The Jude Bellingham Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Offshore Toon]

If sex had any impact on Mbappe's choice he'd be off to Bangkok in a flash.

[Clunge]

These Sancho to Villa rumours are out of the blue. I wouldn't touch him with a bargepole...

[randomlegend]

Sancho will look absolute quality the moment he starts playing with a striker who isn't dogshit.

We are mugs if we get rid.

[Baz]

No he won't.

[randomlegend]

I look forward to claiming my evictory in due course.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bellingham to Madrid is done.

[niko_cee]

The most expensive Englishmen list on the BBC makes for sorry reading for United.

Do think they'd be mad to get rid of Sancho though.

[Kikó]

Sancho has been pony but if we're not going to replace him then give him one more season. He will get competition from Rashford, Pellestri, Mbappe, and Garnacho next season so that should be motivation to kick on.

[Don]

3 years on and Utd fans can't even spell his useless name but he's finally going to deliver competition that forces Sancho to become the starboy we all said he wouldn't :drool:

[Kikó]

Shut it gammon.

[randomlegend]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2023/06/14/newcastle-united-transfer-news-nicola-barella-deal-50m/


Newcastle close in on sensational £50m deal to sign Inter Milan's Nicolo Barella

Bomba.

[Waffdon]

Bruno/Barella/Joelinton. Offft. Wins the treble.

[niko_cee]

Being Italian I assume his exceptional xTimewasting stats have piqued their interest.

[Baz]

He was garb in the final.

[Manc]

Havertz to Arsenal is an odd one.

[Shindig]

Joselu to Real Madrid is apparently a thing that's done.

[Waffdon]

Arsenal paying £60m for Havertz and £200k a week will be glorious. I love this game

[Gray Fox]

Sounds like Madrid or bust for our 'arry.

[randomlegend]

Sounds like Madrid or bust for our 'arry.

No chance in hell they go for him with Mbappe on the market. He's stuck their til next summer.

[Raoul Duke]

Joselu to Real Madrid is apparently a thing that's done.


No chance in hell they go for him with Mbappe on the market. He's stuck their til next summer.

Feels like these two are connected. Get in some generic Spaniard for a year to replace Benz and then get Mbop on a free next year

[Ben]

This the geezer who was at Stoke and Newcastle? :cab:

[Offshore Toon]

Yep. :D

He was quality in friendlies for us tbf. Just really, really lacked confidence.

[Shindig]

We've also secured that Minteh kid and loaned him out to Feyenoord. Sending him to someone other than Macclesfield or the SPL fills me with hope.

[niko_cee]

United shaping up for another summer of telling teams their players aren't worth what they think they are worth by the looks of things.

[randomlegend]

Yeah every other club just pays whatever the selling team asks for.

[SincereTheRebel]

Ive been informed by man utd man around me that ten hag refuses to give his players mote than 200k per week. This means that Rashford is probably gone.

[Manc]

City moving for Rice. Ugh.

[Don]

Imagine PSG getting rid of turtleboy and replacing him with Kylian Trashford just on the basis of me coining that nickname. Mad.

[randomlegend]

Arsenal have pulled out of going for Caicedo (Chelsea and United apparently in for him but I can't see us paying the price).

The add-on structure on Arsenal's first bid for Rice was apparently "embarrassing".

[Yevrah]

I read that. Any ideas what it was? I’ve no idea why a selling club would ever entertain add one for a player in demand. You want him, pay the price. Now.

[randomlegend]

I read that. Any ideas what it was? I’ve no idea why a selling club would ever entertain add one for a player in demand. You want him, pay the price. Now.

It was because the add-ons were tied to Arsenal winning stuff lmao :D

[niko_cee]

Pretty fair.

I'd be baulking at a CL qualification stipulation as a selling club, let alone £Xm when they win the league/champions league.

[Gray Fox]

My favourite ones are the Ballon d'Or clauses. Like the one Bayern tried to put in for something like £10m if Mane won it.

[Waffdon]

Hazard’s bonuses didn’t half pay out though. Barely even played for the full 5 years too :lol:

[Don]

The Martial Ballon D'or is still the pinnacle, right?

[Dark Soldier]

There's still time, he's a great prospect.

[randomlegend]

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Summer ruined.

At least it looks like De Gea might leave (probably won't).

