2013 Summer Transfer Window Thread ......Continued

[Kenny]

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2013 Summer Transfer Window Thread
 by Dr Gregory House MD on Mon May 27, 2013 1:46 am
Now that the season has drawn to a close, I thought I'd put up a thread to discuss possible transfer business.

Rumours, Predictions, Hopes and Actualities all welcome here

[Kay Fabe]

AVB turned a team that finished 4th into a team that finished 5th despite having the best player in the league.

Brilliant stuff that

I thought you were fishing here, when you look at the top talent Spurs lost last Summer I think you're being very harsh on AVB considering he won 3 more points than the team that finished 4th in 2011/12 and I think it was also Spurs' highest points total in the Premiership.

I think they could have done better but when you consider points wise they've had their strongest season then its harsh to criticise

[Fernando]

Indeed one of broke Lyon's many sales it's a shame to see them in dire staights 

One to watch out for Michael Bradley to Liverpool 

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Mkhitaryan has rejected Liverpool in favor of Dortmund

[compelling and rich]

Mkhitaryan has rejected Liverpool in favor of Dortmund

Can hardly blame him there, lot to like about dortmund these days

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Tony Fernandes ‏@tonyfernandes 29m
I will be in charge of player fining system. 4 already fined. No one no one will take us for a ride anymore. Patience is over.

One has to be Barton

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Bosingwa gotta be another

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Fresh off a year in the injury treatment room, Ruddy is interested in a move to the comfier bench at Stamford Bridge

I'm still struggling to see this happening, and to be honest I'd be really disappointed in Ruddy if he did. If it was like a Mignolet move, where he could become the number 1, I'd say all the best. But he would be number 2 for sure.

As for selling him, some Norwich fans are having fits, but I always say every player has their price. Ruddy's would be rather a lot more than the touted 5m I expect (in what his worth to us)

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I do feel for Fernandes a bit. Can't fault the enthusiasm or loyalty but he's made some painfully naive decisions and trusted the wrong people. Him taking over discipline could be another

[Dolphin Ziggler]

West Ham (hey, thats my side!) have apparently agreed a £6.7m fee for Colombian striker Duvan Zapata. 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/west-ham-transfers-duvan-zapata-2029851

[Holymiky]

Fresh off a year in the injury treatment room, Ruddy is interested in a move to the comfier bench at Stamford Bridge

I'm still struggling to see this happening, and to be honest I'd be really disappointed in Ruddy if he did. If it was like a Mignolet move, where he could become the number 1, I'd say all the best. But he would be number 2 for sure.

As for selling him, some Norwich fans are having fits, but I always say every player has their price. Ruddy's would be rather a lot more than the touted 5m I expect (in what his worth to us)

Olly i understand what you are saying completely.

What i will say is that we seem to be building for the present and future, especially looking at some of our signings over the past few years or so. Lukaku/De Bruyne/Hazard/Mata/Shurrle/Van Ginkel (The Van Ginkel transfer has been completed today by the way) and players from our academy etc.

We still have players who have been at Chelsea for quite a few years and thats great and i hope that they can stay and im sure they will. Jose Mourinho has said he wants to stay for a long time which means he has time to build a team which is what he said he wants to do i'm pretty sure and i believe that Shurrle and Van Ginkel have signed 5 year contracts with us and i am sure that they will be part of the plans of the squad building along with the other players of course.

Anyway the point i'm trying to make is that Cech is a Goalkeeper who still has plenty left in him and yes whilst Ruddy would most likely be number 2 or 3 if and when Courtois is with us (He is out on loan at the moment) i still believe he would get games, even with Cech as the number 1 keeper. I believe that eventually when Cech does decide to stop playing or if he was to leave for whatever reason thats where Ruddy would then fill in as he still has plenty of years left to play football also.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

What about Courtois though?


My advice to Ruddy would be to talk to Scott Parker, Scott Sinclair and the sort about their moves to these clubs. Especially in the current climate, you get the feeling English players are making up the necessary numbers for the squad rule, ie British trained players etc

[NickisBHAFC]

Ruddy should leave Norwich . His international dreams will be better at Chelsea and he will be playing under a better manager at a nicer stadium. I would rather live in London than Norwich as well.

[Bull]

Nick your chomp attempts are pathetic lol

[NickisBHAFC]

Chomp

[Holymiky]

What about Courtois though?


My advice to Ruddy would be to talk to Scott Parker, Scott Sinclair and the sort about their moves to these clubs. Especially in the current climate, you get the feeling English players are making up the necessary numbers for the squad rule, ie British trained players etc

I was also going to mention Courtois, sorry. I think that he is in the future plans for us too, hes a great keeper and he is 22 or 23 i believe and he is gaining a lot of experience from playing as pretty much the number 1 keeper at Athletico Madrid which is great and We could have Cech, Ruddy and Courtois as our 3 first team keepers.

[Bull]

How is that a chomp considering i knew thats what you would do lol

[NickisBHAFC]

All joking a side Ruddy would be stupid to leave Norwich. He would join the class of Sinclair, Wright Phillips etc of players leaving for a better club and spending most of there time siting on the bench and having a half time ping. He should stay at Norwich, who appear to be a club going places next season, also force his way to become England's number 2.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Ruddy should leave Norwich . His international dreams will be better at Chelsea and he will be playing under a better manager at a nicer stadium. I would rather live in London than Norwich as well.

Although this is you being you - its not all nonsense

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Tbf anywheres nicer than Norwich. And sitting on the bench never did Wayne Bridges England career harm.

