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A few major transfer have already gone through. Premier league window runs from May 16th to August 8th, two days before the start of the season.
Lucas Hernández from Athletico Madrid > Bayern Munich
Benjamin Pavard from Stutgart > Bayern Munich
Frenkie de Jong from Ajax > Barcelona
Eder Militao from Porto > Real Madrid
Aaron Ramsey from Arsenal > Juventus
Diego Godin is leaving Madrid and is exspected to join Inter
https://www.marca.com/en/football/sp...c6c8b45fa.html
The race to sign Mike Smalling starts NOW.
Christian Pulisic. Do I have to call him Pooless Sick as he's American?
His middle name is Mate so he will fit fit in nice around here..Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Thorgan Hazard looks like he is off to Dortmund
Is this going to be the June/July thread? :sherlock:
Didn't realise Militao had gone, he's brilliant.
Militao has got to be the coolest name ever for a centre-back.
L’Equipe reporting ‘Eden Hazard is Madrid done, 100m (Euros), will be announced after the final.’
Thorgan or Eden? Crazy money for the former, ridiculously cheap (in the current climate) for the latter.
Latter, forgot there was multiple. Edited my post. I think he only has one year left on his contract. The Thorgen looks Dortmund bound.
Apparently Zidane's his idol or whatever, I wonder what bearing that had on their rehiring him. That Militao guy looks good as well but the Spanish pair are going to have to come to terms with being back with the crowd now that they no longer have (or are experiencing the dying days of) their cheat players.
Where does Eriksen play? I guess with his contract situation he'll probably be off somewhere in the summer. Would be a good buy for City if they could persuade him to turn his back on whichever of Barcelona or Real Madrid he grew up dreaming of playing for.
Pulisic will be a laugh at Chelsea, presumably he's been brought in to play the role that Hazard has been playing but the man can't even hack it against Trinidadian defenses
Ya I can't really understand the Pulisic thing other than the idea he'll sell a ton of shirts in America.
Edit: I mean he can be a tidy player on his day but I see him more as someone who could, like Dempsey, go to a mid-table side and "do-a-business" every now and then like when Dempsey scored 15 goals or whatever it was for Fulham that one year.
What you’re saying is he’s gonna be more like Joe Max Moore than Landon Donovan?
I think 5 years from now he'd be a very good player for an Everton side. Right now he'd struggle to get into the Everton team, much less the Chelsea team. Sarri hates players like him anyway.
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Originally Posted by mugbull
I saw 86M quoted for Hazard. In todays day and age, that sounds like an absolute steal.
What's that, 40% of a Neymar? Bargain.
It sounds like a rip-off considering he's only got a year on his contract left. That effectively values him as the most expensive player in the world.
Just get sponsors involved for every time he announces a future announcement and make all your money back.
You can add to that transfer fee all the Champions League revenue that he earned us by still being here and qualifying us for it this year.
It's arguable it might be worth doing the same again and letting him go for 'nothing' next season, but I get the impression he might not be that on board with that course of action.
And he's well practiced at deciding to take a season off when he wants which is the risk.
Chelsea tend to respect players' wishes when it comes to this sort of thing. It probably helps when signing players knowing that they won't have to deal with anything like Levy at Tottenham.
The Greaseman has announced he's leaving Atletico at the end of the season. £108m release clause is expected to be activated by Barcelona any time now.
Surely means Coutinho/Dembele or both are out the door too.
I reckon Suarez before Dembele in that scenario.
Yeah, I think they'll stick with Dembele unless his 'bad character' is a significant problem.
Suarez isn't going anywhere and I'd be amazed if anyone bar maybe PSG went near Coutinho for the sort of money Barca want for him.
The prices floating around for players are never going to last too long especailly as the most important thing is performance value. Playing for Barcelona sound really difficult. The exspectation levels are crazy.
I thought Griezzman was about 24. He is 28 :cab:
I'm annoyed that Coutinho shitting it up has slowed the pace of them trying to drum Dembele out of the club. He'd be a dream signing.
Has Coutinho been that bad? BArca exspect a lot from their players. Looking at his numbers, he has been fairly similar to Iniesta when it comes to goals and asssits when they were around the same age.
He's probably played worse than his stats suggest, but then his stats are better than anything he ever achieved at Liverpool (well, I thought they were, although looking maybe they aren't) so I'm not really sure what they were expecting. He's a quality player but I think he needs quite careful management, which neither the binman nor the Barca 'faithful' are apt to provide. Also, you know, expecting him to seamlessly replace one of their best ever players might have been somewhat unrealistic.
They didn't ask him to do things that weren't cutting in on his right foot and curling it into the far corner, did they?
Barcelona is a dreadful place. You think United following Ferguson has been bad, just you wait until they try and follow Messi.
Zaha has told Palace he wasnt to leave for Champions League football according to SSN. He can probably make the step up now. Chelsea wouldnt be a bad fit for him. Ivorians do well in those parts.
Can come be back up to the front three at Anfield, if only to annoy my mate who's been banging on about how he should go back to United for ages now.
Palace will want mental money for him (I've seen £80m mentioned).
Much better off going for an Ajax bod for about a third of the price. What's the Neres guy like?
The best money Utd could spend this summer would be paying off Solksjaers contract and getting in Pochettino. And for fuck all money when you consider what players are costing now.
Poch wouldn’t do well with the United players there right now
Nobody would, but he'd be good to have in place for when they replace some of the wasters.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
And despite the recentish strikes Solskjaer won't be on too big a packet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
I think Zaha would be better off staying put as it'll only go the same way it did at Man United. He's one of the best outside the top six but I don't think he's good enough to be a regular for any and at the price he'll cost it's just not worth it. £80M....for what?
If he came to Chelsea, the dear leader would have him on the bench for seven months until his 'tactical work' was up to scratch, which in his case would probably be never, and then he'd go back on loan to Palace.
He'd do alright at Liverpool or City as a kind of wildcard to come off the bench and win them the League Cup.
I'm half expecting Sarri to leave before the new season kicks off so that might not be an issue but I'd feel rather underwhelmed if I found Hazard's replacement was Zaha.
Doesn't he predominantly play on the left? I would have him if Anthony Martial gets drummed out, but a more natural right-sided player is the priority at that end. Then again, he was literally signed by Sir Alex Ferguson once, so that probably counts for more than anything now.
I can imagine that's exactly the same thing that OGS thinks too. The same way he thinks nostalgia is a tactic.
OGS - "Zaha would be good because the gaffer did sign him too."
RioDoF - "£80m bruv"
OGS - "Sanchez"
RioDoF - "Merked. Ask the boss"
OGS - "Boss? Can I sign Zaha?"
Fergie - Yes.
Ed - No
Awkward silence. Transfer window shuts.
They have a whiteboard with 'MANCHESTER UNITED PLAYER?' written in the middle, and then things like 'quality' and 'youth' on arrows.
I completely forgot he signed for them.
I don't think he'd be thick enough to go back to them either. He's been good enough to leave Palace for years now, but has stayed without complaint.
It'll probably be Everton.
Is that a step up? I doubt he leaves Palace for them. It will be Spurs, Arsenal or Chelsea (if they can beat the transfer ban).
Potentially Liverpool if they were to lose someone.
I would rather see one of the top 6 buy Zaha over the likes of Coutinho.
SSN are saying Man Utd are really interested in Sean Longstaff from Newcastle
Real Madrid have bought Luka Jovic from Frankfurt for £50m
Allegri has left Juve.
edit: Turns out my Italian is very bad. They've announced a press conference tomorrow that will more than likely announce the departure of Allegri.
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Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Clubs really are starting to do their business earlier and earlier. Quite refreshing.
50M for one good season in Germany, though. I dunno. He's an FM ledge, I suppose.
Frankfurt only activated the option to convert his two year loan into a permanent deal last month.
I can see Ziyech going somewhere like Spurs. He apparently has a £25m release clause which should be pittance to those in the top 4.
Let’s pretend a manager change counts as a transfer but lol at that
There's some pretty proven ITKs on the Utd subreddit at the moment and apparently De Gea has told the club he won't sign a new deal and will be sold.
A brief Twitter search suggests that either the ITKs are all over the place or United are. They sound like they're after everybody and nobody.
That's about 6 summers in a row now.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
There are no 'ITK's' they're just cunts.
ITKiko is all you need.
Odd to see United doing more sensible things so far in regards the 2 young wingers.
*gets doxxed by The Group*Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
These people have posted exact times press conferences are going to happen to announce players and stuff before.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
And no it isn't, not from anyone remotely reliable. I'm sure the daily mail will have said it every year yeah.
Sensible it sounds. Put them straight into thr first teamQuote:
Originally Posted by Gray Fox
Of course De Gea wants to leave. Is PSG the only superclub that would be down for a goalkeeper?
City is a no for obvious reasons. Barcelona have a good keeper as do Atletico.
Real Madrid would be an obvious one, but would he go there? Juventus can stroll their league with Szceszny in goal so they have no need. Bayern have Neuer again so that's a no.
There's only really PSG left that could afford both fee and wages.
Madrid are going gung-ho on Courtois whether it works out or not. PSG is the only place I can think of, unless he wants to go to Napoli
Juventus would probably come in if the price was right. It's probably only Madrid or PSG who would pay a decent transfer fee for him.
What does ITK mean?
In the know
Fucking hell. :D
Who are the young wingers United are after, James and?
I quite like that '6 PLAYERS UNITED MUST SIGN!' article doing the rounds. Koulibaly, James, Wan-Bissaka, Rice, Dybala, Bruno Fernandes. Just the odd £300m and probably no nearer to City.
Sessegnon
James and Dybala are exactly the type of players Man Utd should be nowhere near. They have elapsed and potential expired
Not "Harmez", Daniel James from Swansea.
We are apparently looking to buy a RW, RB, CB and CM. Top target for each position is Sancho, AWB and Koulibaly. CM more vague and depends what Pogba decides to do.
Meunier is second choice right back and we have backups for the other positions too.
Sancho looked nailed on to come during our good run under Ole but now looks like he might stay another season at Dortmund after we missed out on CL.
Believe it or don't I guess, but these guys called stuff like the Dalot transfer before it was anywhere in the press and the Kohler sponsorship deal before anyone had heard of Kohler so I'm fairly convinced they actually know stuff.
Sorry, I don't believe it! :eek:
If not qualifying for the Champions League saves United from spaffing £100m on Jadon Sancho they've probably broken even in terms of the money they are going to miss out on.
Every cloud and all that.
I know it's hard to attract top talent without CL but are they really the level of players United are looking at? Going to be a long season for OGS even if hes lucky and gets the lot.
Tough for other clubs when City and Liverpool are so far ahead. City could go and spunk 100m on a holding midfielder and be set for another 3 seasons, the squad is ridiculous right now.
If UEFA have their way, they won't be able to buy anyone.
Sancho had an amazing return for Dortmund this year and I hear nothing but very good things about Koulibaly. They seem like exactly the level of player we should be after :sorry:
It's not like spunking money on players like Sanchez has worked.
EDIT: Cillesen or Onana to replace Dave apparently.
For a long time they've needed to buy to develop, Woodward clearly hates doing this though.
Buying the big contract stars at 28+ is a disaster maybe over 50% of the time? You have to have people who are hungry, Ferguson himself achieved success that way.
Speaking of which, they are meant to have a couple of solid young goalkeepers, so I would rather just chuck one of them in to sink or swim than buy some foreign flapping pleb.
Kieran O'Hara, get him in.
Sancho's what? 18 with one good season in Germany under his belt? I just don't think he's going to make a massive difference to United in the next season or so, he needs to develop, and fair enough if you want to do that, but for the sort of money he will cost expectation will be too high for that sort of season to be tolerated (see Dembele at Barcelona and they've been pissing the league).Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
I don't have the sort of knowledge to know who would be better, but there must be c.22 year olds knocking around who you could get at half the price in the sort of Mané bracket who would serve you better - just buy the Ajax frontline, for example. I suppose, when you're trying to plunder the teams of the moment for their young stars (say Ajax and Lyon) there is probably going to be competition from clubs who can offer better footballing prospects.
That Koulibaly guy always looks good whenever I see him, but, again, the money is insane. I know that is bound to be the case to some extent, but De Laurentis is a nutter and players coming from Italy have a fairly mixed record in English football.
United's real problem is is anyone going to believe in Solskjaer enough to want to sign for them? I'm not sure.
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
Woodward clearly loves a galactico signing, but everything that's come out is that he's always been willing to blow big money on talented youngsters, which was where him and Mourinho clashed as Jose wanted to be bunging £50m+s at Perisic and Willian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
It sounds like there's an acceptance this is exactly what we need to do to get back to challenging.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
De Gea swap deal for Bale and Navas would be my theory (although swaps don't actually ever happen).
I'd love Onana.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
He's a proper African keeper so there'd be plenty of entertainment.
Is it possible to be a pacey winger in Germany and have bad season? Even Hitler managed it and he had Parkinson's.
That would be super shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
Bournemouth have signed Lloyd Kelly from Bristol City for £13m. Supposed to be quite highly rated. Probably a better bet than that fat muppet Diego Rico.
Kompany has confirmed he is leaving Man City
To become player manager at Anderlecht. Excellent.
Fuck. Didnt see that coming at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
I thought about him finishing their but not to manage as well. He's done well and signed off in style for City.
Sancho has decided to stay at Dortmund for another year. We might run De Gea's contract down rather than selling.
That's a pretty intelligent idea from Kompany. He's easily good enough to still be playing at the top, but dropping down a level to get your foot onto the management ladder is smart.
It's probably better to wait for him, even if it ends up costing a bit more. Dave Gayer can do one though the mimsy.
What is an acceptable amount for United to spend and not finish in the top four?
Fifty pounds.
Real Madrid lost 2-0 at home to Betis. Bale was an unused sub.
Zidane said ”He (Bale) has won a lot here but we live for the present and the future. We will not forget the past but we have to live for the day today.