[Offshore Toon]

That Barella stuff was pap. I don't know why anyone pays attention until they're wearing the kit.

[phonics]

That Barella stuff was pap. I don't know why anyone pays attention until they're wearing the kit.

The idea that the Saudi's were getting a bargain that the rest of the world wasn't on to was the dead giveaway.

[Gray Fox]

Not a fan of these actual football games getting in the way of the most important thing in the game, winning the transfer window.

[phonics]

Feels like Everton have won more transfer windows than away games in the last few years.

[Offshore Toon]

The idea that the Saudi's were getting a bargain that the rest of the world wasn't on to was the dead giveaway.
Blood money often finds a way.

[phonics]

Is Fabrizio Romano using AI to write a new spin on exactly the same tweet as he made 3 hours ago with zero new information? The man is I’ll and addicted to getting likes on Twitter.

[randomlegend]

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[Offshore Toon]

Biggest porko in the league so he won't be missed.

[Gray Fox]

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£50m and Wolves have said yes.

Barcelona going to have to stump up the cash.

[SincereTheRebel]

With one year left on his deal, if that 50m is correct...

[-james-]

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The real life equivalent of adding another manager on FM.

[John Arne]

I did think that Chelsea were massively striking it lucky that these Saudi clubs are cleaning up all their deadwood. Knowing that PIF also invested in Clearlake suddenly it all makes sense.

Financial doping.

[Yevrah]

This is all absolutely glorious. :drool:

The game is now riddled with this money and FFP dies again.

[Yevrah]

The real life equivalent of adding another manager on FM.

It’s also going to make FM pretty unplayable. Which as far as I can see is the only downside here.

[Baz]

How so?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm half expecting to get home tonight and find the Pif have bought my flat.

[-james-]

It’s also going to make FM pretty unplayable. Which as far as I can see is the only downside here.

I imagine editing Saudi transfer budgets down to zero will be quite popular.

[niko_cee]

You have to give it to Boehly, he knows how to grift.

No more 8 year contracts? How about this then? Although, that said, this is just a continuation of Abramovich era policy, where their network of fully paid up agents [Mendes et al] could always be relied on to shift out deadwood at baffling prices [cf the career of David Luiz and all the China stuff].

Tend to think the more of this that happens the better for the competitiveness of the game at the top, bizarrely.

[Don]

It's not exactly new, all the top clubs have had to get inflated fees from their bent contacts in the past, just that back then when Utd were doing it with their loveable gammon-led Sunderlands and Evertons, Chelsea are now doing it with the hairy brown terrorists. Suck it up, you fucking whities.

[Waffdon]

You can still do 8 contracts. It’s just the transfer fee will be spread over a max of 5 years instead of the contract length

Koulibaly, Kante and Havertz all leaving frees up £850k a week on wages. The fact they’re also getting £60m from Arsenal for Havertz and £25m from a Saudi club for Koulibaly is the icing on the cake. £35m for Kovacic to City seems like it’s done and I assume Man Utd pay around £55m and get Mason Mount. Minted.

[Yevrah]

How so?

The more concentrated the wealth and talent is, the harder it'll be to take an average or poor club to the top.

[niko_cee]

You can still do 8 contracts. It’s just the transfer fee will be spread over a max of 5 years instead of the contract length


Yeah, so there's not really any point/benefit to them now. You'll still need to give a player a new/better contract if they turn out to be good, even if they are on a long one, and if they're shite you're just stuck in Bogardeville for longer.

Obviously Borgardeville, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia SA1 FU2 is less of a problem than perhaps the original was.

[Don]

Tying Trashford down to £375k a week? I fucking love this game.

[Mazuuurk]

I don't understand why in the world Arsenal are trying to sign Havertz. He hasn't been very good for Chelsea, he's not really a striker and even if he were he'd still not beat Jesus (or, arguably Nketiah?) to the starting spot. And even more importantly it's not really what they need? Meanwhile they are haggling for 20m here or there for Declan Rice which is exactly what they need. What am I missing?

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's an absolutely class player who is bypassed by modern elite tactics. He should probably go and play in the Championship or something and score 50 a season and make another 50. Actually, he could just stay at Chelsea and do that.

[randomlegend]

Tying Trashford down to £375k a week? I fucking love this game.

Outing yourself as a Sun reader, ooft.

