West Ham's Gianfranco Zola vows to take Watford seriously in Carling Cup

As the Italian domination at West Ham received its first challenge – Fiorentina manager Cesare Prandelli claiming that midfielder Riccardo Montolivo, one of the club's prime January transfer targets, would not be moving to Upton Park or anywhere else – Gianfranco Zola's thoughts turned to building a team the English way. Click to continue reading...

Everton have had a truly crapulous summer. Gazumped in pretty much all of their transfer targets, they hadn't signed a single new player up until the final week of the transfer window. Now comes the news that one of the Toffees signings has knackered his elbow. Toffeeweb - who reported that ... Click to continue reading...

Now that Manchester City have new owners, they have set themselves some transfer targets but if they come to fruition, I will be more than just a little surprised! Oh and they also want £135m bid for a Manchester United star! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Not happy with .. Click to continue reading...

It appears that the Toffees were either outbid or failed to land a number of transfer targets this summer. Everton fans certainly don't appear to be particularly happy with the lack of activity on deadline day, and it appears as though it will be an uphill struggle to finish in ... Click to continue reading...

After missing out on top transfer targets Xabi Alonso and Gokhan Inler last night, at least Arsene Wenger signed up promising youngsters Mark Randall and Keiran Gibbs on new contracts. The pair arrived at the Emirates in 2006 and after impressing in their first year with the Gunners they went on to sign professional terms in [. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger claims he is prepared he is ready to go right to the wire to land his transfer targets. The Gunners boss has hinted that he is preparing to add to his paper-thin squad and claims he would be more than happy if he needs to use all the time available to him [...] Click to continue reading...

Come and join us for Longpier LIVE Skypecast from 6pm today and have YOUR say on Southend United.

Lots to talk about this week including the midweek transfers and rumours surrounding the arrival of Dougie Freedman. We'll be taking a look at other transfer targets and assessing how the team fared against Walsall. Click to continue reading...

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With the deadline fast approaching for players to make transfer moves in Europe, several American standouts remain in limbo with just days to go before decision day.

Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Bradley, Frank Simek and Heath Pearce have all been mentioned as potential transfer targets this summer.

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Aston Villa's Gareth Barry might not be spending the season at Villa Park after all. One of the most talked about transfer targets this summer is now being linked with Arsenal - again. Reports have Arsene Wenger back looking at... Click to continue reading...

Media reports have once again linked Tottenham with a move for Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o. The Daily Mail claims that the Cameroon frontman is still attracting interest from Spurs and London rivals Chelsea, as Spanish giants look to raise funds to secure their own transfer targets. Juande Ramos is reported to be a long-time admirer of Eto'o, [. Click to continue reading...

Football News: The Yossi's not for turning

Latest FOOTBALL NEWS has it that Yossi Benayoun has been told he will not be sold - despite constant speculation linking him with a move away from Anfield.

In todays football news from the tabloids the Israeli midfielder was again linked with a move to Roma, the Italian club seeing him as one of their main transfer targets for this summer. Click to continue reading...

Since voting opened yesterday Ipswich have attracted just 2.3% of the votes in Football To You's "Who will win the championship poll". Not a lot of people seem to be backing Jim Magilton's Tractor Boys but despite no success in recent years the Easy Anglian club may well be an outside shout for promotion back to the big time. Click to continue reading...

Serie A heavyweights Roma have confirmed their transfer targets for what remains of the summer, as they look to replace wingers Mancini and Ludovi Giuly. Giallorossi coach Luciano Spaletti has revealed that his side are tracking Liverpool's Israeli midfielder Yossi Benayoun as they look to wrestle the Scudetto from Inter's grasp. Click to continue reading...

Bad news today, in that there is a report  that Spurs are now interested in another of Newcastle's transfer targets - Fabricio Coloccini. Coloccini - deadlocked on Newcastle move? Click to continue reading...

Hull City obviously recognise that they need to strengthen up their defence for the test ahead in the Premier League, but they may want to re-think their transfer targets. Hull are set to nab Spurs reject Anthony Gardner, the man who was shipped out to Everton, but couldn't get a ... Click to continue reading...

I thought I would post the top five unconfirmed Spurs stories I've heard from various sources over the last few days, maybe some of you in the know can comment on their validity. Not something I've done before but it could be interesting.

1. Keane and Poyet had a bust up after Keane told Poyet he was a fool for turning down Man Utd. Click to continue reading...

I thought I would post the top five unconfirmed Spurs stories I've heard from various sources over the last few days, maybe some of you in the know can comment on their validity. Not something I've done before but it could be interesting.

1. Keane and Poyet had a bust up after Keane told Poyet he was a fool for turning down Man Utd. Click to continue reading...

After losing out on Pablo Aimar and a host of other transfer targets this summer, it appears that Kevin Keegan has finally sounded the alarm at St James' Park by letting the ownership know that the club needs to make four more signings this summer if they want to avoid ... Click to continue reading...

