Summer Transfers 2020 - Sponsored by Corona™

[bruhnaldo]

Sancho to Utd?!
Mbappe to Liverpool?!

Discuss.

[mugbull]

You're the seer, you tell us

[bruhnaldo]

Man keep that shit in that thread lmao

[Lewis]

Time for Randrew to do some actual essential work.

[Baz]

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[Giggles]

OK then...

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[randomlegend]

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[Manc]

Hot take.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is he on a plane yet?

[randomlegend]

What are you retards even on about, I'm just posting confirmation of a transfer in the transfers thread.

[Manc]

Triggered. :drool:

[phonics]

Mahow grinding any joke into the ground through repetition is worse than any transfer tier list

[Shindig]

So much of our business hinges on the takeover being done. A process that might genuinely exceed lockdown at this rate.

[randomlegend]

Ighalo loan extension seems agreed

[Baz]

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That’s all but confirmed Mbappe to Liverpool.

[The Merse]

...or that they need to replace Cavani, who he's a far more natural comparison for?

[randomlegend]

If Mbappe goes to Liverpool I'll eat Taz's pube sandwich.

[Manc]

Kinky.

[Baz]

If Mbappe goes to Liverpool I'll eat Taz's pube sandwich.Is there a time limit on this promise?

[Smjffy]

If Mbappe goes to Liverpool I'll eat Taz's pube sandwich.

Safe as houses. It's just too fanciful to even invoke any sort of excitement.

[Baz]

oK bOoMeR

[Smjffy]

I don't subscribe to that rubbish as it's too generic but I'd be more of a Xennial.

[randomlegend]

Is there a time limit on this promise?

In the next two transfer windows (summer + winter).

[Baz]

In the next two transfer windows (summer + winter).
Summer 2021 is my actual expectation so you’re off the hook, there.

[Giggles]

Why would Liverpool even want to go down that route?

[Manc]

Beats me. Didn't even turn up in Russia.

[Smjffy]

Why would Liverpool even want to go down that route?

Just his name alone sells more shirts, we've moved to Nike, he's with Nike, he's a good player etc etc.

It just seems way too far fetched but the scenes if it happened. :drool:

[randomlegend]

From the ITKs:

Ighalo loan extension agreed, expect to be announced soon
Sancho price agreed with Dortmund
Interested in Rodon from Swansea

[Mike]

Just his name alone sells more shirts, we've moved to Nike, he's with Nike, he's a good player etc etc.

It just seems way too far fetched but the scenes if it happened. :drool:

It’s mostly just a hashtag on twitter to annoy fans of other teams really, he’s never signing, and yet he might! #Mbappe2021

[Jimmy Floyd]

Interested in Rodon from Swansea

Does some bloke in Swansea have compromising pictures of Ed Woodward?

[Danny]

Its just Giggs pushing the Welsh players.

[Don]

I thought Rondon could do better than Swansea but turns out it's Aaron Ramsey's 22 year-old brother turning out at CB, sleeve tattoos and all :D At least they're starting to get more realistic than Jadon "knows the club" Sancho.

[Giggles]

Its just Giggs pushing the Welsh players.

That was confusing me until I realised it’s not Salomon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-linked-swansea-defender-joe-11143770

"Welsh John Stones" :\

[Yevrah]

If Milan sign a Burnley midfieder on a free the pandemic won't be the most out of the ordinary thing to have happened this year.

[Giggles]

If Milan sign a Burnley midfieder on a free the pandemic won't be the most out of the ordinary thing to have happened this year.

Especially one that’s been dogshit for at least 3 years.

[Ian]

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-linked-swansea-defender-joe-11143770

"Welsh John Stones" :\

That's a pretty sick double-burn.

[randomlegend]

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[Don]

Fam, no one cares.

[randomlegend]

Get back to me when your imaginary Mbappe transfer comes to fruition.

[Lewis]

You can tell 'Don' is a new around here.

[randomlegend]

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[randomlegend]

Sancho fee to be third highest ever paid, which would make it 115 to 120m pounds. #itk

[Don]

Any word on Ighalo?

[Luca]

When do we expect Gaitan to sign?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Does the Sancho fee include a clause for a Balon D'or win?

[Jimmy Floyd]

£5 million bonus for a Ballon d'Or, £10 million for a Grammy, and £18 million if he's retweeted by LeBron James or has a Netflix documentary made about him.