[Mazuuurk]

He's an absolutely class player who is bypassed by modern elite tactics. He should probably go and play in the Championship or something and score 50 a season and make another 50. Actually, he could just stay at Chelsea and do that.

Ah yes. I can relate actually because modern elite tactics these days expects you to make use of both your feet so much.
I reckon I'm literally worth 60M with the old tactics, though.

[niko_cee]

Always thought Havertz would be good in the Firmino 9 type mould, which, given Arsenal have Saka and Martinelli for goals from out wide, probably suits them.

[Waffdon]

That’s how he’s played for 3 years though lol

[Don]

Geezer's numbers for a far superior team make the likes of Zaha and Barnes look like Messi. £60m for him and Mount and it's the Saudis inflating the market and ruining FM :happycry:

[niko_cee]

That’s how he’s played for 3 years though lol

Yeah, but Chelsea have absolutely no goals in their team, particularly from their wide forwards. The defensive/facilitator 9 is not so effective in those circumstances.

[Waffdon]

Geezer's numbers for a far superior team make the likes of Zaha and Barnes look like Messi. £60m for him and Mount and it's the Saudis inflating the market and ruining FM :happycry:

Exactly. All the players Chelsea are selling to Saudi are Muslims as well. And they offered Kante a contract, if they were so onboard with them why would they take Kante from then.

If players like Pulisic and Kepa start getting offers then maybe they have a case

[Baz]

Mendy's gone now so they'll be clinging on to Kepa.

[Gray Fox]

And Onana, surely?

[Waffdon]

Mendy's gone now so they'll be clinging on to Kepa.

:’(

[CJay]

And Onana, surely?

Have to say this guy looked absolutely class on the ball in the CL final. He’d probably be an upgrade on Ederson for City.

[Offshore Toon]

The more concentrated the wealth and talent is, the harder it'll be to take an average or poor club to the top.
When was the last time this actually happened?

[Giggles]

When was the last time this actually happened?

In Football Manager? Quite regularly I'd reckon.

[Offshore Toon]

Ah, whoops.

[Giggles]

Who or what is a Jason Tindall?

[niko_cee]

Newcastle ass man.

[Giggles]

Newcastle ass man.

Ah nevermind,.I'd been caught by one of those spoof pages earlier saying he'd took over as Bournemouth manager.

[Lofty]

Not when he has all those Champions League hands to shake.

[niko_cee]

Was going to come in and ponder whether Saudi had any interest in taking Thiago and then I go and read a rumour in some click bait rag. :drool:

[phonics]

Looks like Saudis style of courting women appeals more to Thomas Partey.

[niko_cee]

Nkunku to Chelsea is done. 16 in 25 in the Bundesliga and he's a speed merchant? Might not even need to get the doctor in for him.

[Jimmy Floyd]

His eligibility for the operation is currently being determined, I'll give you news as soon as I have it.

[Lofty]

Arsenal in for Ajax's Timber.

[SincereTheRebel]

His eligibility for the operation is currently being determined, I'll give you news as soon as I have it.

:D

[randomlegend]

Arsenal in for Ajax's Timber.

And Lavia.

[Waffdon]

Sounds like Lukaku wants his lawyer involved because Chelsea won’t loan him to Milan :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Lukaku greets Nkunku outside the operating theatre in July:

https://media.tenor.com/EfnOW4LjUhwAAAAC/first-time-james-franco.gif

[Yevrah]

This might sound insane but I genuinely wonder how much the constant special cards in FIFA have contributed to that Nkunku transfer.

[phonics]

Yeah it does.

[Kikó]

I've heard Boehly has entire fantasy team full of Nkunku.

[randomlegend]

Have to say this guy looked absolutely class on the ball in the CL final. He’d probably be an upgrade on Ederson for City.

Di Marzio reckons United are in for him. Seems the takeover is causing a lot of holdup though. Boooooorrriiiiiiing.

[niko_cee]

Was Onana the one who failed a drugs test or some other sort of misdemeanor, which led to his departure from Ajax?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, took some of his wife's pills.

Can't remember what they were for, weight loss?

[randomlegend]

Idk where the myth they were weight loss pills came from but it's amazingly ubiquitous.

They were furosemide, which is not in itself a doping agent but can be used to mask the use of other drugs. It's a diuretic (makes you wee more). She was on it after her pregnancy, don't know exactly why. He claims he took them thinking they were headache tablets.

