King of Norway
Gudni Bergsson
Niko has actually done well when playing on the right this season.
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Transfer Rumour Thread
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clevelandspur
Pascal Chimbonda
This..we did just thrash a good Saudi Sportswashing Machine team with him there. IMO Niko should keep his place there and Lennon can be brought on as a sub if needed.
clevelandspur
Pascal Chimbonda
Definitely I also think it helps Bale as those two interchange a lot and it is harder to keep Bale contained
Mumorn
Vic Buckingham
Also thrashed Liverpool 4-0 with him there too
clevelandspur
Pascal Chimbonda
I hate to come across as always bashing Lennon but I don't understand the free pass he gets with our supporters. He plays the occasional blinder but more often than not he does next to nothing. Niko has just played very well in his place and everyone wants to just slot Lennon right back in the starting 11?
But a winger goes past people and whips crosses in or at the very least whips crosses in. Not slagging Niko cos I like him in our squad but it's not his strength. Funny he played in those 2 thrashings though. Did he play the winger role in either? Against Saudi Sportswashing Machine he drifted in quite a lot which is my point?
clevelandspur
Pascal Chimbonda
Well yes he started there but he did drift a lot and him and Bale like to change sides throughout the match, it is a different look from a conventional winger but it has worked quite well this year.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Marin doesn't even get in the Bremen team much anymore. Think he just had the game of his career against us.
Only seen him play twice, but looked decent enough. On a scale from Beckham to Walcott I'd put him about half way.
inkpenspur
Allan Nielsen
I think he is worth a punt in the summer when Wolves go down... and keeping an eye on what's coming through the Southampton youth scheme!
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indianspur
Guest
il give you a name that no-one seems to have mentioned
Dries Mertens, Belgian winger playing at PSV
currently ripping it up in Holland, kind of a late developer but still only 24 or 25, has a touch of the Overmaars about him(however is not as explosive as Overmaars at his peak)
can play left and right wing and is very effective and productive
one to watch, check him out
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
i'm more than a little surprised at the way your seeing things with regards to that position.....is there a reason that it MUST be a winger on the right?
Kicking off with someone I was hoping we WOULDN'T sign and looks like I got my wish:
Blackburn Rovers defender Christopher Samba joining Anzhi Makhachkala in ?ú12 million deal
Christopher Samba is to leave Blackburn Rovers on Thursday in a surprise ?ú12 million move to the cash-rich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
Thursday night was the deadline for the closure of the Russian transfer window, which stays open longer than the rest of Europe. It means that the move is the biggest involving a Premier League club during the mid-season window.
Talks have progressed between Blackburn and Anzhi over the past few days, with Samba desperate to leave the Premier League club, having submitted a transfer request in January in the hope of moving to Queens Park Rangers or, possibly, Tottenham, who eventually signed his former team-mate Ryan Nelsen on a free transfer after his contract was cancelled.
SambaÔÇÖs transfer request was rejected by Blackburn, who insisted that the club captain was not for sale, but it is understood that there was always a valuation which, if met, would lead to SambaÔÇÖs departure. Blackburn wanted ?ú15 million but have now accepted ?ú12 million.
Although the 27-year-old Congo international has not played for Blackburn since their 2-1 defeat against Stoke City on Jan 2, the clubÔÇÖs supporters had hoped that he would be reintegrated into the side to help stave off the threat of relegation.
Samba made it clear, however, that he had no intention of playing for Blackburn again, insisting it was time for him to face a ÔÇ£new challengeÔÇØ and criticising the clubÔÇÖs owners and the lack of progress being made. He has claimed to have suffered from a series of setbacks and injuries in recent weeks.
This prompted a response from Blackburn manager Steve Kean, who said, ÔÇ£heÔÇÖs not for sale, as simply as thatÔÇØ. The club remarked that Samba, who joined five years ago from Hertha Berlin for a fee of only ?ú400,000, had signed a new deal only last year and was contracted until 2015.
SambaÔÇÖs departure will anger Blackburn supporters, who had hoped that the closure of the window meant he would stay, at least for now. They are deeply concerned at the apparent draining of talent, and lack of investment, at the club. Junior Hoilett is also expected to depart this summer when his contract expires.
Blackburn are 17th in the Premier League, having hauled themselves out of the relegation places although only goal difference separates them from the bottom three . They face league leaders Emirates Marketing Project away tomorrow.
