Saturday, August 13, 2011

Ngog move's a no-go insist Liverpool

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish has blocked Bolton’s £4million move for reserve striker David Ngog - because he has not yet found his replacement.

Dalglish rejected an offer from Owen Coyle’s club for the Frenchman, but the Anfield club will sell if they are able to get cover in before the window shuts at the end of the month.
Ngog was linked with Sunderland in a proposed swap deal for Jordan Henderson earlier this summer before the Kop bought the young midfielder outright.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Summer transfer window

All the summer transfer moves from every Barclays Premier League club.

It has been a busy summer of transfer activity for Barclays Premier League clubs.
Manchester City have led the way with the club record signing of striker Sergio Aguero for around £38m.
However champions Manchester United have served notice of their intent to hold onto their crown by splashing out big money on Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, goalkeeper David de Gea from Atletico Madrid and central defender Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers.
Villa replaced Young with Charles N'Zogbia from Wigan Athletic while also bringing in goalkeeper Shay Given from Man City.
Liverpool have also splashed the cash, bringing in winger Stewart Downing from Liverpool plus Blackpool's influential midfielder Charlie Adam, Roma goalkeeper Alexander Doni and Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson who could make his Reds debut against his former club.
Sunderland led the way, making 10 signings during the close season while Arsenal invested around £12m in hot young prospect Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Southampton.
The transfer window shuts at 23:00 (BST) on Wednesday 31st August.

Arsenal

Arsenal
IN: Gervinho (Lille, undisclosed), Carl Jenkinson (Charlton Athletic, undisclosed), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Southampton, undisclosed)
OUT: Gael Clichy (Manchester City, undisclosed), Denilson (Sao Paulo, loan), Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Ipswich Town £1.1m), Wellington (Levante, loan), Kyle Bartley (Rangers, loan)Thomas Cruise, Roarie Deacon, Mark Randall (all released)

Aston Villa

Aston Villa 
IN: Shay Given (Manchester City, undisclosed), Charles N'Zogbia (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed)
OUT: Ashley Young (Manchester United, undisclosed), Stewart Downing (Liverpool, undisclosed), Brad Friedel (Tottenham Hotspur, free), Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Robert Pires, Moustapha Salifou, Isaiah Osbourne, Durrell Berry, Ellis Deeney, Calum Flanagan, Harry Forrester and Arsenio Halfhuid (all released).

Blackburn Rovers


Blackburn Rovers
IN: Myles Anderson (free agent), David Goodwillie (Dundee United, undisclosed), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed)
OUT: Phil Jones (Manchester United, £16.5m), Frank Fielding (Derby County, £400,000) Nikola Kalinic (Dnipro, undisclosed), Benjani Mwaruwari, Jordan Bowen, Jason Brown, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Potts, Maceo Rigters (all released).

bolton wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
IN: Chris Eagles (Burnley, undisclosed), Tyrone Mears (Burnley, undisclosed), Darren Pratley (Swansea City, free), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa, free), Tuncay Sanli (Wolfsburg, loan).
OUT: Ali Al-Habsi (Wigan Athletic, undisclosed), Jason Brown (Aberdeen, free) Johan Elmander, Jlloyd Samuel, Joey O'Brien, Tamir Cohen, Sam Sheridan, Maison McGeechan, Tom Eckersley (all released)

Chelsea

Chelsea 
IN: Thibaut Courtois (Genk, undisclosed), Oriol Romeu Vidal (Barcelona, undisclosed)
OUT: Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid, loan), Jack Cork (Southampton, undisclosed), Yury Zhirkov (Anzhi Makhachkala, undisclosed), Jacopo Sala (Hamburg, undisclosed), Michael Mancienne (Hamburg, undisclosed),  Fabio Borini (Parma, free), Jeffrey Bruma (Hamburg, loan), Michael Woods, Samuel Hutchinson, Carl Magnay, Danny Philliskirk, Jan Sebek (all released)

Everton

Everton
IN: Eric Dier (Sporting Lisbon, loan)
OUT: James Vaughan (Norwich City, undisclosed), Luke Dobie (Middlesbrough, free) Tom Donegan (Fulham, free) Iain Turner, Hope Akpan, Kieran Agard, Nathan Craig, Gerard Kinsella, Lee McArdle (all released)

Fulham
Fulham
IN: Dan Burn (Darlington, undisclosed), Tom Donegan (Everton, free), Marcel Gecov (Slovan Liberec, undisclosed), Pajtim Kasami (Palermo, undisclosed), John-Arne Riise (Roma, undisclosed), Casaba Somogyi (free agent)
OUT: Kagisho Dikgacoi, (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Jonathan Greening (Nottingham Forest, undisclosed), David Stockdale (Ipswich Town, loan), Zoltan Gera (West Bromwich Albion, free), Diomansy Kamara, John Pantsil, Eddie Johnson, Matthew Saunders (all released)

