Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[Ron Manager]

For sale.
A central midfielder with no goals, no assists, few shots, with even fewer on target.
Rarely heads the ball, rarely runs with the ball.
Good at intercepting though.
Bargain at £7.1m.

We have just bought a midfielder who doesn't score goals, might as well get rid of another who cost us a bit more.

[Richie]

Gana had no stomach for the fight last season and as said already, was talking about his next move as soon as turned up.

Throw into the mix the back pass of the season against Man City in the Cup.

No great loss.

[olaftab]

Just looked at the squad. We have NO NUMBER 10. So we obviously need a number 10.

[The Edge]

It's not something would happen right now. Rashford is going to feel he has every chance to prove himself. But once the season is underway it might start to emerge that he isn't getting the playing time he wants. It might be a January thing. I'm just saying not to summarily dismiss it. This is a side that is going to spend hundreds of millions on new talent to bridge the gap to make a run at the title.

Im with you TV. Mourinhos record with the young talent at Chelsea was criminal. I think there's every chance he would sanction a loan move for Rashford and if that does happen then why not the mighty Aston Villa?

[Risso]

Gana's stats are good but I just see him as another Reo-Coker.

Someone who can win it and then is pretty hopeless on the ball and gives it away. Shooting is woeful also.

A shame as in his first few weeks he looked a very decent replacement for D*lph.

As much-maligned as he is Sanchez will probably be o.k in the DM role in the championship.

Gana is twice the player Sanchez is.  Sanchez is one of the players we absolutely have to get rid of.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

It's not something would happen right now. Rashford is going to feel he has every chance to prove himself. But once the season is underway it might start to emerge that he isn't getting the playing time he wants. It might be a January thing. I'm just saying not to summarily dismiss it. This is a side that is going to spend hundreds of millions on new talent to bridge the gap to make a run at the title.

Im with you TV. Mourinhos record with the young talent at Chelsea was criminal. I think there's every chance he would sanction a loan move for Rashford and if that does happen then why not the mighty Aston Villa?

because how on earth will playing in the championship help a player who has made it into the england set up?

if rashford does go out on loan there will be no end of takers and we wont be in the queue

[Steve67]

Personally would be happy to see both Gueye and Sanchez go. Particularly if we can get around 9-10 mill for the pair. I honestly would prefer to see Gardner given a go instead of Sanchez. I would like RDM to bring in another strong, physical player alongside Tshibola. Gueye is an ok player but I'd trust RDM to buy a better player.

[garyshawsknee]

I've just seen on twitter we have made a bid for Hendricks, McGrath knows how try it is. In the region of 6 million. FWIW i'd let Gana go, I very much doubt that he wants to be here.

[Toronto Villa]

It's not something would happen right now. Rashford is going to feel he has every chance to prove himself. But once the season is underway it might start to emerge that he isn't getting the playing time he wants. It might be a January thing. I'm just saying not to summarily dismiss it. This is a side that is going to spend hundreds of millions on new talent to bridge the gap to make a run at the title.

Im with you TV. Mourinhos record with the young talent at Chelsea was criminal. I think there's every chance he would sanction a loan move for Rashford and if that does happen then why not the mighty Aston Villa?

because how on earth will playing in the championship help a player who has made it into the england set up?

if rashford does go out on loan there will be no end of takers and we wont be in the queue

the point being that by that stage he wouldn't be in the England set up. To see what sitting on the bench does to a career see Benteke, C and Delph, F as exhibits 1a and 1b. And I am sure other clubs would be interested. Man U might not want him to go to a PL club. Ultimately we should aiming as high as possible for our targets should we consider loans.

[PaulWinch again]

I've just seen on twitter we have made a bid for Hendricks, McGrath knows how try it is. In the region of 6 million. FWIW i'd let Gana go, I very much doubt that he wants to be here.

If it were true he'd be an excellent signing.

[Toronto Villa]

Gana leaving isn't a huge loss. We will be able to find someone else that did what he did. Plus he offered little outside of chasing and winning the ball. Take the money and invest well. We need committed players this season. Those who aren't need to find employment elsewhere.

[pauliewalnuts]

Yes because what a player who has played in the Premier League and scored goals, got a move to one if the top English clubs, broke into the national set-up will be thinking is, "I need to get back to the level that earned me a move to Liverpool and England recognition. I know what is best for my career at this point, a year in the Championship".

Come on. It's ludicrous to even consider it.

And what if he disappears after his breakthrough season? It's not like that hasn't happened before to others. And I would argue that it is one of the many reasons why England will never again win another tournament because young players accept sitting on the bench too readily. That playing regular football and learning your trade is somehow beneath them. Rashford might be the opposite and he might break into the Man U team and keep his spot. But there's plenty of evidence to support he notion that season 2 is a lot harder than the first and he might regress in his development at a time we would all hope as supporters of our national program he improves.

Yes he might go backwards. Second season and all that but players don't know that unless they have a go. Liverpool and Ings will be hoping that he gets up to fitness and pushes on. I doubt either them or he are in anyway contemplating a year of dropping his standards. Maybe in January or next summer, but now? No point.

The thing is, you've used the words 'deluded and ludicrous'. You're almost making it sound like we're discussing Lionel Messi.

Precisely. It's Marcus Rashford we are discussing or Danny Ings. When I think Rashford I see Macheda who was brilliant for a bit and then ended up disappearing from his early lofty heights. Rashford is 18, played 11 times for Man U and broke into the England set up as much because others around him were injured and because frankly our options as a nation up front are awful. There is no doubt he has done well, but he has a long way to go before cementing himself as a regular at PL or national team level.

That's not the point.  Why on earth would either contemplate dropping a division now?  To pre-empt them becoming shit rather than actually doing their best to be successful?  It's frankly a ridiculous debate and I think the word deluded is perfectly appropriate.

If you think it's ludicrous then don't engage in the debate. What's ludicrous is that an 18 year old player who is good and has had a good start to his career but hardly much more is being heralded as so much more than that. And that he is so amazing that he shouldn't consider career development outside of the PL, or that we have such a low self esteem that it shouldn't even be contemplated. That we should set our targets much, much lower than that.

The whole point of me mentioning his name is that players like Rashford, with the introduction of a manager like Mourinho might see his playing time curtailed. Add to the fact it is his second season and teams will be wiser to his presence. Young players suffer dips in form and confidence. We shouldn't so readily dismiss that this might happen and a move to a club like us who should have a good season in a lower tier might be a good thing, versus struggling to get noticed or joining a side at the arse end of the PL. Bloody hell you'd think I suggested a loan for Danny Welbeck or another fringe but established English PL player.

Manchester United's best prospect on loan? Come on! More likely than not he will have limited game time but he'll be sat on their bench.

I agree.

I can't believe anyone really thinks we'd have a chance of a signing like that.

[Broadlee]

I've just seen on twitter we have made a bid for Hendricks, McGrath knows how try it is. In the region of 6 million. FWIW i'd let Gana go, I very much doubt that he wants to be here


Why bother with Hendricks when we got gezza and iomi - rocking - love to see Gezza heard he did well in Euro 96 but was off me head with Toni an Ozzi at the time
If it were true he'd be an excellent signing.

[OCD]

Does anyone else think that we were aware Gana would be leaving and this lad from Reading is his replacement?

[Villafirst]

Gana is poor, maybe a few interceptions but did nothing with it. Another who gave the ball away regularly. No loss at all - Gardner is way better.