Summer Transfer Window Thread 15/16

[Dolphin Ziggler]

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Haha I dont worry, if hes any good he'll be gone in a season and if hes not he'll throw a strop when you're 16th and Steve has lost the plot.

[Azzy]

Doumbia-Rondon-Lambert would mean Berahino was free to leave. If we could get £20m for him it would pay the wages of that front three for a few weeks at least.

Plus, Berahino is a fool who doesn't take his career seriously. I'd happily sell him but only for the right price.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Joey f***ing Barton

[Azzy]

Joke signing. What happened to Alex Song? Christ.

[Duty281]

Joey f***ing Barton

No topping the fair play league this year!

[westisbest]

That Shaqiri impressed me at the world cup, looked a good player.

[Guest]

He's a good player, but he's chased the money at bigger clubs & stagnated, he didn't even want to join Stoke a month ago, because he sees himself as a bigger fish, so interesting to see how long he lasts at Stoke. It's not even the position I'd be strengthening, seeing as Bojan will be returning & they've signed Afellay. They haven't replaced N'Zonzi & as yesterday showed, they had no power in the middle or a player that could burst through from a deeper midfield role. Adam/Whelan & Van Ginkel won't scare many teams.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Agree John - a midfield two of Adam/Whelan ain't gonna take you far

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Forest accept a bid of 4m from Burnley for Henri Lansbury

[Azzy]

Pulis plays a CM and a CB at LB/RB and we get pasted out wide.

Pulis plays two 6st CMs against Toure and Fernandinho. We get pasted through the middle.

Pulis plays a fat has been up front, we get pasted up top.

Going to be a VERY long season at The Hawthorns.

[NickisBHAFC]

Forest accept a bid of 4m from Burnley for Henri Lansbury

What a waste of money.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Forest accept a bid of 4m from Burnley for Henri Lansbury

What a waste of money.

Theyre on twitter now saying theyve rejected it.

[Crimey]

Joey Barton on a free as cover isn't too bad to be fair. He's not fantastic, but he's certainly serviceable and good enough for this level. He's not going to be starting every week, doubt his wages will be through the roof and so long as he doesn't get himself into anything stupid he'll be fine.

Despite there being quite a lot spent in the window, it does feel like a really quiet one. Only Liverpool and Manchester United seem to have pushed the boat out. Arsenal have made one signing, Chelsea have made two quite boring and back up signings. Manchester City made the big Sterling move but have otherwise been quiet. It'll be interesting to see if after the first few games clubs panic. I can certainly see Arsenal making a few more signings if the next game goes poorly.

[Fernando]

Adama Traore set to join Aston Villa from Barcelona. Was previously linked to Liverpool

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We've been linked with Destro and Norwich fans believe it - lol never in a million years

[westisbest]

Adama Traore set to join Aston Villa from Barcelona. Was previously linked to Liverpool

He any good?
Winger i believe.

[Guest]

Adama Traore set to join Aston Villa from Barcelona. Was previously linked to Liverpool

He any good?
Winger i believe.

Westi, here is a quick summary I've seen on him. Looks like a slightly better Obertan, to me.

Style

Traore is a winger & a master of the one-on-one situation. Blessed with explosive acceleration, good touch, excellent balance and an incredibly tight turning circle, he is a regular tormentor of full-backs. But he still needs to learn how to use these attributes to best effect in a collective context. He doesn't link particularly effectively with his teammates, his end product is inconsistent, and well-organised defences are able to usher him into blind alleys.

Major Strengths

- powerful acceleration and high top speed
- wonderful agility and balance
- two-footed

Major Weaknesses

- little awareness of teammates' positioning
- inconsistent end product
- needs to add variety to his game
- Traore scored just three times in 37 appearances (29 starts) for the B team last season, so is a poor finisher

[westisbest]

Cheers john.

maybe i should start watching foreign football, as those are the players we seem to be signing.

More pace wont be a bad thing.

[Fernando]

Dwight Gayle heading to Bristol City for 6-10m (depending on clauses)

[Alistair]

Apparently Newcastle and Everton are looking to hijack Xherdan Shaqiri's move to Stoke.

[Crimey]

Guessing Liverpool couldn't guarantee Traore enough first team football to make it worth Barcelona's or Traore's while. Not sure where he would have fit in with Coutinho, Ibe, Firminio, Lallana, Markovic, Origi, Ings, Sturridge etc. 

It's worth noting that Barcelona believed Traore to be one of the best products of La Masia since Messi. Obviously Bojan was probably the last one of that ilk, but I imagine if he is leaving Barcelona they'll have a buy back clause in place in case he lives up to his potential. At the moment he seems a very typical winger, the sort that for some reason is chalked up as an English problem rather than it being a worldwide issue that pace and physicality is too powerful in youth set ups.

[Guest]

Apparently Newcastle and Everton are looking to hijack Xherdan Shaqiri's move to Stoke.

