Summer 2013 Transfer Thread

By Rappy
in The Sporting Arena

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Gareth Bale has for the first time this summer been backed into odds-on to leave Tottenham Hotspur amid talk of a world-record bid from Real Madrid.

 

Sky Bet have been forced to cut the odds on the Welsh star moving to Real Madrid from 5/2 to 1/2 due to a run of significant bets.

 

Spanish reports suggest the Spanish giants are ready to break the ?80million world-record transfer fee set by their acquisition of Cristiano Ronaldo by offering ?86m for Bale.

 

The 24-year-old enjoyed a phenomenal campaign last season, netting 21 times in the Premier League and winning both the PFA and FWA Player of the Year awards along with the PFA Young Player of the Year.

 

Despite Bale's contribution, Spurs were unable to secure a top-four place in the Premier League, meaning they are unable to offer their prized asset UEFA Champions League football.

 

The change in betting odds is in contrast to news coming out of White Hart Lane, with Tottenham insisting Bale is not for sale and talks over a new contract are taking place.

 

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/8845192/transfer-news-gareth-bale-odds-on-with-sky-bet-to-leave-tottenham

Grand Master

Lingwo

Posted
Posted

I still don't see him going. I think the Spanish press are making things up to try and unsettle him.

I still think he'll give them one more season. If Spurs honestly don't care about the money they can just refuse every bid as he is still under contract.

They might want to rebuff his contract and have a huge buy out clause so next season/January they can make a huge amount from him.

 

I will be disappointed if he left the PL. I still think the PL offer the best football in the world.

Grand Master

Kriz

Posted
Posted

Staying with Spurs, Hopefully Madrid get reported for tapping up. They'd be going ape ###### if any other team was doing the same to Ronaldo!

 

Madrid will soon learn that they dont always get what they want, they need to knocked down a peg or two anyway they think they own football.

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is adamant Gareth Bale will not be sold, despite the Welshman indicating he wants to be allowed to speak with Real Madrid.

 

The Spanish giants have stepped up their interest but Spurs are refusing to countenance selling Bale even in the face of a possible record ?85m bid.

 

Real have yet to submit a written offer but Bale is keen to explore their interest, having always dreamt of playing for the Bernabeu club.

Bale has three years left on his deal.

 

I say let him go, as we saw with Ronaldo no man is bigger than a club

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

 

A class player (y) RIP Chucho!

Experienced

kurupy

Posted
Posted

 

Article doesn't mention a car crash?

 

 

 

Benitez was admitted to hospital with severe stomach pain hours after making his debut against Qatar Sports Club in the Sheikh Jassem Cup but died shortly afterwards. He was 27.

 

 

 

"Benitez, who was with his new club in Qatar, had a severe stomach pain, which was why he was rushed to a hospital, where after a few hours suffered he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest, which ended his life.
Grand Master

Lingwo

Posted
Posted

Ridiculous amount of money. No player is worth that.

If Real Madrid want to be mugs, then Spurs should milk them. Ask for ?100m plus a few players.

Ask for Ronaldo. If Real Madrid want Spurs best player, then it is only fair Spurs has theirs :laugh:

 

Even with all this, i still don't think he'll go. If he does. I think that'll be the end of his career.

Grand Master

Kriz

Posted
Posted

Spurs have apparently signed a defender from Steaua Bucharest, Chiriches 7mil!

 

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/418622/Tottenham-set-to-sign-Chelsea-and-Man-City-target-Vlad-Chiriches

 

Either this signing will be because of Vertonghen's injury and/or Kaboul's fitness, or Spurs are gonna be selling/loaning Caulker to Cardiff (Which i wouldnt mind being from Cardiff)

  • MiniMeSorinel
  • Like 1
Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Ridiculous amount of money. No player is worth that.

If Real Madrid want to be mugs, then Spurs should milk them. Ask for ?100m plus a few players.

Ask for Ronaldo. If Real Madrid want Spurs best player, then it is only fair Spurs has theirs :laugh:

 

Even with all this, i still don't think he'll go. If he does. I think that'll be the end of his career.

 

 

I think it would be wrong to stop him from moving if he wants to go plus to be honest you don't want a sulky player because he doesn't want to be there which is a bit like what will happen with L'pool and Suarez if he doesn't go.

Grand Master

Rappy Veteran

Posted
  • Author
  • Veteran
Posted

Gareth Bale has told Andre Villas-Boas he wants to leave Tottenham to join Real Madrid in a world-record deal.

 

Spurs are yet to comment on the offer of more than ?85m lodged by Real several days ago and have not wavered publicly on their stance that the player is not for sale.

 

In the meantime, Bale spent around five hours at the club's north London training centre on Wednesday and underwent treatment on a muscle injury, departing shortly after 2pm.

 

And, according to Sky sources, the 24-year-old took the opportunity while there to confirm his desire to leave for Spain.

 

Villas-Boas said at the weekend he was hopeful of having Bale fit for a friendly against Monaco this Saturday, but the concern now for Tottenham supporters is whether last season's double Player of the Year will be around for the start of the new season.

 

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/8849317/transfer-news-gareth-bale-confirms-desire-to-leave-tottenham-for-real-madrid

Grand Master

Lingwo

Posted
Posted

Thing is, Spurs can still refuse to sell him, but now i think he'll go. Once the player indicates he wants to leave, it usually means he is going.