[Telegraph] - Arsenal have been rejected by two of their top transfer targets, Andrei Arshavin and Falcao, who have both rebuffed the north London club's overtures to sign them, according to reports. Arshavin, the Russian playmaker subject to intense speculation of a move to the Premier League this summer, reiterated his desire to join Barcelona but [. Click to continue reading...

Portsmouth midfielder Niko Kranjcar looks set to stay put at Fratton Park after supposedly turning down a £12 million move to Monaco according to reports in The Sun today.
Kranjcar joined Pompey from Hajduk Split in 2006 for a reported fee of £3.5 million. However because of his promising performances for both club and country at the age of just 23, Pompey's rumoured asking price for the midfielder is about £15 million. Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez's hopes of landing one of his top transfer targets took yet another backward step yesterday, after the midfielder in question went and injured himself. Have Gareth Barry's hopes of playing for Liverpool next season vanished into thin air? The Reds may not hang around for the player's foot injury . Click to continue reading...

One of Rafa's main transfer targets has tried to prove he can not only score goals, but sing on the karaoke aswell!

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One of Rafa's main transfer targets has tried to prove he can not only score goals, but sing on the karaoke aswell!

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One of Rafa's main transfer targets has tried to prove he can not only score goals, but sing on the karaoke aswell!

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Juande Ramos and La Liga-based transfer targets go together like cheese on toast and here is the latest slice! Tottenham are being linked with Real Mallorca star Juan Arango, who has admitted he wants to move to England this summer. Arango has been strongly linked with a move to the Premiership after . Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez has admitted that Valencia striker David Villa is one of his top Summer transfer targets according to reports on BBC Sport today.

Liverpool are now on the hunt for a replacement to Peter Crouch, as his move to Pompey looks set to be completed in the next few days, and Villa would be an ideal candidate after proving his ability to partner Fernando Torres in Euro 2008. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan have today confirmed their top two transfer targets: Chelsea's Didier Drogba and Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor. Drobga has strongly been linked to a move away from Stamford Bridge and Milan is looking a likely destination. If AC Milan doesn't get the striker from Ivory Coast then Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan side are waiting to jump into the race for his signature. Click to continue reading...

Dutch striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has once again emerged as one of Europe's hottest transfer targets. Last week the 24-year-old refused to sign a new contract with Ajax. Well, Ajax wasted no time in signing Huntelaar's "replacement" for a record breaking deal. Ajax confirmed the signing of Miralem Sulejmani for £12. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are still in contention to sign Bayern Munich star Lukas Podolski according to reports in the Daily Telegraph today. If the German international was to link up with Juande Ramos' side that could see Robbie Keane's rumoured move to Liverpool go through.

The 23 year old who is currently playing in the Bundesliga is thought to be one of Juande Ramos top Summer transfer targets, especially after his eye catching performances for Germany in Euro 2008. Click to continue reading...

Speculation everywhere today on who Sir Alex had in mind in his interview with Sky yesterday about possible summer transfer targets. The Manchester United manager seemed to imply that his shopping list is rather short: in fact, possibly only one player, and a youngster at that.

With Mikaël Silvestre hopefully staying at Old Trafford, SAF doesn't need to consider cover for Wes Brown and Gary Neville at right back, (though I've wanted to see Micah Richards at United for months. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona have increased their efforts to sign Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor with a £24 million bid. Arsenal, just as Arsene Wenger suggested, seem to be doing everything in their power to keep their prized asset as they promptly rejected this fresh bid. Adebayor, however, seems to have plans of his own as he was quoted telling News of the World this:

"Barcelona have made a good financial offer and there is also the chance to play alongside great players.

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is only seeking summer transfer targets who can help the club foster a winning mentality.

Benitez told Liverpool's official website that the players he'll bring to Anfield this summer must be winners.

The Spaniard has made it clear that, like just about every Liverpool fan, he wants more than anything to bring the domestic League title back to Anfield. Click to continue reading...

Peter Crouch's future is no closer to being sorted as the will-he-or-won't-he transfer saga surrounding Arsenal scoring ace Emmanuel Adebayor is reportedly having a direct impact on the destiny of the towering Liverpool forward.
Arsenal emerged as surprise candidates for Crouch earlier this week, but even if the reports of their interest in the England striker prove true, they would only act on it if they needed a fill a void left by Adebayor. Click to continue reading...

Apparently another long-running Spurs transfer saga is coming nearer to a close with a deal in the offing for a very promising youngster. Tottenham Hotspur hope to tie up a £8m deal for Seville's left-winger Diego Capel who is top of their list of transfer targets while they wait to see how the Dimitar Berbatov saga [. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez may be considering ripping up his plans for the summer after growing exasperated with the 'ludicrous' fees demanded for his original transfer targets.

Both The Daily Mirror and Guardian claim that Benitez has added the name of David Silva to his wish-list despite previous indications that buying the £20m-rated Spanish star would be beyond Liverpool's means. Click to continue reading...