[Archived] Nicko's January Rumour Mill

[Kelbo]

Vitor Perreira is now playing in Cyprus...not him.

Vukcevic is interesting...bit of a hot head but a talent.

More likely to be for the agent's 'other' club than Rovers if it is him.

Still searching.

Nicko,

Is the agent Mariano Aquilar?

[nicko]

Is this player coming to Rovers, Nicko?

The agent is tight with Sam, so he could be working for him - or for the other club he is close to.

He is English and I don't want to name him...in case we are being monitored by rival outlets.

[Manc Rover]

moutinho ???

Eusabio?

[RibbleValleyRover]

Neil Warnock claims there has been two accepted bids for Ben Watson, SSN (not the best source i know!) reckon Rovers and Wigan are the frontrunners.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11676_4833547,00.html

Warnock said: "I can tell you that West Ham and Fulham aren't."

"We've agreed fees with a couple of clubs and obviously Middlesbrough have got the opportunity to speak with him first.

"I don't know if he's going to speak to anybody else but once we agreed a fee other clubs can quite rightly match the fee and talk to him."

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Heard anything Nicko?

[The Rover of Finland]

Is this Watson any good? How much? CM or winger? Sounds very different than Nicko told this afternoon. He wasn´t suppose to be coming.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Is this Watson any good? How much? CM or winger? Sounds very different than Nicko told this afternoon. He wasn´t suppose to be coming.

Never seen him play myself, perhaps someone has and could shed some light.

I am pretty sceptical myself on us being interested, especially if his value is rumoured to be around £2 million. We have been linked though and there has been some bids accepted for him so I was just wondering if we are one of the clubs that has made a bid.

[roversnick]

creative / attacking mid

looks decent when i seen him play - quite lightweight tho

My mate is a C Pal fan and rates him highly

[nicko]

Neil Warnock claims there has been two accepted bids for Ben Watson, SSN (not the best source i know!) reckon Rovers and Wigan are the frontrunners.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11676_4833547,00.html

Warnock said: "I can tell you that West Ham and Fulham aren't."

"We've agreed fees with a couple of clubs and obviously Middlesbrough have got the opportunity to speak with him first.

"I don't know if he's going to speak to anybody else but once we agreed a fee other clubs can quite rightly match the fee and talk to him."

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Heard anything Nicko?

Reading...mentioned a while back...think Boro favourites.

[bennyboyt11]

I think we should be aiming for better than Ben Watson IMO, from what I have seen of him he's not what we need right now...

[philipl]

BBC- Watson having medical at Boro now

So not going to Rovers.

The clubs around us are suddenly beginning to do business- most doing little more than shuffling the deckchairs. This Colombian forward going to Wigan might be a bit tasty. If true Bullard moving to Hull is presumably on a creative contract with a relegation release clause but could be the bit of class Hull have been needing to start hurting opponents again.

[Oklahoma]

Nicko, the most recent news here was that Man City are preparing a bid for Veloso, Sporting Lisbon midfielder.

Moutinho is also a possibility since he has been linked with Everton before.

Both would be expensive. 20 million € or more.

Vukcevic would be a big possibility a few months ago. He had a lot of problems in the club and only recently started playing again. Would be a good option since he can play as attacking midfielder and as a striker.

But if it is cheap, maybe Adrien or Pereirinha, young players from Sporting. Been playing some times and seems to have a good future, according to portuguese press.

Sporting have a lot of debts, they need to sell.

From Benfica, maybe Di Maria that was linked with Chelsea a few days ago.

Balboa, player that came from Real Madrid, is definetly the weakest link and failure in the team so he could be loaned out or sold.

all the others, i dont't think Benfica would sell before getting in a better player for their position.

[rundereim]

Nicko what about kightly do nobody have interest in signing him (mabe to expensive)

[nicko]

KEIGHTLY - Wolves can't dream of selling right now.

PORTUGUESE TARGET - Think the agent is working on Veloso...but at £20 million...no way Jose...still not sure who the clubs are...that fee narrows the field.

[Oklahoma]

Somebody in the 'cheap' and 'available' bracket...probably not him.

An agent who does a bit for Rovers and another Prem club has just been to Lisbon to do a deal.

It's stumping me at the moment.

Moutinho - definetly not - too expensive

veloso - definetly not - too expensive

Vukcevic - possible -

Adrien and Pereirinha - possible -

balboa - possible - available for around 4 million€

Di Maria - definetly not - too expensive

Binya? - possible

any more clues about the player?

[thenodrog]

I think Eagles would be worth a punt considering the squad we have, do you think Coyle would sell him given the right offer?

He does get some good reviews and imo our priority by quite some distance is right wing.

[T4E]

Moutinho - definetly not - too expensive

veloso - definetly not - too expensive

Vukcevic - possible -

Adrien and Pereirinha - possible -

balboa - possible - available for around 4 million€

Di Maria - definetly not - too expensive

Binya? - possible

any more clues about the player?

We're signing Rocky's wife??

[SuperStella]

Eidur Gudjohnsen's father and agent Arnor has dismissed reports linking the Barcelona midfielder to a reunion with Allardyce, who managed him at Bolton.

"He is not going anywhere, 100%," he told Setanta Sports.

"[Coach Pep] Guardiola said at the start of the summer that he wants to keep him for the whole season.

"In the summer he has one year left on his contract. Then we will see what happens, but I think he would like to play his contract out in Barcelona.

"I have not heard from Blackburn."

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Isn't Binya the Cameroon player who got sent off against Celtic in the Champs League?

He's the Rory Delap of Cameroon with his long throws.

[Oklahoma]

Yes, that's him.

Agressive player but useful in the midfield.

Nicko, are you sure it is a lisbon-based player?

Just read the news about Pele, young FC Porto midfielder that came from Inter Milan.

He is not an option there so could be cheap.

Could be a good option for Rovers, if he played for us like he played in Inter.

[Barrymaffia]

We're signing Rocky's wife??

Thats Great!!!

[The Rover of Finland]

Nicko, any news on Bullard? Sky says only that clubs have agreed but nothing about personal terms. And you´ve always mentioned he might have problem with medical. Anyway I´d be quite surprised if he really goes Hull.

[nicko]

Nicko, any news on Bullard? Sky says only that clubs have agreed but nothing about personal terms. And you´ve always mentioned he might have problem with medical. Anyway I´d be quite surprised if he really goes Hull.

I'd be amazed.

He wants £65,000-a-week...and he fancies himself as a 'big club' player.

No harm in trying, but I suspect this is Fulham getting the news out to spark an auction to sell Bullard and get some dough in for Delph at Leeds.

Call me Mister Suspicious.

[mohelger]

Vogel might go first..

Do you know if any specific clubs are interested in Vogel then - and would Rovers let him go at a free? Surprised me that he wasn't even in the reserves' squad last night (unless he's injured again) - could mean he's on his way...

Looking forward to that 11 o'clocker - as always. Thanks for taking the time

[nicko]

For the benefit of the Villa fans who just jammed my PM box...I will put the Heskey update in the 11 o'clock thing.

Clue - he's not signed yet.

Until then, just hold it.

Ta.

[they_think_its_all_rover]

I'd be amazed.

He wants £65,000-a-week...and he fancies himself as a 'big club' player.

No harm in trying, but I suspect this is Fulham getting the news out to spark an auction to sell Bullard and get some dough in for Delph at Leeds.

Call me Mister Suspicious.

Though he is really good mates with Phil Brown. They went on a golfing holiday together last summer.