Summer Transfer Window 2019

[SincereTheRebel]

A few major transfer have already gone through. Premier league window runs from May 16th to August 8th, two days before the start of the season.

Lucas Hernández from Athletico Madrid > Bayern Munich
Benjamin Pavard from Stutgart > Bayern Munich
Frenkie de Jong from Ajax > Barcelona
Eder Militao from Porto > Real Madrid
Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal > Juventus



Diego Godin is leaving Madrid and is exspected to join Inter

https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2019/05/12/5cd8875e268e3ecc6c8b45fa.html

[Ian]

The race to sign Mike Smalling starts NOW.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Christian Pulisic. Do I have to call him Pooless Sick as he's American?

[SincereTheRebel]

Christian Pulisic. Do I have to call him Pooless Sick as he's American?

His middle name is Mate so he will fit fit in nice around here..

[SincereTheRebel]

Thorgan Hazard looks like he is off to Dortmund

[Pleb]

Is this going to be the June/July thread? :sherlock:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't realise Militao had gone, he's brilliant.

[-james-]

Militao has got to be the coolest name ever for a centre-back.

[Danny]

L’Equipe reporting ‘Eden Hazard is Madrid done, 100m (Euros), will be announced after the final.’

[Spikey M]

Thorgan or Eden? Crazy money for the former, ridiculously cheap (in the current climate) for the latter.

[Danny]

Latter, forgot there was multiple. Edited my post. I think he only has one year left on his contract. The Thorgen looks Dortmund bound.

[niko_cee]

Apparently Zidane's his idol or whatever, I wonder what bearing that had on their rehiring him. That Militao guy looks good as well but the Spanish pair are going to have to come to terms with being back with the crowd now that they no longer have (or are experiencing the dying days of) their cheat players.

Where does Eriksen play? I guess with his contract situation he'll probably be off somewhere in the summer. Would be a good buy for City if they could persuade him to turn his back on whichever of Barcelona or Real Madrid he grew up dreaming of playing for.

[mugbull]

Pulisic will be a laugh at Chelsea, presumably he's been brought in to play the role that Hazard has been playing but the man can't even hack it against Trinidadian defenses

[bruhnaldo]

Ya I can't really understand the Pulisic thing other than the idea he'll sell a ton of shirts in America.

Edit: I mean he can be a tidy player on his day but I see him more as someone who could, like Dempsey, go to a mid-table side and "do-a-business" every now and then like when Dempsey scored 15 goals or whatever it was for Fulham that one year.

[Baz]

What you’re saying is he’s gonna be more like Joe Max Moore than Landon Donovan?

[mugbull]

I think 5 years from now he'd be a very good player for an Everton side. Right now he'd struggle to get into the Everton team, much less the Chelsea team. Sarri hates players like him anyway.

[Spoonsky]

Pulisic will be a laugh at Chelsea, presumably he's been brought in to play the role that Hazard has been playing but the man can't even hack it against Trinidadian defenses

:thbdn:

[Mazuuurk]

I saw 86M quoted for Hazard. In todays day and age, that sounds like an absolute steal.

[Ian]

What's that, 40% of a Neymar? Bargain.

[phonics]

It sounds like a rip-off considering he's only got a year on his contract left. That effectively values him as the most expensive player in the world.

[Ian]

Just get sponsors involved for every time he announces a future announcement and make all your money back.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You can add to that transfer fee all the Champions League revenue that he earned us by still being here and qualifying us for it this year.

[niko_cee]

It's arguable it might be worth doing the same again and letting him go for 'nothing' next season, but I get the impression he might not be that on board with that course of action.

[phonics]

And he's well practiced at deciding to take a season off when he wants which is the risk.

[Offshore Toon]

Chelsea tend to respect players' wishes when it comes to this sort of thing. It probably helps when signing players knowing that they won't have to deal with anything like Levy at Tottenham.

[Gray Fox]

The Greaseman has announced he's leaving Atletico at the end of the season. £108m release clause is expected to be activated by Barcelona any time now.

Surely means Coutinho/Dembele or both are out the door too.

[Danny]

I reckon Suarez before Dembele in that scenario.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, I think they'll stick with Dembele unless his 'bad character' is a significant problem.

Suarez isn't going anywhere and I'd be amazed if anyone bar maybe PSG went near Coutinho for the sort of money Barca want for him.

[SincereTheRebel]

The prices floating around for players are never going to last too long especailly as the most important thing is performance value. Playing for Barcelona sound really difficult. The exspectation levels are crazy.

I thought Griezzman was about 24. He is 28 :cab:

[phonics]

I'm annoyed that Coutinho shitting it up has slowed the pace of them trying to drum Dembele out of the club. He'd be a dream signing.

[SincereTheRebel]

Has Coutinho been that bad? BArca exspect a lot from their players. Looking at his numbers, he has been fairly similar to Iniesta when it comes to goals and asssits when they were around the same age.

[niko_cee]

He's probably played worse than his stats suggest, but then his stats are better than anything he ever achieved at Liverpool (well, I thought they were, although looking maybe they aren't) so I'm not really sure what they were expecting. He's a quality player but I think he needs quite careful management, which neither the binman nor the Barca 'faithful' are apt to provide. Also, you know, expecting him to seamlessly replace one of their best ever players might have been somewhat unrealistic.

[Ian]

They didn't ask him to do things that weren't cutting in on his right foot and curling it into the far corner, did they?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Barcelona is a dreadful place. You think United following Ferguson has been bad, just you wait until they try and follow Messi.

