Winter transfers 2008/09 : Danish Superliga transfers so far : Martin Vingaard to FC København Danish superliga side FC København have signed a 3½-year contract with 23-yo Esbjerg Star midfielder Martin Vingaard. who so far has won 5 caps and scored 1 goal for Denmark. The transfer fee has not been disclosed, but is said to be just around €1 million. --- Huge blow for Esbjerg, who are also losing Niki Zimling to Udinese Calcio... FC København have also signed a 5-year deal with the goalkeeper Johan Wiland from Swedish side Elfsborg.... The transfer fee is said to be €1.1 million. Jones Kusi-Asare to Esbjerg Danish Superliga side Esbjerg have signed a 3-year contract with the experienced 28-yo Swedish/Ghanaian forward Jones Kusi-Asare who has been playing for Swedish top-flight side Djurgårdens IF the past 4 seasons. Michael Parkhurst to FC Nordsjælland Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland have signed a 3-year contract with the 24-yo American centre back Michael Parkhurst who has been playing for MLS side side New England Revolution the past 4 years. Parkhurst has so far won 4 cap for the United States. He won the MLS Defender of the Year Award in 2007, the MLS Fair Play Award in 2007 and 2008 and was also twice named the MLS Humanitarian of the Year in 2006 and 2008. Parkhurst move to FCN as a free agent. "....., I think, the Danish league is a step forward in comparison with MLS and the more I heard of FCN, the more interested I got. When I went to Denmark to look at the facilities and talk to the coaching staff, I was so impressed by it all, that the choice was easy for me", said Michael Parkhurst about his decision. FC Nordsjælland have also signed a 3-year contract with the young Danish U21 NT forward Nicki Bille Nielsen... and a 2½-year deal with 32-yo midfielder Nicolai Stokholm from Norwegian side Viking Stavanger. Christian Bolaños to IK Start Danish Superliga side OB Odense have sold the 24-yo Costa Rican international Christian Bolaños to Norwegian side IK Start. The talented Costa Rican right winger came to Odense in 2007 after his deal with EPL side Charlton Athletic fell through, because he failed to obtain a work permit in England. So instead he signed a deal that made him the most expensive player in the Odense squad at that point in time. Though despite showing glimpse of the great qualities he no doubt possess, he unfortunately never really managed to become a regular starter for OB, so with his big wages in mind, OB probably found that it was time for him to move on... The transfer fee has not been disclosed. Martin Ericsson from Brøndby to IF Elfsborg Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF have have sold the 28-yo Swedish midfielder Martin Ericsson to this seasons Swedish Silver medalists IF Elfsborg, Ericsson has won 7 caps for Sweden and played 145 Superliga games for Brøndby and AaB Aalborg since March 2004, but he has not been a regular starter for Brøndby this season. The transfer fee has not been disclosed. Mark Howard from Brøndby to AGF Aarhus Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus have signed the 22-yo English centre back Mark Howard. The former Manchester United youth who has been at Brøndby since the 2006/2007 season and was selected as Brøndby 'player of the year' 2007, has signed a 3½-year contract with league rivals AGF. The transfer fee has not been disclosed. AGF have also signed a 3½-year contract with the young French right back, Arthur Sorin from the Swedish Champions Kalmar FF. .
Nicklas Pedersen to FC Groningen Danish superliga side FC Nordsjælland have sold their 21-yo forward Nicklas Pedersen to Dutch Eredivisie sides FC Groningen. According to Groningens own official website, they have paid a €2.2 million (around $3 million) transfer fee for the young Danish U21 NT forward. http://www.fcgroningen.nl/home/nieuws/nieuwsbericht/artikel/pedersen-per-direct-naar-fc//vorige/10/ .
Nenad Novaković to FC Nordsjælland Danish superliga side FC Nordsjælland have signed a 3-year contract with the 26-yo Serbian goalkeeper Nenad Novaković, who join the club on a free transfer from Italian side Reggina Calcio. Novaković moved to Italy in January 2007 from Danish side OB Odense, in perhaps the quickest and most surprising deals ever in the history of the Superliga, since he had just moved from Danish 2nd level side Køge to Odense a month earlier when Reggina then suddenly offered to pay €1.6 million for the talented goalkeeper. Though after only having played a few games in the Italian serie A, Reggina sent him on a loan deal to Norwegian side Aalesunds FK this past season. However, now he is back in Denmark. .