”I have counted on other players in more in recent weeks, and if I had a fourth substitute today I would not have brought him on.”
Ether
United should offer Madrid zero pounds to get him off their wage bill (and then offer him less than his current salary because it is lol).
Doesn't Bale pick-up almost double what Sanchez gets? I know it's distorted by the way they deal with image rights (but then probably re-distorted by the optional nature of tax in Spain), but if they reckon they're getting him off their wage bill without some sort of massive pay-off then they're surely dreaming. Hasn't he got a contract until sometime into the next decade to boot?
Yeah, he has them over a barrel. You could see Madrid paying some of his contract up to shift him, like United are reported to be considering with 'Alexis', and then somebody could pick him up on a more realistic (arf) wage. I would have him if the price was right.
Madrid sounds desperate as fuck. United to request £50m and bale from Madrid. Start from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Has he even been that good for Madrid?
I mean he's scored 2 Champions League final winners.
He's basally been a slightly better or slightly worse McManaman.
That's two good games then, not a bad start. Any more? How long has he been there anyway?Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
He's been good. He just hasn't been Ronaldo, and by the sounds of it is a retard who nobody there likes.
Looks like he has done what is required. He isnt Ronaldo though. Real and Barca exspect a lot. Barca though Cesc was equal to Messi and was the only player other than Messi they tried to convert to false 9.
Bale is 30 before the start of thr season. May as well try and cash him into some gullible team who are willing to take a gamble.
He’s been alright but the Spaniards don’t like the British
Who does?Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Rather a Brit than an Irishman tbf
Being there for 5 years and still not being able to speak Spanish is a bit embarassing tbf.
Aguero's been here for that long or longer and doesn't begin to speak English. Thickos are thickos the world over.
Makes the time they bought Beckham, Woodgate and Owen all the more surprising, then.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
That's probably a compliment, with you being a mong and all.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Gareth Bale would be a terrible signing for Utd.
He would be solid for three years on Paulp Ogba money. Then he can replace Ashley Young at full-back.
Bale's been great for Real over the years, but the club is now rotten to the core and Zidane hates him for some reason.
Wasnt it Zidane that recommended him in? Zidane was ball gobbling Bale when he was in a Spurs shirt scoring hat-tricks at San Siro.
Seems like Bale is the scapegoat for some reason, but he's won the Champions League 4 times, playing a vital role in at least 2/3 of those wins.
Him seemingly wanting nothing to do with anything Spanish doesn't help, but we don't give a fuck about all the South Americans here doing the same so bollocks.
For the most expensive player in the world his performance has been fairly underwhelming for the most part (he's only made 25 appearances per season - ah I think that may just be in the league), but he has made some fairly major contributions in a few of the big games. I think he's done better out of it than they have.
He would be easily your best player playing in literally any position bar Centre Back and Goalkeeper.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Aguero speaks english.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5uyl0sE1oY
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Originally Posted by Giggles
A Paddy calling someone a mong. :D
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Originally Posted by Spikey M
He'd be better than Phil Jones.
This one is along the same complimentary lines seeing as it's coming from the thickest cunt on here. And that's not even a close run thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bam
Fair point. And De Gea has been shit this season too, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bam
Hurt your feelings, awwwQuote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Phil Jones would do a better job!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
That wasn't a retaliation, it was an observation of fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bam
He's 30 by the time the season starts, on about £500k a week and can't stay fit for more than 5 minutes at a time. Yes he's really turned up for some big games, but he's also been not very good for large parts of his time in Madrid, particularly in the last season or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
It would end up looking as bad as the Sanchez transfer.
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Originally Posted by Giggles
No, I've never know the Irish to do anything in retaliation. :rosebud:
Exhibit A.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bam
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Originally Posted by Giggles
Exhibit B.
Now we find a knob that likes to slag of the British.
From the itk centre, I've read they've offered him to us on loan for 5m. He's supposed to be on £600k a week. I'm sure we can raise those.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
The only issue would be whether it would have the same effect as 'Alexis' in terms of putting everybody else on greedy cunt notice. But would it be different if he was actually producing the goods? If he was winning games every week and some tosser like Marcus Rashford asked for stupid money 'Because Bareth is on...' you could tell him to fuck off a lot more easily than you currently can when your highest earner is being paid to lounge around shagging his dogs. In isolation, whilst six-hundred grand a week is a bit mental, if you could haggle him down a bit it sounds like decent value in a world where Ander Herrera can walk into a three-hundred grand a week free transfer.
Bale, Pogba and Alexis (and some other poor sap, probably Rashford), with Fred and some other spastic behind in the midfield.
:drool:
Good luck with that one.
Why is Bale seen as bad now? He's a pretty top player.
Because Man Utd want him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Everything in football now has to be a 1 or a 10 with nothing in between.
He’s not bad he’s just not worth what he’d cost. Plus he’s always injured.
Fuck knows. There's not many teams he wouldn't go straight into the first team of. It's a shame he went to Madrid really, he's got the silverware from it, and a fucking ridiculous wage, but it's not done his legacy much good.
He was insanely brilliant at Spurs. Better than Kane. Probably better than Modric was too.
On talent he makes pretty much any first XI world over.
However he's going to cost abit, more on top with the wages and add in he's about to be 30. If he comes in and smashes it at said club, he'll still only be good for 3-4 years at most.
Bale played 47 times this season. Not bad for someone injured.
Bale on loan does seem like a decent deal. Little harm done if he’s not worth it and if he is, well, then great.
Except for City and Liverpool, Bale would improve the starting eleven of the other eighteen teams.
And he'd probably be a better backup than Origi, so make that nineteen of the twenty teams would be better for having him.
I try not to worry about prices and wages - I don't pay them, so as long as they're good footballers they're worth every penny.
I'd be fully behind a loan deal.
Can see him going a bit Sanchez if it was a permanent deal though.
Idk who wanted a long term deal for him, but FUCK EM
They matter because money spent on player X is money they can't spend on player Y, and other than Manchester City everyone has finite resources.
Im pretty sute Man Utd dont want that Sanchez problem again, but I do for my own viewing pleasure.
Gayle and Rondon will not be swapped. Bah. :(
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Originally Posted by Baz
This is the man who with his sheer presence alone made Pickford keep you guys in the league running, and who more or less by himself took you to the CL final.
Yeah, Bale was great for Spurs, 7 years ago, and has been decent for Madrid with flashes of brilliance, but if there was ever a prime candidate for age related performance time bomb then it's him. It's a pretty familiar tale and it seems even Madrid might be wise to it.
And the money's not just about finite resources, it's what it does to the rest of the dressing room. There isn't a serious team in world football (there probably are some in China) where someone bowling in on triple everyone else's salary isn't going to cause friction. It's just not worth it. So either Madrid pay him off and he goes somewhere on more realistic terms, or he's staying there. I get the impression he'd be reasonably happy to Bogarde it out.
SSN claim Trippeier is off to Napoli
Can’t believe Scotland have lured the best manager in world football to sign a 3 year contract.
Supposedly Bale said he'll just "stay and play golf" if worst comes to worst lmfao
My learned fact for the day is that he has a replica of the 17th hole at Sawgrass in his back garden.
He'll probably be able to reconstruct the rest of it with what Real owe him.
£55m after tax, apparently.
:D
Graham Potter and associates have joined Brighton for £3m, which makes it a transfer ok.
May the good footballing times roll. I'm not sure I've ever seen that Daniel James chap play, but they should bring him with them.
Rafa stays, Bale signs for -£55m. Which God do I have to slaughter / appease to make this happen?
According to the Reddit ITK, there'll be stories about Utd signing Daniel James coming out 10pm tonight.
Looking to sign one of Nicolas Pepe, Bale (loan with option to buy) or Griezmann.
Will bid for Koulibaly once De Ligt is confirmed going to Barca.
Edit: oh and Sanchez may be going on loan to Inter, with us paying 50% wages.
Find me a more Scottish looking man. Or a picture of Steve Clarke smiling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waffdon
Apparently Chelsea are gonna fire Sarri and replace him with Lamps. Really really good to hear.
Just opens the door for Terry to assist.
Captain, Leader, Shin-pads.
Yeah they got the timing out by half a day but still.
Daniel James done deal, announcement today or tomorrow.
Our reported interest in De Ligt is apparently just to push Barca to announce they've signed him (we believe it's decided he's going there) so that Napoli can't use Barca 'interest' as leverage in the negotiations for Koulibaly. We'll try and buy Umtiti as well as Koulibaly if Barca make him available after they get Dr Ligt.
4D chess at last. :cool:
They will end up with Umtiti for more than they spend on de Ligt. I would sooner have Harry Maguire.
Koulibaly is the priority for CB either way. Umtiti would be an extra.
Di Laurentis doesn't need other interest to leverage against, he's very much in the "fuck you, pay me" camp. I too reckon the money would be better spaffed on Maguire.
City must be in the market for another centre half this summer, surprised they're not going for De Ligt if he's as good as everyone seems to think.
Yeah, United aren't going to pay the money Napoli want.
Otamendi sounds like a forgotten name which will probably leave City also
Dortmund have signed Thorgan Hazard, Julian Brandt and Nico Schulz, officially.
Any truth behind Pep to Juventus?
Sounds like wishful thinking.
Rafa's not going to Roma. Probably means he's going to Juve.
Klopp to Bologna I heard.
Arsenal’s kits for next year are the best ever. What a thing of beauty.
Yes but Rwanda.
Victor Moses who i forgot existed is link with Inter. He had a few good seasons with Chelsea but then just dispappered. Supposduly, he was in Turkey
Edit: Ahh, with Conte now at Inter. Moses is linked there who had that good season under him and Lukaku is also linked according to SSN in yellow.
Manchester United, Everton and West Ham have been offered the chance to sign Marseille and Netherlands midfielder Kevin Strootman on loan. Thats about 4 years out of date.
I look forward to a host of Premier League clubs being linked with exciting Celta Vigo prospect Benni McCarthy.
Latest. Idk if anyone interested, if not I'll stop relaying it.Quote:
First things first, I have removed all mention of Daniel James as his deal is complete but both Swansea and United have agreed that due to the very sudden passing of his father they have left when he joins us into his hands now to give him time to grieve in private. I wont be discussing him again until it concludes out of respect.
I've had another drop. The internal teams at United seem to have been given a memo about names. This is a mixture of 3 sources supplying this and very much an amalgamation of information, so some of it is a little contradictory:
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Sancho deal could be back on. Seems that the Brandt and Hazard signings are seen as Dortmund preparing to let him go. Belief is it would take between £80m-£100m. However, expect to see news come out slowly that we AREN'T interested as Ed is seemingly trying to play a bit of a game to lower the price by flirting with Bale and Griezmann (this already started yesterday with an Ogden ESPN article).
AWB deal is on. We've told Meunier we won't be continuing discussions. The AWB deal is quiet a bit further along than reported, and he may now wind up completing first.
We are the Premier League team that intends to activate Partey's release clause (pending Pogba confirming he plans to stay. Not sure why him going would stop this but that's what is being said.)
Koulibally is almost certainly not happening. Napoli seem utterly disinterested in selling him. Umtiti still the other pipe-dream, but he seems to want to stay at Barca. Harry Maguire is the backup but will be very expensive.
We would love to sign De Ligt, but all noise is from his agent trying to drum up money out of Barca. We don't expect him to go anywhere else. We have however said we will meet all demands (which is above Barcas offer and a promise to make him the instant starter).
Likewise; we have started to monitor the situation with Luka Jovic at Eintracht Frankfurt. Still expected to join Madrid but we may look to sign him if Lukaku leaves. We wouldn't meet their €100m valuation but instead would look to send players to them on loan (Chong an option) or even offer them a discount on a replacement (not sure who they would want/can afford to he honest).
We absolutely would take Bale on loan if he wants it.
OUT
Bailly has attracted several offers, but nothing that has met the club valuation.
Pogba is believed to be staying
De Gea is going this summer. PSG offer is expected any day now.
Alexis has an offer from Inter (Juve never reached out formally).
Lukaku sale to Inter is also becoming possible, but will be dependant upon a suitable replacement being available (and if Icardi would actually leave). Solksjaer seems to not be arsed at all with him.)
What's Partey's release clause then?
Must be about £300m worth of deals there.
£40m-ish I think.
That reads as total fan fiction
Itk mate, itk.
It reads like a typical piece on Man United in the summer market. The ending is usually player X,Y,Z didn't join because <insert excuse>.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Is that the Man Utd verison of RAWK?
The couple of people this comes from have called stuff correctly in the past quite consistently, it's pretty obvious they do get some information.
But anyway, I'll stop posting it.
Mate, you can't just give in like that. This is why the rumour mill died as a sub forum!
We seem to have given up on getting Ryan Kent on a proper deal or even extending his loan another year, and are instead going to take Sheyi Ojo on loan who I remember Taz wanking himself dry over and very little else. Based purely on that, he'll probably be rotten. Hopefully Jamie Murphy hits the ground running and he's just a backup.
We had Sheyi Ojo on loan at Fulham a season ago. Quite underwhelming, one or two decent performances early on (2 goals and an assist away at Sheffield United was his best game) but the majority of the time he was poor, with bad decision making. Barely featured in the second half of the season when we had the great unbeaten run to the playoffs.
Re: the United stuff it all seems quite believable in as much as I'd have thought any big club probably has a million things on the go and players they're "monitoring" at any given time ranging from "unlikely but we'll try our hand given the chance" to "plan c / what we'd like to pretend isn't the likely option." It's just that with United being rich but a bit shit less of the big ones actually come off and we end up with Fred.
Reliable United 'itk' is probably a piss to get hold of, Woodward probably wrote that on reddit himself. Chelsea itk is rare as hen's teeth.
Ojo is young black and muscular.
Of course Taz raved about him.
To be fair to Taz he was often right about these things.
All those Ballon D'ors Taarabt has won. :drool:
Speaking of Taz, where the hell did he go? Most disappointing comeback ever.
