Transfer Speculation / Gossip

[richardhubbard]

Midfield cleverley Sanchez and Delphi would be pretty good

[Nastylee]

How's tonev been doing /

Not played yet I don't think.

If his sense of direction is as accurate as his shooting he is probably in Copenhagen instead of Glasgow

If that's the case, I wouldn't rule him out opening his account for us.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

Delph will sign a new deal.

Gotta be offered one first.

[tomd2103]

Even if we don't get Cleverley, at least we are in the market for a midfielder which is an encouraging sign. 

[ozzjim]

Good old midlandsagent on twitter claiming we are trying to loan a bloake I have never heard of from the French second division.

[edgysatsuma89]

My thinking:

Have we signed Cleverly?
No: Good. Least it shows we're still up for spending. Let's get a forward in.
Yes: Ah. Well. Could work. How much?

8 million?!
No: Good job, he's not worth 8 mil.
Yes: Shit. Really? Well i guess that might be the market, some ridiculous prices out there. Be alright if we get a pacey forward in.

Sept 2nd. Forward in?
No: Fuck off so we used our budget up on Cleverly? (Level of anger dependant on price, whether or not that was our budget is irrelevant as I'll be narked). We clearly are not scoring shit at the moment.
Yes: Oh our squad doesn't look too bad. 12th here we come.


Basically come back to me.

[WarszaVillan]

At last some ambition. A shit English player for silly money

[manic-road]

At last some ambition. A shit English player for silly money

Silly money? Not in todays market, it's about 6 or seven years ago we paid more than that for an unknown player from Watford.

[Duncan Shaw]

And how do we know it is actually £8m?  All our deals have been over-inflated when reorted in the press, Lambert said this last year a few times.

[Mister E]

At last some ambition. A shit English player for silly money

Silly money? Not in todays market, it's about 6 or seven years ago we paid more than that for an unknown player from Watford.

the problem with your comparison is that TC is known; and not in positive terms.
Critics seem to forget that RedNose and other respected managers have pretty consistently selected him to do the boring stuff of midfield.
TC's public image is awful: he ain't as bad as that but he probably is not of international quality either. What did Hull pay for Snodgrass and Livermore? - 6-7m? TC at £7-8m is where the market is, it seems.

[manic-road]

At last some ambition. A shit English player for silly money

Silly money? Not in todays market, it's about 6 or seven years ago we paid more than that for an unknown player from Watford.

the problem with your comparison is that TC is known; and not in positive terms.
Critics seem to forget that RedNose and other respected managers have pretty consistently selected him to do the boring stuff of midfield.
TC's public image is awful: he ain't as bad as that but he probably is not of international quality either. What did Hull pay for Snodgrass and Livermore? - 6-7m? TC at £7-8m is where the market is, it seems.

You say he is not known in positive terms, is that by people who post on internet forums because he must have impressed SAF and England managers in the last few years.

[mr underhill]

but that implies SAF and others have never bought/selected duds. SAF's  tenure is littered with them

[manic-road]

but that implies SAF and others have never bought/selected duds. SAF's  tenure is littered with them

Well it wasn't meant to imply that.

[UK Redsox]

Puncheon and Bolasie would be nice. Both are excellent.

Sky saying that Bolasie has signed a new three year deal at Palace

[ozzjim]

Boooo good player.


I still want Sinclair. Think he would do well in our side.


No chance of Cleverley now with the other interested sides. Signs for us I will donate a tenner to here. Just can't see us winning a direct battle for a player.