[randomlegend]

Sancho is happening. Stay mad nerds.

[Shindig]

Nah, he's balancing out our midfield. He's the only man that can keep up with Saint-Maximim.

[SincereTheRebel]

And they all fail to Adama. Stay in your lane.

[Kikó]

I'm struggling to see where all of these football teams are finding the cash for mega money deals this summer.

[Shindig]

I know right? It's almost unheard of to see football clubs act financially irresponsibly.

[Kikó]

I know they *can* but not usually on a backdrop of mass refunds and potential half filled stadiums due to covid19.

[Jimmy Floyd]

United (or any team) spending a nine figure sum on a footballer is just not going to happen until we are well clear of covid.

The talk is probably agents spinning a yarn.

[Ian]

Nicaraguan bumbag sponsorships, mate.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Covid will, absolutely certainly, depress the entire football economy (which has been in a tulip boom as it is). TV rights values were plateauing anyway and will now drop hard, especially if there are no or few fans in grounds for an extended period. If United want to dump £110 million on Jadon Sancho, they no doubt have the funds to do so but they will quickly find he is worth £60 million in six months' time. Why would you make that business decision?

[Ian]

If they thought he would make THAT much of a different, they're not planning to sell him ever and are liquid enough then they might.

Not saying it's a good idea but if United are one of a few who still have money to throw about I'm guessing they'd try and get a leg up with a relative lack of competition.

And if transfer genius Ed Woodward thinks it's a good idea who am I to argue?

[John Arne]

The Premier League should just sell the rights themselves. Online season pass for $100. 50m people sign up - $5bn-a-season. Easy peasy.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Premier League should just sell the rights themselves. Online season pass for $100. 50m people sign up - $5bn-a-season. Easy peasy.

They will do that in the end once the TV companies fail to cough up.

[Shindig]

If they do that then there's an onus on them to spend to produce their own programming.

[Andy]

Hassenhuttl has just signed a new four year deal. This is fantastic news.

There were rumours doing the rounds thay we needed to sell 5 or more first team players just to balance the books. Apparently there is a law in place to stop our Chinese owner investing any of his money in the club.

Cant be as bad as people think if the manager has signed up for another four years.

[Shindig]

Matty Longstaff's had an offer from Udinese.

[Manc]

I'll look forward to him turning out for Watford.

[Shindig]

If I was Matty, I'd be disappointed in that. Still bumping up from £800 a week to £30k is class.

[Waffdon]

Werner to Chelsea according to Blid. Liverpool tried to get the government to pay their wages, no danger they’re paying £60m so it makes sense.

[Gray Fox]

Leipzig flapping.

Liverpool think they can get him for cheaper once the transfer window opens, so trying to push us into paying the clause(expires in 10 days I believe).

[Smjffy]

Werner to Chelsea according to Blid. Liverpool tried to get the government to pay their wages, no danger they’re paying £60m so it makes sense.

I'd rather we weren't splashing out stupid sums for any player at the moment. I'd take a left back and that's about it.

[Gray Fox]

It's a steal for Chelsea if it does happen however.

I can't personally see why Liverpool wouldn't bid. He's very publicly flirted with us and we haven't signed anyone besides Minamino since summer 2018, whilst taking in record TV money etc. I can't believe the money wouldn't be there.

[Smjffy]

It's a steal for Chelsea if it does happen however.

I can't personally see why Liverpool wouldn't bid. He's very publicly flirted with us and we haven't signed anyone besides Minamino since summer 2018, whilst taking in record TV money etc. I can't believe the money wouldn't be there.

I see Spurs aren't so fortunate. £175M loan to get through the next 12 months or so according to the Guardian. Has the stadium completely fucked them?

[Gray Fox]

A quick Google suggests it cost them £1bn all-in. This was done on the basis it became a hub for other sports(NFL and Rugby made agreements to play matches there), along with a concert venue.

I'd say COVID has fucked them there.

[Manc]

I'd take Ings back over Werner. Pace merchant in a league with no intent to defend. No thanks.

[Shindig]

In a rather bleak sign of the times, Gateshead's fans are tying to bolster their transfer funds from crowdfunding.

[Andy]

I'd take Ings back over Werner. Pace merchant in a league with no intent to defend. No thanks.

Ings would cost more, we sell him and we are relegated.

[Giggles]

Ings would cost more, we sell him and we are relegated.

