2014 Summer Transfer Window Thread

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Seems as though Joe Cole has been released by West Ham, might be a solid bargain for a lower league team if hes prepared to drop

[NickisBHAFC]

How Luiz is worth 40 million is beyond me. 10 million at very very most for me.

[Duty281]

Quite agree..if he were English I could perhaps understand the vast inflation.

[kingraf]

Luiz is a very talented player, he does seem to go walkabout mentally, but he's put up enough big pants performances at Chelsea for me to think he's truly capable of being a high level defender.

But am I missing something? Didn't Paris just get wrapped round the knuckles for financial fair play? How are they buying £40m talent? They are linked with Eden Hazard as well. Am I misinterpreting the rulebook?

Apparently Super Frankie to re-sign at Chelsea following the World Cup.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Frank won't sign until enough is written about him in the papers. Until he sees a columnist moaning about silly Chelsea his ego won't be satisfied enough

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LVG didn't want Kroos, he now doesn't want Fabregas according to this mornings reports. Where to next?

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I'm hoping he'll only buy Dutch

[Hammersmith harrier]

LVG didn't want Kroos, he now doesn't want Fabregas according to this mornings reports. Where to next?

It's why I take so little notice of the papers, one day they're saying his main target is Kroos then he doesn't want he wants Fabregas then he doesn't want him, until things are reported on the BBC website it's all a load of tosh.

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

Schweinsteiger is today's tabloid Man Utd midfielder of choice.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

West Ham looking to nab Billy Jones on a free too. Also meant to be interested in Timothee Kolodziejczak of Nice, 22 year old left back. Linked with Southampton too, guessing he's the Shaw replacement

[Nakatomi Plaza]

Sky Sports News are reporting that Tom Ince is travelling to Italy for contract talks with Inter, and that West Ham have agreed a three-year deal for Mauro Zarate.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Welbeck still making noises about leaving due to his desire to play centrally as a striker. Spurs notably interested, though I think he might be better off going to Everton if they dont get Lukaku

[Hammersmith harrier]

He's never one mentioned about wanting to leave Dolph, he's been quite forthright with his criticism of Moyes and it's understandable really, he was carrying us through December with his goals from a central position.

[Guest]

I dont think he will leave.

If a manager did decide to buy Welbeck & play him centrally, they better prepare for a season of many goal scoring opportunities missed. He isn't a natural finisher, never will be. No composure whatsoever. His assets/strength are his pace & engine up & down a wing, with an ability to chip in with maybe 5-10 goals a season. That's it.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

He's definitely made noises about leaving and I would take the quotes around it this time as further proof it's being considered

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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Paddy power account rules

[Dolphin Ziggler]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/26/ashley-williams-leave-swansea-napoli-lille?CMP=twt_gu

Ashley Williams for £3m? Could be a decent deal for someone.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

And reports that Barca are close to signing Marquinhos for something like 20m euros plus Dani Alves

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/26/ashley-williams-leave-swansea-napoli-lille?CMP=twt_gu

Ashley Williams for £3m? Could be a decent deal for someone.

Not if Michael Chopra catches up with him first it seems. Looks like Williams has been playing hide the sausage with his Mrs.

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

Which makes this even more amusing if so:

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-cardiff-striker-michael-chopra-is-all-sympathy-for-disgraced-john-terry-1344403

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/26/ashley-williams-leave-swansea-napoli-lille?CMP=twt_gu

Ashley Williams for £3m? Could be a decent deal for someone.

He's really not very good, and at nearly 30 I'd be looking elsewhere

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Ashley Williams would be a great signing for 3m, stop hating

[Champagne_Socialist]

arsenal linked to fabregas

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Really?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Ashley Williams would be a great signing for 3m, stop hating

My hate for Ashley Williams shall never stop

[Fernando]

Ashley Williams would be a great signing for 3m, stop hating

My hate for Ashley Williams shall never stop

How does it make you feel knowing that Ashley Williams is PL defender and Sebastien Bassong is not.