[SincereTheRebel]

Zaha has told Palace he wasnt to leave for Champions League football according to SSN. He can probably make the step up now. Chelsea wouldnt be a bad fit for him. Ivorians do well in those parts.

[Mike]

Can come be back up to the front three at Anfield, if only to annoy my mate who's been banging on about how he should go back to United for ages now.

[niko_cee]

Palace will want mental money for him (I've seen £80m mentioned).

Much better off going for an Ajax bod for about a third of the price. What's the Neres guy like?

[Giggles]

The best money Utd could spend this summer would be paying off Solksjaers contract and getting in Pochettino. And for fuck all money when you consider what players are costing now.

[mugbull]

Poch wouldn’t do well with the United players there right now

[Giggles]

Poch wouldn’t do well with the United players there right now

Nobody would, but he'd be good to have in place for when they replace some of the wasters.

[Mellberg]

The best money Utd could spend this summer would be paying off Solksjaers contract and getting in Pochettino. And for fuck all money when you consider what players are costing now.

And despite the recentish strikes Solskjaer won't be on too big a packet.

[Smjffy]

I think Zaha would be better off staying put as it'll only go the same way it did at Man United. He's one of the best outside the top six but I don't think he's good enough to be a regular for any and at the price he'll cost it's just not worth it. £80M....for what?

[Jimmy Floyd]

If he came to Chelsea, the dear leader would have him on the bench for seven months until his 'tactical work' was up to scratch, which in his case would probably be never, and then he'd go back on loan to Palace.

He'd do alright at Liverpool or City as a kind of wildcard to come off the bench and win them the League Cup.

[Smjffy]

I'm half expecting Sarri to leave before the new season kicks off so that might not be an issue but I'd feel rather underwhelmed if I found Hazard's replacement was Zaha.

[Lewis]

Doesn't he predominantly play on the left? I would have him if Anthony Martial gets drummed out, but a more natural right-sided player is the priority at that end. Then again, he was literally signed by Sir Alex Ferguson once, so that probably counts for more than anything now.

[Smjffy]

I can imagine that's exactly the same thing that OGS thinks too. The same way he thinks nostalgia is a tactic.

OGS - "Zaha would be good because the gaffer did sign him too."

RioDoF - "£80m bruv"

OGS - "Sanchez"

RioDoF - "Merked. Ask the boss"

OGS - "Boss? Can I sign Zaha?"

Fergie - Yes.

Ed - No

Awkward silence. Transfer window shuts.

[Lewis]

They have a whiteboard with 'MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER?' written in the middle, and then things like 'quality' and 'youth' on arrows.

[Shindig]

I completely forgot he signed for them.

[Spikey M]

I don't think he'd be thick enough to go back to them either. He's been good enough to leave Palace for years now, but has stayed without complaint.

[Shindig]

It'll probably be Everton.

[Spikey M]

Is that a step up? I doubt he leaves Palace for them. It will be Spurs, Arsenal or Chelsea (if they can beat the transfer ban).

Potentially Liverpool if they were to lose someone.

[SincereTheRebel]

I would rather see one of the top 6 buy Zaha over the likes of Coutinho.

[SincereTheRebel]

SSN are saying Man Utd are really interested in Sean Longstaff from Newcastle
Real Madrid have bought Luka Jovic from Frankfurt for £50m

[phonics]

Allegri has left Juve.

edit: Turns out my Italian is very bad. They've announced a press conference tomorrow that will more than likely announce the departure of Allegri.

[Mazuuurk]

SSN are saying Man Utd are really interested in Sean Longstaff from Newcastle
Real Madrid have bought Luka Jovic from Frankfurt for £50m


Clubs really are starting to do their business earlier and earlier. Quite refreshing.

50M for one good season in Germany, though. I dunno. He's an FM ledge, I suppose.

[SincereTheRebel]

Frankfurt only activated the option to convert his two year loan into a permanent deal last month.

[Gray Fox]

I can see Ziyech going somewhere like Spurs. He apparently has a £25m release clause which should be pittance to those in the top 4.

[Danny]

1129365505662423040

Let’s pretend a manager change counts as a transfer but lol at that

[randomlegend]

There's some pretty proven ITKs on the Utd subreddit at the moment and apparently De Gea has told the club he won't sign a new deal and will be sold.

[Lewis]

A brief Twitter search suggests that either the ITKs are all over the place or United are. They sound like they're after everybody and nobody.

[Spikey M]

There's some pretty proven ITKs on the Utd subreddit at the moment and apparently De Gea has told the club he won't sign a new deal and will be sold.

That's about 6 summers in a row now.

There are no 'ITK's' they're just cunts.

[Gray Fox]

ITKiko is all you need.

Odd to see United doing more sensible things so far in regards the 2 young wingers.

[Lewis]

That's about 6 summers in a row now.

There are no 'ITK's' they're just cunts.

*gets doxxed by The Group*

[randomlegend]

That's about 6 summers in a row now.

There are no 'ITK's' they're just cunts.

These people have posted exact times press conferences are going to happen to announce players and stuff before.

And no it isn't, not from anyone remotely reliable. I'm sure the daily mail will have said it every year yeah.

[SincereTheRebel]

ITKiko is all you need.

Odd to see United doing more sensible things so far in regards the 2 young wingers.

Sensible it sounds. Put them straight into thr first team

[mugbull]

Of course De Gea wants to leave. Is PSG the only superclub that would be down for a goalkeeper?

[Gray Fox]

City is a no for obvious reasons. Barcelona have a good keeper as do Atletico.