Speaking of strikers there, I never thought I’d see the day Long was extended.

[niko_cee]

Chelsea signing Werner would be some serious expenditure on top of Ziyech. Speaking of him, have they binned things off in the Netherlands and does that mean he can sign for Chelsea and play for them when things resume or is the transfer window on hiatus at the moment? Chuck in Pulisic and that's about €150m on 3 flouncy attackers from leagues of dubious merit.

[SincereTheRebel]

I prefer those type of signings. Raid the best players from the teams in the tier(s) below.

Its better than bringing in 'used to be ok Philip Coutinho' or 'scored goals for 10 years and might be about to expire Edison Cavani'

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't understand how we have the moolah to be flinging £60 million at Leipzig.

[Shindig]

You're ran by a Russian oligarch.

[phonics]

I don't understand how we have the moolah to be flinging £60 million at Leipzig.

You sold Hazard for a hundred million quid and didn't sign anyone. You don't have a stadium to pay for so the broadcast money goes into your pocket and your highest earner is on 100-150k less than Mezut Ozil.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You sold Hazard for a hundred million quid and didn't sign anyone. You don't have a stadium to pay for so the broadcast money goes into your pocket and your highest earner is on 100-150k less than Mezut Ozil.

So we're basically lovable underdogs? I could go with that.

So much has happened since Hazard left us that it feels like about 5 years ago.

[phonics]

So we're basically lovable underdogs? I could go with that.

Let's not go that far. You're just infuriatingly well run. The only bad financial hits over the last 2 massive TV deal increases are paying off the 2 managers you sacked and the doctor rinsing you for sacking her.

[Waffdon]

Marina has Chelsea as the best run team by a fair bit in the league. They rarely ever make losses and even with horrible signings they seem to recoup the money.

She’ll make another big signing or two whilst the majority of the other clubs do nothing.

[niko_cee]

They've definitely got some sort of network they can fall back on when they need to sell Oscar for £60m or get Real to stump up insane money for a player running out of contract.

On that point, the 'big 2' in Spain haven't half had some shockers in recent seasons.

I've no real idea about Werner, but £49m doesn't seem majorly mad even in these 'new normal' times.

[Don]

What the sweet fuck is Werner going to do at ours barely getting minutes off the bench behind Harvey Elliot and Naby? Go destroy your career under Lamps, lad.

[Andy]

Speaking of strikers there, I never thought I’d see the day Long was extended.

Hes a perfect fit since we started playing two upfront. Really gives great balance to the team going forward.

[Gray Fox]

I felt like Long had been at Southampton for about a million years. So to check and see it's only 6 was quite odd. It does feel like he always scores against Liverpool too.

The more I dig into Liverpool journo Twitter, it seems like it's a done deal to Chelsea. Liverpool won't pay the clause. Can't pretend I'm not disappointed as I like him a lot, but the place would get very cluttered with Origi and Minamino there with Elliott to squeeze in as well.

[Giggles]

Is minamino a real name or one of those silly nicknames that all players seem to have now (firmino)?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Real name.

Takumi Minamino.

[Giggles]

Real name.

Takumi Minamino.

Ah, a merch signing. Smart.

[Don]

He was surely just number 1 replacement for one of the front three leaving and COVID has prevented that so he can take his dull Aryan self away from these ends. If he could somehow get Leipzig to take Mini off our hands, I'd also be grateful as I've got no time for Asians outside the motherland.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ah, a merch signing. Smart.

He played well against them and scored in the Champions League.

I've not seen much of him but he looked fairly good alongside Erling Haaland.

[Don]

Someone's just reminded me of AFCON next year ffs. Jurgen out.

It'll get called off, right? :uhoh:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nope.

Qualification matches get back under way at the end of August.

[Baz]

Is minamino a real name or one of those silly nicknames that all players seem to have now (firmino)?

Firmino is Firmino’s name. :cab: It’s not like Chicarito.

[Giggles]

Firmino is Firmino’s name. :cab: It’s not like Chicarito.

I meant was it what you’re all calling Firmino these days. Like if Mina meant tranny or something.

[Gray Fox]

Firmino is Bobby.

[Shindig]

Nope.

Qualification matches get back under way at the end of August.

Not unless the ebola outbreak takes off.

[Spikey M]

The 1918 Pandemic happened because an Animal Virus and a Human virus 'merged' within a human host and created a more deadly and more infectious strain.

