Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[cdbearsfan]

Says the guy posting at two in the morning.

[Matt Collins]

I think Lerner, even if not sold, will back Sherwood with 20 million ish this summer of the TV money, plus a good ratio of what he brings in.

Weimann, Lowton and Cissokho going points to a new forward and 2 full backs being pretty high up on his agenda. Add in the departure of Cleverley I think we will be looking at 2 midfield players too. That is 5 already that we need, all of which need to be good enough to start. Tough job.

To be at a reasonable PL level you need to be spending £20m a year to just standstill.

What's the basis of that assertion? Have Stoke and Swansea spent £20m net per season?

[frank black]

I predict we will be spending £39 mil this window.

[Damo70]

That is not  a situation I worry about and we should not fear. If he walks out that would say more about his lack of substance rather than cast any aspersions towards our Club.

Disagree . What it would show is a young , ambitious manager quite rightly saying no. If the budget is anywhere close to last summer (£8m ??) he needs to walk.

Not that there's a single iota of evidence that this is the case. 

Agreed. To begin with he's not even 'young'.

Compared to wenger or srralex or Sam or Rafa or dick or Pelegrín , he's a spring kitten

Sherwood is a year older than me so it suits me fine when people call him young.

[aev]

The issue is surely not the actual amount we get to spend, rather how much we spend in relation to our competitors?

[ciggiesnbeer]

That is not  a situation I worry about and we should not fear. If he walks out that would say more about his lack of substance rather than cast any aspersions towards our Club.

Disagree . What it would show is a young , ambitious manager quite rightly saying no. If the budget is anywhere close to last summer (£8m ??) he needs to walk.

Not that there's a single iota of evidence that this is the case. 

Agreed. To begin with he's not even 'young'.

Compared to wenger or srralex or Sam or Rafa or dick or Pelegrín , he's a spring kitten

Sherwood is a year older than me so it suits me fine when people call him young.

Two years younger than me. Couldnt agree more. He is a puppy really.

[cdbearsfan]

He's young by the standards of a football manager, politician or Pope, quite old compared to the average McDonalds employee, gymnast or paper boy.

[Ron Manager]

That is not  a situation I worry about and we should not fear. If he walks out that would say more about his lack of substance rather than cast any aspersions towards our Club.

Disagree . What it would show is a young , ambitious manager quite rightly saying no. If the budget is anywhere close to last summer (£8m ??) he needs to walk.

Not that there's a single iota of evidence that this is the case. 

Agreed. To begin with he's not even 'young'.

Compared to wenger or srralex or Sam or Rafa or dick or Pelegrín , he's a spring kitten

All are either retired or will be within the next 5 years. The word I would have used instead of 'young' is 'inexperienced'. He's a virgin.

Perhaps he should sign Zigic then. Or would that be virgin on the ridiculous?

[Steve67]

The issue is surely not the actual amount we get to spend, rather how much we spend in relation to our competitors?

It's not necessarily the amount he spends but the quality he brings in. He might spend ten mill but use it wisely. However, he might spend a damn sight more and spunk it all away.

[tomd2103]

He's young by the standards of a football manager, politician or Pope, quite old compared to the average McDonalds employee, gymnast or paper boy.

I remember Ryan Giggs saying that he went from an old player to a young manager overnight!

[Richard E]

According to The Sun* Cabaye has turned us down in favour of Crystal Palace. I don't know whether:-

a) To be pleased that we are looking at that type/quality of player;
b) To kill myself because a player allegedly turned us down in favour of Crystal "sodding" Palace; or
c) Not believe it because it is in The Sun.




*disclaimer - as per the BBC Gossip Column, not directly from The Sun

[passitsideways]

You'd expect that Cabaye would be on 100k a week or so at PSG, so utter bollocks given our financial situation.

[tomd2103]

You'd expect that Cabaye would be on 100k a week or so at PSG, so utter bollocks given our financial situation.

Which I suspect is correct.  Good player though and exactly what we could do with in the defensive midfield role. 

[David_Nab]

The story is he wants to work under Pardew , probably after being benched for almost 2 years he wants a manager who he knows.Probably a little bit of the London pull there too ...but we came 4th bottom we are not going to be that attractive to some players

[PaulWinch again]

He would be the exact sort of quality we need.