Real Madrid would be an obvious one, but would he go there? Juventus can stroll their league with Szceszny in goal so they have no need. Bayern have Neuer again so that's a no.
There's only really PSG left that could afford both fee and wages.

[mugbull]

Madrid are going gung-ho on Courtois whether it works out or not. PSG is the only place I can think of, unless he wants to go to Napoli

[Lewis]

Juventus would probably come in if the price was right. It's probably only Madrid or PSG who would pay a decent transfer fee for him.

[SincereTheRebel]

What does ITK mean?

[Danny]

In the know

[Bam]

Fucking hell. :D

[niko_cee]

Who are the young wingers United are after, James and?

I quite like that '6 PLAYERS UNITED MUST SIGN!' article doing the rounds. Koulibaly, James, Wan-Bissaka, Rice, Dybala, Bruno Fernandes. Just the odd £300m and probably no nearer to City.

[Danny]

Sessegnon

[SincereTheRebel]

James and Dybala are exactly the type of players Man Utd should be nowhere near. They have elapsed and potential expired

[randomlegend]

Not "Harmez", Daniel James from Swansea.

We are apparently looking to buy a RW, RB, CB and CM. Top target for each position is Sancho, AWB and Koulibaly. CM more vague and depends what Pogba decides to do.

Meunier is second choice right back and we have backups for the other positions too.

Sancho looked nailed on to come during our good run under Ole but now looks like he might stay another season at Dortmund after we missed out on CL.

Believe it or don't I guess, but these guys called stuff like the Dalot transfer before it was anywhere in the press and the Kohler sponsorship deal before anyone had heard of Kohler so I'm fairly convinced they actually know stuff.

[Bam]

Sorry, I don't believe it! :eek:

[niko_cee]

If not qualifying for the Champions League saves United from spaffing £100m on Jadon Sancho they've probably broken even in terms of the money they are going to miss out on.

Every cloud and all that.

[Andy]

I know it's hard to attract top talent without CL but are they really the level of players United are looking at? Going to be a long season for OGS even if hes lucky and gets the lot.

Tough for other clubs when City and Liverpool are so far ahead. City could go and spunk 100m on a holding midfielder and be set for another 3 seasons, the squad is ridiculous right now.

[Shindig]

If UEFA have their way, they won't be able to buy anyone.

[randomlegend]

Sancho had an amazing return for Dortmund this year and I hear nothing but very good things about Koulibaly. They seem like exactly the level of player we should be after :sorry:

It's not like spunking money on players like Sanchez has worked.

EDIT: Cillesen or Onana to replace Dave apparently.

[Jimmy Floyd]

For a long time they've needed to buy to develop, Woodward clearly hates doing this though.

Buying the big contract stars at 28+ is a disaster maybe over 50% of the time? You have to have people who are hungry, Ferguson himself achieved success that way.

[Lewis]

Speaking of which, they are meant to have a couple of solid young goalkeepers, so I would rather just chuck one of them in to sink or swim than buy some foreign flapping pleb.

[Giggles]

Kieran O'Hara, get him in.

[niko_cee]

Sancho had an amazing return for Dortmund this year and I hear nothing but very good things about Koulibaly. They seem like exactly the level of player we should be after :sorry:

Sancho's what? 18 with one good season in Germany under his belt? I just don't think he's going to make a massive difference to United in the next season or so, he needs to develop, and fair enough if you want to do that, but for the sort of money he will cost expectation will be too high for that sort of season to be tolerated (see Dembele at Barcelona and they've been pissing the league).

I don't have the sort of knowledge to know who would be better, but there must be c.22 year olds knocking around who you could get at half the price in the sort of Mané bracket who would serve you better - just buy the Ajax frontline, for example. I suppose, when you're trying to plunder the teams of the moment for their young stars (say Ajax and Lyon) there is probably going to be competition from clubs who can offer better footballing prospects.

That Koulibaly guy always looks good whenever I see him, but, again, the money is insane. I know that is bound to be the case to some extent, but De Laurentis is a nutter and players coming from Italy have a fairly mixed record in English football.

United's real problem is is anyone going to believe in Solskjaer enough to want to sign for them? I'm not sure.

[John Arne]

Three great young Asian's for ya.

Supahanat Mueanta
Just 16, and likely to stay in Thailand for a while yet. However, could easily be the Supat Rungratsamee. 3 in 14 for Thai giants Buriram, and named in the latest senior Thai national team, having previously scored 19 in 16 for the U16's, 4 in 6 for the U19's and 1 in 1 for the U21's.

Song Bum-keun
21yr old 'keeper who only broke into the Jeonbuk team this year, and quickly established himself as the number 1.
Probably gonna stay at Jeonbuk for a few season, but could also see himself in the 2.Bundesliga


Oday Dabbagh
20year old Palestinian midfielder, currently plying his trade at Hilal Al-Quds. Destined to move to UAE or Saudi Arabia

[randomlegend]

For a long time they've needed to buy to develop, Woodward clearly hates doing this though.

Buying the big contract stars at 28+ is a disaster maybe over 50% of the time? You have to have people who are hungry, Ferguson himself achieved success that way.

Woodward clearly loves a galactico signing, but everything that's come out is that he's always been willing to blow big money on talented youngsters, which was where him and Mourinho clashed as Jose wanted to be bunging £50m+s at Perisic and Willian.

[randomlegend]

Sancho's what? 18 with one good season in Germany under his belt? I just don't think he's going to make a massive difference to United in the next season or so, he needs to develop, and fair enough if you want to do that, but for the sort of money he will cost expectation will be too high for that sort of season to be tolerated (see Dembele at Barcelona and they've been pissing the league).

