Jonathan Greening was on our radar for some time over the summer, and when he eventually arrived, on a poorly disguised loan agreement (he's ours after the season), some were concerned that we had paid too much for an ageing player with no re-sale value.

For one thing, re-sale value is nice, but how often do we actually find players we can sell on for big money these days?

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.Arsenal Transfered In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m), Damian Martinez (Club Athletico Independiente, £1.3m), Jamie Edge (Cheltenham, undisc) Transfered Out: Abu Ogogo (Dag & Red, free), Amaury Bischoff (Academica de Coimbra, free), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man C, £25m), Kolo Toure (Man C, £14m), Jay Simpson (QPR, loan), James Dunne (Exeter, free), Rui Fonte (Lisbon, free), Rene Steer (Oldham, free), [. Click to continue reading...

Everyone thinks Jonathan Greening had a tough debut. But both the Guardian and the Telegraph show him as having seen more of the ball than any Fulham player in recent memory.   He didn't do much with it, but was he as bad as people are making out?

By the Telegraph's numbers (it looks like the Guardian were asleep on the job again, given the picture on the right) he gave the ball away 13 times, which seems like a hell of a lot in the modern game, but given the amount of the ball he did see, this is probably quite reasonable.

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Old Foes

My attention on Saturday evening was drawn to the Coca-Cola Championship, or Division 2 as it was called up until BSkyB came along, and the clash between recently relegated West Bromwich Albion and Ipswich Town. Roberto Di Matteo and Roy Keane faced each other as players on numerous occasions during their careers, with one particular incident in the Charity Shield in 2000 leading to one of the 11 red cards Keane received during his Manchester United career.

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The long and dangerous saga of Jonathan Greening has ended, and now he is a Fulham player. ("Greening signs!" says an excited email from the club.) Annoyingly, he wasn't registered for Saturday's game because his agent refused to sign off on the deal until 90 minutes beyond the deadline, following six hours of haggling over his cut in the deal.

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It's a lovely morning here in South London, a fine day for the serious business ahead.

Fulham are without Johnson (A), but also perhaps Dickson Etuhu, whose groin may have been behind his early withdrawal on Thursday.   This could see all kinds of things happen: Chris Baird, Jonathan Greening, or something else.

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Thanks to Steven for the link -Â nice Dempsey profile piece from FIFA:

Really good stuff. Good kid and good player.  There are some fine goals in that mix too they might not look spectacular, but there's a lot of skill there.  He's cemented his place in the team now, I think, and it'll be interesting to see where he goes from here.

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UPDATE: According to Sky Sports News, Fulham made a third bid for West Bromwich midfielder Jonathan Greening that was rejected. This bid is reported to be worth £4million.

July 20th, 2009 According to ESPN Soccernet, Fulham made a second bid worth £3.

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UPDATE: According to ESPN Soccernet, West Bromwich footballer Jonathan Greening handed in a transfer request.

July 14th, 2009 According to Chris Lepkowski at the Birmingham Mail, West Bromwich have rejected Fulham's bid for Jonathan Greening.

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UPDATE: According to Chris Lepkowski at the Birmingham Mail, West Bromwich have rejected Fulham's bid for Jonathan Greening. West Bromwich chairman Jeremy Peace said,

"Contrary to reports this is the only offer we've received from Fulham .

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1. Man City confirm they are in talks with Emmanuel Adebayor over a £25milliion move to Eastlands, after Arsenal gave permission to talk to the striker and agreed a fee with City. (Various) That'll make it 9 strikers at City apparently!
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Boo, life's not fair Happier days for West Brom's skipper 1. Jonathan Greening (West Bromwich Albion) West Brom's bearded captain, who never quite made the grade at Man Utd, has been the driving force for his team this season. His...

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Will the Baggies bounce back?

The predicted great escape was sadly not to be for West Bromwich Albion, a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool condemned Tony Mowbray's side to life in the Championship. It seemed a late run of form was going to provide the springboard for the Baggies to perform another miraculous feat, ala 2007, but it was too little too late for them as relegation was confirmed on Sunday.

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Quite a few talking points from this match Liverpool did not get the four points they needed, WBA were relegated despite their numerous opportunities, and disquiet in the Liverpool back line.

I can't remember the last time WBA took all three from Liverpool-partly because I wasn't born yet, and partly because I would have made great efforts to block such shame from my memory.

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According to Pat Sheehan of The Sun, Sunderland are prepared to sign Manchester City defender Richard Dunne for £4 million this summer. Dunne's wages are expected to increase from £35,000 to £50,000 a week.

Sunderland are also rumored to be planning to bid £3.

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Robert Koren...hirsute midfielder (hotshot variant)
2007/8 Review
West Bromwich Albion really should have won last season's Championship in a hack canter. Instead, they prevailed over Stoke City by a short head. West Brom had a goal difference of +33 and a shot differential of +223 -- a distance clear of the rest of the division in both categories. Click to continue reading...

The Premier League is kicking off in a few minutes, with Arsenal playing West Bromwich Albion. I enjoy watching Arsenal, so I'm excited about this one. I'm going to be making some notes throughout the match. The Eliminator competition is OFF, unfortunately, as there were only three of us that showed any interest. Click to continue reading...