TKIZ's impossibly brilliant all new Transfer Rumours thread

[LiOC]

Don't Monaco want around 5m for Park Chu-Young? Would rather go for him than Jerome.

We've been linked with him quite a few times. Although I imagine lazy journalism could be at work, they have a korean player, he is a korean player etc. From what I've seen he looks promising, dunno what he'd be like in the premier league. Worth a punt?

[TANGODANCER]

We've done our bit to promote Korean football over here. You'd think some Korean billionaire food magnate would like to open an outlet and buy the club. Ka's Pasties?

[TKIZ!]

I'd much rather us take a punt at Young than Jerome. But like someone said Coyle is the man we wanted, we've got him and sometimes we have to trust his judgement

[Lofthouse Lower]

We've done our bit to promote Korean football over here. You'd think some Korean billionaire food magnate would like to open an outlet and buy the club. Ka's Pasties?

[LiOC]

We've done our bit to promote Korean football over here. You'd think some Korean billionaire food magnate would like to open an outlet and buy the club. Ka's Pasties?

I think Liverpool's owners would be well annoyed with us if we got Young. Closing down their asian market.

On a seperate note, a friend of mine went to south korea over easter and kept getting pulled over for photos as he was wearing a wanderers shirt.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Same happened to me in Florida, some Korean/American chap was delighted to find someone who knew of Holden and Chung

[n035209]

i got stop in the chippy on daubhill the other day to!

[SonsOfThunder]

I think striker/winger Ji Dong Won should be considered. Here's the highlights from our recent friendly with Ghana. He's the tall #9. He had the opening goal and the winning assist in the game, playing from the LW position. His natural position is striker though. You can catch glimpses of Ki from Celtic and Park from Monaco as well. And of course the resident Korean at Bolton, Lee, who generally looked tired and ready to start his summer vacation already!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS0C6Jp3C5M" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve Bruce is currently set to snap him up for 700k GBP. Unfortunate, because most have valued him around the 2 million mark (much like LCY), but it also makes it easy for Coyle to beat the offer and still look tempting.

edit: You guys are used to screaming Korean commentators by now, right?

[Lofthouse Lower]

Not forgotting the promising Chinese winger, Yung Li Sharp, left footed I believe.

Also at the end of the season Coyle was hoping to get Win Won Soon, but alas, it never arrived

Me =

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Hehe its like that Stewart Francis joke:
'i married too young...nice girl, korean'

[jaffka]

gavin mccann rumour doing the circuit again today

[a1]

gavin mccann rumour doing the circuit again today

is he fit now ?

[TKIZ!]

Is Van Persie playing?

[Nobbys Belly]

Park Chu Young.... doesn't he still have to do national service before he is 30 or something? If that could be appealed or postponed I doubt we could do better without spending Elmander money.
As for Cameron Jerome....No, Please just no.

[TKIZ!]

Does that mean that Lee will also have to do the same?

[Beefheart]

Does that mean that Lee will also have to do the same?

I believe that being part of the FC Seoul set up Lee dropped out of middle school, and middle school dropouts aren't required to do national service.

[TKIZ!]

Does that mean that Lee will also have to do the same?

I believe that being part of the FC Seoul set up Lee dropped out of middle school, and middle school dropouts aren't required to do national service.

Good news then.

[Nobbys Belly]

May well do, the below article mentions Ki (celtic) he is of the same age as Chung-Yong and a product of FC Seoul.
South Korea’s advancement to the knockout round of the World Cup in South Africa has kicked off a debate over whether to exempt members of the team from their mandatory military service.

By battling to a 2-2 draw with Nigeria on Wednesday, the squad advanced to the round of 16 for the first time on foreign soil.

After the match, Cho Chung-yun, chairman of the Korea Football Association, said he would push for some young players to be awarded the exemption.

All able-bodied men aged 20 or older here are required to serve in the armed forces for at least two years. This means 14 of the 23 players on the roster are subject to mandatory service, including standouts Park Chu-young (forward) and Ki Sung-yueng (midfielder).

“What the players want is exemption from military service," Cho said. “The association will do its best to realize this.”

But a ranking defense ministry offical Thursday attempted to quell speculation, saying the benefit cannot be granted without the revision of relevant laws.

The anonymous official said the issue warrants "careful consideration,” taking into account the current military service law as well as public opinion.

In 2002, the national football team players were exempted from their military obligations after making the semifinals on its home turf. That year, the government revised the law so advancing to the round of 16 at the World Cup or the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic would merit the exemption.

But the revision was withdrawn in 2007 amid criticism it applied only to stars of the most popular sports, and discriminated against the top-shelf athletes of lower-profile ones.

As it stands, the only athletes eligible for the exemption are Olympic medalists and Asian Game gold medalists.

Team captain Park Ji-sung, a member of the 2002 squad, said the exemption should be granted to the younger players so that they can develop their skills, and thereby elevate the standing of South Korean football.

But the ministry official questioned whether Koreans would support another revision.

"If the law changed from event to event, would the public be able to accept that?" the official said. "Unless the National Assembly introduces a revision bill, we'd have no other option but to apply the current law."

The debate appears likely to continue across all sports as South Korea emerges as a force to contend with in the international athletic arena.

[Il Pirate]

I think striker/winger Ji Dong Won should be considered. Here's the highlights from our recent friendly with Ghana. He's the tall #9. He had the opening goal and the winning assist in the game, playing from the LW position. His natural position is striker though. You can catch glimpses of Ki from Celtic and Park from Monaco as well. And of course the resident Korean at Bolton, Lee, who generally looked tired and ready to start his summer vacation already!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS0C6Jp3C5M" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve Bruce is currently set to snap him up for 700k GBP. Unfortunate, because most have valued him around the 2 million mark (much like LCY), but it also makes it easy for Coyle to beat the offer and still look tempting.

edit: You guys are used to screaming Korean commentators by now, right?

I like your info & your tenacity. Keep posting.

And yes, though I can't speak for all, we are used to the Korean commentators. They make me laugh!
And I would love to bid higher for a player than Steve fat nice person Bruce; for any player, just to see his fat moaning mug complaining his target had been 'tapped up, by a bigger club'. Even if that player spent their entire Bolton career selling programmes in the car park.

[LiOC]

I think striker/winger Ji Dong Won should be considered. Here's the highlights from our recent friendly with Ghana. He's the tall #9. He had the opening goal and the winning assist in the game, playing from the LW position. His natural position is striker though. You can catch glimpses of Ki from Celtic and Park from Monaco as well. And of course the resident Korean at Bolton, Lee, who generally looked tired and ready to start his summer vacation already!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS0C6Jp3C5M" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Steve Bruce is currently set to snap him up for 700k GBP. Unfortunate, because most have valued him around the 2 million mark (much like LCY), but it also makes it easy for Coyle to beat the offer and still look tempting.

edit: You guys are used to screaming Korean commentators by now, right?

I like your info & your tenacity. Keep posting.

And yes, though I can't speak for all, we are used to the Korean commentators. They make me laugh!
And I would love to bid higher for a player than Steve fat tw*t Bruce; for any player, just to see his fat moaning mug complaining his target had been 'tapped up, by a bigger club'. Even if that player spent their entire Bolton career selling programmes in the car park.

Love the Korean commentators, sound so excited. £700k would be a bargain for him, I think. And we'd all love to get one over Steve Bruce

The military service issue though is big. He's 25, if I'm not mistaken so we could have him for 3 before he has to take them, yeah?