[Don]

How was her birth?

[Jimmy Floyd]

After that thing with Darrell DK washing his clothes in dishwasher tablets, I'm inclined to believe all these drug cover stories are actually true.

[John Arne]

From the Summer 2019 Transfer Thread...


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

Mueanta set to join Leicester City this week :drool:

[thommo]

They've got a Thai chairman, that doesn't count.

[John Arne]

CALLED IT.



Caps.

[Kikó]

Itk.

In Thai know lmao.

[Dark Soldier]

It does cos he's awesome on FM

[randomlegend]

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[Baz]

CALLED IT.



Caps.

Another hit. It is impressive how "tuned in" to asian football you are.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Selling Kai Havertz to Arsenal is literally insane. A tacit admission that we're gearing up for several seasons in the bottom half of the table.

[Waffdon]

Hardly. He’s been genuinely dreadful for 3 years outside of a few sparks. Sounds like he will be playing up front for them as well.

Chelsea selling to Arsenal has historically went pretty well for them as well. Ziyech, Mendy, Koulibaly and Kovacic all confirmed as leaving too. well over 1 million a week saved on wages if you include Kante. Let them spending spree begin :drool:

[Manc]

Kovacic to City is the real head scratcher.

[SincereTheRebel]

Kai has been ordinary when ive seen him. Even in the bundesliga. Chelsea are having a good time clearing out the dead wood.

[Waffdon]

Kovacic to City is the real head scratcher.

Year left on his contract, constant niggling injuries and stopped bothering completely this year. May as well cash in especially when he’s gonna be at best 3rd choice in midfield.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Saved 1 million on wages, which we will then plough into some absolute garbage flavour of the month shite who are happy not to play in the Champions League in exchange for a future move to Al-Taawon. Meanwhile all the players of pedigree are out the door.

[Waffdon]

:lol:

[SvN]

Are wage saving victories the new "net spend table"?

[Waffdon]

No idea but it’s handy for a FM save

[SincereTheRebel]

You can move the slider and get extra transfer budget.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Barry Neville wants us put under a transfer embargo apparently. Love it. Bring it on.

[Yevrah]

He's also said this:


"The Premier League should put an instant embargo on transfers to Saudi Arabia to ensure the integrity of the game isn't being damaged," Neville told BBC Sport.

Integrity of the game. Rofl and if you will, copter.

[Don]

The Ruben Neves loan back to Newcastle would be incredible lols tbf. Where previously City have done it through all manner of complex (or at least convoluted) means to partake in the gammon circus, it now seems like the muslim man just doesn't give a single fuck about even attempting to thinly veil it. It's glorious.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The prophet would be turning in his paedo grave if he knew how many processed pork products his descendants were having to nibble on daily just to keep the camel train on the tracks.

Peace be upon him.

[Gray Fox]

He's also said this:



Integrity of the game. Rofl and if you will, copter.

Interesting to see how soon he embraces Qatari culture under the new regime. Because of course they're completely different!

[Jimmy Floyd]

He already did a good job of that pre-2022.

[Kikó]

He was raising awareness to be fair.

[Waffdon]

Sounds like although the Barella stuff was a load of wank they’re gonna end up with a better player in Tonali

Newcastle that is

[Lofty]

Gundogan to Barca done.

[niko_cee]

Sounds like although the Barella stuff was a load of wank they’re gonna end up with a better player in Tonali

Newcastle that is

I'd have major worries about either of those two, although it is quite good to see 'hot prospects' of yesteryear amounting to something.

Newcastle should be going all in for someone like Rice.

[niko_cee]

BBC say second bid for Mount rejected, so, you never know, perhaps United's transfer 'strategy' will end up working in their favour this time [and they won't sign him]. Or they'll pay £70m in late August.

Also, the Havertz deal is a bit :cab: for all concerned.

[randomlegend]

BBC say second bid for Mount rejected, so, you never know, perhaps United's transfer 'strategy' will end up working in their favour this time [and they won't sign him]. Or they'll pay £70m in late August.

Also, the Havertz deal is a bit :cab: for all concerned.

It's going to get agreed for somewhere in the middle, sadly.

[niko_cee]

Also, what the fuck is this?

https://www.thisisanfield.com/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-1-14-600x400.jpg

'Trent' channeling his inner David Haye and the less said about the thread title character the better.