Ladies and Gentlemen: Meet the EbonaVirus.

[randomlegend]

Chelsea are balls deep in for Chilwell. I honestly think he's dogshit.

[Max Power]

Yeah he’s a pretty average performer. As with Maguire not overly bothered to see him go as long as we get more than he’s worth and replace well. Managed to improve after Maguire and got £80m so not expecting that again but who knows.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm all for it. Delivers a decent ball, should be good for 5+ years, and also I've been watching Marcos Alonso for what seems like half my adult life so it would be nice to watch us have a left back rather than a left knee on skis.

Not sure if he takes Alonso's place in the dreamy eyes XI, it's a close run thing. Werner's addition could be a blow to the franchise if it denies Giroud valuable dreamy eyes pitch time.

[Waffdon]

It seems a bit odd to be in for him if it’s going to be anything over £60m. It’s not like there’s a lack of English players to fill that quota.

Twitter sez they’re still after Havertz too. Should be more worried about a centre half.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He has a release clause of £54m.

[niko_cee]

City must be sniffing around for a leftback so you'd have to think the money for Chilwell will be insane.

[randomlegend]

Sounds like the Van De Beek stuff has legs. He was all but off to Madrid but something seems to have happened and Ajax has offered him to us.

If it goes through it'll see me lose my bet over Grealish I imagine but I'm all for it.

[Bob Sacamano]

Van de Beek has flop and loan move to Turkey in a couple of years written all over him.

[Don]

Does he know the club?

[Shindig]

I believe the talk is Madrid is backing out of it because Covid's hit them hard and they're having second thoughts.

[randomlegend]

I've heard they asked him to wait til next summer and he and Ajax have got fed up with Madrid's dallying and offered him to us. If Real pull their finger out he may well still go there.

[Lewis]

Does he know the club?

Dutch players [of a certain standing] are natural Club Knowers. It cannot fail.

[Raoul Duke]

Memphis says hi

[Kikó]

I've heard from my sources that he's coming to England. Motwyw.

[SincereTheRebel]

City must be sniffing around for a leftback so you'd have to think the money for Chilwell will be insane.

Didnt they buy 8 a few summers ago.

[Giggles]

Do they even use full backs?

[Kikó]

Inverse wingers.

[niko_cee]

Didnt they buy 8 a few summers ago.

They buy at least one big ticket fullback every year for some reason. They can biff Zinchenko to Leicester as part of the deal. They paid god knows what for Iheanacho so I'd imagine they'd be well up for one of those not-at-all suss we'll buy X for Y and you buy Z for ? (profit!) deals.

I have no idea what Joao Cancelo does, but I think he's a rightback. Mendy can't be relied upon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They won the league with Zinchenko and then they bought some bald Spaniard whose name not so much escapes me as just isn't in my head to begin with.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They won the league with Zinchenko and then they bought some bald Spaniard whose name not so much escapes me as just isn't in my head to begin with.

Angelino who has looked good at RB Leipzig.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah and I'm sure my abs would look good in an abattoir.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Especially with how teams play, attacking full backs in the Bundesliga look incredible.

[Jimmy Floyd]

As do pacy wingers who get 50 yards of space to run into behind the absurdly high lines, not that anyone would be stupid enough to overpay for Jadon Sancho.

[randomlegend]

Lol at thinking Sancho is some brainless pace merchant.

[niko_cee]

Indeed not, but then, was Ousmane Dembele?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Nobody mentioned brains, just pace and space afforded.

[Waffdon]

Indeed not, but then, was Ousmane Dembele?

Injury prone mess.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea bidding £75m for Havertz according to the papers. Roman is back :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

He bought Munch's 'The Scream' the other day for only slightly more than that.

[Giggles]

He bought Munch's 'The Scream' the other day for only slightly more than that.

Didn't it turn out not to be him after?

[randomlegend]

Havertz would be an unbelievable signing for Chelsea. Hope he holds out for Bayern next season instead.

[Manc]

How is this new look Chelsea side lining up?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hopefully the lure of playing for Super Frankie Binman will outweigh the chance to strap on the, well, the strap-on, and the famous red armband in the dungeon with Max Mosley.

Looking at FC Brian's forward options, they are a little bit light in the futures department, so I suppose they need to wring a few more years out of Muller and Lewandowski. If 'Jan Fiete Arp' was going to Muller his way through the next decade, you'd think he would have started doing so by now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How is this new look Chelsea side lining up?

