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The Chasing Pack
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I saw an article on the bbcsport site saying that Villa looked to be signing Carlos Cuellar from Rangers for a cool £7.8mil, and thought I would look at how the teams around us have strengthend over this summer.
4th Liverpool - David Ngog, Emmanuel Mendy, Diego Cavalieri, Andrea Dossena, Philipp Degen, Robbie Keane.
Out - Scott Carson, Peter Crouch, Harry Kewell, Anthony le Tallec, John Arne Riise, Besian Idrizaj, Danny Guthrie.
6th Aston Villa - Curtis Davies, Steve Sidwell, Luke Young, Carlos Cuellar, Nicky Shorey, Brad Friedel.
Out - Thomas Sorensen, Patrik Berger, Luke Moore.
7th Blackburn - Robbie Fowler, Paul Robinson, Carlos Villanueva, Danny Simpson (loan), Julio Santa Cruz.
Out - Stephane Henchoz, Bruno Berner, Peter Enckelman, Brad Friedel, David Bentley.
8th Portsmouth - Peter Crouch, Ben Sahar (loan), Glen Little, Omar Alieu Koroma, Younes Kaboul.
Out - Sulley Muntari, Omar Alieu Koroma (loan).
9th Man City ? Jo, Tal Ben Haim.
Out - Georgios Samaras, Andreas Isaksson, Geovanni, Emile Mpenza, Paul Dickov, Sun Jihai, Matthew Mills.
10th West Ham - Valon Behrami, Balint Bajner, Jan Lastuvka (loan).
Out - John Pantsil, Bobby Zamora, Richard Wright.
11th Tottenham - John Bostock, Heurelho Gomes, Luka Modric, Giovani dos Santos, David Bentley.
Out - Pascal Chimbonda, Paul Robinson, Teemu Tainio, Joe Martin, Robbie Keane, Steed Malbranque, Younes Kaboul.
Out of those teams, the only ones who look in real trouble are Blackburn, but even they have at least gone someway to replacing their big sales (Bentley, Friedel) with new faces (Villanueva, Robinson). What is worrying for me is Villa, who were so close to beating us at the final hurdle - they've strengthend significantly and the players they have sold were simply not needed. Compare that to us losing first teamers like Carsley, Johnson, then not replacing them, then say, getting one of your only fit midfielders injured...I think I'm starting to panic!
Adam McCulloch, Posted 12/08/2008 at 10:17:51
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