Summer Transfer Window 2017 Thread

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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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

[Ent]

Morata to Chelsea done

Not sure on this one either. No more than a good striker. At least Lukaku has age on his side.

The likes of Lewandowski, Aguero, Cavani would be worth £150m on these prices

They are both 24...

[Holymiky]

Morata to Chelsea done

Not sure on this one either. No more than a good striker. At least Lukaku has age on his side.

The likes of Lewandowski, Aguero, Cavani would be worth £150m on these prices

Morata and Lukaku are the same age mate if thats what you meant.

[LionsV2]

What I would consider top tier appearances.

Lukaku- 104 in 219
Morata- 58 in 188

As a pure goalscorer Lukaku is the far better option.

[Guest]

Man City agree deal £51m for Benjamin Mendy

Middlesbrough have signed goalkeeper Darren Randolph for £5m

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Arnautovic done for what is an initial £20m and then £4m if we qualify for Europe

[Hero]

West Ham quietly doing some nice business this summer.

[Dolphin Ziggler]

It's the quietly part i'm enjoying the most

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Danilo joins City as they move from Zabaleta, Sagna, Clichy and Kolarov to Walker, Danilo and Mendy.

Also news that Liverpool have agreed a £75m fee for Naby Keita

[LionsV2]

Three full backs who could defend competently and replacing them with three who can't.

[compelling and rich]

75mil for a player ive never even seen play

i know leipzig did well last season but its his first season there. many a player have had a great year and never matched it. seems like bit of a gamble to me for that amount

other news, seems like de gea is staying, which is great for us. think united and real have got to the f*ck you stage. with the whole morata/de gea dealings

[compelling and rich]

Three full backs who could defend competently and replacing them with three who can't.

the pep way

but without messi, xavi and iniesta not giving the opponents the ball he could find it much tougher at city

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Walker, Danilo and Mendy >>>> Zabaleta, Clichy and Kolarov

Did nobody watch City's full backs last year? They were atrocious

[compelling and rich]

last year their full backs were old and lost there legs. undoubtedly they will be stronger this season purely through having more pace there. full backs get away with a lot with pace, only have to look at walker bellerin and Valencia as prime examples. none of whom can defend very well

[Afro]

Morata to Chelsea done

Not sure on this one either. No more than a good striker. At least Lukaku has age on his side.

The likes of Lewandowski, Aguero, Cavani would be worth £150m on these prices

Morata and Lukaku are the same age mate if thats what you meant.

Was thinking at least he and Lukaku had age on their side.
Not sure why I typed just Lukaku :Picard:

[Afro]

75mil for a player ive never even seen play

i know leipzig did well last season but its his first season there. many a player have had a great year and never matched it. seems like bit of a gamble to me for that amount

other news, seems like de gea is staying, which is great for us. think united and real have got to the f*ck you stage. with the whole morata/de gea dealings

It is a lot of money, but also worth noting that he had a great season the year before too, albeit in Switzerland.

Similar to Kante really.

[GSC]

Three full backs who could defend competently and replacing them with three who can't.

Not sure you actually watched any of them play last year

[Dolphin Ziggler]

I think they're buying him in the hope that he'll be transformative like Kante, but it's an awful lot of money. Alas, if they spend 130m on a good centre back and central midfielder then they'll have cured a lot of last year's problems. Still think Can would be better to keep than Henderson

[Hero]

Has FFP just gone out of the window now?

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Did it ever do anything?

[GSC]

Yes

[Dolphin Ziggler]

It limited the chasing pack and taught Premier League clubs how to wheel and deal, or trick around, to make it less important

[Guest]

Be amazed if Pep ain't spending £300m by the end of August, to reinforce that central midfield, which is still a mess.

[GSC]

Nothing sums up modern football like Real and United playing a pre-season friendly in America and being led out by Ronald McDonald

[Guest]

Nothing sums up modern football like Real and United playing a pre-season friendly in America and being led out by Ronald McDonald

I just thought Fellaini had dyed his hair red

[compelling and rich]

ronald mcdonald would have been a better choice for a penalty taker

[BamBam]

Has FFP just gone out of the window now?

Went out the window when Etihad Airways, Etihad Satellites, Etihad Portacabins, Etihad Crisps and Etihad Tampons all discovered they had a long standing desire to be commercial partners at Man City

[BamBam]

ronald mcdonald would have been a better choice for a penalty taker

Probably would have done a better job finishing the chance Fellaini missed and of making the tackle that Lindelof gave the pen away for

[Ent]

ronald mcdonald would have been a better choice for a penalty taker

Probably would have done a better job finishing the chance Fellaini missed and of making the tackle that Lindelof gave the pen away for

Worryingly lindelhof has been shocking on tour.