Kjetil Wæhler to AaB Aalborg Danish Superliga side AaB Aalborg have signed a 3-year contract with 32-yo Vålerenga centre back, Kjetil Wæhler, who so far has won 5 caps for Norway. The transfer fee has not been disclosed, but is said to be just around €540k. . Gudlaugur Victor Pálsson sold to Liverpool Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus, promoted their Icelandic U18 international Victor Pálsson to the first team squad only a few weeks ago, but now he has signed a 2½-year contract with the English PL side Liverpool. The Icelandic midfielder was picked up by AGF in the summer of 2007 from Icelandic side Fylkir, where he was playing an attacking midfield/support striker role, but Pálsson improved tremendously in Denmark after AGF had changed his position to 'box-to-box' midfielder. Bayern Munich and some unnamed Italian club were reported to be interested in Pálsson and AGF were reported to have turned down the first two offers from Liverpool, but in the end AGF is said to have agreed to a £750k transfer fee (a bit more than $1.1 million) plus more when/if he get to play EPL for Liverpool. http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N162804090109-1707.htm .
Andreas Laudrup to FC Nordsjælland Danish superliga side FC Nordsjælland have signed a 3-year contract with the highly talented Danish U18 international Andreas Laudrup, who is the son of former Danish International and soccer Star Michael Laudrup. When his father became Getafe head coach, it was agreed that Andreas also should moved to Spain to play for the Real Madrid youth academy, so he could be close to his family, but when his parents then moved to Moscow, Andreas found it better to return to Denmark and Lyngby BK, to decide what to do next, despite actually doing more than well at Real Madrid. .
Dame N'Doye to FC København Danish Superliga side FC København have signed a 4½-year contract with 23-yo Senegalese attacking midfielder/forward Dame N'Doye. who has been playing for Greek sides Panathinaikos and OFI Crete the past few years, also scoring a decisive goal for Panathinaikos against FC København in the UEFA Cup Group stage last season. The transfer fee has not been disclosed, but is said to be €2 million (around $2.7m) plus a €400k sign-on fee.. http://fck.dk/index.php?pageid=754&newsid=8753 .
Marcus Tracy to AaB Aalborg The 22-yo Wake Forest senior and top American soccer prospect Marcus Tracy has decided to reject a hefty MLS offer and sign a 3-year contract with Danish Superliga side AaB Aalborg. Tracy is the winner of the Hermann Trophy, awarded to the top player in college soccer for the given year, and was highly-touted as an early round pick in this year’s MLS SuperDraft and good showings last season also caught the attention of teams in Europe, particularly in Norway and Germany, but the Danish club were able to get his signature. .
Ola Toivonen to PSV Eindhoven Swedish Allsvenskan side Malmö FF have sold the 22-yo forward Ola Toivonen to Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. The young Swedish international has signed a 3½-year contract and he is considered to be one of Sweden's most promising strikers. He has scored 20 goals in 70 matches after joining Malmö from Örgryte in 2007 and 9 goals in 19 matches for the Swedish U21 NT. The transfer fee has not been disclosed, but Swedish media has reported it to be around €3.5 million, while Dutch media report the deal to be worth €4.5 million, of which his former club Örgryte get around 20% .. .
Alanzinho sold to Trabzonspor Norwegian Tippeliga side Stabæk have sold the 25-yo Brazilian left winger and Tippeliga Star Alanzinho to Turkish side Trabzonspor. Alanzinho was 'Tippeliga midfielder of the year' in both 2007 and 2008 and also won the official NISO 'Tippeliga player of the year award' in 2008. Trabzonspor have agreed to pay Stabæk a €4 million transfer fee. Some Alanzinho highlights from 2008: http://www.vgtv.no/?id=20867 Demba-Nyrén and David Nielsen in swap deal Norwegian Tippeliga side SK Brann and Danish Superliga side OB Odense have agreed on a swap deal, sending the 29-yo Gambian-Swedish forward Demba-Nyrén to Odense, while SK Brann get €850k and the 31-yo Danish striker David Nielsen in return. Demba-Nyrén has signed a 3½-year deal with Odense, while Nielsen has signed a 2-year contract with Brann. .