I hope Spurs take Real Madrid for everything they've got. Get as much money for him and get as many players for him. Mainly because Southampton get 2.5% of the money :laugh:

 

Saying all this, i'd also love Spurs to flat out refuse to show Real Madrid that they can't bully clubs.

Grand Master

Kriz

Posted
Posted

Been confirmed by Spurs!

 

Chiriches deal has fallen through :( If the inevitable does happen and Bale leaves, i would definitely like to see a player or two come our way in the deal, getting a bit short notice to sign the 8 players required to cover Bale :|

  • 4 weeks later...
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Samsung is shutting down yet another app used by millions

      By Neonix1 · Posted

      Samsung messages is still alive and well. They reversed that and decided to our more effort into it.
    • Microsoft hides these secret Windows 11 performance boost settings available on every PC

      By richstad · Posted

      I think every American should have a course in a 'dry sense of humour' at school; and perhaps 'using sarcasm in jest' oh, and also 'the use or irony in humour'.
    • Major Xbox layoffs may claim South of Midnight developer Compulsion entirely

      By PeterTHX · Posted

      What they really need to do is automatically spell "loses" and "lose" correctly since nobody seems to know how to anymore. Then they blame spellcheck/autocomplete and don't realize autocomplete is just filling in the word for them automatically so it was misspelled in the first place.
    • Here is how I fixed Windows 11 not booting after clean installation

      By rseiler · Posted

      If someone chooses to continue using SB and therefore goes through the manual intervention in the thread, afterwards the BSOD problem is gone. Whether they then re-enable the task doesn't matter, they're done, though on such machines it might pay to keep it disabled in case the next update (if there is a next) causes the same problem. OTOH, if someone disables SB in the BIOS, the problem is also gone. Incidentally, I noticed that this task exists even on machines that don't support SB. It's just installed across the board...and runs. Doing what on such machines is a little hazy.
    • qBittorrent 5.2.2

      By Copernic · Posted

      qBittorrent 5.2.2 by Razvan Serea The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent. qBittorrent is an advanced and multi-platform BitTorrent client with a nice user interface as well as a Web UI for remote control and an integrated search engine. qBittorrent aims to meet the needs of most users while using as little CPU and memory as possible. qBittorrent is a truly Open Source project, and as such, anyone can and should contribute to it. qBittorrent features: Polished µTorrent-like User Interface Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine Simultaneous search in most famous BitTorrent search sites Per-category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Movies) All Bittorrent extensions DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet/BitComet URIs, ... Remote control through a Web user interface Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax Advanced control over trackers, peers and torrents Torrents queueing and prioritizing Torrent content selection and prioritizing UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support Available in ~25 languages (Unicode support) Torrent creation tool Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex) Bandwidth scheduler IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible) IPv6 compliant Available on most platforms: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD qBittorrent 5.2.2 changelog: FEATURE: Use D-Bus to show file in file managers (Chocobo1) #24340 BUGFIX: Fix friendlyUnitCompact precision calculation (vafada) #24323 BUGFIX: Remove all top-level folders (glassez) #24333 BUGFIX: Use proper API for checking exit status (Chocobo1) #24349 BUGFIX: Delete stale lockfile when hostname mismatch (TurboTheTurtle, glassez) #24363 BUGFIX: Fix wrong removal procedure of watched folder paths (Chocobo1) #24413 BUGFIX: Don't reannounce before interface changes are applied (glassez) #24447 BUGFIX: Use Latin script for Bosnian locale name (Andy Ye) #24342 WEBUI: Fix performance of global checkbox toggling (tehcneko) #24316 WEBUI: Fix Safari transfer list header misalignment (Piccirello) #24377 WEBUI: Fix error when submitting magnet before metadata loads (Piccirello) #24378 WEBUI: Use correct row id when updating Rss Downloader feed selection (Chocobo1) #24402 WEBUI: Use SameSite=Lax for session cookie to fix cross-site login (Piccirello) #24422 WEBUI: Bring back properties panel expand/collapse button (vafada) #24430 WEBAPI: Only use X-Forwarded-Host header when reverse proxy support is enabled (Chocobo1) #24457 RSSS: Fix "RSS Smart Episode Filter" RegEx (nathanon-akk, glassez) #24398 RSS: Fix previously matched episode format (glassez) #24452 WINDOWS: Fix Python fallback search path (TurboTheTurtle) #24325 WINDOWS: NSIS: Allow to install x64 binary on ARM64 (Chocobo1) #24358 Download: qBittorrent 5.2.2 | 41.1 MB (Open Source) Download: qBittorrent 64-bit installer (qt6) | 43.6 MB Links: qBittorrent Home page | Screenshot Get alerted to all of our Software updates on Twitter at @NeowinSoftware

  • Recent Achievements

    • One Year In
      Console General earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Year In
      Twozo Technologies earned a badge
      One Year In
    • One Month Later
      Twozo Technologies earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Twozo Technologies earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Veteran
      branfont went up a rank
      Veteran

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      493
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      182
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      125
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      85
    5. 5
      neufuse
      71
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!