We're all going on a Summer Transfer Thread

[niko_cee]

More than he's worth.

Give over, your lot want £30m for McShit.

[randomlegend]

He's a player who fools people into thinking he's good by looking silky on the ball but he does absolutely nothing.

McTominay is about 8,000 times more effective.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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[randomlegend]

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Not showing for me

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It was a Tweet from TNT Sports saying that KDB had reached an agreement to join Al-Ittihad.

It was deleted as it seems that there is no agreement in place yet.

[randomlegend]

Translucent man playing in 50 degree heat seems like a bad idea. He will evaporate.

[Shindig]

Can they let him wear a hat?

[Danny]

Diaby from Villa going to Saudi.

[Clunge]

Yup. We won't miss him. Showed flashes of brilliance but blew very hot and cold. We have a lot of strength in the final third as it is, especially with Rogers coming on leaps and bounds, Philogene coming back and Buendia back too + Bailey, Watkins, Archer, Ramsey, Duran (although he will probs leave) and Illing Jr.

[Bam]

It will be quite funny when Villa implode next season with there donkeys.

[Clunge]

:)

[Bam]

:)

[Lofty]

Why are Arsenal buying another centre half?

Will be left back. Arteta likes full backs who can play in the middle.

[Manc]

Bastoni is the only Italian defender worth his salt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Varane to Como.

[Baz]

Will be left back. Arteta likes full backs who can play in the middle.

Has he forgot they’ve got Timber?

[Lofty]

Timber is also a centre half who can play full back. He's also right footed, Calafiori is left footed.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Seems mental that City would be willing to sell him and he'd be willing to move.

[niko_cee]

Maybe the rats know the fate of the ship.

Or their other goalkeeper is pretty good and a million or so tax free a month sounds good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Maybe the rats know the fate of the ship.

Or their other goalkeeper is pretty good and a million or so tax free a month sounds good.

City apparently want Donnarumma to replace him.

[SincereTheRebel]

Timber is also a centre half who can play full back. He's also right footed, Calafiori is left footed.

All those clean sheets last season, came when they had that polish lad at left back. What happened to him?

[phonics]

He got done in anytime they played someone good was the issue.

[Baz]

Ortega is better than most keepers in the league.

[Luke Emia]

City apparently want Donnarumma to replace him.

I can't see how Donnarumma fits in with Guardiola's style of play as mental as that sounds about a goalkeeper. He's a very good keeper but more like a De Gea with his feet.

[John Arne]

They can have Kelleher for £25m.

[Baz]

Eze to City? :eyemouth:

[Spikey M]

That's the end of him then

[randomlegend]

Kubo to Liverpool from the top rope :cab:

Admittedly my tierlist of Japanese news sources is somewhat underdeveloped.

[niko_cee]

Never heard of him. £55m. :happycry:

[randomlegend]

He went to Madrid as a teenager with a lot of fanfare but never broke through after a load of loans and got sold to Sociedad, where he's apparently been very good.

[niko_cee]

He looks like he weighs about 8 stone.

[SincereTheRebel]

He went to Madrid as a teenager with a lot of fanfare but never broke through after a load of loans and got sold to Sociedad, where he's apparently been very good.

Odegaard turned out decent.

[SincereTheRebel]

Didnt liverpool also buy that portuguese bruno mars from fulham. What happpened to him?

[Gray Fox]

Didnt liverpool also buy that portuguese bruno mars from fulham. What happpened to him?

He scored a late late winner against Newcastle and then vanished from the first team for many months. If I had to guess, he and Klopp fell out or he wasn't putting in the work in training. Went on loan to Leipzig right after we robbed Szoboszlai off them, but they didnt play him, so we recalled him in January and sent him on a highway to Hull.

[niko_cee]

He went to Hull on loan and did alight I think, but is back now with Liverpool and was part of the first game of the Arne Slot Revolution the other day [a 0-1 defeat to Preston].

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Villa in for Joao Felix.

[Lofty]

All those clean sheets last season, came when they had that polish lad at left back. What happened to him?

As Phonics said, he got hooked at half time early in that run for being poor. He was only ever a stop gap and limited at what he offered, got absolutely dry bummed by Bayern bigger boys.

The other thing with these centre halves who can play full back is likely the fact they're thinking it's unlikely Gabriel and Saliba will manage 50 games again without getting at least a minor knock this season.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgrlgzx6gpro

Villa have signed Onana (Not Andre, mate) for £50m.

[Manc]

£5m for Ross Barkley is mental.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oli McBurnie to Las Palmas on a free.

