When a Big Money Move Went Wrong: Jermaine Pennant

It wasn’t so long ago that Jermaine Pennant was being touted as the next big thing in English football. It was his big money move from Birmingham to Liverpool that was supposed to reignite his career, this never happened and he came another transfer flop as we will soon discover.

Jermaine Pennant was signed by Arsenal as a trainee at the age of 15 for £2 million, at the time …

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Villa could hand Pennant a Premier League return

Date: 23rd December 2009 at 2:34 pm | Filed under: Aston Villa,La Liga,Premiership,Real Zaragoza,Transfer Dilemmas | Author: David Tully | Tags: , , ,

Jermaine Pennant

Jermaine Pennant’s stay in Spain looks set to be short lived as his side Real Zaragoza have said they are prepared to listen to offers for the right winger in January. The 26 year old only signed for the Spanish club back in July after his contract expired at Liverpool, but Zaragoza director Erard Poschner has expressed his disappointment at the Englishman’s performances:

“We are disappointed with Pennant. This is based on …

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Hull’s Jimmy Bullard shows why the Premiership is better than La Liga

BullardOn a weekend where much of the football world had their eyes fixed on La Liga to watch the gigantic tussle between the Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, the English Premier League once again stole the show. Prior to El Clasico, the match between Arsenal and Chelsea may not have been a great advertisement for the Premiership, but it did show the quality of the league as a …

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Home Alone Elano Destined For City Exit?

elanoJust stood by the pool table in The Transfer Tavern as Ian Herbert at The Independent tells us, that the “career” of Elano at free-spending Manchester City “is hanging by a slender thread” following the Brazilian being “left out” of the Premier League clubs trip to South Africa.

Ian claiming, that Cologne in the Bundesliga “have approached” the Citizens regarding a loan deal for the Brazilian International. …

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Everton Join La Liga Dogfight For Torrejon?

Date: 16th July 2009 at 8:00 am | Filed under: Espanyol,Everton,La Liga,Premiership,Real Mallorca,Real Zaragoza | Author: Landlord Freddie Myers | Tags: , , ,

Marc TorrejonJust having a game of darts in The Transfer Tavern, when someone from The Sun tells us, that Premier League club Everton are set to fight La Liga sides Real Mallorca and Real Zaragoza for Marc Torrejon at Espanyol.

The British tabloid claiming, that the Toffees “are vying” with both the Barralets and the Blanquillos for the signature of 23-year-old central-defender Torrejon.

It said that Everton …

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