As much as people hate to admit it, we all love the January transfer window. It may have started slow this year but with a £10million new signing at Newcastle, Gary Cahill arriving in West London and Thierry Henry’s return to Arsenal; it is really starting to heat up.
There is no way that this month will see the same amount of money spent as this time last year, but the more days that go by , the more clubs that will get involved, with all 20 Premier League clubs wanting to do something before February 1st. The January transfer window is unique, in that players do not have a pre season to get to know their team mates and if they are fit, they will be thrown straight into the side. Deals seem to happen so fast as in a matter of days a player could have played for two separate clubs in the same division.
Come deadline day, every football fan will be engrossed in the internet and the TV to see if their club can do any last minute business. But for now, here is my top ten best aspects of the January transfer window.
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Tottenham Hotspur has always been good at linking themselves with hundreds of players. When I was at school they were linked with Rivaldo and Guardiola and when they signed Edgar Davids I suddenly started believing that every rumour was an actual possibility – if only that had been the case this January. The signings of Yago Falque, Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen brought hardly set the football world alight, but Harry Redknapp is renowned for making shrewd moves and we will be hoping that he has pulled yet another rabbit out of the hat with these deals.
Here I have compiled a team based entirely on linked players, and it’s quite an eleven which at least shows that they’re chasing good players, unfortunately, it really is chasing.
In a way this list is born out of frustration; a month of rumours has left us with very little in a way of progress but let’s just hope that Messrs Saha and Nelsen will give us enough to get over the line. I have adopted a 3-5-2 formation and to be fair it is a decent team in its own right.
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Rangers have released a statement confirming that a quick sale of the club is needed, or the Ibrox giants may not be able to complete the season’s fixture list.
Administrators have been brought in to try and solve the Glasgow-based side’s financial woes, with a number of players facing redundancy to cut costs.
However, with things looking bleak, the club have called for potential investors to come forward.
“We are announcing we are accelerating the sale of Rangers football club,” David Whitehouse, joint administrator, said on the club’s official website.
“The club is in a perilous financial situation and that should not be under-estimated.
“Regrettably, we have been unable to agree cost-cutting measures with the playing staff on terms that will preserve value in the business. We understand the players’ position as the scale of wage cuts required to achieve these savings without job losses were very substantial indeed.
“In view of this, we are faced with a situation of making redundancies within the playing staff on such a scale that would materially erode the value of the playing squad. We are striving to strike a balance where cost-cutting measures can be implemented but do not destroy the fabric of the playing squad to the extent that it will inhibit the prospect of a sale.
“However, no-one should be in any doubt that in the absence of sufficient cost-cutting measures or receipt of substantial unplanned income, the club will not be able to fulfil its fixtures throughout the remainder of the season.
“As a result, we are expediting the sale process and over the next few days we will be holding discussions with prospective purchasers who have declared their interest. The manager, Ally McCoist will play an integral part in these discussions.
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“If however it becomes apparent that the sale process cannot be accelerated there will be no choice but to implement very severe cost cutting measures at the club,” he concluded.
The director’s of football are a strange breed, from a fan’s perspective their role at the club is usually shrouded in mystery and we are left scratching our heads in an attempt to justify their position of power. Their emergence in this country is yet another example of how popular foreign traditions continue to shape the future of English football. Liverpool’s decision to axe Damien Comolli just days before their FA Cup semi-final caught many by surprise and presents the club with a real dilemma regarding their next move.
Hailed as senior management figures, the director’s of football come in all shapes and sizes with the role being designed to help alleviate the pressure from the shoulders of the club’s manager. These individuals act as an ambassador for the club by dealing with the day-to-day politics, attending meetings, shaking all the right hands and generally allowing the managerial staff to concentrate solely on footballing matters. However, should these lines become blurred then a power struggle ensues, which is when the whole structure begins to fall down.
There aren’t many success stories of these relationships in English football, perhaps because such appointments convey an undermining of authority, especially if the manager has no say in their preferred candidate. I think many people have an issue with the perceived superiority surrounding the title of the ‘director of football’. Can you imagine Ferguson being content with such a figure at Old Trafford? Avram Grant’s appointed into the role at Chelsea in 2007 reportedly contributed the departure of an unhappy Jose Mourinho.
