Premier League Results

Saturday 12th January 2008

Arsenal 1-1 Birmingham City
Aston Villa 3-1 Reading
Derby County 0-1 Wigan Athletic
Middlesbrough 1-1 Liverpool
Everton 1-0 Manchester City
Chelsea 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United 2-1 Fulham
Manchester United 6-0 Newcastle United

All UK transfers so far in 2008

10 January 2008

Ed Asafu-Adjaye [Luton - Salisbury] Loan
Ahmet Brkovic [Luton - Millwall] Free
Chris Coyne [Luton - Colchester] £350,000
Sylvain Ebanks-Blake [Plymouth - Wolves] £1.5m
David Edwards [Luton - Wolves] £675,000
Lewis Emanuel [Luton - Lincoln] Loan
Peter Enckelman [Blackburn - Cardiff] Loan
Ryan Hall [Crystal Palace - Dagenham & Redbridge] Loan
Johnny Harkness [Kidderminster - Worcester] Loan
Shwan Jalal [Peterborough - Morecambe] Loan
Darren Kenton [Leicester - Leeds] Loan
Mark Little [Wolves - Northampton] Loan
Lee Martin [Man Utd - Sheff Utd[ Loan
Brendan Moloney [Nottm Forest - Chesterfield] Loan
Craig Rocastle [Port Vale - Gillingham] Loan
Gavin Strachan [Peterborough - Notts County] Free
Peter Sweeney [Stoke - Leeds] Free
Callum Willock [Port Vale - Stevenage] Free

9 January 2008

Robbie Savage [Blackburn - Derby] £1.5m
Jason Byrne [Cardiff - Bohemians] Free
Richard Chaplow [West Brom - Preston] £800,000
John Halls [Reading - Crystal Palace] Loan
Chris Herd [Aston Villa - Port Vale] Loan
Marc Laird [Manchester City - Millwall] Free
Diego Leon [Grasshopper Zurich - Barnsley] Free
Dave Mulligan [Scunthorpe - Port Vale] Loan
Phil Starkey [Ebbsfleet - Tonbridge] Loan

8 January 2008

Sam Aiston [Northampton - Wrexham] Free
Phil Bolland [Chester - Wrexham] Free
Gabor Bori [MTK Hungaria - Leicester] Loan
Danny Coles [Hull - Bristol Rovers] Undisclosed
Colin Daniel [Crewe - Grays] Loan
Paul Heckingbottom [Barnsley - Bradford] Free
Kevin Horlock [Doncaster - Scunthorpe] Free
Bradley Johnson [Northampton - Leeds) £250,000
Joe Lewis [Norwich - Peterborough] £400,000
Paul Mayo [Notts County - Darlington] Loan
Jason Norville [Barnet - Woking] Free
Sam Oji [unattached - Leyton Orient]
Richard O'Donnell [Sheff Wed - Rotherham] Loan
Laurent Robert [Unattached - Derby]
Ian Ross [Sheff Utd - Rotherham] Free
Simon Rusk [Northwich - York] Free
Scott Spencer [Everton - Yeovil] Loan
Rowan Vine [Birmingham - QPR] £1,000,000
Gavin Ward [Chester - Wrexham] Free

7 January 2008

Ben Alnwick [Tottenham - Leicester] Loan
Jonathan Hayes [Leicester - Northampton] Loan
Stephen McPhee [Hull - Blackpool] Undisclosed
Michael Poke [Southampton - Torquay] Loan
Danijel Subotic [Basle - Portsmouth] Undisclosed
Ben Tozer [Swindon - Newcastle] Undisclosed

5 January 2008

Lionel Ainsworth [Hereford - Watford] Undisclosed
William Easton [Dundee Utd - Ayr Utd] Free

