Football : Season 08/09

Originally Posted by harmitage

Quite a few teams having being doing it legitimately this season. Isn't that fun enough for you.

[punky]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

According to Rafa you have been taping him up for quite a while though, some thing Harry seems to be making quite a habit of recently, seems like he is losing the plot keep saying 'there is a mole leaking transfer targets', it's YOU Harry, everytime he does an interview he name drops another player, don't take much to unsettle players these days does it, well that and a few phone calls I suspect.

Keane wasn't tapped up. Redknapp was asked when he though of Keane, not if he wanted to buy him. He said himself all they had to say was no and that would have been the end of it. In the end they didn't say no because they wanted to sell him. A player who might be with a Premier League winning club is being tapped up by facing relegation? Come off it.

Seems like it was a done deal to me before the window closed, deciding how the payments are made is irrelevant.

No, it isn't irrelevent.

Originally Posted by Damien

Deal has been confirmed by the Player and his old club.

Far from it. The FA haven't confirmed it neither has any club or player, and there's much more doubt.

http://gunnerblog.com/?p=1455

The FA’s Director of Communications, Adrian Bevington, has spoken to the Russian media about the Andrei Arshavin deal:

“Yes, it’s true, the transfer is in doubt. There is a chance it will take us 2-3 days. The odds are 50/50. If the transfer is declared invalid, Arshavin will be returned to Zenit. We can’t rule this out. I don’t think that would be a severe ruling: both clubs had a lot of time to complete it during the window.�

And Arshavin himself said:

I think so. The negotiations come to a close, the details tomorrow. Now I can say only one thing - if I play in the "Arsenal", then at number 23.

3 days now? Like hell this was caused by snow. Its Arsenal flouting the rules, plain and simple. There aren't many clubs thats would get away with it. Wigan wouldn't.

[Julian]

On the subject of Mr Redknapp - The Official Harry Redknapp Post Match Interview Decision Tree

Originally Posted by punky

The FA haven't confirmed it neither has any club or player, and there's much more doubt...

..3 days now? Like hell this was caused by snow. Its Arsenal flouting the rules, plain and simple. There aren't many clubs thats would get away with it. Wigan wouldn't.

The FA, in that quote, said it would take 3 days for them to confirm, not that they are giving Arsenal 3 days to complete the transfer. Most sources are saying the paperwork is done.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...890692,00.html

Zenit St Petersburg have confirmed Arsenal have signed Andrei Arshavin.

The Russian's on-off move to Emirates Stadium dominated transfer deadline day with the deal not being confirmed by the close of play on Monday.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger told Sky Sports News on Monday that the deal would go through and was being held up as it was yet to be ratified by the Premier League...

..The Premier League is expected to finalise the paperwork on Tuesday to allow Arshavin to seal his switch to North London and Zenit claim the move has gone through in a deal worth more than £12million.

Also the 'snow' seems to have caused admin problems for the Premier League:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ransfer-window

It is believed all the relevant complex documentation is in place at the Premier League, but the transfer has yet to be formally ratified because of administration delays caused by the snow that crippled London's transport networks yesterday.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by punky

Keane wasn't tapped up. Redknapp was asked when he though of Keane, not if he wanted to buy him. He said himself all they had to say was no and that would have been the end of it. In the end they didn't say no because they wanted to sell him. A player who might be with a Premier League winning club is being tapped up by facing relegation? Come off it.

He said

Redknapp said this week: 'I won’t sit here and say I wouldn’t like to have Robbie Keane at my club because I would be a liar if I did.'

Why is he even commenting on other players if there is no ulterior motive for the comments, surely he has enough to concentrate on what with spuds dire predicament. So far that's Liverpool, Wigan, Sunderland and Middlesborough that have said he's been tapping up players, they cant all be telling lies.

No, it isn't irrelevent

Looks like it is, even your own link suggests so, you know the one where you attempted to make light weather conditions

[punky]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

He said

Redknapp said this week: 'I won’t sit here and say I wouldn’t like to have Robbie Keane at my club because I would be a liar if I did.'