Caballero
James - Tomori - Rudi - Chilwell
Kante - Gilmour
Messi - Havertz - Pulisic
Werner

Should be good for 9th or so and a League Cup quarter-final.

[Waffdon]

Can’t work out the best player there. Definitely between Gilmour and James

[Don]

You ain't going far with that attack-defence distribution of Black Lives.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Jamal Blackman is still on the books so it's probably time for us to make a real statement. Obviously he'll have to let Raheem score past him as a mark of respect, but other than that we'll be sorted.

[John Arne]

Is that dutch lad still knocking about?

[John Arne]

Van Ginkel...

[Baz]

Gilmour was doing well before the break. Hope he still gets to play.

[John Arne]

Wiki suggests he absolutely tore it up for PSV in 17/18 (14 in 28 from midfield) before also then tearing up his knee (for the billionth time).

Poor lad.

[Manc]

What of Ziyech? Signing him and Havertz is all a bit Everton.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I forgot about Ziyech. I guess Havertz will have to start in the reserves.

[randomlegend]

Havertz is extremely versatile; he can play anywhere in front of the centre midfield essentially (even as a striker).

[Manc]

They'll all be benched at some stage for the industry of Mount.

[Don]

The German genetic pool is not capable of producing an advanced playmaker.

[niko_cee]

Presumably this Chelsea transfer policy is a retaliation against all the German teams trying to buy up their young prospects last year.

That said, Werner seems to have gone quiet from being a done deal. That always used to worry me when I was extremely concerned with such matters, stemming from, probably, the Lee Bowyer debacle.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The German genetic pool is not capable of producing an advanced playmaker.

Max Meyer begs to differ, from his two-bed rented flat in east Croydon.

[John Arne]

Havertz surely moves to B.Munich.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Real Madrid also stuck in a £72m bid but with the option for Havertz to stay on loan in Leverkusen for a season.

Apparently. Although the commentators were talking about it at the weekend so I imagine it's more than just tabloid bullshit.

[Bob Sacamano]

All this talk of Germans led me to see that Lewis Holtby is at Blackburn :lol:

[Lofty]

Juve are open to selling Ramsey :D

[Giggles]

Did he play over there?

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's on 400 grand a week and isn't that good, I would be open to selling him too. Sadly for them not a single club in the world will be open to buying him, so they're stuck with him.

He's played 24 games in all comps.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ramsey and his agent have masterminded some salary for him there which further proves what ive also thought.

Player A contract is expiring
Instead of Club B paying Club A £40m for Player A
Club B just give Player A £20m once his contract expires

Im not going anywhere.

[Don]

He's the sort of player that's going to absolutely destroy our offspring's hopes of 'Name the XI' games. 11 years of riding the momentum of that initial 18 year old British prospect hype without really doing or saying anything of note. Simon Davies must be thinking that could have been him.

[Raoul Duke]

Ramsey and his agent have masterminded some salary for him there which further proves what ive also thought.

Player A contract is expiring
Instead of Club B paying Club A £40m for Player A
Club B just give Player A £20m once his contract expires

Im not going anywhere.

Big tax break too, hence why loads of players moved over recently

[SincereTheRebel]

Cavani and Thaigo Silva will both leave PSG for free

[randomlegend]

Cavani will go to Atletico I'd have thought. Thiago Silva might have been an interesting short term signing but 35 is probably pushing it even for a centre back who's not some immortal Italian.

[Manc]

I'd take Silva in a heartbeat.

[randomlegend]

Last stumbling block to agreeing the Sancho deal was around agent fees. It's apparently becoming more and more certain that an agent fee cap will be imposed next year. In response to this the agent involved has substantially lowered their demands, given if he doesn't move til next season they'd get much much less.

Everyone now pushing for it to happen. Fully expecting him to be a United player.

From the ITKs

[Don]

Ryan Fraser refusing to sign a short extension past 30 June is strange but does mean you have a ready made replacement when Sancho forgets he knows the club.

[randomlegend]

ITKs have confirmed that Sancho not only knows the club, he also has an excellent memory of the club also so no chance of that.

[Waffdon]

Ryan Fraser refusing to sign a short extension past 30 June is strange but does mean you have a ready made replacement when Sancho forgets he knows the club.

He ran down his contract at Aberdeen when he was a kid so not sure why people are surprised.

