Deadline day has been and gone again in a whirlwind of excitement. Expressandstar.com brought you updates of all the activity involving Villa, Blues, Wolves, Albion and Walsall all the way to midnight, plus the big national deals that were done.
Thanks for all your comments, tip-offs and rumours. See also: Deadline day deals - pictures
00:15: Well thats it! The transfer window slams shut with Wolves the big winners bringing three players in.
23:35: NO DEAL! Albion confirm that there will be no more signings. So no striker. Neil Clement also does not leave.
23:33: BIG DEAL! Word spreads that Robinho is now a Manchester City player. Who could have predicted that this morning?
23:07: Fulham have brought in Julian Gray from Coventry City on a season-long loan and released Alexei Smertin by mutual consent.
22:38: DEAL! Matt Hill signs from Preston for an undisclosed fee, with striker Stephen Elliott going the other way.
We just await confirmation of left-back George Friend from Exeter and its a hat-trick!
22:32: NO DEAL! Walsall director Roy Whalley confirms there will be no in’s or out’s at the Banks’s. So Saddlers fans…Anthony Gerrard stays!
22:30: Reading confirm no in’s or outs. Bad news for their rivals. Harper, Doyle and Stephen Hunt all stay!
22:16: Manchester City receive another boost in their bid to land Robinho. Sources in Spain suggest Real Madrid will not sell him to Chelsea.
22:15: Everton sign goalkeeper Carlo Nash from Wigan for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract.
22:13: Deal in place for Robinho is for a transfer fee of £32.5million. Cheap!
22:02: Breaking news. It is emerging that a deal is in place to take Robinho to…Manchester City.
22:00: Now we enter the home straight folks. Two hours to go! Any predictions on who will go next?
21:18: Sunderland defender Danny Higginbotham completes his return to Stoke.
21:15: Wolves awaiting outcome of George Friend’s medical before completing move.
21:14: Reading reject £3.5million offer from Everton for midfielder Stephen Hunt.
21:12: Daniel Cousin signs for Hull from Glasgow Rangers.
21:10: Berbatov undergoes medical at Manchester United.
20:57: NEARLY! Wolves are set to complete the capture of BOTH Preston left-back Matt Hill and Exeter left-back George Friend by midnight.
19:38: Newcastle are thought to be in talks to offload Joey Barton to a club who finished in the top 10 in the Premier League last season.
Portsmouth are rumoured to be trying to sign the midfielder.
19:25: SHOCK DEAL?! Exeter confirm they have accepted a bid from Wolves for highly-rated left-back George Friend. Where does this leave Matt Hill?
19:10: Tottenham have reportedly launched a shock bid for Emile Heskey, who could be replaced at Wigan by Fraizer Campbell.
19:05: Charlton have confirmed that they are yet to conclude a loan deal for Portsmouth defender Linvoy Primus.
18:59: Burnley have signed striker Steven Thompson from Championship rivals Cardiff City.
18:51: Leeds winger Seb Caole will be one player able to move outside by the transfer window, with his deal at Elland Road cancelled by mutual consent.
18:50: News spreads that Stoke have had a bid accepted by Crystal Palace for midfielder Tom Soares.
18:30: Reports in Spain claim that Manchester City have now made a bid for Real Madrid striker Robinho, who has asked to be allowed to join Chelsea.
18:15: Moroccan defender Badr El Kaddouri, who was linked with Villa, has decided to stay with Dynamo Kiev for now.
18:10: Berbatov is in Manchester - but is holding talks with with City’s local rivals United.
18:05: Apparently the Wolves ‘mystery man’ could be Exeter left back George Friend.
18.00: Six hours to go, stick with us for all the latest news.
17.44: Espanyol winger Albert Riera, formerly of Manchester City, has joined Liverpool on a four-year deal for a fee believed to be about £8m.
17.20: DEAL! Wolves complete the signing of Jason Shackell on a four-yeard deal for around £1m.
17.13: Clearly money is no worry for Manchester City’s prospective new owner Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim who has revealed he has made bids for Valencia’s David Villa and Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez.
17.10: Blackburn complete the signing of goalkeeper Mark Bunn from League One side Northampton Town.
17.08: Fulham striker Collins John has joined Dutch side NEC Nijmegen on a free transfer.
16:47: DEAL! Albion confirm the capture of Ryan Donk on a season-long loan from AZ Alkmaar.
16:32: News breaking that Liverpool striker Andriy Voronin is going to the Bundesliga in a season-long loan to Hertha Berlin.
15:59: Liverpool full-back Steve Finnan has signed for Spanish side Espanyol on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
15:58: Walsall boss Jimmy Mullen tells Expressandstar.com that there has been no bid for Anthony Gerrard - or any other player for that matter.
Mullen also does not expect any players to be coming into the club.
15:57: Liverpool bring in their second 18-year-old of the day - Hungarian goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. He spent last season on-loan in the reserves at Anfield and joins from MTK Hungaria.
15:56: League One Peterborough complete the signing of Fulham defender Gabriel Zakuani on a one month loan.
15:55: It emerges that Manchester City are willing to pay £34million for Berbatov, eclipsing Manchester United’s take-it-or-leave-it £25million offer.
15:54: NOT TO WOLVES! Stoke agree a fee to re-sign Danny Higginbotham, who left the Britannia Stadium for Sunderland last summer.
14:51: More pearls of wisdom from SOTV: “Second bid rejected for De Sutter. On to other targets as we speak” and “Wolves have made a loan bid for Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross.”
14:50: WHY? Marseille have completed the signing of defender Tyrone Mears on a season-long loan deal from Derby County.
14:47: NO DEAL? Reported Villa target Henrik Larsson rules out a move by stating he will “not go anywhere.”
14:46: Still nothing from our five clubs. That will change.
14.45: Ahem. Where were we? A few technical issues caused us some problems there. Apologies. Now, on to midnight! Keep those comments coming in.