[NickisBHAFC]

Williams for 3million is a bargain.

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Ashley Williams would be a great signing for 3m, stop hating

My hate for Ashley Williams shall never stop

How does it make you feel knowing that Ashley Williams is  PL defender and Sebastien Bassong is not.

#relegationspecialist

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I was never a huge fan of BASSONG, one of Hughton's loveboys

[Fernando]

I was never a huge fan of BASSONG, one of Hughton's loveboys

Why do you have a picture of him above your name   

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

I was never a huge fan of BASSONG, one of Hughton's loveboys

Why do you have a picture of him above your name   

Cos he looks funny in it lol

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Yeah, Chopra is having a breakdown on twitter, although he also got into a massive argument with a parody account of the Blackpool Chairman's son.

Still, Williams for £3m is a bargain. If you buy a top Championship defender you'd expect to pay £3m, and Williams is better than the Champ. Which makes him at least two leagues better than Michael Turner.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Yeah, Chopra is having a breakdown on twitter, although he also got into a massive argument with a parody account of the Blackpool Chairman's son.

Still, Williams for £3m is a bargain. If you buy a top Championship defender you'd expect to pay £3m, and Williams is better than the Champ. Which makes him at least two leagues better than Michael Turner.

Corr blast me buh I'm foomin

[Fernando]

arsenal linked to fabregas

Guessing this was based on the picture of him in London from the weekend. He's missus lives here  

[Dolphin Ziggler]

One of those days where the Telegraph report Arsenal are interested in David Marshall. For £15m. To be their number two. One of those days.

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Seems Pochettino will be the next Spurs manager Levys sacrifice to Cthulhu

[Guest]

and then the wally with the brolly to Southampton & bringing some of his hot youngsters with him no doubt.

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Hopefully, it'd kill the bandwagon stone dead

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Just imagining Steve McLaren, with a fake accent, and a load of girls from Nuts on his arm. Hot youngsters was a choice of words that made things spiral

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Bit too exciting for a monday tuesday morning.

Be a good move, always been a talented coach, just out of his depth at higher levels.

[compelling and rich]

we signed anybody yet?   

really feel we need to get a big signing in early after last years farce, one signing before the world cup will keep the fans happy till after the world cup and LVG can have a proper look at his team. someone like shaw would be perfect, you dont need to be with the squad to realize evras gone at the game

[Liam]

Shaw is all done and will probably be announced after the world cup like most will.

Us Utd fans need to be patient this summer. I'm trying to take everything I read on twitter with a pinch of salt because I don't think there's one person we haven't been linked to.

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You can hardly blame fan having itchy feet after the farce that was Woodward last summer

[compelling and rich]

agreed gsc, im nervous after last season

[Liam]

oh yeh i'm not blaming anyone, i'm feeling similar as this is a HUGE window for utd. Get it wrong, could take years to get back to where we want to be. Simple as that. All i'm saying is, the window isn't open yet and players who we're linked with are busy preparing for the biggest tournament of their lives so won't be particularly interested in sorting out their club futures, and neither will their international coaches. Patience otherwise we'll go insane haha.

[Kurt N. Jurqa]

The player that seems to be flavour of the past two days regarding a move to Utd is Schweinsteiger for as little as £10m?

[Guest]

Ageing, like Robben......is this really the future of United & the way of bringing back the excitement to OT? I think not. Lazy journalism in my opinion, just making the easy connection of linking LVG with Bayern players.

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Seems like the lazy Pochettino-Lallana link is around. Can Spurs really blow 25m on a player they don't need.

[Guest]

Because the window isnt open, they just need filler & that breeds lazy journalism. Eriksen is a better option to build your team around than bringing in an older Lallana, who would prefer Liverpool anyway.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Billy Jones signing for Sunderland.

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woo

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