Why is he even commenting on other players if there is no ulterior motive for the comments, surely he has enough to concentrate on what with spuds dire predicament. So far that's Liverpool, Wigan, Sunderland and Middlesborough that have said he's been tapping up players, they cant all be telling lies.

And if he said "I won’t sit here and say I wouldn’t like to have Kaka at my club because I would be a liar if I did" AC Milan's lawyers would be in contact? Rubbish.

And speaking of Sunderland, the Sunderland that said they wanted to put in an offer for Bent? If Redknapp's quote is tapping up, then surely Sbragia's is.

If we tapped up Keane, do you think Rafa would have sold him to us within a couple of days at a £6m loss? Especially after we made them apologise and donate to our club charity? Yeah, right.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by punky

And if he said "I won’t sit here and say I wouldn’t like to have Kaka at my club because I would be a liar if I did" AC Milan's lawyers would be in contact? Rubbish.

And speaking of Sunderland, the Sunderland that said they wanted to put in an offer for Bent? If Redknapp's quote is tapping up, then surely Sbragia's is.

If we tapped up Keane, do you think Rafa would have sold him to us within a couple of days at a £6m loss? Especially after we made them apologise and donate to our club charity? Yeah, right.

Right so everyone else is lying, thanks for clarifying

It's been confirmed: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...888728,00.html

Andrei Arshavin has officially completed his transfer from Zenit St Petersburg to Arsenal, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal with the Gunners.
The Russia international passed a medical and agreed personal terms with Arsenal on Monday, but the switch to Emirates Stadium was not sealed until the day after the deadline, following delayed ratification from the Premier League.

[Turkey Machine]

If Arsenal flouted the rules, then they should be punished accordingly. If they didn't, all kudos to them for finally getting their fingers outta their asses and signing the goddamn player!

[punky]

Like the Woolwich Wanderers would be punished.

It started when they bought their place in the league one expansion from the FA in the early 1900s. Spurs finished 20th in league one, Barnsley finished 3rd in League two, yet the spot went to the Woolwich mob despite them finishing 6th in league two.

---------- Post added at 19:46 ---------- Previous post was at 19:45 ----------

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Right so everyone else is lying, thanks for clarifying

Talk is cheap. If we did anything wrong, then why not go to the FA? Put their money where their mouth is? Levy did. Everyone else would rather **** and moan where there is no case to answer.

Originally Posted by punky

Like the Woolwich Wanderers would be punished.

It started when they bought their place in the league one expansion from the FA. Spurs finished 20th in league one, Barnsley finished 3rd in League two, yet the spot went to the Woolwich mob despite them finishing 6th in league two.
.

That was over a 100 ago! Neither of us were born! That is a massive grudge to hold

Anyway, It appears as if Arsenal did secure the player by the deadline so, as you so nicely put it, people don't need to moan where there is no case to answer

[punky]

Grudge, moi

I don't hold a grudge. If Arsenal signed him 3 days ago, i'd have been a bit jealous but that would have been it. However I from all the comments from the players in the deal I have seen, I can't see it being legal. Whether anyone thinks its worth challenging, remains to be seen.

It seems Arsenal were close to the deadline, The Sun reported that the documents arrived at FA only a few minutes before 5pm. Any mistakes would cause a problem as the deadline would have passed so if any documents were missing the deal would have fallen though.

So far though, The Sun, Sky, the BBC and The Guardian are all saying the deal was done by 5pm.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

To The Daddy, l trust you ain't having a dig at me, I was watching the deal all day, and ARSHAVIN, (if that is the way its spelt, my ways sounded the same) from the time he arrived in London, He was taken twice to the club, but the deal was called off twice by Zenit.

I was wondering, could Tottenham jump in a steal him, and this was the way it was going all day. As soon as l heard new about him, l put on straight on the forum, as everyone was keen to know.

[Nugget]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

<snip>I was wondering, could Tottenham jump in a steal him, and this was the way it was going all day. As soon as l heard new about him, l put on straight on the forum, as everyone was keen to know.

Come on Arthur - there was no way that Spurs were going to sign Arshavin. He's never played for them before