Monday's Deadline B****x

[Chinners]

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Valencia move for Negredo
Valencia are in urgent need of a centre-forward. They had been fully focused on bringing in a central midfielder, but with that vacancy now filled they have turned their attention to other areas of the pitch. They've taken their time until now, but with only 72 hours until the end of the summer transfer window, the La Liga side have really got to work.
Valencia president, Amadeo Salvo, their director of football, Francisco Rufete and Peter Lim's right-hand man at the club, Kim Koh travelled to Madrid yesterday to meet face-to-face with Álvaro Negredo's agents. Their aim was to offer personal terms to the Spanish international and figure out how to get talks under way with Manchester City.
Valencia do have one ally on their side: time, should City not be able to agree a move with the Spanish forward, and their nerves kick in given their need to offload him no matter what. Valencia want him on loan, but City are a tough club to negotiate with, and if they have to lose their man they want him to leave on a permanent deal. Right now, Valencia cannot afford a transfer fee above €25m. However, things would be different if Lim came into play, bought the player and loaned him to the club.

Arsenal and Manchester City battle it out for £55m Radamel Falcao
Manchester City and Arsenal have been offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for around £55m (€70m) and are battling to sign the Colombia international before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday night. A deal at that price would smash the clubs’ transfer record.
Arsenal are in the hunt for a striker after the injury suffered by Olivier Giroud, who is out until the new year with a broken tibia. Their fans implored Arsène Wenger to sign a forward during Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Leicester City in which the inexperienced Yaya Sanogo led the line without distinction.
One potential handicap for City is that they are trying to make the deal happen within the constraints of Uefa’s financial fair play system. Manuel Pellegrini wants to sign Falcao but the sense at the club is that time could run out. City are allowed a net spend of £49m and have around £24m at the moment after Jack Rodwell, Javi García and Gareth Barry departed.
City would need more than to double the money available to them and would be willing to move on Álvaro Negredo, Micah Richards, Matija Nastasic and Scott Sinclair to close the gap. There is interest in Richards from Sunderland but his wages may be an issue.
Negredo is the prime asset among those and he has been interesting Real Madrid, but it is Valencia who are close to securing a deal for the striker on a loan deal, with an option to buy for €25m (£20m), which would take Negredo’s wages off City’s balance sheet.
One option that may be explored by City is a loan deal for Falcao, 28, with the option of buying him in January or next summer. He has been available for loan at about £20m, covering a fee to Monaco and wages. It is thought that Txiki Begiristain, the City director of football, discussed the potential transfer with Monaco during Thursday’s Champions League draw in the principality.
Falcao’s camp have been pushing to get him to Real Madrid but have encountered unexpected resistance from the decision-makers at the Bernabéu, although they have not given up hope of concluding that transfer. Falcao deleted a tweet on Saturday that indicated he was moving to the club. He claimed his account had been hacked.
Arsenal pulled off a significant coup on deadline day a year ago by signing Mesut Özil from Madrid. They have spent £57m this summer on Alexis Sánchez, Calum Chambers and Mathieu Debuchy. Wenger, asked after the match against Leicester whether money would be an issue on the final day of the window, said: “Is the amount of money we can spend unlimited? No, because that’s not the way we manage the club. We try always to make the right decision. We have resources if we think it’s the right player.”
He said of reports in South America linking Arsenal with Falcao’s compatriot Carlos Bacca, who plays for Sevilla: “I can give you my phone and in the next 24 hours you will see that you get plenty of people offered from all over the world.”

Superstar tells teammates 'On Monday I go to Manchester City'
If he wasn't an extremely talented multi-millionaire living in the tax haven of Monte Carlo, it could be possible to feel a bit sorry for Radamel Falcao. If he hadn't dug a pit he was happy to jump in when riches were waved in front of his eyes, then it would be easier to feel pity for a football star forced to play in a town that cares little for his game.
The Colombian striker's agent Jorge Mendes has spent all summer trying to persuade Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to take him on. According to El Confidencial he's failed, with Real Madrid first turning their attention to Alvaro Negredo and then Javier Hernandez, with AS Roma's Mattia Destro squeezing in the middle.
Falcao even had a bit of a Twitter episode on Saturday which, if he doesn't go to Madrid, will go down in history as a desperate last attempt to force the club's hand. He tweeted 'Hala Madrid', and then claimed his account had been hacked but also that screenshots of the tweet were fake. Doth protest too much.
Italy's TMW, friend of the agents, reckon they have an exclusive that Falcao told teammates 'On Monday I go to Manchester City', which will almost certainly be paraphrased. It follows reports from AS in Spain that Manchester City were 'pushing hard' for the player. RMC in France claimed the Premier League champions held talks with Jorge Mendes

