Barty 6:15 Fri Apr 12
Official Transfer rumours and gossip thread
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The time has come :)
So what do you think has got to be done in the summer regarding ins and outs?
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onsideman
9:28 Wed Jul 24
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Sorloth is a massive no from me
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Stowie.40
9:05 Wed Jul 24
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We can’t be serious about Sorloth surely, fuck a duck, another slow plodder up front.
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Sir Alf
9:04 Wed Jul 24
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Villa supposedly sold luiz to Juventus for less than they could have got from Arsenak and Spuds for 2 reasons. Firstly, the aforementioned chairmen / owners from both clubs were trying to play hard ball getting the fee doen and secondly they would prefer not to sell to Prrm rivals. Dealing with Villa aint esdy so I now think the deal fir Duran wont happen. We missed the window as they are selling another player to deal with FFP that will allow them to get Felix. There’s also the rumour that Villa detest our little Russian dictator wannabe? Plausible rumour I reckon. Sullivan has that about him, the ability to naff off just about anyone he tries to do business with. Underhand, dishonest, market trading techniques and grubby selling of porn not as effective in the real world of business?
We need to get one thru the door soon or the dungarees amd knickers will be moistening :-). Less than 4 weeks to go and one “Prem ready” player in.
Seems our eyes are bigger than our “financial belly”
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Manuel
8:17 Wed Jul 24
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The old line ''I won't believe anything until he's holding up our shirt on the OS'' seems more prevalent than ever now. Fuck only knows what is going on, but the only real possible take away we can conclude is that we ain't paying any cunt who are asking for too much?
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Fauxstralian
7:10 Wed Jul 24
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You never know whether some of these bids are to put pressure on other clubs to agree something else … ie Villa with Duran
Just need to shit or get off the pot
Ones like Todibo who want to go somewhere else like Juve should be binned off & we move on
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Nagel
7:02 Wed Jul 24
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Also worth noting that despite similarities to how Lopetegui plays, last season Villareal used a 442 formation, so it's always possible that Sorloth is just much better in a 2 man attack. If so, that's a massive black mark against him, unless we maybe play Kudus as a second striker (which personally I'd like to see).
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Nagel
6:56 Wed Jul 24
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"Let's hope we get the same player as he was last season, and not the player he was for the rest of his career."
Yeah, sure, but it's not like he's played every season at the same club, with the same team mates, same manager, etc. Maybe him scoring 26 goals last season was mainly down to how Villareal set up. Their manager prefers a high pressing, possession game with attacks coming from the flanks, exactly the same as Lopetegui. Surely it's better to get someone who has proven to be excellent within a similar system than someone who might have been more prolific over the years but playing a completely different way? We've gone down that route before and it rarely works well.
That said, for £30m I'd probably prefer Duran, even if he's more of a risk.
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ludo21
5:49 Wed Jul 24
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£30m does seem a tad excessive!
Duran has got to be the better bet surely?
Perhaps there will be a few more exits and we will get both?
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Lee Trundle
5:38 Wed Jul 24
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Sorloth for £30m?
Almost 29, 2 possibly 3 good seasons in his whole career (1 of which was in a decent league), failed in his previous attempt in the Premier League.
All that time to find a striker, and that's the best we can come up with?
Let's hope we get the same player as he was last season, and not the player he was for the rest of his career.
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Russ of the BML
5:08 Wed Jul 24
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Just been told that we offered Villareal £25m for Sorloth but they rejected. We were going back in with £30m (expected to be accepted) but held back due to a thigh injury and awaiting assessment. That's now completed and its said that he would pass a medical as it stands even with the injury which is expected to keep him out for 2 to 3 weeks. So we are going to up the offer and it should be accepted. This is why its taken a while.
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Russ of the BML
2:06 Wed Jul 24
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I'm not sure how highly rated Irving is but his recall may be the reason we cashed in on Downes?
He seems a very positive bloke though.
https://www.whufc.com/news/irving-be-involved-brilliant-and-im-loving-it
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ludo21
1:15 Wed Jul 24
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dealcanvey - Mazraoui was very highly regarded at Ajax and was born and lived in Holland all of his life until the move to Bayern.
Seems to be first choice RB at Bayern in that he played 29 times last season inc. the CL semi final v R. Madrid.... I think he would be the more exciting option with a small element of risk attached.
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ludo21
1:10 Wed Jul 24
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If the papers thread can be believed Man Utd have to sell AWB before they can sign Mazraoui which presumably gives us the upper hand in either getting Mazraoui ahead of them or getting AWB on the cheap.
Also read that Mazraoui's old Ajax teammates Kudus and Alvarez have been on to him to tell him to come to us so hopefully Sullivan will get his cheque book out and do the business.
I haven't paid too much attention to AWB but by all accounts he is a very defence minded RB which doesn't seem to fit with JL's desire to have attacking full backs?
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dealcanvey
1:00 Wed Jul 24
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Dont know a thing about the Moroccan RB at Bayern.
Surely AWB or KWP would be the better options? Proven premier league players.
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LJC
11:45 Wed Jul 24
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I thought it was all a PR/build relationship deal but he seems to be doing ok in preseason.
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Fauxstralian
10:42 Wed Jul 24
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Strange that he went from Hearts to what I think was a 3rd tier German team
Think that team might even gone out of business so he moved to Austria a year later
Understand Steidten had noticed him so we signed him & loaned him back
Was all a bit of a mysterious purchase
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Takashi Miike
10:38 Wed Jul 24
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played for a lower league german side before he ended up in austria
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LeroysBoots
10:12 Wed Jul 24
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What's Germany got to do re Irving ?
He played in Austria
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Full Claret Jacket
12:42 Wed Jul 24
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There is rightly a lot of impatience over signings. We have been let down in previous windows with selling players and watching targets go elsewhere. It would be no surprise for some deals not to happen or to happen late in the window. Agents want to tout their players around clubs to make the most money for them.
Clubs come up with unrealistic deals whether they want to sell the players or not.
One thing which is clear is that there are clubs about who need to sell to buy and we don't appear to be one of them yet. FFP is coming home to roost for a lot of clubs hence the shocking ticket pricing. The bubble is bursting, greed has overinflated transfer fees and wages. Anyone piling in now is going to end up losing millions on some of these players.
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british is best
8:42 Tue Jul 23
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I saw an article from June last year on X . Urging Brighton to sign Irving saying he was the perfect replacement for macalister .it Wouldn't surprise me if this is a steitden masterstroke . Here's hoping.
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ludo21
8:08 Tue Jul 23
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Forgot about Irving..
Having been based in Germany for a while you have to assume that he is a TS signing so hopefully he will prove to be useful.
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