It sounds like there's an acceptance this is exactly what we need to do to get back to challenging.

[Raoul Duke]

De Gea swap deal for Bale and Navas would be my theory (although swaps don't actually ever happen).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sancho had an amazing return for Dortmund this year and I hear nothing but very good things about Koulibaly. They seem like exactly the level of player we should be after :sorry:

It's not like spunking money on players like Sanchez has worked.

EDIT: Cillesen or Onana to replace Dave apparently.

I'd love Onana.

He's a proper African keeper so there'd be plenty of entertainment.

[Spikey M]

Is it possible to be a pacey winger in Germany and have bad season? Even Hitler managed it and he had Parkinson's.

[Kikó]

De Gea swap deal for Bale and Navas would be my theory (although swaps don't actually ever happen).

That would be super shit.

[niko_cee]

Bournemouth have signed Lloyd Kelly from Bristol City for £13m. Supposed to be quite highly rated. Probably a better bet than that fat muppet Diego Rico.

[SincereTheRebel]

Kompany has confirmed he is leaving Man City

[Shindig]

To become player manager at Anderlecht. Excellent.

[SincereTheRebel]

To become player manager at Anderlecht. Excellent.

Fuck. Didnt see that coming at all.

[Shindig]

I thought about him finishing their but not to manage as well. He's done well and signed off in style for City.

[randomlegend]

Sancho has decided to stay at Dortmund for another year. We might run De Gea's contract down rather than selling.

[Spikey M]

That's a pretty intelligent idea from Kompany. He's easily good enough to still be playing at the top, but dropping down a level to get your foot onto the management ladder is smart.

[Lewis]

It's probably better to wait for him, even if it ends up costing a bit more. Dave Gayer can do one though the mimsy.

[Manc]

What is an acceptable amount for United to spend and not finish in the top four?

[Lewis]

Fifty pounds.

[SincereTheRebel]

Real Madrid lost 2-0 at home to Betis. Bale was an unused sub.

Zidane said ”He (Bale) has won a lot here but we live for the present and the future. We will not forget the past but we have to live for the day today.

”I have counted on other players in more in recent weeks, and if I had a fourth substitute today I would not have brought him on.”

Ether

[Lewis]

United should offer Madrid zero pounds to get him off their wage bill (and then offer him less than his current salary because it is lol).

[niko_cee]

Doesn't Bale pick-up almost double what Sanchez gets? I know it's distorted by the way they deal with image rights (but then probably re-distorted by the optional nature of tax in Spain), but if they reckon they're getting him off their wage bill without some sort of massive pay-off then they're surely dreaming. Hasn't he got a contract until sometime into the next decade to boot?

[Lewis]

Yeah, he has them over a barrel. You could see Madrid paying some of his contract up to shift him, like United are reported to be considering with 'Alexis', and then somebody could pick him up on a more realistic (arf) wage. I would have him if the price was right.

[SincereTheRebel]

United should offer Madrid zero pounds to get him off their wage bill (and then offer him less than his current salary because it is lol).

Madrid sounds desperate as fuck. United to request £50m and bale from Madrid. Start from there.

[Giggles]

Has he even been that good for Madrid?

[phonics]

I mean he's scored 2 Champions League final winners.

[niko_cee]

He's basally been a slightly better or slightly worse McManaman.

[Giggles]

I mean he's scored 2 Champions League final winners.

That's two good games then, not a bad start. Any more? How long has he been there anyway?

[Lewis]

He's been good. He just hasn't been Ronaldo, and by the sounds of it is a retard who nobody there likes.

[SincereTheRebel]

Looks like he has done what is required. He isnt Ronaldo though. Real and Barca exspect a lot. Barca though Cesc was equal to Messi and was the only player other than Messi they tried to convert to false 9.

Bale is 30 before the start of thr season. May as well try and cash him into some gullible team who are willing to take a gamble.

[mugbull]

He’s been alright but the Spaniards don’t like the British

[Giggles]

He’s been alright but the Spaniards don’t like the British

Who does?

[mugbull]

Rather a Brit than an Irishman tbf

[phonics]

Being there for 5 years and still not being able to speak Spanish is a bit embarassing tbf.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Aguero's been here for that long or longer and doesn't begin to speak English. Thickos are thickos the world over.

[Shindig]

He’s been alright but the Spaniards don’t like the British

Makes the time they bought Beckham, Woodgate and Owen all the more surprising, then.

[Giggles]

Rather a Brit than an Irishman tbf

That's probably a compliment, with you being a mong and all.

[randomlegend]

Gareth Bale would be a terrible signing for Utd.

[Lewis]

He would be solid for three years on Paulp Ogba money. Then he can replace Ashley Young at full-back.

[Yevrah]

Bale's been great for Real over the years, but the club is now rotten to the core and Zidane hates him for some reason.

[SincereTheRebel]

Wasnt it Zidane that recommended him in? Zidane was ball gobbling Bale when he was in a Spurs shirt scoring hat-tricks at San Siro.

[Gray Fox]

Seems like Bale is the scapegoat for some reason, but he's won the Champions League 4 times, playing a vital role in at least 2/3 of those wins.

Him seemingly wanting nothing to do with anything Spanish doesn't help, but we don't give a fuck about all the South Americans here doing the same so bollocks.

[niko_cee]

For the most expensive player in the world his performance has been fairly underwhelming for the most part (he's only made 25 appearances per season - ah I think that may just be in the league), but he has made some fairly major contributions in a few of the big games. I think he's done better out of it than they have.

[Spikey M]

Gareth Bale would be a terrible signing for Utd.