[Don]

Yeah just sign a 1 month extension and fuck off a la Lallana and the gang. Only thing I can see him gaining from this is a one month unpaid leave which seems :cab:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I see Jordon Ibe has been set for release, which mid-table Turkish outfit will he join? I reckon Gaziantepspor.

[SincereTheRebel]

Willian and Pedro also expires in 15 days?

[thommo]

Werner moving to Chelsea has been officially confirmed. £45m, which really doesn't seem like much in the grand scheme of things.

[randomlegend]

Can't pretend I've watched him much, but I hear Werner is just a pace merchant. I'm going flop.

[Baz]

Hope so.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Predicting a Chelsea striker to be a flop, not exactly Nostradamus stuff. The surgeon is poised.

[Manc]

Werner moving to Chelsea has been officially confirmed. £45m, which really doesn't seem like much in the grand scheme of things.

It's a freebie when you consider Morata is leaving for a similar amount.

[randomlegend]

If Havertz wants his move to Bayern he'll have to wait a year. If he's set on moving this summer it'll be to Chelsea. United and Madrid both showed an interest but not willing to pay the asking price whilst Chelsea are.

#itk

[SincereTheRebel]

Predicting a Chelsea striker to be a flop, not exactly Nostradamus stuff. The surgeon is poised.
:lol:

Recent strikers have done OK though havebt they. Im thinking of Tammy and Costs being the last two?

[Shindig]

Kezman. :(

[niko_cee]

Thought he'd carked it there for a moment.

[Jimmy Floyd]

:lol:

Recent strikers have done OK though havebt they. Im thinking of Tammy and Costs being the last two?

Tammy and Giroud are both fine - even though the latter is unbelievably hit and miss - but I don't think either of them will win us a title or come particularly close to doing so.

Batshuayi is dogshit.

[randomlegend]

Jude Bellingham's Dad wants whichever club he goes to to sign his brother as well (who is apparently also very highly thought of so it wouldn't just be a charity signing). That's the stumbling block for Dortmund, which is where he wants them to go.

United would be happy to take both, but still looks more likely Dortmund will work it out in the end.

[SincereTheRebel]

Batshuayi. You forget it has been five years since he scored those goals in france. Besides a short six month stint in dortmund, he is wasting his time.

[Lofty]

Yeah just sign a 1 month extension and fuck off a la Lallana and the gang. Only thing I can see him gaining from this is a one month unpaid leave which seems :cab:

Or he picks up a seemingly innocuous injury like Pablo Mari did the other night which turns out to be long term and means he is out of contract with no options.

[Don]

Ah yes, had overlooked that. Fairplay.

[randomlegend]

Bellingham is off to Dortmund. Utd more likely to push on with either Grealish or VDB having missed out on him.

Utd been shopping De Gea around but no takers. Would like to sell him and give Henderson the #1. They fear if they allow the two to compete for the shirt next season then De Gea would lose even more value.

Sancho looks all but done at this point. Dortmund made some attempts to get other clubs interested but nobody willing to pay what they want other than Utd. The fee is going to be bonkers.

Utd will try to sign a centre back if they manage to sell Rojo, Smalling and Jones. Smalling looks very likely to be made permanent by Roma; for once we're apparently getting a half decent fee.

[niko_cee]

No one is taking David Geyer's enormous salary off your hands.

Anyone stupid enough to do so could just go and spaff it on a better 'keeper who doesn't have a recent track record of being absolute shit (Oblak?). Chucking one in the other night is hardly going to help. I suppose you could swap him for Ramsay in some sort of terrible salary amnesty.

[randomlegend]

Yeah it's not an ideal situation. Perhaps we can still con the retards at PSG or something.

Bellingham fee is about £20m but with a fairly sizeable sell-on clause apparently. With today's crazy fees I honestly expected it to be higher than that.

[niko_cee]

Actually thinking about Oblak, that could be United's best way out, someone buying him for crazy money and Atletico using whatever they get to fund a move for De Gea - they always seem to spend the money they get from their big fees fairly promptly and spendthriftulously.

[SincereTheRebel]

What type of player is Bellingham? I refuse to watch youtube videos anymore of players ive never actually saw for a full 90

[Mellberg]

Central midfielder, although they've played him wide at times. High energy, bit of quality. Looks decent tbf.

[Shindig]

The only problem is his name ensures Hey Jude gets belted out way more because football fans have given up trying.