Proper random transfer.

[Danny]

Can't think Las Palmas without thinking Vinnie Samways

[Gray Fox]

Smith-Rowe to Fulham would leave only one club yet to make a signing.

But we've signed like a set piece coach so who are the real winners?

[John Arne]

To be fair, Sepp van den Berg is like a new signing. Ahem.

[Gray Fox]

For someone in the Bundesliga, yes.

[John Arne]

Oh, apparently Chelsea signed Marc Guiu.

[Ben]

To be fair, Sepp van den Berg is like a new signing. Ahem.

A bit of a tangent but his brother is the real thing. We will have him one more season then (especially if we don't get promoted) I expect we will be batting off £30m offers.

[niko_cee]

Oh, apparently Chelsea signed Marc Guiu.

How do you say that name? Is it Mark Jew? Mark Gweeoo?

[Spikey M]

There's a chance his first name is pronounced Mars.

[Spikey M]

Mars Gooeeoo.

[John Arne]

Mark Gooey?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gee-oo (hard g) would be what I would go for, though you never know with the Catalans, shady bunch.

[niko_cee]

Smith-Rowe to Fulham would leave only one club yet to make a signing.

But we've signed like a set piece coach so who are the real winners?

Are Liverpool really the only team in the premier league yet to make a signing? I would imagine that is sending certain sections of the fanbase into apoplexy.

[Gray Fox]

Fulham the other, though they have ESR and Sessegnon imminent.

I mean this is normal considering the entire backroom staff has just changed and the new gaffer likely had no idea on who is not in his plans yet. But let's not that stop a good twitter seethe.

#FSGout

[Ben]

What happened to Sessegnon? He completely disappeared a couple of years ago.

I'm assuming this is the one from Spurs, and them not buying back the one that was always at Fulham.

[thommo]

This is Ryan, we sold him to Spurs in 2019 for £25m (and Josh Onomah). He's had endless injury issues and his contract expired with Spurs this summer. It's not even like he was particularly injury prone with us before we sold him; he played 120 games for Fulham before turning 19.

I know he's not going to be a world-beater but it's really great to get someone back with a huge connection with the club, still only 24 and can offer cover along the whole of the left-hand side.

[niko_cee]

I see Nicolas "part of the best front three in world football" Pepe is a free agent after a failed stint in Turkey. Can he really be that bad? 29 years old. :cab:

Oxlade too potentially, although he never recovered from losing his knee against Roma.

Dele Alli . . .

The number of players to have gone from top of the game to washed up whilst still ostensibly in their prime age-wise is mad.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn07p508824o

Mazraoui to West Ham.

[SincereTheRebel]

I see Nicolas "part of the best front three in world football" Pepe is a free agent after a failed stint in Turkey. Can he really be that bad? 29 years old. :cab:

Oxlade too potentially, although he never recovered from losing his knee against Roma.

Dele Alli . . .

The number of players to have gone from top of the game to washed up whilst still ostensibly in their prime age-wise is mad.

Not that they were from the same cloth but Jordan Ibe is down in the national league. In 2019 he was in the premiere league with Bournemouth. Its better to have made it and fell off, then to have never made it at all.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My observation of many years, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say this or if the PC police will arrest me, is that many African or African-origin players peak at a much younger age than others. A lot of them are miles ahead in their teens and then basically done at 26-28.

[randomlegend]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn07p508824o

Mazraoui to West Ham.

After HIJACKING Milan's move for Zirkzee and GAZUMPING Madrid for Yoro, we now appear to be SNATCHING Mazroui from under West Ham's noses.

The transfer window. The greatest entertainment on earth.

[Waffdon]

What’s with every club other than Man City and maybe Arsenal just turning into rich Brighton’s. Grim

[Bam]

After HIJACKING Milan's move for Zirkzee and GAZUMPING Madrid for Yoro, we now appear to be SNATCHING Mazroui from under West Ham's noses.

The transfer window. The greatest entertainment on earth.

You haven't snatched anything, we pulled out due to his agent demanding ridiculous money.

[Kikó]

Rattled.

[Dark Soldier]

Such a diddy club, Bam.

[niko_cee]

Is this another former Ajax player who was available on a free at some point in the recent past?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You haven't snatched anything, we pulled out due to his agent demanding ridiculous money.

Can taste the tears.

[Danny]

Is this another former Ajax player who was available on a free at some point in the recent past?

Yes and yes. Bayern took him from Ajax in 22

[randomlegend]

You haven't snatched anything, we pulled out due to his agent demanding ridiculous money.

