Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[taylorsworkrate]

Seems we're now being linked with a move for As Monaco striker Anthony Martial as a replacement for Benteke..

Gotta say signing a 19 yr old to replace Benteke would be a huge gamble.

If true we're looking at him, then surely it would just be that we're looking at him. Surely a large chunk of the Benteke money would go on his direct replacement

I'd hope so, we currently have Gabby and Kozak. We need 2 more strikers. Adebayor and this French kid...... too risky for me, could be a bit of genius business, more likely to be a disaster. If we fuck this summer up we will go down next year.

The first sentence of your post is pretty scary.

Gabby has become a bit of a joke over the last few years. He generally puts in around 4 or 5 decent performances a season and the rest are garbage.

Kozak did well(ish) in his handful of games, but has had terrible injury problems and may not be able to replicate even that decent level of performance.

[Steve67]

Start signing people, stop pissing about. Terrible squad, needs massive work. Get on with it!!

[aj2k77]

But please don't sign Townsend or Adebayor! Imagine Gabby partnering Adebayor, I can't imagine a lazier forward line and would expect them fighting over who gets to stand where for 90 minutes.

[SamTheMouse]

Martial has massive potential. I really like him. But I can't see it happening.

[Ger Regan]

Are monaco not owned by a very wealthy middle eastern crowd? Seems unlikely to me too.

[Doorbell]

Are monaco not owned by a very wealthy middle eastern crowd? Seems unlikely to me too.

Russian oligarch I think..

[Des Little]

From what I can see, we are going to need 4 good signings and hope Gardner and Gil step up if we are to stay clear of trouble this season.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

The Monaco coach specifically asked the people in charge not to sell Martial, so I don't see that one happening. He'd cost 25m+ too!

[Le Lapin]

After loosing Benteke and Delph we can't go pricking around with the likes of Adebayor.  He's too much of a gamble for us. We have lost the spine of a squad that narrowly missed relegation.  And they were our so called best players.  We need quality, not a flake that could throw his toys out of the pram at the first sign of things not going his way. I fear for us this season.  Like him or not,  Cleverley was another player that contributed to us staying up. We are left with the likes of Gabby now to be our rock. That hasnt worked out too well in the past. Pinning our hopes on him, I don't rate him at all as a player or as a leader on the pitch.

[ozzjim]

Well Amavi now looks very likely, and Dardar is being reported to be close according to those who can read the Spanish press.

[Des Little]

Well Amavi now looks very likely, and Dardar is being reported to be close according to those who can read the Spanish press.

Those two would be a good start and would lift the mood immediately. We need to move quickly now and get some optimism about the place. As Secret Affair say, this is the time for action!

[Ads]

Those two would represent a significant increase in the quality of our first XI.

[OCD]

The standard of links seems the highest this year that I can remember (with exceptions).

[Des Little]

We've never had links so good since Doug's list

[PaulWinch again]

Assuming Benteke goes we really need 3-4 quality players on top of Gueye, Richards and Amavi.