14:40: Manchester United striker Louis Saha does, as expected, completed his move to Everton after passing his medical, signing a two-year deal.
14:30: OMG! Manchester City ’s bid for Berbatov is accepted and manager Mark Hughes hopes to meet the striker to discuss a move!
14:22: News from the north-west indicates that Wigan second-choice goalkeeper Carlo Nash is on his way to Everton as cover for Tim Howard.
14:21: Plymouth have emerged as the shock favourites to sign released Manchester City Emile Mpenza.
14:17: Reports suggest Sheffield United striker Jon Stead is set to join Ipswich on loan until January.
14:14: Hibernian are in talks with Celtic about bringing Derek Riordan back to Easter Road.
14:10: Sunderland have made a beat-the-deadline to bring West Ham defender George McCartney back to the Stadium of Light.
13:01: WHO? Former Hearts and Celtic defender takes a trip into the unknown by joining Danish club Randers.
12:54: Free agent Freddie Ljungberg turned down a move to Monaco - according to the player’s agent.
12:51: Chelsea defender Paulo Ferreira is apparently in talks over a possible move to West Ham.
12:33: REALLY? Reports in the North West claim that Manchester City have made a late bid to hijack local rivals United’s bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov.
12:18: Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson has turned down a move to Nottingham Forest in the Championship.
12:04: Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Brazilian youngster Vitor Flora on a free transfer.
12:02: Portsmouth have signed Algerian defender Nadir Belhadji from Lens on a season-long loan.
11:30: Shackell arrives at Wolves for a medical.
11:05: HOW MUCH? It is revealed that Man City defender Vedran Corluka signed a six-year deal at Tottenham, for a fee of £8.5million.
11:02: Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo is reportedly on the brink of a move to Hertha Berlin.
10:58: Ooh la la! Rotherham have completed the signing of Spanish forward Omar Garcia on a free transfer, subject to approval from the Football League.
10:52: Commenter SOTV reveals: “Norwich have made a loan bid for Craig Beattie according to my source.”
10:51: Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp insists Lassana Diarra will not be leaving Fratton Park for Tottenham, but admits he needs to sell to balance the books before midnight tonight.
10:43: Derby defender Tyrone Mears is on the verge of a loan move to Marseille after a successful trial spell with the French club.
10:44: Wbabomber has another theory: “Peter Luccin plays for Real Zaragoza, defensive midfielder, apparently Mowbray has scouted him a number of times but was put off by the asking price for a 29 year old.”
10:43: End of an era? Hull are eyeing up Albion defender Neil Clement in a possible permanent move. Clement, the Baggies’ longest serving player, would be ending a eight-year stay at the Hawthorns.
10:40: Rumours continue to fly around that Spurs could still sign Argentine striker Daniel Milito from Real Zaragoza.
10:33: Expect Paul Gallagher’s emergency loan move from Blackburn to Plymouth to be made a season-long loan at some point today.
10:28: Commenter SOTV has the inside track. He believes: “I’ve got someone in the family who works at Albion. The player was Andriy Voronin from Liverpool but it looks very unlikely. We’ve also watched Damian Plessis from Liverpool who’s a defensive midfielder and is avaliable on Loan.
10:12: Jason Shackell is on his way to Wolves for a medical, hoping to tie up a £1million deal by the end of the day.
09:54: BIG DEAL! Tottenham have signed full-back Vedran Corluka from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee. That will please City manager Mark Hughes.
09:48: Big deal from Europe sees Porto reach an agreeement to sell Ricardo Quaresma to Inter Milan.
09:45: Word spreads that Hull are hoping to sign Rangers striker Daniel Cousin before the window closes.
09:30: Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has rejected claims striker Mido could be set for a transfer deadline day move.
09:22: Reports from Spain suggest that Espanyol are in talks with Liverpool over a deal for out-of-favour full-back Steve Finnan.
09:20: NO DEAL! Cercle Brugge have reportedly rejected a bid from West Brom for striker Tom De Sutter.
08:43: Deportivo La Coruna claim they have agreed a fee with Newcastle for striker Xisco.
08:35: Reading striker and reputed Villa target Kevin Doyle admits he remains unsure if he will be staying at the club.
08:32: West Brom have agreed a deal to sign Dutch defender Ryan Donk, according to his club AZ Alkmaar.
08:31: BIG DEAL! News spreads that Tottenham Hotspur have signed Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow on a five-year deal at a cost of £14million.
08:30: Into the hotseat at transfer central. Wolves have Norwich defender Jason Shackell and Preston left-back Matt Hill in their sights, Albion are linked with all and sundry, its surprisingly quiet at Villa Park and Anthony Gerrard may be on his way out of the Banks’s.
429 Comments
We need at least one quality center half (as we’ve needed for two years now) and a Left Back.
Lets hope we can pull some rabbits out the hat.
super mick super mick mccarthy
Albion have had a bid turned down for Tom De Sutter, tall striker who plays in Belgium for Cercle Brugge.
Shackell is a good player and could prove a bargain at around £1 million. Never heard of Matt Hill, is he any good? I still think Higginbotham would be a great assett to us - good player at this level and he’s done it before.
Ryan Donk!!
Cant wait to get a shirt for my dad with Donk on the back, lmao.
By all accounts he is another hot prospect, wonder if there is a fee in place to make it perm.
At this rate we will have half the Dutch u21 side!!
Need a striker and quick. David Nugent seems to be the name were linked with.
Forget about Zheng Zhi now or any other midfielders just sign a striker!
Higginbottom is the one Pay the money Moxey
Wigan are in for Nugent, that ugly bugger Bruce always tries to scupper our transfers!
Nugents not a firm target. We’re in talks with a Prem club over a striker on loan + we’ve made a move for a prem DM. Donk will sign. Maybe use up another 1/2 loans. The likes of Pele..Beattie might go. Clement will go Hull if he passed the medical
1. wolveswolves
If we get these signing will this be the end of Muppet out messages or do you just lack the ability to actually say something useful…
I just cling on to the hope that the new Football Manager will keep you busy and away from this place…
Good win for your lot Saturday.