That is probably why was calling me for months, when i was taking regular trips to MKD. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
His missus found out he'd worked out the parental control password and changed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
:rosebud:Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Everyone is slowly coming round to his thinking on Sterling though . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
And Ojo is fairly wank, although I doubt that's much of an impediment to progress north of the border. Presumably Liverpool want too much (read some actual) money for Kent, so I guess he'll be off to the Championship.
£25m for Wilson, and everyone seems to be wetting their pants to sign this Camacho chap as well. Youth purge.
Broken clocks, twice a day, etc.
That United stuff doesn't sound unrealistic. It sounds like Barcelona are trying to get de Ligt on the cheap ('cheap'). He will more than likely end up there, but I often wonder what the player thinks when a club is being a dickhead about putting the money up. We really want you, but... lol at the thing about OGB deciding Lukaku is shit as well. I bet he's had him trying to recreate iconic treble goals and got sick of watching him fuck them up.
Not sure if the itk block of text mentioned it but few reports greaseman to united might be a goer.
Fuck the treble. Today I watched Sunderland V Charlton. The beauty of the little an large show of Kevin Phillips and Niall Quinn with a side dose of Clive Mendonca having a solo rave. As far as Lukaku goes, recreating OGS's winning goal would actually mean he's improved the player by virtue of having him stick a leg out. If he did that repeatedly the fat bastard might lose a few pounds. Too bulked up physically and too little going on between his ears.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Clive Mendonca donned that game like no one has ever donned football since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSDqJ_GGiZ0
One of the great football matches ever played, enhanced here by Drury commentary.
If Barcelona don't want him then every other club in Europe should conspire not to sign Griezmann so that he has to stay where he is like an absolute whopper.
All three of his goals were about the touch before the strike. Class. He scored a hattrick on his Prem debut too. Strange how these things stay with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
They're absolutely brilliant goals. Funny as my memory of Mendonca was a donkey so strange to see him like Van Basten.
Bayern have confirmed they are in talks with Man City about Sane.
There must be something wrong with his what in baseball would be called 'makeup', I don't understand why Germany and City are so keen to give him the swerve.
'Pep' is a racist. Raheem Sterling is his designated black player (Brazilians get a pass), and I bet he slags Benjamin Mendy off with all sorts of sly references to racial stereotypes.
Sané probably just wants a shot at winning the Champions League.
‘Pep’ definitely has an issue with him. No one can get near him when he plays remotely well. Proper winger too.
Was he the one left out of the German World Cup squad too? He must be a right cunt to have around a dressing room or something.
We should make some enquiries.
Wouldn't happen but he'd be brilliant.
There is a left footed curse problemm especially with attacking players.
Sterling much prefers to play on the left, and Sane has to play there really. It's admirable that the city players are happy to be rotated for the benefit of the team as a whole, but I'm sure that's a big part of it. Must admit he does come across as a bit of a petulant nob as well, but that's probably just my fault for judging people on their resting bitch face. It's the same reason it took me ages to warm to Eoin Morgan, he just looks like a miserable bastard.
He has a massive tattoo of himself all over his back. Of course he is a twat. That said, Sterling strikes me as a 'false nine' in the long-term, so binning him is possibly a bit short sighted.
Has he really? I used to clown this girl who has pictures of herself as her phone wallpaper, screensaver and living room wall. Super vain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
As Honigstein said this week on one of the football pods, Sane doesn't entirely fit what Pep wants, which is total control and predictability. He sometimes overplays and can take a fraction of a second longer to make a decision than their alternatives. He's obviously super talented and when he's in full flight he's pretty much impossible to tackle or even foul, but wouldn't be surprised if City took 80m or something for him.
United should be in for him. It's 2019 fellas. Let's join the rest of the world in making stupid transfers between rivals.
Don't get ideas above your station.
Sterling is just as good if not better on the right. City look at their best with Sane-Aguero-Sterling and the two Silva’s in midfield. No idea what they’ll do with De Bruyne back fit.
Loads of the Romanian fellas who come into the bank wanting help with mobile banking etc have photos of themselves as their wallpaper as well. Funny, but not as funny as when I loaded a middle aged bloke's browser to connect to our wifi and it was still on his last page, a google search for "abi titmuss tits naked". Fair play.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Perhaps, but Sterling doesn't like playing there, and considering his homegrown status he's infinitely more valuable to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waffdon
Is that quite an old anecdote or is he just out of touch enough that Abi Titmuss is still his go-to?Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Absolutely the latter, he was in his 50s and it was last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
Do you ken him like eh.Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Man Utd bidding for Moussa Dembele according to Twitter. Lolz
Having googled her, fair play to the man. :drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
check your PMs :eyemouth:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Might have to wait until I'm off work.
Napoli seem to have a hard on for an English right back.
Just wait till they discover Nicky Hunt available for a free.
Some not very reliable murmurings of big news out of Utd in the next couple of hours.
Take it with a big pinch of salt.
Hopefully it's that Dembele rumour coming to fruition.
Don't think it could be that so quickly.
One of the two very reliable guys has just said he's also heard 'something' will be announced in the next couple of hours.
Him coming seems to be dependent on Lukaku going, so it's not a bad trade assuming they don't take a massive hit on the latter.
New Asian commercial partner most likely.
Probably.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Dried squid partnership :drool:
Does anybody want Mike Williamson? Gateshead have been refused entry into the National League next season. :(
Randrew, stop qualifying these things like you're sceptical. Go all in or don't post them.
There's a bit on the BBC site about Madrid and their Galacticos and, watching it, how I crave a return to the dark days of the 90s for them.
This is the first thing I've posted here that I'm sceptical about. The others I'm pretty confident come from people who actually have good sources given their track record of getting stuff right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
One of the two guys got every one of our transfers last summer right (+ the kohler sponsorship) way before the press, and they knew announcement times and stuff as well.
Big news? Are they going to annex Bolton Wanderers?
I want more enthusiasm.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Apparently it's De Ligt.
I’d be v surprised if De Ligt chose United over barcelona. He’s a smart, mature dude, he knows it’s not the move
I'd be very surprised if he chose Man Utd over Ajax.
am moist
He chose money.
Stand by for Barcelona crying about the TV deal if so.
Speaking of money in football I did enjoy the La Liga president or whatever moaning about City and PSG being state-funded as if he doesn't know what fucking country he's running football in.
Past tense? You seem confidentQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Assuming he chooses us, it's largely because of the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
£240k a week apparently
There must be some appeal beyond the money, like being an instant starter and not having to live in a Catholic country. He's nineteen and seems like a decent sort.
All the news i’m reading is about a United offer, nowhere have I seen that’s he’s considering that offer, much less that he’s accepted.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
I give it a 5% chance of happening.
Apparently he's also interested in helping to turn us around.
Sorry, are you ITK?Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Yes
There are probably only a finite number of realistic destinations he could go to, I guess PSG are probably struggling with FFP, as maybe are City (although they could do with him, assuming he's good), centre-half is the least of Real Madrid's worries and if Barcelona aren't going to stump up Raiola's fee then that probably only leaves United where mega-money will be on offer, and he has to move this summer, as he's at peak prospect level right now.
Apparently he liked a post of Rio's on Instagram.
Done deal, lads.
Good timing.
Clive Mendonca, @jimmy_floyd
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ng-Nissan.html
Oh, that's perfect. Almost makes me wished I still lived in Washington just to buy him a pint.
Is this now the 'Bullshit Man Utd Transfer Rumour Thread'?
You're not 15 now lads. Itk's are frauds and you're better than this. Christ.
"it's still real to me, dammit!"
The guy confidently declared last summer we were signing Diego Dalot and Lee fucking Grant before it was anywhere in the media. Those would be some guesses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Omg omg!!11
What's the argument? The guy has accurately announced every single one of our transfers in advance for a year and has never said "this is happening" and it hasn't happened.
He's either getting information or he's a wizard.
The De Ligt stuff didn't come from him but he's since said that Barca had it all but done but we've since had a bid accepted by Ajax and made an absolutely bonkers contract offer to De Ligt.
SSN yellow state Chelsea have set a £130m for Hazard and Fekir is officially for sale.
That your ‘itk’ Is deluded if he think he will pick united instead of Barcelona. He’s probably trying to wangle an extra few quid out of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Quite possibly, and the guy had never said he will choose Utd over Barcelona.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bam
In other words, his prediction can't lose? Cracking stuff.
It's not a prediction, it's "this is what's happening".
Throw a dog a bone etc.
That's what they do in general, leave on a knive edge so that they can say they told you so either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
My mate delivers Andy Carroll's ankle tape to West Hams training ground and he said you're being a soppy cunt. #ITKQuote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Last year he only posted when stuff was 100% done and was right every time. This year he has also given some stuff about what's happening but isn't a confirmed transfer.
The only 100% thing he's said this year is that Dan James is done and only delayed by the death of his dad. He called that before any of the papers. Guarantee he joins us.
I think one thing that doesn't seem to have been considered is the actual transfer fee. I haven't seen any numbers thrown about, but United can pay more than Barcelona, so what if Ajax only accept one offer that the latter won't match? He could always refuse to leave, but that goes back to an earlier post. He probably will go to Barcelona, but I don't think it's quite like lol moves in the past for Sergio Ramos and that.
£85-90m is what I've seen.
Really? Christ, I thought it was c.£60m (ie less than De Jong) and Ajax were happy with that (until someone bowls in with 50% more I guess).
That's a lot. But that's what I mean. If that raises the stakes beyond what Barcelona probably expected to pay (or are able to pay if they are re-building a bit), you could see how United might tempt him. Although if they can out-do on transfer fees it makes you wonder why they have to then offer him the wages they are talking about. He must be on about fifty quid a week at the moment.
De Jong was £65m.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Sounds like Barca can afford the fee but not wages.
Their wage bill by all accounts is absolutely fucking insane.
Just because united are interested it doesn't mean it'll happen. Like a few years back when I posted about Ramos. It didn't mean it was untrue because he didn't sign the contract.
It's like in FM where you have hundreds of players on your watchlist and throw cheeky bids all over the place every summer, amirite?
Oi lads, Man Utd would be keen on signing Messi if the opportunity were to present its self. So ITK.
Apparently Lyon have said there will likely be 3 big sales this summer. Fekir is one going, with the other 2 rumoured to be Depay and Ndombele.
I hope the former of those goes somewhere soon. Could do without a summer full of rumours of Liverpool going back in for him.
It's more that life isn't linear where only one thing can happen and one result occur.
ITKopout.
Very reliable Barca journalist reporting De Ligt very close to signing for Utd :drool:
This might be the first summer that I don't get Ronaldo 7 on all my replica shirts. :drool:
It's been 12 days. Rafa's not staying, is he?
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Same reliable journo who said de Jong was 100% going to PSG
ITKunt.
United's new defensive coach.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
We're signing Norwich's dof as United's dof according to the super soaraway sun.
He was going to PSG. Things change.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Me and Migs are calling out your Reddit man. @randomlegend
He'll save Jones' career.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
https://twitter.com/tancredipalmeri/...243826178?s=19
Sarri to Juve.
Migs?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Trust Reddit 1000x more than fucking Miguel Delaney.
Shut up, mong
Tier 5 slag raging against his obsolescence.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
I'm not sure how Sport Witness, a website that literally just translates what's in the foreign papers that day makes the list. I'm not sure Ornstein has ever even mentioned a United transfer that wasn't going to/from Arsenal so how he gets in there I don't know. Honigstein has Chelsea connections but no United ones.
I rate this list tier 5.
They're tiered for what they actually comment on, so Honigstein would only be for transfers to/from Chelsea.
Ornstein did have a load of stuff on Utd transfers about 2 weeks ago though.
Sport witness no idea.
Edit: sport witness is tier 5 and described as an aggregator, so that agrees with you entirely
But if they're translating a tier 1 article then they're a tier 1 source surely? Maybe, just maybe, Reddit people think they're smarter/more ITK than they actually are?
Well it's obviously not some perfect science, but it broadly pans out.
No, it's bollocks made up by weirdo autists.
Some journalists are clearly more reliable than others. How is that controversial.
Edit: idk why I'm bothering to get dragged into this. I'll stop posting in here.
On the face of it it's a good idea but it always falls down because it's coming from Reddit.
Post in here just don't preface it with 'this is definitely ITK shit' because it makes you sound like a knob.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Reddit is more sensible than TTH for most football related stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Ban this idiot pleaseQuote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Can you hear yourself? You're basically being religious about this shit. If the signing goes through, they're truly ITK, if it doesn't then 'something happened, things change' and they're still ITK. They can't lose under that logic. What if it was never going to happen? What if they were talking a load of shite? How would you know?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
The same way you judge what newspapers write.
Newspapers generally report on what has already happened. But if you mean their transfer gossip, I assume that's mostly bullshit too.
Because every single time for a year when they've said "this player is 100% signing" they've been right. That includes players like Dalot and Grant before it was reported ANYWHERE else. The guy posted the exact time Dalot would be announced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
He's only started posting stuff before it's 100% confirmed this season.
I'm not sure how you are apparently so incapable of understanding that transfers aren't set in stone to happen the moment a first enquiry is made.
Never been wrong?
Nah keep posting them. I like ITK stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Although on the old board I’d convinced myself it stood for Insider Transfer Knowledge, which I still prefer.
With anything he posted as definitely happening, no he's never been wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
I'm hearing rumours that Gareth Barry is off to Liverpool. /ITK.
Newcastle are lining up Crouch and Welbeck. In the knaw.
"fuck you, pay me"
#itk
Lol
Sky sports is terrible, doesn't look good from Simon Stone though.
And there was you putting your life on it. I bet you feel like a right wanker.
What a cross to die on.
This fucking thread. :D
The fact that Man Utd rules out a move, means it was being considered so its not like this was all made up.
I'm sure West Ham have considered signing Messi, never going to happen though.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
I must shout at the Shelbourne management on Friday to throw in a sneaky bid.
It means they've been asked about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Believing Sky Sports that they've "ruled out a move" :D
Their source is probably Guillem Balague.
