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

[Chris_Jephcott]

I just heard that too.

Double unveil tomorrow?

[Rudy65]

Dion Dublin thinks Grealish will still leave this window

That’s worrying. DD must have connections within the game Insinuating that

[Holy Trinity]

Dion Dublin thinks Grealish will still leave this window

That’s worrying. DD must have connections within the game Insinuating that

Don't forget Dion has united roots as well but I dont think he's being malicious with what he's saying. Just that he's probably thinking what the rest of the world is, which is.

Hang on a minute here, how the hell are jammy little avfc the team that survived only because of broken technology (some would have you believe) splashing the cash like this. Oh it must be grealish is going to subsidise it.

[Rudy65]

I hope you’re right. It would be typical of us to make some great signings and then our best and most influential player leaves  That said, if I was signing for us I would want to know that the likes of JG was staying

[Chris_Jephcott]

But more importantly, with the quality of the signings coming in, it might give Jack more ammunition to stay. Not that he needs it - he’s wanting playing time ahead of the Euros, playing for his boyhood club and generally quite happy.

But apart from that, there had been no formal contact as of a couple of weeks ago.

I wonder if anything happened this afternoon after the friendly...

[danno]

I'd probably be more concerned if Liverpool or Man City were being mooted as possible suitors. They both have Lallana and Silva shaped holes in their squads. Man United play Rashford on the left whenever he's fit, have just signed De Beek and look to be keeping Pogba.

[Steve67]

Beating Man United, even in a friendly, can't be a bad thing for these incoming players.  Villa on the up.

I wonder though, if we sign Rashica, Martinez, a central midfielder and another forward that we Jack might be on his way?  I hope not as we need to build from a position of strength and you get nowhere selling your best players.

[dicedlam]

Talking of Liverpool...I reckon a bid for Shaqiri would be a good bit of business. He is struggling to even get in the liverpool squad these days and is still only 28yrs old.

[KevinGage]

Talking of Liverpool...I reckon a bid for Shaqiri would be a good bit of business. He is struggling to even get in the liverpool squad these days and is still only 28yrs old.

Looks like we’ll be well stocked for wide players or ‘number 10’ types if half of these deals come off, most of them a good bit younger than Shaqiri.

If we’re looking at older heads I’ve always liked the look of Milivojević at Palace. Would give us height and strength in the middle of the park and good at set pieces.

Xhaka at Arsenal looked on the way out last year and might have been a semi realistic option at one stage. But Arteta seems to rate him.

[kippaxvilla2]

By selling the two keepers, Guilbert if you believe the stories, Ghazi, Lansbury, Jota, and a few others we will recoup a chunk of the money.  The way the pyramid works is the top division sides get their squads settled, then the market opens up for teams below to buy their deadwood. 

I would be amazed if about six or seven weren’t out the door by October 5th.  We will spend less than last season, have more income, the wage bill will still be manageable and hopefully we will finish higher.  Do that and the stability of the club is back.  Finally on Jack, I think they are anticipating a departure next summer hence signings now.  Still get a decent wedge next year.

[Mister E]

By selling the two keepers, Guilbert if you believe the stories, Ghazi, Lansbury, Jota, and a few others we will recoup a chunk of the money.  The way the pyramid works is the top division sides get their squads settled, then the market opens up for teams below to buy their deadwood. 

I would be amazed if about six or seven weren’t out the door by October 5th.  We will spend less than last season, have more income, the wage bill will still be manageable and hopefully we will finish higher.  Do that and the stability of the club is back.  Finally on Jack, I think they are anticipating a departure next summer hence signings now.  Still get a decent wedge next year.

Getting rid of the deadwood is going to be more a function of the wages of the departees: that is what can stymy a move to a lower league.

[SoccerHQ]

I would be very, very surprised.

Me too, but United need a big signing and Sancho isn't happening. I can see them chucking £80m on the table last minute.

There's no way we'd sell him last minute surely? All our play goes through him and it would be beyond DS to come up with a new gamplan 4-5 games into a season given how clueless we look whenever he is injured in a season.

Unless he goes on strike which I really doubt he's here until next summer now.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Talk of Manure signing Sancho, having already signed Van de Beek.

I can't see them spending around about 230M on 3 midfielders.

[Dave]

Rashica stuff in here for now, until there's something a bit more concrete reporting it than a private Twitter account.

[kippaxvilla2]

Who’s this Traore fella we are being linked to.  Nixon reckons it’s ‘live’.