He would be easily your best player playing in literally any position bar Centre Back and Goalkeeper.

[Mike]

Aguero's been here for that long or longer and doesn't begin to speak English. Thickos are thickos the world over.
Aguero speaks english.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5uyl0sE1oY

[Bam]

That's probably a compliment, with you being a mong and all.


A Paddy calling someone a mong. :D

[Bam]

He would be easily your best player playing in literally any position bar Centre Back and Goalkeeper.


He'd be better than Phil Jones.

[Giggles]

A Paddy calling someone a mong. :D

This one is along the same complimentary lines seeing as it's coming from the thickest cunt on here. And that's not even a close run thing.

[Spikey M]

He'd be better than Phil Jones.

Fair point. And De Gea has been shit this season too, actually.

[Bam]

This one is along the same complimentary lines seeing as it's coming from the thickest cunt on here. And that's not even a close run thing.

Hurt your feelings, awww

[Bam]

Fair point. And De Gea has been shit this season too, actually.

Phil Jones would do a better job!

[Giggles]

Hurt your feelings, awww

That wasn't a retaliation, it was an observation of fact.

[randomlegend]

He would be easily your best player playing in literally any position bar Centre Back and Goalkeeper.

He's 30 by the time the season starts, on about £500k a week and can't stay fit for more than 5 minutes at a time. Yes he's really turned up for some big games, but he's also been not very good for large parts of his time in Madrid, particularly in the last season or so.

It would end up looking as bad as the Sanchez transfer.

[Bam]

That wasn't a retaliation, it was an observation of fact.


No, I've never know the Irish to do anything in retaliation. :rosebud:

[Giggles]

No, I've never know the Irish to do anything in retaliation. :rosebud:

Exhibit A.

[Bam]

Exhibit A.


Exhibit B.

Now we find a knob that likes to slag of the British.

[Kikó]

United should offer Madrid zero pounds to get him off their wage bill (and then offer him less than his current salary because it is lol).

From the itk centre, I've read they've offered him to us on loan for 5m. He's supposed to be on £600k a week. I'm sure we can raise those.

[Lewis]

The only issue would be whether it would have the same effect as 'Alexis' in terms of putting everybody else on greedy cunt notice. But would it be different if he was actually producing the goods? If he was winning games every week and some tosser like Marcus Rashford asked for stupid money 'Because Bareth is on...' you could tell him to fuck off a lot more easily than you currently can when your highest earner is being paid to lounge around shagging his dogs. In isolation, whilst six-hundred grand a week is a bit mental, if you could haggle him down a bit it sounds like decent value in a world where Ander Herrera can walk into a three-hundred grand a week free transfer.

[niko_cee]

Bale, Pogba and Alexis (and some other poor sap, probably Rashford), with Fred and some other spastic behind in the midfield.

:drool:

Good luck with that one.

[Baz]

Why is Bale seen as bad now? He's a pretty top player.

[Giggles]

Why is Bale seen as bad now? He's a pretty top player.

Because Man Utd want him.

Everything in football now has to be a 1 or a 10 with nothing in between.

[Max Power]

He’s not bad he’s just not worth what he’d cost. Plus he’s always injured.

[Spikey M]

Fuck knows. There's not many teams he wouldn't go straight into the first team of. It's a shame he went to Madrid really, he's got the silverware from it, and a fucking ridiculous wage, but it's not done his legacy much good.

He was insanely brilliant at Spurs. Better than Kane. Probably better than Modric was too.

[Gray Fox]

On talent he makes pretty much any first XI world over.

However he's going to cost abit, more on top with the wages and add in he's about to be 30. If he comes in and smashes it at said club, he'll still only be good for 3-4 years at most.

[Kikó]

Bale played 47 times this season. Not bad for someone injured.

[Pen]

Bale on loan does seem like a decent deal. Little harm done if he’s not worth it and if he is, well, then great.

[Baz]

Except for City and Liverpool, Bale would improve the starting eleven of the other eighteen teams.

And he'd probably be a better backup than Origi, so make that nineteen of the twenty teams would be better for having him.

I try not to worry about prices and wages - I don't pay them, so as long as they're good footballers they're worth every penny.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'd be fully behind a loan deal.

Can see him going a bit Sanchez if it was a permanent deal though.

[mugbull]

Idk who wanted a long term deal for him, but FUCK EM

[Jimmy Floyd]

They matter because money spent on player X is money they can't spend on player Y, and other than Manchester City everyone has finite resources.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im pretty sute Man Utd dont want that Sanchez problem again, but I do for my own viewing pleasure.

[Shindig]

Gayle and Rondon will not be swapped. Bah. :(

[Mazuuurk]

Except for City and Liverpool, Bale would improve the starting eleven of the other eighteen teams.

And he'd probably be a better backup than Origi, so make that nineteen of the twenty teams would be better for having him.

I try not to worry about prices and wages - I don't pay them, so as long as they're good footballers they're worth every penny.


This is the man who with his sheer presence alone made Pickford keep you guys in the league running, and who more or less by himself took you to the CL final.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, Bale was great for Spurs, 7 years ago, and has been decent for Madrid with flashes of brilliance, but if there was ever a prime candidate for age related performance time bomb then it's him. It's a pretty familiar tale and it seems even Madrid might be wise to it.

And the money's not just about finite resources, it's what it does to the rest of the dressing room. There isn't a serious team in world football (there probably are some in China) where someone bowling in on triple everyone else's salary isn't going to cause friction. It's just not worth it. So either Madrid pay him off and he goes somewhere on more realistic terms, or he's staying there. I get the impression he'd be reasonably happy to Bogarde it out.

