Carl Robinson's Official Blog

The transfer deadline in the europe came and went yesterday with some great deals, some overpriced deals and some strange deals. I will talk about a few deals that happened as well as the ones that didnt quite get done. 

Michael turner went from hull to sunderland for a 12 million pound fee. He had joined hull for 350,000 so it was quite a return for hull as a club. Turner a good solid centre half has been excellent for hull in the premiership but i do feel that the fee is high as it was compared to the fee paid by man city for joleon lescott of 22 million. 

James collins moved to aston villa from west ham for 5 million. After turning down stoke earlier in the week he decided to move to villa park and work under martin o neill. Whats crucial for “ginge ” as he is known is to stay fit, as he has all the attributes that top centre halves need to play in the premiership.

Nico kranjcar from portsmouth to spurs for an undisclosed fee but im hearing its only 2.5 million. That is a great bit of business by harry rednapp as he continues to nab pompeys players. He could be key especially as luca modric is out for six odd weeks. He could be the signing of the window.

What also has to be noted is that man utd, liverpool, chelsea and arsenal did not make any big signing as the window closed but tied up players already on their books.

Transfers that nearly happened were matthew upson to spurs, david bentley to man city, david james to spurs and these just to name a few. What you also have to remember is that imagine if you could find out all the moves that nearly happened.

Last week was a strange week for me as i was suspended for the match against seattle. The boys fought to a well earned 0-0 draw but we now face a make or break week as we face colorado both home and away in the next 2 weeks. This will go a long way to defining our season. Lets go lads.