Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Hookeysmith]

Man U just paid £50m for Wan Bissaka (SP)....£50m!!!!

I genuinely think the media  / sky have bumped this deal up and put loads of pressure on United to make a big signing - if so then good I hope it back fires in  spectacular fashion

£50 mil for a kid I doubt anyone has ever heard of is ridiculous. I am as impatient as the next person in wanting signings done but would rather be relegated again than fall into that stupid circus.

They glamourize how much transfers are and how much is being spent year on year on the TV shows then look puzzled when smaller teams are forced to copy the model and end up in trouble.

It is the single biggest reason for me to really not like the premiership

[kippaxvilla2]

Sarkic our 3rd choice keeper has gone on loan to Livingston for the season. 

[garyshawsknee]

This lad looks like he's got a big future in the game, but 50 million after one good season is madness. Didn't City pay that for Walker not so long ago ? I guess there is a premium on young English players.

[ozzjim]

I thought he looked a brilliant talent for Palace last season, and thought he would go for £30 ish million this summer. £50 million just shows the market has jumped again from where it was 12-18 months ago. 20% has gone onto every fee.

[Villatillidie25]

the market also jumps as soon as United get involved as well. £50m is bonkers but he's hardly unheard of and had a brilliant season last year. He's a Palace graduate though and so they hold all the cards - if United are willing to pay, then more fool them

[Risso]

I thought he looked a brilliant talent for Palace last season, and thought he would go for £30 ish million this summer. £50 million just shows the market has jumped again from where it was 12-18 months ago. 20% has gone onto every fee.

You might want to recheck your working on that one!  That's 66.6% uplift.

[mallo]

Then PSG wanting their €200M back on Neymar to go back to Barcelona is a bargain!

[rob_bridge]

This lad looks like he's got a big future in the game, but 50 million after one good season is madness. Didn't City pay that for Walker not so long ago ? I guess there is a premium on young English players.

Similar and that was after 5 really good seasons

[mr underhill]

Wesley must be bored out of his mind over at the Belfry. Is this going to get done?

[cdbearsfan]

Wesley must be bored out of his mind over at the Belfry. Is this going to get done?

Bored? He's down to a three handicap!

[DBTW]

£13m bid rejected for Adam Webster from Bristol City according to Sky Sports

[Brend'Watkins]

£13m bid rejected for Adam Webster from Bristol City according to Sky Sports

Wiki' tells me he plays for Aston Villa.

[eamonn]

I read that as Andreas Weimann initially. Yikes!

[hilts_coolerking]

£13m bid rejected for Adam Webster from Bristol City according to Sky Sports

They want £30M for him.  He's played about 100 second tier games.  No thanks.

[Ger Regan]

I know nothing about the player, but if we are really interested in him, I'd imagine the final agreed figure would be somewhere in the middle.