Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Soccer Transfers

Get ready; the winter transfer market will open in January 2006, which means a few things:

Chelsea will start to be interested in just about everyone including my 4-year old nephew who can strike at a better clip then Didier Drogba.

Manchester United will buy someone they do not need just so they can buy someone.

Real Madrid will buy the other half of the Brazilian national team they do not have already and still end up second in La Liga, but boy they sure look pretty playing MLS-quality ball.

Somewhere, some desperate team will inquire about Fenerbahce's French striker Nicolas Anelka and leave me wondering why why why.

And the real possible transfer possibilities already making the rounds are these:

Inter Milan want the 20 year Brazilian Rafael Sobil who plays for Porto Alegre. They have already offered 10m Euros, but German team Werder Breman want him and have been dealing with bringing him over. He already has played for the Brazil Under 20 team and figures to go.

Manchester United will make a £3m move for Aston Villa midfielder Steve Davis in January, says The Daily Mirror. The Northern Ireland international will add to Man Utd slew of midfielders. What and bench Darren Fletcher...say it isn’t so Sir Alex Ferguson.

Chelsea are ready to make a £25m bid for Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres. Good luck with this. It’s like asking the same girl out over and over and over. Face it, the kid isn't coming to Chelsea. Although it was just announced today that the City Council wants to knock down the Vicente Calderon stadium, so the timing might be right.

Real Betis are ready to make a bid for the young Serbo-Montenegrin international Mirko Vucinic who plays for Lecce in Italy's Serie A as a replacement for Real Betis' Ricardo Oliveira who is out injured for four months. When you play for Lecce, its only a question of time before you are sold, so this is quite possible in early January.

Aston Villa keeper Stefan Postma, on loan at Wolves, is being chased by five clubs in his native Holland. Lets see, stay behind and play in England for Aston Villa, or go back to the land of Decadence...go back to Holland, Villa is going nowhere and nowhere fast.

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