4 January 2008

Felix Bastians [Nottingham Forest - Notts County] Loan
Craig Bentham [Bradford - Farsley] Loan
Dean Bennett [Chester - Kidderminster] Loan
Ryan Bertrand [Chelsea - Norwich] Loan
Martin Brittain [Unattached - Walsall] Free
Steve Bushell [Halifax - Hyde United] Free
Paul Carden [Accrington - Cambridge] Loan
Nick Carle [Genclerbirligi - Bristol City] Undisclosed
Ian Craney [Swansea - Accrington] £85,000
Jermaine Easter [Wycombe - Plymouth] £210,000
Jonny Evans [Man Utd - Sunderland] Loan
Adrian Forbes [Blackpool - Millwall] Undisclosed
Santos Gaia [Stevenage - Grays] Free
Adam Gross [Grays - Weymouth] Loan
Fitz Hall [Wigan - QPR] Undisclosed
Marcus Holness [Oldham - Rochdale] Free
Damian Jarrett [Unattached - Stafford] Free
Neil Kilkenny [Birmingham - Leeds] Loan
Leon Knight [Milton Keynes Dons - Wycombe] Undisclosed
James Lawson [Grays - Chelmsford City] Free
Ryan Lynch [Crewe - Stafford] Loan
Sherjill MacDonald [Apeldoorn - West Brom] £200,000
Craig McAllister [Grays - Oxford United] Undisclosed
Michael Malcolm [Rushden & Diamonds - Weymouth] Non-contract
Shelton Martis [West Brom - Scunthorpe] Loan
Adam Miller [Stevenage - Gillingham] Undisclosed
Danny Mills [Man City - Derby] Loan
Jon Munday [Kidderminster - Worcester] Loan
Adam Murray [Macclesfield - Oxford United] Undisclosed
Fred Murray [Stafford - Stevenage] Free
John Nutter [Stevenage - Gillingham] Undisclosed
Matthew Pattison [Newcastle - Norwich] Undisclosed
Lee Ridley [Cheltenham - Lincoln] Loan
Lloyd Rigby [Rochdale - Vauxhall Motors] Loan
David Roberts [Bangor City - Weymouth] Non-contract
Ian Selley [Lewes - Grays] Free
Adam Smith [Chesterfield - Lincoln] Loan
Andrew Teague [Macclesfield - Tamworth] Loan
Stanislav Varga [Sunderland - Burnley] Loan
Emanuel Villa [UAG Tecos - Derby] £2m
Peter Vincenti [Millwall - Stevenage] Free
Paul Watson [Rushden & Diamonds - Crawley] Undisclosed
Greg Young [Halifax - Altrincham] Free
Laczko Zsolt [Olympiakos - Leicester] Loan

3 January 2008

Patrick Agyemang [Preston - QPR] £350,000
Michael Barnes [Man Utd - Chesterfield] Loan
Tommy Doherty [Unattached - Wycombe]
Stewart Drummond [Shrewsbury - Morecambe] £15,000
Kevin McIntyre [Macclesfield - Shrewsbury] £50,000
Danny Pugh [Preston - Stoke] £500,000
Leslie Thompson [Bolton - Torquay] Loan
Simon Yeo [Chester City - Bury] Loan

2 January 2008

Keith Barker [St Patrick's Athletic - Northwich] Free
Martin Butler [Walsall - Grimsby] Free
Akos Buzsaky [Plymouth - QPR] Undisclosed
Joel Byrom [Clitheroe - Northwich] Free
Matthew Connolly [Arsenal - QPR] Undisclosed
Wilfried Domoraud [Yeovil - Weymouth] Loan
Hogan Ephraim [West Ham - QPR] Undisclosed
Danny Grainger [Gretna - Dundee Utd] Undisclosed
Cayne Hanley [FC United - Northwich] Free
Thomas Harban [Barnsley - Halifax] Free
Nathan Joynes [Barnsley - Halifax] Free
Neil McCafferty [Derry City - Grays] Undisclosed
Ryan McCann [unattached - Queen of the South]
Jim McNulty [Macclesfield - Stockport] Free
Eric Odhiambo [Leicester - Dundee Utd] Loan
Sebastian Sorsa [HJK Helsinki - Leeds] Free
John Stewart [Falkirk - Queen of the South] Loan
Danny Swanson [Berwick - Dundee Utd] Undisclosed
Andrew Wright [unattached - Scunthorpe]

1 January 2008

Cliff Akurang [Histon - Barnet] Undisclosed
Guy Branston [unattached - Notts County]
Lee Bullock [Hartlepool - Bradford] Loan
Tom Cahill [Rotherham - Altrincham] Loan
Adam Dugdale [unattached - Droylsden]
Adam Eckersley [Man Utd - Port Vale] Free
Liam Hatch [Barnet - Peterborough] £150,000
Barry Hayles [Plymouth - Leicester] Undisclosed
Steve Howard [Derby - Leicester] Undisclosed
James Jennings [Macclesfield - Altrincham] Loan
Lukas Jutkiewicz [Everton - Plymouth] Loan
Liam King [Rotherham - Altrincham] Loan
Scott Laird [Plymouth - Stevenage] Loan
Kieran Lee [Man Utd - QPR] Loan
Scott Loach [Watford - Morecambe] Loan
Gavin Mahon [Watford - QPR] Loan
Scott Mitchell [unattached - Peterborough]
Damian Scannell [Eastleigh - Southend] £5,000
Mamadou Seck [Sheffield Utd - Scunthorpe] Loan
Gary Speed [Bolton - Sheffield Utd] Loan
Andy Todd [Rotherham - Accrington] Loan
Ryan Toulson [Halifax - Altrincham] Loan
John Welsh [Hull - Chester] Loan
Ashley Westwood [Chester - Stevenage] Free
Tom Williams [Wycombe - Peterborough] Loan