He's not good enough for Chelsea as a #1 tho. I imagine if something happened to Cech, Courtois would be next in line

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I love Big John, but even I cannot say he is better than Cech or Courtois. As Chris says this is purely to sit on the bench and fill the home grown quota rule.

Butland saw the light and went to a place where he has more chance of 1st XI football. Ruddy hopefully will see it too. It's not as if he's getting it bad here either. We have the goddamn England GK coach on our staff!!!

Would be seriously disappointed in him if he went. Would be basically selling out for the money imo (although it's his career, do with it what he wants)

[Holymiky]

Thinking about it, i think Courtois is our number 2 at the moment, i know that he is on loan but if for any reason that Cech were to leave perhaps or for when he eventually retires (I think he has plenty of years left like i said and i'm happy for him to stay on for as long as he can and wants to of course) but when and if it happens then i think Courtois will be our next number 1 goalkeeper which i am also happy with.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

If he was to leave, I don't think we'd go into the season with Bunn as our number 1, despite him doing a decent enough job filling in for Ruddy last year

I'd like to see us make a move for McCarthy or Forster.

Would give us some more monies to splash (going all FM on you bitches now)

[Nakatomi Plaza]

Marca are reporting that Real Madrid have decided to play hardball over the Higuain deal, and have turned down a £23 million bid. They also say that Real Sociedad's young midfield Asier Illaremendi will join Los Merengues for about £25 million.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Paulinho to Spurs confirmed. On the face of it a great signing but we will see how he adapts to English football

Norwich linked with a move for Ajax's Toby Alderweireld

[Holymiky]

Paulinho to Spurs confirmed. On the face of it a great signing but we will see how he adapts to English football

Norwich linked with a move for Ajax's Toby Alderweireld

I am excited, as i am with all of the new transfers about seeing Paulinho in the Premier League, i think his playing style will suit the Premier League. Great transfer.

[JDizzle]

I can't understand why Chelsea would waste upwards of £5 million on a back up keeper when Schwarzer is available on a free...  

[Holymiky]

"AZ Alkmaar striker Jozy Altidore will have talks with Sunderland after the clubs agreed a deal for the United States international."

Source: BBC Sport.

Any thoughts on this possible transfer?

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I can't understand why Chelsea would waste upwards of £5 million on a back up keeper when Schwarzer is available on a free...  

Ones 25 and the other is a year or two away from quitting?

[JDizzle]

Still doesn't change the fact 5 mill + is a lot to pay for a back up keeper. I'd rather have Schwarzer for two years and look at the problem again then.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Ruddy also fills a home grown player spot

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

It'll also have to be a lot more than 5m to prize him away from us you would think

[GSC]

5m for a reliable #2 who at his age has resale value is peanuts to Chelsea

[Guest]

"AZ Alkmaar striker Jozy Altidore will have talks with Sunderland after the clubs agreed a deal for the United States international."

Source: BBC Sport.

Any thoughts on this possible transfer?

Pointless, expensive, stupid. Connor Wickham cost £8m and has never been given a chance to prove himself at Sunderland, instead here comes a guy who's already shown he can't hack the PL, on huge wages and huge transfer fee.

Di Canio has to be the worst manager in world football.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Does Ruddy want to go to the World Cup?

Paulinho looks a cracking signing, but we'll see. May take a year to settle. Looks like the end for Parker, Huddlestone and maybe even Dempsey

[Dolphin Ziggler]

He's only 23 and played sporadically for a crap Hull side when he was younger. Good player, grown a lot and has the attributes you'd want. And they still have Fletcher.

People just want Paolo to fail cos his reputation.

[NickisBHAFC]

Looking forward to seeing Paulhino in the Premiership, he will link up well with Tottenham. If they can keep Bale and add a forward ideally Benteke, they could be a team to look out for.

Altidore is a playing i have always rated, be interesting to see what he can do at Sunderland.

[James_182]

Bojan joins Ajax for the season on loan.

He is 23 now, and is joining after only 10 goals in Italy over the last 2 years, he needs this move in Holland to work out if he has any chance of proving himself to Barcelona.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I will always bite over Paolo jibes  

Good move for Bojan, Marc Overmars was making some good points about Van Ginkel the other day, young players going to clubs that wont play them and expect them to develop rather than work with them to do it. Ajax are the opposite.

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I'd say Bojans chance to impress Barca went a while ago

[Guest]

Dan Gosling on his way to Crystal Palace

[NickisBHAFC]

Kieran Dyer is set to sign for Norwich.

[Guest]

Kieran Dyer is set to sign for Norwich.

I wish him well in his match there.

[hampo17]

Kieran Dyer is set to sign for Norwich.

I wish him well in his match there.

How does he keep getting contracts?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

*Cue Nick saying "Chomp"

[Fernando]

id expect so since he retiring really

[NickisBHAFC]

Few bites

TBF it is a shame Dyer has had all these injury problems, he could of had such a good career! Bit like Woodgate and Ledley King. If King never had injury problems, he would 100% be England's best center back.

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King was very good, but not the level of Campbell, Rio or Terry

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

In other Norwich news Grant Holt is 1/5 on too go to Wigan, which means somebody bet like 50p on him going and it sends the fans into a frenzy

Also they don't seem to have understood their lesson from when "Sky Sports understands Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank is set to be named the new Norwich manager", as this time "Sky Sports understand" Ruddy is off to Chelsea, despite the Chief Exec and manager both confirming no negotiations for any players are going on at the minute

If Ruddy don't go with the team to Austria next week, then I'll start worrying

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Seems to be a few "Bridcutt to Palace" rumors floating about

I think we can all agree that we want that to happen

[Bull]

Nick enough of these bites their pathetic, how have you not been warned about it?

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