Arsenal are set to make an offer for Sevilla striker Carlos Bacca, 27. (Metro)

Manchester United will demand £5m from any club hoping to take forward Danny Welbeck, 23, on loan for the rest of the season. (Sun)

Arsenal have been pipped to the signing of Paris St-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 19, by Roma. (Daily Express)

Meanwhile, Gunners forward Joel Campbell, 22, has requested a loan move to Portuguese side Benfica. (O Jogo - in Portuguese)

Tom Cleverley's £8m move to Aston Villa from Manchester United is under threat because of the 25-year-old midfielder's wage demands. (Daily Telegraph)

Real Madrid are in talks with Manchester United over taking Mexico striker Javier Hernandez, 26, on a season-long loan. (Daily Mirror)

Sunderland are closing in on a loan move for Inter Milan forward Ricky Alvarez, 26. (Sunderland Echo)

Tottenham will make a move for Southampton striker Jay Rodriguez, 25, and offer 23-year-old winger Andros Townsend as part exchange in a £14m deal. (Independent)

Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has lined up moves for Norwich winger Nathan Redmond, 20, and Celtic defender Virgil van Dijk, 23. (Sun )

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is still hopeful of re-signing Liverpool forward Fabio Borini, 23. (Sunderland Echo)

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has ordered chief executive Ed Woodward to find willing buyers for six of his first-team squad. (Caught Lying Offside)

Former Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, 31, is wanted by Queens Park Rangers. Defoe currently plays for Major League Soccer side Toronto but they have just sacked Ryan Nelsen, the manager who signed him. (Guardian)

Newcastle United have had an offer for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, 23, turned down by the French club. (Chronicle)

Celtic face a late dash to land a striker after Stefan Scepovic, 24, opted not to join the Scottish champions from Sporting Gijon. (Daily Express)

Fulham hope to sign defender Mark Hudson, 32, and striker Matt Smith, 25, from Championship rivals Cardiff City and Leeds United respectively. (DSSC)

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, will take a break from football to resolve the fitness issues that have hampered him since last season. (Marca )

Newcastle's 25-year-old French defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa could join Italian side AS Roma in a loan deal. (L'Equipe)

Bayern Munich have signed 18-year-old forward Sinan Kurt from Bundesliga rivals Borussia Monchengladbach on a four-year deal. (L'Equipe)

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said "something has to change" after Los Blancos lost 4-2 to rivals Real Sociedad. (AS.com )

Italian side Torino's 27-year-old midfielder and Arsenal-target Alessio Cerci has signed a three-year deal with Atletico Madrid. (Tuttosport )

Newcastle want to sign Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld, 25, who currently plays for Atletico Madrid. (Mundodeportivo )

Russian side Spartak Moscow will sign Swiss midfielder Xheridan Shaqiri, 22, for £16m from Bayern Munich. (Bild )

Inter Milan have offered £20m to Marseille for 21-year-old French midfielder Florian Thauvin. (Le Figaro )

After signing striker Fernando Torres from Chelsea, AC Milan are hoping to land Blues midfielder Marco van Ginkel, 21, on loan. (Le Figaro)

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, 34, believes former team-mate Luis Suarez, 27, engineered his move away from Anfield to join Barcelona. (The Sun)

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has appeared to hit out at striker Angel Di Maria following his move to Manchester United. (Evening Standard)

Manchester United are interested in Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman, 24, but they will have to wait until January to get the deal done. (Daily Star)

In-form Swansea midfielder Nathan Dyer, 26, hopes to force his way into the England squad. (Sky Sports understands)

England manager Roy Hodgson believes 22-year-old Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere could have a big part to play in the Euro 2016 qualification campaign . (The FA)

And Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva took to Twitter on Sunday to take issue with another user who claimed the Brazilian was in talks with two rival English clubs, accusing the poster of "giving wrong information".

Former Argentina striker Gabriel Batistuta has revealed that he asked a specialist to amputate his legs because of the excruciating ankle pain he suffered after retirement. (Daily Mirror

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[Chinners]

@ACF_Fiorentina·
26-year-old @MCFC right-back Micah #Richards has landed in Florence ahead of a potential move. #ACFFiorentina

[Ted Hughes]

Nice 1 Chinners.

