Weekly Transfer Roundup – May 30th 2010

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Here is my update for this week’s transfer activity, the percentage is strictly my prediction based on the different sources the stories are coming from.

Confirmed So Far:

In:
Jonjo Shelvey – The youngster has signed from Charlton Athletic for £1.7 million.

Out:
Mikel San Jose – The Spaniard who was on loan at Athletic Bilbao has now made the move permanent.
Fabio Aurelio -The Brazilian’s contract was not extended.

Not Confirmed & Rumours:

In:
Milan Jovanovic – Nothing new on this, should be completed soon  – 95%
Danny Wilson – Rangers now want £5 million (Dropping him from 80% ) – 70%
Arda Turan – The Turkish player has been linked again – 40%
Diego Tardelli – The Brazilian is connected with Liverpool – 30%
Juan Mata – Nothing new on this story this week, dropping from 15% – 10%
Stephen Ireland –  Nothing new on this story, dropping from 15% – 10%
Guiseppe Rossi – He was linked again twice this week – (raising him from 4%) – 10%
David Bentley – Same story here dropping from 15% – 10%
Oscar Cardozo – The Paraguayan wants out of Benfica and is being linked to us – 10%
Giampaolo Pazzini – Another story that has gone flat this week dropping from 15% – 10%
Simon Kjaer – This has gone cold too from dropping from 8% – 5%
Marijan Antolovic – The Croatian keeper has been linked, I think he will chose Spurs – 5%
Micah Richards – More talk of him being linked by Liverpool (raised from 1%) – 4%
Javi Martinez – His name floated around a few times – 4%
Simao – His name has been mentioned a few times this week, (raising from 1%) –  4%
Rafael van der Vaart –Talk of Man Utd being interested in him (dropping from 3%) – 2%
Joe Cole – Man Utd are also interested, I am afraid that we will not be able to pay his salary – 2%
Diego Forlan – Nothing new on this story this week, leaving him 2%– 2%
Gary Cahill – Price tag of £30 million? Forget it – 1%
Raul – Nothing new – 1%
Adriano – Rumour – 1%
Nedum Onuoha – Name mentioned this week – 1%
Michael Johnson – His name was also mentioned this week (one source) – 1%
Edin Dzeko – He is now being linked with Man Utd – 1%
Gareth Barry – Star Fantasy – 0%
Nikola Zigic – Just signed with Brum – 0%

Out:
Albert Riera – Talk of him going to Valencia – 75%
Yossi Benayoun – Yossi is being linked with Chelsea again – 25%
Javier Mascherano – Masch too was linked with Chelsea this week (up from 15%) – 25%
Steven Gerrard – Mourinho causing trouble – 8%
Ryan Babel – Linked with Wolfsburg (dropping from 8%) – 5%
Lucas Leiva – Linked with Wolfsburg – 5%
Fernando Torres – Pepe Reina and his agent are convinced Torres will stay (dropping him down from 5%) – 3%
Rafa – There was a rumour linking Rafa with UAE, (I am raising him up from 2%) – 3%
Alberto Aquilani – Agent denied it again – 1%

More Stories Arda Turan Cardozo Diego Tardelli Dzeko Fabio Aurelio Javi Martinez Marijan Antolovic Mascherno MIcah RIchards Mikel San Jose Nikola Zigic Simao

12 Comments

  1. Hey antoine how are you and your family ? Fine I hope..

    wanted to tell you something on this section..

    Of course you are doing great here too as for the rest of EOTK..
    but like the winter window, it is a little confusing..
    Even back then I asked you what does a 40% certainty mean..you said it means that things are still uncertain, a 75-80 % is more like a certainty or nearer to that..

    In that light, if a 40% certainty of transfer means nothing substantial what could a raise from 1 to 3 % sense like..??

    I think it would be better if design zones..like say

    1-20% – Mere Rumours (from Dubious Sources)

    21-40% – frequented rumours,(reliable sources)

    41-60 % – Probable transfers

    61-80%- Very probable.

    81-100%- Done Deals.

    What that would do is you need not rate as you do..you can just show a drop from 2nd zone to the first, or rise similarly.
    Also that would mean you don’t have to rate so low..and positive news or re-inforcements of rumours could easily move the rating from say 5-> 25%..a more organised and rational approach me thinks..

    However, mate I have been an ardent follower of this site and promise to be the same throughout, being a fan to our beloved great club.It was just something that occured to me and I thought of sharing with you..its just your pick in the end..
    Take care.

  7. Hicks said Rafa will have money to spend and no one jumped out of his chair with that statement, given that his word is worth less than nothing.
    I just hope we get the right players for us. Kyrgiakos and Maxi proved to be too excellent choices. We need some more of these please. Quality players for team play, no superstars!

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  9. It feels like most business this summer will be done before the World Cup and it’s worrying (but not surprising) that we only seem to have one transfer with a decent certainty of happening in the next two weeks.

    Come on H&G let’s see the colour of your money!!!!

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