[Foe]

Actually thinking about Oblak, that could be United's best way out, someone buying him for crazy money and Atletico using whatever they get to fund a move for De Gea - they always seem to spend the money they get from their big fees fairly promptly and spendthriftulously.

Agent ROMAN could do a lot worse. But in that scenario they’d probably try and throw kepa back the other way.

Arsenal are more likely to spunk £40m on szesney.

[Raoul Duke]

Joe Hart's available on a free...

[Ian]

Actually thinking about Oblak, that could be United's best way out, someone buying him for crazy money and Atletico using whatever they get to fund a move for De Gea - they always seem to spend the money they get from their big fees fairly promptly and spendthriftulously.

A perfectly cromulent word.

[Shindig]

Dubrakva might be on the market if our new pirate overlords decide to bring in a 400 year old Gianluigi Buffon and that Saudi keeper from the World Cup.

[Kikó]

McTomminay signs up to 2025.

[John Arne]

Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus. LAFC want him, but NYRB and LA Galaxy also interested - wages is the biggest stumbling block, it would seem. Potential for a future franchise, too (a la #Becks)

[Baz]

Shame he didn’t do it sooner and play for his own team. :drool:

[SincereTheRebel]

Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus. LAFC want him, but NYRB and LA Galaxy also interested - wages is the biggest stumbling block, it would seem. Potential for a future franchise, too (a la #Becks)

Wolves is his next step. The Portuguese invasion is already in motion. He will be the final pieice of the puzzle.

[SincereTheRebel]

Juve have agreed £70m with Barca for Arthur. SSN

[niko_cee]

That sounds like there must be some majorly dodgy angle to it.

[Manc]

That'll be Pjanic going the other way then.

[Ian]

Who the fuck is "Arthur"?

I hope it's the cartoon.

[Spikey M]

Hey!

[Shindig]

Ronaldo wants to leave Juventus. LAFC want him, but NYRB and LA Galaxy also interested - wages is the biggest stumbling block, it would seem. Potential for a future franchise, too (a la #Becks)

Hurry up, you Saudi bastards. :( In other news, Jack Colback and Jamie Sterry have been released.

[SincereTheRebel]

That'll be Pjanic going the other way then.

Just buy Kante for £150m and be done with it.

[randomlegend]

It's a book-balancing exercise for Barca by the sounds of things.

[Don]

What is it for Juve though? That man is stealing a living in a top division let alone warranting those moves. The corruptness is glorious.

[Waffdon]

Barcelona will pay roughly the same for Pjanic after June. It’s money laundering but Juve get the better deal as at least he has age on his side.

[Don]

Pjanic is actually a top footballer though.

[niko_cee]

Barcelona will pay roughly the same for Pjanic after June. It’s money laundering but Juve get the better deal as at least he has age on his side.

Is this what they were up to with that mental goalkeeper exchange they did with Valencia?

[randomlegend]

Barcelona are apparently properly crippled financially and it's likely to all fall down in the not too distant future.

[SincereTheRebel]

Pjanic is actually a top footballer though.

The older i get, the more i appreciate players like Thiago and Verrati. They are great to watch.

[Adamski]

Barcelona will pay roughly the same for Pjanic after June. It’s money laundering but Juve get the better deal as at least he has age on his side.

Age on his side but not even half the talent. Terrific deal for Barca.

[Waffdon]

Barcelona and terrific deals don’t go hand in hand.

[Waffdon]

Is this what they were up to with that mental goalkeeper exchange they did with Valencia?

It’s to do with FFP as far as I can make out. They get £70m in the green before it resets in July and then pay whatever for Pjanic.

[randomlegend]

David Luis has extended with Arsenal til the end of the season.

[SincereTheRebel]

David Luis has extended with Arsenal til the end of the season.

This season or the next? Lol regardless.

[randomlegend]

Only this one

[mugbull]

What is it for Juve though? That man is stealing a living in a top division let alone warranting those moves. The corruptness is glorious.

Who, Arthur? You're wrong. That man is a fucking beast. Best Brazilian of the last half-decade.

[Manc]

Jesus wept.

[Don]

Who, Arthur? You're wrong. That man is a fucking beast. Best Brazilian of the last half-decade.

Lolololol. Get the fuck out of the football threads.