Source: bbc.co.uk

Arsenal take Diarra from Chelsea

Arsenal completed a late move to sign midfielder Lassana Diarra from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee. The Gunners say the 22-year-old Frenchman, who can play at right-back, has signed a long-term deal. The former Le Havre player said: "I have great respect for the manager Arsene Wenger and am attracted by the style of football that the team plays. Of course I am excited by what the future holds and keen to play my part in helping Arsenal fight for trophies."

Diarra, who has played for France in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign, will wear the number eight shirt. Wenger added: "Lassana is a multi-functional player, making him a great addition to our squad. Not only is he hard working, he has a creative edge and is comfortable playing in the middle of the pitch or at right-back."

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Castillo makes debut mark

Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was delighted with the debut display by Nery Castillo in the goalless draw with West ham in the FA Cup third round. The 23-year-old Mexico international forward has joined the Citizens on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk and lasted 72 minutes of the Upton Park encounter, making a favourable impression on Eriksson. Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was delighted with the debut display by Nery Castillo in the goalless draw with West ham in the FA Cup third round.

He said: "He is a new player, coming to a new country, a new club with a new style of football and he can't speak very much English - when you think about all that he was brilliant. He started the game absolutely fantastic. He has quick feet, good technique, very seldom gives the ball away and has a lot of pace. He will be an important player for us in the future. He was very, very good."

Meanwhile, the Swede also admitted that he is keen to do well in the FA Cup, having fielded a virtual full-strength side against the Hammers. He added: "If you are in the Champions League and are fighting to win the Premier League, then I can understand it. If you want to be competitive all over the place you have to almost have two teams and rotate players. But we are not playing in Europe and we were knocked out of the Carling Cup, so we will do everything we can in the league and the FA Cup."

Source: football.co.uk

Edwin van der Sar has agreed a new one-year deal to remain at Old Trafford

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson told his club's official website: "Edwin has agreed a new contract for another year. It'll be totally as a player [and not as a coach]. We're delighted at that because his consistency and experience has been a great help to this club. There is great competition for places amongst our goalkeepers. I'm sure Edwin will want to stay as our number one, but Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak will give him a good challenge."

Source: footballtransfers.info

Edmilson wants to stay at Barcelona

The Brazilian joined Barcelona from Lyon in 2004 but has made just 79 appearances for the club in three and a half years, and with his contract due to expire in the summer, the midfielder is hoping to earn a new deal.

"When I came to Barca I was in great shape," he told El Mundo Deportivo. "I was 28, had experience, was physically fit and arrived with a strong desire to grow even more. Then I was out for eight months and I came back and well, things have continued from there. I just hope that the five or six months I have left on my contract allow me to say goodbye with a trophy. The truth is that things have not gone as I imagined they would. I always said that I wanted to play in a great club and then I was injured after arriving. I am slightly sad because nobody has been able to see the Edmilson from before. I am open to the possibility (of a new contract). Of the players that all arrived at the same time as me, I am the only one not to have had my contract revised. If there is a chance for me to stay another year, or two or three, then we shall see. Up until now I have had no offers and if it were down to me I would stay here."

With Yaya Toure set to depart from the African Nations Cup, Edmilson is looking to reclaim his place as the holding midfield player. "There are other players, like Rafa (Marquez) and Andres (Iniesta), that can play there too, but I will have to see what happens," he said. "I feel good. The operation went well and the first three months of recovery were very important and I feel better than last season. Now I want to rediscover my rhythm and to play again."

Source: worldsoccer.com

Tottenham & Inter Keen On Atletico’s Maniche

According to reports in Spain and England, Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan are said to be keen on Portuguese international Maniche. The 30-year-old playmaker, who had a loan spell with Chelsea in the second half of the 2005-06 season, is currently playing for Atletico Madrid where his contract runs out in June.

The former Porto player's agent, Jorge Mendes told The Daily Star: "There have been a number of European clubs who have demanded information on Maniche, including the Premier League. It all now depends on whether they can negotiate with Atletico."

Source: premiershiplatest.com