I am all for the signings we’ve made, very impressed Mr Mowbray.
By all means I appreciate your faith in our forwards but lets please get a challenger for the strikers place. We do need some more power up front. I hear we’re after Nugent. I liked him at PNE. Good solid striker.
i would get athony gerrard and jason shackell and matt hill and higginbotham
10. SOTV
Where u getting your info from are you a mole or maybe TM’s missus?
We don’t need a gun - we’ve got a Donk !!!
Loved this from saturdays timeline on the Bolton game:
15:03: Bolton midfielder Joey O’Brien is lucky not to be punished after a shoulder high tackle into Albion defender Paul Robinson.
15:14: Joey O’Brien is replaced through injury by Bolton boss Gary Megson, to be replaced by Mustapha Riga.
You don’t tackle Robbo like that and get away with it - just suprised it took him a whole 11 minutes to catch up with him !!!
Man City have just been taken over again!!!
If Shackell is such a good player how come he is currently only a sub for Norwich.I can remember his reckless tackle when he got sent off against us.He was also a regular in the Norwich side a couple of years ago that was leaking 3 goals a week. Talk on the Norwich site is the fee will be less than the original £1m offered.No doubt Jez will be telling everybody what a bargain he has negotiated. But Jez it should be all about the value added to the team not just the transfer fee.Like others I think Higginbotham wuold be the better bet to help us get promotion. After the start we have had Mick deserves to get his first choice.
Simple way to solve our problems bid £4M for jason roberts.
walcott for the baggies on loan,,,,,MOWBRAY SIGNING ALL THE GEMS,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,OOOOOOOOOOOH YES.
There is rumour on 606 that Matt Hill has failed a medical!!
I cant say sorry mate i’ve got someone in the family who works in the club. The player was Andrei Vorinon(SP?) from Liverpool but it looks very unlikely. We’ve also watched Damian Plessis from Liverpool who’s a DM and is avaliable on Loan. Clement is having a medical at Hull as we speak. 19) We cant afford he’s wages. He;s on 45k a week at Blackburn.
lets hope we seal the deals for both defenders today, shackell would be an astute signing and matt hill will be a good signing he will not be a huge fans favourite like elokobi but he will be solid and dependable and at least Stephen Elliott is leaving. With us not spending that big on centre halves I have an inkling that he just may just sign 1 more attacking forward/winger, injuries have cost us many times in the past and MM may just add to his firepower.
Where as the baggies need a striker instead of buying defensive player’s, in fairness to albion they havne’t been as bad at the back as expected but they are lacking a quality 10-15 goals a season man i.e kevin phillips, bad decision by mowbray to let him go as miller, bedner, l.moore are not good enough for the top flight and David Nugent as a possible signing again not a big goalscorer.
C’mon you Wolves and lets get the deals done!
Why couldn’t they work this urgently ALL summer to secure transfers?
Bit like a school kid leaving his homework til the last minute and then rushing to finish it.
A.GERRARD 22 CB WALSALL £750K
( handed transfer request in and would get him cheap and quality defender )
C.RIGGOTT 27 CB MIDDLESBROUGH £1.5M
( not getting regular games at mid and cracking centre half )
R.SHAWCROSS 20 CB STOKE £1.5M OR LOAN
( not getting regular games at stoke and an awesome defender … he needs games )
E.WARD 23 CB COVENTRY £1.25M
( cracking defender in champ and could make the step up )
J.MATTOCK 17 LB LEICESTER £1.5M
( great lb .. we need one in .. and still only 17 .. would be geat for wolves with the young and hungry policy)
T.SPURR 20 LB SHEF WED £1.25M
( quality lb .. should be playing for a better club .. and would certainly fit our defensive lb criteria )
LOANS COULD GET IN:
A.SONG from ARSENAL - 20 CB+CM LOAN
J.DJOUROU from ARSENAL - 21 CB+CM LOAN
J.EVANS from MAN U - 20 CB LOAN
C.GUNTER from TOTTENHAM - 18 RB+CB LOAN
M.CRANIE from PORSTMOUTH - 22 RB+CB LOAN
S.SINCLAIR from CHELSEA - 18 WINGER+STRIKER LOAN
( i see this as a great loan in .. as scott would be great cover for our wingers and strikers if they was to get injured or suspended )
SOME CRACKING PLAYERS THERE TO GET IN MICK .. IF YOU COULD GET 3 OF THOSE PLAYERS IN ABOVE ..
1 CB , 1 LB AND S.SINCLAIR I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY !! IN MICK WE TRUST !!
UP THE WOLVES !!
Jason Robert’s!
Now I would have him back, it was only due to Meggo that he left. Very good player, already got 2 in the bag hasn’t he?? Not sure whether Ince would elt him go though to be honest??
25. The Wanderer
looks like Molineux Roar in disguise again…
Peter Luccin plays for Real Zaragoza, defensive midfielder, apparently Mowbray has scouted him a number of times but was put off by the asking price for a 29 year old.
Also heard Benitez is trying to force Pennant out of the door, if i was mobs i would offer him a season long loan with a perm fee in place should we stay up!!
who needs skysports or the e&s when we have SOTV.
You heard it first.
27. EastwoodsDodgyWrist
Shhhhhhhhhh , It’s the last day of transfer window you wont see any posts like that until january now .. i hope you are happy and everyone else now !!
UP THE WOLVES !!
Excitin’ ay it? Wulfies bang on top, we’re bringing ‘em in so fast it’s scary and we get inside info from SOTV. I don’t like the transfer ‘window’ really, but I have to admit it’s fun when things are happening. Mick-Mack and Mowbray. 3 Ms. we should stick together maybe.
