Summer Transfer Thread 16/17

by **Hero** Tue May 10, 2016 11:49 am

First topic message reminder :

Was going to wait a couple of weeks but it's already kicking off today...

Bayern Munich have nabbed what was regarded as one of Man Utd's main transfer targets and signed the 18 year old wonderkid Renato Sanches from Benfica for £28m.

by NickisBHAFC Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:28 pm

Would they go after Lukaku maybe? Been linked before i believe.

by Guest Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:42 pm

Stoke bid £20m for Berahino earlier & our £9m offer for Schlupp was rejected

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:18 pm

Both myself and Mat have both heard West Brom are waiting for us to buy a striker before selling you lot Sakho. £15m? Touch is poor but he'll be popular if his bad attitude doesn't pop up. Guys turned into a right swine with us after a good start, but is enjoyable to watch as he never stops working

by **Mat** Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:32 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Both myself and Mat have both heard West Brom are waiting for us to buy a striker before selling you lot Sakho. £15m? Touch is poor but he'll be popular if his bad attitude doesn't pop up. Guys turned into a right swine with us after a good start, but is enjoyable to watch as he never stops working

And in turn, we won't sell Saido until his replacement is sorted.

by Guest Tue Jul 19, 2016 3:33 pm

Sakho & Rondon would be a decent partnership, with Phillips providing the service on a plate.

Apparently, we haven't bid for Ciaran Clark, if we had, then Pulis' record of never being relegated, would be under serious threat.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Tue Jul 19, 2016 5:44 pm

Norwich sign Michael McGovern on a free

by westisbest Tue Jul 19, 2016 11:06 pm

Bit surprising if we keep Clarke.
Think he is a decent bloke, but I would have Elphick & Okore as the starting centre backs.

Then you have Toner who I would like to see more of and also Baker.

Clarke would be down pecking order for me.

by Ent Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:23 am

Looks like United have bid £85 million for pogba.

Going to go down as an all time legendary transfer failure this.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:01 pm

Newcastle have agreed a £5.5m deal for Grant Hanley. I imagine that fee will increase with add-ons. Good addition & competition for Mbemba & Lascelles.

by GSC Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:17 pm

Blackburn must've bit your hand off when you offered that.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:36 pm

Zzzzzzz

by GSC Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:38 pm

Hanley's a good player. But 5.5m is Ross McCormack excessive for this division for a player like him.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:42 pm

Blackburn thought they were going to start a bidding war with Norwich, Newcastle & Sheff Wed. They wanted near £8m, so obviously Norwich & Sheff Wed bailed out. £5.5m is pretty decent, given the market. He was a model of consistency last season, good defender, a leader & has the experience of the Championship. Given that Newcastle will likely make £50m out of Sissoko & Wijnaldum, money isn't really a worry for them.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:59 pm

Grant Hanley really isn't a good defender - didn't even know we were linked tbf, but thank god we missed out

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:22 pm

And speaking of Norwich - heard that Brighton are in for Russell Martin, who has been sent home from our Austrian training camp with a "back problem"

by Fernando Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:42 pm

Boro confirm Negredo loan

by **Crimey** Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:55 pm

If they can get him to recreate his early form for Manchester City, that's an excellent signing.

by Fernando Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:56 pm

Thought an Everton or Palace type club would of been in for him tbh.

In bad news for Boro - Subotic move is off.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:44 pm

Wijnaldum withdrawn from tonight's game & with Spurs ending their interest, hopefully it means Liverpool will be taking him for £25m in the next few days.

by GSC Wed Jul 20, 2016 6:41 pm

To be honest I kinda suspect Negredo will be another Soldado at Boro.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:15 pm

The only club to have bid for Higuain, has been Atletico Madrid & not Juventus. The Spanish side offered 60m euros.

by GSC Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:53 pm

Joe Allen to Stoke for 13m

Meh.

by Fernando Wed Jul 20, 2016 8:55 pm

LiamB wrote:The only club to have bid for Higuain, has been Atletico Madrid & not Juventus. The Spanish side offered 60m euros.

Where would Atletico get that kind of money considering heavily in debt?

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:18 pm

Peter Kenyon has turned that club around over the past two years or so. La Liga's first-ever collective domestic television deal (reportedly worth €2.65 billion) has just kicked in, which will lead to money being distributed more evenly among its 20 clubs. In Atletico's La Liga-winning season, the club earned €42m from television income, but according to some media estimates, this could increase to €116m under the new arrangements. Throw in two champions league final appearances & the club has been rewarded financially & by selling Jackson Martinez.

It's been confirmed they bid 60m euros for Higuain

by whocares Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:22 pm

Ent wrote:Looks like United have bid £85 million for pogba.

Going to go down as an all time legendary transfer failure this.

Looks like they agreed on 120 million euros (so slightly over £ 100 million). Other details to be negotiated in the coming days.

by GSC Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:32 pm

Speaking of having to embarrassingly overpay for a young player you let go a few years ago, Chelsea have offered around 50m for Lukaku apparently.

by Guest Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:36 pm

Di Marzio, so can't exactly be believed. Conte said Costa was going nowhere & they've just signed Michy B.

Mario Gomez confirms he wants to leave Turkey, due to the unrest & failed coup. West Ham or China?

