Transfer Window Chat Thread

[waggy]

im afriad after the north london ,assacre yesterday samba will be off,but dont worry heres his replacement :blush:http://d2010.thecgf.com/shera_mascot

[imy9]

Ibi deal falling through is no surprise, but we need a striker and a defender urgently can we get it done?i doubt it.

[chilly]

Im getting worried the deals were pulled as the raos are panicking and dont want to plough millions more into an already sinking ship..

If this is the reason i hope they get a new manager in..we get some wins and as a result their confidence in the investment is restored by winter and they add the 3 or so more that we need.

Anyway all will be clear in about 72 hours.

[chocky]

That's not bad news. its catastrophic. There could be no worse news.

And what a totally inaccurate little rant it was. We could have done with him on Saturday. Better than Peds for a

start.

Diouf is a nasty big mouth who spat at one of fana among his many nasty acts. Pedersen said something along the lines of the pride he had in putting on the famous blue and White halves with it's beautiful red Rose. I know who I'd rather have in my team.

[Mattyblue]

Threds? What are they?

Go away - I read what I want to read, I just dont comment on everything. But il tell you now that Samba, Hoilett & Olsson will all be here after the 1st September.

You're a positive guy, fair enough, but by 'reading what you want to read' means you're head is deeply enconsed in the sand.

Have a read of the Anderson thread.

[alexanders]

Have you a link to this article or a time stamp.

Im sorry. I've been on IPhone and IPad all weekend. Not easy to post links with.

Now I am on my job computer.

this is the article I found:

Ibisevic red tape hold up

Its from yesterday at around 10. Dont know more precisely when the comments are from.

It looks as though there are some red tape issues, but Nicko might be right that we have withdrawn our interest because of injury concerns.

[philipl]

Perhaps the reason for dropping these targets is already on this MB and why Kean thought the deals were still going through last night.

Makey11 allegedly Kean has little to do with the targets, ? is who is holding Vinnnys hand.

My link

Remember we have Ali Merchant the marketing guy from Mumbai keeping an over view on transfers to keep them straight and a small time London agent involved now as well.

One thing looks pretty clear is that the Rovers scouting network has been completely sidelined.

I think there are some very significant reasons for the plug being pulled on buying George and Ibi and I am trying to find out with more certainty.

However, I think it is reasonable to offer these thoughts.

If there really has been a big falling out between Mrs D and Kentaro/SEM because she believes they were ripping-off her family's money, Balaji turning up with a hyper active Jerome Anderson on Wednesday could mean she has concluded she can trust nobody and she has simply pulled the plug on all the transfer deals when they landed on her desk to get signed off.

If (and I stress if) this is what has happened I believe it will be either the third or fourth time transfers have reached the point of just needing Mrs D to sign the cheque and she has refused.

There is no doubt in my mind that there has been a falling out with Huber and Anderson but whether the schism is sufficiently big and visceral for Anderson's appearance to have triggered the killing of transfer spend again is a an open question. I am not convinced that this time Anderson's involvement has killed these two unlike the Pavone deal which I am pretty certain about.

There is another potential reason which needs to be checked out more thoroughly but I feel there is too big a coincidence for both these transfers to be killed so late in the process and so late in the window at the same time for there not to be some other factor or factors involved.

[alexanders]

Spoke to a friend of Mame Biram Diouf on Thursday. He said that Mame Biram Diouf wasnt sure where he was going to play next season and there had been talk about Blackburn Rovers.

This is second hand information. Please take it with a pinch of salt. Tought it could be nice to share what I've heard here in Norway about it.

Mame Biram has a lot of friends here. This guy had just moved to Aalesund (my town) from Molde (MBs former team). He was from North Africa (they stick together).

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Spoke to a friend of Mame Biram Diouf on Thursday. He said that Mame Biram Diouf wasnt sure where he was going to play next season and there had been talk about Blackburn Rovers.

This is second hand information. Please take it with a pinch of salt. Tought it could be nice to share what I've heard here in Norway about it.

Mame Biram has a lot of friends here. This guy had just moved to Aalesund (my town) from Molde (MBs former team). He was from North Africa (they stick together).

wouldn't be at all surprised if mbd came back, probably on loan.

[chaddyrovers]

could Kean and rovers have just switch transfer targets. Could be now going for El Hamdaoui and Onuoha(perm) for the same money as we were going to spend on Ibisevic which was in total 6 million pounds.

probably being too positive today.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

Unlike some on here - i'll continue to turn up at ewood. But i am getting increasingly concerned about our transfer activity. I had (and still do) thought i would give them until 1st sept. However my confidence in them meeting their promises is declining by the day. At the moment i cant see any new signings just a load of excuses coming our way

[rover460]

Perhaps the reason for dropping these targets is already on this MB and why Kean thought the deals were still going through last night.

Makey11 allegedly Kean has little to do with the targets, ? is who is holding Vinnnys hand.

My link

I am not sure who is making the final decision on signings, but after the January transfer window fiasco when it would appear they (Venky's and Rovers )got stung for millions in agents fees,the Venky's brought in an outside agency who specialise in transfer matters. Could it be, as quite a few transfers have fallen when all appeared finalised, that the agency took one look at them and advised the Venky's not to proceed, due to very high agents fees , or some other external factors that did not add up.

Agents are into every deal these days,according to press reports the Nasry transfer stalled, because 3 agents fees couldn't be agreed. Keane has Kentaro (Anderson) as his own agent, he is going to seek advice from agents when buying players, I presume most managers do,we read regularly that tranfers break down because agents fees couldn't be agreed, perhaps the Venky's are now just being over cautious,I hope so.

