Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Sexual Ealing]

Hmmm... Wes Brown honours:

Premier League: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08
FA Cup: 1998–99, 2003–04
Football League Cup: 2005–06, 2009–10 (bloody cheats)
FA Community Shield: 2007, 2008
UEFA Champions League: 1998–99, 2007–08

I read that as 'West Brom honours' and wondered if I'd been living in some form of parallel universe.

Same.

[sickbeggar]

oof! point taken. I withdraw that last comment.

That's what we like about you sb, always willing to admit you're wrong and concede to a valid point.

Aye. Sometimes I find myself pretending i'm wrong because I feel a bit guilty to be honest.

[Damo70]

Lots of discussion on incomings, but wonder who will leave this window.

Seems pretty certain someone will buy Hourihane, and plenty of links to Davis going on loan. Wouldn't surprise me if Guilbert left, and think the club may be tempted to sell El Ghazi if we get another winger in. Kalinic and Engels already out.

Can't see us shedding more players than that.

I can’t see us being tempted to sell El Ghazi. A frustrating but important player to us. (For now)

I would like to see El Ghazi stay even if it is as a squad player.

[mr underhill]

Have we actually made a bid for Bailey?

[Sexual Ealing]

We're preparing one.

[exigo]

As soon as we've opened the war chest.

[algy]

Lots of discussion on incomings, but wonder who will leave this window.

Seems pretty certain someone will buy Hourihane, and plenty of links to Davis going on loan. Wouldn't surprise me if Guilbert left, and think the club may be tempted to sell El Ghazi if we get another winger in. Kalinic and Engels already out.

Can't see us shedding more players than that.

I can’t see us being tempted to sell El Ghazi. A frustrating but important player to us. (For now)

I would like to see El Ghazi stay even if it is as a squad player.

Supposedly a few Italian clubs have been asking about him.

I'd sell if we got a good enough offer.  If we're bringing in Bailey, AEG's game time is going to be more restricted this coming season -- in which case, we should sell him whilst he's still a 10-goal-a-season winger and we're more likely to get a transfer fee that reflects that.

[exigo]

Challenge is then we'd have to spend daft money on a winger to sit on the bench for 75% of the season. Keep him one more season for sure, but with a view to getting of the kids up to that standard over the next 12 months.

[Matt C]

At least another year with AEG I reckon, he’s a decent squad player for us. We’ve already shed a few squad players, presume Hourihane will go too plus some of the younger players on loan but otherwise, not sure we want to be reducing it much more.

[jwarry]

Does look like the Kane to Man City has legs.  Telegraph reporting it now and predictably the stumbling block is Levy and money.  Hopefully the media will jump all over this now and leave us alone

[Brazilian Villain]

This guy seems credible. 20k followers and a blue tick.

https://twitter.com/pedrogva6/status/1418332093764014084?s=20

Taken from a link in last nights Birmingham Mail. Looks more like a bored kid in his bedroom in Lisbon posting transfer links. #justsaying

I believe the original source was TNT Sports in Argentina and River Plate are apparently 'braced' so at least the link isn't going away yet.

[Brazilian Villain]

Does look like the Kane to Man City has legs.  Telegraph reporting it now and predictably the stumbling block is Levy and money.  Hopefully the media will jump all over this now and leave us alone

Just shows Pep's genius as I think he and his scouting team may have uncovered a gem there.

[Mister E]

Challenge is then we'd have to spend daft money on a winger to sit on the bench for 75% of the season. Keep him one more season for sure, but with a view to getting of the kids up to that standard over the next 12 months.

How many wingers do we need? - Trez (after injury), Philogene-Bidace, Traore, JG, Emi B, Kesler-Hayden, the new kid from Bournemouth.
And then there's AEG and possibly Bailey.
If JG is perhaps going to move to #10, we're still reasonably well covered.

Having said all that, I think AEG will stick around for another season unless someone comes in with a £25-30m bid.

[chrisw1]

If Jack moves to 10 I think we're weak on the left.  If he doesn't I think we''re weak at 10.  I'm assuming Buendia will play right as he did for most of his time at Norwich.  If he does play 10 then I think we're weak on the right.

At least one more for me.  Plus a DM plus a striker.

[ozzjim]

Must be worth £20 million with his goal record in the prem to be fair to him. He has improved from a 1 in 5 to a 1 in 4 good game player too, and always puts the effort in. You always know though, 10 minutes into a game how it is going to go for El Ghazi.