Summer Transfer Window 2017 Thread

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon May 15, 2017 6:08 pm

First topic message reminder :

Time to kickstart this baby...rumours that Kolasinac has signed a deal to go to Arsenal and that Inter are prepared to make Pochettino the highest paid manager in the world to take their job

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri Jul 14, 2017 12:32 pm

Palace look like they've stolen Martins Indi

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Fri Jul 14, 2017 2:58 pm

Story on Martins Indi is apparently Stoke had a clause at the end of the loan for a fee, let it ride cos they were playing hardball, then agreed a fee £5m higher before now being usurped by Palace!

by Guest Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:38 pm

Kyle Walker confirmed at City for £45m + £5m add ons

by Guest Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:40 pm

Levy must be laughing his ass off.

Game's gone mad.

by **Crimey** Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:55 pm

Lucas Leiva is on the verge of a move to Lazio for £5 million. :'(

by Guest Fri Jul 14, 2017 3:57 pm

About 6 years too late, Crimey!

by GSC Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:38 pm

Liverpool signing Andrew Robertson to fill their annual average british player signing quota

by GSC Fri Jul 14, 2017 9:59 pm

Bonucci to Milan is the weirdest move this summer

by compelling and rich Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:06 am

GSC wrote:Bonucci to Milan is the weirdest move this summer

yeah dont get it, going from clear and away best team in the league to a team that finished 6th. must be a money thing with milans new owners throwing cash around. but even still im not sure why juve have sold him

by Guest Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:52 am

Heard he fell out with Allegri & Barzagli last year. Also, Bonucci & his wife want to remain in Italy, as they have a son with some ongoing health issues & don't want to move him abroad.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:29 pm

Huddlestone returning to Derby

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:30 pm

Bakayoko official

by **Hero** Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:51 pm

City buy another young Brazilian in Douglas Luiz for 10.5m and immediately send him out on loan.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:23 pm

Birmingham City boss Harry Redknapp has confirmed his interest in Ashley Cole, Robbie Keane and Stewart Downing.

by GSC Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:46 pm

I can't tell if that's parody

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:50 pm

Reported by a journo on twitter and so line blurring that I genuinely don't know. If you'd told me Keane and Cole had retired i'd also believe you

by **Hero** Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:55 am

AC Milan are just storming it this summer transfer wise, appear to be getting Renato Sanches on loan with the option to buy at the end, and they also appear to be back in for Morata!

by **Afro** Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:14 pm

What a difference Chinese owners make.

People questioning Bonucci's "step down", but come the end of the season I don't think it will look like a step down. Milan should push Juve close this year.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:43 pm

I backed them at 25/1 for the Europa and I'm pretty happy I gambled that their business would keep improving!

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:50 pm

Eh. Expecting them to click immediately is ambitious and you suspect the owners may be very ambitious which usually spells trouble for the existing staff

by **Afro** Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:55 pm

That should have said closer, rather than close tbh.

They might not win anything straight away, but the quality they are buying will make an immediate difference.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 12:57 pm

I don't expect the league, but a competition where they don't need to be any good till late on gives them a good shout

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:15 pm

Eh, if you aren't clicking, you can be handled by a composed outfit.

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:33 pm

Sounds like Britts off today

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 1:49 pm

GSC wrote:Eh, if you aren't clicking, you can be handled by a composed outfit.

At 25/1, I'll take the risk that they get beat by Z-grade teams in the group stages

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:20 pm

Newcastle paying 12.5m for Murphy from Norwich

by Guest Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:37 pm

Pretty pleased with that acquisition for a promising English U-21 player. £12m is worth the risk.

by compelling and rich Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:43 pm

12 mil in todays market is like 2.5 in old market value

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon Jul 17, 2017 5:50 pm

Just John wrote:Pretty pleased with that acquisition for a promising English U-21 player. £12m is worth the risk.

I'd imagine we'll have some hefty sell on clauses included in there like we did with the Redmond deal.

Will he be thrown straight into the starting XI John? I fear if he is going to be your "big" signing of the summer, because personally as stated earlier in the thread I don't think he is quite PL ready yet - but no doubt he has the potential to be a very good player down the line if nurtured properly.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:01 pm

Think we may start the season with Hernandez, Arnautovic and Hart. That's nice

by compelling and rich Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:08 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Think we may start the season with Hernandez, Arnautovic and Hart. That's nice

what formation have you been playing dolph? never convinced that hernandez can lead the line on his own. his hold up play is poor and will need decent service. give him the service and he'll get you goals but feel he needs to have a partner up with him.

arnautovic is a bit too hot and cold for me, stoke have been full of them recently with him, bojan shaqiri all guilty of it. as long as you are not overly reliant on him he'll do well in his "hot" games for you. not sure of his price tag though

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:11 pm

4-2-3-1 id imagine, but he'll have Antonio close by and/or Arnautovic. We need someone getting in behind, Antonio will do a lot of the physical threat.