Also, the fact this double-deal is happening would mean there is a signed contract floating around with Barca and Juve's names on it (or else Barca could obviously pocket the £70m and ruin Juve's season). Surely only a matter of time before a leak of this shit so that they can both be fined €50K and we clean our sport.

[niko_cee]

I'm less convinced by the two Adams now.

Have they done away with the stupid handball rule or has VAR just shafted West Ham for that Spurs opener?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Cedric Soares getting a 4 year deal at Arsenal on the back of not playing a match due to injury is a bit :sherlock:, especially when he'll be 33 at the end of that deal.

[mugbull]

Lolololol. Get the fuck out of the football threads.


I don't know what tint your glasses have but its probably blinding you

[The Merse]

Cedric Soares getting a 4 year deal at Arsenal on the back of not playing a match due to injury is a bit :sherlock:, especially when he'll be 33 at the end of that deal.

Fucking madness. Kia’s his representative again I believe. Luiz gets a further year too, what with his sterling performances all year.

[John Arne]

David Luis has extended with Arsenal til the end of the season.


This season or the next? Lol regardless.



Only this one

Confirmed as end of next season. Well done, Arsenal.

[Smjffy]

Hopefully they are still smoking the funny stuff and bid for Lovren to go along side him. :drool:

[SincereTheRebel]

Those contract extensions make sense for a team in mid-table.

[Andy]

Cedric getting a four year deal at Arsenal has got to involve the biggest agent back hander in football history.

I wouldnt want him back on a 1 year pay as you play deal.

[SincereTheRebel]

Cedric is probably on some nice coins too. 200k per week. Easily.

[John Arne]

What happened to that other right back they had... Debauchy? Still alive?

[thommo]

What happened to that other right back they had... Debauchy? Still alive?

Mathieu Debuchy - 35 next month but has still been a regular for Saint Etienne.

[SincereTheRebel]

he is still out on loan?

[thommo]

he is still out on loan?

I think they signed him permanently when his contract was winding down with Arsenal.

[Shindig]

I assume these deals are getting done in case the arse falls out of the summer transfer market. I could imagine some players refusing to move because of Covid fears.

[Offshore Toon]

It’s to do with FFP as far as I can make out. They get £70m in the green before it resets in July and then pay whatever for Pjanic.
I think it's that outgoing money is divided into equal chunks over for each year of the contract, but the incoming fee counts entirely for the current season. If transfer fees keep rising, it'll pay off.

[Don]

Meunier to Dortmund on a free is naughty.

[SincereTheRebel]

Meunier to Dortmund on a free is naughty.

Signings like that, are not going to decrease the gap to bayern.

[Don]

Straight replacement for Hakimi and about as good as they could have hoped.

[SincereTheRebel]

Hakimi going back to Madrid, or being sold?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sold or loaned out again it seems.

[randomlegend]

The Arthur-Pjanic dodgy deal swap thing is confirmed.

Timo Werner is on a fuck tonne of money at Chelsea.

[Manc]

He's destined to flop.

[mugbull]

Yeah, Werner’s not gonna be very successful at Chelsea

[Giggles]

He's destined to flop.

He’ll do well. They’re due one.

[phonics]

I’m not claiming conspiracy theory but Arsenal have scored 2 goals since lockdown football started and they’ve both been followed by an immediate drinks break. Surely that is a massive disadvantage?

[Giggles]

I’m not claiming conspiracy theory but Arsenal have scored 2 goals since lockdown football started and they’ve both been followed by an immediate drinks break. Surely that is a massive disadvantage?

Maybe, if the drinks break times weren’t fixed. Are you saying Arsenal are scoring just before them deliberately?

[phonics]

Maybe, if the drinks break times weren’t fixed. Are you saying Arsenal are scoring just before them deliberately?

They're not fixed. Ref chooses any time bwteen 20 and 30 minutes into the half.

[Danny]

Who would be disadvantaged?

Seems like the most logical time to do it after a break like that

[niko_cee]

Aye, same thing happened in the Liverpool game yesterday after the first goal.

[Giggles]

They're not fixed. Ref chooses any time bwteen 20 and 30 minutes into the half.

I stand corrected. Putting anything additional in the hands of referees is mind blowingly stupid.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They do it during a natural break in play rather than just stopping the game in the middle of an attack or something.

[Giggles]

Should be fixed to a time the ball is next out of play after a certain minute.

[Don]

Should drink the blood of the family of the cunt that came up with that.