[SincereTheRebel]

SSN claim Trippeier is off to Napoli

[Waffdon]

Can’t believe Scotland have lured the best manager in world football to sign a 3 year contract.

[bruhnaldo]

Supposedly Bale said he'll just "stay and play golf" if worst comes to worst lmfao

[niko_cee]

My learned fact for the day is that he has a replica of the 17th hole at Sawgrass in his back garden.

He'll probably be able to reconstruct the rest of it with what Real owe him.

£55m after tax, apparently.

:D

[niko_cee]

Graham Potter and associates have joined Brighton for £3m, which makes it a transfer ok.

May the good footballing times roll. I'm not sure I've ever seen that Daniel James chap play, but they should bring him with them.

[Shindig]

Rafa stays, Bale signs for -£55m. Which God do I have to slaughter / appease to make this happen?

[randomlegend]

According to the Reddit ITK, there'll be stories about Utd signing Daniel James coming out 10pm tonight.

Looking to sign one of Nicolas Pepe, Bale (loan with option to buy) or Griezmann.

Will bid for Koulibaly once De Ligt is confirmed going to Barca.

Edit: oh and Sanchez may be going on loan to Inter, with us paying 50% wages.

[Shindig]

Can’t believe Scotland have lured the best manager in world football to sign a 3 year contract.

Find me a more Scottish looking man. Or a picture of Steve Clarke smiling.

[mugbull]

Apparently Chelsea are gonna fire Sarri and replace him with Lamps. Really really good to hear.

[Shindig]

Just opens the door for Terry to assist.

[Spikey M]

Captain, Leader, Shin-pads.

[Kikó]

https://www.skysports.com/share/11725295

Itk.

[randomlegend]

Yeah they got the timing out by half a day but still.

[randomlegend]

Daniel James done deal, announcement today or tomorrow.

Our reported interest in De Ligt is apparently just to push Barca to announce they've signed him (we believe it's decided he's going there) so that Napoli can't use Barca 'interest' as leverage in the negotiations for Koulibaly. We'll try and buy Umtiti as well as Koulibaly if Barca make him available after they get Dr Ligt.

[Lewis]

4D chess at last. :cool:

[Lewis]

They will end up with Umtiti for more than they spend on de Ligt. I would sooner have Harry Maguire.

[randomlegend]

Koulibaly is the priority for CB either way. Umtiti would be an extra.

[niko_cee]

Di Laurentis doesn't need other interest to leverage against, he's very much in the "fuck you, pay me" camp. I too reckon the money would be better spaffed on Maguire.

City must be in the market for another centre half this summer, surprised they're not going for De Ligt if he's as good as everyone seems to think.

[Lewis]

Yeah, United aren't going to pay the money Napoli want.

[SincereTheRebel]

Otamendi sounds like a forgotten name which will probably leave City also

[SincereTheRebel]

Dortmund have signed Thorgan Hazard, Julian Brandt and Nico Schulz, officially.

[Manc]

Any truth behind Pep to Juventus?

[niko_cee]

Sounds like wishful thinking.

[Shindig]

Rafa's not going to Roma. Probably means he's going to Juve.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Klopp to Bologna I heard.

[Waffdon]

Arsenal’s kits for next year are the best ever. What a thing of beauty.

[Pepe]

Yes but Rwanda.

[SincereTheRebel]

Victor Moses who i forgot existed is link with Inter. He had a few good seasons with Chelsea but then just dispappered. Supposduly, he was in Turkey

Edit: Ahh, with Conte now at Inter. Moses is linked there who had that good season under him and Lukaku is also linked according to SSN in yellow.

[SincereTheRebel]

Manchester United, Everton and West Ham have been offered the chance to sign Marseille and Netherlands midfielder Kevin Strootman on loan. Thats about 4 years out of date.

[Ian]

I look forward to a host of Premier League clubs being linked with exciting Celta Vigo prospect Benni McCarthy.

[randomlegend]

First things first, I have removed all mention of Daniel James as his deal is complete but both Swansea and United have agreed that due to the very sudden passing of his father they have left when he joins us into his hands now to give him time to grieve in private. I wont be discussing him again until it concludes out of respect.

I've had another drop. The internal teams at United seem to have been given a memo about names. This is a mixture of 3 sources supplying this and very much an amalgamation of information, so some of it is a little contradictory:

IN

Sancho deal could be back on. Seems that the Brandt and Hazard signings are seen as Dortmund preparing to let him go. Belief is it would take between £80m-£100m. However, expect to see news come out slowly that we AREN'T interested as Ed is seemingly trying to play a bit of a game to lower the price by flirting with Bale and Griezmann (this already started yesterday with an Ogden ESPN article).
AWB deal is on. We've told Meunier we won't be continuing discussions. The AWB deal is quiet a bit further along than reported, and he may now wind up completing first.
We are the Premier League team that intends to activate Partey's release clause (pending Pogba confirming he plans to stay. Not sure why him going would stop this but that's what is being said.)
Koulibally is almost certainly not happening. Napoli seem utterly disinterested in selling him. Umtiti still the other pipe-dream, but he seems to want to stay at Barca. Harry Maguire is the backup but will be very expensive.
We would love to sign De Ligt, but all noise is from his agent trying to drum up money out of Barca. We don't expect him to go anywhere else. We have however said we will meet all demands (which is above Barcas offer and a promise to make him the instant starter).
Likewise; we have started to monitor the situation with Luka Jovic at Eintracht Frankfurt. Still expected to join Madrid but we may look to sign him if Lukaku leaves. We wouldn't meet their €100m valuation but instead would look to send players to them on loan (Chong an option) or even offer them a discount on a replacement (not sure who they would want/can afford to he honest).
We absolutely would take Bale on loan if he wants it.
OUT

Bailly has attracted several offers, but nothing that has met the club valuation.
Pogba is believed to be staying
De Gea is going this summer. PSG offer is expected any day now.
Alexis has an offer from Inter (Juve never reached out formally).
Lukaku sale to Inter is also becoming possible, but will be dependant upon a suitable replacement being available (and if Icardi would actually leave). Solksjaer seems to not be arsed at all with him.)

