Manchester City have announced Roque Santa Cruz and Vladimir Weiss have
left the club on loan moves to Spain, continuing the exodus from the Etihad Stadium.
Not exact matches
Signed
on a free but still a big disappointment, Mauro Zarate
left West Ham for a
loan move to Queens Park Rangers in January and has done little for either
club this season.
Man United want to send the 21 - year - old out
on loan to a Premier League
club this season where he will have guaranteed playing assurances, so say the Sun, but they also state that Januzaj will want to
leave on a permanent basis if the
club try to arrange another
loan move.
Allowing Carl Jenkinson to
leave the
club on loan when they had just six senior defenders always looked like an odd
move by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger — but his solid and consistent displays at right back for West Ham will only be increasing the frustration of Gunners fans.
Whilst many people were frustrated to see the likes of Joel Campbell and Jack Wilshere
leave the
club on loan this season, Calum Chambers
on the other hand looked as if he was in dire need of a
move away.
As well as bringing in big names such as Roberto Soldado, Erik Lamela and Christian Eriksen, Spurs were linked with a
move for a new
left - back, following the decision to allow Benoit Assou - Ekotto to
leave the
club on loan.
Having won La Liga last season, Diego Simeone has so far seen a number of his side's star players
leave for
moves to bigger
clubs, with Diego Costa and Filipe Luis both joining Chelsea, while Thibaut Courtois has also returned to Stamford Bridge after spending three seasons
on loan at the Vicente Calderon.
Ince was perhaps all the more likely to
leave Bloomfield Road after Ian Holloway
left the Tangerines to join Crystal Palace though any
move to Liverpool could involve the player being
loaned back to the
club as they look to push
on with a promotion challenge.
Having been pursued by some top
clubs across Europe the Argentine eventually got his wish to
leave the Estadio do Dragao in February and agreed a
move to Los Che, spending time
on -
loan with Atletico Mineiro in between.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs
on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved
on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders
on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and
loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this
club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these
moves the
club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed
on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons...
moving forward and building
on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep
leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence
on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year
left under contract is criminal for a
club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time
on the training table as
on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this
club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market
club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market
club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought
on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling»
club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has
left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger
on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were
left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
As reported by the Mirror, Serie A side Sampdoria are interested in making a
move for the England man, however the
club are only willing to pay # 6M for the midfielder, with Arsenal unwilling to let the player
leave on loan due to the short amount of time that is
left on his contract.
The 25 - year - old Poland international goalkeeper is currently
on loan at Roma after parent
club Arsenal let him
leave on a temporary deal having made a
move for Petr Cech in the summer.
Rooney is 4/1 to
leave either
on loan to another
club or permanently off - loaded, with Leon Osman declaring today he believes he could see England's record goalscorer back at Goodison Park before he
moves away for a lucrative deal to end his career.
AC Milan have also been strongly linked, and he could very well join the Italian
club on loan prior to
moving to Madrid — but what does seem certain is that he will be
leaving Chelsea.
12 of the players in the matchday squad
on that day have either retired,
moved to another
club, or
left United
on loan.
He becomes the fourth player to
leave the
clubs this winter, with Arda Turan, Javier Mascherano and Rafinha all previously
moving either
on loan or permanent deals.
The 11 pm deadline came and went, and a very quiet transfer window for most
clubs ended with one player coming in, one going out and a few younger lads
moved on or
loaned out for experience.We all know that Eto'o
left on good terms (kind've) last week to go to Sampdoria.