[Lofty]

Making children millionaires does strange things.

[Don]

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/jack-grealish-and-the-cult-of-feminine-men/

[Jimmy Floyd]

Those articles really give themselves away with paragraphs like this:


David Bowie, one of the most important pop musicians of all time, pushed conventional gender boundaries fifty years ago. Back then, in the 1970s and 1980s, that was conspicuously provocative and counter-cultural. Today, cross-dressing is so commonplace as to be banal. You know it’s lost its edge when even footballers are doing it.

Nothing worse than someone who hates sport trying to write about it or its participants. Sad to say it's normally women who are guilty.

[Baz]

Seen that clip of some female pundit suggest England play "two number 10s" and Jermain Defoe's like :cab:

[Waffdon]

Marca seem to think Bernardo Silva is about to go to Saudi as well

[Boydy]

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New FFP loophole

[Yevrah]

Well, I for one am shocked that there's another loophole.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would say football had a massive problem when the pif bought Newcastle, not when Al Hilal started loaning them players.

[niko_cee]

Where would Neves be paying tax in that structure, particularly if the wage contribution from Newcastle was, say, nothing?

If they go for it and get banned by UEFA can we have their Champions League spot? :baz:

[randomlegend]

Tonali to Newcastle looks to be ON.

[Offshore Toon]

As if the Neves thing is happening you drama queens.

[Waffdon]

If City are now in for Declan Rice then Arsenal should just buy Caicedo before Chelsea end up getting him for over the odds.

[niko_cee]

Whoever is going to get Caicedo are going to be paying over the odds/what Brighton want, I would imagine.

Unless, perhaps, some players are added into the mix. :naughty:

[Waffdon]

Connor Gallagher if you’re lucky

[Raoul Duke]

Whoever is going to get Caicedo are going to be paying over the odds/what Brighton want, I would imagine.

Unless, perhaps, some players are added into the mix. :naughty:

Can I interest you in a Slabhead?

[niko_cee]

Yeah, but that puts the price up.

[randomlegend]

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[phonics]

Not signing a guy who was available on a free and then trying to buy him at the peak of his value a year later is such perfect United transfer shit.

[Lewis]

Even more so when he was at Ajax, and the manager presumably knew he was off to United well before he agreed to join Inter.

[randomlegend]

Not signing a guy who was available on a free and then trying to buy him at the peak of his value a year later is such perfect United transfer shit.

Arsenal being about to get beaten to Rice by City is perfect Arsenal transfer shit.

[phonics]

What an own. Richest team in the world buys player. They already bought half our team a decade ago.

[Don]

He got Antony at least.

[randomlegend]

What an own. Richest team in the world buys player. They already bought half our team a decade ago.


You lose your top transfer targets to other teams after twerking for them for weeks literally every window.

[phonics]

And you pay 80 million quid each for Harry Maguire and Fred. I'm not sure you're coming out on top of this argument.

[randomlegend]

He got Antony at least.

Missed out on Nunez though fortunately.

[randomlegend]

And you pay 80 million quid each for Harry Maguire and Fred. I'm not sure you're coming out on top of this argument.

Fred was £45m.

[phonics]

Fred was £45m.

What a bargain.

Meanwhile the annual salary costs are 2-2.5 times that of Arsenal and still a shambles.

This is such massively insecure deflection I almost enjoy it.

[randomlegend]

You paid £800m for Nicolas Pepe, since we're just making things up.

[phonics]

Yeah that sucked and was bad. So bad in fact that the guy who did it was fired for doing something corrupt that the media still can’t openly discuss for some reason. What’s your point?

[niko_cee]

Best front three in world football.

:drool:

[randomlegend]

Yeah that sucked and was bad. So bad in fact that the guy who did it was fired for doing something corrupt that the media still can’t openly discuss for some reason. What’s your point?

That it's funny players will still only join you if no other top team is interested.

[phonics]

Okay what does that have to do with buying a Goalkeeper for 50 million euros when he was available for free 12 months earlier?

[Shindig]

We've got two more fucking months of this, lads. Hold your horses.

[Giggles]

They really should be replacing DeGea anyway whether he leaves or not. Here's fucking awful.

[randomlegend]

Third bid for Mount going in around £55m :happycry:

[niko_cee]

Could almost have bought a Ligue Un club for that.

