[Archived] Transfer Window Thread

[SamTheShrew]

Ronaldinho is a trophy. If we get him, fantastic. If we dont then thats that.

The success of this window will come down to the singings that Kean makes. If the 3/4 players he brings in are up to the mark then I think we could have a reasonable finish to the season. Ronnie is a bonus.

If their PR was in order then I doubt anyone on here would be complaining about making approaches to Ronaldinho. Id have him over Beckham any day. But as I said, he is a bonus. The more low key signings are far more significant in my eyes.

Venky's will be judged by the Rovers teamsheet come Feb 1st. We needed cash, that is why they're here. Lets see what they can do.

The most sensible post so far, and exactly my thoughts

[hawkiiz]

Salgado didn't win a world cup or any player of the year titles.

Good lad though!

He won pretty much everything apart from that though.

[Roost]

He won pretty much everything apart from that though.

Glad you edited that - I had no idea what you were talking about!!

[broadsword]

I don't know what the heck is happening at my club any more, and it's leaving me despondent, frustrated, angry and confused.

Bottom line is that I don't trust Venky's at all.

I'm still not sure exactly how much of their own capital they have to provide for signings, as opposed to loan capital.

The whole thing has the feeling of a slow-motion train wreck.

[Roberto Policano]

So it was true after all.

People would be sacked in a real business for a leak like that.

[True Blue & White]

He won pretty much everything apart from that though.

Still doesn't compare...

Salgado

Real Madrid:

UEFA Champions League: 199900, 200102

Intercontinental Cup: 2002

UEFA Super Cup: 2002

La Liga: 200001, 200203, 200607, 200708

Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003, 2008

Spain U21:

European Under-21 Championship: 1998

Ronaldinho

Grêmio

South Cup: 1999

Rio Grande do Sul State Championship: 1999

Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001

Barcelona

La Liga (2): 200405, 200506

Supercopa de España (2): 2005, 2006

UEFA Champions League (1): 200506

Brazil U-17

FIFA U-17 World Cup (1): 1997

Brazil

Copa América (1): 1999

FIFA World Cup (1): 2002

FIFA Confederations Cup (1): 2005

Individual Awards

FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: 1999

FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: 1999

Rio Grande do Sul State Championship Top Scorer: 1999

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2002

FIFA 100 (along with EH Diouf)

Don Balón Award (2): 2003-04, 200506

EFE Trophy (1): 2004

FIFA World Player of the Year (2): 2004, 2005

UEFA Club Best Forward (1): 2004-05

European Footballer of the Year (1): 2005

FIFPro World Player of the Year (2): 2005, 2006

UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (1): 2005-06

UEFA Team of the Year (3): 2003-04, 200405, 200506

FIFPro World XI (3): 2004-05, 200506, 200607

Golden Foot (1): 2009

[hawkiiz]

Glad you edited that - I had no idea what you were talking about!!

Haha! Im on my iPhone, and the spelling gets messed up some times (Norwegian). Sorry about that.

[SamTheShrew]

So it was true after all.

People would be sacked in a real business for a leak like that.

Could he cut it Roberto?

Anything coming out of Italy/Milan about our supposed interest?

[Roost]

Haha! Im on my iPhone, and the spelling gets messed up some times (Norwegian). Sorry about that.

ingen bekymringer min venn!

[philipl]

Tweets:

CryerRovers Andrew Cryer

More confusion around Rovers. Venky Rao strongly denied Ronaldinho link to me, while no officials at Ewood know about it. A publicity stunt?

Meanwhilst not the real Venky's (or not):

VenkysBlackburn Venky's Ltd

They wanted 6 million GBP. We intend to buy as many people as possible for 5 million GBP, it's what our great fans want and deserve.

1 hour ago Favorite Retweet Reply

VenkysBlackburn Venky's Ltd

Our 600k bid was rejected.

1 hour ago

VenkysBlackburn Venky's Ltd

As we confirmed on here 3 days ago, there will be no approach for ronaldinho.

1 hour ago

[SamTheShrew]

That must be a fake account

[callumrovers]

http://twitter.com/#!/VenkysBRFC

Apparantley we are going to match Tottenhams offer for David Beckham?

Been released on Venkys Twitter page.

Someone needs to tell them to spell properly.

[Exiled_Rover]

No. Why would they?

I`ve been saying since day one that Indian chicken farmers will know nothing about running a premier league football club.

We`ve gone from a respected club to a ridiculed one.

You're kidding yourself if you think we were respected.

[thenonda]

They are wind up accounts!

[Amo]

The Rowers will make match for Tottingham Hotrods deal with David Beckham. We try bring him to Ewood ground!!

Since when did Hughesy work for Venky's?

[imy9]

Is that a real account? There are lots of educated people in India surely Venkys should hire one to write on these things!

[Clitherover]

That must be a fake account

Definitely, even Venkys wouldn't be stupid enough to say those things.

[Mattyblue]

You're kidding yourself if you think we were respected.

We have never been respected by the tabloid media and therefore sheep like fans. However, in the game itself the club was massively repsected for how it had conducted itself under John Williams.

[SamTheShrew]

Definitely, even Venkys wouldn't be stupid enough to say those things.

And yet people are clearly stupid enough to be taken in/riled by them

[nicko]

I agree. But didn't Jack realise that to attract the big players he needed to appoint a big manager. At the time Kenny Dalglish was one of the biggest names. I know money talks and we are in different times, but surely a big time manager would be more likely to attract the big players.

It took about 20 failed bids and seven or eight months for that to happen.

Different time and circumstances now.

Venky's want a 'name' somewhere in thd building. That is not a silly idea as you already have a team.

When Jack came in you needed virtually a new team, so that called on a manager who could attract them...and did.

[philipl]

It just shows how low people's expectations have sunk for people not to know whether they are jokes or not-

The only Venky's accounts currently up on Twitter are fakes. The real one was VenkysIndia.

[S15]

It just shows how low people's expectations have sunk for people not to know whether they are jokes or not-

Or, more accurately, how stupid some people are.

[alexanders]

We`ve gone from a respected club to a ridiculed one.

Oh really?

Who have actually respected us others than our supporters?

Haven't we been slated all the time by the press, rafa, wenger etc?

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

Under the Walkers we were going down, John Williams or no John Williams. We had no money. Venky's clearly have cash and are willing to use it. If they have lofty ambitions then they'll finance them. Its change, its scary, but ultimately something had to happen.

This is the ride which the club needed to take at some stage. Venky's have come under fire over the past month and now is their chance to change some perceptions. The need for big signings and decent players was why they were brought in and its clear that they intend to deliver. Lets see what happens..

[Roberto Policano]

Could he cut it Roberto?

Anything coming out of Italy/Milan about our supposed interest?

He was offered about in October like i said yesterday in your neck of the woods.So it's definitely true i reckon.Still reckon he ends up in Brazil though.

If you where to offer his brother a large agent fee,things could change a little though.