Project: Linked players

[Modo]

Project: Compile a list of every player that's been linked to us since January.

Just for fun.
It'll be interesting to see in the summer if we actually buy anyone that's on the list.

Help me out. Post some names and I'll add them to the list.
The only criteria is that a somewhat popular sports website, don't care if it's "tribalfootball", has us linked with the player.

Off the top of my head, here goes :

Goalkeepers
Brad Friedel, Aston Villa
Nicolas Douchez, Rennes
Hugo Lloris, Lyon
Cameron Bell, Kilmarnock

Defenders
Rolando, FC Porto
Fabio Coentrao, Benfica
Stephen Warnock, Aston Villa
José Enrique Sánchez, Newcastle
Gary Cahill, Bolton
Scott Dann, Birmingham
Leighton Baines, Everton
Jan Vertonghen, Ajax
Gareth Bale, Tottenham What?!
Gael Clichy, Arsenal
Taye Taiwo, Marseille
Vedran Corluka, Tottenham
Mehdi Benatia, Udinese
Mamadou Sakho, PSG
Cristian Ansaldi - Rubin Kazan
Simon Kjaer, Wolfsburg
Roger Johnson, Birmingham
Phil Jones, Blackburn
Aly Cissokho, Lyon
Emilio Izaguirre, Celtic
Juan Vargas, Fiorentina

Midfielders
Joey Barton, Newcastle
Axel Witsel, Standard Liege
Matt Jarvis, Wolves
Charlie Adam, Blackpool
Ashley Young, Aston Villa
Sylvain Marveux, Rennes
Charles N'Zogbia, Wigan
Scott Parker, West Ham
Christian Eriksen, Ajax
Stuart Downing, Aston Villa
Edin Hazard, Lille
Arda Turan, Galatasaray
Aiden Mcgeedy, Spartak Moscow
Aaron Lennon, Tottenham
Adam Barton, Preston
Ibrahim Afellay, Barcelona
Armin Bacinovic, Palermo
Keisuke Honda, CSKA
Eljiro Elia, Hamburg
André Ayew, Marseille
Pablo Hernandez, Valencia
Georginio Wijnaldum, Feyernoord
Nicolás Gaitan, Benfica
Diego Perotti, Sevilla
Chris Humphrey, Motherwell
Juan Manuel Vargas, Fiorentina
Xherdan Shaqiri, Basel
Niko Kranjcar, Tottenham
Sebastian Larsson - Birmingham
Yann M'Villa, Rennes
Blaise Matuidi, St.Ettiene
James McCarthy, Wigan
Josip Ilicic, Palermo
Payet, St.Ettiene
Javier Pastore, Palermo
Jérémy Menez, Roma
Steven Defour, Standard Liege
Antoine Griezmann, Real Sociedad
Jose Manuel Jurado, Schalke 04
Miralem Pjani?, Lyon
Nuri Sahin, Dortmund Real Madrid
Iker Munain, Athletic Bilbao
Juan Mata, Valencia
Chris Brunt, West Brom
Jesus Navas, Sevilla
Adel Taraabt, QPR
Diego, Wolfsburg

Strikers
Connor Wickham, Ipswich
Gervinho, Lille
Romelu Lukaku, Anderlecht
Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Utrecht
Jeffren, Barcelona
Willian, Shaktar Donetsk
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, AZ
Lavezzi, Napoli
Cavani, Napoli
Ãlvaro Negredo, Sevilla
Radamel Falcao, Porto
Lacina Traoré, Kuban Krasnodar (was just sold)
Neymar, Santos
Dale Jennings, Tranmere

 

[Fox]

Stuart Downing

 

[mr_moo]

gael clichy
edin hazard
arda turan
gervinho
aiden mcgeedy


just some that i remember, plenty of others though

 

[Buddha]

Aaron Lennon (last weekend)
Lukaku

 

[zlatan18]

GK: Douchez - Rennes
GK: Lloris - Lyon
GK: Cameron Bell - Kilmarnock

DF: Taiwo - Marseille
DF: Corluka - Tottenham
DF: Benatia - Udinese

MD: Barton - Preston
MD: Afellay - Barcelona
MD: Bacinovic - Palermo
MD: Honda - CSKA
MD: Elia - Hamburg
MD: Ayew - Marseille
MD: Hernandez - Valencia
MD: Wijnaldum - Feyernoord
MD: Gaitan - Benfica
MD: Perotti - Sevilla
MD: Humphrey - Motherwell

ST: Wickham - Ipswitch
ST: Jeffren - Barcelona
ST: Willian - Shaktar
ST: Kolbeinn Sigthorsson - AZ

 

[Modo]

And the list keeps growing.

 

[zlatan18]

Krajncar

 

[The Slugmonster]

Phillipe Mexes - Roma
Juan Mata - Valencia

 

[zlatan18]

ilicic - Palermo
negredo - Sevilla
McCarthy - Wigan
m'villa
payet - St.ettiene
matuidi - St.ettiene
sakho - psg
falcao - porto
lavezzi - Napoli
cavani - Napoli
ansaldi - rubin Kazan
traore - tall senegal striker ( forget what team he plays for.. I think cluj)
larsson - birmingham

 

[Modo]

[quote author=zlatan18 link=topic=44904.msg1314764#msg1314764 date=1302690235]
ilicic - Palermo
negredo - Sevilla
McCarthy - Wigan
m'villa
payet - St.ettiene
matuidi - St.ettiene
sakho - psg
falcao - porto
lavezzi - Napoli
cavani - Napoli
ansaldi - rubin Kazan
traore - tall senegal striker ( forget what team he plays for.. I think cluj)
larsson - birmingham

[/quote]

I'll add him if you can figure out which team he plays for.