29) Last thing i heard is Stoke are trying to pull a 4m deal in for Pennant but Benitez wants him as cover. Clement WILL LEAVE IF he passes a medical at ‘ull. We’ve signed Ryan Donk last night but typical official site hasn’t put it up. Norwich have made a loan bid for Craig Beattie according to my source.
I’ll keep you all updated when i get news in.
Am I the only one who is slightly concerned that we (Wolves) may be about to sign a couple of players who currently cannot get into their respective first teams at Norwich and Preston? Hopefully, their so-called ‘dip in form’ is something that is only temporary!
Can anyone else name the movie I quoted in 15 ? I feel the need to explain it…..
Anyone know much about Shackell? Player of the season 2007 if I’m not mistaken and a the right age too. By the sounds of it, a good buy !
Deadline DAY!!! SO exciting!
WHY ARE WE LETTING PLAYERS GO TO RIVAL CLUBS?
Hi All.
Been busy over last few weeks so not been blogging !!
Interesting as a Baggies fan at mo isn’t it !!! Who is next to sign??
Have it on good authority that there could be a few suprises for us Boingers today..
Keep them peeled & I am sure us baggies will be all very happy come midnight tonight….
We are giving it a good go this time round & backed Mr M… Plus done all this without ending up owing a penny !!!! W.B.A….. Now also stands for Well Balanced Accounts…
Come on lad’s lets now start to climb the table….The only way is up !!!
What does Sotv stand for .. or who is Sotv ??
38 - Clement deserves to be playing regular football, and he aint gonna do that for us now. If he can get a game at Hull then good luck to him. He won’t make the same difference to them in the prem that he did in the CCC.
Such a great servant deserves the chance to play out his career in a first team.
Happy Baggie ,Crocodile Dundee mate.
Who hear remembers Neil Clement’s free kick against Wolves at the Hawthorns? Absolute perfection
38) Because he’s not good enough for the Prem. Clement & Mcshane at center back would be suicide. Clement wants first team football at his age and he knows he wont get it as we have signed Donk + Ollson.
Maybe the reson Mowbray has been playing Beattie, is to add a bit of value? I hope so anyway…cant see any other reason for playing him!
suprise suprise albion linked with more foreign rubbish.
42 - phew… thought I was the only one who got it !!
SOTV…
Mr Donk is not yet signed & It should be TODAY…. Apparently His agent is one of worst to deal with so I hear… So it may still not go through… Within next Hour it will be Yay or Nay….. Deal is there if PLAYER wants it
Nugent….. Show stopper could be Wages
Few Irons in fire on continent as you can see but don’t always beleive the names the headlines are saying… Could be a few little suprises up our sleeves me thinks
Boing Boing
Scott Sinclair is a fantastic striker get him in he is the striker we need!!!
40) …. on the Villa
46) Koren..Teixieria..Zuiverloon..Valero..Dont think they’re rubbish. Keep on signing players who cant get into the Norwich team
46. Are you serious.?
You do know that the last 7 0r 8 years that WBA have been far superior to you Dingles, or have you been locked up?
yes…more foreign rubbish like Tex,Valero,Zuiverloon,Koren….need i go on?! Wolves buying anymore average league 1 players today?
Neil Collins to the Baggies?! Im not going to stand in his way
I have it on good authority that Wigan want Michael Kightly, they have offered 3m and Henri Camara. Interesting!
IMO, we need a striker like Lee Hughes used to be
50 sotv we will keep signing good players thanks very much
and i heard u need a striker we would give you stephen ward but i bet u dont want any big time charlies in the strike force tht aim away from goal for fun
As Matt Hill of Preston North End has failed a medical at Wolves, McCarthy’s men will try & do a swap deal for St Ledger instead.
This is a real rumour…Mowbray is looking at Carlton Cole for a source of firepower.
55 - I would prefer a striker can actually score in the prem… Hughes was class in the CCC but let us down in the top flight.
SOTV - funny name pal - like it !
im sorry lads but how funny is this albion said last year tht they had the best stike force in the world and they loose one player they were to tight to keep hold of and some said they didnt need and whats happend boys only scored one goal and wasnt tht a pen o how the sh*tty have fallen
just remember 16 points is the record mobery wants it because he will be rememberd for jack all else in his amazing manegirial carrear haha
anyway about the week end 5-1 ay couldnt of wrote it any better myself.
Camara wont go back to Wolves. Remember last time he was crying himself to sleep and refused to turn up, he hated it so much…cant blame him!
WOLVES AY WE
from wikipedia just for you!!!
Ryan Donk had an outstanding 2005-2006 season at RKC Waalwijk, and with an expiring contract, he wanted to make a step up to a higher level. AZ first approached him, AFC Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and even Spanish giants FC Barcelona showed serious interest in him.
As for Peter Luccin, he has played for Bordeaux, Marseille, PGS, Celta Vigo, Atletico Madrid…..speaks for itself pal
not sure about nugent i think we’ll be surprised come midnight is it trejo? nugent? or a mysterious striker whose name pops up just before deadline typical albion. i’m so excited that i took my day off today to be able to follow the news as they come in, i love the albion, im maltese and mad albion follower.
WHO IS SOTV .. WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR .. OR WHO IS SOTV ..
AND HOW DOES HE FIND OUT ALL THIS INFORMATION ??
Thanks
“He earned himself a place in the starting line-up and impressed with his performances at AZ. Ryan has stated in an interview that striker Obafemi Martins complemented him as being a “good defender” during a match against Newcastle United for the UEFA Cup.”
the wanderer how do you expect leister to let mattock to go for 1.5 mil when they just refused a 5 mil bid i mean i no liesters acountants are to cleaver i doubt they are that thick
46 wolves? who are you?
first in the championship? since when?
is the championshp that cheap this year.
48) Belive me Ryan Donk has signed mate. He signed last night. It’s a done deal i promise you mate. Nugent’s not a target from what i hear. We did try and get him in January last season on loan but Pompey rejected it. Yes we have a couple of wild cards in the fire but i cant name the players for obvious reasons.
