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

[OCD]

With the exception of 2 of his goals that were on the edge of the box (one of which was a one-on-one that he took early), all of his goals were tap-ins and headers. That's what you want to see from a striker.

You can see why we bought Matty Cash too. Get it done and then sort out the wide positions.

[Three Spires Villa]

Wow that is some transfer fee, must be the most paid to a Championship club for a player never to have played in the Premier League.

Good luck I hope you are worth it!

[The Edge]

So are we limited by FFP in what we can spend or not (salaries aside)? I'm confused.

FFP has been relaxed this season hasn't it?

I was under the impression that Man City have blasted it totally out of the water. And I don't know why people are getting upset about the price tag for Watkins. Our extremely wealthy owners are backing our manager. Let's fucking celebrate it.

[LeeB]

If we somehow added Martinez, Josh King and a decent midfielder, I'd be looking forward to next season with a great deal of hope.

[UK Redsox]

Has anything been said on Sky Sports News yet ?

Can't see anything on their website.

Is it still just the BBC reporting the Watkins deal ?

[ozzjim]

With the exception of 2 of his goals that were on the edge of the box (one of which was a one-on-one that he took early), all of his goals were tap-ins and headers. That's what you want to see from a striker.

You can see why we bought Matty Cash too. Get it done and then sort out the wide positions.

Good supply from wide is a must. Cash will hopefully give us that and Targett is excellent going forward to be fair to him. If we can add King and a winger then Watkins will thrive well enough.

Interestingly Wesley played from the left a fair bit in Belgium so maybe he would be another option out there when fully fit.

[Monty]

BBC is good enough for me, they're generally extremely cautious on transfer stuff.

[Clampy]

Not sure if I've suggested him before but one player I would love down there and who would be ideal is Ryan Sessegnon. He hasn't had a great start at Tottenham although I doubt they would sell him after a season. He'd link up great with Grealish as well, like Targett as at times.

[enigma]

I like the price tag, it shows people we're not fucking about.

We've been fucking about for weeks.

So we should just pay whatever price a club wants and not try and negotiate?

No?

[AlexAlexCropley]

Not sure if I've suggested him before but one player I would love down there and who would be ideal is Ryan Sessegnon. He hasn't had a great start at Tottenham although I doubt they would sell him after a season.

Nah, hyperventilated.

[LeeB]

BBC is good enough for me, they're generally extremely cautious on transfer stuff.

Of no value to the thread whatsoever, but I've just come of the phone to a man called Goodenough, found myself humming the old Dodgy song, and then read this.

[john2710]

A team is only as good as it's strikers & a striker is only as good as his supply.

Next get some width & pace.

[frank black]

That's some long fucking money. James Rodriguez cost £20m...well, I just hope it's worth it - and that it hasn't blown all the budget as we are very much not done.

I may well be proved wrong on this but I have my suspicions that that Hamez bloke is shite.

[enigma]

No way will Bournemouth sell King to us for £16m now. A proven PL striker for half of what we just paid for a Championship player. We'll have to spend big again to land him I reckon.

[N'ZMAV]

Watkins will fail if we don't get him the support he needs. He needs service.