Patrick Helmes

[kingkeane]

any good?

Sunderland triple striking target – Bruce eyes Bendtner, Bellamy and German Helmes


Published on Saturday 27 August 2011 10:10

Sunderland are working on three fronts to bring in strikers before transfer deadline day.

Craig Bellamy at Manchester City, Nicklas Bendtner at Arsenal and Patrick Helmes at Wolfsburg are all on the club’s radar, with Sunderland hopeful of bringing one or even two of them in before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Wednesday.

Reports from Germany yesterday afternoon suggested Helmes has rebuffed Sunderland’s initial interest while, on the other fronts, Liverpool have emerged as favourites to sign Bellamy and Arsenal have yet to decide whether or not to even allow Bendtner to go out on loan this season.

But, despite those difficulties, Sunderland will continue working away at the potential moves, knowing that many a deal which might seem dead can suddenly be resurrected as the deadline approaches.

If Sunderland can push a deal or two through for strikers though, the Black Cats’ manager will be a much happier man.

“We’re still a bit light up front when it comes to firepower,” he admitted. “But that’s something that we’re looking at in terms of transfers over the next few days.

“We’ve got one or two irons in the fire as we speak and hopefully something will come from that.”

* Full story in tonight’s Sunderland Echo

[Flabb]

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

[Vagrant]

Originally Posted by kingkeane

any good?

Sunderland triple striking target – Bruce eyes Bendtner, Bellamy and German Helmes


Published on Saturday 27 August 2011 10:10

Sunderland are working on three fronts to bring in strikers before transfer deadline day.

Craig Bellamy at Manchester City, Nicklas Bendtner at Arsenal and Patrick Helmes at Wolfsburg are all on the club’s radar, with Sunderland hopeful of bringing one or even two of them in before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Wednesday.

Reports from Germany yesterday afternoon suggested Helmes has rebuffed Sunderland’s initial interest while, on the other fronts, Liverpool have emerged as favourites to sign Bellamy and Arsenal have yet to decide whether or not to even allow Bendtner to go out on loan this season.

But, despite those difficulties, Sunderland will continue working away at the potential moves, knowing that many a deal which might seem dead can suddenly be resurrected as the deadline approaches.

If Sunderland can push a deal or two through for strikers though, the Black Cats’ manager will be a much happier man.

“We’re still a bit light up front when it comes to firepower,” he admitted. “But that’s something that we’re looking at in terms of transfers over the next few days.

“We’ve got one or two irons in the fire as we speak and hopefully something will come from that.”

* Full story in tonight’s Sunderland Echo

Good to see they're still on the ball.

[graphex]

Originally Posted by Flabb

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

Where is the link saying he has knocked us back as i can't find it..

[redgauntlet]

Bellamy, a tot at 32, Bendtner, not too sure that he's what we need, the German, I have no idea. This particular signing has to be right or it's curtains for Bruce, the problem is he tends to bring in random players rather than applying any rational logic.

[Irishblackcat]

Originally Posted by Flabb

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

Who's that ? Are we signing marvin emnes ?

[Lord Alfred]

Originally Posted by Flabb

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

If Bendtner's a Dutchman then i'm a..........er Dutchman.

[Sunderland White Lions]

Originally Posted by Flabb

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

Mercimek still around, is he?

[SAFC_LIAM]

Originally Posted by Flabb

Helmes already turned us down, which leaves us with a shit welshman and a shit dutchman

Bellamy is not shit and Bendtner is neither shit or dutch.

[Spargel]

I checked the local paper yesterday - Wolfsburger Allgemeine - and there was a sentence on end of another report saying that he told Wolfsburg that he didn't want to go to England. No quotes though and no idea whether it is any more reliable source than Sunderland Echo is about all things SAFC:

http://www.waz-online.de/Wolfsburg/W...-Rom-abgereist

"Beim VfL bleiben will indes Helmes. Er hat ein Leihangebot des FC Sunderland auf dem Tisch. Gegenüber dem VfL erklärte der Stürmer aber, dass er nicht nach England wechseln möchte."

Translation:
"Helmes wants to stay at VfL. There is a loan offer from Sunderland on the table, but the striker told VfL that he does not want to move to England."