Lets be sensible Albion fans, rather than band around names like Jason Roberts. If we sign a striker it either going to be someone we have been linked to e.g. Nugent (I wouldn’t want him) or perhaps Trejo. Failing that we’ll sign a player no-one has really heard of who will end up setting the place alight e.g a Koren/Gera/Zuiverloon. Expect us to get an improved bid in for this De Sutter guy before the day is over!
We looked very sharpe on Sat, shame Miller couldn’t tuck away his chances. I would realy like to see Bednar given a chance, I reckon he will do damage to opposition, he is deadly when given the chance. Is trejo dead in the water now? His name has not come up for a while?
54. Walker…go away my friend. Do you honestly believe anyone will fall for that one ? I think you’re nothing more than a mischievious little Baggies fan.
37. The Wanderer
I guess your chomping at the bit with excitement, so you should be aloud to post one more ‘i told you so’ list when one of those players signs…
No mention of the player who is actually doing a medical though….
Zigic Zigic!!!! If i chant his name maybe he will come. Worth a try
58) Carlton Cole is not a target.
60 - there is always some nutter who spoils what is otherwise a half decent thread.
Most fans are looking forward to new signings, and yes, wolves have had a great start to the season…. but your childish rubbish just reminds me why I will enjoy us playing in the prem - its keeps us away from morons like you.
p.s - the only way you could have written a 5-1 win any better is if the opposition were not third division last season… but who cares ?
SOTV,
I have heard different so I beg to differ with you. Pen is actually going to paper as we speak…
On other signings I agree you should not name names as it will alert other clubs so please keep it to yourself…..
Lee Ballinger,
Click those heels together aswell & you may just get your wish !!!
Happy Baggie…..
Well said…. Lee Hughes spent most of his WBA Premiership career in Night clubs…. A case of beleiving one’s own Hype !!!!
Next Hour we have another signing my friends !!!
Come on you stripes !!!!!!!!!!!
Wolves have completed the signing of Jason Shackell
The official site have a new story, with moxey saying that matt hill and stephen elliots transfers are seperate deals. So if we miss out on Hill Elliot could still be going, THANK GOD!
62. wikipedia is hardly a credible source, i could go on there now n change the stub about west brom to say you haved won more silverware over the years than us. but i would be just lying, wouldnt i.
76,
do you mean Donk in the next hour or someone else?
SOTV NEWS PLEASE!!!
I’m far away in Malta nowone will hear us!
Buy the way who are you a brick inside the hawthorns?
fricken wolver fans my god will you leave us albion fans enjoy the day???
YOU ARE SOOO BORING!
79. correct, we could put on wiki that wolves are currently a club with aspirations who big players want to sign for….doesnt mean its true!
My Dad’s a …….Something in the club.
No news ATM lads. Ill keep you informed.
ALFRED MILLER
How are you? How is Malta? My folks say hi.
A LB and a CB will do nicely.
Keep in touch.
Cheers
Nathan.
80…
Someone else…………
I have heard a very interesting rumour knocking about in Wolvo that ..
M.Hill has failed a medical due to a heart problem .. And now mick is trying to get D.Higginbotham back in ..
And also the 3rd mystery man is believed to be A.Gerrard from walsall ..
Where Mick Mccarthy hopes to sign Gerrard from under Reading’s noses for £750k.
And J.Shackell has near enough completed his move to Wolves for £1m on a four-year deal from Norwich.
lee craddock
not every sod can go on there mate, these things have to be verified first, they aint stupid, think of the lawsuits they would face if people could change whatever they wanted at the click of a button. and it speaks volumes. HE HAS PLAYED FOR THESE CLUBS, THEY AINT LYING!!
Im with u SOTV; your god as far as im concerned. I have wet myself with all the excitement!
Incontinence pads needed.
Happy Baggie no need to explain but it was crocodile dundee. As the say in Holland go and have another shmoke.
BBC are reporting that the Clement to Hull deal has fell through. He’s still going there i think. We’ve made a fresh bid for Tom De Sutter. Nothing else ATM lads.
lee craddock….
Very very sad & bitter DNA…..
Our squad is a premiership squad whether you like it or not
& it’s only getting stronger by the hour…..
Ave it !!!!
SOTV; your dad’s either JP or TM
According to another local paper which shall not be named DONK has signed.
Higginbotham is going to stoke
medical permitting
SOTV…
Good guess work you are playing the odds well….
We have just had 2 bids excepted for yet unamed players, keep watching !!!!
By the way, bit of national news…. Mr Owen is no longer a newcastle player….
11) A couple of nice days don’t make a summer. Long way to go this season yet.
91. yes, real premiership squad, thats showing all the sighns of being able to compete by not scoring, and having one point.
nice one.
85 hi nathan
I’m fine thank you & malta is still very sunny & hot today. hi to all my friends.
92) Nope your close though lol. Bit quiete in the past hour or so. Keep you updated.
ALL
Reason why Clements deal has fallen through at mo is Derby are interested……..
Just thought I would give youthe real story…..
It’s his choice now
51- whats that got to do with my comment
your that superior no one wants to sponsor you! at the end of the day all these foreign players aint good for the game, whats wrong with british players? or dont they want to go to sandwell.
BTW Donk signed last night but nothing on the O/S yet. Hes signed mark my word.
seb to villa ??????
Just because nobody outside of the UK knows who wolves are!
And i find it hard to believe that nobody wants to sponsor a premiership team that will have its shirt shown worldwide!. It will be because we are holding out for more money. We arnt in a position where we have to “make do” with chaucer
98) No it’s not. He’s still going to Hull as it stands ATM. Theres 10000 reasons why a deal can fall though though.