:lol:

Seething your little tits off.

[Manc]

I've always had Bam down for big tits.

[phonics]

Arteta has had some awful plastic surgery. Aura has gone.

[Gray Fox]

He had aura?

[Ben]

The transfer window. The greatest entertainment on earth.

Shut up.

[randomlegend]

:drool:

[Giggles]

O'Brien going from Lyon to fucking Everton :face:

[Bam]

:lol:

Seething your little tits off.


Quite how you work that out I don't know.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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He's not a Premiership striker.

[randomlegend]

Isn't he a winger?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's not a Premiership winger either.

[niko_cee]

He's not a winger, unless there's some new modern interpretation of the role.

[-james-]

BBD for 7 mil is a lovely bit of business.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, seems good deal. I'm sure the numbers talked about when he was at Blackburn were much higher.

[Spikey M]

7 Million is basically nothing in football terms, he could be awful and it still wouldn't be a bad deal.

[Dark Soldier]

He looks great in a Sheff Utd kit

[Gray Fox]

7m is pennies for even a newly promoted PL team to be fair.

[Shindig]

Aye, there's no gamble to it. Even if they drop, they've got a proven Championship fella.

[Lofty]

What the fuck is De Gea doing by the way? 33, he could be coining it in on easy street for another 7 years rather than sulking on the dole.

[Ben]

Fair play to him. Everyone bemoans Messi and Ronaldo for ruining their reputation by playing in farmer leagues. De Gea sticking to his guns, if he can't get a top club to bite then he ain't bothering.

[Lofty]

So retiring with his reputation in tatters as a liability then.

[Waffdon]

Gallagher to Atletico under Simeone couldn’t be more of a match made in heaven if you tried

[Jimmy Floyd]

I really think this could be a bottom half or worse season for us. Squad disharmony, manager is an obvious fraud, we are going to need Cole Palmer to bail us out single-handedly again, or - no laughing at the back - Nkunku to come off.

[Gray Fox]

Osimhen to Chelsea with Lukaku being a makeweight seems on.

[Dark Soldier]

So retiring with his reputation in tatters as a liability then.

Would you really care if you were making 350k a week for like seven years? Dude is set for life.

[Waffdon]

Osimhen to Chelsea with Lukaku being a makeweight seems on.

Conte is a hero. He’s that obsessed with Lukaku.

Season long loan with an obligation to buy if they qualify for CL? Might be the first smart piece of business in a while from these retarded directors

[niko_cee]

Is that a loan for Lukaku or for Osimhen?

That it could be legitimately either shows football is so fucked nowadays. More and more like the wholesale roster change you see in NFL, along with the trend towards younger 'innovative' coaches. Probably good for competitiveness because it adds a massive amount of randomness into whether things will work out but it doesn't sit right, much like the farming of young players for accountancy purposes.

[Gray Fox]

Napoli would be buying Lukaku with Osimhen going on loan the other way with an optional future fee that becomes mandatory should they not be shit again this year.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that deal is just all sorts of :cab:

Here, have one of our best players on KLARNA whilst we relieve you of some of your useless, wage consuming shite. Is Aurelio de Laurentis dead or senile or something? Or, more likely, getting some sort of massive backhander?

[Gray Fox]

They've just got Conte in as manager and I think he's signed Lukaku 3/4 times now. Clearly loves the guy. Napoli did have a shit year as defending champs so the ability to sell for £100m+ probably isn't there.

It's all book fiddling really, but it comes down to what that future fee is going to be.

[Waffdon]

Doubt Napoli pay much if anything at all for Lukaku. Getting £350k a week off the wages is more than enough.

[SincereTheRebel]

Lukaku just turing 31 is the surpising thing. He has been scoring goals forever.

[randomlegend]

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This kid is meant to be hot shit, but he is one of those whose had an early growth spurt and looks like a man playing against kids, so who knows.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking MASSIVE.

[Lofty]

Reminder that Eddie Nketiah and Folarin Balogun were also hot shit at youth level.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dry your eyes mate.

[niko_cee]

That's Eddie '£50m please' Nketiah.

[SincereTheRebel]

That's Eddie '£50m please' Nketiah.

They would be lucky get half of that without clauses

[SincereTheRebel]

Looks like they have allegedly got £27m for Smith-Rowe. Two years left on his contract. He did have a hot season about three years and hasn't featured much since. Its like £15m per year for this transfer fees. I need to stop counting next peoples money.

[Manc]

Juventus landing Thuram, Luiz & Koopmeiners for a combined £100m. Phwoar.