Tobias Grahn to Randers FC Danish Superliga side Randers FC have signed a 3-year contract with the 28-yo Swedish attacking midfielder Tobias Grahn who join Randers on a free transfer from Spainsh side Gimnàstic de Tarragona. Grahn did not want to stay in Spain after his club was relegated from La Liga, so they sent him on loan to German side Hertha Berlin last season. It is not the first time Grahn chose to sign with a Danish Superliga side. He has also played for Lyngby, AGF Aarhus and OB Odense in the past. He has so far won 4 caps and scored 1 goal for Sweden. Luton Shelton on loan to AaB Aalborg Norwegian Tippeliga side Vålerenga IF have agreed on sending the 23-yo forward Luton Shelton on loan to Danish Superliga side AaB Aalborg for the rest of this season. Shelton has so far won 41 caps and scored 27 goals for Jamaica. .
Rasmus Würtz and Ibrahim Salou to Vejle BK Vejle have used this last day of the winter transfer window to sign a 2½-year contract with the 29-yo Belgium forward Ibrahim Salou, who join the club from German side MSV Duisburg. At the same time the 25-yo FC København midfielder Rasmus Würtz has agreed to join Vejle on a loan deal for the rest of this season. Würtz has so far won 9 caps for Denmark, but he has very much been troubled by injuries the past year or so. Btw, besides Rasmus Würtz, Martin Pedersen and Allan Gaarde who have been signed in this transfer window, then Vejle also got Jimmy Nielsen, Brian Priske and Allan Olesen who are all former AaB Aalborg players... So no less than 6 former Aalborg players, now playing for Vejle BK .
Remco van der Schaaf on loan to Brøndby IF Brøndby IF have signed the 29-yo holding midfielder Remco van der Schaaf on a loan deal for the rest of this season, with an option to buy, if his stay is a success. The former Dutch U21 International has played 152 Dutch Eredivisie games for Vitesse and also 39 league games for PSV Eindhoven, besides also playing Champions League for the club. However, while staying at Burnley he has been sidelined with a kidney problem thought to be related to a virus. Though he is now finally said to have recovered from this illness. .
Demar Phillips to Aalesunds FK Norwegian Tippeliga side Aalesunds FK have signed a 3-year contract with the 25-yo Jamaican left back/midfielder Demar Phillips, who join Aalesund from English PL side Stoke. Demar Phillips has so far won 30 caps for Jamaica. The transfer fee has not been disclosed. --- As written in the Danish Superliga thread, the Danish transfer window has now closed, while the other Scandinavian countries are still open for transfers... So within a day or so, you can get all Danish transfers in the Danish Superliga thread... The Norwegian transfers (so far) you can find here : http://fotball.bt.no/eliteserien/article123387.ece The Swedish transfers (including some of the latest rumours = Rykten) http://fotbollskanalen.se/1.736894/2009/01/03/silly_season_allsvenskan_pode_till_tff .
Ajax winning the race for Nicolai Boilesen ? Last year Ajax signed the highly talented Danish attacking midfielder Christian Eriksen from OB Odense and now they are hoping to sign the even more highliy rated 17-yo Brøndby centre/left back Nicolai Boilesen who is visiting Amsterdam today, most likely to sign a contract with Ajax... "Ajax would like to sign a contract with Nicolai Boilesen. We have seen what he can do on the pitch, so he is only going to Amsterdam to see if he would like to sign a contract with the club." Ajax’ scout, John Steen Olsen, told the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet. The young Danish U17 NT captain is said to be more impressive than Daniel Agger was when he was 17. So ther has been great interest in the young defender who has been on trial at Manchester United, Chelsea, Monaco and Rennes. read more about the Nicolai Boilesen trials at : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...for-Brondbys-Nicolai-Boilesen---Football.html http://www.footballnewsblog.co.uk/transfer-news/the-race-for-nicolai-boilesen-begins/ .