Lets hope whoever signs, that the same idiots that have been slagging of the signings we have made so far, along with MM, all summer long don’t do the same. One of you that has posted today slagged of the signing of Iwelumo, now you must feel like an idiot eh ?! lets hope the ‘Mick the Muppet’ posts have now ended and you will use your energy getting behind the team, or are you still not happy with the season so far !!??!! …..
Bloody web page went down dinit. I was having convulsions and serious bout of depression. Now were back online.
SOTV. If it aint JP or TM it aint Paul Thompson or Tony Hale?
99
its not no body wants to sponsor us! Its because we’re spoilt for choice (3 of them)
SOTV Son of the Venus!??!!
Today is annoying me now, it started off exciting, but ive got work to do and all i keep doing is checking blooming websites for news that Thierry Henry has signed for the stripes!!
dont cry happy baggie its only a game,funny how you can dish it out all last season and now other people are childish and morons….pot calling the kettle black me thinks mate……
Anybody Else heard the rumour on skysports that wolves are very interested in Ryan Shawcross from Stoke ..
Sky went to there corrspondent in the midlands and was mentioning all the rumours and then he came to wolves .. Said we had completed the signing of jason shackell from norwich and then announced that wolves was very interested in signing ryan shawcross from stoke and were very keen on getting him.
Did anyone else see this on sky .. I think Shawcross would be an absolute steal from stoke and we would have an awesome back 2 with Stearmen ,Shackell And Shawcross !!!
And Shawcross has droped down to 5th defender choice at stoke now with Sonko,Cort,Addulaye Faye and Andrew Davies who they got in from soton .. all in front of him.
Also Stoke are getting danny higginbotham pending his medical. So this could be very true indeed.
And also Wolves 3rd mystery player they are trying to sign is defornatly Ryan Shawcross according to sky sports sources.
GET SHAWCROSS IN MICK !! COME ON YOU WOLVES !!
And is today the only day of the year when we take what taxi drivers tell us seriously??
I hope its not true r we in for ronaldo my mate has said we have offerd a contract. SOTV Can you shed any light please
106) Nope lol. I cant say for obvious reasons but he’s to do something with the first team. We’ve made a fresh bid for Tom De Sutter and his club is thinking about it as we speak. I’ll keep you all updated. 102) No he;s staying at Wolves.
6 DONK i think that bloke will be the KEY
We are top of the league
108 you guessed it
99. Stupid comment. I think most football fans in general will agree they would rather see British/ home grown talent being given a chance at the top level but the British players are too expensive in comparison to their foreign counterparts - Blame Sky TV for the ridiculously uneven distribution of money for that - not the Premiership sides with small/ limited budgets trying to establish themselves in the Top Tier.
Plank!
Ive heard that the Matt Hill deal is off due to the failing of a medical and that our next target (Higginbotham) is in talks with Stoke so we are trying to put together an 11th hour bid for a kid called Williams of Yeovil … £250,000
me mate at the club shop has said!
SOTV DO YOU THINK DE SUTTER WOULD BE JOINING US?
SOMETHING TELLS ME ITS THE SWEDE (OLD) HENRIK LARSEN WHO WOULD BE JOINING US
106….
SOTV is just a fan watching the threads……
103….
Correct WBA do not need the money !! That is a fact… Sponsors need a premiership platform than we need £1m….. We nearly had a deal to announce, I beleive, 2 weeks ago but it stumbled at last minute… Still talking to that company & trying to get over last hurdles “commercially”. Terms & Conditions of contracts are a nightmare in all walks of business & industry.
Some good news coming peeps !!
not 99….but comment 100
103. more people outside the uk know who wolves are than know who albion are.
did you just arrive from another planet.
108; wbabomber; No Henry aint signed but i tell you who has. My Dad. He’s 70, Blind as a bat with a sweet right foot and great in the air. Even got his photo with TM
SOTV; bet you didnt know about that one.
100. would you want to go to sandwell?
What about Bojan from Barcalona
we got shakel get in nice one mick now who’s the 3rd player ???
121 & 123…
Sorry to say you are wrong……
Worldwide WBA have alot more supporters clubs than The Dingles….. FACT
So yet again, Something that the baggies have alot more of than DNA F.C.
Anybody Else heard the rumour on skysports that wolves are very interested in Ryan Shawcross from Stoke ..
Sky went to there corrspondent in the midlands and was mentioning all the rumours and then he came to wolves .. Said we had completed the signing of jason shackell from norwich and then announced that wolves was very interested in signing ryan shawcross from stoke and were very keen on getting him.
Did anyone else see this on sky .. I think Shawcross would be an absolute steal from stoke and we would have an awesome back 2 with Stearmen ,Shackell And Shawcross !!!
And Shawcross has droped down to 5th defender choice at stoke now with Sonko,Cort,Addulaye Faye and Andrew Davies who they got in from soton .. all in front of him.
Also Stoke are getting danny higginbotham pending his medical. So this could be very true indeed.
And also Wolves 3rd mystery player they are trying to sign is defornatly Ryan Shawcross according to sky sports sources.
GET SHAWCROSS IN MICK !! COME ON YOU WOLVES !!
Yes Wolves have made a loan bid for Shawcross, Hill I’m not so sure about. Clement will go to Hull mark my word if he passes a medical but we all know Clemo is injury prone. In if my honest yes i think we will get DE Sutter. No we have not offerd Ronaldo a deal. He would want like 50k a week which we simply cant offer for any player.
TO ALL ALBION FANS
I HEARD DONK IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR DONKEY
WE ARE WOLVES WE ARE WOLVES
121: how did you figure that one out. I know for 100% fact more people in china know who albion are than wolves, same goes for the rest of the far east. making for a large population of the world who havnt got a clue who wolves are!
122…..
Like your style… I think SOTV lives on Venus…
121
AH YESSS DID YOU COUNT THEM YOURSELF?
Higginbottom having a medical at stoke - mick and jez did well with shackell and hill 2 players for the price of higginbottom!!
Did elliot go the other way in the hill deal?