[Lofty]

Looks like they have allegedly got £27m for Smith-Rowe. Two years left on his contract. He did have a hot season about three years and hasn't featured much since. Its like £15m per year for this transfer fees. I need to stop counting next peoples money.

Plus £7m add ons, really excellent business. He'll start for Fulham, probably light up the league and everyone will complain he was sold, then his hamstring will explode and he'll chain eat nandos.

[SincereTheRebel]

English tax ay it

[thommo]

I feel like that's a pretty fair price to pay too.

When you consider someone like Morgan Gibbs-White went for £35m (and more with add-ons), that's a great deal for a talented player who has only just turned 24. I'll have faith in Marco Silva to get the best out of him as well.

[Manc]

MGW is a generational talent.

[Baz]

Fulham can buy whoever they want, without Palhinha surely they’re toast.

[Ben]

The three who came up are toast. The gap now is ridiculous, so unless one of the incumbent teams completely shits the bed, they're just coming up for parachute payments.

Look at Southampton and Ipswich in particular, buying for the Championship.

[Baz]

Apparently Southampton and Leicester plan on playing “attacking football” too so lol good luck with that. And Ipswich can park the bus all they want, they’re still Ipswich.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Only just noticed we've signed 'Swedish-Danish' goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen (so Danish, then) from Villarreal, joining our existing options of Robert Sanchez and that ugly bloke who did it for most of last season. How am I supposed to have an opinion on this? What even is football now? It's just some men isn't it. Men, in shirts, in various combinations.

[Boydy]

Maybe he was born in the middle of that bridge.

[Waffdon]

Only just noticed we've signed 'Swedish-Danish' goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen (so Danish, then) from Villarreal, joining our existing options of Robert Sanchez and that ugly bloke who did it for most of last season. How am I supposed to have an opinion on this? What even is football now? It's just some men isn't it. Men, in shirts, in various combinations.

The goalkeeper situation is beyond mental. They are about to spend €20m on some Belgian bloke as well. I make it 5 goalkeepers signed in 2 years.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This lad made 143 saves in La Liga. Relatively good looking as well. Those two facts = a big tick from Todd, full steam ahead, think of that resale value.

[Ben]

Not to mention the backroom staff includes Willy Caballero, Hilario, Ben Roberts and Carlo Cudicini.

[Raoul Duke]

Isn't Kepa also still knocking around after getting merked by Real's backup keeper?

[niko_cee]

I thought they were swapping him for said back-up.

[Lofty]

Rabiot linked with Arsenal, please no.

[Shindig]

We need another striker and, whilst West Ham are moving for Fullkrug, we're going in for Sheffield United's William Osula.

[niko_cee]

Rabiot linked with Arsenal, please no.

Does anyone actually like this guy? Seems every fan reaction is please god no.

In other news I see Liverpool might be willing to consider offers for Gomez, or they tried to swap him with Newcastle in a deal for Gordon or something. They seem to value him at £45m. lol

[Gray Fox]

I actually think £40-50m is a fair price for Joe. He's English and just coming into his prime. Is also a good player without being great. He's just one of those players that is a bit stuck. Forever will be a squad player for Liverpool or a team at the top, but would likely start every week for someone like a Palace/Brighton. New manager has probably told him much the same so it's time to decide what he wants to do.

Our longest serving player too. And I believe the only one to pre-date Klopp.

[niko_cee]

The only flaw with the logic, which I accept is probably 'fair' and player valuations are almost entirely without context nowadays, is that Brighton or Palace could probably pick up an unknown player of equivalent ability for about a tenth of that price.

[Gray Fox]

Very true, though they likely wouldn't be English. Which to be fair, isn't a problem as long as they're happy in the buy and sell for profit model and not so much the push for European football.

As I say for him a case of pick your poison.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You know what you're getting with Gomez though, whereas the lesser known player from abroad is always a punt, unless your scouting system is good enough that it isn't.

[Gray Fox]

And as we talk Newcastle are bidding for Guehi, so an aforementioned Palace might well come knocking.

[niko_cee]

You know what you're getting with Gomez though, whereas the lesser known player from abroad is always a punt, unless your scouting system is good enough that it isn't.

This is old fashioned big club logic.

New world transfer logic sees you buy 10 assorted candidates who you then farm out through your system of feeder teams.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I can't keep up with it to be honest. It seems to be moving inexorably towards being little more than an investment platform for American private equity and crypto bros. Jumpers for goalposts, marvellous.

