athletic have turned down Championship
strugglers Coventry City's offer to sign their assistant manager Eric Black. Coventry are
threatened with relegation from the Championship this season and sacked Iain Dowe earlier this week
and approached Wigan for Black as a possible replacement for the former Charlton Athletic manager
[.
"I think Claude has this kind of gift - he's been the best player in the team for years but
people just don't notice him, don't notice what he does. But you ask anyone at Real Madrid during
the years we were talking about and they will tell you he was the best player at Real. We all knew,
the players all knew he was the most important.
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Martin Cranie was also recently mentioned as one of the players Portsmouth would be seeking to
sell, after all their recent spending. So who's to say what's true and what's not.
SkySports - Duo target Pompey defender - Cranie could be set for loan move
Skysports.
Notable arrivals: Lee Cattermole (Middlesbrough), Amr Zaki (Loan), Olivier Kapo (Birmingham City),
Daniel de Ridder (Birmingham City). Notable departures: Andreas Granqvist (Gronigen), Marcus Bent
(Charlton). Possibility: Marlon King (Hull City). Steve Bruce has made another signing, bringing in
20-year-old midfielder.
NEWS UPDATE
Southend United chairman Ron Martin will be sending out a statement to fans ahead of Saturday's
opening League One game against Peterborough.
Martin told longpier.com that he will outline his thoughts and plans in a lengthy
email and club website article in the next 48 hours.
BREAKING NEWS
Southend United have rejected an undisclosed bid from Charlton for the Blues' highly rated
midfielder Nicky Bailey.
Bailey was last season's player of the year, but was put on the transfer list over the summer after
he refused to sign an extension to his contract.
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Telegraph Capitol Growth in The Championship
The Telegraph is expanding coverage of the Championship, one of the world's most-viewed leagues.
Huw Turbervill has a watching brief on the four clubs in the capital - Charlton, Crystal Palace,
QPR and Watford - plus Reading.
I was talking to a West Ham fan in the pub last night. "Fing is, about Charlton, is the
atmosphere down there's shit." "I know. They get on the players' backs too early. If we
don't win the first couple of matches, it'll get nasty." "They don't get behind the
team." "I know. But most Charlton fans are a load of old.
Hameur's gone to Charlton. I think I've said everything I have to say about Bouazza,
but this surprises me slightly. On the one hand, he wasn't nearly consistent enough, refined
enough, or durable enough to be a regular player on a good Premiership team. On the
other he clearly has talent. I guess this is [.
Well, as a choice of entertainment this evening, there wasn't really much choice. There was
Bonekickers on BBC1, the tale of a group of young, inexperienced group of hunters delivering bad
lines and stumbling into stupid situations they should really have avoided. And at The Valley...
Yup, the booing cowards in the stands got the result they wished for as a youthful Charlton side
stumbled out of
