STITASS

By: timmyg | June 1st, 2009

Rich over at CCN has an interesting post series about to begin: silly transfers ideas.

Although I don’t mean to steal his idea, his challenge got me thinking about silly transfer ideas that aren’t so silly. Or STITASS. Essentially its a realistic dream; a dream that could be real.

He started with Michael Owen. Me, I’ve got some other quickies…

Look no further than Stephen Appiah.
The captain of Ghana has had numerous trails with other Prem-sides that went nowhere because of his dodgy knee. But we’ve had players with dodgy knees before! And at 28 there’s still at least two years left in him. And if thats not enough, he owns a clothing line. So instead of Papa Bouba Diop being named the wardrobe, we’ll have a player with his OWN wardrobe. Whats not to like? Sign him up to a pay-to-play contract and there’s nothing to lose — we did it with Jari Litmanen.

What about Djibril Cissé?
Sure, he’s a maniac who occasionally commits spousal abuse. And extremely streaky. But think of this: Roy Keane convinced him to play in Sunderland. Do we not think Roy Hodgson can’t convince him to play in London? I sure don’t. Give him a six month contract that is cancelled as soon as he gets arrested. No risk, high reward deal.

Landon Donovan?
So he’s batting 0-3 in Germany. Doesn’t mean he wouldn’t work out in England? His LA Galaxy team seem more than content with drawing every single game for the rest of the season, as Bruce Arena doesn’t believe in positive football. And there has to be some level of hunger (at least, as a Nats fan I PRAY SO) to leave the friendly confines of the MLS for something with actual competition. Plus, it could be the return of FulhamUSA!

Don’t laugh, but Ricardo Quaresma?
Sure, he was a total flop at Chelsea AND Inter. So much so he was given the Golden Bin award. And, inexplicably, he’ll probably cost over 10 million quid. But he’s a left winger, and Don wants a left winger. Maybe Roy can use some his clout at Inter to get him on loan — I don’t think Jose wants him any more than Hiddink did– for pennies on the dollar. Or pences on the pound. What’s not to lose?

Maybe Rodrigo Palacio?
Okay, this lad would be WAY too expensive. And I have no clue why he isn’t in Europe yet. But we can dream can’t we?

Well, any other suggestions?