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Thread: The Summer Transfer Thread [17 May - 9 August]

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    They'll just sell him to someone in Europe after the English deadline has passed (if they can't extort United for a ridiculous fee). If you are going to strengthen a rival you may as well do it on as bad terms as possible, and the existence of a selling only period to the window surely suits Levy's brinkmanship.

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    Yeah he’ll go PSG for ~Ł60m.
    I'm a twit

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Barcelona is an absolute shell of a club these days. Where did it all start to unravel, the Qatar Foundation Sponsorship/Neymar deal where everyone in charge ended up in jail?

    The club seems to have been run on a more short term basis than Chelsea which is quite something. You're struggling to replace Iniesta/Xavi so you go for Paulinho, ship him out after 6 months and get in Vidal? Guardiola already had to clear out the drunks once this generation and you're going to bring in a guy who crashed his car, pished, coming back from the nightclub at 4am in the middle of the Copa America hosted in his home country?

    I can definitely see 'Pep' being enticed back there once Messi has retired. That place desperately needs some top down leadership.
    It's a successful model that appears to works. The short-term basis with players still brings them league titles and European cup runs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Somehow about Arsenal.

    But if you'd like to get into it, I'd say Arsenal did have a very sensible long term transfer policy. In 2000 they decided to built a new stadium.

    Before they built the stadium they heavily invested in a young team which got them to a Champions League Final without conceding a goal. Henry wanted to leave and was known to have back problems so was moved on to bring in Robin Van Persie who would go on to multiple 30+ goal scoring seasons. This team was an inch away from winning the league in 2008. The failure broke the team apart with half the team wanting to leave after the disappointment.

    At which point they did panic but still brought in Mertesacker (captained 2 FA Cup wins, now is head of the academy), Arteta (Captain for Arsenals first trophy in 9 years) and Giroud (5th all time Arsenal top scorer). Middle tier purchases that were worth far more than the fee paid for them (between 8-16 million)

    The summer after that was Santi Cazorla who's one of the best purely technical footballers I've ever seen, robbed of the last 2 years of his career by an infection that threatened him with amputation. Would make David Silva lose his hair a second time over if he had to compete with him.

    Then once the stadium payments lessened brought in one undoubtable world class player per season (Ozil, Sanchez, Cech). After that it's a mess as it's a series of fights between Wenger and the stats nerds.
    You typed this out a while ago and have had it copy and pasted in the cut, ready to unleash it when needed

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    A La Liga title is about as worthless as the Coca Cola cup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Far bettter to leave one of the best Centre Backs around on the bench all season again and sell him for half price next summer than accept Ł55m now. Great decision.
    He’ll be playing. Unhappily.

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    The soppy twat should really be kicking off and forcing the move. Especially if his current contract is so shit, since whatever 'loyalty bonuses' he might be due won't be worth that much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Never been away.
    It's been a long while since I've seen any evidence of this Kiko. You are up for review.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mugbull View Post
    He’ll be playing. Unhappily.
    He barely played last season. He got the odd cup match, that’s about it. ‘Poch’ even played Dier, bomb scare that he can be, at CB when he had to, rather than playing him.

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    Struggled with fitness a fair bit didn't he?

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    He had an injury, but he recovered in January I think. He had ample time to get back to fitness and he was fine for Belgium at the World Cup. It’s the same thing that happened with Walker and Rose. Pochettino turned Trippier into the white Cafu rather than give Walker any serious game time before he left and Rose has been largely in the wilderness science he gave that interview. Pochettino appears to be petty as fuck, which I’m a fan of.

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    Do they rate the Sanchez lad? Anytime I seen him he looked fairly ropey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    It's a successful model that appears to works. The short-term basis with players still brings them league titles and European cup runs.
    'Having Messi' is not a model.

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    Barcelona are just reverting to type. They were always a shambolic, debt-ridden, short-termist bunch of wankers. Hence having only won one European Cup prior to 2006 despite always having had first dibs on the best players around. They then lucked out with what can now be seen as a 'Golden Generation' (I haven't seen a 'conveyor belt' La Masia [mate] article in about eight years), and will end up like United once matey retires.

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    Bring back Rijkaard.

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    Everyone thought Toby would have left by now, which was why Poch was tryna phase him out of the team. Now that it (probably) won’t happen this summer, I’m certain he’ll be playing him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Do they rate the Sanchez lad? Anytime I seen him he looked fairly ropey.
    He’s really good. Not on the Belgians’ level yet though

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    Van Persie definitely didn't have 'multiple 30+ seasons' for Arsenal.

    EDIT - Missed the new page. This is for Phonics, obviously.

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    From my memory, he had one with arsenal and one with man utd which helped them to a title.

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    If we're talking just Premier League, he only had 2 seasons were he broke 20 goals and they were back-to-back with Arsenal and United. Those two years are also the only times he hit 30 goals or more in all competitions too.

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    He had a good goal per game ratio but he was made of glass.

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    Thank you John for picking up that Robin Van Persie only scored 30+ goals twice in his career. The year previous he only managed to score 21 goals despite playing around half the amount of minutes. Disgraceful. Made the whole actual point about forward looking transfer policy (or just basic idea of planning/succession) completely moot. Slap a sign saying 'not for sale' and call me owned.

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    You're corn-cobbing here, mate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boydy View Post
    You're corn-cobbing here, mate.
    https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...corn%20cobbing

    ?????

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    It's a Dril tweet.

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    A what? Am I having a stroke?

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    lol imagine being this much of a nerd.

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    The mirror going for it.

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    Same journalist who wrote that Pogba is going back to Juve this window though.

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    Ed Woodward should have put a CHEEKY bid in for Danny Rose whilst he was down there.

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    Eighty million for both. Take it or leave it you bald-headed TWAT.

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    Danny Rose is shite though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    Same journalist who wrote that Pogba is going back to Juve this window though.
    You'd be so lucky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Danny Rose is shite though.
    Another season of Ashley Young at leftback is preferable?
    I'm a twit

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    Alderwierld is such a great signing. One of those rare centre backs who can defend and more than comfortable with the ball at his feet.

    Such a huge upgrade on Smalling and Jones.

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    I'm amazed they haven't put either of them available for loan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Baz View Post
    Another season of Ashley Young at leftback is preferable?
    Absolutely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Absolutely.
    If you're Watford.

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    We’ve replaced Riyad Mahrez with Poundland Riyad Mahrez “Rachid Ghezzal”. He even looks a bit like him just uglier.

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    Calum Chambers to Fulham on loan

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    Wolves are close to signing Adama Traore. Didnt like it when it was first rumoured and still dont like it. He carries a relegation curse. I don't want him any near Wolves. Ł10m up front and Ł10m in clauses.

    Wolves transfer business has been strange this summer.

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    Chelsea swapping Courtois with Butland is their first move back into irrelevancy. Once Hazard leaves they’ll be a posher Everton.

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    Rondon Gayle loan swap between Newcastle & WBA.

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    Courtois apparently sitting out until he's sold.

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    Has Madrid even made an approach for him? I can't remember reading anything from their side. It's just him claiming he wants to be near his family. He could just move his family with him wherever he goes. Sounds like his pimp hand is weak.

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    Didn't he shag Kevin de Bruyne's wife, or was it the other way round?

    Butland as number one is a pisspoor move.

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    Chelsea have already signed Rob Green so I reckon you're getting ahead of yourself there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trancemeister View Post
    Rondon Gayle loan swap between Newcastle & WBA.
    Hope his contract doesn't mention bonuses. Adam Armstrong's away to Blackburn forever.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    If you're Watford.
    That doesn't make sense.

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    Why, are you not Watford?

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