[niko_cee]

Chelsea's efforts to force Gallagher out the door seem pretty lol. Having been told by THE HEAD COACH that you don't feature in the new possession based approach to the game you'd probably back yourself to survive longer than him and be back in the team by November. Be funny if he sticks to his guns and walks away for nothing next year.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I would if I were him. In fact I'd just sit outside the accounts department and applaud them all into and out of the office every day.

[Waffdon]

Newcastle sound like they’re getting Marc Guehi. They’re a Trevoh Chalobah away from a full on Cobham back 4. What an academy

[Luke Emia]

Chelsea in talks to sign some Atletico player I’ve never heard of for £35 million.

[Baz]

With Gallagher going the other way for 33.

City also selling Alvarez to Atletico for £80m

[Clunge]

Wonder if that opens the door for Villa to take Felix. Emery is keen af.

[Waffdon]

Felix really doesn’t seem an Emery player at all.

Alvarez going for £80m is bonkers. He’s so mid.

[SincereTheRebel]

Man City dont hold players hostage at all. If you want out, they open the door very quickly.

[Adramelch]

I think 80m for Alvarez in the current market is a fair-ish price to be honest. What's bonkers is that this is the state the market is at, but with that in mind I don't think Atletico are massively overpaying for him.

[Waffdon]

I genuinely don’t know how people can watch him and think he’s a good player

It’s not surprise Simeone wants him as he’s a white Inaki Williams

[SvN]

Man City dont hold players hostage at all. If you want out, they open the door very quickly.

Unless they're Bernardo Silva.

[Manc]

£80m for Alvarez is pure shenanigans.

[phonics]

Smith-Rowe already turning up for Fulham. Arteta booting out a great player because he likes Nando's and couldn't give a fuck about 'Aerial Duels' stats meanwhile the rapist gets to stay as long as he wants. ISIS levels.

[Raoul Duke]

I don't know how Atletico are getting all this cash. Did they get bought by a Tajikstani warlord or something?

[Lofty]

Smith-Rowe already turning up for Fulham. Arteta booting out a great player because he likes Nando's and couldn't give a fuck about 'Aerial Duels' stats meanwhile the rapist gets to stay as long as he wants. ISIS levels.

It's more a case no-one wants the rapist because he looks washed. Smith-Rowe's hamstring will implode by October, calm your tits. I don't blame Arteta for not fancying players who can't get with the program, he did the same with Ramsdale after he admitted on a podcast he can't focus for 90 minutes. No-one wanted Raya but it resulted in the best defence in the league.

I would have loved ESR to make it at Arsenal but he had enough time to do it and he didn't, for whatever reasons. He never looked like someone who was good enough to justify carrying though.

[Shindig]

I don't know how Atletico are getting all this cash. Did they get bought by a Tajikstani warlord or something?

Azerbaijan.

[Gray Fox]

We're apparently about to do something other than hire a fitness or goalkeeper coach. We'll be in for a MYSTERY specialist No.6 type before the weekend.

[Dark Soldier]

Big Jonjo on his way back :drool:

[randomlegend]

We're apparently about to do something other than hire a fitness or goalkeeper coach. We'll be in for a MYSTERY specialist No.6 type before the weekend.

It's Zubimendi.

[Waffdon]

Liverpool Twitter convinced themselves about Tchouameni :lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bless em.

[niko_cee]

Doesn't Slot want a 'footballer' for that role, which sort of rules Tchouameni out, outwith other factors. Some sideways passing Spanish midget sounds more likely to fit the bill. Hopefully he's more Alonso than that one that came after Alonso with the long name who never did much.

[Gray Fox]

How about a 6ft tall Spaniard who CHANGED THE GAME against England at the Euros.

But definitely a MYSTERY.

[Baz]

It's Zubimendi.€60m and the number six shirt is his.

Decent bit of business, that.

Just Bastoni, Kudus, the Argentina left back from the olympics who nobody had heard of before said olympics, and that Georgian keeper who nobody really knew about before the Euros, and the quad is basically sewn up.

[Gray Fox]

I'm seeing the Georgian keeper linked too. I don't think I could cope with Alisson ever leaving.

Not sure on a Kudus signing. I think you'll need to get someone 21-24 age range that is good, but wouldn't mind spending that season backing up Salah before he Saudis off into the desert. It's why I thought those Kubo links would make sense.

You're right on the CB though. I think Konate is a colossus when 100% fit, but the problem is he almost never is. Quansah shows a lot of potential, but you need some more experience in there next to VVD too.

[niko_cee]

How about a 6ft tall Spaniard who CHANGED THE GAME against England at the Euros.

But definitely a MYSTERY.