 

[Modo]

It's becoming a joke. We're linked with everyone it seems.
Just goes to show that these website keeping pulling namers out of their asses.

 

[zlatan18]

Kjaer - Wolfsburg
Menez - Roma

 

[zlatan18]

[quote author=Modo link=topic=44904.msg1315067#msg1315067 date=1302710314]
[quote author=zlatan18 link=topic=44904.msg1314764#msg1314764 date=1302690235]
ilicic - Palermo
negredo - Sevilla
McCarthy - Wigan
m'villa
payet - St.ettiene
matuidi - St.ettiene
sakho - psg
falcao - porto
lavezzi - Napoli
cavani - Napoli
ansaldi - rubin Kazan
traore - tall senegal striker ( forget what team he plays for.. I think cluj)
larsson - birmingham

[/quote]

I'll add him if you can figure out which team he plays for.
[/quote]

Lacina Traoré - CFR Cluj

 

[zlatan18]

Did lacina traore move clubs or something? =s

 

[Modo]

[quote author=zlatan18 link=topic=44904.msg1317602#msg1317602 date=1303134784]
Did lacina traore move clubs or something? =s
[/quote]
according to wiki.

 

[zlatan18]

Defour - Standard
Kjaer - Wolfsburg
Jurado - Schalke
Johnson - Birmingham
Pjanic - Lyon

 

[Modo]

I think I've just proven that we're linked with virtually everyone!

 

[gene hughes]

Don't forget that kid from Tranmere.

 

[Sunny]

Aiden McGeady ??

Fuckin el

 

[Modo]

[quote author=gene hughes link=topic=44904.msg1329181#msg1329181 date=1304955950]
Don't forget that kid from Tranmere.
[/quote]who?

 

[SummerOnions]

Jennings

 

[Modo]

I think I've got most of the players we've been linked to.

Only Marveux so far.

 

[Modo]

[quote author=Modo link=topic=44904.msg1313283#msg1313283 date=1302526398]
Project: Compile a list of every player that's been linked to us since January.

Just for fun.
It'll be interesting to see in the summer if we actually buy anyone that's on the list.

Help me out. Post some names and I'll add them to the list.
The only criteria is that a somewhat popular sports website, don't care if it's "tribalfootball", has us linked with the player.

Off the top of my head, here goes :

Goalkeepers
Brad Friedel, Aston Villa
Nicolas Douchez, Rennes
Hugo Lloris, Lyon
Cameron Bell, Kilmarnock

Defenders
Rolando, FC Porto
Fabio Coentrao, Benfica
Stephen Warnock, Aston Villa
José Enrique Sánchez, Newcastle
Gary Cahill, Bolton
Scott Dann, Birmingham
Leighton Baines, Everton
Jan Vertonghen, Ajax
Gareth Bale, Tottenham What?!
Gael Clichy, Arsenal
Taye Taiwo, Marseille
Vedran Corluka, Tottenham
Mehdi Benatia, Udinese
Mamadou Sakho, PSG
Cristian Ansaldi - Rubin Kazan
Simon Kjaer, Wolfsburg
Roger Johnson, Birmingham
Phil Jones, Blackburn
Aly Cissokho, Lyon
Emilio Izaguirre, Celtic
Juan Vargas, Fiorentina

Midfielders
Joey Barton, Newcastle
Axel Witsel, Standard Liege
Matt Jarvis, Wolves
Charlie Adam, Blackpool
Ashley Young, Aston Villa
Sylvain Marveux, Rennes
Charles N'Zogbia, Wigan
Scott Parker, West Ham
Christian Eriksen, Ajax
Stuart Downing, Aston Villa
Edin Hazard, Lille
Arda Turan, Galatasaray
Aiden Mcgeedy, Spartak Moscow
Aaron Lennon, Tottenham
Adam Barton, Preston
Ibrahim Afellay, Barcelona
Armin Bacinovic, Palermo
Keisuke Honda, CSKA
Eljiro Elia, Hamburg
André Ayew, Marseille
Pablo Hernandez, Valencia
Georginio Wijnaldum, Feyernoord
Nicolás Gaitan, Benfica
Diego Perotti, Sevilla
Chris Humphrey, Motherwell
Juan Manuel Vargas, Fiorentina
Xherdan Shaqiri, Basel
Niko Kranjcar, Tottenham
Sebastian Larsson - Birmingham
Yann M'Villa, Rennes
Blaise Matuidi, St.Ettiene
James McCarthy, Wigan
Josip Ilicic, Palermo
Payet, St.Ettiene
Javier Pastore, Palermo
Jérémy Menez, Roma
Steven Defour, Standard Liege
Antoine Griezmann, Real Sociedad
Jose Manuel Jurado, Schalke 04
Miralem Pjani?, Lyon
Nuri Sahin, Dortmund Real Madrid
Iker Munain, Athletic Bilbao
Juan Mata, Valencia
Chris Brunt, West Brom
Jesus Navas, Sevilla
Adel Taraabt, QPR
Diego, Wolfsburg

Strikers
Connor Wickham, Ipswich
Gervinho, Lille
Romelu Lukaku, Anderlecht
Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Utrecht
Jeffren, Barcelona
Willian, Shaktar Donetsk
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, AZ
Lavezzi, Napoli
Cavani, Napoli
Ãlvaro Negredo, Sevilla
Radamel Falcao, Porto
Lacina Traoré, Kuban Krasnodar (was just sold)
Neymar, Santos
Dale Jennings, Tranmere
[/quote]

And Henderson.

 

[tombrown]

GK : Doni, Roma ... weren't we linked with him at some point? 😉

 

[Modo]

Not before June I think.

 

[tombrown]

Thought you asked for "since january" ... :S

 

[Modo]

Sorry I meant June.