He's sticking to his guns :drool:
Idk if he'll end up at Utd, but sky sports regularly post complete bollocks.
Glass houses.
RL :D
He's not having it!!
You said I'm like a religionist, but I'm trusting someone based on past evidence of them being consistently right. You're trusting skysports who regularly post total nonsense as fact because they're on Tele.
I know which sounds more like faith.
Why do you even care? Either it'll happen or it won't, just wait to find out.
Why do you care about Brexit? It'll either happen or it won't.
https://media.tumblr.com/3bf7aa1b1b2...Yu91qz4rgp.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
:cab:Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
That's pretty much my exact approach to Brexit.
But you still post about it a lot.
He probably wouldn't say he's going to stop engaging people on it and then just carry on doing it though.
Or fight to the death on the point that his favourite politician 100% knows the outcome.
I don't think anyone knows the outcome, because I don't think it's decided either way yet.
If the guy who called last summer's transfers says it's done, I'll believe it.
He’s 0/2 on the big ones this summer so far. Might have to do a naked lap in August
Dunno where you're getting that from. The only one he's said is done is Dan James, which has been delayed by his dad dying.
I dunno why I found that so funny. Maybe because I read it in a spiteful voice. :D
Jerome Boateng has been told by the Bayern president, he should tuck off to start a new challenge.
Saido Berahino has been sacked by Stoke because of some drink-driving charge. Forget he even still existed.
Sort Rafa's future out, lads. We could be buying him to replace Kenedy.
Rafa is gone. He has taken Newcastle as far as they can go. He will be managing a team in europe before the start of the season.
RL isn't saying this internet reddit nerd is some kind of omniscient ITK oracle, but the caveat that sometimes things change but he's always been right when he's said it's "100%" hardly invalidates him either. Poor RL, I don't blame him for getting chippy, you're either trying to fuck with him or just being dense.
‘ITK’ is basically homeopathy.
I am fucking with him, but only because his attachment to the cause is so funny/a bit mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
you bully : (
Religious Loser. :lol:
One more team to cross off the list as likeable. Down to about 4 now.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Your use of Commas always has me profoundly confused.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48420387
It's on. I'm trying to remain calm.
Another nation state owning a football club.
It's a tricky situation. I reckon I'll stop caring about human rights and all that if we spend significantly and win games.
It's obviously not an ideal situation, but Ashley is a cunt that would let slaves die if he could so it feels like-for-like in that sense.
It has become obvious that nobody is going to kill Ashley, so given his demands for selling the club it's probably only going to be some oil rich bastard that buys us.
Says a lot really. Football is more important than human life.
Anybody who thinks human rights is about human rights doesn't know a thing about human rights.
You should probably stop following it and dedicate your day to day life to aiding those people then. Fucking blowhard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Yeah, isn’t Keeks a banker or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
I don't even know at this stage but he's hardly doing much for human rights I'd imagine. Pissy about Man City winning things is about the height of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Hold on a...Quote:
Originally Posted by Offshore Toon
It's a shit show that it's come to football being a nation state's plaything.
And fuck off and die giggles you fucking cunt.
Work in a bank not a banker.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Sound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
If Man City had the same owners and finished second to Man Utd you wouldn't even be able to find the high horse let alone be up on it. You're worried about human rights my arse.
Yeah, I do agree, but I can't see myself walking away from Newcastle if the football improves. Ashley made following the club genuinely shit and I'm still here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
And to be fair, Ashley was partial to a form of slave labour.
Yeah. Ultimately, the 'good and proper' persons test is bollocks and needs looked at.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
I just think the game is dead. You've got the same teams winning every national league every season and the push for a super league or special fixtures out in the US or China mooted every few weeks. The top level football is all about how to kill competition and bring never ending fixtures against the football elite.
The fans are just convenient extras in this whole repugnant act. Shame the governing bodies have no interest or ability to do anything about it.
How long before the first one million pound a week wage?
Stop supporting a Premier League club. No need for the melodrama when you're supporting Altrincham Town or whoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Ask Benny for his old Blackburn clobber.
He supports Liverpool now.
Hadn't he already done a Blackburn to Spurs bunk before he scurried off too?
Unless brainwashed from a very young age, how does anyone become a Liverpool fan?
I've commonly found it to be a hereditary ailment. Which pretty much amounts to the same thing.
Sergio Romas has asked to leave Real Madrid for free, so he can go to China. 100% confirmed by Real Madrid president. It was rejected.
BBC say Spurs have bid £53m for 'Lo Celso' from Betis. They, obviously, want more.
Sorry, what I meant to say was, I was in a chippy in Edmonton earlier, and . . .
I would think that’s a fair price for a Betis midfielder
A fair price for a Betis midfielder is whatever Daniel Levy has just bid plus 20%.
If its anything like real betis midfielders from past FM games, he will refuse to leave BetisQuote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Barca and PSG looking at swapping Dembele and Neymar apparently :cab:
ITK or just regular intel?
We gonna run this ITK shit into the ground huh
We need to know how seriously to take it.
You're right, I'm sorry for lashing out.
Not sure who does worse out of that one.
Summer swap season. Can't beat it.
Are we doing the Newcastle takeover thing in here?
If so, the BBC are having a laugh with the photo they've stuck on this story:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48449769
Please be fit and proper Mr. Khaled. Although I can still see Mike Ashley pulling us off the market at the last second.
One of the two more proven ITKs latest:
Koulibaly not happening. Sancho not happening this year.
Mata leaving. De Gea won't sign a new deal.
AWB likely to happen in next week or so, just haggling over the fee.
Damian will see out his contract unless an offer comes in from Italy.
Any of our defenders except Lindelof would be sold if a decent offer came in.
We've offered Rabiot a contract, he has a load of options.
Utd cautiously optimistic about De Ligt but up to the player at this point. If he goes to Barca we'll try for Umtiti. Apparently we're after Maguire as well as one of the other two.
Ole will give Tuanzebe first team opportunities.
Lukaku likely to go to Inter, will buy a striker if he does.
We're stuck with Sanchez.
Who is AWB?
Andre Villa Boas
Anthony Vanden Borre
Im struggling
With more than this it seems.
Go fuck yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Tuanzebe is quite good. I haven't seen enough of him to know if he could make it as a first choice at United, but he's probably better than second half of the season Ashley Young.
We're apparently interested in Harry Wilson. Looks a good player, so I'd be for that if it wasn't for his punchable face and the question of where he'd play.
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Some say the club has agreed a price for Sarri. Can't wait to see how much of that we spaff on Super Frankie Lampard.
As if he doesn’t have a Chelsea clause. Him and JT doing a Venables and Robson :drool:
Couldn't he just resign and Chelsea pay him back. He can't be on that much and he must be worth a few bob.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Are you German?Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Go fuck yourself or I'll rip your throat off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Out. We Rip throats out.
Sincere does what he likes.
I don't understand the Reddit guys motivation. He could make some coin out of selling this to the papers so why isn't he/she?
I saw him live and he was amazing, going forward and especially defending. He makes a ton of slide tackles.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Rabiot to Utd is looking quite likely. Good signing on a free to replace Herrera going the other way, based on what I've seen on YouTube.
He sounds like an ocean-going fanny, which is probably why nobody is offering him 'Ander Herrera money', but he should be an upgrade on him.
My day would be made if Rabiot went to United. They'll never learn
I do like that they’ve thought. A moody French midfielder with a trouble making agent? Perfect.
Latest ITK:
1) Rabiot to Utd pretty much done.
2) De Ligt been told by Barcelona they won't increase their offer so to take it or leave it. News to that effect may come out of the Spanish press tonight. (EDIT: TBH sounds like he's going to Barca. Was fun while it lasted.)
3) Wan-Bissaka deal creeping forward. The money Palace are asking is the stumbling block. If we don't get him it'll be Muenier.
4) De Gea relationship with the club turned pretty sour, we are looking at goalkeepers this summer now.
5) Lukaku likely to leave.
Meunier is great. Would prefer him over AWB.
I was quite excited by the rumours we were in for him until I found out today he was a right, not a left, back. Leaving me hoping we're not actually involved or I need to start worrying about Hector.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Spanish press also reporting Salah fell out with Klopp and putting in transfer request, so, yeah, Spanish press.
Andres Willas Boas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
I think the same story said that United are 'monitoring the situation' so the've probably shot to the top of the tier list.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Well it depends entirely on who it is reporting it, in the same way you can't lump the Sun and Simon Stone or David Ornstein in as 'the British press'.
Di Marzio (who was the one who was adamant the entire summer that Pogba came back to Utd that it was happening) has just reported Juve want him back again and Pogba is keen. Lol.
What does Bellerin even offer at this stage?Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
His only asset was his speed but the injuries have killed it.
Pogba leaving would be like two new signings.
Oh and so much this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pen
Completely wrong. I was looking for video to back up my point and fell on Chelsea 3-2 Arsenal and saw Aubameyang miss 2 open goals from 6 yards out. A portent of things to come that was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Well I'm sure he's going to be amazing coming back from a ruptured ACL...
Ronaldo/Paulp Ogba swap yes mate.
Bellerin on one leg is still less of a replacement priority than pretty much everywhere else. Our only decent defender is also coming off an ACL for one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
You have a decent defender?
Everything's relative to Mustafi.
Bellerin was on the tube crying, stating he is terrified to turn at a 20 degree angle, just in case his leg snaps again. Lad is finished lad.
Is he any good in goal?
On Bellerin I think Arsenals already shaky defence took a turn for the worse when he got injured for sure - he was quite shit at defending the last season or two, but to me it seemed like he was a bit better this year again.
Whether he's now fucked, who knows. An explosive player like him, yeah it'll prolly take a year before he's back to playing without it in the back of his mind.
Jovic has gone to Madrid for €70m.
Having been officially acquired for a tenth of that in April. Rate of return.
And hasn't scored a league goal since he officially became theirs. (Five games.)
I'm sure I'd heard a few folk going "Ooooh Real don't actually have that much money this year!"
*spunk £70m on a striker who's had one good season.*
Times really are tough.
@Reg, are Connolly and Molumby both likely to be sold/loaned for next season or is either talked about as having any chance of breaking into the first team squad?
#pray4madrid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
https://media1.tenor.com/images/f4f7...temid=13753150Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
Yeah but M'Bappe was literally chased by every top club from the age of 12.
He's back where he belongs, lads.Quote:
Originally Posted by nufc.com
Heard Arsène nearly signed him up when he was 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
Aubameyang has deleted Arsenal out of his instagram bio after speculation linking him with 300k per week in China. Sounds like a good deal if you ask me, given he is 30.
Our scouting team have decided that it's time to become Sampdoria. First Torreira and now we're planning on buying Dennis Praet and some other bloke I've never heard of.
Torreira turned out alright...
He was good for the 6 games he wasn't nackered in.
Eriksen has confirmed, he may want to try something new with one year left on his Spurs deal.
Sturridge has said goodbye.
Apparently it was quotes from him after the Champions League final (about not wanting to discuss his future) that AS re-attributed to Salah, putting everyone ON ALERT!
Well, if you believe The Mirror that is.
Some quality ITK drama last night.
There's a guy who:s been claiming for about a week that De Ligt to United is done and will be announced by the 15th. This is the first year he's posted anything so not put much stock in what he's said even if it's fun.
Another one came out last night and said United found out yesterday De Ligt has gone to Barca.
The first guy was getting a load of abuse and ended up massively oversharing details of his source (which TBF sounds pretty legit), realising he fucked up and deleted his account.
:drool:
If Eriksen actually wanted this move to Real Madrid, which it seems he does, he should have considered putting some effort in this season. He's not getting a bid Levy would expect on current form.
You sound like one of those mental K-pop twats on Twitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
It's my love island.
Why are you reading K-pop accounts on twitter?
For the same reason I'm reading ITK shit on here.
Presumably De Ligt to wherever will be done once the Nations League is wrapped up.
I quite look forward to seeing him play tonight as I've not really seen much of him, and have never noticed him that much when I've watched Holland before (de Jong has always impressed).
Are all of the transfer deadlines coordinated this year? If not I can see Eriksen going to Real once our one has shut as Spurs are going to want too much for him in normal market conditions.
Madrid are in a power postion though as both Hazard and Erikson both have one year left on their deals it seems. Madrid can play with the clock until February.
Dan James to Utd is done:
https://mobile.twitter.com/BBCSportW...700173824?s=19
ITK ;)
De Ligt is going to Liverpool. 'ITK'.
:yn:
Heard he's retiring and having a crack at the NFL.
Buffon has been released from PSG
Someone change the name of this thread to 'RL's fanfic'
De Ligt should actually go to Liverpool. He'd be alongside van Dijk. Imagine what that'd do for the Dutch national team.
The ITK ‘drama’ got better. The one who deleted his account had another account previously. On that account he called the “Kohler” sleeve sponsorship about a month before it happened, he just happened to say we would sign Griezmann at the same time.
When that turned out to be bollocks he deleted that account. He then turned up with the new one and has gone all in on De Ligt. It’s quite the enjoyable shit show to watch unfold.
VVD > Joe Gomez > Matip > Lovren. I'd question if we needed him given his price would automatically mean Gomez plays less and if he can remain fit then he'll be every bit as good as De Ligt appears to be.
I'd rather we spent on a striker and another midfielder tbh.
Or van Dijk could go to Barcelona with De Ligt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
And maybe win the league. :huhu:
I used to like you, Ian.
Barcelona have to pay a premium of £100M on any player they sign from us but even that would be a bargain if they went in for van Dijk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
Do Barcelona still try and only play with one defender or was that a Pep special tactic?
£88m for Hazard to Real has been agreed. SSN are reporting in yellow so I am too
I wish you hadn't.
My eyes.
See Anfield.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
I didn't watch it or I wouldn't be asking the question.
Obviously I saw the score but that could just as easily be laughable defending rather than thinking they're above the very notion of it.
It was just an excuse to insert Liverpool into the conversation, as usual.