Liverpool

Liverpool
IN: Charlie Adam (Blackpool, undisclosed), Alexander Doni (Roma, free), Stewart Downing (Aston Villa undisclosed), Jordan Henderson (Sunderland, undisclosed)
OUT: Paul Konchesky (Leicester City, undisclosed), Gerardo Bruna (Blackpool, undisclosed), Tom Ince (Blackpool, free), Chris Mavinga (Rennes, undisclosed), Stephen Darby (Rochdale, loan), Peter Gulacsi (Hull City, loan), Martin Hansen (Bradford City, loan), Jason Banton, Deale Chamberlain, Douglas Cooper, Sean Highdale, Steven Irwin, Nikola Saric (all released), Milan Jovanovic (Anderlecht, undisclosed)

manchester city
Manchester City
IN: Stefan Savic (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed), Gael Clichy (Arsenal, undisclosed), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Costel Pantilimon (Poli Timisoara, undisclosed)
OUT: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich, undisclosed), Shay Given (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Jo (Internacional, undisclosed), Michael Johnson (Leicester City, loan), Ben Mee (Burnley, loan), Kieran Trippier (Burnley, loan), Patrick Vieira (retired), David Gonzalez (Aberdeen, loan), Javier Garrido, Shaleum Logan, Scott Kay, Javan Vidal, James Poole, Andrew Tutte, James Wood (all released)

manchester united
Manchester United
IN: David de Gea (Atletico Madrid, undisclosed), Ashley Young (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Phil Jones (Blackburn Rovers, £16.5m)
OUT: Nick Ajose (Peterborough United, undisclosed), Bebe (Besiktas, loan), Wes Brown and John O'Shea (Sunderland, undisclosed), Joe Dudgeon (Hull City, undisclosed), Ritchie de Laet (Norwich City, loan), Ryan Tunnicliffe and Scott Wootton (Peterborough United, loan) Edwin van der Sar (retired), Gary Neville (retired), Paul Scholes (retired), Owen Hargreaves, Conor Devlin (released), Gabriel Obertan (Newcastle United, undisclosed)

Newcastle United

Newcastle United FC
IN: Mehdi Abeid (Lens B, free), Yohan Cabaye (Lille, undisclosed), Demba Ba (West Ham United, undisclosed), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes, free), Gabriel Obertan (Manchester United, undisclosed)
OUT: Kevin Nolan (West Ham United, undisclosed), Ben Tozer (Northampton Town, undisclosed), Daniel Leadbitter (Torquay United, free), Kazenga LuaLua (Brighton & Hove Albion, loan), Sol Campbell, Shefki Kuqi, Patrick McLaughlin (all released), Wayne Routledge (Swansea City, undisclosed)

Norwich City

Norwich City
IN: James Vaughan (Everton, undisclosed), Steve Morison (Millwall, £3.2m), Elliot Bennett (Brighton, undisclosed), Ritchie de Laet (Manchester United, loan), Anthony Pilkington (Huddersfield Town, undisclosed), Kyle Naughton (Tottenham Hotspur, loan), Bradley Johnson (Leeds United, undisclosed)
OUT: Luke Daley (Plymouth Argyle (free), Matt Gill, Jens Berthel-Askou, Sam Habergham (all released)

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers
IN: Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff City, free), Kieron Dyer (West Ham United, free), Danny Gabbidon (West Ham United, free), DJ Campbell (Blackpool, undisclosed), Brian Murphy (free agent), Bruno Perone (free agent)
OUT:  Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace, loan), Lee Brown, Pascal Chimbonda, Elliott Cox, Gavin Mahon, Joe Oastler, Josh Parker, Romone Rose, Georgias Tofas (all released)

stoke city

Stoke City
IN: Jonathan Woodgate (free), Matthew Upson (West Ham United, free)
OUT: Abdoulaye Faye (West Ham United, free), Matthew Lund (Oldham Athletic, loan), Ibrahima Sonko and Eidur Gudjohnsen (released)

sunderland
Sunderland
IN: Ahmed Elmohamady (Ennpi, £2.5m), Sebastien Larsson (Birmingham City, free), Kieran Westwood (Coventry City, free), Craig Gardner (Birmingham City, £6m), Connor Wickham (Ipswich Town, £8.1m), Ji Dong-Won (Chunnam, undisclosed), Wes Brown (Manchester United, undisclosed), John O'Shea (Manchester United, undisclosed), David Vaughan (Blackpool, free), Roarie Deacon (Arsenal, free), James McClean (Derry City, £350,000)
OUT: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool, undisclosed), Cristian Riveros (Kayserispor, loan), Liam Noble (Carlisle United, loan), Michael Kay, Nathan Luscombe, Daniel Madden, Robert Weir, Nathan Wilson, Mvoto Jean-Yves, Bolo Zenden (all released), Steed Malbranque (St Etienne, undisclosed), George McCartney (West Ham United, loan)

