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When a Big Money Move Went Wrong: Jermaine Pennant

David Schiavone — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:00:04 +0000

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 ...

Villa could hand Pennant a Premier League return

David Tully — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:34:02 +0000

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 ...

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

Tom Jones — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:50:53 +0000

On 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 Just 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 ...

Everton Join La Liga Dogfight For Torrejon?

Landlord Freddie Myers — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:15 +0000

Just 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 ...