Barcelona have always been defensively suspect but the midfield and attack allows them to get away with it. The fourth they conceded against us was par for the course but normally they don't get found wanting by full time.
So I can't type in all-caps but this mug gonna type in 48 font in bright ass yellow.
They have Umtiti who is really good but pretty injury prone and obviously Pique who is a donkey and vastly overrated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
They also have Lenglet who is meant to be pretty good but I've not seen much of him.
That actually hurt to read. Thanks Sincere
Size is not a type of font.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
Sincere does whatever he wants to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
Font can be described by size. I.E. "48 (point) font."Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
You mean, "I'll do as I please.", init, Harold?Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
I'd actually laugh my ample tits off at that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
There were plenty of rumors of that a few months back it felt like I'm not really sure why they disappeared, especially with the obvious VVD connection.
What a bargain that is for Eden Hazard.
What's the fee? I've seen £88m and £130m mentioned in the same articles, which is a pretty wide margin.
88m with significant add-ons that make it 130m?
Hmm. Maybe not then.
Yeah, that seems to be the gist of it, well, if you believe the internet, which is probably risky.
£88.5m up front with £41.5m of various add-ons.
If amadrid are smart, its 44m if he wins a ballon d’or.
It'll be £10m per 50 apps or whatever (maybe fewer seeing as he's 28), with a bit tacked on for winning stuff (or achieving various targets) - a la the Coutinho deal.
I don't think a lot of conditional fees are loaded onto fairly unlikely events. Maybe £5m for a CL win or a Ballon D'Or, at most.
Maguire to city.
This had better be ITK.
I'll wait for Randrew to confirm it.
Joselu's going back to the Basque country. Farewell. You did alright against Blackburn once.
https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detai...r-from-swansea
Confirmed now.
He probably regrets choosing Wales now.
Who the hell is he? Is he any good?
Young winger from Swansea. Their lot seem to think he's good, and he played well against Man City in the cup. Playing for Wales also.
What I can tell you is he's absolutely rapid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEO-WUPXk5g
GoAlS n SkIlLs
Ah, young English talent with a lot of pace and power? What could go wrong.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazuuurk
But anyway, for £18m not much.Quote:
Playing for Wales
Yeah I suppose that's the new pay-and-pray kind of sum.
Dont let highlights of players from the championship fool you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1UvSc6sCE
I fully exspect James to be better for obvious reasons.
Racist.
Totally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazuuurk
The football league has pased a law where they must interview at least one black, asian or ethnic minority candidate for a first-team manager's position from next season.
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...om-next-season
What does BAME stand for?
Blacks and Miscellaneous Ethnics.
I know that's not what it stands for but even the actual title is a bit racist isn't it? :D
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Miscellaneous. Im dying laughing.
WhiteNot
It was 'BME' for ages until I think somebody realised there are more 'Asians' than there are black people here. I think there is a lot to be said for going back to coloured.
Becuase whites are colourless?
It's that or 'non-white'. Your choice.
Wog. I think there are a few more terms they could call but thats all ive got for now.
Wog is such a class term. When I was at school, a teacher got sacked for calling a kid a "stupid negroid". I don't think I'd heard the term outside of Roots before then.
'Black and Asian' was a big hit for a while in the Blair years. Now we are just apeing America in everything so no doubt soon it'll be people of colour.
In the States is "coloured" okay as a derivative of People of Colour or does the removal of 'people' and/or the association of "coloured" from the racist, ignorant or elderly mean it's still a no-no?
I mean I just don't refer to it collectively if I can avoid it and swerve the issue altogether.
We don't do "colored" anymore outside of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
You call them Darkies now?Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
This is America not Italy
Brown people is most popular
Eden Hazard is official now to Real Madrid.
:(
He should absolutely piss it against some of them tinpot clubs
He's no Dan James.
I'd have thought Molumby will play a bit next season, as he's been on the edge of the first team. Not sure about Connolly, maybe he'll go on loan again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Lol where do u live againQuote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
Sf
“Black and brown” it is, i suppose
Is anyone ok being called 'brown?' Sounds weird as fuck to me.
Hazard didn’t let his Dad die ����Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Shit like this needs to be banned.
What, confirmation of transfers?
Yes. We now have RL for all our transfer needs.
There's a stupid video of his jersey changing that doesn't embed with the tweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
It’s used as a catch-all. Mostly by minorities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Yeah, they just let the police shoot them or corral them into prisons.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
Yes, but they don't call them coloured whilst doing so. They're not savages.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...P=share_btn_tw
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...n-bissaka-40m/
Finally catching up with the ITKs.
United don't seem to have realised that English clubs can just lol your shitty opening bids off these days.
I was looking up Wan-Bissaka on wikipedia (never realized he was English) and we have the exact same birthday. :cab:
Some people were born on the same day I was too.
I was nearly born the day after my birthday. Then that day would have been my birthday.
I was born a month early. If I wasn't, I'd be a month younger than I am now.
If you're born when the clocks go back do you become a day younger right away?
Well no but you do immediately time travel.
It's probably total bollocks but Chelsea going back for Rafa would be so funny.
And stupid. I'd probably rather have Barry Fry. Why would you hire someone the fans hate and why would he agree?
Don't Chelsea fans hate pretty much everyone without a direct link to the club, and a good few with one to boot?
Just get Jose back in for a third time and be over with it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
No, we just hate Liverpool, particularly Benitez era Liverpool.
AWB to Utd done - ITK.
Really hope it's true, it'll be incredible not to start a season with fucking Valencia or Ashley Young as first choice right back.
Ah I posted in the wrong thread :face:
Just seen that too and came to post it.
Good lord u aren't letting up on the ITKs huh
I am an ITKonvert now.
What happened to Diogo Dalot being the nuts? I'm not saying don't sign 'AWB', but is he just actually not all that, or do they not fancy him for some weird reason?
He was played largely at right wing wasn't he?
Wasn't he a left back?
Obviously a utility man now.
He's 19 and played half a season of football. Give it time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
No.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
When we signed him all the Porto fans were saying they thought he'd end up a winger in the end.
Super Frankie Lampard in talks apparently. Can't wait for us to be 14th and the fanbase to applaud it as 'progress' because we have 'played the kids'.
2012 doesn't really have the same appeal as 1999 in the History FC sense, unless he wants 'The Chelsea Way' to be playing half a side and hoping the opposition beat themselves, so it's hard to see him having the same success as Ole Gunnar Binman.
He shat the bed against us in the playoff final. He was probably fucked either way as Derby just aren't that good, but he still bottled it.
Jack Marriott to replace Hazard.
There's even a covert shot of him meeting Drogba in a backstreet. Proper binman 101.
All the ex-Mags flocking into management now.
Woodgate's going to Boro, Lee Clark's managing Blyth, Mike Williamson's managing Gateshead, Steve Watson's at York. Get your badges, Titus.
Lovren to AC Milan rumours doing the rounds.
:drool:
Although apparently Liverpool want actual money for him, and quite a lot by the sounds of it. File it in the ITK bin.
The OG ITK again predicted the exact time for the player announcement. Unfortunately he's posted almost nothing else of interest since the one big update start of the window.
Great to have that lad around. What would we do if we didn't know the exact time something will be announced beforehand? We might even miss the announcement!
What's the inside scoop on Wan-Bissaka then? The sort of numbers being bandied about seem utterly insane to me, is he some sort of generational talent? I know he's young and English and all, but United have been burned already 'locking down a position of the next 10 years'. How much would Wolves want for Doherty? Even going for someone like Trippier (all of his attendant crapness accepted) would seem less risky, and way cheaper.
The above guy says it's in progress but not a done deal. He hasn't given a fee.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
The other ITKs (who frankly have no evidence as to their reliability yet) have said £50m + £5m in add-ons.
The Wolves fans reckon AWB is amazing and his stats (yuck) would back that, but I only watch United games so I can't give much of an opinion.
Are Wolves fans particularly known for their good assessment of players?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
:lol:
Sincere, do you rate Budu Zivzivadze?
Well most fans are usually quick to say "lol I can't believe they're paying £55m for this shit lord" if they don't rate them. As I said I've not watched much of him, do we have a Wolves fan here who can comment?
He plays for Palace, yeah?
I've just called my mate, he's a Baggies fan, which is pretty close to Wovles… he's reckons AWB would be a decent signing.
Lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Not that ITK, clearly.
Lol fuck, sorry. Yes I meant Palace.
There used to be that American who supported them for some weird reason.
Demerit?
He was Watford although that'll work.
Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
I agree with Pepe that this is lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Give your head a wobble, lad.
Edit: Actually, don't.
fullbacks are boring
That not what the Wolves fans are saying.
AWB to Wolves #ITK
Has anyone worked out why the ITK brigade aren't selling their gossip to the papers?
They're not in it for the money, but for the PASSION.
Hang on, I know a Wolves season ticket holder. He doesn't rate AWB so much. Sorry lads, it's got to be off.
Who in their right mind would pay for it? These rumours must have exclusivity for about 1/13th of a nanosecond and what's the point of having any genuine gold if you're just going to hide it in a mountain of shite anyway?
It's all about x linked with y million pound player clickbait, where y is either an insane 'release clause' or some other mental (transfermarkt) valuation, and x is literally anyone.
Red Blazer Rumours.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20070218120649
Its just struck me that Ed Woodward looks quite a lot like (an ageing) Lionel Hutz.
SSN say Real Madrid have signed Ferland Mendy (?) from Lyon for £47m.
Militao, Mendy, Jovic, Hazard, they're going absolutely mental. Must be the best part of £300m there.
They'll get it all back when they sell Gale to Ole.
It seems like they're rebuilding right. The first 3 are quality youngsters and the league will suit Hazard. They could have done with that De Jong lad from Ajax too but Barcelona got in there first.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
How the dickens is Baba Rahman still a Chelsea player?
Yeah that Militao is insanely good.
Because that's literally how it works. If it's true, it's valuable.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Fekir to Liverpool for £15m is ON. ITK.
A few of them claim they've been approached by journalists. I guess they don't do it because they want the information themselves as well, and their source would stop giving them stuff if it started getting into the press. One did get quoted on a report on some website lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
IDK about any of the others, but there is one guy who absolutely 100% has a real source. Like I said, he has posted the exact time all of like our last 5 transfers will be announced in advance and had details about tours and kits etc. before they were public. He's only posted once at the start of the summer with 'in the works' rather than confirmed stuff. Said his source has been pretty quiet the last few weeks other than confirming James.
I think it's bollocks that a source would be happy that his stuff is posted on Reddit rather than the papers. Let's see though - I think if they are getting things right more often than not, it would suggest there's some truth behind their connectedness.
I mean this one guy has literally said "X player will be announced at X time today" and been spot on every time. Today it was "James announcement at 3pm" after him having posted nothing for days/weeks. He undeniably has a source.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
Why they are giving him info IDK.
There's about 4-5 others now giving updates but this is the first summer they've appeared so they have no history to say whether they are credible or not.
EDIT:
https://twitter.com/u_xisimon/status...01315499393025
https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detai...onal-clearance
'Daws', you've been replaced. Let it go. You're showing yourself up.
I'm okay with passing it on to Randrew - just curious on the reddit guys motives.
London has changed you, Kikó. You're all about the bottom line now. Randrew has taken over from you and Sean as the passionate geezer that would die for the team. If you loved the club, of course you wouldn't take money off shit papers. Manchester is Reddit.
If you know anything about football transfer rumours, you know it's got nothing to do with football transfer rumours.
Weren't they trying to buy him for 40m last summer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray Fox
There was a fee agreed for £52m. He even did his medical and posed for his 'first interview' in the kit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoonsky
https://i.gyazo.com/b29badf78c042cc3...f2a97a589d.png
Only problem was while he was doing that they found they weren't happy with his knee he previously popped his ACL on. They went back to Lyon to ask for money off because of that and Lyon obviously said piss off.
He's one of 3 supposed to be leaving Lyon this summer, as per their owner. It was expected to be him, Depay and Ndombele but Mendy going to Madrid obviously isn't one of them.
lol @igor_balis
Slaven Bilic is the new manager.
What?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
There are many things I don't understand about Real Madrid. How they sell out a stadium on a thursday afternoon to watch a new signing do keepy uppies is one of them.
https://i.imgur.com/34z1ScF.pngs://imgur.com/34z1ScF[/img]
Tier 1 journalist for Barca has said they are 100% out of the running for De Ligt. Our dodgy ITKs are saying it's on for us. Prolly bullshit but anyway.
Also had Simon Peach, Simon Stone and some Milan journalist all posting on the subreddit/giving it a shoutout on twitter this afternoon. Lol.
Just post the rumours without the tier 1 nonsense please.
Why? It's clearly broadly true that some journalists are more reliable than others. There's an important distinction between someone like Simon Stone and The Sun.
De Ligt at 13 (12/1) to sign for United, stick your money where your ITK mouth is.
MATE.
Hi I am not dead, was having a nap because vodafone complaints were driving me insane and I figured sleeping was my best way to calm down.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
I'm okay with this, it could have been a lot worse. Probably a better pundit than manager, but after Pulis, Pardew, Moore and half a season of a caretaker I'm vaguely excited about this.
Do you not work in a bank?Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
A complaint I was making rather than handling. I'm on my day off, but having a nap often seems like a good idea when I get customers complaining at me tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
I thought De Ligt was going to PSG.
After making such a big deal of himself with his 'farewell' I'd love if nobody ended up signing him.
Aren't you thinking of Griezmann? De Ligt has said before he'd be happy to stay at Ajax another season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
And yeah Niko the smart money is probably on PSG or Barca still tbh.
Who are the Wolves fans putting there money on?
They don't rate him. He's no Connor Coady.
Most of these rumours are from Ed aren't they. No matter what, we can't get away from his bluster and inability to do his job.
He's gonna seal that Fabregas signing from Barcelona any day now, though.
Surely he can't go to PSG after all his 'I want to improve' talk. He'll have five hard games a year, and they'll lose the ones that count.
