Other Eredivisie Teams

[BPBlueSox]

At the same time, two teams were celebrating in Enschede: Groningen because they grabbed a point while Utrecht lost, which means they're in the '2 to 5' play-offs. Twente's late equalizer against Groningen didn't hurt Groningen, but meant the world to Twente, who leapfrogged NEC and can now play for 1 UEFA Cup ticket.
K.

Can anybody say "W. Germany v. Austria in '82".
It's unlikely it was fixed, but these over engineered formulas where both teams stand to gain from a draw are (potentially) awful.

K.I.S.S.

Well Twente's equalizer and Vitesse's equalizer happened at almost the same time, so I'd say it would have been pretty tough for that to have been staged.

[Kowalczyk]

It's 100% impossible that it was staged. Twente's equalizer did not hurt Groningen, but Twente didn't celebrate as they thought it wasn't enough for them, because NEC were still winning (0-1) in Arnhem. After the final whistle the Twente players heard that Vitesse had equalized in the very last minute (Twente themselves equalized in the 87th, I believe).

This was pure 'unstaged' drama. Vitesse vs NEC is a tremendous 'grudge game' in the province of Gelderland. Vitesse had nothing left to play for, except that they really, really wanted to hurt NEC. Which they did big time: their equalizer knocked NEC out of the '6 to 9' play-offs. And oh irony, they are now in the same play-offs and might actually meet each other again in the second round of the '10 to 13 play-offs'...

K.

[DanK]

'Salomon Kalou vertrekt deze zomer uit De Kuip' (from www.vi.nl)

Looks like Kalou might be leaving and maybe also Kuijt...ouch!
:D

[AsgAarD_xxx]

As told "Piłka Nożna", Hamburger SV want to buy Jefferson Farfan from PSV. Sounds good. I won't be angry if they'll sign him ;) .

[Kowalczyk]

Feyenoord have just signed Stijn Huysegems of AZ.

Don't know what to think. He's good, but not great.

Question is: will he stay or will he go? (Kuyt, that is).

K.

[Kowalczyk]

Feyenoord have just signed Stijn Huysegems of AZ.

Another new player for Feyenoord, namely Theo Lucius of PSV.

I kind of like Stijn Huysegems, but Theo Lucius...? My God. Fortunately he joins them and not us.

K.

[Kowalczyk]

Feyenoord have just signed Stijn Huysegems of AZ.

Another new player for Feyenoord, namely Theo Lucius of PSV.

And another one! Joonas Kolkka of ADO Den Haag (Finnish left winger).

I'm not worried, to be honest. F-word by above-average Eredivisie players. They're good players, but I think Ajax's purchases are of a different calibre, plain simple.

Jefferson Farfán has extended his deal at PSV, by the way. And Cocu will stay. That to me is more 'worrying' news (although I have a good feeling about the upcoming season).

K.

[aveslacker]

Jefferson Farfán has extended his deal at PSV, by the way. And Cocu will stay. That to me is more 'worrying' news (although I have a good feeling about the upcoming season).

As far as Ajax are concerned, the most important PSV signing is Ronald Koeman. It doesn't matter who else they sign, because Koeman will fuck them all up.


<Get out now, DaMarcus!>

[Kowalczyk]

According to reports here in Holland, both David Mendes da Silva and Julian Jenner will move from NAC to AZ. Both players have been linked with Ajax this season, but they will choose Alkmaar (as yet unconfirmed, by the way).

K.

[Over Pasanens Head]

Well it seems from reports that our old hero Tim de Cler is going to be joining F-Word.

What with Koeman joining PSV and now F-Word making this signing it appears that these 2 teams are trying really hard to let us win the Eredivisie next season.

[AsgAarD_xxx]

According to www.eredivisie.pl, Heerenveen signed Alves (striker from Malmoe) and goalkeeper Danny Wintjens. Heerenveen's defender Derveld will join Esbjerg fB (Denmark).

