Summer transfer madness thread

[AV82EC]

Oh first tweet from Tony of the summer!

1%. 📞📩📤#UTV

Here we go.

[peter w]

Made our first contact by phone and email for someone.

[Nelson Lodge]

Are the arrows significant ? Does it mean we have contacted a club about someone, or has a club contacted us about one of our players?

[ldavfc4eva]

£500k bid for Glenn Whelan rejected apparantly

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Good. Whelan is 33 years old.

[LeeB]

Good. Whelan is 33 years old.

He could be the player that finally fills the Mark Kinsella shaped hole we've had for so long.

[ldavfc4eva]

Agreed, Joe Ledley is available on a Free? Played with Jedinak before, could be a cheap option although I'm sure his wages would be hefty

[eamonn]

Tony upping his game in transfer slang. Ya gotta love 'im.

[trevor fisher]

Whelan is on offer, but first bid of £0.5 million rejected. £0.8m will get apparently. The summer is going to be dominated by the financial problem FFP rules say we could run up an £83m debt and Xia allowed £81.3m so Bruce has £1.7m to spend, not his fault. But we are in the bargain basement, lets hope he gets some bargains,

[Steve67]

If we signed Jo Ledley, I'm not sure I could tell him and Jedinak apart when both on the pitch. I'd be happy to take that gamble though.

[eamonn]

£81m is our net spend under Xia? Seems too high.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

£81m is our net spend under Xia? Seems too high.

I think it is losses posted in the accounts

[exigo]

£81m is our net spend under Xia? Seems too high.

I think it is losses posted in the accounts

So Tom Fox's payoff should be our new centre back?

[tomd2103]

Whelan is on offer, but first bid of £0.5 million rejected. £0.8m will get apparently. The summer is going to be dominated by the financial problem FFP rules say we could run up an £83m debt and Xia allowed £81.3m so Bruce has £1.7m to spend, not his fault. But we are in the bargain basement, lets hope he gets some bargains,

Not really sure where Whelan would fit in the midfield set up we used last season.  He's not really a defensive midfielder and he's not going to be one of the more attacking midfielders if we still play with a three.  I could see him playing in a two man midfield though, which would point to a change of formation perhaps. 

[Deano's Mullet]

Alternating midfielder with Jedinak perhaps? I expect a lot more from Hourihane/Lansbury this season.