Swansea City

Swansea City
IN: Danny Graham (Watford, £3.5m), Jose Moreira (Benfica, free), Steven Caulker (Tottenham Hotspur, loan), Leroy Lita (Middlesbrough £1.75m), Wayne Routledge (Newcastle United, undisclosed), Michel Vorm (Utrecht, £1.5m)
OUT: Dorus De Vries (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free), Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers, free), Gorka Pintado (released)

tottenham hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur
IN: Brad Friedel (Aston Villa, free), Cristian Ceballos (Barcelona, free), Souleymane Coulibaly (Siena, free)
OUT: Jamie O'Hara (Wolverhampton Wanderers, £5m), Jonathan Woodgate (Stoke CIty, free), Kyle Naughton (Norwich City, loan), Bongani Khumalo (Reading, loan), Steven Caulker (Swansea City, loan), Ryan Mason (Doncaster Rovers, loan), Nathan Byrne (Bournemouth, loan), Paul-Jose M'Poku (Standard Liege, undisclosed)

west bromwich albion
West Bromwich Albion FC
IN: Gareth McAuley (Ipswich Town, free), Billy Jones (Preston North End, free), Ben Foster (Birmingham City, loan), Zoltan Gera (Fulham, free), Shane Long (Reading, undisclosed)
OUT: Boaz Myhill (Birmingham City, loan), Ryan Allsop (Millwall, undisclosed), Borja Valero (Villarreal, undisclosed), Scott Carson (Bursaspor, undisclosed), Giannia Zuiverloon (Real Mallorca, undisclosed), Giles Barnes and Abdoulaye Meite (released)

Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic
IN: Ali Al-Habsi (Bolton Wanderers, undisclosed), David Jones (Wolverhampton Wanderers, free)
OUT: Charles N'Zogbia (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Steven Caldwell (Birmingham City, free), Antonio Amaya (Real Betis, undisclosed), Mauro Boselli (Estudiantes, loan), Daniel De Ridder, Joseph Holt, Jason Koumas, Thomas Lambert, Thomas Oakes, Francis Pollitt, Abian Serrano Davila (all released)

wolverhampton wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
IN: Jamie O'Hara (Tottenham Hotspur, £5m), Dorus De Vries (Swansea City, free), Roger Johnson (Birmingham City, undisclosed)
OUT: Greg Halford (Portsmouth, undisclosed), David Jones (Wigan Athletic, free), Carl Ikeme (Middlesbrough, loan), Scott Malone (Bournemouth, loan), Danny Batth (Sheffield Wednesday, loan), Adrian Basso, John Dunleavy, Marcus Hahnemann, Nathan Rooney (all released)

New season preview

We run the rule over each Barclays Premier League club ahead of the new season.

The waiting is almost over as the new Barclays Premier League season prepares to get under way.
The excitement has been mounting for weeks as the 20 clubs get ready for one of the most eagerly-anticipated campaigns for many years.
After a thrilling battle for the crown in 2010/11, the title race looks to be even more wide open this time round. Champions Manchester United will face the usual strong competition from perennial challengers Chelsea and Arsenal but this season they will also have to fend off big-spending neighbours Manchester City.
Liverpool have also splashed the cash in a bid to maintain the momentum under new manager Kenny Dalglish and Tottenham Hotspur are determined to break back into the top four.
In a hectic summer of transfer activity, newcomers Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Swansea City have all strengthened in a bid to secure survival.
And there are changes off the field too with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Fulham all under new management.
Click on the links below for a round-up of all your favourite club's summer activity ahead of the 2011/12 campaign.

