Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[supertom]

With a bit of development Green could be as good as Philips. I think Philips is one of those players who'll get old before his time. Like Gabby, Bent etc because of the injuries. As others have said. 3-4 years ago yes, now?  He's 28 and it's a gamble as to whether you'll keep him fit. He'll have probably lost a yard since he was in the top flight (where he's really only had a solid 12 months of looking the part).

I think between Jota, Kodjia, Trezeguet and El Ghazi we're pretty good in wide areas. Even our Jack can play there if we needed him too. And we've got Green too. I'd be loaning out Andre with a recall option.

If we're gambling on an injury prone player I'd rather go for Sturridge is a back up for our striking options.

[Villafirst]

Phillips is too injury prone and looked overweight when we played them in the play-off semis. He also seems to have lost a yard of pace.

[ChicagoLion]

Yes Sturbridge will keep the treatment room busy.
We should only sign him if we break both his arms,

[Risso]

Another no to Philips.  Makes Fat Ross look like Twiggy.

[ktvillan]

Benitez - looks to have good reflexes and to be a good shot stopper but no evidence of whether he can come for crosses, boss his area or play it out.  He also seems allergic to catching the ball - some of those saves were easier to catch than push away.  Don't really like keepers who do that all the time.

[aj2k77]

Phillips is shit now. I wouldn't give those bitter bog eyed twats a penny for him. Leave them skint in the piss pot division.

[Toronto Villa]

I’ll wait for John Percy to say we’ve made a bid for anyone before believing it and even with him, someone with more credibility than most I might raise a Spockean eyebrow.

But if any of these no name click bait sites makes a transfer claim then it’s generally speculative column inch filling bullshit. And if it came from Gregg Evans I’d wait to see the player make 50 appearances before believing he was one of ours.

[Drummond]

Amavi in this team would be much better than he was under Sherwood, RDM or Bruce. He had bags of skill and a fantastic cross on him but needed some coaching on his defence. I get that for some people a full back with defensive issues is irredeemable but for me having the natural ability to get forward and have an impact in attack is a massive bonus (as we're seeing with Guilbert).

I think he'd have done brilliantly last season next to Terry.

[villadelph]

Is Walter Benitiz a real person ? The Wiki page is a bit sparse to say the least

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Daniel_Ben%C3%ADtez

If he's not real then give me a fake goalie any day:

After the first few saves I thought "well I would expect anyone to save them" but then some of the latter ones were exceptionally good

I agree. I found myself watching it at the beginning thinking "stop punching or palming everything and just keep hold of it ffs! Looking at that compilation he appears to have great reactions/reflexes and the ability to recover really quickly from an initial shot/save.

I agree, he seems to parry the ball quite a bit. Unfortunately, there's too many poachers a la Aguero, Kane, Salah etc.. that will tap those in. He seems to be a great shot stopper though. He's a big lad and seems to have decent intensity. We will see..

[Duncan Shaw]

So Webster off to Brighton from Bristol City for the same price as Tyrone (or maybe slightly more).  I know who I'd rather have.

[Risso]

It's at least, what, 5 days now since the last transfer.  Unacceptable, sack the board!

[Dazvillain]

Harry arter has crocked Bournemouth’s new 13M signing LLOYD KELLY in training, carried off on buggy then left on crutches. Good omen to help with our first home win👍🏻

[PaulWinch again]

In the context of mad football fees Everton agreeing £27.5 million odd for Moise Kean seems like a bargain. He looks a hell of a talent.

[Dave]

In the context of mad football fees Everton agreeing £27.5 million odd for Moise Kean seems like a bargain. He looks a hell of a talent.

Similar to our Douglas fee seemingly being low though - Juventus can buy him back when they want.

[PaulWinch again]

In the context of mad football fees Everton agreeing £27.5 million odd for Moise Kean seems like a bargain. He looks a hell of a talent.

Similar to our Douglas fee seemingly being low though - Juventus can buy him back when they want.

Ah ok.