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David Villa to Old Trafford, Fernando Torres to Eastlands & Jermain Defoe to the Camp Nou

Posted by Cathal Breathnach on November 29, 2009 | 5 Comments

Sunday transfer rumours never disappoint do they?

The first one that caught my eye today was a rumour that has been doing the rounds for months and months and month. Manchester United are apparently preparing a massive January transfer window bid for Valencia striker David Villa.

The Spanish international has been linked with a move to the Premier League for years now, but for whatever reasons he remains in La Liga. Sir Alex Ferguson is understood to be in the market for a new frontman after failing to replace you know who last summer. Villa, 27, in my view would be an outstanding addition, however I must admit I would be surprised if a move were to go through.

Meanwhile, Villa’s fellow countryman Fernando Torres has also been linked with a January move today. The Liverpool striker is reportedly a £50 million target for the world’s richest club Manchester City. Torres, 25, has spent just over two years at Anfield, however there has been a lot of talk recently that the Merseyside club may have to offload their star striker to ease the club’s financial problems.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez claimed last week that he would leave the club if he was forced to sell Torres, so taking that into account, a move to Eastlands looks very unlikely. It would be interesting to see if City made a massive bid, how Liverpool would react.

And finally, Barcelona are keeping tabs on Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe with a view to a possible summer bid. The England international has been in cracking form this season and is currently the Premier League’s top scorer after last week’s five goals against Wigan. Defoe, 27, only returned to White Hart Lane during last January’s transfer window after spending a year at Fratton Park with Portsmouth.

I would be gutted to see Defoe leave England because he without doubt one of the finest strikers in Europe. It would be intriguing to see how Defoe would handle life at the very top at such a massive club like Barca, with all due respect to Tottenham.

Anyway, thanks for reading and feel free to leave your comments below.

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5 Responses to “David Villa to Old Trafford, Fernando Torres to Eastlands & Jermain Defoe to the Camp Nou”

  1. Barz
    November 30th, 2009 @ 12:16 am

    If you have absolutely nothing better to offer than “Fernando Torres to Eastlands”, do EVERYBODY a favor and say nothing. What incredible drivel…Some people just like the sound of their own voice, or, in this particulat case, the look of their own words…

  2. Jim
    November 30th, 2009 @ 1:35 pm

    Barz, chill out mate. I think its a good article. Fernando will have to leave soon if he wants Champions League football and silverware! I’d love United to get Villa, even Torres but he’d never come to us now. In fact, didn’t Fergie try for defoe a season or two ago also?

  3. Baz2
    November 30th, 2009 @ 5:55 pm

    Villa to United almost unlikely unless SFA has issues with Berbatov…Torres never going to happen unless Liverpool board goes crazy…Defoe is simply not worth $25…Barca would just have to add few million more to get Villa dudh…

  4. El Guiri
    December 2nd, 2009 @ 12:56 pm

    I can’t see Torres going to Man City, but I could see him moving on at some point in the relatively near future. I think he said when he leaves Liverpool that he’d want to go to Serie A.

    Villa to Man Utd would be amazing, just what we need. but I can’t see it happening cause he has always stated that he would never want to leave Spain.

    Keep up the good articles and dont listen to people like Barz above! ;)

  5. BOHtox
    December 3rd, 2009 @ 4:24 pm

    great post barz what a load of shít this story is

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