Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[eamonn]

The last five on your list may well have not been here last season (Lowts season-saving penalty-win against West Brom notwithstanding).

[ozzjim]

The rumour being spread by the Nixon feels at the sun seems to be that Sherwood has only got the Delph money and half the Benteke money due to that being what Liverpool have paid to start with. The rights and wrongs of that are a long debate but it does seem strange that you can activate a release clause and then spread the payments over his contact.

[pauliewalnuts]

Staggered payments are standard in football transfers. Almost nobody just spunks the whole amount into the face of the selling club.

If that were true - the 8m plus half the Benteke money - then I think we're going to struggle. It's not enough.

[pauliewalnuts]

Although on the bright side, Alan Nixon is a know-nothing twat.

[OCD]

We've sold/released 11 players this summer, with only 5 coming in. We surely have to buy at least 4-5 more players

Given
Vlaar
Delph
Benteke (not confirmed)
Cleverley
Weimann
Luna
Bent
Lowton
Helenius
Sylla

Have all now left.

Of those, 7 were used last season. The others went out on loan. So really it's 7 out and 5 in. The overall quality is what matters and I doubt it's escaped anybody's attention that work needs to be done.

[OCD]

I doubt Nixon has the inside scoop on what our boardroom team are thinking/doing.

[VinnieChase84]

That's still the best part of £25m

[taylorsworkrate]

That's still the best part of £25m

If true, which I doubt, then £25 million is not enough to get our squad to an acceptable level

[boboonthecorner]

The rumour being spread by the Nixon feels at the sun seems to be that Sherwood has only got the Delph money and half the Benteke money due to that being what Liverpool have paid to start with. The rights and wrongs of that are a long debate but it does seem strange that you can activate a release clause and then spread the payments over his contact.

Seems a little odd if this is true, like buying a house kicking the owners onto the street and saying here you go find something smaller whilst I pay you the rest when I feel like it.

[VinnieChase84]

Depends how you spend it;
Tom Carroll - £3m
Adebayor - loan
Wilson or Obbi - £7m
Townsend - £14m
In my opinion that would leave us stronger than having Delph and Benteke

[eamonn]

We've probably not paid everything up-front for the two French fellas, the way it works, right?

[boboonthecorner]

Depends how you spend it;
Tom Carroll - £3m
Adebayor - loan
Wilson or Obbi - £7m
Townsend - £14m
In my opinion that would leave us stronger than having Delph and Benteke

In my opinion it wouldn't. Not one player mentioned coming in is anywhere near the class of the two that have left or leaving.

[boboonthecorner]

We've probably not paid everything up-front for the two French fellas, the way it works, right?

Well if we believe the press most teams take turns each pre season in buggering us senseless, this year its  the turn of Liverpool and Man City(we seem to like letting them do it).

[Malandro]

Depends how you spend it;
Tom Carroll - £3m
Adebayor - loan
Wilson or Obbi - £7m
Townsend - £14m
In my opinion that would leave us stronger than having Delph and Benteke

In my opinion it wouldn't. Not one player mentioned coming in is anywhere near the class of the two that have left or leaving.

Pretty good attempt I thought. I'm not too keen on Townsend at that price

[VinnieChase84]

Depends how you spend it;
Tom Carroll - £3m
Adebayor - loan
Wilson or Obbi - £7m
Townsend - £14m
In my opinion that would leave us stronger than having Delph and Benteke

In my opinion it wouldn't. Not one player mentioned coming in is anywhere near the class of the two that have left or leaving.

Pretty good attempt I thought. I'm not too keen on Townsend at that price

I don't like Townsend at £14m more £10m ideally. Just facing facts that Daniel levy seems to pull everyone's pants down on their sales