This whole multi-club model thing is really the scourge/danger for football going forward. It should be absolutely prohibited.

[Waffdon]

That’ll be another thing the media and folk in general start scrutinising now Bad Bad Boehly has started it. Man City have a club in every continent or not far off it.

I’d be fuming if I was a fan of said club tbf.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that's the main problem of it. Clubs with 100+ years of history reduced to being some feeder outpost for the sand empire.

Or the StarLizard empire, in fairness.

[Manc]

City Football Group buying Palermo being the worst case. :sick:

[Manc]

Fofana already being linked with Strasbourg. FFS.

[Don]

So?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLJyglKW4AA4i1B.jpg

[Waffdon]

I think France have max 4 EU players or something so doubt there will be loads of players getting sent there. Fofana might bypass rules because he’s from Ivory Coast though.

I wonder if they’ll finally be able to sign the Russian/Armenian bloke from Dinamo if he joins through Strasbourg

[niko_cee]

Do they have more than 1 Fofana?

[Waffdon]

Datro Fofana. Signed from Molde because Brighton wanted him. FM legend

[phonics]

I’m sorry but I legitimately don’t understand how Chelsea can reject a 60 million pound bid for a player with 12 months on his contract. Could he not just invoke that rule where you buy out your own contract and it would only cost 4.5 million quid and then ask United to give him 30 million quid on top of what they already agreeed?

[Lewis]

Is there not a point where United just think fuck it we'll wait a year? There must be somebody out there better for that end of money.

[Shindig]

Mason Mount probably signs a new contract in a week.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66002640

Kluivert to Bournemouth.

[Waffdon]

Man Utd will pay up and Chelsea know it. Todd runs these streets.

[phonics]

I've just seen the Neves fee. This is so hilariously corrupt.

[-james-]

Rice to Arsenal looks #ON.

[Don]

I've just seen the Neves fee. This is so hilariously corrupt.

Starting Portuguese CM going for £10m cheaper than the stingy Glazers are willing to spend on England's squad fodder. You're a racist. phonics

[niko_cee]

Liverpool being increasingly linked with Chiesa must be some sort of agent game or there must be something in the Salah to Saudi talk. Otherwise they're obsessed with buying forwards when virtually every other department of the pitch probably needs more attention.

[Don]

If we milk them for Salah, that would be incredible scenes. He'll surely be gaggin for it too with no CL and being on Allah's doorstep, just RIP the xmas pyjama pics.

I'd forgotten about Udogie at Spurs. Best LB in the league.

[Gray Fox]

I don't think Salah goes this summer. I think he has two years left on his deal? I could see him doing this year, we get back into CL football and then it's off to Saudi on stupid wages for a fee that doesnt matter too much.

He's one I think is taken for granted too. I can only ever remember him missing the 4-0 against Barcelona through injury. Much like Gini was in midfield. The ability to be fit for every game is something not too many players have.

I can see why the Chiesa links exist, as a way to try and cover it off early, but why would he want to sit for a year fighting for his place, when he could stay in Turin and play every game? Unless they need to firesale.

[Don]

Brighton linked to Kudus, incredible scenes.

Utd linked to Caicedo :lol:

[randomlegend]

Chelsea pricing Mount out of a move so we don't end up with the useless cunt :drool:

Boehly is a hero.

[Lewis]

He would be a better signing, even at whatever silly price Brighton want. Hopefully Antonio Valencia is on the phone.

[Manc]

Really hoping the Chiesa links are nonsense. His injury record is horrendous.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea pricing Mount out of a move so we don't end up with the useless cunt :drool:

Boehly is a hero.

Pretty sure he’ll still sign for you this summer

[randomlegend]

Lol at Chelsea briefing that Bayern are "hijacking" Mount.

Clowns.

[niko_cee]

Do they still want Callum Hudson-Odoi for £30m?

Wondering what had happened to him, a quick googling tells me, of course, 'multiple' Saudi clubs are interested in signing him.

[randomlegend]

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[John Arne]

Crewe Alex have signed 19 year old goalkeeper Harvey Davies on loan from Liverpool for the 23/24 season.

[Giggles]

Here we go!

[John Arne]

Too MASSIVE for that chump.

[Gray Fox]

Thuram and Kone not starting tonight :nodd:

[Manc]

It's almost an entirely different eleven.

