Deadline day has passed - What a relief!


EVERY football fan longs for the transfer window to open. The fact is, despite the excitement and entertainment deadline day brings, most are quietly disappointed when it reaches its climax.
EVERY football fan longs for the transfer window to open. The fact is, despite the excitement and entertainment deadline day brings, most are quietly disappointed when it reaches its climax.
After a relatively dormant transfer window this January, we were looking for some big movements on the classic 'final day.'
All in all, it was a rather disappointing transfer deadline day. There was a few surprises here and there, and Harry Redknapp did his best to promote the uses of the last minute moves as per usual, but there were no fireworks to keep us all up past midnight. It closes what has been a quiet January overall.
The name Nick Powell might not mean much to fans of clubs higher up in the Football League, but they may not be waiting too long to find out.
Free-scoring striker Marcello Trotta could be on his way to a Championship club near you as an assortment of clubs are rumoured to be quietly interested, the kind of shyness which occurs in teenage love ah bless them, in taking the Fulham youngster on loan.
To be a supporter of Wales is always a challenge, no matter the sport. As a small nation we shouldn’t be able to compete, yet when we suddenly get a decent group of players the pressure heaped on them is so great that they inevitably crumble or just lose the passion to play for the nation. The Welsh football team seems to have a peak every 20 years, where we nearly qualify for something, then it all goes wrong for a while.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has offered David Beckham the opportunity to return to the Premier League.
Full story: Metro
Mark Hughes has promised longevity in his new role at Queens Park Rangers after saying “he’s in the job for the long term.”
January is finally upon us and we all know what that means; the re-opening of the transfer window. 31 days of gossip fuelled news and players making the moves from club-to-club, either on loan or permanently. But, who does need to sign who before February 1st? Find out below.
Martin Jol’s return to the Premier League as manager of Fulham hasn’t been the easiest of rides, knocked out of the Europa League in the first round after a dramatic late capitulation to Odense, they have suffered domestically too, 3-1 home defeats to Everton and Tottenham, comfortable 2-0 defeats to Swansea and Wolves threatened a season that may have been metaphorically as long for Jol as it actually had been, with the campaign beginning as far back as June 30th.
Chelsea are 1.3 shots to beat Fulham in their Boxing Day clash at The Bridge, and if the stats are anything to go by then they really should take care of their neighbours and get back on the winning trail.
FootballFriendsonline.com believes a deal for Gary Cahill to Chelsea was done in November.
Manchester United face Fulham in their final Premier League match before Christmas at Craven Cottage tomorrow. So with that in mind it’s worth taking a look at these three players who we should be wary of going into the game:
Manchester United will be looking to end 2011 on a high-note by winning their final Premier League game at Craven Cottage tonight against Martin Jol’s tricky Fulham side.
Of course on Wednesday, Manchester United travel down to Craven Cottage to play Fulham. With that in mind it’s worth looking at these 6 individuals who have spent time at United and Fulham in their careers.