No, it's confirmed he has joined Stoke

@Crimey - Like everything, La Masia has stopped producing the required talent, to break into the first team, like it previously has done. Deulofeu was labelled the next best thing & wasn't good enough & now it's maybe Traore or Alen Halilovic. The fact Barcelona B were relegated last season, probably goes to show the end of the cycle of success at La Masia & the reason Barca have recently signed players like Aleix Vidal & Arda Turan.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Dwight Gayle heading to Bristol City for 6-10m (depending on clauses)

Hoping we can get in on this - way too good for the championship imo, would improve our side no end

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Hearing we're in talks to take Remy on loan from Chelsea - obviously wages is the issue.

[NickisBHAFC]

Gayle would be wasted at Bristol City.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

We're not signing Barton. Weird 24 hours

[GSC]

The coke wore off

[Guest]

Valbuena has completed his €5 million move to Lyon. Given the Euro's next summer, it's hardly surprising he's bailed out of Russia.

[wheelchair1991]

I hope lyon can push PSG this year signings like that will help them

[Fernando]

For 5 million euros it's an absolute steal, Surprised no one else went in for him.

[Alistair]

Hearing we're in talks to take Remy on loan from Chelsea - obviously wages is the issue.

No offence, there's no way on earth that's happening.

[TRUSSMAN66]

City need a left back......

Not going to win the title with Kolo or the useless Clichy..

[GSC]

Dont think Liverpool are likely to win the title with or without Toure Truss

[Fernando]

Oriol Romeu having Southampton medical

[Fernando]

Uefa have made a mistake and it's made the United fans paranoid on twitter

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

What's the mistake?

[Fernando]

28= Nicolas Otamendi (Valencia now Man City)

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Why has that made utd fans paranoid??

[Fernando]

He's been linked very heavily to United.

My fav tweet so far

Basti ‏@Darmians_cross 1 hr1 hour ago
If Otamendi goes to City I will first deactivate then kill Woodward then kill myself

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Jeez get a grip ffs

[lfc91]

Talk that Sahko could be on his way out of anfield, due in part to the fact he is behind Lovren in the pecking order. Now, Sahko wasn't exactly candidate for CB of the season last year, but he was far FAR better than Lovren. Truth is we need both.(Although I'd rather have Sahko starting). Hope Rodgers inability to admit a mistake (in this case signing Lovren) doesn't cause more issues for Liverpool..

[Liam]

I'd be very annoyed if Otamendi leaves for City but personally think we've got it wrapped up. Not too bothered about Ramos as it was unlikely and in my view, means real have made it more difficult for themselves to sign De Gea this summer. They either pay what we want or have to wait another year, which means we get our best player for an important campaign. Similar to what happened with Ronaldo when he gave Fergie one more year before knowing he would be allowed to leave.

Back to Otamendi, think he's exactly what we need and will be a Vidic type signing. If Van Gaal wants this left foot right foot combination then him and Rojo could potentially be brilliant. Both very aggressive and as fellow countrymen could form a great understanding. Sign Pedro and it's a brilliant transfer window for us.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Romeu to Southampton done. Cracking signing if you ask me, he had a really good start then got frozen out.

[compelling and rich]

think Liverpool are harsh on lovren, basically wrote him off after one bad season, his first at that, imagine if we had done that with vidic! actually think he's a better player than sahko whos just a big lump, and has at least proven he can perform in the prem unlike sahko.

takes times settling into a new club whether played in the prem or not. and lets face it moving from Southampton to Liverpool is like moving to a different country anyway, certainly speak a different language

[compelling and rich]

Romeu to Southampton done. Cracking signing if you ask me, he had a really good start then got frozen out.

would imagine he'll slot into the role left by schneiderlin, not a eye catchy role but one where he can disrupt play and get the ball moving from the back (something i think he lacks over morgan)

[lfc91]

think Liverpool are harsh on lovren, basically wrote him off after one bad season, his first at that, imagine if we had done that with vidic!  actually think he's a better player than sahko whos just a big lump, and has at least proven he can perform in the prem unlike sahko.

takes times settling into a new club whether played in the prem or not. and lets face it moving from Southampton to Liverpool is like moving to a different country anyway, certainly speak a different language  

More frustrating that the one horrible (and he was truly horrible) season seems enough to convince Rodgers he should be part of our starting CB partnership! Would rather have Sahko any day of the week. Although I can see why opposition fans would like to see him as a starter...

[President Trump]

Looks like Soldado is off to Villareal, nice bloke shame it didn't work out for him at Spurs but he had to go

[Hammersmith harrier]

LVG quite openly admitting he's interested in Pedro, not sure why we're hanging around for the sake of a couple of million, whilst i'm not overawed with the signing would be better it's done sooner rather than later.

[westisbest]

Adama Traore set to join Aston Villa from Barcelona. Was previously linked to Liverpool

Good luck to the kid.

More pace is good. Hopefully will become a better player at Villa.

Then looks like back to Barcelona for him.

[Guest]

LVG quite openly admitting he's interested in Pedro, not sure why we're hanging around for the sake of a couple of million, whilst i'm not overawed with the signing would be better it's done sooner rather than later.

Rumours that City have met his buyout clause and have also submitted a bid for Otamendi as well

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Think Song might be done and dusted now, good news.

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