Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Matt Collins]

It doesn't make sense to compare Ayew with benteke and gestede with weimann, it's the other way around

Ayew an upgrade, gestede clearly not though he probably can match or better benteke's ability in the air

[Matt Collins]

Still wouldn't at all mind getting Matt Phillips. Would much prefer to see him on the right of midfield than Bacuna.

[brian green]

St Petersburg is particularly interesting to architects, planners and urban designers because it is one of the number of beautiful great cities built in impossibly difficult places to build. San Francisco, Venice and Amsterdam being others where the building constraints have brought the very best out of their builders. Builders in the broadest sense. Other, easier, places to build produce cities like Los Angeles and Cairo.

[DB]

Still wouldn't at all mind getting Matt Phillips. Would much prefer to see him on the right of midfield than Bacuna.

Yes, good player. He tore Richardson apart at VP, my QPR mate says he was there best player last season.

[silhillvilla]

#   Net Spend last 5 Years   Purchased Gross   Sold   Nett   Per Season
                    
1   Manchester United   £405,200,000   £121,700,000   £283,500,000   £56,700,000
2   Manchester City   £385,700,000   £150,300,000   £235,400,000   £47,080,000
4   Chelsea   £416,509,000   £241,450,000   £175,059,000   £35,011,800
3   Liverpool   £349,000,000   £176,370,000   £172,630,000   £34,526,000
5   Arsenal   £253,625,000   £154,600,000   £99,025,000   £19,805,000
6   West Ham   £106,900,000   £16,500,000   £90,400,000   £18,080,000
7   Newcastle   £124,000,000   £66,100,000   £57,900,000   £11,580,000
8   Crystal Palace   £74,635,000   £18,900,000   £55,735,000   £11,147,000
9   Sunderland   £108,430,000   £59,550,000   £48,880,000   £9,776,000
14   Leicester   £50,100,000   £4,650,000   £45,450,000   £9,090,000
10   Norwich City   £63,575,000   £19,650,000   £43,925,000   £8,785,000
11   Stoke City   £58,250,000   £24,100,000   £34,150,000   £6,830,000
15   West Bromwich Albion   £54,750,000   £22,509,000   £32,241,000   £6,448,200
12   Aston Villa   £114,850,000   £90,200,000   £24,650,000   £4,930,000
15   Bournemouth   £25,550,000   £3,200,000   £22,350,000   £4,470,000
16   Southampton   £158,600,000   £142,850,000   £15,750,000   £3,150,000
17   Swansea   £79,875,000   £66,160,000   £13,715,000   £2,743,000
18   Everton   £90,800,000   £80,816,000   £9,984,000   £1,996,800
19   Watford   £12,050,000   £12,300,000   -£250,000   -£50,000
20   Tottenham   £220,450,000   £276,850,000   -£56,400,000   -£11,280,000

[Matt Collins]

On the one hand not a surprise we've done badly. On the other Swansea showing what an excellently run club they are

We'd have been much higher up the wages league I think, laughably

[passport1]

Especially as their average attendance is about 20k vs us 34k which emphasises what an appallingly badly run club we have been.

[mr underhill]

things can only get  better?

[Matt Collins]

Well let's hope so. They could get worse in a fairly obvious way too

I don't think so though.

[Toronto Villa]

The table goes to prove that certainly for clubs outside of the top 4 that it isn't about net spend. It's about how you spend. And a few sides in there towards the bottom have done really well over the past five years without spending "net" much at all.

[old man villa fan]

On the above spending a few things stand out:

Southampton and Swansea have done well to bring in players at low cost and sell on at very good profit without affecting performances.

Everton being conservative but consistent.  I think this has been achieved off the back of playing the loan system very well.

Spurs have brought in a s*** load of money through sales but their purchases have not been at the same level and have seen them drop from a realistic top four challenger to no more than top six now.

West Ham, although a relative high net spend, have only been able to get to mid-table and not looking like a team that can feel secure there.

[Matt Collins]

West Ham are my outside tip to go down

[Toronto Villa]

West Ham are my outside tip to go down

I think Bilic is a ticking time bomb, but for me of last seasons lot I think Leicester or Newcastle.And certainly the former. For as much of a twat Pearson was what he did with that lot was nothing short of sensational to keep them up. Ranieri is well past it and it's not like he took over a top half side. This lot when they slide will go if stays in charge for the full season.

[Dante Lavelli]

Can't see Newcastle being involved.  They have some good players already and their signings are highly rated too.

[richard moore]

West Ham are my outside tip to go down

They are mine every season. Think Newcastle will be ok, but agree about Leicester. I have a feeling Spurs may be a surprise in doing much worse than expected and if I had to pick one team to go the other way and be a surprise in doing much better than expected....it's us, particularly given that at least one pundit in the Times this morning had us going down