[john-rover]

Apparently after Ballack according to Bild

[Guest ljb]

amarjourno amar singh

Bild reporting that #Blackburn and #Fulham are interesting in signing Michael Ballack of Bayer Leverkusen

[pick32]

The circus continues

[Guest ljb]

Schalke_UK Schalke UK fan club

Jones has apparently withdrawn from international duty as he is conducting negotiations over a transfer with an as yet unknown club

[Billy Castell]

I really hope Mrs D. hasn't pulled the plug on any deals. We need the strikers, defenders etc. as well as a new manager.

As for Ballack, no thanks. He is far too old and past it. Fingers crossed about Jones though.

[Iceman]

amarjourno amar singh

Bild reporting that #Blackburn and #Fulham are interesting in signing Michael Ballack of Bayer Leverkusen

[Taggart]

Schalke_UK Schalke UK fan club

Jones has apparently withdrawn from international duty as he is conducting negotiations over a transfer with an as yet unknown club

yes please ! - Ballack, hilarious - he was on mega bucks at Chelsea and finishign his career on mega bucks in Germany. On the other hand, he does have a fit wife like JJ

JJ, Onuha and a Decent Striker please Venkys - pull your finger out of your clucking arse and get a wriggle on with it !!!!!!!

[donnermeat]

Schalke_UK Schalke UK fan club

Jones has apparently withdrawn from international duty as he is conducting negotiations over a transfer with an as yet unknown club

Stoke's alternative to Palacios IMO, doubt it's us.

[den]

reluctantnicko Alan Nixon

Going to be busy day. So no Q and A for now. Ibi trying like a bear to get Rovers thing back on.

[Al]

I'm used to the last minute transfer breakdowns by now. These clowns with their puppet have already ruined our club and I don't see how it can be saved now. The damage is too deep. Going on holiday on Thursday so I can forget about my despair for our club for a couple of weeks. I really feel down this morning.

[67splitscreen]

Remember we have Ali Merchant the marketing guy from Mumbai keeping an over view on transfers to keep them straight and a small time London agent involved now as well.

One thing looks pretty clear is that the Rovers scouting network has been completely sidelined.

I think there are some very significant reasons for the plug being pulled on buying George and Ibi and I am trying to find out with more certainty.

However, I think it is reasonable to offer these thoughts.

If there really has been a big falling out between Mrs D and Kentaro/SEM because she believes they were ripping-off her family's money, Balaji turning up with a hyper active Jerome Anderson on Wednesday could mean she has concluded she can trust nobody and she has simply pulled the plug on all the transfer deals when they landed on her desk to get signed off.

If (and I stress if) this is what has happened I believe it will be either the third or fourth time transfers have reached the point of just needing Mrs D to sign the cheque and she has refused.

There is no doubt in my mind that there has been a falling out with Huber and Anderson but whether the schism is sufficiently big and visceral for Anderson's appearance to have triggered the killing of transfer spend again is a an open question. I am not convinced that this time Anderson's involvement has killed these two unlike the Pavone deal which I am pretty certain about.

There is another potential reason which needs to be checked out more thoroughly but I feel there is too big a coincidence for both these transfers to be killed so late in the process and so late in the window at the same time for there not to be some other factor or factors involved.

Surely Philip for MS D to have pulled the plug the time line is all wrong Kean himself has told us how the system works which is pretty much what was alluded to on here months ago, target identified, projected overall cost, past around the world for approval, then negotiations begin, fees come in on budget, player terms the same, medical pass/fail sign or ship out, if MS D was pulling the plug I believe neither deal would have got past Thursday in the case of JA being involved.

The trainee blabbing on twitter about team selection, Makey11, his contribution to who selects the targets, suggest that this was taken out of Keans hands, the question is, who and why?

AS for the scouts being sat on their backsides, no longer washes with me, yes fair enough while Kentaro were in house, but as late as yesterday we have a scout reporting from Scandinavia reporting we are active, also we had a replacement in for Glover before relieving him of his post, Why if we are not intending to use them?

We know there is a great deal wrong or so we our told, some issues stack up others don't.

I'll leave it at that with one suggestion, everyone is begging for the Rao's to come out and tell us what is going on, we are told they read this MB, the latest topics cannot be good reading for them, approach them for a pod cast, obviously not everything will be disclosed but even if we could get some of the less sensitive issues out the way, it may give a clearer picture of what is in store for the club.

[RibbleValleyRover]

With Rovers for some bizarre reason now running a two day medical process, we have to see some solid movement today to get the players in and registered in time before the window shuts.

[Kelbo]

Surely Philip for MS D to have pulled the plug the time line is all wrong Kean himself has told us how the system works which is pretty much what was alluded to on here months ago, target identified, projected overall cost, past around the world for approval, then negotiations begin, fees come in on budget, player terms the same, medical pass/fail sign or ship out, if MS D was pulling the plug I believe neither deal would have got past Thursday in the case of JA being involved.

The trainee blabbing on twitter about team selection, Makey11, his contribution to who selects the targets, suggest that this was taken out of Keans hands, the question is, who and why?

AS for the scouts being sat on their backsides, no longer washes with me, yes fair enough while Kentaro were in house, but as late as yesterday we have a scout reporting from Scandinavia reporting we are active, also we had a replacement in for Glover before relieving him of his post, Why if we are not intending to use them?

We know there is a great deal wrong or so we our told, some issues stack up others don't.

I'll leave it at that with one suggestion, everyone is begging for the Rao's to come out and tell us what is going on, we are told they read this MB, the latest topics cannot be good reading for them, approach them for a pod cast, obviously not everything will be disclosed but even if we could get some of the less sensitive issues out the way, it may give a clearer picture of what is in store for the club.

The problem is Splitscreen, would thay tell us the truth or lie again?