[AsgAarD_xxx]

1) Willem II signed Mo Messoudi from Germinal Beershot Antwerpen.
2) According to The Mirror AZ Alkmaar are close to buy Liverpool's goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek. He didn't play many games after Jose Reina joins the Reds, so it's possible that Liverpool will decide to sell him for a lower price than they wanted when Man City asked for him.

[SE6Ajacied]

2) According to The Mirror AZ Alkmaar are close to buy Liverpool's goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek..

Well, that would be a very good signing. i have to say I'm happy. It would not bother me at all if there was more than 1 1/2 teams (PSV and F-word) challenging Ajax for the title each year. Obviously I'll go for Ajax to win every year but if not them I'll go for someone out of the "big three" and I assume that goes for P$V/F-word fan also.

[AjaxPDX]

Vonlanthen transfer from PSV to Salzburg:

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 85&cc=5739

[acab]

abe dudes, what happans wiyh ivan tzvetkov from sparta R?

[AsgAarD_xxx]

1) Chelsea's defender Glenn Johnson will probably be loaned to Feyenoord Rotterdam for a one season.

2) PSV Eindhoven is close to sign 26-year-old Paraguayan winger Nelson Cuevas.

[AsgAarD_xxx]

1) Geez, it looks like Feyenoord Rotterdam want to buy almost-Ajacied Defour from Genk...
2) Espanyol Barcelona want to sign Denny Landzaat.
3) Romanian midfielder/striker Alin Stoica will join Roda Kerkrade.
4) Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink is close to join FC Porto.

[Blind3]

The Eredivisie is sure not boring.Silly season is really heating up. Waiting to see where the Kuijt boot will drop. I'd say Liverpool , no Cisse for some months ,no Morientes, and CL footie on the horizon . Newcastle could use him as well. F-word sure won't be done spending if the get 12-15 million for Kuijt. More silly season activity.

I also don't think Ajax is done spending. Trabelsi already out of a deal and Grygera , I think ,waiting for the right offer. Charisteas may follow. Or Babel. Nope, things aren't done percolating yet.

[AjaxPDX]

Silly season continues...

In England, it's rumored that Portsmouth will offer 13 million pounds for Jefferson Farfan. Pounds... not euros. What is that, about 20 million euros? Woah! Is he even worth half that amount??

[Record]

Just like Chelsea, Portsmouth now have a rich guy that finance them. So they always pay too much. 15 would be enough for Farfan, I think.

[Kowalczyk]

Just like Chelsea, Portsmouth now have a rich guy that finance them.

Ah, didn't know that... Interesting. Of what (financial) caliber is this rich guy? Will he push Pompey to - say - the top 5 of the Premiership?

They were usually a little bit shit in recent years, so that would be remarkable.

K.

[raymon]

Just like Chelsea, Portsmouth now have a rich guy that finance them.

Ah, didn't know that... Interesting. Of what (financial) caliber is this rich guy? Will he push Pompey to - say - the top 5 of the Premiership?

They were usually a little bit shit in recent years, so that would be remarkable.

K.

apparantly he is Russian.. nuff said.. but no money can buy a top 5 position for Pompey I'm afraid

[SE6Ajacied]

Just like Chelsea, Portsmouth now have a rich guy that finance them.

Ah, didn't know that... Interesting. Of what (financial) caliber is this rich guy? Will he push Pompey to - say - the top 5 of the Premiership?

They were usually a little bit shit in recent years, so that would be remarkable.

K.

apparantly he is Russian.. nuff said.. but no money can buy a top 5 position for Pompey I'm afraid

This tells you all you need to know - from the bbc 03/01/2006

"From Russia with cash
By Mark Orlovac

Portsmouth fans are daring to dream that Alexandre Gaydamak's takeover of the club could do for them what Roman Abramovich has done for Chelsea.

