Fulham seal Riise swoop

July 23, 2009

Fulham signed Norway midfielder Bjorn Helge Riise from Lillestrom for an undisclosed fee on Wednesday.

Riise, brother of Roma defender John Arne, agreed a three-year contract with the Premier League club after passing a medical.

The 26-year-old told the club’s official website: “It is a dream come true for me to have signed for Fulham.

“Obviously I know Brede (Hangeland) and Erik (Nevland) very well from the national team and they have only good things to say about the club.

“Fulham had a fantastic season last year under Roy Hodgson who is a manager I admire very much.”

LONDON (AFP)

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19/07/09: Transfer Rumors

July 19, 2009

‘Liverpool are set to offer £20m for Aston Villa winger Ashley Young.’ – News of the World

‘Real Madrid could bring back Esteban Granero from Getafe for € 4m, if the Alonso transfer from Liverpool does not take place’ – Marca

‘Valencia and Atletico Madrid are also interested in securing his services, when his contract expires on 31st of July’ – Marca

‘Villa have rejected an £18m opening offer for Young from Tottenham, saying they value the player at £30m.’ – The Sunday Times

‘Arsenal poised to bid £10m for Bordeaux striker Marouane Chamakh to replace Emmanuel Adebayor.’ – News of the World

‘Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc says he would like Chamakh’s future to be resolved by Thursday.’ – The Observer

‘The Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, has publicly threatened to lodge a complaint against Real Madrid to FIFA, if the Spanish club still insisted to sign French international Franck Ribéry.’ – Marca

‘Everton have slapped a £30m price tag on centre-back Joleon Lescott, which is double Manchester City’s current bid.’ – News of the World

‘Tottenham are close to capturing Portsmouth striker Peter Crouch after tabling a £12m offer in the last 24 hours, beating off competition from Fulham and Sunderland.’ – News of the World

‘Bjorn Helge Riise, brother of John Arne Riise who plays for Roma, will join Fulham on Monday’ – Aftenposten

‘Spurs will find out on Monday if Real Madrid striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will reject an £18m transfer to Stuttgart in favour of a move to White Hart Lane.’ – Daily Mail

‘Tim Borowski could make a return to Werder after a year with Bayern Munich with Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf welcoming the move for the former club captain’ – L’Equippe

‘Benoît Cheyrou could leave Marseille if he does not extend his contract, with Liverpool and Juventus being the likely destinations’ – Le Parisien

‘After a difficult first season in Ligue 1 with Nancy, the Brazilian defender Helder could make Dinamo Bucharest switch’ – L’Equipe.

‘Chelsea and Tottenham are considering making a move for David Beckham, while AC Milan, who had the LA Galaxy midfielder on loan last season, are also interested.’ – Daily Mail

‘Bolton will try to hijack Portsmouth’s bid to sign Hull defender Sam Ricketts.’ – News of the World

‘Former Newcastle striker Lomana LuaLua may quit Qatar club Al-Arabi to join Stoke.’ – News of the World

By: Abhimanyu Rajput