Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[Dave P]

Tbf, it's hard to blame him.  He has a champions league club in the country where he is settled after him or a club in a new country who have just avoided relegation. Money may talk of course.

[LeeB]

Maybe set up a Zoom call with Percy to put him right on how 'cool' Birmingham is, the cheeky mulleted (probably), double denim wearing (again, likely) fan of David Hasselhoff's music (unverified).

[cdward]

He wants cool, how about this..

Iconic brands Birds Custard, Cadbury Chocolate, Bournville Drinking Chocolate, HP Sauce and Typhoo Tea all started in Birmingham.

[algy]

I'd be worried, with Heaton's injury record & age, that a goalkeeper might be a note pressing concern than we'd hoped.

I'd go based on who Neil Cutler thought was the best / has the most potential regardless of price. Less "he'll do" attitude, and more buying the best players available. We need to be qualifying for Europe - maybe not this coming season, but we need to be preparing a side to be playing European football in 2/3 years time. All about showing ambition higher than being the best side in Birmingham.

[Damo70]

Kept us up with the points, but had we gone down, could have been the game that sent us down with the injuries. Funny old game.

If Heaton is out longer then I am with SoccerHQ - Etheridge for 3-4m is surely the better bet than Ramsdale, who looked a poor mans Pickford to me last season. I think I would sooner take a £6m punt on Butland, who is a much more talented keeper just needs a decent coach and a bit of belief.

Every time I saw Cardiff live on TV in their last season in the premier League Etheridge impressed me.

[SoccerHQ]

I think Steer is fit again, he was pulled onto the bench last minute against Palace when Hause got injured in the warm up & Elmo had to start instead of him

Interesting. Odd he was number 3 considering he originally started the Wolves game ahead of Nyland.

[Mister E]

So, we're prepared to pay €37m for this guy?Is he really that good?
I'm all for upping the player-quality but that is serious shit.

[SoccerHQ]

My worry with Heaton is that the longer he is out the less likely, at his age, his return will see us getting back the same top keeper he was on 1 January 2020.

He had a serious injury with Burnley in 17-18 season. Came back and was in excellent form once he came back into their team midway through the next season and then did well for us up to January last season.

I guess the problem here is he probably won't be available for selection until October, Nyland needs to be kept away from starting games at all costs so the other option is Steer and I guess he's unproven at top level (although I'd rather give him a chance for 4-5 games than spunking 20m on an average keeper).

[ChicagoLion]

So, we're prepared to pay €37m for this guy?Is he really that good?
I'm all for upping the player-quality but that is serious shit.

I think that is the going rate for a top player, he is very quick , but I don’t think he is on his way

[SoccerHQ]

I'd be worried, with Heaton's injury record & age, that a goalkeeper might be a note pressing concern than we'd hoped.

I'd go based on who Neil Cutler thought was the best / has the most potential regardless of price. Less "he'll do" attitude, and more buying the best players available. We need to be qualifying for Europe - maybe not this coming season, but we need to be preparing a side to be playing European football in 2/3 years time. All about showing ambition higher than being the best side in Birmingham.

Probably better to look abroad then. Palace signed Vicente Guiata on a free from Getafe two years ago and he's been very consistant for them.

Leeds took that young French keeper and he did well for them in the run in when the 1st choice got banned for racist abuse.

Also Newcastle with Dubravaka who I think they got for 3m, that is good scouting.

Rulli might be one to look at. Was on loan at Montpellier last season but now back at Real Sociedad where hwe was first choice for many years.

[OCD]

Tbf, it's hard to blame him.  He has a champions league club in the country where he is settled after him or a club in a new country who have just avoided relegation. Money may talk of course.

A German club who don't rate him high enough to meet the asking price.

If he sees the next move as one before a big move, then demonstrating his abilities for a Premier League club has to be as good a shop window as any. We're clearly demonstrating to him how keen we are by how much money we're prepared to pay for him.

Unfortunately I don't think players abroad will appreciate the size of the club. He's young enough to be a naive about location.

[Hookeysmith]

get him over here, give him a few pints of M&B bitter, a Balti and a tour of Villa park

He will find out what cool is .

If he cannot be arsed to do some basic research about the club and the great city it is located in then i'm not sure i would want to be throwing that much money on him

[Tayls_7]

get him over here, give him a few pints of M&B bitter, a Balti and a tour of Villa park

He will find out what cool is .

If he cannot be arsed to do some basic research about the club and the great city it is located in then i'm not sure i would want to be throwing that much money on him

Agreed. It worked with Ross McCormack.

[ozzjim]

get him over here, give him a few pints of M&B bitter, a Balti and a tour of Villa park

He will find out what cool is .

If he cannot be arsed to do some basic research about the club and the great city it is located in then i'm not sure i would want to be throwing that much money on him

Agreed. It worked with Ross McCormack.

And look how that turned out.

This guy looks a really decent player, but I would hope we have many other targets if he isn't keen to come. We do need a bit of a statement signed to get the NSWE revolution moving a bit at some point. The one that makes other players think - yeah I will go there.

[Brazilian Villain]

Need to make a statement you say?  Go get him.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/champions-league/messi-tells-barca-he-wants-to-leave-after-bayern-humiliation-39454361.html