[compelling and rich]

ronald mcdonald would have been a better choice for a penalty taker

Probably would have done a better job finishing the chance Fellaini missed and of making the tackle that Lindelof gave the pen away for

Worryingly lindelhof has been shocking on tour.

wouldnt worry too soon, hes new and needs time to settle. vidic started his career off very poorly as did evra. they were both fantastic players for us

[Ent]

ronald mcdonald would have been a better choice for a penalty taker

Probably would have done a better job finishing the chance Fellaini missed and of making the tackle that Lindelof gave the pen away for

Worryingly lindelhof has been shocking on tour.

wouldnt worry too soon, hes new and needs time to settle. vidic started his career off very poorly as did evra. they were both fantastic players for us

Bit revisionist that.

Evra was stuck in a Manchester derby speaking no English beside silvestre mid season and had a poor debut.

Vidic came from Spartak during their off season and had a handful of games from January.

Lindelhof has been making mistakes in every pre season game.

[Hero]

Ent, is there ever a player Utd buy that you like?

[Ent]

Ent, is there ever a player Utd buy that you like?

Of course.

Have you watched any of the preseason games and if so what do you think Lindelhof against this calibre of opposition?

[compelling and rich]

so evra and vidic are excused for settling in reasons but lindelhof gets written off from a couple of pre season games

[Ent]

so evra and vidic are excused for settling in reasons but lindelhof gets written off from a couple of pre season games

Who's writing him off? However has been worryingly poor so far in all elements of the game.

If you can't see the difference between pre season against this calibre of opposition and going into the middle of a premier league season it's time to stop watching football.

[Hero]

Ent, is there ever a player Utd buy that you like?

Of course.

Have you watched any of the preseason games and if so what do you think Lindelhof against this calibre of opposition?

I'd hold fire my judgement until the season is underway, has he looked great? No. But I also appreciate settling into the CB role at a new club is one of the hardest to get right. He's also had to play with all three other CBs so not got to settle with one.

[Guest]

Lindelhof has shown glimpses of what he can bring, but otherwise has been rash and average at best.

I would hope these games can weed issues like this out ahead of the season, but he's putting himself under a lot of pressure already. Obviously I'm not going to write him off already though

Bailly and Jones look like my two to start against West Ham though based on what I've seen so far on tour

Martial's assist last night should hopefully put a stop to any more rumours linking him with a move away from the club

[GSC]

Trying to pay 50m for Perisic should then start them again

[Guest]

If Jose has said he'd settle for just one more player then Perisic shouldn't even been pursued.

Need a centre midfielder. I literally can't bare the thought of Fellaini starting games for us

[Afro]

Jaap Stam was poor at the start of his United career as was De Gea and both were superb.

I'm not sure Lindelof is good enough for United, but he does deserve a settling in period.

[BamBam]

Mendy confirmed

£300m+ on goalkeepers and defenders since 2014, glad FFP worked so well

[Fernando]

West Ham paying Chicharito 140k a week

Will be based heavily on bonuses and signing on fee

[BamBam]

FFP is a bunch of sh*t just get your mother/father/brother/sister/brother in law/sister in law/cousin/grandma/grandad/uncle/aunt to announce a sponsorship deal that gets around it and nothing can be done nowadays.

West Ham paying Chicharito 140k a week

Edited for accuracy

[Ent]

Jaap Stam was poor at the start of his United career as was De Gea and both were superb.

I'm not sure Lindelof is good enough for United, but he does deserve a settling in period.

Stam got the run around from anelka in the charity shield but was actually quite good from the get go for United.

De gea was a 20 year old goalkeeper.

Plenty of time for lindelhof and pre season is all about fitness but having watched the games I'm worried he's a donkey.

[GSC]

I don't really care about FFP anyway, designed to protect the elite earners from clubs like Citeh and PSG.

[Guest]

Juve signed that bernardeschi chap for 40m euro

[wheelchair1991]

Mason Mount has signed a new 5 year deal at Chelsea and will spent next season at Vitesse.

[Afro]

Juve signed that bernardeschi chap for 40m euro

Bizarre inconsistency in some of the prices this summer. Keita being quoted at £80m, Sigurdsson at £50m. Lukaku for £75m and Morata at £65m.

And then Chicharito moves for only £16m and Bernardeschi for £35m

[Hero]

The Chicharito fee is about right I'd say, had a great initial season away from Utd but certainly wasn't as great last season with 13 goals in 36 games and those very much coming in fits and starts (at one point he went 15 games without a goal). That's not though to say I don't think it's great business by West Ham, seems to be an impact striker when he arrives at a club.

[Afro]

I think West Ham have done great business there. He was still nearly 1 in 2 in the league last year and considering how many of his appearances for United and Real were off the bench, his goals record there stands up too. It would be interesting to see his minutes per goal record over his career.

If he stays fit, I'd predict he'll score a minimum of 15 goals for them. £16m for that in todays markets is great value.

[Hero]

Looks like it's been agreed on Mbappe to Real Madrid for 180 million euros.

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