The 30-year-old businessman, the son of a Russian billionaire and apparently known to his friends as Sacha, is to become joint owner of the Premiership outfit alongside chairman Milan Mandaric.

And the Fratton Park faithful are already planning how manager Harry Redknapp will spend the £100m that will reportedly be made available for new signings.

But who is the man who has allegedly promised to make Portsmouth a Premiership giant?

Little is known about the younger Gaydamak, apart from the fact that he is based in London and has Russian and French citizenship.

However more is known about his father Arcadi, despite the 53-year-old being regarded as a media-shy tycoon.

Arcadi left Russia when he was 20 and after spending time in Israel, he moved to France where he built his fortune.

After working as a gardener and bricklayer, Arcadi opened a translation bureau in Paris in 1976 which went on to become a highly successful trade-brokering company - allowing him to develop a host of French business contacts.

Although not in the same league as Abramovich, Arcadi still has an estimated fortune of up to £1bn.

However in 2000, he was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by Paris magistrates investigating alleged arms-for-oil deal with Angola in the early 1990s.

He has denied any wrongdoing, saying he worked on behalf of the French and Angolan governments.

Jean-Christophe Mitterrand, the son of the late former French president Francois Mitterrand, was found guilty of tax evasion in relation to the scandal.

He currently lives in Moscow, where he has been since 2002, with a medium-sized bank and a brokerage company among his interests.

Last year he became proprietor of the Moskovskie Novosti newspaper while in September 2005 he bought Israeli top-flight side Beitar Jerusalem.

According to his spokesman, Arcadi and Alexandre are "crazy" about football and Beitar recently beat Marseille for the signing of Lens midfielder Jerome Leroy.

Arcadi holds four passports, Russian, Israeli, Canadian and Angolan, and is reportedly driven around Moscow in a Bentley with Angolan diplomatic number plates.

Although he is noted as a contributor to various charities, including a $1m pledge to New York's fund for the victims and families of those affected by the 11 September terrorist attacks, scandal has continued to follow him.

Last year he was questioned by Israeli police in connection with allegations of money laundering but Arcadi denied any wrongdoing and was quickly released.

"I'm not behind any accounts which supposedly belong to offshore companies," he said.

As well as managing his business empire, Arcadi has also been elected to the Congress of Jewish Religious Communities and Organisations of Russia.

It is unclear how much son Alexandre is worth, or how much he is prepared to bring to the table, but for the time being at least, Redknapp's position looks safe.

A Portsmouth statement said: "Harry will have the full backing of Mr Alexandre Gaydamak and will continue to enjoy the full support of Milan Mandaric."

And if the promises of vast amounts of transfer money come to fruition, Redknapp - the famous wheeler and dealer - could have more money at his disposal than he has ever had previously.

When Redknapp left Portsmouth in November 2004, Mandaric revealed that in the previous 30 months the manager had spent just £11.5m on transfer fees, loan fees and appearance payments for 25 players.

He may now be able to spend that sum at once and on just one player.

Some of Gaydamak's cash will also be earmarked for the development of Fratton Park and the contruction of a Chelsea-style 'Pompey village' with apartments, restaurants and shops.

And with Portsmouth struggling at the wrong end of the table, Pompey fans will be hoping the money will be able to keep them in the Premiership."

....and Raymon is right, Pompey will never be top 5, not with 'arry Redknap in charge anyway :D

[Blind3]

" Lawyers , Guns, and Money" ,The new Pompey theme song. :xyxthumbs:

[ajaxperu]

yeah the Farfan deal seems to be true. I'm following the news here and I'm getting all sorts of different versions. If he does sign for Portsmouth, Alianza Lima (his club here, it's like feyenoord so it sucks) will get 15% of his pass so that's why they are so interested in selling him. I think it's stupid for him to move to Portsmouth when he has the chance of playing the Champions League in PSV, but he is a good player and I don't want good players in PSV so it's fine by me.