Last minute Transfers and upcoming Transfer predictions - Part 3
Arsenal to Chelsea: Ashley Cole
Ashley Cole’s move to Arsenal is the one deal that Gunner fans never seem to forget; this deal took place at the last minute as well. It was an insult to the Gunner fans as their beloved player had been approved for a transfer in some behind the scene meetings and they did not even know about them.
Things got uglier when Cole actually bit back at Arsenal and said that the Gunners had fed him to the sharks. As he wanted to get a pay raise, which was refused by ‘The Blues’, Chelsea sticked to their initial sixteen million pounds deal and Arsenal were demanding a total of twenty five million and now the deal did not seem to be going through.
Though finally after the deadline had passed, a deal was finally made and Ashley Cole moved to Chelsea. William Gallas did not join him there and actually went another way. It has been three years to date since this incident and Ashley Cole never leaves out a chance to abuse the Gunners whenever he gets a chance or travels there.
Everton to Manchester United: Wayne Rooney
The eighteen year old Wayne Rooney of that time captured all the media attention at the end of the transfer season. The final few days of the window, journalists and all the sports media seemed to be fixed on Wayne Rooney. The fierce teenager wanted to get away from his beloved club and move to Manchester United.
Wayne Rooney was a part of Everton at that time, and then felt like leaving them after they had a rather embarrassing Premier League campaign. Rooney felt like he had gained as much as he could from the club and could not move further up in the ladders staying at the club that he had been a part of since 1996; that is since the player was only eleven years old.
Another contender to sign the star teenager that summer was Newcastle United as it was in a good position to sign the player then and even Rooney’s agent had indicated that they were close to striking a deal which would make Wayne Rooney a part of ‘The Magpies’.
Still when Manchester United came to the table to bargain a deal everything changed. As they are ’The Red Devils’ they set everything and ‘The Toons’ straight as Manchester United is in the habit of getting every player that they want and they were not going to let this young starlet get off so easily.
Though Everton did seem a bit reluctant to sell the player but Wayne handed in a transfer request to the club and that was pretty much it.
Wayne Rooney moved to Manchester United and the deal was sealed with a transfer amount of twenty five million pounds and this was the highest amount paid for a teenager yet.
In addition to this Rooney’s relationship with Everton was also almost completely ruined and he can hardly build any bridges now as all of them are mad that he left.
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