Transfer Rumours: Saturday July 17, 2010
Rumour • Author: Mehmet Pozam • Saturday, July 17, 2010
In today's press scan, news reports from the Turkish and International press linking Fenerbahçe with transfer moves for Nilmar, Brandão, Asamoah Gyan, Issiar Dia, Vladimír Weiss and others. Please note that Fenerbahçe Worldwide does not confirm any of the following transfer rumours.
The following transfer rumours were linked in Turkish and International media, although each is pure speculation unless the club issues an official statement. We do not hold any of the rumours to be truth.
Fenerbahçe Worldwide will publish one article of transfer rumours per day (as long as there is demand), and the list will be updated throughout the day as more are reported. Please check the article periodically for updates.
Nilmar (Villareal)
Striker / Right winger - 25 years old
Hürriyet
Turkish daily Hürriyet reports that Fenerbahçe have made La Liga side Villareal a formal offer for Brazilian striker Nilmar. Rumours are that the offer consists of cash plus part exchange, involving a certain Yellow Canaries Spanish striker. Villareal are reportedly keen on the proposal, but want just a bit more cash from Fener.
Brandão (Olympique de Marseille)
Striker - 30 years old
Sabah
Sabah suggests that Fenerbahçe have targeted Olympique de Marseille's Brandão. With Chelsea hoping to add Liverpool's Fernando Torres to their ranks, Didier Drogba could soon complete a move to OM. If so, São Paulo born Brandão will look to depart from the French side and rumours are that agents have already offered the 30-year-old tall forward to Fenerbahçe.
Asamoah Gyan (Rennes)
Striker - 24 years old
Sabah, Habertürk
Sabah suggests that Rennes are lowering their asking price in hopes of sealing a deal with Fenerbahçe. Meanwhile, Habertürk claims that Fenerbahçe have shook hands with the Ghanaian striker and are now negotiating with the French club. With interest from Sunderland and West Ham United and despite Gyan's preferance to play in the Premier League, the Yellow Canaries are still reported to have the best offer on the table.
Issiar Dia (AS Nancy)
Striker / Winger - 23 years old
L'Equipe, Sabah, Milliyet
French sports daily L'Equipe reports that AS Nancy-Lorraine are not satisfied with Fenerbahçe's offer for Issiar Dia and they are looking for a higher offer. L'Equipe suggests that tables are now turning towards Monaco who are also eager to snatch the 23-year-old Senegalese winger. Sabah also writes that Bundesliga sides VfL Wolfsburg and Stuttgart are also interested in Dia.
Vladimír Weiss (Manchester City)
Midfielder/Winger - 20 years old
Il Secolo
Italy's Il Secolo reveals Fenerbahçe's interest in Manchester City midfielder Vladimír Weiss. While Sampdoria are also reported to be interested, Il Secolo claims that a number of clubs are also after the 20-year-old, including 'particularly aggressive' Fenerbahçe. Rumours are that City does not want to let go of Weiss and are looking to send him out on a loan, like last season when he played at Bolton Wanderers.
Disclaimer: Fenerbahçe Worldwide does not confirm any of the above rumours or state that they are anything else than mere speculation. Please wait for official announcements from the club management.
(Pictured above, Vladimír Weiss)
Comments (129)
They say there will be a suprise on fenerbahce day
star suggests Ronaldinho!..i wish.
However, im happy if Aziz Baskan decided to transfer a "big player"
19th of July
We only need a good partner for Lugano and maybe a striker ( I personally don't think we need a striker )
Aykut wont even last till the season starts lol
Serdar, it can't be like that cause we sacked the coach who led us through those seasons for losing the title by 1 point lol.
Daum may have played boring football last season but its quite clear that it was what Fenerbahce has to do for now until we sort ourselves out.
compare Alex with 3/4 years ago - right now we can't expect Alex to turn the game around to our hand anymore.
there never was a bid on Alex btw so i don't think that we can honour him about that but yes indeed he deserves a statue for all what he has done for us.
Taner Yalcin has only ever played 10 games for FC Koln and now he has scored 2 goals against Fenerbahce.
Memz, there were actually bids. I remember in a UEFA interview he said it was always difficult each season with big teams asking for his services but it had become a more simple choice as he had gotten older.
Alex was actually a much sought after player. We're lucky that he had contract issues with Parma cause goodness knows if we would ever have landed him while he was in Italy.
for a minute i thouoght weer coming back...
we had 40 millions for transfers this season and we only payed 2.5 for soth and 3 for caner, how much left? lets say 35, we can get literally ANY defender in the world, mertesacker, westermann and are the others germans... y dont we get servet?
probably fenerbahce are going to do what they did to Robert Enke (RIP ENKE!)
Im losing my faith in that team now.
What the hell is aziz doing in management and what the hell is aykut kocaman doing?
tobe tobe.
Gokhan is our best right back, but he also knows how to defend at center back, something bilica seems to know nothing about. And we needed another CB last january, instead we brought Gokhan Unal.
I also have very little faith in aziz and his understanding of the game. The choices he's made on transfers these past 2 years show that he needs to stay away from the football aspect of running the club. But his ego will never allow that to happen.
-------------------------Volkan
--------Gokhan------Lugano-----NEW CB----Andre
--------------------------Crisitan
-------------------Emre--------------Ugur
------------------Topuz (Stoch)-------------Alex
---------------------------Kazim
Looking at things this is going to be a really difficult season for Fener. You have bursaspor, besiktas, galatasaray, and trabzon all looking fairly decent. Even some of the smaller clubs have made some good signings.
Yet Fener looks worse then they did last season. We could be looking at one of the worst seasons of Fener's history.
F**K THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calm down! It's just a friendly...
Have you even seen how our players are playing football at the moment.
its a 1 sided game.
Aykut, gtfo. You're not nearly good and experienced to manage a big team like Fenerbahce. Just bring Pellegrini, Magath or whoever, Aykut just go scout some youngsters, seriously. This is just f*cking embarrasing.
HEM DESTEK TAM DESTEK, FENERBAHCE FOR LIFE!!!!!!
Also after two seasons of bad play, its a big gamble to employ an unknown in aykut.
most star players don't even want to go to turkey cause they never give it a chance or think they won't get any experience there.
Aragones wasn't scared to play differently. I know I hated on the old man back then but imagine if we had waited..
He likes a 2 striker system as well so it would have made a lot of you guys happy..
Now on to our players, the problems are simple. Too much sex, drinking, poor diets, lack of working out during the World Cup and spending too much time at the clubs. Both Gokhans, Ugur, Mehmet Topuz, and Ozer are prime examples of what I said about what's wrong with the players.
they dont have the strength to stay up until 3:00 am with a strapped up shoulder or with crutches...
I don't know about Ozer (I always thought he is like this), but Gokhan Gonul and Ugur Boral, hell no.