Pending work permit issues, Bulgarian Martin Petrov will be making his way to Sven Goran Eriksson's new stomping ground, Manchester City. With the Thai takeover complete, the transfer budget has been given gentle nudge upwards and Eriksson, former English national team boss, was able to spring for the Atletico Madrid playmaker. His cost? A heavy $9 million and change. The first question is, will Martin outplay the "other" Petrov, Stilian, who spent his first year in the Premiership with Aston Villa. Secondly, and probably most importantly, will Eriksson stop here??? That answer is a firm no - he is expecting several more new faces and has been rumoured to target restless Juventus stars Giorgio Chiellini (who had recently a wonderful Euro U-21 appearance with Italy) and midfielder Manuele Blasi. Let's not forget the search for a big target man up top - Nikola Zigic apparently is on top of that shortlist as the 6'7" Serbian striker had a decent year with Racing Santander last year in La Liga. Add him up front with Corradi or Bianchi and you have yourself one hell of a scary strikeforce.
In an effort to counter the loss of Fernando Torres, Martin Petrov, etc. Atletico Madrid is launching a rather bold bid for former Liverpool target Simao Sabrosa. A $26.5 million bid just might be enough to pry the extremely talented young'un away from Benfica. The contract offered is reported to be a 5-year stay and a formal acceptance is the last thing needed to make the deal official. Both Liverpool and Valencia tried and failed to sign the winger early on and could this be a move that has links to possible Freddy Adu transfer??? Who knows...
Charlton fullback and England international Luke Young has agreed a transfer that will take him to Middlesbrough. His main concern was staying in Premiership football. The deal is official and it will be nice to see him fit in with an already decent back four led by the two central defenders Ronald Huth and former Real Madrid player Jonathan Woodgate. The deal was an easy $5 million.
A divorce is in process between MSI and Corinthians. Apparently the Brazilian club has severed all ties with the London-based agency. Let's be honest - when Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano signed for West Ham United we all knew something rather dodgy was going on. It was confirmed that way and now MSI and Kia Joorabchian (Tevez's agent) are looking to do the same with Carlos Tevez going to Manchester United after one painful year with West Ham. If any player was that tied up in legal headaches and remarkably terrible business practices, why would a club want to work their way into the middle of it? Even if Tevez and Rooney would be insane up front.
What do I know. What's your two cents?
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