I want to improve takes a back seat to I want £250k a week and my agent wants a £30m bung.
Anyone who has Mino Raiola as an agent isn't basing their career on on-the-pitch achievement.
Let's start a low-key sports agency. I bet it's a right easy job, so just position yourself as someone who takes a much smaller cut and watch the clients come rolling in.
Jorge Mendes entire career literally relies on Vitor Baia walking into his pub after becoming a free agent and now he's probably most of the way to being a billionaire in 20 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Probably not for De Ligt. If you’re Samuel Eto’o and an entire village is depending on your salary to stay afloat it’s all gonna be purely financial, but for a lot of players it won’t be, esp if you’re 19.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Just checked and yes, his contracts/clients are worth over a billion. I'd take 15% of that a year and send it straight to the Caymans.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
TTH Sports Agency.
Let's do it, I'll be happy to cover any female clients we might procure.
You'll sweat yourself into having us pay them. No thanks. GS is handling the females.
They'd be more comfortable that way at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
I don't want to come across as wizened and cynical here, as I really have no idea how these things work, but how much influence do you think De Ligt has on the process if you, presumably, have to get through his agent first? He'll go where he's told to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
PSG, top dollar all round and a permanent (cushty) seat at the top table, even if they do seem prone to bottling matters of importance (what's that to him, he's Dutch). It's not like he's going to China.
He could fill Militao’s boots at Porto, if he wants cushty.
Bring back Terry and Drogba alongside Lampard and I’m getting a Season Ticket.
Sarri is going to Juve.
I'm getting a west brom season ticket, to attempt to regain some interest in them. It's like trying to fix a failing relationship by getting married.
Ah, the Magic Maneuver.
We're being linked with Ralf Rangnick as well as SFB. I assume Ralf Rangnick is just a man who exists, goes to football matches sometimes, and people link him with Premier League jobs to give their columns some sophisticated continental stardust.
What's driving the Sarri out business? Does he just want to go before he's inevitably pushed next season, with the best job in Italian football being available and all, or are the Chelsea hierarchy just completely mental?
I think it might be the rare genuine 'mutual consent'. If he wanted to be there I'd have kept him, but obviously you'd go to Juve if you wanted to be in Italy anyway.
Last summer, Villa was barely worth £22m. A year later, we’ve just spunked £22m on Wesley Moraes from Club Brugge.
Lampard to Chelsea done. #ITK
I look forward to Chelsea finishing 10th next season.
Enjoy the mediocrity lads, RELISH in it.
He's the father of gegenpress wankball so I imagine the press are creaming themselves at the potential Bundesligification of the league narrative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
At any other club with a transfer ban but a huge pool of gifted young players I think he would be a good choice, but it's Chelsea so he'd probably get sacked in February when it became apparent that Christian Pulisic isn't actually that good
It's going to be Lampard anyway and it'll be a shit show. 4th spot is genuinely up for grabs for the likes of Wolves and Leicester.
Similarly, I’m excited to see how Julian Nagelsmann does at RB Leipzig next season.
Lampard Leader Legend.
Terry must be in peak seethe.
Terry hasnt managed anywhere full time yet though, the pussy. He has been robin to batman at all his jobs since he retired from Chelsea.
If nothing else it will be a good experiment in where PLAYING THE KIDS gets you these days.
He retired last year and has had the same job since.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
The official Chelsea twitter is going big on Lampard nostalgia, so they're definitely appointing him.
Sounds like potential signings for Utd this summer could be:
Dan James (done)
AWB (all but done)
Rabiot (Juve also trying to get him)
Bruno Fernandes (weird conflicting stories but overall sounds likely)
A CB (De Ligt the dream, paying a ridiculous sum for Maguire more likely, or even failing to get anyone at all).
Lukaku looks to be on the way out.
I find it all quite lol when you're going to have OGB steering the ship regardless.
I heard Sean Longstaff was being linked them.
Mark Kerr spotted at Carrington.
Not by anyone very reliable tbh. Think it's just a case of us being linked with every young, British player who is remotely fashionable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1139565620230524929
Has Scottish football entered some sort of small time wormhole? I keep seeing them and Rangers tweeting in this ridiculous tone.
£Magnificent.
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Originally Posted by randomlegend
That ending is amazing.
Can someone explain to me how a team that makes a profit of 20-30 million quid, in a good year, manages to take out a 600 million euro loan and spend 300 million euros in the same year. That's more than their annual revenue.
It's a bit rich that La Liga president complaining about state funded clubs when Real Madrid exist in his own backyard.
Didn't/doesn't the 'president' of Spain own Real Madrid?
I get that this is probably your point, but I just wanted to make sure I'm following how mental a statement it is.
Wasn't there some dodgy shit they were doing where they sell land to the government for a squillion quid that's worth like 20p or something along those lines? I may have entirely invented that.
Yeah I saw that :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
They technically don't have an owner but considering that their name is Royal Madrid as bestowed to them by the King of Spain. You're not far off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
They sold their training ground to the city of Madrid for hundreds of millions of euros and rented it back from them for a euro a year or something.
That's seriously good.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
If anyone wants some real itk rather than this Reddit amateur hour stuff, I heard from an impeccable source last night, re the Chelsea manager, that Lampard is who the club want but a few things are still to be sorted out and Frank himself is having a think about whether it's too early. Failing that, the club's second choice is Southampton's Ralph Hasenhüttl.
Add to that that he's moaning about fair competition when his league has financial deals specifically designed in such a way as to be detrimental to non Real Madrid / Barca clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by phonics
You are now the same as the Reddit ITKs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
I'm not, since I only provide information to my trusted friends on here rather than whoring it out to feel like my cock is bigger than it is.
Ahem.:dc:Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
Talk to Stef Tsitsipas,he’s pretty open
S'all gone batshit on reddit with De Ligt to Utd rumours again :D
It's either happening or there's some impressively dedicated trolls at work.
It isn't happening. #ITK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48649415
My source > Baz's source. Now await the rabbit hutch's arrival.
Fuck.
I'm sure you can find another capable penalty taker.
Lingard can take over the social media duties.
It's not like they're short of disappointing midfielders.
Guys, you need to understand the only reason he was crap in the games against competent teams was everybody else's fault!
As far as I can tell, all he really wants is to be an American basketballer.
If he wants to go then whatever, but don't make out like you've proven yourself at United.
My man said a "new challenge" when he's done fuck all at this one.
Cash out and move on.
Surely the best news United have had in years? Cut the head off the snake and you might sort your dressing room out.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Yep. Was just reading this and it's on the money.
https://www.balls.ie/amp/football/pa...ransfer-412330
It's a perfect situation for us.
He needs to go.
'Perfect situation'?
Be realistic.
That would be A-Sanch saying the same.
I see Rashoford's entering the final year of his contract and wants £300k-a-week. Shove that up your culture change.
Says The Sun...Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Pogba leaving would be bad for any number of reasons but he probably won't. Nobody is going to pay the ridiculous money we'll want. TBH he might well just be after a new contract.
All the ITKs are super doubling down on De Ligt. I think it might actually be on...between Tuesday and Thursday we should hear.
I can't see Pogba leaving being anything other than positive.
Yes when he can be bothered he's up there with the best, however he's not shown to be one to get his head down and crack on if things aren't going his/Uniteds way. Which is what you need right now. He comes across as disruptive too.
Just get Scholes back again.
Like he said, 'his' best season.
And one of his team's worst.
I think United will be worse without him though, especially given that the binman/Woodward brainstrust will be ploughing whatever he yields into Harry Maguire and god knows who else.
I think the stuff about him being 'disruptive' is a bit over-blown. If anything it says more about the rest of them that they feel the need/have the scope to follow him like retards at the back of the bus, rather than being able to go about their business professionally whilst indulging him as the token whopper (Cantona, Ronaldo, latter-era Rooney).
Don't forget that 7 of those 13 goals scored were penalties. Just because he leads all the stats, it's hardly indicative of an amazing season when the team performed so poorly.
If he buggered off, you might lose a player of quality but United as a whole may regain some normalcy.
What the fuck is a 'take-on'?
Absolute wankery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
But who's going to score all those goals against the likes of Burnley and Fulham if he goes???
Probably nobody.
De Ligt.
That's probably a fair point. But until the team is filled with Giggs/Scholes/Keane 'proper professional' types, selling players like Pogba might be a good idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by thommo
And if you're going to show off the good side of his stats, here's the bad side (all Man United only, Premier League, and 'per game' stats): he was way down in 16th in the interceptions rankings, made more fouls than anyone else, and was dispossessed almost twice as often as anyone else.
He's turned up in very few big games, and has only played well when everything is going swimmingly. He's not shown signs of being a player to drag a team out of the dirt.
Can you stop with the "all the ITKs" shit already we get it you scroll reddit
It'd be different if you were just passing along rumors but this weird defense of these people is getting tiresome.
Chill out you gimp.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
Fuck off already. The only thing worse than some random dipshit on the internet taking guesses at transfers for fake clout is someone relaying those random guesses and talking down on people who don't really wanna hear it because they're skeptical.
I reckon rape is probably worse.
Well you're raping the thread with bullshit so kindly just spread the news and give up the weirdo fuckin "BUT THEY CALLED THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ONCE!" crusade.
It's very strange how upset this has got you.
Buddy hop off the How To Troll Express and just accept your gimmick is shit. Move on.
Gimmick :D
This isn't WWE, I'm not trying to set myself up for one of the minors at the next TTH awards.
Randrew's at the wheel
Tell me how good does it feel
Peddling rumours that aren't newsworthy
'Cause he's stuck in all day with ME
You're literally positioning yourself so you can go "ahaha see! All of my obsessive compulsion to defend people i'll never meet paid off! and you didn't believe ME!"Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Post the rumor and go.
No I'm not, I'm trying to give a bit of context to whether the rumour is worth listening to or not. The wild butthurt that is causing is completely beyond me.
It’s just so tiresome. Honestly. You’re just a bore.
My ITKs are saying Pogba is a knob. Stays on here.
No such thing as a rumour worth listening to.
Vietnamese transfer window has just SLAMMED OPEN.
Now we ITK.
Not even in the context of "I Heard A Rumour" by Bananarama?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
I stand corrected.
I think all parties will be happy if Randrew continues to post the ITK guff but in a less authoritative tone.
Looking like we’ve got a deal for this Saliba chap from St Etienne with the concentration of reports that the deal is done, particularly from France. Apparently just working out if they keep him on loan for a year. 18 or not, I’d only welcome a deal that sees him compete for a place right away given we have little else in the coffers to bring in challengers for sokratis and Koscielnys places. I don’t include zmustafi in that, as what could be found down the back of sofa could fund someone infinitely better equipped.
Remember what we were saying about Mendes?
Yeah I found it a bit weird as well. Doesn't seem like the best time to be investing the little money you have in the future. At the same time, maybe it's better to try to rebuild from scratch.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Merse
Bielik might be an option to try out this year. At least in the cups etc.
Bring him back from Charlton just like Alex Song and La Coquelin. That trick is never going to work again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazuuurk
I still think Bielik will move back to being a very average CDM. His loan spells have been there, with only our lot seemingly set on him being a CB. Either way Harvard Nordtveit Mk. 3 is my expectation (Hayden has Mk. 2 down to a T).
I’d actually welcome an 18 year old as 3/4th choice if we’re playing 4 at the back as well. He seems highly rated, and how quickly did the dare I say it, Varane make the step up from half a season of Ligue 1 football? Like Varane, he’s clearly physically developed enough and now just needs to develop his game alongside a decent partner and defensive coach. Oh hang on...
Harvard Nordtveit. What a FM legend :hail:
Are Arsenal planning on playing four at the back though? Whenever I watched them last season, every single game they were changing formation and personal. They were still able to compete which for me, seemed impressive. Is it three at the back or four?
Chelsea have rejected £35m bids from Athletico Madrid and Barcelona for Willian. He has one year left on his Chelsea deal.
Palace have rejected £50m for Wan Bissaka.
Someone posted in a group chat that Joao Felix might go to Atletico of all places.
That would probably be his best bet as long as he could negotiate himself a half-way reasonable release clause.
@randomlegend that ITK update :drool:
Benfica putting a communication out saying “we aren’t talking to anyone and if you want him pay his release”
The move to five was, as happened under Wenger, a consequence of having to play Kolasinac and AMN (Ox in Wengers time) at the back, the former is a charlatan completely unaware of anything not right in front him and the latter a box to box midfielder. Unai traditionally uses a 4 but has used 5 and likes his teams to change formation up between and during matches as a defining feature, so fuck knows, basically.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
A left back is incredibly important. Monreal is shot and Kola is a fucking clown. The lack of Tierney rumours therefore is most disappointing.
Tierney will flop down south if asked to play as a traditional full back. He's a good attacking force but he just isn't capable of consistently providing a meaningful obstacle to a good player. He'd make a very good wing back because he isn't completely incompetent defensively and the left centre back could cover up.
What? He’s more suited to left back than wing back if anything.
The actual business of defending is comfortably the worst aspect of his game.
Did you see the absolutely mental post from that guy who had claimed to be from the travel company but was trolling?Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny
I did. Madness. He is their Harold 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Disagree but we’ll probably not find out.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
Neymar to Barcelona for 100 million plus Rakitic, Dembele and Umtiti apparently. Wot
If true, that is a super deal for PSG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Waffdon
That may just rival the Ibrahimovic deal for levels of badness.
Apparently it's more than likely just one or two of those.
Still mad.
Even if they give up two of them whoever is running transfers for Barcelona needs to be punched to the ground.
The money plus Rakitic would be understandable, since he's thirty one, De Jong is incoming, and Coutinho would slot in there anyway, but either of the other two and you'd want to be halving that fee.
Dembele must be well fed up being the makeweight to supposed Neymar deals by now.
ITK, Chicharito to LAFC.
If that falls through, perhaps Ki Sung-yueng.
What's Ki Sung-Yueng wanting to buy Javier Hernandez for?
EDIT: Also who was it who started a thread in which he called him Javier Fernandez on the new old board?
