Tuesday was the last day for transfers in European soccer until 2011 and there were a few players who got some attention at the sports betting site. The biggest splash was made by AC Milan as they signed Robinho from Manchester City. While Robinho is a big name there were other transfers that might end up being more important in terms of sports betting.
AC Milan has definitely made some news with the addition of Robinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato. Other teams also made some last minute moves on Tuesday that could help their cause vs. the soccer odds at SBG. Sunderland paid a lot of money for Ghana forward Asamoah Gyan from French team Rennes. Schalke signed Netherlands striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar from Milan.
AC Milan Looking to Contend – AC Milan is really trying to get up to the level of Inter Milan. They are hoping that Robinho will be able to add some scoring punch along with Ibrahimovic, and Pato. The addition of Ibrahimovic is the one that could be the important one for AC Milan. They are hoping that they can get Ibrahimovic to regain his superb form of a couple of years ago. He was poor last year for Barcelona even though he scored 16 goals in 29 games. Ibrahimovic is looking forward to playing with Ronaldinho and Pato.
Schalke Makes Noise – Schalke not only got Klaas-Jan Hunterlaar from Milan but they also got midfielder Jose Manuel Jurado and defender Nicolas Plestan. The team got Plestan from Lille on a three-year contract and Jurado from Atletico Madrid on a four-year deal.
Other Transfers – Birmingham made three deals as they signed midfielder Alexander Hleb from Barcelona, midfielder Jean Beausejour from Mexico’s Club America and defender Martin Jiranek from Spartak Moscow. Stoke picked up Monaco forward Eidur Gudjohnsen. They also added former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant from Real Zaragoza. Liverpool added defender Paul Konchesky from Fulham. Also, it was Hercules adding David Trezeguet from Juventus while Lyon signed defender Pape Diakhate.
Recession Window – England captain Rio Ferdinand called this transfer window the “recession window” since many teams did not want to spend money. Reports at the sports betting site had the spending in the Premier League down $153 million from last summer’s transfer window.