Paper talk: Another day of Premiership bitching and madness...

[Pavilionaire]

Selected stories from Sportinglife.com's Paper Talk today:

Middlesbrough will make a £5million swoop for James Harper after selling Lee Cattermole to Wigan.

Tottenham will take a £5million hit to stop Dimitar Berbatov going to Manchester United by selling him to Barcelona or AC Milan for £25million.

Emmanuel Adebayor fears he has blown his move to Barcelona.

Gareth Barry has been told it is not too late to be accepted back into the fold at Aston Villa.

Everton boss David Moyes is ready to splash the Andy Johnson transfer cash on Wagner Love. Johnson is heading to Fulham for £10.7million.

Pascal Chimbonda is poised to become Sunderland’s highest-paid player.

Martin O’Neill has warned Liverpool to stump up £18million in cash for Gareth Barry – or the deal is off.

Middlesbrough have accepted a £3.5million bid from Wigan for Lee Cattermole.

Carlos Tevez risked incurring the wrath of Sir Alex Ferguson by claiming Manchester United should grant Cristiano Ronaldo his wish and let him join Real Madrid.

Chelsea are bracing themselves for another huge increase in salaries that could take their annual wage bill close to £150million.

Alexander Hleb has claimed “political differences” are undermining Arsenal’s plans for the new season.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

5 complete/quoted transfers - £62.2m.
Two potential/protracted transfers - £80m+ (combined)
Wage bill - £150m

Credit crunch? What credit crunch?

 

[7:18]

same old same old I'm afraid...

 

[Pavilionaire]

Every one of those stories is ludicrous. I'd love to know what Brian Clough, Bill Nicholson or Bill Shankly would have to say if they were still alive.

James Harper for £5 million!!!

We thought we'd done well to sell Bobby for £1.5million, 20% of which wasn't even ours.

 

[Trigger]

Sulley Muntari - Portsmouth to Inter Milan - £12.7m

 

[Tooting Gull]

It is madness. Basically now, if you've played in the Premier League, you are worth stupid money. What you actually did while you were there (ie got your team relegated) seems to matter less.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Andy Johnson - if he goes to Fulham for £10 1/2 mill that will be over £20million in fees for the bald twat, all because he had one good season for Palace in 2004/05 - unbelievable.

I also love the way players like Hleb keep bitching even after they've left, whilst the likes of Tevez and Drogba feel they can say what they like when they like.

 

[Easy 10]

I thought you'd given up bothering with the Prem, Pav.

 

[Pavilionaire]

In a year's time what will Hull be asking for Dean Windass? Will he be the UK's first £million plus 40 year old?

 

[Pavilionaire]

Easy, I'm just milking it before the season starts!

Some of these stories are simply incredible even by the standards of recent seasons.

Darts - now there's a good, honest, dramatic, exciting spectacle with decent sportsmanship, no cheating and players who REALLY need the money and care about what they do.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Andy Johnson - if he goes to Fulham for £10 1/2 mill that will be over £20million in fees for the bald twat, all because scored a few penalties for Palace in 2004/05 - unbelievable.
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Fixed your post

 

[y2dave]

With even the promoted clubs seriously splashing out on transfer fees you have to hope budgets are being managed effectively.

I think West Brom have probably had the most sane approach over the last few years, they seem to trade very well and be in the running for premiership football every season one way or another.

 

[Trigger]

Darts - now there's a good, honest, dramatic, exciting spectacle with decent sportsmanship, no cheating and players who REALLY need the money and care about what they do.

And two fabulous moustaches on show right now, SS2.

 

[northstandnorth]

give up on the premieshit and boycott any pub showing sky,the only way to get out of this madness is to hit back with the only weapon we have.

they want every last penny we have in our pockets,keep your cash and if you must watch premiershit find a live feed

 

[Pavilionaire]

How about this for a team of misfits and unproven Prem players - £107 million for a side that would be lucky to finish mid-table:

1. Robinson (£5 mill)
2. Chimbonda (£8 mill)
3. Behrami (£5 mill)
4. Curtis Davies (£8 mill)
5. Dossena (£7 million)
6. Harper (£5 mill)
7. Modric (£16.6 mill)
8. Muntari (£12.7 mill)
9. Elmander (£10 mill)
10. Jo (£19 mill)
11.Andy Johnson (£10.7 million)

 

[Munkfish]

who is Elmander signed for?

 

[Icy Gull]

Zamora and Johnson up front for Fulham is gonna be quite interesting imo