Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[cdbearsfan]

If they can't get him to agree to going to China or America they might be forced to offload him and pay half his wages, so as to get some of his salary off their wage bill. Might be worth an enquiry a day or two before the deadline if he hasn't gone anywhere else and Real are getting increasingly desperate to get rid.

I am not, for any second, suggesting that any of this is very likely.

But it would be fucking ace...

[hilts_coolerking]

Bale is the kind of player I always used to sign in Championship Manager when I first got a club promoted to the Premier League.  World famous, highly skilled, previously transferred for massive money.   But also past his best, on huge wages, unmotivated and very difficult to move on.  A marquee signing in the worst sense.

[cdbearsfan]

That's why you want him on loan. And even Bale past his best would still be our best player. He played 42 times for Real Madrid last season. He's hardly Micah Richards.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Bale is on £600k a week. Any talk of us being linked with him is absurd. 

[hilts_coolerking]

That's why you want him on loan. And even Bale past his best would still be our best player. He played 42 times for Real Madrid last season. He's hardly Micah Richards.

Don't get me wrong, I think he has something to offer, if a deal was on our terms, I was really just reminiscing about ballsing things up on a great game.

[AsTallAsLions]

Bale is on £600k a week. Any talk of us being linked with him is absurd. 

Agreed

[Risso]

I was shocked to find out Heaton was 33. I thought he was mid twenties. I need to start buying Panini sticker books again. Back in the day I would have known his age, height and where he was born.

Amateur.  Eastie would his wife's name and where he was going on holiday.

[dicedlam]

Bale is said to be earning £350,000 a week after tax.
I don't think there are many clubs who will be interested in him, even with Real Madrid paying half of his salary.

[cdbearsfan]

I signed Del Piero aged thirty-five. Hardly ever played a full game, but came off the bench to score a hattrick on the final day of the season at The Valley as we pipped Liverpool to the title on goals scored. What a day that was, they still talk about it in my head.

Still, as Luke Moore used to score forty a season and Isaiah Osbourne was the best midfielder on the planet it maybe wasn't too realistic...

[brontebilly]

Friedel was forty years and four days old when he played his last game for us, making him our oldest ever player in a competitive match.

It's unlikely Heaton will play at the top level for that long, but no reason why we couldn't get a good four or five years out of him.

How often have we had that sort of stability in recent years? I'd happily take him.l

Heaton is solid enough but no more than that. Friedel and even Given had their moments for us but they were effectively short term measures with no resale value. Opinions are divided on here but bringing back Sam Johnstone is a no brainer for me. He is particularly good at the key attribute required, namely shotsaving.

[cdbearsfan]

Bale is on £600k a week. Any talk of us being linked with him is absurd.

Spoilsport.

🙁

[tomd2103]

Well definitely get a winger. Don't imagine jota is a nailed on starter and we need more options

I'd be happy with kemar roofe as a relatively inexpensive back up striker who can also play wide

But I really want benrahma. Dubious about trezeguet and about any transfers based on international tournament form

I still think Jared Bowen would be a good buy.  Can play on both wings and nicely fits the age profile we are looking at as well. 

[cdbearsfan]

Friedel was forty years and four days old when he played his last game for us, making him our oldest ever player in a competitive match.

It's unlikely Heaton will play at the top level for that long, but no reason why we couldn't get a good four or five years out of him.

How often have we had that sort of stability in recent years? I'd happily take him.l

Heaton is solid enough but no more than that. Friedel and even Given had their moments for us but they were effectively short term measures with no resale value. Opinions are divided on here but bringing back Sam Johnstone is a no brainer for me. He is particularly good at the key attribute required, namely shotsaving.

He was no great shakes for Albion last year. Sick of gambling with young goalies, I'd rather have Heaton or, ideally, Butland.

Not every player has to have a massive sell-on value, Jimmy Rimmer was nearly thirty when we signed him but it was still the right move.

[danno]

I signed Del Piero aged thirty-five. Hardly ever played a full game, but came off the bench to score a hattrick on the final day of the season at The Valley as we pipped Liverpool to the title on goals scored. What a day that was, they still talk about it in my head.

Still, as Luke Moore used to score forty a season and Isaiah Osbourne was the best midfielder on the planet it maybe wasn't too realistic...

I once sealed the title at Highbury with a 2-2 draw. Villas first goalscorer on the day was a 35 year old Ian Wright recently released from West Ham. Oh how I lollled

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Bale is on £600k a week. Any talk of us being linked with him is absurd.

Spoilsport.

🙁

Maybe next year when we can offer him Champions League football.

(Shit, I’ve just gone full on Wolves).