Silly season starting up again in Sweden in June due to the month long break during the U21 Euros. Any new transfers you know of or heard rumors about? Wernbloom is the big name to go so far, but I'm mostly interested in rumors about AIK's Ivan Obolo and Markus Jonsson. They both are likely to make moves.
Well, as for Swedes going to Denmark, then 30-yo Swedish international Mikael Nilsson has signed a 3-year deal with Brøndby... ...and then Vejle BK have signed Mats Gren from Grasshopper Zürich, to be their new head coach --- Tim Janssen to Esbjerg Danish Superliga side Esbjerg have signed a 3½-year contract with 23-yo Dutch striker Tim Janssen . The former Dutch U21 International has played 64 Dutch Eredivisie games for for NEC Nijmegen and RKC Waalwijk, besides also playing in the UEFA Cup Group stage for NEC this season, scoring a goal against Dinamo Zagreb. The transfer fee is reported to be €400k. Esbjerg have also signed a 4-year deal with the 19-yo attacking midfielder, Kevin Bechmann Timm from KB/FC København .
Danish Superliga side AaB Aalborg have signed a short ½-year deal with the 29-yo centre back Thomas Gaardsøe, who surprisingly has returned from retirement. The former AaB, Ipswich and West Bromwich defender has won 2 caps for Denmark. At the same time the 26-yo AaB midfielder Kasper Risgård has signed a 3-year contract with German 2nd level side Arminia Bielefeld. He is to join the club when his contract with Aalborg expire next month. .
Louay Chanko to AaB Aalborg Danish Superliga side AaB Aalborg have now agreed to sign a 3-year contract with 29-yo Syrian International Louay "Lolo" Chanko, who join AaB from Swedish Allsvenskan side Hammarby IF. The Syrian central midfielder has btw also played a friendly for the Swedish NT, before he won his first cap for Syria in a World Cup qualifier last year against Kuwait. The transfer fee is reportet to be €370k (or around $500k). .
Chanko is an interesting player. Very good when he´s at his best but can sometimes look a bit lackluster and uninterested. But shure he will be inspired in the new enviorment though. Very technically sound player indeed. Entertaining to see for the Aab-crowd. He has been a big crowd-favourite at Hammarby no doubt. Good scouting by the danes then....
I dont really think this had much to do with scouting, but more to do with Aalborgs new Swedish coach specifically asking the club to sign this player as the replacement for Thomas Augustinussen who was sold (on his own request).. .
Ekstra Bladet reported the other day that Trabzonspor is showing some interest in Morten "Duncan" Rasmussen. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/superligaen/broendby/article1181213.ece Also Kasper Lorentzen has signed for Randers FC on a four year deal, apparently. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/superligaen/randers_fc/article1182504.ece Slight apologies for the BIF-centric posting. However, to be a bit honest, there doesn't seem to be a ton of movement out there.
Jesper Bech and Frank Hansen to Silkeborg Newly promoted Superliga side Silkeborg IF have signed the 27-yo striker Jesper Bech (2-year contract) and 26-yo right back Frank Hansen (3-year contract), who both join Silkeborg from Danish league rivals Esbjerg when their contract expire this summer. Peter Nymann to Esbjerg Danish Superliga side Esbjerg have signed a 2-year contract with 27-yo right winger, Peter Nymann, who join the club from OB Odense when his contract expire this summer. .
Liberian midfielder Dulee Johnson to AIK from Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Estimated transfer fee is $200k and the contract will run for 2.5 years.
I think we're going to see a lot more "African" transfers to Israeli clubs. Perhaps it's the "new" money from rich investors, but in the end, it should ultimately work out for Israeli clubs.
Well in the case of Dulee Johnson, this African player actually left the Israeli league. One stated reason was that the club's Russo-Canadian billionaire owner Alex Schnaider is growing tired of spending money on foreign players that don't deliver. While your theory doesn't really apply to the Dulee case, I'm sure it's a good point in general!