Good luck to Micah, hope he has a great time over there. Really glad he won't be playing for another team here.

[Chinners]

If it goes through Ted .... it would be 'Typical City' if it didn't but at least it would boost our home quota again ;)

I believe we will have to give Oldham 15-20% of any fee we get for him as well

[Hazy2]

I wonder if Milner leaves later today.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Hope this is not a ridiculously obtuse question but, since we are FFP limited to a net transfer spend of £49 million, could we spend more than that on Falcao in this transfer window and then, in January, off-load a number of players to bring our overall outgoings to within the stipulated balance ??

After all, the two transfer windows are within the same financial year with regard to our accounts, so what does it matter how the financial turnover is structured within that period ??

As I said, I hope this isn't a ridiculous question, or at least no more ridiculous than the entire FFP scenario is itself.

[Ted Hughes]

Hope this is not a ridiculously obtuse question but, since we are FFP limited to a net transfer spend of £49 million, could we spend more than that on Falcao in this transfer window and then, in January, off-load a number of players to bring our overall outgoings to within the stipulated balance ??

After all, the two transfer windows are within the same financial year with regard to our accounts, so what does it matter how the financial turnover is structured within that period ??

As I said, I hope this isn't a ridiculous question, or at least no more ridiculous than the entire FFP scenario is itself.

Yes, (apart from Falcao's going to the rags) we could spend that money now & recoup it in January, but i doubt we would risk it unless we had definite agreements in place that we were getting the money back. Otherwise, we could be left having to panic sell a top player in order to avoid sanctions.

[Beefymcfc]

Sky Sources: Danny Welbeck having medical at Arsenal.

What did the Rags say again?

[sheblue]

Sky Sources: Danny Welbeck having medical at Arsenal.

What did the Rags say again?

Lol...

[Chinners]

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Manchester City to sanction £24m deal this deadline day?
Manchester City supporters in the Football Transfer Tavern are used to big money arrivals.
However, sources at Manchester Evening News reckon there could be a big name departure at the Etihad Stadium before the close of the transfer window.
The Premier League champions are considering an offer from Valencia for Spanish forward Alvaro Negredo, which would see the striker returning to La Liga on a season-long loan with the option of a £24 million signing.
Manuel Pellegrini is mulling over the deal which would see him left with three strikers until January at least, with Negredo behind the likes of Edin Dzeko, Sergio Aguero and Stevan Jovetic in the pecking order.
City are confident in the knowledge that Yaya Toure and David Silva are able to play further forward if required, but the move would go against Pellegrini’s idea of having two top players for each position.
City could be tempted to sell Negredo – who has not scored a goal since January after a superb start to his City career – with Financial Fair Play rules in effect.
Even of the striker were to stay, he faces being left out of City’s Champions League squad due to the rules regarding the number of ‘homegrown’ players.
The striker – nicknamed ‘the Beast’ – is out of action for a month with a foot injury.

Spurs not interested in signing Manchester City youngster
No Spurs interest in Nastasic, although we could probably do with him.
Spurs have no interest in signing Matija Nastasic from Man City, according to Sky Sports.
Last night, a journo from the Sun claimed Spurs and Ars*nal had enquired about the out-of-favour Serbian international, prompting speculation that we could launch a deadline day move, but nothing’s going to happen on that front apparently.

Arsenal 'make enquiry' to Manchester City over Alvaro Negredo
Arsenal have reportedly expressed an interest in signing Alvaro Negredo from Manchester City on transfer deadline day.
The Gunners are a little light in attack after the long-term injury suffered by Olivier Giroud and Spanish striker Negredo could be available to leave City after just one season at the Etihad.
talkSHITE commentator Stan Collymore revealed on Twitter that Arsenal could be his next destination.
"Hearing Arsenal have or are making tentative Negredo enquiries," said Collymore.
The 29-year-old, who is currently nursing a metatarsal injury, has also been linked with La Liga outfit Valencia

Sinclair off to Stoke
Scott Sinclair is set to be loaned out by Barclays Premier League champions Manchester City to the club which beat them on Saturday, Stoke City.
The Bath-born winger is set to join Mark Hughes' outfit on a 12-month deal, having also spent last season in the Midlands at West Bromwich Albion.
Mark Ogden, the Daily Telegraph's Manchester football correspondent, confirmed Stoke's interest on Monday afternoon.
Former Ralph Allen schoolboy Sinclair has made just 11 appearances since signing from Swansea City in 2012 and was told by manager Manuel Pellegrini over the weekend that he was surplus to requirements at the Etihad.