[Gray Fox]

Dont use things like logic in here for fucks sake.

[randomlegend]

United back in for Rabiot on a free. Would actually be a good bit of business I think.

[SincereTheRebel]

Gundogen confirmed to Barca. I guess Man City will step up the Rice pursuit now, as a direct replacement.

[Don]

He knows he has to spend 12 months on intense coaching to try and teach a brexitball gammon how to play proper football so if Rice comes in it'll be as a replacement for Phillips. Kova will replace Gundo seamlessly.

[Giggles]

:cab:


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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Nice to see him managing his boyhood club.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I missed our old pal Monchi turning up at Aston Villa. Looks like Pau Torres and Valladolid right back Jose Fraudulento will join him there too.

[Waffdon]

Newcastle getting Tino Livramento for £15m seems absolutely mental. I know he’s had an absolutely dreadful injury but his potential is incredible if he gets back fit proper.

[Andy]

Newcastle getting Tino Livramento for £15m seems absolutely mental. I know he’s had an absolutely dreadful injury but his potential is incredible if he gets back fit proper.

We must be absolutely fucked financially to even entertain that fee.

[Lewis]

Didn't Chelsea have a buy-back option for not much more?

[Waffdon]

£38m I think and a percentage of sell on fee based on Southampton making a profit. They’re asking for over £50m for Lavia so idk how fucked financially they are. Maybe Livramento’s knees are absolutely gone.

Caicedo has an agreement in place with Chelsea. Have rules about tapping up just disappeared or was it just never reported back in the SSN and non Twitter day?

[phonics]

The rules only exist when the selling club wants them to. See how Southampton spooked off Liverpool for 6 months and got them to give them the offer they wanted in the first place when they leaked the existence of texts between Van Dijk and Klopp then got exactly the price they wanted in full.

It's also how you go about it. It's a bit like Corporate Price Fixing. If you and I held a meeting about how the price of X should be 1 pound. That's price fixing. If you and I happened to be doing talks about 'increasing diversity in the work place' in the same hotel and run into each other in the corridor and said 'hey, have you heard about Y. I think it might increase the price of X to 1 pound.' That's legal.

^ That example is directly from the General Counsel of DuPont De Nemours in a town hall meeting where they definitely weren't training their employees on how to do illegal stuff legally before I'm challenged on it.

[Shindig]

Nobody likes a narc, Phonics.

[Baz]

Newcastle getting Tino Livramento for £15m seems absolutely mental. I know he’s had an absolutely dreadful injury but his potential is incredible if he gets back fit proper.

But Newcastles best player plays in that position. :scratch:

[Shindig]

The cover for that position is Manquillo or erm ... Dan Burn.

[randomlegend]

City have put a bid in for Rice.

[Shindig]

Philips might as well go in the other direction. Seriously, it'd do him good.

[Lofty]

£38m I think and a percentage of sell on fee based on Southampton making a profit. They’re asking for over £50m for Lavia so idk how fucked financially they are. Maybe Livramento’s knees are absolutely gone.

Caicedo has an agreement in place with Chelsea. Have rules about tapping up just disappeared or was it just never reported back in the SSN and non Twitter day?
Absolutely no-one but tinpot operations bid for players they haven't already tapped up for interest.

Isn't that City offer equal to the Arsenal offer that was already turned down?

[Waffdon]

Well yeah, I’m not denying that. It’s more the open reporting of it these days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Because the selling club gives a player permission to negotiate with the buying team. The clubs then negotiate the actual sale.

[SincereTheRebel]

West Ham have rejected Man City's first offer of £90m for D.Rice

[Luke Emia]

Hang on I’ve just seen that some Saudi club is offering £35 million for Demari Gray? I mean come on at least try and hide it a bit.

Have to say that it’s a bit of shame Keita’s contract was up this summer. I’m sure they would have gone balls deep on him for £40 million.

[Gray Fox]

Nobody is that daft.

This u21 Euros needs to hurry up and finish. I'm sick of seeing a different midfielder linked every day because the journos are bored.

[Lofty]

Jesse Lingard is begging for a move to Saudi :D

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's quite sad with people like him. Burned out his chief talent at the age of 25, really nothing left for him in the rest of his life other than clinging to the coat tails of that in various guises. I'd hate to be in that situation, no matter how many bent millions I'd accumulated in the process.

