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.

If anything more happens,you know where to find it...

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Transfer News : Toffees to try for Saha,Arshavin misses flight to London and more..

Toffees to try for Louis Saha


Louis Saha looks set to leave Old Trafford for Everton only if he succeeds in his medical to be conducted by the Merseyside doctors.
Saha who has had injury plagued past two seasons and has been overshadowed by Rooney and now probably by Berbatov.(if transfer goes through that is!)
This would be Everton's third signing this week after a dull summer of no signings and the Frenchman would join for an undisclosed fee and the contract is for a span of two years.

Arshavin would not be a Spurs player



Andrei Arshavin's move to White Hart Lane looks highly in doubt says the player himself.
Arshavin who had a fabulous Euro 2008 and caught the eye of many clubs especially Spurs boss Juande Ramos who was interested in signing the player.The deal now looks dead and buried after both clubs couldn't decide on the transfer fee after the Russian club,Zenith St Petersburg asked 24million pounds for the player which Spurs weren't interested in paying.
On the other hand,Spurs are expected to announce the signing of Arshavin's national team mate,Pavlyuchenko in the next 48 hours.
Arshavin looks set to another season in Russia and has a big game coming up against Manchester United in Monaco on Friday as part of the Super Cup.

Robinho move to Chelsea in doubt



Robinho's "dream" move to Chelsea looks set to have hit a road block after Real Madrid claimed he is under contract with them for two years.

Brazilian midfielder who was to travel to London and complete the move for 30million pounds now looks doubtful.

The reason stated however sounds ridiculous coming from Real Madrid who have been known for signing players with some years left in their contract but the real reason however is that they haven't found a suitable replacement for the winger.

Robinho's agent claimed the deal would be done before Chelsea play Spurs on Sunday but that doesn't look possible now.

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Baptista a Roma player : Reports

Reports : AS Roma have signed Julio Baptista.

Reports in the Spanish dailies AS and Marca the deal has been finalised.

Roma had been highly linked with "The Beast" after they failed to bring Mutu to the capital club.

Reportedly,Roma directorss were in Madrid last night to complete the transfer and sign the Brazilian.

The fee is speculated to be around 13million Euros and Baptista is expected to fly to Rome tomorrow to complete the signing and would be officially unveiled as a Roma player by the weekend.

If the reports were true then Madrid need to step up their gear in signing a forward after they are left with Raul and Van Nistelrooy as the only two recognized strikers with Saviola as a make do striker.

Silva : I want to stay in Spain

Valencia's attacking midfielder David Silva wants to stay in Spain.


Silva has been highly linked to a move to the Premiership to join Liverpool or Manchester United.

The premiership giants are ready to make bids in the region of 20million pounds.

Liverpool looked to be the front runners for a possible move after their "Barry hunt" from Aston Villa failed or is still not through as we speak.

Valencia might have also sold its highly talented striker David Villa to Liverpool too after his attacking partnership with Fernando Torres during the Euro 2008.

Valencia might have let go of the two players to help their financial situations but have decided to hold on for their future season at stake.

Silva went on to say that if he does so leave Valencia then he would rather opt to stay in Spain and go for his dream destination of Barcelona.

Silva deal to Liverpool?Not really to Manchester United!

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

International Friendlies : 02 August

Stockport County 2(Pilkingston,Thompson) - 2 Manchester City(Bojinov,Evans)

Real Madrid 2(Van Nistelrooy,Parejo) - 1 Hamburg(Zidan)

Birmingham City 1(Larsson) - 1 Fulham(S.Davies)

Hibernian 2(Fletcher,Fletcher) - 3 Middlesborough(Alves,Wheater,Alves)

Manchester United 1(F.Campbell) - 0 Espanyol

Rangers 0 - 4 Liverpool(Torres,Gog,Benayoun,Alonso)

Sheffield Wednesday 2(Johnson,Burton) - 3 Wigan Athletic(Heskey,Bramble,Zaki)

Arsenal 0 - 1 Juventus(Trezeguet)

La Liga fixtures

La Liga fixtures released for 2008-09.




La liga fixtures for the 2008-09 season have been released.The season kicks of on 31-08-2008 and ends on 31-05-2009.


The first week has the following fixtures:



Athletic Bilbao vs Almería
Atletico Madrid vs Málaga
Espanyol vs Real Valladolid
Real Betis vs Recreativo Huelva
Sporting vs Getafe
Racing Santander vs Sevilla
Numancia vs Barcelona
Deportivo vs R. Madrid
Osasuna vs Villarreal
Valencia vs Mallorca

For the full list,check the following link.
La Liga full fixtures.