Stoke target Man City's Nastasic
Matija Nastasić is on Stoke City`s transfer deadline day radar.
The Potters look to bolster their back line with the Serbian Manchester City defender, who has been made surplus to requirements after the arrival of Frenchman Eliaquim Mangala`s arrival at the Etihad Stadium.
The 21-year-old centre half is said to available at around £8 million.
Any deal done could potential add fuel to the rumours that Ryan Shawcross could be on his way out of the club.

Radamel Falcao to earn £346,000 a week as Manchester United pay £24 million for season-long loan deal
Radamel Falcao’s season-long loan to Manchester United will cost the Old Trafford club a staggering £24 million, with the forward’s £346,000-a-week Monaco salary being paid in full by United.
United have secured the biggest coup of transfer deadline day by completing a loan deal for the Colombian forward, with an agreement in place for manager Louis van Gaal to sign the 28-year-old on a permanent basis next summer.
But the cost of signing Falcao, who had also been offered to Manchester City, Arsenal and Real Madrid, will inflict a significant dent in United’s bank account with the club also paying a £6 million loan fee to Monaco.
Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has opted against a move for Falcao, despite French forward Olivier Giroud being sidelined with a broken foot until the new year.
And City also rejected the chance to pursue a move for the forward with the Premier League champions told that they would have to pay Falcao’s £18 million annual salary, plus a £10 million loan fee, to make the deal happen.
Senior figures at Old Trafford have insisted that they have negotiated a smaller loan fee with Monaco, but the club have confirmed that Falcao’s wages will be their responsibility.
Falcao landed in Manchester on Monday evening to undergo a medical at the club’s Aon Training Centre before finalising his transfer.
The former Atletico Madrid forward, who completed a €60 million move to Monaco in the summer of 2013, missed the World Cup as a result of a cruciate ligament injury suffered while playing for the French club in January.
Falcao returned to action during pre-season, when he played against Arsenal for Monaco in the Emirates Cup, but he has yet to fully prove his fitness following the injury.
With United already spending £146.3 million on new signings this summer, Falcao’s arrival will take the recruitment outlay beyond £150m with the loan fee.
Falcao is expected to leave Manchester upon completion of his medical this evening in order to link up with the Colombia squad ahead of this weekend’s friendly against Brazil in Miami.

[nottsblue]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

[Ted Hughes]

Harry hoovering up yet another plethora of worthless shite, no doubt all controlled by mates of his, but definitely no backhanders involved.

His dog is off to the Bahamas.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

Does anyone know what criteria (excuses ??) are allowed for a Club to receive an extension to the deadline time ??

[Dameerto]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

Does anyone know what criteria (excuses ??) are allowed for a Club to receive an extension to the deadline time ??

I thought Redknapp had used 'the fax machine ran out of toner' a few times in the past.

[Beefymcfc]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

Does anyone know what criteria (excuses ??) are allowed for a Club to receive an extension to the deadline time ??

I thought Redknapp had used 'the fax machine ran out of toner' a few times in the past.

I think it was just a problem with the signature as the FA were unsure about the spelling of Zidane.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Sky Sources: Danny Welbeck having medical at Arsenal.

What did the Rags say again?

Perhaps the comment could have been "Danny Welbeck moving to Arsenal, Arsenic Whinger having a medical".

[Wonderwall]

We have goal line technology now, however, billion pound businesses are still using paper fax machines from the 80's. Go figure?

[Chinners]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

Does anyone know what criteria (excuses ??) are allowed for a Club to receive an extension to the deadline time ??

I thought Redknapp had used 'the fax machine ran out of toner' a few times in the past.

According to his trial last year he stated (under oath) that he'd "never used a fax machine in his life"

[Wonderwall]

Di Maria wanted paris
Falcao wanted madrid
But they ended up in Stretford
Wondering WTF they did

[Mikhail Chigorin]

An extension for Arsenal. Fuck off. They've had since June to sign people. If they are too thick to complete in time then tough shit

Does anyone know what criteria (excuses ??) are allowed for a Club to receive an extension to the deadline time ??

I thought Redknapp had used 'the fax machine ran out of toner' a few times in the past.

According to his trial last year he stated (under oath) that he'd "never used a fax machine in his life"

Well if Twitcher said that, it must be true....he doesn't tell lies because he's as honest as the day is long.