Transfer Talk: Part 1

By: Evan | June 14th, 2009

So the summer/winter (depending on where you live) transfer window is open. And while they’re not headline making transfers (c. Kaka, Ronaldo, Madrid)…okay, they aren’t anything compared to Man City and Real Madrid.

As everyone who hasn’t been living under a rock knows, Real Madrid are on a spending spree. As everyone knows, Rafael Van der Vaart hasn’t been playing very much at Franco FC. Add these two facts together, and you have a potential transfer. VdV keeps changing his mind (much like a certain ~~does~~ Portuguese player used to) as to whether a transfer is on the books.

Late February:

“Even though I had a nice life in Hamburg, I would not want to leave Real at any price,”

Late March:

“If my World Cup selection is threatened I must think about a transfer.”

Amazing what a bad month can do to a person…
Most of the fans I’ve talked to are of two minds.
1. He left us for Madrid, and after realizing his mistake, wants to come back.
2. We can get a great attacking midfielder, who knows the club, on the cheap. Why haven’t we put in an offer?

Personally, I’m all for him, but I’m interested in your ~~agreement with me~~ opinions….No really, I am. Remember Him?

We’ve also been linked with Brazilian defender, Luisao, also known as Anderson Luis da Silva. For those who’ve never played “connect the dots”, Luisao is the older brother of our own Alex Silva. Luisao currently plays for Portugese team Benfica as a center defender. If the rumours are true, (and they ~~never~~ rarely are), we’re fighting Schalke, Roma, Milan, and ~~United Arab Emirates~~ Man City for his signature.

Before Jol’s departure, it seemed like the transfer of Konstantinos Katsouranis was in the bag. Benfica had admitted they would sell, and Katsouranis was not only yelling our name from the rooftops, but revealed he had received an offer. Unfortunately, we lost Martin Jol, and despite my Googling, I can’t find any more on the matter.

Many of you would be mistaken for thinking that a club decides it’s transfer targets. AZ Alkmaar’s Demy de Zeeuw thought he would buck the trend, by stating that HSV want him.

“HSV are a big team and signing for them is definitely an interesting option.”
“I want to play European football next campaign, but that can also be in the Europa League.”

As Chris has already said, this is another transfer rumour of the pre-Jol era, so it’s reliability is questionable (I mean more than most).

Yet another transfer lined up by the former manager, Tim Borowski of Bayern Munich/Munchen. The midfielder (who was once thought of as the next Michael Ballack) lost his spot in the Starting 11 this season, and could be looking for more game time, so as to secure a spot with the national team.

And so ends Part 1. Part 2, on even more transfer rumours will be up tomorrow. If you have any rumours to add, please post them in the comments below.

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So everyone, start the discussion!