Why? you asked
Tyrone Mears’ Agent is Willie McKay. Dare not comment you would have to delete my feelings!
tell you what everbody youre wasting your time following albion updates i suggest you to be patient wait till 11.45 onwards and mark my word we’ll sign 2 more by midnight!
Nooooo! Everton have a made a bid for SEB!
stoke made a bid for joe ledley omg
Oh dear - even in the middle of all this exciting activity there are still prats like WOLVES AY WE and our resident bell shaking jester Michael bleating on about “who wants to live in sandwell” and how wolves are bigger than Albion…
Its obvious that these morons have no interest in football. If you can’t get excited today and focus on your club then you never will… maybe our shadow is getting on your nerves ??
If we can bring in 1 or even 2 strikers today to compliment what we already have then I will be well happy. Reading the Burf and SOTV is amusing and interesting and both make very believable predictions - I hope you are BOTH right !!!
Michael good to hear from you, but please dont start that old child like argument again, not today anyway.
138….
I will tell you now that we will sign 3 more today
FACT
Second bid rejected for De Sutter. On to other targets as we speak.
141
You move faster than Bolt!!! Keep it coming. It’s both amusing & distracting from actual activity…
Vey Good……
137. 5 million apparently?! sounds like desperation to me. i;d have him here, but not for that much!
How can you say that that is 100% fact?
have you asked everyone in china?
No, shut up.
If you don’t belive me i’ll stop posting the news then.
130
How can you say that that is 100% fact?
have you asked everyone in china?
No, shut up
141 and 142.
Are you sure you 2 are not sitting next to each other in some Internet Cafe sniggering like Beavis and Butthead ?
SOTV
Dont ask why but i kinda happy that this de sutter thing is not working as i think that he will not get more than 3 games for us before we realise that he wasnt what we wanted.
I hope this is not last minute rush buying from the albion. Hpoe something better pops up.
but…you’ve only scored one goal…
139. sorry, cant help but to wind up happybaggie.
I hope its not true about SEB going to Everton. Shawcross from Stoke you say… Interesting!
Keep it up Dingles, signing norwich’s 3rd choice defender & now after Stokes 5th choice, real quality there methinks.
Jester - being a moron is not a wind up - for you its the default setting…. shake those bells !!
SOTV i fully belive you 100% so please keep the news coming
In SOTV we trust
147) I’m not like that. The other lad is a plonker whoever he is. We haven’t recieved any contact from Derby all season except for SKP + Albretchen.
143.yuuup he wont do anything for em there going down with the albion sry terry.
145…
No as I said, It deflects from what is actually happening…. Keep it up !!!!
Please don’t take your ball home …….
130….
Well said & again very very Factual Michael !!
148
Keep watching !!!!
147
Do they have such things on Venus as that is the only way I could ever sit next to SOTV..
Come on you stripes !!!!
now you knoow why dingles fans are so bored today as they cant even get higginbotham a big ha hay from malta
Just face it Wolves fans, you can’t compete in the market with the big boys,losing out to Stoke, keep paying those peanuts
155..
Been called worse than that…. He doth protest to much me thinks !!!!
I have put my wotsit on the block… 3 more before close of play today… SOTV, What you saying???? Also what’s the news on our NEW SPONSOR??
154..
Keep watching
sandwell town to be down by xmas he he!! nice to see the same old story BOTTOM OF THE LEAGUE YET AGAIN!!! he he love it and fantastic win for the gold and black on sat ripped em apart and shouldve been 8 or 9!! and yes happie baggie u know full well u will never be anywhere near as big as wolves, he he tradition, history, stadium, fan base and the list goes on u muppet. we r top of the league!!! he he he cmon me babbies!!
So who is going to be the striker we need??
Sutter, Nugent, Voronin, a nother??!!
I have heard a rumour, but i think it is a wind up so i am not going to disclose it and make myself look a div, although it is from someone who has been a reliable source in the past. Unless i here it from somewhere or someone else im keeping quiet.
152 - Ever present last and this season mate
Keep spending millions on no names! And get up to date you plonker.
SOTV & Burfmeister, please keep posting.
I’m going out of mind here at work, only able to access this sight certain times of day.
I’ve nearly chewed all of my nails off already with the excitement of deadline day.
Come on Albion lets get a striker in and we’re sorted!
Burf meister i have been clicking my heels all day and still no Zigic. Surely TM must see the qualities that player could add. Anyone think an audatious bid for freed ljungberg could be a good idea or is it way out of our budget? Surely his experiences could offer some benefits to the team on the pitch and at the training ground. Zigic, Freddy and trejo would do nicely. Come on baggies. Oh and maybe pennent aswell he would do ok. could be the talisman we need like richardson was when he was with us.
I’d like to say at this point a MASSIVE thanks for keeping this page open til midnight.
It’s a great service to English football.
Heres hoping we get more of a name than De Sutter?? I don;t know anything about the guy.
SOTV
Keep it coming, were you involved in the Watergate scandal at all, or maybe your Deepthroat off the X-Files??
of course SEB isn’t going to Everton…
5 live just anounced SEB having medical at everton aye boing boing
Wigan have offerd Wolves 10m plus Jason Koumas for SEB & M Kites
Happy_baggie. cant help yourself can you. i see you are hardly on the wolves comment pages lately.
was a time we couldnt get rid of you.
its easy to wind people up when your team is doing well. some of us dont just do it when our team is doing well though.
SOTV
Any news on possible striker targets mate?
i heard derby might hijjack man city’s move for berbatov and sign him and ledley king in a deal thought to be worth about 70 million pounds with jay mcevely going the other way
MARK VIDUKA TO WEST BROM
“My 10-year-old has just come home with a football tattoo on his face and I am struggling to remove it before school tomorrow. That’s my transfer news.”
Jimmy Greaves - mark my words he’s coming!
173) No he;s injured ATM so will fail a medical. We missed out on Andrie Voronin.
Very dull atm lads.
