On loan goalkeeper Scott Carson has termed Liverpool’s 10 million pound valuation of him “stupid”. The Whitehaven born goalkeeper was sent to Villa Park on loan, and started in 35 games for Midlands club last season. No permanent deal has been agreed upon, but Villa retain the first option on the player they paid around £2m in loan fees for. If Villa do agree to shell out 10 million pounds for 22 year old keeper, Carson will become the most expensive keeper in British transfer history. Sunderland currently hold the record, having paid £9m for Hearts of Midlothian’s Gordon Brown in August 2007. In fact, Aston Villa were keen contenders for Brown’s signature, and it was due to their failure to bring him to Villa Park that they made the loan move for Carson.
Month: May 2008
Chelsea to spend £80 million for Lionel Messi ?
If news in the press are to be believed, Roman and Chelsea are willing to make a mockery of all previous football transfer records to bring Barcelona forward Lionel Messi to Stamford Bridge. Billionaire owner Abramovich has reportedly given Avram Grant the go ahead signal to bid for the Argentine, who is probably Barcelona’s most … Read more
How did Zenit St Petersburg make it to the UEFA Cup final ?
As you all might be knowing, Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg will meet Rangers in the final of the UEFA Cup 2007-08 (this season). Zenit upset FC Bayern, while Rangers beat Fiorentina on penalties. Zenit are coached by Dick Advocaat.
Here is a look at Zenit’s path to the final. A similar article for Rangers will follow.
Road to CoMS for Zenit St. Petersburg
Second Qualifying Round
First leg – Vion Zlate Moravce 0-2 Zenit St. Petersburg ( Erik Hagen, Alexsei Ionov)
Second leg- Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 Vion Zlate Moravce (Pavel Pogrebnyak,Ilya Maksimov, Kim Dong Jin)
Zenit win 5-0 on aggregate
First round
First leg- Zenit 3-1 Standard ( Andrei Arshavin *2, Kim Dong Jin)
Second leg- Standard 1-1 Zenit St. Petersburg (Oguchi Onyewu/Pavel Pogrebnyak)
Zenit win 4-1 on aggregate.
Group Stage- Group A