Perhaps these individuals are best to distance themselves from the established personalities in football and instead take up roles where managers are still learning the ropes. This could be one of the reasons for the recent success at Reading where Nick Hammond currently sits alongside the impressive yet rather inexperienced Brain McDermott. This rare instance of triumph could be about to replicated at Crawley with Steve Coppell swooping in to aid caretaker manager Craig Brewster. It’s still early days but perhaps the director of football role presents a new and exciting challenge for figures in football, especially seeing as it can tempt a man that had seemingly retired from the sport after a brief and disinterested spell at Bristol City.
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The success stories of such folk on European shores exist at clubs like Barcelona, Real Madrid, PSG and Benfica. In each example the man at the helm is a former player who has a previous affiliation with the club, perhaps if Liverpool are to succeed with their next appointment they should adopt this approach rather than court the likes of Johan Cryuff and Louis Van Gaal. Then again maybe this is a smokescreen measure that will see Dalglish take up the role, leaving the two to fight it out for the managerial hot seat.
As far as I can tell the Premier League elite implements their directors of football as a glorified scout/agent, tasked with bringing in new transfers and handling contract negotiations. At Liverpool Damien Comolli was criticised for his role in squandering large sums of money on the likes of Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing, despite the fact that each acquisition had come off the shopping list handed to him by Dalglish. Down at the Bridge, former manager Andre Villas-Boas repeatedly confirmed that he did not have much say in ‘club transfers’, notably the recent purchase of Kevin de Bruyne.
Let us not forget the apocalyptic mess that surrounded the Dennis Wise, Kevin Keegan and Mike Ashley love triangle down at Newcastle. Not only did that special period involve some truly terrible signings but it also caused Keegan to walk, cost Wise his reputation and forced Ashley to attempt to sell the club by any means necessary. Whatever the current set-up on Tyneside with Pardew and co, it deserves huge praise and further consideration by other clubs.
The key reason for the varying levels of success in this country compared with other nations is the classification of the personnel in charge of the team. In Spain for example, the managers or rather head coaches are historically there only to prepare the players for matchday, they are often referred to as ‘Entrenadores’, which translates as ‘Trainers’. In England, the managers take on the majority of the workload, ranging from picking the team, training the players and sealing the transfers. Perhaps this established principle needs to be addressed before the directors of football can be incorporated effectively.
If our nations powerhouse clubs or rather their foreign owners remain intent on emulating the success of European teams by incorporating their philosophies, then it is vital that they make the right appointment. If the manager and the director of football aren’t singing from the same hymn sheet, then the only noise you’ll be able to hear over the commotion will be the boos from the stands.
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Selhurst Park greeted two and a half thousand Cardiff City supporters including Lord Neil Kinnock, lifelong passionate Cardiff City supporter who had gone to his first match with his father and grandfather as a very young boy.
The former labour party leader’s grandson was the Bluebirds mascot for the match – there was a symmetry to that and to the whole day. This was new manager Malky Mackay and his team laying to rest the ghost of the former team by matching their achievements and reaching the championship play-offs.
The City fans, some of them in fancy dress, gathered in jovial spirit -every man woman and child believed that this time City were going to do it by their own hand.
The game kicked off and immediately City showed their intentions. Gunnarsson linking up with Lawrence down the left who floated a tricky cross into the box where Palace ‘keeper Lewis Price collected it confidently. A minute later he was in action again parrying away a powerfully struck, long range shot from Lawrence. The ball fell to Joe Mason tight on the near post but before he could tuck it away. Price had scrambled to his feet and palmed it behind for a City corner.
It was all Bluebirds until 13 minutes when a misunderstanding in midfield gave the ball to Darren Ambrose who slotted the ball cleverly through to Wilfried Zaha -the winger was clean through on goal, a moment of ‘Marshall madness’ ensued! He charged out to get the ball but Zaha keeping his composure tucked the ball neatly through Marshall with two back tracking defenders helpless to do anything other than to look on as it went into a gaping net. It was a rare mistake from the big Scottish ‘keeper, this season he has been the Bluebirds most improved player.
Groans from the City faithful were quickly changed to cheers. Today we were determined to cheer, come what may, we’d all vowed, players and supporters alike we weren’t going down lightly we were taking our shot at going up fighting!
City continued to dominate and Palace had little to offer, happy to knock the ball about at the back, City instigated attack after attack at the Palace defence. The final ball was lacking again but the spirit, passion and determination that had been missing from the side was now in evidence – it was surely only a matter of time before Cardiff were level?