I'll take him.

Already better than Rodri.

[John Arne]

Griezmann to LAFC legit. Should be confirmed shortly.

[Gray Fox]

Solanke to Spurs almost done. Tasty 20% of that on its way to the MYSTERY No.6 fund.

[Manc]

Leeds really need to start making some moves.

[John Arne]

Are we thinking 3 or 4 goals for Solanke next season?

[Gray Fox]

Should be a solid 10-15. Players coming from lower down the table clubs tend to get stifled a bit because you'll come up against teams wanting to shut you out more instead of attacking you and leaving you space.

[Waffdon]

Chelsea signing Pedro Neto out of nowhere. Hopefully that means Mudryk or Sterling fuck off to Mars.

Not sure why you’d not just sign Olise and give him the money he wanted but whatevs. At least it’s not a child

He’ll make good friends with Nkunku and James when they’re all out with hamstring injuries

[Gray Fox]

It had been at least a day since the last signing so they were probably getting twitchy.

[Waffdon]

All that money spent and they’ve paid money for arguably one first team starter. Utterly mental

[Luke Emia]

Yeah if you thought Chelsea’s transfer policy was scattergun before it’s been made to look even more mental this summer.

Assume if Neto is coming in that means no Oshimen?

[Waffdon]

Think that depends entirely on Lukaku

[SincereTheRebel]

Chelsea signing Pedro Neto out of nowhere. Hopefully that means Mudryk or Sterling fuck off to Mars.

Not sure why you’d not just sign Olise and give him the money he wanted but whatevs. At least it’s not a child

He’ll make good friends with Nkunku and James when they’re all out with hamstring injuries

I was coming in to the say the same thing. Neto ha featured in less than 50% of wolves games over the past three years. He is nice, when he is fit, but he clearly isn't fit enough. Money like that, yu cant really turn down.

[Gray Fox]

And as we know Chelsea have a stellar record with player injuries.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a novel approach by the folks behind the operation, bring in a forward who actually needs one already.

[SincereTheRebel]

I was there when chelsea first had those millions and they brought glen johnson, makelele, mutu and them. Are they doing the same again, but this time in a less controlled way? They seem to have lots of players. Let me check and see if they have van ginkel and baba rahhman on the payrole...

[Jimmy Floyd]

What they're trying to do is buy financial assets, or to put it another way, market 'pieces' that they think are undervalued. At no point is the creation of a functional football team envisaged, they just assume they can put a coach in place and that will magically happen, and if not they can fire him and get a new one.

Gallagher absolutely had to go because his sale has £0 cost against it on the balance sheet, but with him goes the last vestige of any sort of club identity.

[John Arne]

Schteve :drool:

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[Spikey M]

:D

[Bam]

West Ham absolutely doing bits in this transfer window. We've now snatched Todibo.

West Ham are massive, everywhere we go
:rave:

[Gray Fox]

Carry on this way and there might even be a top half finish.

[Waffdon]

And as we know Chelsea have a stellar record with player injuries.

Weirdly, the players with majority of minutes on pre season have been James, Nkunku and Lavia. No injuries picked up on dodgy pitches either. Pochettino and his bleep tests in the bin

[Spikey M]

Spurs about to drop £60 million on Solanke :happycry:

[niko_cee]

I like Neto, but didn't realise his goalscoring record was worse than his fitness record. 14 in 135? :cab:

£65m for Solanke? Yikes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

We'll take a 1 in 10 goalscorer and make him a 1 in 16 man.

[Bam]

Spurs about to drop £60 million on Solanke :happycry:


Tottenham get battered, everywhere they go.
:rave:

[Shindig]

Surprised they're doing it after Richarlyson decided, "Actually, no." to a Saudi move. What a partnership in the making.

[randomlegend]

Tottenham get battered, everywhere they go.
:rave:

This "everywhere we go" chant is like the anthem of the lobotomised.

[Bam]

What's your obsession with me? :cry:

[SincereTheRebel]

I like Neto, but didn't realise his goalscoring record was worse than his fitness record. 14 in 135? :cab:

£65m for Solanke? Yikes.


We'll take a 1 in 10 goalscorer and make him a 1 in 16 man.

His injury record is horrific plus he is in a team, that don't score many goals. Fantastic wide man, but he just isn't fit enough. He would do work as substitute to man city or arsenals wide men. Having him in your team as a main starter though, he will only last 4 games before he misses the next 6.

[-james-]

Sokanke dissers are stuck in 2018.

[randomlegend]

Wan Bissaka to West Ham.

De Ligt and Mazraoui to United.