I’d agree, but he’d still be an improvement on Kolasinac and I’d say that was also comfortably the worst aspect of Andy Robertson’s game until his move to Liverpool. The modern full back is hardly a Stuart Pearce clone unless your in a side that’s actively looking to absorb pressure a la Burnley, so I think he’s got enough about him to develop into a good full back down south. Whether we’re the best side to that with is a different matter but we’re not going to compete for the likes of Tagliafico (also not a great defender anyway) or Chilwell, so I’d have thought a 20m-odd punt on him would be as good as any.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
Either way, lack of any talk of a left back is most concerning. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen our centre halves exposed by the lack of awareness of Kola this season, and only Rob Holding saved us from embarrassment down that flank many a time during the good run of results. That he’s become a lynchpin of a defence with German and French internationals and an experienced Champions League campaigner in it is shocking, really.
Out of interest @John was there any talk of Charlie Gilmour heading to Ibrox? He’s a Rangers man through and through and after his release a lot of Arsenal fans expected him to head there, but apparently Norwich have tabled an offer. He’s a very classy young fella, but of a shame he’s playing in an area where we’ve got quite a few options.
que lastima... I thought Orlando was positioning to bring him in.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Arne
Plenty of fan interest in bringing him in and his release launched a thousand 'GiveMeSport' articles full of Twitter embeds, but there was never anything from Gerrard or the club. Given what an absolute steal Glen Kamara has been I'd quite like us to raid the bins outside the Arsenal academy a bit more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Merse
Glad Glen Kamara’s getting on well. One of several of our youngsters that were underrated. Gilmour’s definitely the better, as far as youth games go, and was the leader of a team that won their league this year. Sounds like the usual GiveMeSport et al just picking up shite from Reddit posts and turning it into reports.
Just to keep you non-ITK folk in the loop, Mbappe followed a bunch of Liverpool players today and met with Lebron James the other day so Twitter has decided it's OFFICIALLY ON.
Just leave the trophy at the gates.
Why does meeting with Lebron mean it's on?
He's a Liverpool shareholder. I think he has 1.
2% if i recall
#itk?Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
LeBron also wore a Liverpool cap when they met. So it's 100% on.
https://i.imgur.com/Gv8hLxO.jpg
The Sty Dwellers have sacked Monk and confirmed themselves as a complete basket case. I am lolling very hard.
If Mbappé comes to Liverpool I'm gonna jizz my pants.
GS might even jizz.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
He's been throbbing shots into his socks for years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
His church doesn't allow that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
Yean, and Islam is the religion of peace and Catholics don't allow sex outside of marriage, but there's still alot of kids that walk funny. It's always the ones that pretend the hardest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
He'll have had a tearfull chest full of orangespunk many a time.
Some of it might have even been his own.
I’ll swallow it. :drool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
What a weird thing to say like just out of excitement.
Europa league 2nd round draw will take place shortly. Wolves can draw the following teams.
AEL Limassol (CYP)
Sabail (AZE) / Universitatea Craiova (ROU)
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) / Hibernians (MLT)
Connah's Quay (WAL) / Kilmarnock (SCO)
Crusaders (NIR) / B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Jeunesse Esch (LUX) / Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
Scotland and Wales can both fuck off.
Wolves have a home tie on July 25th against either Crusaders in Northern Ireland or B36 Torshavn in the Faroe Islands
Dundalk got FC Riga in the UCL. I think they're the remains from a defunct club and fairly new but have decent clout behind them.
And speaking of new clubs rising from the ashes possibly Cork vs Rangers in the Europa, Foras vs Sevco. That won't be embarrassing at all.
Never been jealous of the dingles recent money and success until now. I'd fucking love to go to the faroes or norn iron to see WBA in an early euros qualifierQuote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
That is never happening for you lad.Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Steve Walsh to Man Utd as DoF. #itk
Well if Fergie's as good at recommending DOFs as he is at recommending managers we're fucking sorted.
Saints in Vitesse and Milan are the two best days of my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy
I'll always have Peterborough away in the fa cup 5th round I spose.
Have been to Portugal with Villa and could definitely do with more. Elimination to some no mark Faroe outfit would do.
It sounds like every MLS team is interested in Chicharito. Guardado another one likely to join MLSQuote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
Is having Mexican 'star' players basically a massive commercial boost for any MSL team? I would assume so.
Who would Mbappe replace and what would the first 11 look like?
Fapworthy either way I’m sure.
Who's the what now?
Hernandez would score 60 a season once he drops to a certain level.
Well that statement is true for any footballer of reasonable talent, it's just a question of what the level is.
If we so much as stuck in an official bid for him then I think I'd go off the charts. Not because he's that good but because it would be so unLiverpool like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
Not that good, lol.
Read it slowly, RL.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
"Not because he's that good"
I don't know why you'd write that other than to imply he's not that good.
I assume he means the quality of Mbappe in itself isn't what would excite him but that Liverpool were legitimately bidding for a player of that level at all.
At least that's how I read it.
It's a strange way to write it but whatever.
Don't be sour.
Firmino.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yevrah
Cut this out. Mbappe isnt going to to Liverpool. No way.
What's your source on that?
He was eating a baguette whilst drinking a glass of wine and smoking.
He's staying in Paris.
A Lebron in a hat with a Liveprool logo.
Craig Bellemay is the new head coach of the Anderlecht under 21 team.
Marcos Llorente has joined Athletico Madrid from Real Madrid.
Mats Hummels has rejoined Dortmund.
Pablo Fornals has joined West Ham.
Hummels to Dortmund for £34m was a bit of an eye-opener, but I guess he's never been able to run anyway so maybe age isn't that much of an issue (he's also not as old as I thought he would be).
Fornals is a top player. #itk
Torres has retired at 35 without ever winning a league title in a top league. He has won everything else though.
He retired when he moved to Chelsea.
Gary Nevilles first orgasm says differently.
Farewell to a legend.
AWB and Bruno Fernandes rumoured to Utd.
Leeds or Newcastle?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Leeds.
#reddititk
de Ligt #ITK eh
Wolves fans mustn't have fancied him.
He said he liked the black and white stripes but was waiting on the takeover. :(
Nice to have closure in the reddit shite.
Not good enough to don the shirt. Besides he isnt Portuguese .Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray Fox
Juventus?
Where did they come from?
ITK's know shit.
Well the ones who know stuff usually don't flam it about for free which is why I didn't understand the motives. The knowledge is valuable.
I don't believe anything with this transfer until it's confirmed.
There were equally reliable people saying he was DEFINITELY going to Barca and then DEFINITLY going to PSG to the ones who are saying now he's going to Juve. Nobody has had a clue the whole way through.
He's not coming to United though.
Why the fuck would he go to Juventus?
Easy titles, just like every other league major league
Win shit and play with Ronaldo?
He's what? 19? He could easily win the league 5 times running and then move to a more competitive league.
Could they offer more money than Man It's/Barcelona/PSG?
He could also do his cruciate and will have passed up his chance of the monster contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray Fox
Possible makeweight in the Paulp Ogba deal.
He's not exactly going to be desolate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Plus he can play with one of the best players of all time and learn from 2 of the best defenders in the world, whilst sunning it up.
Apparently so.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
According to the media PSG were willing to do £11m a year, Man United going for £12.3m (about 13.8m Euros) and Juventus going to 15-20m Euros a year.
No word on the Barca 'offer' but apparently it was around the PSG money.
My theory is Raiola had been around all the clubs who've bid what Ajax want and agreed terms with them. They've all taken agreeing terms to mean he's joining them so that's what's come out in the media.
I think he'll take his pick once he's back off his holiday.
I really hope he goes there, just because I've a mate who's been saying for weeks in our group football chat that he's a 100% done deal signing for United. Even today, after the Juventus stuff he text saying it's 100% still on for United, "put pen to paper 6 weeks ago". :rolleyes:
You know Randrew's ITKs?
Yeah that’s nonsense. These “ITKs” are saying it but there is literally no way it’s every been 100% for anyoneQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
He’s an attacking full back who doesn’t assist or score. Also can’t stay fit enough. Be surprised if he goes for much more than the 15m.Quote:
Originally Posted by John
The bias :drool:
Probably plays a role in my assessment, but I'll stand by it. You're biased too, just the other way.
:harold:Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
He's average .25 assists per game over the past 4 seasons in the SPL. Not Tavernier numbers, but perfectly good and not skewed by taking every set piece and being the clubs main creative outlet. His job is more supporting those threats at Celtic, and I'd see similar for him at Arsenal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adamski
Either way, I'm happy. He has the raw material for a 22 year old that convinces me he can step up.
?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Your ITKs have been completely useless is the point I think
I always said there's only one I actually have any trust in, and he called the Dan James transfer weeks before it happened. Nothing else has actually definitely happened (or not) to call anyone out on. It's entirely true that nobody (ITK or otherwise) seems to have had a fucking clue what's really going on with De Ligt. He's been 'definitely' going to a different team for each of the last three weeks.
I'll put my neck out and say I think both Aaaron Wan-Bissaka and Bruno Fernandes will sign.
Well, you can't spell backtracking without ITK.
IDK why everyone's acting like I backed them to the hilt. I always said there's one guy I think is reliable, and a load of others who I've relayed what they've said on occasion whilst making it clear I'm entirely skeptical.
You've been suckling at the Reddit ITK teat.
I saw it as a bit of fun, but the endless snarky comments are just boring. I'll not post it any more.
Like many things, I don't understand ITK.
Stop bullying RL, you lot.
We've upset the wife.
I think where Randrew lost credibility was when he threatened to set himself on fire if it never happened.
You bring up the Swansea guy every time but he’d been in the news being linked with United before you’d ever posted about him
Just because it was before I posted about him doesn't mean it was before he posted about him. He also said we were signing Dalot, Grant and the Kohler sponsorship before it was ANYWHERE in the media and confirmed the Fred transfer before the media (the rumours had been rumbling on for months).Quote:
Originally Posted by mugbull
The others I have no clue really if they are reliable (this week will tell) but that one guy there is absolutely no doubt has a good source.
Fucking hell this thread is basically on repeat. Stop giving RL shit and post some rumours dickheads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK9kzCnunWo
Basing future belief on past evidence is the opposite of religion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
The Dutch reporter who started the 'De Ligt to Juve' rumours yesterday has just said "Raiola is behind the wheel...tomorrow things can change again".
Did you really just back it up with itk of a sponsorship deal?
#newutd
I'm basing my belief on current evidence and you're a Jehovah's m8.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
What about the past 2 years? He’s also got hips made of jelly.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Merse
RL keep posting mate. This is a transfer rumour thread, the more the better.
Its been quiet for Wolves so far. I would like to see them sign Ryan Sessengon. He wants out at Fulham and would like to see him brought it. I think Wolves could unlock his talent at LWB.
My boy GMS is off to NYCFC it seems.
Interesting to see whether he can do anything in the MLS. Stuttered at Celtic but became one of Aberdeens best players. Would've liked to have seen him in the championship, but he only drew interest from Pompey it seems so he's off stateside.
Bruh can report back.
Gms?
If memory is correct, gary mckay stevens. He was the guy who did all those skills
I always got him confused with Craig Mikhail-Smith.
I always thought it was Gary Mikhail Smith. That's who I thought Foe meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
Don't worry. I did the same before posting. :D Wikipedia to the rescue.
Lmao has ran once again threatened to pack up his toys and go home lollll
Fucking hell.
It's ok, the man of the people has put an arm around him so he's going nowhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
"Threatened" :DQuote:
Originally Posted by bruhnaldo
It's the 2nd or 3rd time you've said "Well i'm not going to post anymore!" despite then continuing to post.
I mean, in fairness he's actually 'threatened' that he won't be posting the ITK bollocks anymore, rather than flouncing off in a full on tanty, which, you have form for, so I'd put the stones down in the greenhouse
But bollocks transfer rumours is what the English summer is all about. We don't get the weather so what else are we supposed to do?
Surprisingly enough I don't think anything I have to say is valuable enough to warrant "threatening" anyone with depriving them of.
I'm happy to not post it any more when people post half a page of boring shite every time I do.
That's the boy. Basically spent his time at Dundee united trying to get in soccer am showboat.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by gray fox
kutgw rl
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
I'm all for it continuing, but I retain and insist upon my right to lol when it's all a load of bollocks.
It's absolutely wonderful to have that cock on the block list. It's an enriching experience. Shame he hasn't died yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
:drool:
:arry:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
I find him deeply unpleasant - this place is supposed to be a relatively mellow community where you talk to people not have to suffer some unbelievable wanker put sly digs at you all the time.
But you're a massive cock and exactly the type of cunt that I despise so it's always there. Plus it's making you very unpleasant too which is right in the face of the 'greatest gift to mankind' shtick you try and peddle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
I just can't quit you babe x
Sorry how am I? Who the fuck are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Anyway, top tip: if you stopped hilariously blowing your top it'd probably get boring.
#lifehax
Did you take him off the block list? :confused:
I've got you blocked so I avoid engaging with you as much as possible. You enjoyed playing nice over private messages when you thought Smiffy was at your house and workplace but very quickly want to act like some sort of internet wanker once that blew over. I seem to remember trying to help that situation when you were shitting your pants. Is it too much to ask that you can't be an absolute cock towards me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Giggles v Kiko is exactly what this board needs.
We could even sell tickets.
Neutral venue though ofc.
You've waded in with a few little jibes yourself my little sweetness & light, so tone down the tiny violins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
I got no beef with Giggles but it still boggles the mind that I've given off the belief that I could end up outside one of your front doors. That's alarming in itself.
Alright fair. Peace - we don't need to have the royal rumble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
No keep it going
Pussies.
Great. Now we need some new beef. Time to promote Shinners and Igor from the under card.
