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Author Topic: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 864933 times)

Offline sid1964

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7845 on: September 24, 2020, 01:02:30 PM »
 We will soon have more players than there were actors in the film of Ben Hur


Offline enigma

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7846 on: September 24, 2020, 01:05:09 PM »

Barca are pretty much top of the food chain, they dont sell anyone they want to keep
Except Neymar!

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7847 on: September 24, 2020, 01:07:08 PM »

Barca are pretty much top of the food chain, they dont sell anyone they want to keep
Except Neymar!

Literally except Neymar, and they've responded by making their release fees even more absurdly high, to the extent that they can even keep Messi when he said publicly he wanted to go.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7848 on: September 24, 2020, 01:09:54 PM »
[quote a  author=sid1964 link=topic=60987.msg3834020#msg3834020 date=1600948950]
 We will soon have more players than there were actors in the film of Ben Hur


[/quote]

I'll see your Ben Hur and raise you a Gandhi.  ;)

Offline enigma

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7849 on: September 24, 2020, 01:10:28 PM »

Barca are pretty much top of the food chain, they dont sell anyone they want to keep
Except Neymar!

Literally except Neymar, and they've responded by making their release fees even more absurdly high, to the extent that they can even keep Messi when he said publicly he wanted to go.
Figo!

But yes, I'm being facetious of course. Although with Messi it was the timing more than the release clause that meant they got to keep him. Covid basically put the kybosh on that one.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7850 on: September 24, 2020, 01:11:40 PM »

Barca are pretty much top of the food chain, they dont sell anyone they want to keep
Except Neymar!

Literally except Neymar, and they've responded by making their release fees even more absurdly high, to the extent that they can even keep Messi when he said publicly he wanted to go.
Figo!

But yes, I'm being facetious of course. Although with Messi it was the timing more than the release clause that meant they got to keep him. Covid basically put the kybosh on that one.

Ah Figo, that brings back memories.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7851 on: September 24, 2020, 01:14:24 PM »
Not sure it’s nothing to see. Losing Jota and Doherty is a blow for them, yes. But they’d already got podence and neto in last season, both who look decent.
They’ve then gone and bought one of the most highly rated youngsters in Europe in silva and Barcelona’s right back. Irrespective of whether they think he’s surplus to requirements, he played 30-40 games last year for one of the biggest clubs on the planet.
Now I don’t think we’re q there yet and they have the Mendes factor but they are definitely statement signings.

But why then are one of the biggest clubs on the planet getting shot of him and replacing him with a promising kid that has had one season of top flight football?

Teams like Barcelona don't generally give up players they rate, they don't get their arms twisted by the likes of Wulvz. The deal suits them and suits Mendes, and may well suit Wulvz, but the priorities are in that order.

And the boy wonder may well be that, but 18 is very young to adapt to another culture and style of play. Good luck to him, if it doesn't work out for him he could make a career as a Harpo Marx-a-like.

Barca are in massive financial trouble, got a ridiculously stupid wage bill and it's actually compounded by Messi staying another year so basically they're glad premier league clubs come in and sign their squad players for 30-40m. Everton signed Digne, Mina and Andre Gomes for about 70m I think.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7852 on: September 24, 2020, 01:18:55 PM »
They have David Moyes as manager. The most grim, grey, never won anything boring as fuck manager from a period long gone you can ever imagine. And they brought him back after firing him. The porn twats deserve all of the failure coming their way.

Jeeze, what did he ever do to you?  I remember how awful Everton were in 1999. He completely rebuilt them and made them a consistent top half team and with a fraction of the money we threw around over the same ten year period.

He is boring though, Ill give you that. Bringing him back kept them up btw.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7853 on: September 24, 2020, 01:38:41 PM »
I wouldn't swap McGinn for Barkley.
On recent performances I would be tempted.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7854 on: September 24, 2020, 01:44:14 PM »
Well in fairness the last Chelsea midfielder we brought in on loan was a real success.

Offline eamonn

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7855 on: September 24, 2020, 01:45:12 PM »
Moyesey is one of those people that smiling doesn't seem to suit.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7856 on: September 24, 2020, 01:49:08 PM »
I wouldn't swap McGinn for Barkley.
On recent performances I would be tempted.

He's played once this season so you must mean his one performance.  He wasn't great or neither was he terrible. 

Offline Singapore Villa

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7857 on: September 24, 2020, 02:37:18 PM »

It’s all gone a bit quiet .....

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7858 on: September 24, 2020, 02:41:40 PM »

It’s all gone a bit quiet .....

...almost...too quiet.

Offline Londonvilla

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #7859 on: September 24, 2020, 02:45:48 PM »
According to Turkish newspaper Yeni Asir, as covered by Sporx, Galatasaray want to sign Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba.

https://www.sporx.com/galatasaray-nakamba-icin-yeniden-temasta-SXHBQ880224SXQ

http://sportwitness.co.uk/club-ready-open-talks-aston-villa-sign-midfielder/

With two weeks to go not sure letting him go would be a good thing..........he gets 7 out of 10 for defending, and 2 out of 10 for passing

 


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