I could see a young ‘Smurf’ high on his dads shoulders, he was shouting out instructions to the team and trying to rally and lead the supporters chants, clearly he had an unquestionable belief and as a man standing next to me said “Who are any of us to doubt a Smurf!” We were one nil down but there was an amazing carnival atmosphere, it was pouring with rain we were wet, cold and losing but we didn’t care.
The second half started the same way the first had ended – all Cardiff. Palace defending deeply, the Bluebirds harassing, hounding, confounding the Palace defensive line, Miller came close to scoring whistling an angled shot across a floundering Price’s goal. Then 52 minutes into the game, Mason going down the right side was brought down resulting in a yellow card and a free kick near the corner post to Cardiff. Whittingham stepped up to take it – what came next was sublime! Whittingham spotting Price was ill-prepared and poorly positioned, whipped the ball in with a wicked curling shot that passed everyone without taking any deflection straight into the far corner of the net. Everyone connected with Cardiff City be it on the pitch, in the dugout or in the stands -screamed and danced with exuberance.
Dougie Freedman who had history with Cardiff after making inflammatory comments on the eve of the Carling Cup Semi Final between the two teams saying that Cardiff fans were scared (a comment he later withdrew saying he had been misquoted), nevertheless wanted revenge for that Carling Cup defeat, made an immediate change taking off Sean Scannell for Antonio Pedroza.
It was to be in vain, on 61 minutes The Bluebirds took the lead. The constant pressure played off thanks to a long Aron Gunnersson throw-in, level with the corner flag, club captain Mark Hudson met it nodding it down and back to Don Cowie on the edge of the box. Cowie connected with the ball sweetly hitting it on the volley with near flawless technique and the ball flew through a mass of bodies into the bottom hand corner of the net. There was mass scream of “YES!” in the Bluebird end, quickly followed by dancing and hugging. The Smurf threw his hat into the air for it to never been seen again, a chant of Eddie Mays Barmy army went up – in my exuberance I hit notes Sir Tom Jones would have been proud of! It was at that point my voice went and I know I wasn’t alone.
Cardiff City were now playing excellent football, the style and quality we all know the team is capable of. Better still it was with passion, belief, heart, conviction and flair! All of which had been lacking during the run of depressing draws which had threatened to blight the season but was all in the past now and those draws depressing as they had seemed at the time had counted to get us into the play-off positions we were now comfortably sitting in, with the knowledge that the current Cardiff squad are big game players, ask Liverpool!
City were cruising, Palace were a one man team. Only goal scorer Zaha having anything that caused any concern and his surges down the wings were dealt with easily, Whittingham playing in his favoured forward left midfield position was immense, the dominant force in the centre. In the 89th minute Bluebird legend Robert Earnshaw came on to be part of the play off party – it seemed right and fitting that when the final whistle blew a link with past glories (Earnshaw was part of the squad that had been promoted into the championship) was on the pitch.
I said at the beginning it was a day for symmetry, of full circles – Malky Makay has led a squad he had to build practically from scratch from slim pickings, thanks to a tight budget and an unyielding loan market, and he has not only matched the achievements of former Bluebird manager Dave Jones reaching the playoffs, he has trumped them with the Carling Cup Final appearance, an appearance which provided a day of magic and excitement that along with the 2008 FA Cup appearance will live in the hearts and minds of all Cardiff City supporters for the rest of their days.
The final results filtered through to us and confirmed it’s Thursday night May the 3rd and West Ham at Cardiff City Stadium, then on to Upton Park on Bank Holiday Monday the 7th of May for the return leg.
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Cardiff City go into those play-off games with no pressure, all expectations exceeded, it’s the first time in recent seasons that’s been the case and they also have the knowledge they are the equals of anyone, West ham be afraid be very afraid!
The play off final it’s self is On May 19th Eddie May’s birthday, seems meant, written in the stars it’s our year.
For all of his prowess in the transfer market, Arsene Wenger has also made his fair share of mistakes in the past, with some questionable signings scattered throughout his 16 year reign at Arsenal.
The current Arsenal playing squad is seen by many to expose some underperforming individuals that illustrate some of these poor dealings. Players such as Marouanne Chamakh and Sebastien Squillaci have played hardly any part at all in the last season, having both joined in the summer of 2010.
Then there are those who have come through The Gunners’ academy and youth setups. The likes of Nicklas Bendtner, Johan Djourou and Henri Lansbury, have all had more than their fair share of opportunities in the first team, and it’s time Wenger became more ruthless and showed some of these underperformers the door.