Anzhi have just appointed Guus Hiddink as their new coach and are determined, with the backing of billionaire owner Suleyman Kerimov, to become a force in European football. The club have also discussed a move for ArsenalÔÇÖs Andrei Arshavin but the midfielder is understood to be resistant to the move.
Samba, however, is keen to join Anzhi, who will vastly increase his wages.
He will join players such as BrazilÔÇÖs World Cup 2002 winner Roberto Carlos, former Chelsea full-back Yuri Zhirkov and striker Samuel EtoÔÇÖo at Anzhi, who are seventh in the Russian Premier League. HiddinkÔÇÖs first match in charge is on March 5 against Dynamo Moscow when the season recommences after the winter break.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/9102346/Blackburn-Rovers-defender-Christopher-Samba-joining-Anzhi-Makhachkala-in-12-million-deal.html
Blackburn Rovers defender Christopher Samba joining Anzhi Makhachkala in ?ú12 million deal
Christopher Samba is to leave Blackburn Rovers on Thursday in a surprise ?ú12 million move to the cash-rich Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala.
Thursday night was the deadline for the closure of the Russian transfer window, which stays open longer than the rest of Europe. It means that the move is the biggest involving a Premier League club during the mid-season window.
Talks have progressed between Blackburn and Anzhi over the past few days, with Samba desperate to leave the Premier League club, having submitted a transfer request in January in the hope of moving to Queens Park Rangers or, possibly, Tottenham, who eventually signed his former team-mate Ryan Nelsen on a free transfer after his contract was cancelled.
SambaÔÇÖs transfer request was rejected by Blackburn, who insisted that the club captain was not for sale, but it is understood that there was always a valuation which, if met, would lead to SambaÔÇÖs departure. Blackburn wanted ?ú15 million but have now accepted ?ú12 million.
Although the 27-year-old Congo international has not played for Blackburn since their 2-1 defeat against Stoke City on Jan 2, the clubÔÇÖs supporters had hoped that he would be reintegrated into the side to help stave off the threat of relegation.
Samba made it clear, however, that he had no intention of playing for Blackburn again, insisting it was time for him to face a ÔÇ£new challengeÔÇØ and criticising the clubÔÇÖs owners and the lack of progress being made. He has claimed to have suffered from a series of setbacks and injuries in recent weeks.
This prompted a response from Blackburn manager Steve Kean, who said, ÔÇ£heÔÇÖs not for sale, as simply as thatÔÇØ. The club remarked that Samba, who joined five years ago from Hertha Berlin for a fee of only ?ú400,000, had signed a new deal only last year and was contracted until 2015.
SambaÔÇÖs departure will anger Blackburn supporters, who had hoped that the closure of the window meant he would stay, at least for now. They are deeply concerned at the apparent draining of talent, and lack of investment, at the club. Junior Hoilett is also expected to depart this summer when his contract expires.
Blackburn are 17th in the Premier League, having hauled themselves out of the relegation places although only goal difference separates them from the bottom three . They face league leaders Emirates Marketing Project away tomorrow.
Anzhi have just appointed Guus Hiddink as their new coach and are determined, with the backing of billionaire owner Suleyman Kerimov, to become a force in European football. The club have also discussed a move for ArsenalÔÇÖs Andrei Arshavin but the midfielder is understood to be resistant to the move.
Samba, however, is keen to join Anzhi, who will vastly increase his wages.
He will join players such as BrazilÔÇÖs World Cup 2002 winner Roberto Carlos, former Chelsea full-back Yuri Zhirkov and striker Samuel EtoÔÇÖo at Anzhi, who are seventh in the Russian Premier League. HiddinkÔÇÖs first match in charge is on March 5 against Dynamo Moscow when the season recommences after the winter break.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/9102346/Blackburn-Rovers-defender-Christopher-Samba-joining-Anzhi-Makhachkala-in-12-million-deal.html
spurspinter1
Pat van den Hauwe
Good move on the transfer rumour thread, we needed one.
I didn't really want Samba, but it's still a shame to see him go to Russia if this is true.
fudge Anzhi, I reckon if it weren't for the crazy money they'd be paying him Eto'o may have been up for the challenge...if my auntie had gonads etc of course though.
I didn't really want Samba, but it's still a shame to see him go to Russia if this is true.
fudge Anzhi, I reckon if it weren't for the crazy money they'd be paying him Eto'o may have been up for the challenge...if my auntie had gonads etc of course though.