Latest. Idk if anyone interested, if not I'll stop relaying it.

[niko_cee]

What's Partey's release clause then?

Must be about £300m worth of deals there.

[randomlegend]

£40m-ish I think.

[phonics]

That reads as total fan fiction

[Pepe]

Itk mate, itk.

[Smjffy]

That reads as total fan fiction

It reads like a typical piece on Man United in the summer market. The ending is usually player X,Y,Z didn't join because <insert excuse>.

[SincereTheRebel]

Is that the Man Utd verison of RAWK?

[randomlegend]

The couple of people this comes from have called stuff correctly in the past quite consistently, it's pretty obvious they do get some information.

But anyway, I'll stop posting it.

[niko_cee]

Mate, you can't just give in like that. This is why the rumour mill died as a sub forum!

[John]

We seem to have given up on getting Ryan Kent on a proper deal or even extending his loan another year, and are instead going to take Sheyi Ojo on loan who I remember Taz wanking himself dry over and very little else. Based purely on that, he'll probably be rotten. Hopefully Jamie Murphy hits the ground running and he's just a backup.

[thommo]

We had Sheyi Ojo on loan at Fulham a season ago. Quite underwhelming, one or two decent performances early on (2 goals and an assist away at Sheffield United was his best game) but the majority of the time he was poor, with bad decision making. Barely featured in the second half of the season when we had the great unbeaten run to the playoffs.

[Ian]

Re: the United stuff it all seems quite believable in as much as I'd have thought any big club probably has a million things on the go and players they're "monitoring" at any given time ranging from "unlikely but we'll try our hand given the chance" to "plan c / what we'd like to pretend isn't the likely option." It's just that with United being rich but a bit shit less of the big ones actually come off and we end up with Fred.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Reliable United 'itk' is probably a piss to get hold of, Woodward probably wrote that on reddit himself. Chelsea itk is rare as hen's teeth.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ojo is young black and muscular.

Of course Taz raved about him.

[Ian]

To be fair to Taz he was often right about these things.

All those Ballon D'ors Taarabt has won. :drool:

[Pepe]

Speaking of Taz, where the hell did he go? Most disappointing comeback ever.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ojo is young black and muscular.

Of course Taz raved about him.

That is probably why was calling me for months, when i was taking regular trips to MKD. :lol:

[Ian]

Speaking of Taz, where the hell did he go? Most disappointing comeback ever.

His missus found out he'd worked out the parental control password and changed it.

[Danny]

That is probably why was calling me for months, when i was taking regular trips to MKD. :lol:

:rosebud:

[niko_cee]

To be fair to Taz he was often right about these things.

All those Ballon D'ors Taarabt has won. :drool:

Everyone is slowly coming round to his thinking on Sterling though . . .

And Ojo is fairly wank, although I doubt that's much of an impediment to progress north of the border. Presumably Liverpool want too much (read some actual) money for Kent, so I guess he'll be off to the Championship.

£25m for Wilson, and everyone seems to be wetting their pants to sign this Camacho chap as well. Youth purge.

[Ian]

Broken clocks, twice a day, etc.

[Lewis]

That United stuff doesn't sound unrealistic. It sounds like Barcelona are trying to get de Ligt on the cheap ('cheap'). He will more than likely end up there, but I often wonder what the player thinks when a club is being a dickhead about putting the money up. We really want you, but... lol at the thing about OGB deciding Lukaku is shit as well. I bet he's had him trying to recreate iconic treble goals and got sick of watching him fuck them up.

[Kikó]

Not sure if the itk block of text mentioned it but few reports greaseman to united might be a goer.

[Smjffy]

That United stuff doesn't sound unrealistic. It sounds like Barcelona are trying to get de Ligt on the cheap ('cheap'). He will more than likely end up there, but I often wonder what the player thinks when a club is being a dickhead about putting the money up. We really want you, but... lol at the thing about OGB deciding Lukaku is shit as well. I bet he's had him trying to recreate iconic treble goals and got sick of watching him fuck them up.

Fuck the treble. Today I watched Sunderland V Charlton. The beauty of the little an large show of Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn with a side dose of Clive Mendonca having a solo rave. As far as Lukaku goes, recreating OGS's winning goal would actually mean he's improved the player by virtue of having him stick a leg out. If he did that repeatedly the fat bastard might lose a few pounds. Too bulked up physically and too little going on between his ears.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Clive Mendonca donned that game like no one has ever donned football since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDqJ_GGiZ0

One of the great football matches ever played, enhanced here by Drury commentary.

[Lewis]

If Barcelona don't want him then every other club in Europe should conspire not to sign Griezmann so that he has to stay where he is like an absolute whopper.

[Mellberg]

Clive Mendonca donned that game like no one has ever donned football since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDqJ_GGiZ0

One of the great football matches ever played, enhanced here by Drury commentary.

