Plenty of transfer news today starting with the players who have officially moved clubs. Malouda has signed for Chelseas for about 13 million, Bellamy has signed for West Ham in a club record 7.5 million transfer, and Wigan have signed Jason Koumas for 5.3 million. I've talked about each player before but out of the 3, I would have taken Koumas.
Controversial decision some would say, but Koumas is someone I rate very highly, he has the potential to be an attacking midfielder in the same mould as Riquelme or Totti, though maybe not quite as naturally gifted as those two. Still, if he is played in the hole behind the strikers and allowed a free role, then Wigan will have a very dangerous player on their books. Even if he's played in a more orthodox central midfield role then he'll still be able to influence games, as long as there is a defensive midfielder alongside him. However, if he is played out of position, then we won't see the best of him and that would be a real shame. The fact that Wigan have spent 5.3 million on him suggests to me that he'll be allowed to orchestrate the midfield, and I can't wait to see him in action.
Man City are about to make their first signing of the season. Rolando Bianchi of Reggina is the target, and the price has been agreed at about 8.8 million, so personal terms now have to be sorted out. Bianchi is a 24 year old striker and was the 4th top scorer in Serie A last season. I haven't seen a huge amount of him but City really need a striker, and he does seem to be quite highly rated. Didn't take a huge amount of brain power to work out that City really needed a striker, but it does look like Sven is getting ready to seriously bolster the squad, so expect more City news in the next couple of weeks.
The City chairman, Shinawatra, has officially been told to appear in front of the Thai supreme court for corruption charges. He is due to appear on the 14th August but it's pretty clear he's not going to turn up. The government won't deport him because now he's part of a very powerful organisation so he'll just wait till the charges go away or someone new comes to power in Thailand. I'm just so glad that he's in our country.
Lastly, it appears David Nugent has agreed terms and will be moving to Portsmouth tomorrow in a 6 million pound deal. I'm a big fan, he looks like he has all the attributes to be a top Premiership striker, and he should do very well at Portsmouth. What impresses me the most is that he has a great combination of pace and strength, quite like Dean Ashton, and he knows how to use both for his advantage. He's also an intelligent player, who reads the game very well and that is why he has that knack of being in the right place at the right time. I can see him getting into double figures this season.
A lot of news today, and looking at the transfer rumours, there should be a lot more news to come this week. I'm so excited I'm going to have to go to the toilet. And on that bombshell, I shall leave you. See you tomorrow.
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I've got to agree with you on the Koumas transfer - a player with plenty of potential, I hope he isn't deployed out of position. Malouda and Bellamy may be bigger money transfers but I can see Malouda having as much impact as Kalou has had at Chelsea and it'll be interesting to see how Bellamy deals with life in London. We'll just have to wait and see though.....!
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