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

[aj2k77]

Don’t get the Romero thing really.

Hasn't been a first choice keeper for donkeys years. Not young. Is he still sharp enough? Does he have the desire? He's been sat on benches for the best part of a decade.

[danno]

If the Romero deal is going to happen, it must be curtains for Steer and Nyland ?

Have we even offloaded Kalinic yet?

[darren woolley]

I wonder how close we are to actually signing these transfer targets I'm listening to various sources but are we days from making our first signings or weeks.

[algy]

Don’t get the Romero thing really.

He sees the zombies as a metaphor for the ills of modern life, I think.

Excellent

[four fornicholl]

Abraham and Watkins/Benrhama, job done, keep what we've got and push on.

[Ads]

Cash, Watkins and Wilson = pace, pace, pace.

[eamonn]

Everton have built a new midfield in one day for the thick end of 70m. Fair play. I always thought Gylfi Sigurdsson was class at Swansea. Not sure what's happened to him at Everton but he might be available at a decent price now.

[pauliewalnuts]

Cash, Watkins and Wilson = pace, pace, pace.

Hasn't Wilson lost most of his pace after his injury woes, though?

[Ads]

Not in my opinion, although I confess that's not the most informed as I didn’t pay a huge amount of interest to Bournemouth before this season.

Played 93 games over the last 3 years  scored 29 goals  so roughly 1 in 3 for a poor team who struggled badly after their main creator was injured last season.

He isn't spectacular, but he's not bobar either.

[aev]

West Ham looking to use the cash to bid for Benrahma.

[ozzjim]

HE still had enough to run Mings a couple of times last season, and Mings isn't the slowest centre half I have seen.

Not sure I get people not wanting Romero. Heaton being out cost us 4-5 points last season with not having a suitable back up. It was a massive injury for his age, and his second long spell out in 3 seasons. Romero has been outstanding when picked for Utd, and would give a very decent option.

Still need a winger and centre mid if they all sign though. Can't see us having the money to buy Benrahma at Brentford prices sadly, and rumour is he is top of the West Ham list. More I watch highlights of last season, more I think Buendia would be a pretty good fit on the right.

I would really, really like us to have a couple of punts up our sleeve at the end of the window too, that are not under pressure to come in and perform, but could give us something different.

[gpbarr]

I think Romero is a great buy - Heaton is as we know injury prone, this guy is 33 which for a GK is prime, and he plays for Argentina. It’s an upgrade without doubt - good business at that price.

Now we need to focus up front

[Brazilian Villain]

I think Romero is a great buy - Heaton is as we know injury prone, this guy is 33 which for a GK is prime, and he plays for Argentina. It’s an upgrade without doubt - good business at that price.

Plus think of all the shirts we'll now sell in Buenos Aires.

[paul_e]

Not in my opinion, although I confess that's not the most informed as I didn’t pay a huge amount of interest to Bournemouth before this season.

Played 93 games over the last 3 years  scored 29 goals  so roughly 1 in 3 for a poor team who struggled badly after their main creator was injured last season.

He isn't spectacular, but he's not bobar either.

93 games in 3 seasons still means he's missed about 1 in 5. Given that's after 18 months out injured over the previous couple of years and he's still a pretty risky one for me. Double figures for goals once in the top flight makes it a big fee when there is always that injury worry there. Too many strikers who play o the shoulder of the defender over the years have had similar issues by the time they hit his age and then fade out very quickly (Bent is a great example).

If he comes in then I hope he's great and gives us a few seasons of staying fit and scoring at about 1 in 3 but I'm worried he'd be yet another one to add to the list of big money strikers who come in, deliver very little and then we struggle to even give them away and they sit on a big contract for years. I don't think think he's a poor player (like Hogan) or a waster (like McCormack) but I can see it turning out a lot like Kodjia.

[ozzjim]

In our 4-3-3 though, Wesley and Watkins will be competing for that starting spot, so missing 1 in 5 is not the end of the world. Having 3 strikers all able to start and offer something different is ideal. Especially when they do actually know where the net is, unlike Davis and Samatta.