[Danny]

Not sure how I feel about AWB going. He offers something completely different than Dalot/Mazaroui and the fact we don't have a left back would open them two up to play over there when we give up on Malacia and Shaw gets injured.

[Waffdon]

Wan Bissaka to West Ham.

De Ligt and Mazraoui to United.

Jesus, these Man Utd signings are why managers should not get to pick the players they want.

[randomlegend]

We've made very good signings.

[Waffdon]

Top 6 at best.

[Gray Fox]

Not sure how I feel about AWB going. He offers something completely different than Dalot/Mazaroui and the fact we don't have a left back would open them two up to play over there when we give up on Malacia and Shaw gets injured.

From the outside looking in, AWB is a RB that would have been grand in a previous generation. He doesn't offer enough for a team that wants to crack the top 6.

[Lewis]

His crap and pointless games vastly outnumber his really good games. You would be more than happy to keep him around, but accounting probably means he has to leave.

[randomlegend]

Top 6 at best.

Maybe. The squad was - and to an extent remains - an absolute state. It'll take more than one window to sort it. But these are good signings.

[Waffdon]

More quantity over quality. Which maybe is what you need with that injury record

[Danny]

From the outside looking in, AWB is a RB that would have been grand in a previous generation. He doesn't offer enough for a team that wants to crack the top 6.

Absolutely not as first choice but for the right game / dealing with the expected injuries I would have been inclined to keep him.

[Gray Fox]

Fabio Carvalho to Brentford for £27m + 17.5% sell on fee.

[Bam]

His crap and pointless games vastly outnumber his really good games. You would be more than happy to keep him around, but accounting probably means he has to leave.

If it’s down to accounting then you should be getting shot of Maguire, to think last season you was trying to offload him on us to sign Tobido, who we signed today.

You actually have loads of crap in that squad to unload tbf.

[Dark Soldier]

Yes Bam west ham are massive and stuff yes come on now you've wandered off again lets get ya to bed

[niko_cee]

Sokanke dissers are stuck in 2018.

To be fair he always looked good at Liverpool, but was just allergic to scoring. Still paying a heavy intra-league and English tax with that sort of fee as well. I guess no one would bat an eyelid if he was coming from Portugal, cf Brighton failure Gyokeres.

[Gray Fox]

Weirdly, the players with majority of minutes on pre season have been James, Nkunku and Lavia. No injuries picked up on dodgy pitches either. Pochettino and his bleep tests in the bin

You'll never guess who?

[Waffdon]

1 down 2 to go

[Bam]

Yes Bam west ham are massive and stuff yes come on now you've wandered off again lets get ya to bed

Does the truth hurt my old son? :lewis:

[John Arne]

I did have a little chuckle at Liverpool trying to sign a midfielder who just played for Spain in the Euro's final, whilst Man Utd are trying to spend £30m on a midfielder just relegated with Burnley.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The stupid cunt is banned for the first three games anyway so his useless hamstring is only relevant from September.

[Kikó]

I did have a little chuckle at Liverpool trying to sign a midfielder who just played for Spain in the Euro's final, whilst Man Utd are trying to spend £30m on a midfielder just relegated with Burnley.

United have always done well signing expensive players of the moment.

[randomlegend]

Liverpool equally always done poorly signing players from recently relegated teams.

[niko_cee]

Sander Berge was rated as potentially mega at some point, wasn't he? Reckon he would be a good signing.

Brighton extorting £30m for Undav is insane.

[Gray Fox]

I did have a little chuckle at Liverpool trying to sign a midfielder who just played for Spain in the Euro's final, whilst Man Utd are trying to spend £30m on a midfielder just relegated with Burnley.

I once chucked when we spent £25m on a midfielder just relegated with Newcastle.

[Shindig]

We just spent Alan Shearer money on an relegated Dane. He scored (flagged for offside, but didn't look it) yesterday. Value is a bollocks concept.

[SincereTheRebel]

You like to count other peoples money.

[John Arne]

I once chucked when we spent £25m on a midfielder just relegated with Newcastle.

:D Sander Berge is not Wijnaldum. I think the larger point I was making was pretty clear.

[Giggles]

Nobody thought Wijnaldum was Wijnaldum at the time either.

[Danny]

But did they think twice relegated Robertson was Robertson?

[John Arne]

Ok, Sander Berge for Ballon D'or.

[Giggles]

Ok, Sander Berge for Ballon D'or.

You seem to be massively misremembering Wijnaldum.

