Summer 2016: Transfer rumours and suggestions

[rob_bridge]

Having medical today according to Pat Murphy

Ciaran Clark having medical today with Newcastle after £5.1m break-clause activated. Understand @AVFCOfficial wanted him to stay.

Can't understand why he'd have a clause.  He may prosper there, but it really is best for all concerned that we part ways now, I suspect he'll never get any better here.
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He wouldn't get any better for us - that much is certain. There is/was a player in there somewhere he needs a break as much as we do

[rob_bridge]

I think Bamford will be shipped out permanently by Chelsea this time, just can't see him ever being good enough for them.

Bamford would be a good signing.

[FatSam]

Ciaran Clark having medical today with Newcastle after £5.1m break-clause activated. Understand @AVFCOfficial wanted him to stay.

It seems as though we need to trim the squad in order to bring people in - not necessarily through financial necessity (although this is realistically the case), but certainly from a sustainable squad building perspective. As long as we hold on to Amavi, Grealish and Ayew, I don't really care who goes. After them I'd like to see Okore, Gana, Veretout and Traore stay, but wouldn't be too bothered either way.

Other than a good season two years ago, Clark has always seemed a bit of a liability to me. As has been said previously, I can't see him getting a lot better - certainly not with us. I don't think we'll regret letting him go like we did Cahill. More likely to be an Aaron Hughes type scenario, where he goes on to have a solid if unspectacular career towards the bottom of the Premier League. His rash challenge in the Belgium game at the Euros reminded me of many similar occasions playing for us.

[JJ-AV]

Clark will do well at Newcastle, think the change will do him good. Benitez does well with his centre-backs.

[Mossie Hennebry]

We are on a hiding to nothing if we don't ship Lescott, Gabby, Bacuna and Richards. If it was up to me, I would pay up their contracts and give them road. The rebuilding can't start until the demolishing has been completed.

[curiousorange]

My abiding memory of Clark is him making that rubbish uncontestedd turn against Manchester City which led directly to their winner. He's certainly a player I have no worries about seeing the back of.

[PaulWinch again]

I'm hoping we're very clear on who we want and we're in the position to get them once the squad has been trimmed. Given Okore and Baker's history with injuries, if Clark goes then we need another centre half.

[sirlordbaltimore]

We are on a hiding to nothing if we don't ship Lescott, Gabby, Bacuna and Richards. If it was up to me, I would pay up their contracts and give them road. The rebuilding can't start until the demolishing has been completed.

Seriously? just work out in your head how much that would cost us. It's not Monopoly money - it's real!

[KevinGage]

He wouldn't have been on the immediate list of players I'd want to see frozen out, but a change is probably best for him and us.

There is always a bit more expected from players who come through the ranks and he might prosper in the same way that Bannan has.

For Newcastle, if they have £5 million to spend on a centre half, I'm sure they could do better.  This could be Rafa recalling Clark from his time as manager of Liverpool, thinking that -as Clark was captain for us previously- he must have developed in his time away and would be a huge loss for us. He'd be mistaken.

[murgsy]

Pat Murphy seemed to suggest the Barcodes threw silly money at Clark - no big loss in my view.

[Hookeysmith]

Pat Murphy seemed to suggest the Barcodes threw silly money at Clark - no big loss in my view.

You would have to to make anyone move up there

[mr underhill]

let's just offer £10m of the £12m we have generated from the Big G and Clark to Bristol city today and have Kodjia leading the line on Sunday

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Clark will do well at Newcastle, think the change will do him good. Benitez does well with his centre-backs.

You think he's going to develop pace, position and an ability to concentrate for 90 plus minutes to avoid a clanger a game?

He's 27 and he's shit. He's not getting any better.

[tomd2103]

My abiding memory of Clark is him making that rubbish uncontestedd turn against Manchester City which led directly to their winner. He's certainly a player I have no worries about seeing the back of.

Didn't he do something very similar when playing for Ireland very soon after that?

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You'd need a lot of fingers and hands to count all of Clanger Clark's fuck ups. His one at Spurs made me laugh earlier in the season too.

£5 million for him, Rafa must have come down with this mornings rain.