Tottenham have accepted Manchester City’s bid of over £30m for Dimitar Berbatov, BBC Sport understands.
Unbeleivable!
Burfmiester i thought Donk wasn’t signing? It’s on O/S now and he signed last night. You know nothing. Your a dingle.
Is anybody else amused by the feud developing between SOTV and Burfmeister?
Its not a competition lads!!
You are both baggie boys (i hope) and both just trying to pass on snippets of info, we dont care if you are right or wrong, either way its keeping me more amused on a Monday than normal.
As we can see…
Medical passed TODAY …. Dotted line signed TODAY….
DONKMIESTER NOW A PREMIERSHIP PLAYER.
Agent Dumped !!!
117 - Vespa, your mate must be drunk, yeovil dont have a williams in their squad
Ah well the ‘Donk@ deal it seems is done and dusted i’ve just had a text alert from the club
180) He passed a medical on Sunday and agreed terms.
No news on strikers though atm
178…
Attention to detail mr Venus…. Never said he wasn’t signing, just said he had not signed last night like you had said… Mr Donk Wasn’t in England till today so all items finalised TODAY.
His Agent is a nightmare, apparently…..
Tez please get a job !
I bet your the real Baz Grimley
Come on Mogga! Where are the strikers??? City have had a £34m bid for Berbatov accepted, lets match them. I’ll sell my house, wife & kids. We’ll only need another £33,850,000!!!!!!!!!
179…
A baggy through & through….
Only person getting personal & ANGRY is SOTV.. As I said he doth protest a little to much for my liking….
SOTV gone a little quiet on the old prediction front…. Prey tell the next target ????
Only way is up boys !!!
174
get your own jokes, that is from bbc sport
173. viva west brom….get your facts straight my friend. Your news should read Mark of West Brom has got a verruka (and I know that’s not how you spell it !)
179. Bomber… how are you my friend ? Yeah haven’t had such a laugh with these posts for a long time not just SOTV and Burfmeister.
Wolves have hijacked Berbatov’s move to one of the Manchester clubs
£1.75m plus Stephen Elliott
Very very dull on the transfers ATM.
ATM we wont be getting a striker untill January,
Filton
Im ok mate, a bit bemused by the transfer deadline day as normal. There wasnt this many rumours floating around since Fleetwood Mac had their number one album in the seventies. (No im not that old, mom and dad are big fans).
17.13 and still no new striker!!
Anybody else getting twitchy at the thought of no new striker until January??
Nordin Amrabat on loan till end of season is what i have been told :-S dutch striker of morrocan decent. from Feyenoord
ONE STRIKER, JUST ONE STRIKER CAPABLE OF 10-12 GOALS IN A PREMIER LEAGUE SEASON, SURELY THAT’S NOT TOO MUCH TOO ASK?!?!?!?
Am I being too melodramatic to say that our season hinges on the next 7 hours?
SOTV tell your dad i scored two yesterday for my sunday league side and we won 2-3. One of them a thirty yard cheeky chip!!!
Bring on the Bomber!!
179; I think its great. Mondays are crap anyhow. I think SOTV should be prime minister, with the Burfmiester as his second in command.
I only went out to the bog and had to read 50 odd blogs!
194) Aint heard anything mate. Us + Pompey have bid for Peter Luccin
You dont need to believe me if you dont wanna as none of you do, Can get the false information from the other clown.
west brom have still got time to gazump the stephen elliott deal.
Bomber - you can’t be that surprised surely? If we do sign someone it will be very late doors - it’s the Albion way! I think we’ll get a striker in either buy or on loan.
The club has just announced that the signinig of Shackell.What about the other lad?
SOTV see post 28, i beat you to that one mate!!
I was told about Luccin yesterday.
196 Bomber… I can remember scoring two as well - it was about the time Albatross got to number 4 in the charts !! Does that count ?
198; SOTV; Please dont get upset. We have to believe in someone, were albion fans dont forget. Its going to be a long day and were all on tenter hooks thinking who are gonna sign. The dingles are the same.
Burfmiester get the kleenex!!
We believe in SOTV.
has hill failed medical nd we want 1 more signing including a nother defender
QPR made an “Enquriy” for Pele.
come on guys were all baggies lets just stop the arguing and wait and see what are supreme manager does next!!
The Hill signing has gone quiet. Does that mean t is off?
Danny Higginbottom is said to have rejected personal terms at stoke and that he is very impressed with the set up at Wolves. Also a young midfielder from Manchester United is Supposed to be discussing the terms of a loan for the rest of the season, i think his name is Ryan Sidewater.
john thats rubbish and wolves need darchville from rangers
West Btoms 4.25m offer for Trejo has been turned down. Will they up there bid SOTV?
Come on 1 new striker please
everton want barton
Liamsouthbank, Darchville is about 36, we dont need anymore old players, we’ve only just started going for the young and hungry. Darchville is well past it. I just heard that Zakinai Bullono from Espanyols youth set up is close to agreeing terms with the Baggies.
No ones coming in ATM. But Dad’s confident something will happen. Look’s like it’s going to the wire lads.
Crystal Palace V MOSES is in the Midlands but at which club
We’re about to sign 20 year old left back George Friend from Exeter.
Wolves are about to seal the signing of Exeter left-back George Friend
wolves have been linked with another defender from exeter called George Friend
Wolves are set to sign George Friend from Exeter City!!!
from the BBC
1804: My Championship Mole tells me that Wolves are about to seal the signing of Exeter left-back George Friend, 20, who has been attracting attention from Premier League clubs like West Ham.
1804: My Championship Mole tells me that Wolves are about to seal the signing of Exeter left-back George Friend, 20, who has been attracting attention from Premier League clubs like West Ham.
Man City’s Benjani may be back on his way to pompy would be a good if we could get him
SOTV Any more news from your end?
GTG for mo having me dinner.
SOTV or Burfmiester any progress on the elusive striker?