[John Arne]

Some of you lot seem to be completely missing my point. Liverpool shopping at Waitrose, Man Utd at Aldi - that's it - one post just making that very insignificant point. Have Liverpool signed players from relegated clubs and been successes and failures... yes... have other clubs yes. Fuck me.

[randomlegend]

I think you're missing your own point.

[John Arne]

In much more important news, Ho Chi Minh City have signed Endrick dos Santos Parafita on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim.

[Lewis]

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[randomlegend]

Varane injured 20 minutes into his Como debut lol.

It's unreal how quickly his body fell to bits.

[Waffdon]

Varane injured 20 minutes into his Como debut lol.

It's unreal how quickly his body fell to bits.

I told you that when he signed for you originally blud

[randomlegend]

I told you that when he signed for you originally blud

You said he'd been constantly injured for Madrid, which was absolute bollocks.

[Waffdon]

Take your L and move on fatty

[randomlegend]

Taz finally flounces off and his learning disabled tribute act steps up to the plate. Give me strength.

[Waffdon]

Ornstein reporting the bloke from Atletico is no longer signing for Chelsea. Lol if that means Gallagher and Alvarez deals follow through now

[Baz]

Who even is that? That Buononette?

Go and sit on a different bench, good one.

[Luke Emia]

Ornstein reporting the bloke from Atletico is no longer signing for Chelsea. Lol if that means Gallagher and Alvarez deals follow through now

It’s ok they are just going to sign Joao Felix instead now.

Fuck me.

[niko_cee]

How many of that Ajax team are United going to be fielding if they sign these two off Bayern? Half? Should have kept hold of Donny. Has anyone ever been able to go that deep on trying to sign former players? Or were Antony and Martinez post Erik?

[Shindig]

How many of Mourinho's Porto crew made it to Chelsea? That was a few.

[niko_cee]

Carvalho, Deco, Paulo Ferreira, erm, would Hilario count?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maniche briefly as well.

[niko_cee]

João Felix still being only 24 is a bit mind blowing.

[phonics]

Have they considered getting Joao Felix in on loan before committing to it?

[Luke Emia]

The maddest thing is they are only signing him because otherwise the Gallagher and Alvarez transfers will also fall through. How can you be that desperate to sell Gallagher that you would put yourself in another potential financial hole in a couple of years time with Felix. Because looking at him you aren't ever getting your money back on him.

Long-term for these clubs who are just basing their accounts around player trading you can see it all going tits up like it did for the Italian clubs in the 00's. At some point with all these players with a 'book value' a day of reckoning comes where everyone realises they are actually worth absolutely fuck all.

[-james-]

It's got to be pathological at this stage. Someone should tell Todd Boehly that therapy is cheaper than Joao Felix.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Gallagher £30 million off the £0 spent on him is so essential that it has to happen right now no matter what, so if that means taking a punt on an £80 million guy and backing yourself to sell him for 60 then so be it.

(I don't know the actual numbers because transfers are thumpingly boring).

There is however a definite hint of a tulip market about all this - are footballers always going to be worth as much as it costs to build and equip a new hospital? I don't think they are.

[phonics]

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Good process, lads.

[Baz]

Best thing Sir Brendan ever did.

[Boydy]

Maybe there should be a limit to how many players you can sign in a season.

[Shindig]

Miguel Almiron going back to the MLS. That's one way to meet Palace's demands for Guehi.

[Gray Fox]

Zubimendi deal off it seems.

I'm sure a goalkeeper coach or something will be just as good.

[phonics]

Shocking news that the player who turned down everyone else also turned down Liverpool.

[niko_cee]

Get Trent in there. It'll be extra lol if some bald Dutch numpty is able to coach him into the role.

[Gray Fox]

I really thought giving him a deadline demand was going to go so well.

[phonics]

Those Times extracts from the book about how great Michael Edwards is amazing somehow manage to paint a picture of ‘ Klopp said I want this guy and we thought it was a bad idea and all our research pointed to it being a bad idea but we did it anyway and it turned out it was great and that shows just how smart Michael ‘Eddy’ Edwards is.’

Proper bizarre stuff.

[niko_cee]

:D

They're all absolute chancers. Or, if not all, there are the same number who are genuinely great as there are of any other football role, managers, players, etc.

[randomlegend]

Lolverpool

[Gray Fox]

No alternative No. 6 will be sought now apparently. I'm sure this is going to go down very well.

[niko_cee]

Second year running they've been mugged off, although last year was a bit of a dodged bullet, and maybe so again if hikes and the restaurants are enough to sway someone off their apparently previously avowed intention. Even if those things are great.