[randomlegend]

Bayern have bid €70m (+add-ons) for Kane.

[niko_cee]

I dunno, I could probably cope with chancing my way to a life of luxury.

When's 'Dele' moving to Saudi?

I see Oxlade has been linked as well.

[SincereTheRebel]

Bayern have bid €70m (+add-ons) for Kane.

I can see Sours letting him go for that fee for a club overseas. UK clubs. Double that.

[niko_cee]

A £60m bid for Kane would suggest that Bayern have the old guard mongs in charge of transfer policy again.

[Gray Fox]

Levy will want 100m from anyone you'd think.

Only thing that might tip the scales is if our 'arry goes on strike. They can't afford to have someone like him sat doing nothing while they fall down into the bottom half of the table.

[Ian]

He's too much of a wet blanket to do that.

Not least because it's his own stupid fault he's in this position.

[Manc]

Did he not famously dodge training when he was linked with City?

[randomlegend]

Did he not famously dodge training when he was linked with City?

I thought he did his little interview and put in a transfer request but never actually refused to train or anything.

Anyway, Bayern's bid already rejected.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He skipped a couple of days of pre-season training.

[Don]

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[niko_cee]

Isn't the base problem with 'Mikel' phoning up 'Pep' to ask him to bid for Rice that neither of them probably have anything whatsoever to do with transfer negotiations?

It's more likely the exact opposite, City trolling a rival with the intention of driving the price up [didn't they do this with Maguire?].

Or, even more likely, they want to sign Rice. Wild thought, I know.

[randomlegend]

Apparently United offered De Gea a contract, he signed it, then they withdrew the offer and gave him a lower one.

So fucking amateurish my god.

[Lofty]

It's more likely City think West Ham are more arsed about Arsenal trying to pay them a quid a week where as City can ofder two lump sum payments, than any 'help'.

De Gea signed a contract extension on a wage cut and United have backed out of the deal :D

Edit: beaten by ITK Randrew

[niko_cee]

Gary Neville signing for Dragon's Den promises peak lolz.

[Yevrah]

Oh my, that really does.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can only imagine the size of his erection when his agent came knocking with that one.

[-james-]

Spurs should obviously sell Kane.

[randomlegend]

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That is a lot of money.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If I had £105 million, I don't think I'd spend it on getting the rights to have Declan Rice play football for my team (obviously millions more to actually get him on the pitch). I'd probably build a new museum or hospital or something.

[Baz]

Alright Sadio Mane, calm down.

[Lewis]

If Arsenal have legitimately beaten City to him that is a proper coup. Does he just not want to move house?

[niko_cee]

I quite Declan Rice as a player, but £105m for a glorified shitkicker is absolute madness.

Fair enough if City want to waste that on a signing, it matters not to them, but that must be most of Arsenal's spending in one massive outlay.

[Don]

Timothy Weah to Juventus for €12m (and his entire career to date) is familial nepotism gone absolute wild. All well and good fighting for justice and equality but until useless cunts like this are back selling miniature Eiffel Tower figurines, can we really say we've progressed?

[Lofty]

I quite Declan Rice as a player, but £105m for a glorified shitkicker is absolute madness.

Fair enough if City want to waste that on a signing, it matters not to them, but that must be most of Arsenal's spending in one massive outlay.

The suggestion is Rice, Havertz and Timber will be the first 'wave' of the window, then once outgoings have been sorted there might be some more spending at the end of the window. I think they could easily recoup half of the soend on those three with a few sales.

[Lofty]

West Ham not happy with the offer :D

[Don]

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9 months on and after captaining the side to their third CL campaign in history (first in 20 years), my muslim don is off to Mecca. Now stop fucking about and come get the Egyptian king.

Edit: ignore number 25 in that twitter thread (or don't, there was some good stuff in that thread on the whole from memory).

[Spikey M]

Spurs should obviously sell Kane.

Not a chance they let him walk for free next season. I've heard some deluded nonsense that they might give him a new contract and loan him to Madrid / Bayern for a year though. :D

[Ben]

Southampton want a deal closer to £50m for Tino Livramento, according to The Athletic.

Newcastle have reportedly bid £15m for the full-back.

Quite the disparity there.

[niko_cee]

Fab'erewego Romano says Liverpool aren't actually going to buy Mbappe for £250m as reported by Marca. :cry: