Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[jwarry]

Assuming Mings is a done deal that leaves...

Keeper - Butland swap for Kalinic
Centre back - Cahill or someone else
DCM - Phillips
RW -?
Striker - Maupay

That's another £70 to £80 million plus the wages but would leave us with an excellent squad capable of thriving in the prem. Fingers crossed. Even if we only get 3 of the 5 above I would be pretty ecstatic.

Well if the rumours are true then they are targeting the right positions and the right profile with Butland, Phillips, Webster and Benrahma - just no rumours on another striker yet apart from the lazy journalism of Maupay

[mr underhill]

After seeing what happened to Kodjia after his ankle injuries, I'd  be very skeptical about paying £25m for Benrahma. The guy from Brentford I's like is Konsa.

[tomd2103]

Assuming Mings is a done deal that leaves...

Keeper - Butland swap for Kalinic
Centre back - Cahill or someone else
DCM - Phillips
RW -?
Striker - Maupay

That's another £70 to £80 million plus the wages but would leave us with an excellent squad capable of thriving in the prem. Fingers crossed. Even if we only get 3 of the 5 above I would be pretty ecstatic.

Sounds about right.  Would represent a good transfer window if we were to fill all those positions.

[cdbearsfan]

We could probably get Sawyers for three to four million max. We were linked with him before. Surely an option to add squad depth?

[Dazvillain]

Assuming Mings is a done deal that leaves...

Keeper - Butland swap for Kalinic
Centre back - Cahill or someone else
DCM - Phillips
RW -?
Striker - Maupay

That's another £70 to £80 million plus the wages but would leave us with an excellent squad capable of thriving in the prem. Fingers crossed. Even if we only get 3 of the 5 above I would be pretty ecstatic.

I def agree with your positional requirements.
What we’d like and what we get may be slightly different as (other than Mings) I don’t think ceo / owners are going to let clubs completely take the piss when it comes to prices .
So I think, at the moment
Keeper, as I posted at weekend will be much cheaper option of Etheridge if he chooses us over Liverpool , and he probably will due to previous working relationships
CB....prefer Webster as Cahill against clear policy of youth. I reckon Cahill is just journo hype
DCM... PHILLIPS ideally but Leeds holding out for big cash and he loves boyhood club, a la JG with us last summer, so probably no go. Not sure of replacements here but with other signings up the pitch may only need one DCM as HOURIHANE can be reserve
RW isn’t going to set anyone raving but I think will be Egyptian Trezeguet
Striker is going to be interesting given style of play, other potential signings etc as wesley is reported as a much deeper lying forward and not a no9 goal hunter, maybe hence his scoring recorded. As I’m typing just seen a tweet saying Maupay asking price slashed which could be good but don’t really see Sturridge being the answer and not many other traditional no 9 being mentioned but I think we need one who is going to be a much higher up the pitch player like Tammy was

[Axl Rose]

Sky reporting we've ended our interest in Butland.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11758725/aston-villa-end-interest-in-stokes-jack-butland

[VILLA MOLE]

Sky reporting we've ended our interest in Butland.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11758725/aston-villa-end-interest-in-stokes-jack-butland

Do you think we were ever after him ?

[Clark W Griswold]

Which probably means someone else is at an advanced stage I'd guess.

[Axl Rose]

Sky reporting we've ended our interest in Butland.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11758725/aston-villa-end-interest-in-stokes-jack-butland

Do you think we were ever after him ?

No idea, mate. But I do reckon he'd be a decent signing.

[chrisw1]

Although against our 'Dean Smith' ideal, I wouldn't be adverse to Cahil coming in if done sensibly. I reckon he would work very well with Mings.
Don't think Philips will happen,  he's happy at Leeds, and £30m? No thanks. I think we'll have a continental player come in for DCM.
If we go to Brentford it will be for either Maupay or Benrama, not both. I, personally, go for Maupay, as I really do think he can step up and be a star.
I'm sure we can pick up equal, or better, than Benrama for less than the quoted £25m.

I agree with all this.  Now we have spent so much on Mings I don't see how we can go out and spend similar on another centre back.  Mings, Hause & Cahill with Chester as and when needed sounds like a pretty strong line up to me.
I'd love Philips, but not at £30m and not if his hearts not in it.  And for me, I'd have been happy with Maupay instead of Wes.  Hopefully Wes will turn out to be brilliant, but with where we are right now I think Maupay would have been a safer bet.  Hopefully we still get him which will take some pressure off Wes whilst he develops into the player we all hope he can be.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Reports on twitter that Jay Rodriguez is moving to Burnley, £5m up front and another £5m in 12 months time. Certainly no world beater but at that price, he'd give us options up front and possibly in the  wide attacking  positions.

[rob_bridge]

Reports on twitter that Jay Rodriguez is moving to Burnley, £5m up front and another £5m in 12 months time. Certainly no world beater but at that price, he'd give us options up front and possibly in the  wide attacking  positions.

That's a good price for Burnley - fupps up Albion a bit as well.

[cdbearsfan]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

[LeeB]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

Topknot tosspot. Should've gone to the NBA.

[Risso]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

It's a thumbs down from me as well.  Non-entity of a player.