All three of his goals were about the touch before the strike. Class. He scored a hattrick on his Prem debut too. Strange how these things stay with you.

[Kikó]

They're absolutely brilliant goals. Funny as my memory of Mendonca was a donkey so strange to see him like Van Basten.

[SincereTheRebel]

Bayern have confirmed they are in talks with Man City about Sane.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There must be something wrong with his what in baseball would be called 'makeup', I don't understand why Germany and City are so keen to give him the swerve.

[Lewis]

'Pep' is a racist. Raheem Sterling is his designated black player (Brazilians get a pass), and I bet he slags Benjamin Mendy off with all sorts of sly references to racial stereotypes.

[niko_cee]

Sané probably just wants a shot at winning the Champions League.

[Waffdon]

‘Pep’ definitely has an issue with him. No one can get near him when he plays remotely well. Proper winger too.

[Giggles]

Was he the one left out of the German World Cup squad too? He must be a right cunt to have around a dressing room or something.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We should make some enquiries.

Wouldn't happen but he'd be brilliant.

[SincereTheRebel]

There is a left footed curse problemm especially with attacking players.

[igor_balis]

Sterling much prefers to play on the left, and Sane has to play there really. It's admirable that the city players are happy to be rotated for the benefit of the team as a whole, but I'm sure that's a big part of it. Must admit he does come across as a bit of a petulant nob as well, but that's probably just my fault for judging people on their resting bitch face. It's the same reason it took me ages to warm to Eoin Morgan, he just looks like a miserable bastard.

[Lewis]

He has a massive tattoo of himself all over his back. Of course he is a twat. That said, Sterling strikes me as a 'false nine' in the long-term, so binning him is possibly a bit short sighted.

[SincereTheRebel]

He has a massive tattoo of himself all over his back. Of course he is a twat. That said, Sterling strikes me as a 'false nine' in the long-term, so binning him is possibly a bit short sighted.

Has he really? I used to clown this girl who has pictures of herself as her phone wallpaper, screensaver and living room wall. Super vain.

[Reg]

As Honigstein said this week on one of the football pods, Sane doesn't entirely fit what Pep wants, which is total control and predictability. He sometimes overplays and can take a fraction of a second longer to make a decision than their alternatives. He's obviously super talented and when he's in full flight he's pretty much impossible to tackle or even foul, but wouldn't be surprised if City took 80m or something for him.

[Lewis]

United should be in for him. It's 2019 fellas. Let's join the rest of the world in making stupid transfers between rivals.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Don't get ideas above your station.

[Waffdon]

Sterling is just as good if not better on the right. City look at their best with Sane-Aguero-Sterling and the two Silva’s in midfield. No idea what they’ll do with De Bruyne back fit.

[igor_balis]

Has he really? I used to clown this girl who has pictures of herself as her phone wallpaper, screensaver and living room wall. Super vain.

Loads of the Romanian fellas who come into the bank wanting help with mobile banking etc have photos of themselves as their wallpaper as well. Funny, but not as funny as when I loaded a middle aged bloke's browser to connect to our wifi and it was still on his last page, a google search for "abi titmuss tits naked". Fair play.

[igor_balis]

Sterling is just as good if not better on the right. City look at their best with Sane-Aguero-Sterling and the two Silva’s in midfield. No idea what they’ll do with De Bruyne back fit.

Perhaps, but Sterling doesn't like playing there, and considering his homegrown status he's infinitely more valuable to them.

[Ian]

not as funny as when I loaded a middle aged bloke's browser to connect to our wifi and it was still on his last page, a google search for "abi titmuss tits naked". Fair play.

Is that quite an old anecdote or is he just out of touch enough that Abi Titmuss is still his go-to?

[igor_balis]

Is that quite an old anecdote or is he just out of touch enough that Abi Titmuss is still his go-to?

Absolutely the latter, he was in his 50s and it was last year.

[Waffdon]

Perhaps, but Sterling doesn't like playing there, and considering his homegrown status he's infinitely more valuable to them.

Do you ken him like eh.

Man Utd bidding for Moussa Dembele according to Twitter. Lolz

[Pepe]

Is that quite an old anecdote or is he just out of touch enough that Abi Titmuss is still his go-to?

Having googled her, fair play to the man. :drool:

[igor_balis]

Having googled her, fair play to the man. :drool:

check your PMs :eyemouth:

[Pepe]

check your PMs :eyemouth:

:D

Might have to wait until I'm off work.

[Bob Sacamano]

Napoli seem to have a hard on for an English right back.

Just wait till they discover Nicky Hunt available for a free.

[randomlegend]

Some not very reliable murmurings of big news out of Utd in the next couple of hours.

Take it with a big pinch of salt.

[niko_cee]

Hopefully it's that Dembele rumour coming to fruition.

[randomlegend]

Don't think it could be that so quickly.

One of the two very reliable guys has just said he's also heard 'something' will be announced in the next couple of hours.

[Lewis]

Him coming seems to be dependent on Lukaku going, so it's not a bad trade assuming they don't take a massive hit on the latter.

[Giggles]

New Asian commercial partner most likely.

[randomlegend]

New Asian commercial partner most likely.

Probably.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dried squid partnership :drool:

[niko_cee]

https://www.101greatgoals.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GettyImages-183158242.jpg

[Shindig]

Does anybody want Mike Williamson? Gateshead have been refused entry into the National League next season. :(

[Lewis]

Randrew, stop qualifying these things like you're sceptical. Go all in or don't post them.

[niko_cee]

There's a bit on the BBC site about Madrid and their Galacticos and, watching it, how I crave a return to the dark days of the 90s for them.