The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[mr underhill]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

[rob_bridge]

From the Beeb

Werder Bremen are being linked with a January move for 24-year-old Sunderland striker Jozy Altidore despite the striker failing to score in the Premier League for more than a year. (Sunderland Echo) 
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Villa Kicks will be gutted.

Maybe you didn't hear, but VK is now manager at Werder

On Championship Manager or in real life?

[mr underhill]

the former certainly. Must say I miss VK's  declamatory posts

[edgysatsuma89]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

How does that happen? Really? 7m? If they do pay that, do they fancy another useless forward? Hard to know which forward of ours I'm referring to isn't it?

[placeforparks]

joel campbell and bryan ruiz would be nice.

[Mister E]

At this stage I'd take any lad who can run really quickly in a straight line

Nathan Redmond, perhaps?
Probably not - Naarrich wouldn't sell to us!

[dekko]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

The best thing about Jozy Altidore is that the internet is full of his army of oddball American fans who are convinced that he's world class despite all evidence to the contrary.  Some proper flat-earth-theory level delusion on the go.

[DrGonzo]

How about Michu?  I think his Napoli loan ends in January, certainly an upgrade on Weimann.

[Dave]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

The best thing about Jozy Altidore is that the internet is full of his army of oddball American fans who are convinced that he's world class despite all evidence to the contrary.  Some proper flat-earth-theory level delusion on the go.

I think it's just because of how good he looked at a young age.

He was scoring regularly in the MLS as a 16 year old and playing in the top league in Spain at 19.

When you've got somebody who looks as good as he did when he was a teenager, it's hard to let go even when the evidence suggests that he's not going to ever be any better than he was when he was 17.

He's like the American Delfouneso.

[Chris Jameson]

the former certainly. Must say I miss VK's  declamatory posts

I don't. It's the only time I ever saw Jay Spearing mentioned anywhere ever.

[cdbearsfan]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

The best thing about Jozy Altidore is that the internet is full of his army of oddball American fans who are convinced that he's world class despite all evidence to the contrary.  Some proper flat-earth-theory level delusion on the go.

I think it's just because of how good he looked at a young age.

He was scoring regularly in the MLS as a 16 year old and playing in the top league in Spain at 19.

When you've got somebody who looks as good as he did when he was a teenager, it's hard to let go even when the evidence suggests that he's not going to ever be any better than he was when he was 17.

He's like the American Delfouneso.

Please refrain from slagging off Delfouneso until the 5th January (or a week and a half later, possibly).

[Ads]

It's like a reserve game it's so quiet.

[OCD]

which mercifully Altidore can't. Fee rumoured to be a piss taking 7m

I assume that £7m is what Sunderland are prepared to pay to get rid of him.

[RussellC]

At this stage I'd take any lad who can run really quickly in a straight line

Nathan Redmond, perhaps?
Probably not - Naarrich wouldn't sell to us!

Redmond would be absolutely ideal for us. I read into Tom Fox's comments that these would be the type of deals we'd be looking at too - young players with lots of potential (and lots of potential sell-on value). You're right though, Norwich would probably be a nightmare to deal with, as they were over Hoolahan.

[aj2k77]

At this stage I'd take any lad who can run really quickly in a straight line

Nathan Redmond, perhaps?
Probably not - Naarrich wouldn't sell to us!

Redmond would be absolutely ideal for us. I read into Tom Fox's comments that these would be the type of deals we'd be looking at too - young players with lots of potential (and lots of potential sell-on value). You're right though, Norwich would probably be a nightmare to deal with, as they were over Hoolahan.

Haven't we been down this road?

Please don't tell me the young and hungry plan is back in force because it didn't work, certainly not with this manager and there's not much resale value in what we bought either.