Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[Steve67]

That list from Olaftab makes interesting reading.  Brighton spending 63 mill!  Everton, for all their posturing only spent 20mill.

It doesn't include the 30-40m they're about to spend on Iwobi though.

That's true Dave, I hadn't thought of that.  Not that's he's that good either though.

[rob_bridge]

Bringing in Sturridge would be a huge mistake and one we won’t make.

You would think after the Micah Richards disaster everyone would want to steer well clear of Sturridge

[villadelph]

That list from Olaftab makes interesting reading.  Brighton spending 63 mill!  Everton, for all their posturing only spent 20mill.

It doesn't include the 30-40m they're about to spend on Iwobi though.

That's true Dave, I hadn't thought of that.  Not that's he's that good either though.

 

How in the hell is Iwobi worth upwards of 40 million? He is just okay.

[TustinCAFan]

Amazing and really quite shocking that we couldn’t move on a single one of our many outgoing players for actual money.

You are right, but we got rid of payroll cost of those who were out of contract.  Those on loan probably reduce cashflow and in many cases help build their experience and value.  Most notably, Jota's price was a bargain in return for us losing Gary Gardner.  Overall, I am very impressed with the off-season.  In addition, we got most in the squad early, so hopefully we're ready for the new season.

[maidstonevillain]

I'd definitely sign Hause, Mings and El Ghazi, probably £10-12m for the lot is a bargain. Tammy would probably be a bit expensive (and may well not be available anyway given the transfer embargo at Chelsea) and whilst I like Tuanzebe I'm not convinced he's fit enough to play regularly at that level.

Other than that I trust Smith to sign the sort of players I'd want (Guilbert looks the part from what I've seen) and I'd hope he doesn't go mental, 3-4 first team players and 2-3 to develop for a few months is about the most we should be going for this summer because signing 10-12 players and trying to almost create a new team just doesn't work.

Went to the firdt page by mistake. But couldn't resist digging this one out.

Paul e, was signing 10 -12 players a mistake?

[themossman]

Yeah I definitely don’t think it’s the fault of this regime, or a lack of nous this transfer window. I guess it struck me that we got promoted with a squad full of old men and misfiring clunkers that are so bad nobody will pay a fee for them, thanks to the incompetence of the last lot.

More power to smith and the decent players for dragging us up.

[cdbearsfan]

Man U sold Lukaku so we are back above them as the biggest spending English club this transfer window (nett). Only Real Madrid spent more than us worldwide (though, admittedly, lots of foreign leagues can still buy players).

[Smirker]

£40m for Iwobi is crazy. I don't feel like we got bumped for any of our players really.

Does anyone have any sort of list to out of contract strikers that we could possibly offer a deal to? Berahino doesn't have a club 

[KRS]

Out of contract forwards:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=Sturm&spielerposition_id=14&land_id=alle&altersklasse=&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show

[hilts_coolerking]

I'd definitely sign Hause, Mings and El Ghazi, probably £10-12m for the lot is a bargain. Tammy would probably be a bit expensive (and may well not be available anyway given the transfer embargo at Chelsea) and whilst I like Tuanzebe I'm not convinced he's fit enough to play regularly at that level.

Other than that I trust Smith to sign the sort of players I'd want (Guilbert looks the part from what I've seen) and I'd hope he doesn't go mental, 3-4 first team players and 2-3 to develop for a few months is about the most we should be going for this summer because signing 10-12 players and trying to almost create a new team just doesn't work.

Went to the firdt page by mistake. But couldn't resist digging this one out.

Paul e, was signing 10 -12 players a mistake?

He's right though: £10-12M for Hause, Mings and El Ghazi would have been a bargain.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Balotelli it is then 

[Smirker]

Out of contract forwards:

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=Sturm&spielerposition_id=14&land_id=alle&altersklasse=&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show

Balotelli? 

[frank black]

That list from Olaftab makes interesting reading.  Brighton spending 63 mill!  Everton, for all their posturing only spent 20mill.

It doesn't include the 30-40m they're about to spend on Iwobi though.

That's true Dave, I hadn't thought of that.  Not that's he's that good either though.

 

How in the hell is Iwobi worth upwards of 40 million? He is just okay.

I disagree, imo he will be a great signing. Just saying as I rate him.

[villadelph]

is Bony washed up?

[brian green]

Adebayor priced at £495k.  Didn't Tactics Tim want to pay him that much a week?