Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[PeterWithe]

Is he the lad who scored the free kick against us in the Euros?

[LeeB]

Yes, and the brilliant goal against Russia.

[PeterWithe]

Decent enough, although he’s no Noel Cantwell. Seems some really big clubs are looking at him, and Spurs.

[OCD]

When we were first linked to Leon Bailey, there hadn't been a peep then there was suddenly quite a lot of noise. With players like Will Hughes, Todd Cantwell and Harry Winks, there's been some noise all summer but with nothing to suggest there's genuine interest.

With Damsgaard, I think he's a genuine number 10 and we seem to have Buendia planned as our 10 and Chukwuemeka as back-up and Bailey/Traore on the right. I think if we have to replace Grealish, it will be with a genuine wide forward of high quality.

[Damo70]

Going forward we need to start selling players when it suits us.

El Ghazi I really love the guy, but I think his stock is the highest it will ever be right now. If we could get 15-20m for him, I’d sell.

I agree. Particularly if we've got Damsgaard, Dalsgaard, and Dansgaard in our sights, we need to move AEG on whilst he's likely to attract a decent fee, not leave him to rot for 12 months then struggle to get back what we'd paid for him.

Love the guy to bits, but we do have a few wingers in the ranks now, and more on the horizon (eg JPB)

I like El Ghazi but I am not sure we would get fifteen to twenty million for him.

[Small Rodent]

I wonder if this could be our approach?

“ Outside of baseball and American football, Moneyball has also proven that it has the capabilities to succeed in England’s top soccer divisions. Ever since Fenway Sports Group and John Henry took over Liverpool Football Club back in 2010, the reigning champions of Europe have adopted a numbers-focused approach to player recruitment.

Along with Michael Edwards, the club’s sporting director, Ian Graham has been behind several of the Reds’ recent transfers, including Naby Keita. According to Graham’s data, while the Guinean may have had a lower pass completion rate than some of Europe’s other elite midfielders, his passes would present teammates with better scoring opportunities.

Along with this season’s runaway Premier League leaders finding success in the approach, Championship side Brentford are also thriving in the competitive transfer market through their heavily analytics-driven strategy.

According to Transfermarkt, the Bees signed defender Ezri Konsa from Charlton for approximately £2.5 million in 2018, before then selling him one year later to Aston Villa, making them a profit of almost £10 million.

Moreover, the approach also saw them buy Ollie Watkins from Exeter City for a reported £1.8 million. This season, the 24-year-old is the joint-top scorer in the division with 19 goals at the time of writing and is a central factor as to why Brentford are 15/8 with Championship betting to finish in the top two come the end of the campaign as of February 4th.”

[OCD]

Analytics does play a role in our recruitment process from what I can gather but it's only one element. There will still be in-person scouting and character checks done too.

[Tuscans]

Gary Cahill has left Palace. Could be a decent shout to fill the gap.

[Border villan]

Gary Cahill has left Palace. Could be a decent shout to fill the gap.

Slow down, Jack is still with us at present.

[Shrek]

Going forward we need to start selling players when it suits us.

El Ghazi I really love the guy, but I think his stock is the highest it will ever be right now. If we could get 15-20m for him, I’d sell.

I agree. Particularly if we've got Damsgaard, Dalsgaard, and Dansgaard in our sights, we need to move AEG on whilst he's likely to attract a decent fee, not leave him to rot for 12 months then struggle to get back what we'd paid for him.

Love the guy to bits, but we do have a few wingers in the ranks now, and more on the horizon (eg JPB)

I like El Ghazi but I am not sure we would get fifteen to twenty million for him.

I look at it like this. If Villa were linked with him now, would we be happy? We’d all be saying how good his goals returns are, how good he is at pens and how often he shoots.

I think he could maybe be a makeweight for someone else as well, maybe Cantwell?

[Shrek]

Gary Cahill feels like a free hit for 4th choice as well surely

[Drummond]

Gary Cahill feels like a free hit for 4th choice as well surely

Yeah I wouldn't be unhappy with that. Plus he can play in the cup and score against that lot again.

[olaftab]

I think he could maybe be a makeweight for someone else as well, maybe Cantwell?

Make weight? El Ghazi is far better than Cantwell.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Damsgaard is a bit more fucking like it.

Two goals and four assists in 37 appearances with Sampdoria last season. That's worse than Stewart Downing.

[OCD]

Like with Ashley Young, I would rather sign Cahill on a one-year deal, with the option of a second, than sign Tuanzebe. Then the likes of Bogarde and Bridge can go out on loan and see if they're ready in a year/2 years.