Manchester City: Transactions
Deadline day: Veseli heads to United
A surprise move on deadline day via The MEN:
United have snapped up 19-year-old City central defender Freddie Veseli in a shock transfer window deal. The Reds tied up the Swiss starlet, who captained his country to Under-17 World Cup triumph in 2009, yesterday - and Veseli headed into Manchester, dressed in a red jacket, to celebrate. Veseli was seen as a good prospect at City, but he was frustrated at not making the breakthrough into the first team squad. That frustration increased recently when the Blues lost skipper Vincent Kompany and drafted 17-year-old defender Karim Rekik into the squad as cover.
Deadline day: City move for Pizarro?
Per The Independent:
Roma are negotiating the transfer of midfielder David Pizarro to Manchester City, according to club general director Franco Baldini.
The Chile international has been strongly linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium to bolster City's midfield.
Reports in Italy claim Pizarro will join the Blues on loan until the end of the season.
"We are only negotiating with Manchester City for Pizarro," Baldini was reported as saying on www.asromanews.it. "We will try to complete the deal before tonight."
UPDATE: BBC Sport are suggesting that Pizarro is heading for a medical.
UPDATE: The official site now confirms the deal.
Deadline day: Bridge set for Sunderland medical
Per The Guardian:
The Manchester City defender Wayne Bridge was on his way to Wearside on Tuesday morning as he closed in on a loan move to Sunderland. It is understood that the 31-year-old former England international was due to undergo a medical as Martin O'Neill attempts to bolster his injury-hit squad on the final day of the January transfer window.
UPDATE: The Official site now confirms the move.
UPDATE: Martin O'Neill has spoken about the signing:
"I'm hoping that with Wayne's undoubted experience and ability he can be a big help to the team until the end of the season. "I'm very pleased to have him here and with the number of injuries we've sustained recently I'm sure he'll be a great help to us."
UPDATE: SBNation's Sunderland blog, Roker Report, have their say on the move here.
Onouha signs for QPR
Per The Guardian:
"This was the right time for me to join a club like QPR. "The manager obviously played a massive factor in my decision to come here. I've worked with him before and he always wants players around him who are open and honest.
"He wouldn't have come here if he didn't believe that there was a squad of players here that can achieve the goals he has.
"The ambition of the owners was really appealing. This is my club now and I'll give everything to help us succeed."
Having failed to ever really establish himself at the club for any great length, Onouha found himself fall even further down the pecking order under Roberto Mancini (something I wrote about previously here). Onouha had his most productive spell at City under Mark Hughes (before he spent big on Kolo Toure and Joleon Lescott) and looking at the incumbents in the QPR squad should immediately slot in to the side - although it will be interesting to see if Hughes utilises him at right back or centre back.
Onouha has always seemed to crave an opportunity for regular football and although currently at the wrong end of the Premier League table, there is potential for QPR to make progress and it could be the ideal move for Onouha to finally make good on his undoubted promise.
Liverpool confirm Bellamy signing
Per The Independent:
Liverpool have confirmed that Craig Bellamy has rejoined the club from Manchester City.
The 32-year-old spent last season on loan at npower Championship side Cardiff after a rift with City boss Roberto Mancini saw him excluded from the first-team squad.
City have been desperate to offload Bellamy but with a year left on his contract there were financial issues to sort out before Liverpool could complete a deal
As posted earlier, City and Bellamy would have had to come to an agreement in relation to the outstanding year on Bellamy's contract in order to facilitate the deal. The terms of which are not known at this stage but what it does do is free up a fairly sizeable chunk of wages as well as ridding Roberto Mancini of a potential malcontent from around the squad if the club could not shift Bellamy out of the door.
Make sure you check in at SBNation.com for all of the latest transfer deadline rumors and news.
Wright-Phillips move to QPR confirmed
Per Sky Sports:
Shaun Wright-Phillips has completed a move to Queens Park Rangers from Manchester City and admits he cannot wait to get started.
The winger was locked in talks with the Loftus Road outfit on deadline day, while also trying to negotiate his exit from Eastlands.
All parties have now reached an agreement and Wright-Phillips
will continue his career in the capital.
Wright-Philips also tweeted confirmation of the move:
In many ways Roberto Mancini would have been happy to keep Wright-Phillips around, something he stated in interviews during pre-season when Wright-Phillips was arguably the pick of the tour to the USA, but with the season underway - and with the recent addition of Samir Nasri - faint hopes that Wright-Phillips had of forcing his way back into the side were dashed when he failed to even make the bench for the opening three games.
QPR should be a good move for Wright-Phillips, being a side where he will be a real focal point of their attack: a situation where he has generally thrived in the past and shown some of his best form.
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Hargreaves move confirmed
Per mcfc.co.uk:
The England midfielder joins as a free agent having left Manchester United at the end of last season. He has signed a one-year contract.
Though injury has taken its toll on the 30-year-old's career, Hargreaves has 42 international caps to his name, has won five league titles at home and abroad and was awarded the England Player of the Year award in 2006, beating off competition fromSteven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and City's own Gareth Barry.
I posted up some thoughts on the signing of Hargeaves yesterday so do check the post out along with the comments thread.
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Reports: Bellamy heading for Liverpool?
Initially thought to be heading to QPR, reports are now suggesting that Craig Bellamy is in fact heading for a return to Liverpool:
Craig Bellamy will undergo a medical at Liverpool ahead of a move from Manchester City, according to widespread reports.
The 32-year-old has been given permission to leave Wales' training camp at Celtic Manor in order to travel to Liverpool, where he spent 12 months between 2006 and 2007, scoring nine goals in 42 matches.
What could be interesting with this one is the terms of the deal, with the MEN's Stuart Brennan tweeting it as a permanent move, with Bellamy and City agreeing to terms on a severance package that will see the Welshman exit City for good:
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