Arsenal

Arsenal Arsenal

Aston Villa

Aston Villa Aston Villa

Blackburn Rovers


Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers

Bolton wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers

Chelsea

Chelsea Chelsea

Everton

Everton Everton

Fulham
Fulham Fulham

Liverpool

Liverpool Liverpool

Manchester City
Manchester City Manchester City

Manchester United
Manchester United Manchester United

Newcastle United

Newcastle United FC Newcastle United

Norwich City

Norwich City Norwich City

Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers QPR

Stoke city

Stoke City Stoke City

Sunderland
Sunderland Sunderland

Swansea City

Swansea City Swansea City

Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur

West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion FC West Bromwich Albion

Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers

New football kit scheme launched

Premier League players are to fund a football kit and equipment scheme for young people.

The squads of all 20 Barclays Premier League clubs are to create a new £500,000 fund that will provide U16 clubs, schools and youth organisations in England and Wales with free football kit and equipment.
The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will particularly benefit those who come from areas in most need of assistance.
The idea originated at a meeting between the Premier League, delegates from the Professional Footballers' Association and Captains from all Premier League clubs. Following the meeting the players committed to 'adopt' a scheme that will deliver these valuable resources.
The players recognised the need to promote and help young people's participation in football and all 2011/12 Premier League squad players will be involved as each squad is to donate £25,000.
The Premier League Charitable Fund and the PFA will manage and administer the running of the scheme, but all of the players' £500,000 donation will fund the kit and equipment.

grassroots football
Chelsea captain John Terry said: "As someone who benefited from grassroots football I know how important it is to have the right kit and equipment. Not all kids can have access to that, especially those from deprived areas, but hopefully the Premier League Players' Kit Scheme can help.
"It's fantastic that all the players in the League are clubbing together for this. Hopefully a little of that Premier League magic will rub off on those pulling on the shirts and we'll see a few of them pulling on a real Premier League jersey in the not-too-distant future, but the biggest thing is having the opportunity to get out and have fun playing football."
Premier League Chief Executive Richard Scudamore added: "The PFA and the Premier League players are to be congratulated for developing this important scheme as a League-wide initiative. Our players are the guys who put on the show all the way through the season but they are also very aware of the role their clubs play at the heart of their communities to positively change lives for the better. The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will undoubtedly help where it counts."
PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor said: "Our members do much more than entertain fans on the pitch and I'm proud of the fact that players donate so much to charitable causes. This is a new initiative for our players to be involved in but it is one I hope will encourage more tens of thousands of young people to participate and enjoy football."

How will the Kit Scheme work?
The Premier League Players' Kit Scheme will provide successful groups with a free Nike team strip. Applications will be welcome from any club, school or youth organisation.
There is a limited number of team strips available to award, therefore this will be a competitive application process and bodies applying for the kit will only be eligible to receive one team strip, irrespective of the number of teams they operate.
Team strips will only be awarded to those who fulfil all of the criteria and priority will be given to those that come from areas that are deemed to be in most need of assistance.
To be eligible for funding, groups must also:
• Be within the qualifying age group: Under 7 to Under 16
• Have a minimum of ten registered members
• Be affiliated to an English league
• Have a Safeguarding Children policy
• Hold appropriate Public Liability Insurance.

Carling Cup draw - Thurs 11th Aug

The draw for the second round of the Carling Cup has taken place.

Liverpool have been handed a trip to Exeter City in the second round of the Carling Cup.
Everton host Sheffield United and Newcastle United go to Scunthorpe United.
Alex McLeish guided Birmingham City to victory over Arsenal in the 2011 final and now hopes for a repeat performance with Aston Villa who are home to Hereford United.
Blackburn Rovers are home to Sheffield Wednesday while Wolverhampton Wanderers travel to Northampton Town.
Wigan Athletic must wait to discover their opponents as they go to either Crawley or Crystal Palace.
West Bromwich Albion visit Bournemouth, Swansea City go to Shrewsbury and Queens Park Rangers host Rochdale.
Norwich City take on MK Dons at Carrow Road and Bolton Wanderers have a local derby at home to Macclesfield.


full draw
Millwall v Morecambe
Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday
Bury v Leicester City
West Ham or Aldershot v Carlisle United
Bournemouth v West Bromwich Albion
Crystal Palace or Crawley v Wigan Athletic
Peterborough United v Middlesbrough
Aston Villa v Hereford United
Bristol City or Swindon v Southampton
Exeter City v Liverpool
Everton v Sheffield United
Brighton and Hove Albion v Sunderland
Shewsbury v Swansea City
Charlton Athletic or Reading v Preston North End
Norwich City v MK Dons
Northampton Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
Bolton Wanderers v Macclesfield
Burnley v Barnet
Scunthorpe United v Newcastle United
Leyton Orient v Watford or Bristol Rovers
Doncaster Rovers v Leeds United
Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town
Queens Park Rangers v Rochdale United

Ties to be played week commencing 22nd August.