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:40 pm

Don't think we're hugely interested.

Di Marzio is a reasonably decent source from memory.

by Fernando Wed Jul 20, 2016 10:59 pm

Joe Allen joining Stoke for £14m

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed Jul 20, 2016 11:42 pm

Jonathan Calleri has agreed to join West Ham United with the agreement hinging on his work permit application

Bacca fee agreed, hes giving a decision within 48 hours

by Ent Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:13 am

The Lukaku thing is fine, more or less even money when you consider new tv deal.

Pogba is a disaster, 4 years after leaving on a free being resigned for £100 million. He'll go to Madrid or barca on a free when his contract expires or reject us.

Last lot of transfer records figo, zidane, kaka, ronaldo, bale - pogba isn't half the player any of them where. Ridiculous from United, should leave him at juve and spend the money else where.

by whocares Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:33 am

If you remove the exchange rate effect Pogba is basically worth 2 Martial(s) which makes this transfer a bit less shocking Wink

(that's assuming Martial will have scored 25 goals by 2019).
The inflation on fees went up a gear last year so can't really compare with transfers that were happening before.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:38 am

Pogba's agent is on to get, what, £18-20m from this? Higher than some premier league clubs' transfer records

by Guest Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:40 am

As expected, Wijnaldum going to Liverpool for £25m. Good deal for us, made £11m profit on him.

by **Hero** Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:55 am

The Pogba fee in perspective to turnover of the club is less than what City paid for Jo.

by GSC Thu Jul 21, 2016 10:59 am

I think we're all in doubts about the current reality of PL finances Hero, there's no need to go to Rio 2016 levels of Mental Gymnastics to justify it Wink

by **Crimey** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:09 am

Manchester City hadn't let Jo go for a free 4 years previously.

I wonder what SAF thinks of all this.

by **Hero** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:11 am

Who cares what SAF thinks? He played Rafael.

by **Crimey** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:21 am

I'm not taking his side, I'm saying he's got egg on his face. His stubbornness meant they let Pogba go because they didn't want to pay him that much, now United are buying him back for over £100 million pounds and likely he'll be their best paid player ever.

by **Hero** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:24 am

Oh he's certainly got egg on his face, his stubbornness regarding improving the Utd midfield after Keane left was mind blowing at times.

by BamBam Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:26 am

Question is which is more important to Man Utd, owners, and fans

100m or 13 titles, 2 CLs and 5 FA cups

I think they'll forgive him Wink

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:27 am

I think he'll probably shrug and think of all the winning.

Everton and Juve will meet Newcastle's Sissoko valuation. Newcastle making £60m this summer in the championship on two average players. Has there even been an easier job in football than Rafa's task at Newcastle this year?

by GSC Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:41 am

The Championship can still be quite a banana skin to those who haven't experienced it.

by Guest Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:45 am

DZ, I think you really are over-exaggerating how easy it will be for Newcastle this season. Not convinced we will walk the league at all, especially after some of the stuff I saw last night.

As for Wijnaldum, he isn't average at all, surprised at that statement. He showed his class & ability to score goals last season in a poor side. Got no doubt, that playing in a top side, he will only get better & better. If Juve come calling with Pogba's money, Ashley will rinse them of the full £35m

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Thu Jul 21, 2016 11:54 am

He's average by the standards they are shopping in, I mean. Hes fine, but overpriced and I wouldn't be looking at their team and putting him in it.

Barnsley have haggled with Rochdale over a player for less than a million. Newcastle spent over £20m on two players without blinking, and if these deals go through will have recouped £70m in transfers on three players.

They have by far the best squad, and money from parachute payments and transfers to add to it. They shouldn't even stumble. I remember how tricky that league can be, but our squad was as poor as I've ever seen it and we made one notable transfer move. Newcastle should win at a canter. Blooming Brighton nearly won the thing last year!

Wouldn't worry about pre-season, last good one we had was under Avram Grant...

by Guest Thu Jul 21, 2016 12:01 pm

Alex Song joins Rubin Kazan

by Ent Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:43 pm

Crimey wrote:I'm not taking his side, I'm saying he's got egg on his face. His stubbornness meant they let Pogba go because they didn't want to pay him that much, now United are buying him back for over £100 million pounds and likely he'll be their best paid player ever.

Not really what happened, we signed him from Le Havre at 16 on a 3 year deal which was too short.

When he was ready for first team football he was in the last year of his contract and wouldn't sign, when he said he would sign he was selected, his agent then said he wanted 60k a week and he wasn't signing. He then wasn't selected and became unhappier about not playing and left.

Sadly the club hasn't learned from it as both januzaj and rashford have been approaching the end of their contracts when breaking through and ended up getting big money deals rushed through. I think januzai is on 55k a week at the moment.

by Guest Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:59 pm

Fergie will only have egg on his face, if Pogba actually turns out not to be a complete flop for United. People jumping the gun abit.

by Jermaine2015 Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:04 pm

Mario Gotze has rejoined BVB Dortmund on a four year deal. £18m fee plus further adds on. Very disappointed that his FC Bayern career failed to ignite. Wish him the best for the future.

by Guest Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:33 pm

Grant Hanley has signed for Newcastle. Just to add to the Wijnaldum deal, PSV added a sell on clause & it appears will receive around £5m from the deal.

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