Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[cdbearsfan]

Offer twenty million, if they say no, move on.

[andyh]

Leeds can fuck off. Far better value out there and he’s not that good a player.  Hope they stay down for years, dirty scutters.

They're doing what we would with Grealish - trying to scare off buyers with a daft price. I don't blame them

Completely agree.

[SoccerHQ]

Was he the one smashing into Jack every 5 minutes up there in April?

For even 15m we can do much better looking at european DMs imo.

Not quite the same position but Everton are signing Andre Gomes for 25m from Barcelona. Gana is much better player than this Phillips and we got him for 8m.

[Toronto Villa]

Absolutely. Leicester signed Kante for 8m from Caen. Good players are all over the place. Linking us with domestic based players is an obvious thing to do. We have no idea whatever if any of this is true.

[nigel]

Heard Stoke want 30m for Butland!!
He's not overly happy there already, so I could imagine him being mightily p*ssed off at this rumour, if true

[hilts_coolerking]

I didn't see much in Phillips to make me think we should pay £20M for him, much less £30M.

[VinnieChase84]

Heard Stoke want 30m for Butland!!
He's not overly happy there already, so I could imagine him being mightily p*ssed off at this rumour, if true

Transfer request incoming from him imo. He reluctantly gave them one more season last summer with the promise he could go this summer if stoke didn’t bounce back. Heard we had a agreed deal with stoke of £18m and add on’s. They have now upped it to starting figures of £25/26m with further add ons.

[Des Little]

If Butland and/or Phillips want to come, then they will. Stoke and Leeds are doing exactly what we’d do in their position. Ultimately, however, the player always gets what they want.

[oldtimernow]

in that case , Butland more likely than Phillips, however not for the prices quoted thanks for either of them

[Villafirst]

You obviously don't want to pay over the odds, but you don't want to try and be too clever. We don't want another Robbie Keane scenario! Prices/wages have rocketed with the new TV deal. Surely with multi billionaires in charge transfer fees shouldn't be an issue?

[LukeJames]

It doesn't matter how rich your owners are, £55m for 2 players playing in the 2nd tier would be fucking mental.

[old man villa fan]

It doesn't matter how rich your owners are, £55m for 2 players playing in the 2nd tier would be fucking mental.

Totally agree

[ozzjim]

No way are Stoke going to get that for Butland. No way are they going up next season either, so I would hang tight, and wait. He will be available for £15 next summer.

[olaftab]

Dani Alves is now available on a "free".

[LeeB]

Dani Alves is now available on a "free".

It would be nice to replace the scottish Cafu with the guy that replaced the real one.