Transfer Madness : Last day!

I bring this post at 4am (IST) or around midnight in GMT and the day for transfers isn't over yet.There is still almost an hour and a half left for the transfer deadline to complete.










It would be hard to give details of all deals that were completed today so I would give all the major signings and the clubs involved along with the transfer value.

Real Madrid have confirmed the transfer of Robinho to Manchester City instead of Chelsea who had been pursuing the Brazilian for the past few weeks.The fee is around 32.5million pounds.The contract is for a span of four years.
Mark Hughes had this to say on Manchester City's official website:

"I am absolutely delighted to get the opportunity to work with such an incredible talent like Robinho."

It would be interesting to see Chelsea's reaction to the late twist in the Robinho saga.





Berbatov has undergone a medical at Manchester United and looks likely to snub Manchester City who were also linked to the Bulgarian after Abu Dhabi based consortium purchased the Eastlands club.To add to that,Manchester United have added youngster Frazier Campbell.
However,Spurs manager Juande Ramos isn't too happy and has claimed he hasn't spoken with the player and Manchester United are accused of contacting the player without the approval of the London club.

UPDATE:Berbatov's move has been confirmed by both Spurs and Manchester United with the player signing a four year deal worth a record British fee of 30.7million pounds and Frazier Campbell has been added as an on loan player.






Inter Milan have confirmed the signing of Ricardo Quaresma from Porto.Pele would go in the other direction as part of a swap deal.Quaresma signed a deal for 5years with the Italian champions.The deal is made for around 30.6million euros which also adds Pele as a swap player.
This marks an end to months of speculation with Quaresma joining Inter and former Porto manager,Jose Mourinho.





Liverpool have signed Albert Riera from Espanyol for an undisclosed fee but believed to be around 8million pounds.
Riera had also been pursued by Everton and he had been Rafa Benitez' number one signing after he failed to bring Gareth Barry from Aston Villa.





Irishman,Steve Finnan has signed for Espanyol from Liverpool for a 2year contract.Finnan had been a Liverpool player for the past 5years.
Finnan would be out for international duty for the next week or so but Espanyol expect him back in time for the game against Getafe on September 21.





Hertha Berlin have acquired the services of Andriy Voronin from Liverpool on a one year loan deal.
The Ukranian joined Liverpool last year from Leverkusen on a free transfer but couldn't make way into the starting lineup for Liverpool.He scored 6 goals in his 27 appearances. He was further not expected to get a start after reds signed Robbie Keane during the summer.




Roman Pavlyuchenko has signed a five year contract with Spurs worth 14.2million pounds.The Russian player arrived in London yesterday to complete the medical and by today morning the deal was complete.
Spurs were otherwise looking for Andrei Arshavin but no consent was reached between Spurs and Zenith St Petersburg.




Spurs also signed veteran Manchester City defender,Vedran Corluka on a six year deal.The fee is reported to be 8.5million pounds.
The Croat had earlier decided to join Spurs last month only to be recalled by City but after City signed Zableta,Corluka handed in the transfer request.
He joins his national side team mate,Luka Modric.




Newcastle United have confirmed the double signing of Xisco from Deportivo La Coruna and Ignacio Gonzalez from Valencia.
Xisco has agreed for a five year contract at St.James' Park.Gonzales joined on a one year loan deal irrespective of the fact that the player had penned a four year deal with the Mestalla club.

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Bundesliga : Bayern Munich vs Hamburg

Hamburg staged a remarkable comeback to earn a draw for the opening game of the season.


Schweinsteiger put the defending Bundesliga champions ahead in the 12th minute.Four minutes later,his German national team colleague Lukas Podolski converted from the penalty spot to give Bayern a 2-0 lead.

Guerrero scored in the 25th minute to give the game an interesting turn.At half time,Bayern lead 2-1.

Hamburg earned an equaliser in the 57th minute after Trochowski scored his penalty chance.

The draw earns Jurgen Klinsmann the first point as a Bayern manager and Hamburg remain unbeaten in their four visits to the Allianz Arena.

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Pizarro joins Bremen on loan

Claudio Pizarro joins Bremen on loan.


Chelsea's out of form and out of favour striker,Claudio Pizarro has agreed to return to Germany on a loan deal to Werder Bremen.

Pizarro had also been linked to newly promoted Hull but opted for Bremen who he quit in 2001 for Bayern Munich.

Its a good decision for the player as well as for the club to reduce their ever increasing squad.

International Friendlies : 3rd August

International Friendlies played on 3rd August.


Chelsea 5 (Lampard,Anelka,Anelka,Anelka,Anelka) - 0 AC Milan

Lokomotiv Moscow 0 - 3 Sevilla (Romaric,Kone,Chevanton)

Juventus 0 - 3 Hamburg (Guerrero,Olic,Olic)

Sunderland 0 - 1 Ajax (Huntelaar)

Arsenal 1 (Adebayor) - 0 Real Madrid

Tottenham Spurs 3 (D.Bent,Santos,O'Hara) - 0 Borussia Dortmund

Real Mallorca 1 (Suarez) - 0 Newcastle United

Pre Season Friendlies

Pre Season Friendlies.


Barnet 1 (Gillet) - 2 Arsenal (Simpson,Barazite)

York City 2 (Boyes,Sodje) - 2 Middlesborough (Franks,Wheater)

Schalke 1 (Krstajic)-0 Rangers

Fulham 3 (Zamora,Nevland,Andreasen) - 1 Celtic (Barry Robson)

Newcastle United 4 (Damien Duff,Duff,Duff,Guthrie) - 1 Hartlepool (Matty Robson)

Wisla Krakow 1(Voronin) - 1 Liverpool(Jirsak)

Cambridge United 4(Parkinson,Parkinson,Wilmott,Beesley) - 2 Everton(Jutkiewicz,Jutkiewicz)

Bundesliga fixtures

Bundesliga fixtures announced.


Bundesliga champions,Bayern Munich kick off the 2008/09 season against Hamburg on the 15th of August.
It would also be the beginning of the season for two new coaches,Jurgen Klinsmnann going up against Martin Jol.
This would be the only tie of the day as other first round matches take place the following day that is on 16th August.
The whole fixture list looks like this:
FC Bayern v Hamburg

Schalke v Hannover

Wolfsburg v Cologne

Bayer Leverkusen v Borussia Dortmund

Eintracht Frankfurt v Hertha Berlin

Karsruhe v Bochum

Energie Cottbus v Hoffenheim

Arminia Bielefeld v Werder Bremen

B. Mönchengladbach v Stuttgart