At times in the past season, Arsenal’s lack of strength in depth was brought into question. January saw the emergency 2 month loan of club legend Thierry Henry from New York Red Bulls, while Nicklas Bendtner stayed on loan at Sunderland and Carlos Vela at Real Sociedad. Maybe Wenger realises these players aren’t up to scratch, and sees their 34 year old former club captain more likely to bring success to the Emirates.
A lack of ruthlessness by Arsene Wenger is something that Arsenal fans, by now, must be all too familiar with and prove to be an immense source of frustration. Not only in the transfer market, but also in an inability to wave goodbye to those who have shown the do not cut the mustard at the Arsenal.
By becoming more assertive, Wenger’s side will inevitably reap the rewards. Clearing out some of the underperformers and bringing in those more worthy of a shot at the first team brings greater levels of competitiveness and those who are underperforming in the first team will have a greater run for their money, rather than being called up regardless of poor form because there simply isn’t anyone better. For example, Thomas Vermaelen’s poor form this season was not met by being dropped from the team, as neither Djourou nor Squillaci could provide any improvement following Per Mertesacker’s injury.
This is not the first time a clearout has been called for at the end of a season. Last summer, a clearout never happened, and talk surrounding the departures of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri occupied the Arsenal board and manager for three months, resulting in a poor start ot the season.
This year, players have already stated their intention to leave the club. Midfielder Denilson has already expressed his desire to stay in Brazil with Sao Paolo, and Real Sociedad seem intent on keeping Carlos Vela. With this being the case, Wenger needs to be ruthless in pushing players out. They aren’t content on staying with Arsenal and, in most cases, have already shown they do not have enough quality to improve the current Gunners team and turn them into contenders for major trophies.
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Amidst all the speculation and contract negotiations in trying to keep Robin Van Persie with the club, Arsenal should also look to be more ruthless and terminate the contracts of those players who have scarcely contributed despite their chances.
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Jack Wilshere is no longer being considered as a possible player for Team GB at the Olympics, according to The Daily Mail.
The Arsenal midfielder is on the road to recovery after missing the entire 2011-12 season through injury, and it is expected that Wilshere will be in training in Gunners pre-season.
Stuart Peace has previously stated that he was considering Wilshere as a potential player to represented the amalgamated team this summer in the London Games.
However, it is now thought that Pearce has succumbed to pressure from club boss Arsene Wenger, and has not included Wilshere in his 35-man Team GB initial shortlist.
The likes of David Beckham and Craig Bellamy have all but been confirmed to be ready to compete, however the remaining players to represent Great Britain are yet to be seen.
Wilshere exclusion will mean that he can focus on getting fit and ready for 2012-13 in north London.
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In comparison to previous clubs, Harry Redknapp left Spurs in a reasonable state. Southampton’s travail in the years subsequent to Redknapp’s departure was an indication of the danger of the manager’s methods. Portsmouth were to discover that for themselves. Though the financial strife at his previous clubs could not be entirely blamed on Redknapp’s transfer policy, it undoubtedly put strains on the finances of the clubs. His signing’s at Portsmouth were numerous and included players such as Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, Lassana Diarra, Glen Johnson and John Utaka – taking the wage bill at Portsmouth to an, unsustainable, record high.
At Tottenham, under the careful stewardship of Daniel Levy, the prospect of a repeat performance from Redknapp was unlikely – especially considering the funds available to the club. However, in the wake of Redknapp’s dismissal, the short termism displayed by Harry has left the squad in a condition far from it’s peak.
The squad appears unbalanced both in terms of players’ age, position and their futures. Suggestions have been made that Levy’s inability to trust the fact that Redknapp had a long tem plan for the club was a cause for his dismissal; one look at the squad suggests this may be the case.
The first problem Spurs need to address is that Redknapp has left them with only one striker. Peter Crouch was unceremoniously sold last season, before Pavlyuchenko departed for Lokomotiv Moscow in an £8m deal, Louis Saha’s short-term deal expired and Emmanuel Adebayor returned to Manchester City.
Jermain Defoe, for all the improvement in his hold up play this year, is not equipped to play as a lone striker and the only remaining option Spurs have is Giovanni Dos Santos – a player who had minimal playing time under Redknapp and is not used to playing as a main striker.
Now, defenders of Redknapp would argue that he was simply getting rid of ineffectual strikers but the fact remains that Tottenham need to sign at least two strikers this summer and, depending on how much they spend, that could rule out the possibility of adding to their squad in other areas.