Was gonna reply to an earlier comment and say i used to think gms was gary mcsheffrey but in the meantime it's all fucking kicked off
You were coming across as if you'd had some sort of mental breakdown, so it was hardly a ridiculous concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smjffy
The Group banned from ringside. Club Lewis making it a lumberjack match.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
That's all I insinuated he was doing, nevermind I hardly compare me not coming to a website where i constantly had to defend my own, actual self that was being personally attacked seemingly every time i posted (admittedly deservedly so in some instances to be fair but) in the same stratosphere as whining that people are having a go at the hilarious defending of random internet strangers and their terrible ITK hot takes knowing it'll never actually stop but anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spikey M
If I can be a somewhat mature adult I don't see why we have to do this "oh no I guess I won't post these things anymore (looks through fingers waiting for someone to speak up in his defense)" bullshit every week but honestly it really isn't that serious is it.
The Giggles camp has sent me exclusive, ITK if you wheeeeel, footage of their man's first promo to hype the fight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9dLgKK1Y6c
I’m sure I’ve seen that guy on a Triga DVD.
...
The sunglasses do well to obscure his enormous nose
He’s definitely straight.
Leg day? Nah.
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Sadly, I could do proper subtitles for that whole video.
Do they ever post videos of the actual fights?
The fights are normally as bad as real boxing. Loads of shaping and very little hitting.
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/7d/cd/ca/7...nny-people.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Hmm....
Eddie Murphy performed at a comedy club, Rashford performs at a comedy club.
Murphy spoke to animals in Dr DoLittle, Rashford we know can at least speak Lion given his time with Ibra.
Eddie Murphy knew a nutty professor, Rashford knew LvG
Eddie Murphy - Shrek. Rashford played with Rooney.
History has a habit of repeating itself, no? I'm sure there's many more.
Wtf is that Shit?
Rafa Benitez confirmed to be leaving Newcastle. Hold tight, Shinners.
That's one club we can potentially finish above. Lovely.
Sir Rafa and Everton would be a good fit.
I had a horrible thought and checked the possibility but there is at least a chance that Smith will be sacked with Villa in the relegation zone which prompts Gareth Barry to jack it in at WBA and take over as manager. Win, lose or draw at the Etihad in the first week, Liverpool face Aston Villa the second week in April.
fuck you, pay me.
San Siro will be demolished to build some new stadium, next door. Both AC and Inter will share the new ground again. I dont like stadiums shares.
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...uilt-next-door
Newcastle definitely relegated then. :youpi:
And Avram Grant expected to take up a role at the club. :lol:Quote:
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KNOCKOUT BLOW!
And you wonder why people thought you were a fucking nutcase capable of waiting in a dark car park.Quote:
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Yeah, that's a right mental post. Run for your life, chaps.
There's only one thing for it. As Newcastle fans, it is our duty to destroy our own club. If Ashley won't leave, we have to make sure his has nothing worth owning.Quote:
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An email from David Moyes landed on my spam folder. Apparently he works for TSA in the Atlanta Airport now and wants to do some business.
You can almost guarantee you'll hear more about Moyes in the coming days as all the old boys try to be heard. Big Sam second chance?
Bruno Fernandes has posted what very much resembles a farewell message accompanied by a picture of him and his family on a plane.
His odds to join Liverpool have just been cut to 1/3 in most places too.
He has been strongly linked to United and City as well, so it'll be interesting to see who won.
ITK backtracking to start again?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Isn't that the Vince bringing the nWo storyline? I fully support it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shindig
You've gotta inject St. James Park with a lethal dose of poison.
They did although that one is a weird one. Its an Tier 1 AC Milan Journo, not some random bloke. He seemingly had the scoop based on Bruno playing out in Italy. He went balls out that Bruno was going to United.Quote:
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Is signing Bruno Fernandes going to be 'winning'?
I suppose more goals from midfield would be nice, but I was rather hoping Keita and Chamberlain might provide those next season. It would slightly worry me that Chamberlain might be getting bumped forward into the front 3 as ad hoc cover when that's probably an area that could do with strengthening.
Don’t worry, that’s what Mbappe is for.
I hate to admit, but Liverpool having three workhorses in midfield without any of them really being a creative force worked out OK for them.
V interesting. I wonder if Klopp sees this lad being able to play the Firmino role.
I don't think I've so much as seen a single game but it matters little when your as shit hot as Klopp has been in recent windows. I think the only one with question marks could be Keita but still early days.
Wan Bissaka to Utd is done.
:D Next season should be fun. £55M....jesus. Palace have done well there given he's an inexperienced defender and no one else was really in for him. TAA must be worth at least £150M in today's market if he's going for that.
Is it official now?Quote:
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I see rumours of Coutinho to United. I'll cry if that happens.
I read to last week Coutinho to Utd isnt happening becuase of his respect for Liverpool :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Boydy
Good.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
I'd be happy to have him back.
Not yet but it will be.Quote:
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Those are the types of signing i like to see big teams make. buy the better players, from the lesser teams in the same league. Instead of signing some player for the same price who used to be good five years ago. Like Coutinho.Quote:
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Why? Selling him was the best thing ever happend your lot.Quote:
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I actually can't tell if you're serious or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Sacking Rodgers and hiring Jurgen Klopp has to be up there.....Quote:
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As it is, I would take Coutinho back too because it's better to have good players than not but part of me also thinks, fuck him. No issues with how he left but quite frankly, we've moved on without him and he wouldn't even be the first name on the sheet anymore. Probably not even in the first 7/8 names which is a sign of how far we've progressed lately.
Phil can go and fuck himself with a carrot.
Joe Allen says hi.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
The list is long. £55m for a young player with one decent season under his belt is absolutely mental, but it's also completely par for the course. He looks a good prospect, but expectations are a bit different at United compared to Palace. Well, you'd hope they would be anyway.
Liverpool gaming a couple of top class full backs for peanuts is probably as key a contributor in their rise as have been the ridiculously good signings of Mané and Salah.
Joe Allen is at the bottom of the list, whereas the Likes of Wijnaldum are at the top. Its a gamble worth taking. Otherwise go and spend the same money on RB like Danny Carvajal
We got lucky with Robertson and Trent in fairness and the key contributor for the costs for full backs is Guardiola.Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
You can't apply 'just do what Liverpool' did to other teams. The entire pressing thing is built around ignoring any natural instinct you may have as a player and pouncing once the opposition have created the shape you've been drilled in training to recognize.
You couldn't just do a Liverpool as Spurs because they're built to win the ball in a low/mid-block, counter in numbers and using professional fouls to stop any counter-counter. They rely on quality to get the ball from front to back so need Eriksen AND Winks whereas Liverpool can have 3 plodders because they're winning the ball so much higher up.Quote:
From the kick-off, Huddersfield go back to holding midfielder Jon Gorenc Stankovic, who plays it right to central defender Christopher Schindler. Daniel Sturridge closes Schindler down, and Sadio Mane is close to the right back Tommy Smith, so Schindler plays it back to goalkeeper Jonas Lössl and runs towards the right corner of the Huddersfield box to make himself available for a return pass.
Except Sturridge has angled his run to close down Lössl such that he is also threatening that return pass to Schindler, and he has Mane in support. The other centre half, Terence Kongolo, has split to the left corner of the Huddersfield box, but Mohamed Salah is close by: too risky. The easiest available pass is up the middle to Stankovic, who is unmarked and appears to be in space.
Appearances can be deceptive. Naby Keïta is a good 15 yards away from Stankovic, on the far side of another Huddersfield midfielder, Jonathan Hogg. Hogg is pointing and gesticulating to team-mates and paying no attention to Keïta, whose orientation at this moment seems to be entirely defensive.
In fact Keïta is waiting to spring the trap. As the ball goes back to Lössl, he knows his team-mates are leaving the goalkeeper with only two options: hit it long, or pass to Stankovic in the middle. At the precise instant he sees Lössl has chosen the short rather than the long pass, Keïta takes off, goes past Hogg before Hogg realises what is happening, and arrives on Stankovic’s blindside as he turns with the ball and attempts to pass. Keïta blocks the ball to the nearby Salah, runs into the area, collects the return pass and scores.
(Not knocking their signings, but Shaqiri wouldn't work out at most other clubs due to over-reliance etc)
Totttenham have agreed a £65m deal for Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon. Add another mad fee after one season for a young player.
I was looking at Monaco's transfers out and it's staggering how many flopped. Lemar has been decidedly average since moving to AM, Kongolo and Diakaby both got relegated, Ghezzal couldn't even prove to be a budget version of Mahrez, Mbappe I'm not including since he left technically on loan the year before and Fabinho took a while to get going to.
I legit fear these bigger ££ signings from Ligue 1. It's a bigger lottery than the Dutch league.
He's been quite consistent for Lyon for two whole seasons now, hasn't he? I'm not saying that means all too much, but he does seem like a pretty good talent to me.
Between him, Dier and Wanyama, Spurs will be able to field a right shit-kicker midfield.
The dutch league dosent really have big transfer fees though. A striker who scores 50 league goals over there, used to cost about £10m
This is where all that good reserch would be useful if we could reserect the old board. We did the numbers from the dutch league in relation to players being sucsesful once they moved on and there were only 8 players on the list at the time.
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Originally Posted by Smjffy
It's not just Ligue 1, I think this always happens when you have a team from one of the smaller leagues that has a "golden generation" that over-performs as a unit. More often then not they are all quite young, and have played together for a while, has a manager that manages to get the best out of them as a team, etc. Then when they split that, they individually don't hold up to the task required to change league and team environments (to a higher lever, as well).
It's what worries me in fairness, seems to have had a good season even with an alleged dodgy knee but then Depay is smashing that division up too and look how he panned out (slightly unfair given his age and club he was at) but yeah, Ligue 1 scares the shit out of me.
Bruno Fernandes being linked suggests it won't be Fekir anyway.
You can't argue with that tbh. Seems plausible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazuuurk
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Originally Posted by Smjffy
Mane, Hazard, Fabinho, Mahrez, Lacazette, Bernardo, Mendy, Mbappe, Kante, Guendouzi etc.
I think Ligue 1 has had an alright decade.
Diouf, Cheyrou and Salif Diao.
Ligue 1 can fuck off. Those you listed haven't done too bad granted but none of them really had one good season before sodding off like the majority of youngsters there? They'd actually been playing their trade for a few years in that division.
Hence I wouldn't include most of who you added by virtue of them being better after leaving France than they were in France. Mane had to move to Germany, Hazard had already been doing it a few years before signing for Chelsea, Mahrez was a punt for a championship team at the time and Kante....well, he just popped up from nowhere hasn't he.
Mane went to Austria, I think his career was a bit a slow burner.
I would rather these noname players gets their shots then some elite player who has been falling off for a few years.
Mistaking RB Salzburg with RB Leipzig. :moop
Kenny fucking miller is still playing. He has signed for Patrick Thistle in the socttish prem at 39. One of the first Wolves games I went to, was when Wolves beat Man Utd 1-0 at Molinuex. He picked the ball up from the halfway line, dribbling past six Man Utd defenders before leaving Ferdinand on his back and slotting the ball with the finese, past Tim Howard.
I thought this was done?Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
https://twitter.com/bbcsport_david/s...46012731252736
EDIT: Topic change. How about Arsenal then? It's a good job the stadium meant they could compete isn't it.
It sounds like United have done a reasonable job of not having their pants pulled down, so Palace must know he's actually shit or something.
That would be Wan-Bissaka the most expensive right back of all time ahead of Kyle Walker and Dani Alves?
I don't know if you clicked the link Lewis but I think it sounds more like they don't want to be giving United money back when Zaha goes for big money. Apparently United have a % of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lewis
It says the sell-on clause remains in place.
25% of an amount no-one is going to pay for him though, so it's probably a bit moot.
I reckon Arsenal would have if they got into the Champions League. If he does go then I reckon Palace could be a value bet for relegation @6/1. Bournemouth should have an eye kept on them too.
It is done. I'll have £50 on it with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smjffy
Ndombele is going to be fucking amazing
Going purely off of stats, which paints a good picture if not the whole one (especiallyplaying in that shit league), he seems a bit underwhelming. A 'prospect', sure, but is he any better than Winks, who will most likely be the one losing playing time to him?
What stats? Winks isn’t any good. N’Dombele is a phenomenal dribbler and passer
He's no AWB stats-wise, that's for sure:
https://scontent.fbll1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...29&oe=5DBD9490
Most looks like a cat.
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Nah, you're alright. I just assumed it would have been announced by now. It's a good signing by default of shifting Ashley Young.Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
He’s actually got a pretty similar stat sheet (among all Ligue 1 players): https://mobile.twitter.com/Squawka/s...01068939350016Quote:
Originally Posted by randomlegend
Or maybe just Lyon players. I can’t tell.
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Originally Posted by dino
They all left in 2002. Closer to two decades ago rather than one :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Smjffy
I swear it only feels like a couple of years ago where we saw in the millennium. :moop:
What the fuck is a take-on?
When you dribble past man?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
Why wouldn't they call that a successful dribble or something then?
Anyway, that stat wankery is lolworthy.
The Pogba stats are the best ones. One man team ladQuote:
Originally Posted by Pepe
https://i.ibb.co/k25k8Bk/93-B07738-D...655200-B45.jpg
Chelsea are fucked is what that tells you.
They'll just sign a replacement.
Oh.
Lol.
Atletico Madrid are paying Benfica 126m euros for Joao Felix.
Now that is fucking insane.
I was about to ask where they're getting that kind of money from.
Surely Barcelona can't afford Neymar back and the Grease man.
They’re minted now, aren’t they? No other reason Griezmann signed an extension
Jorginho being in the Chelsea bit flies in the face of him being shit, no? Most passes in the final third and won more possession than Kante? I thought the big issue with him was that he just passed it sideways a few yards? Or is it because opinion turned against Sarri and he was a Sarri man?
He was really good last few months of the season.
The most passes into the final third, not in it, and he must have had the most in the league in terms of that stat and passes generally. Doesn't mean he wasn't a largely ineffectual and at times a major weak point. I'm sure Kanté would have won possession more had he not been playing right wing but who knows. I know which one I'd have.