Carroll is fine sometimes, but we end up with no one capable of pressuring a defender on the ball or countering. Having no counter Frak us last year

by **Afro** Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:12 pm

I'm hearing that Spuds are in for Chicharito

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:51 pm

Word was that Gray was all but done then we delayed for Hernandez, so could revisit that

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:40 pm

Britt was Burnleys first choice to replace Gray so that price tag may have risen

by Holymiky Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:40 pm

Assombalonga signs for Middlesborough.

by NickisBHAFC Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:52 pm

Middlesbrough seem to have more money to spend than half the premier league.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:55 pm

Best owner in the world has again remembered too late that squad improvement needs investment

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:05 pm

Best to luck to Britt but disappointed he isn't trying his luck in the PL.

And yeah, parachute payments and FFP do not work. Can understand a club like Villa needing them after budgeting for the PL for so long but 1 year PL failures not as desperate

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:21 pm

I do think there's a benefit in rewarding them long term for the achievement. I'd say clubs like Norwich have been able to run themselves very smartly thanks to using the money cautiously.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:25 pm

We spoke to Keita Balde but he's been smart enough to choose Inter Milan

by GSC Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:54 pm

Rewarding clubs for failing to cut it at the top level in additional to the money gained from competing the PL.

You'll have to run that one by me again.

by hornbloweroafc Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:04 am

Oldham have signed young striker Courtney Duffus from Everton.

Any Everton fans on here know much about him? Seemed to score a few in the youth team.

by compelling and rich Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:06 am

hornbloweroafc wrote:Oldham have signed young striker Courtney Duffus from Everton.

Any Everton fans on here know much about him? Seemed to score a few in the youth team.

good to see oldham having a squad of more than 7 at this stage of the season.

as for duffus, haven't a clue about him

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:52 am

GSC wrote:Rewarding clubs for failing to cut it at the top level in additional to the money gained from competing the PL.

You'll have to run that one by me again.

You're only thinking of clubs who are failing in the league below. It's more about bridging the gap above

by **Afro** Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:05 am

hornbloweroafc wrote:Oldham have signed young striker Courtney Duffus from Everton.

Any Everton fans on here know much about him? Seemed to score a few in the youth team.

Not a great deal sorry. I remember us signing him from Cheltenham and there being a bit of a fuss about poaching.

He was part of our U23 squad last year that won PL2, but more as a squad player than a regular. Only scored a few goals.

I think there was some interest in him from Brighton in January and we are supposed to have turned a bid down.

by Guest Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:09 am

Depending on who you want to believe Perisic to United is as good as done and expected to be finalised shortly

or

No deal is in sight, clubs way off on fee and Perisic travelling to China with Inter squad

by hornbloweroafc Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:53 am

Afro wrote:
hornbloweroafc wrote:Oldham have signed young striker Courtney Duffus from Everton.

Any Everton fans on here know much about him? Seemed to score a few in the youth team.

Not a great deal sorry. I remember us signing him from Cheltenham and there being a bit of a fuss about poaching.

He was part of our U23 squad last year that won PL2, but more as a squad player than a regular. Only scored a few goals.

I think there was some interest in him from Brighton in January and we are supposed to have turned a bid down.

Yeah, I heard about Brighton interest as well. Sounds like we may have a prospect, Sheridan seems to like him mentioning about his attitude, power and pace (hence signing him).

by **Hero** Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:02 pm

gazzyD wrote:Depending on who you want to believe Perisic to United is as good as done and expected to be finalised shortly

or

No deal is in sight, clubs way off on fee and Perisic travelling to China with Inter squad

I've been fairly vocal on my wish for this transfer to not go ahead, but having read up on him and from the thoughts of guys who follow Serie A more than me I'm warming to him.

by hornbloweroafc Tue Jul 18, 2017 12:07 pm

compelling and rich wrote:
hornbloweroafc wrote:Oldham have signed young striker Courtney Duffus from Everton.

Any Everton fans on here know much about him? Seemed to score a few in the youth team.

good to see oldham having a squad of more than 7 at this stage of the season.

as for duffus, haven't a clue about him

It actually feels quite good having a decent squad and staff for pre-season, gives us fans a bit of optimism for once. Just need a Keeper and a playmaker and think we will be fine, even top half finish Yahoo

Rumour is Connor Ripley is coming back on loan again from Boro. If true, then we will be top half finish. My feeling he is too good for league 1 after last seasons heroics (most clean sheets in league 1 last year) for us. Really surprised a championship side hasn't come in for him.

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