The central defence is also a problem. With King finally being released and Gallas’ injury problems, which began at Chelsea and have got considerably worse over time, ruling him out for around half a season every season then Tottenham only really have Kaboul and Dawson, who has had a torrid time with injury himself.
Corluka too has been sold and although Kyle Naughton is returning from his loan at Norwich he cannot play at centre half as comfortably as Corluka could.
Then you have the situation with the goalkeepers. Brad Friedel may have begun his Tottenham career well but his late season form was indicative of his age. The American is now 41 and his form will only get worse from here on. Carlo Cudicini and Heurelho Gomes may be reasonable keepers but their poor performances were the reason Friedel was signed in the first place.
Finally, the midfield. Arguably one of the strongest in the league and with Gareth Bale having recently signed a contract extension many at the club will be feeling relieved. Nevertheless, the star man in the midfield – Luka Modric – is reportedly eyeing the exit door and although they may receive a high fee for him a lot of that money will be needed to help purchase cover up front and in central defence.
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Tottenham is far from being in a crisis, but there is work to be done. As much as Redknapp made some brilliant signings whilst at Spurs and delivered success to the club the next manager will be feeling the strain when it comes to rebuilding. And, if that is the case, and that new manager is Andre Villas-Boas, then Spurs fans should be worried considering the Portuguese manager’s last attempts at rebuilding a squad in English football.
So far this summer, Arsenal have been linked with a host of potential talent, as transfer gossip columns remain rife with stories regarding every team in the Premier League and beyond. Having already signed Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud in the hope of strengthening attacking wise, whether or not the remaining transfer speculation will come to fruition is yet to be seen. There is however, a clear pattern, as Arsene Wenger looks to further strengthen his team’s ruthlessness going forward.
But in recent seasons, their wait for a trophy has been prolonged due to sloppy defensive displays and it is no secret that many Gunners’ fans have been anxious about defensive strengthening. Having conceded 44 goals last season, the worry is that without any further signings to add to the Arsenal back four, a similar figure will be conceded in the upcoming season, which will inevitably hinder their chances of success once again as they look to end their seven-year wait for a trophy.
Whilst many will be hopeful of fantastically entertaining matches, where the Gunners simply try and outscore their opponents, other teams will not carry the same levels of naivety and will all make the necessary changes across the pitch to achieve their best this season. A top heavy team may make for some intense football at the Emirates this season, but to end their daunting trophy drought the Gunners will need to add strength in depth in all areas of the pitch as their rivals continue to do so.
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The rejuvenation of the Arsenal attack also leaves their midfield exposed, as Arsene Wenger has denied turning to the transfer market to buy a midfield enforcer. The optimism remains that Abou Diaby will stay fit, meaning Yan M’Vila is no longer linked with a move to North London. Diaby is all too injury prone, and the midfield as a whole fell victim to plenty of injuries at times last season. Remaining optimistic that fate will not repeat itself and choosing not to invest is a bold move, but does suggest an air of naivety that may prove costly.
Of the transfers that have already taken place at Arsenal, Olivier Giroud adds the kind of physicality that many believe has been missing from the Gunners’ setup. But without that added physical strength across the team, they may well find themselves falling into the same trap they have felt before; losing out to more physical sides in the division, such as Stoke, Newcastle or West Ham as they have done in the past.
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Strengthening did need to take place in Arsenal’s attacking line, but the concentration on just that part of the team could prove costly and see Arsenal slump to another season without a trophy. With defensive frailties not being ironed out and midfield cover not catered for, the remainder of the summer transfer window needs to see Arsene Wenger invest in more strength in depth across all areas of the squad.
Although the Premier League season starts at the weekend, the managers have by no means finished their business in the transfer market. Sir Alex Ferguson’s signing of Robin Van Persie from Arsenal shows that there’s plenty more still to come before the end of the month. Teams will already have their targets in place, or in some cases, chased them all summer to ensure they get the right men in to balance up their squads for the challenging months ahead.
The August transfer deadline always provides some last minute entertainment, just think back to Robinho’s move to Manchester City in 2008, announced just minutes before the window shut. Clubs will be hoping to complete their business a little earlier than that though and several deals are hanging in the pipeline waiting to be completed in order to finalise Premier League squads for the season ahead. We take a look at 15 deals that are likely to be completed before the transfer window shuts.
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