Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[robleflaneur]

Signing D'accord would just be okay, but signing Lemieux would be best.

Unlike Pire s  who certainly didn't improve the team

[jwarry]

Dean said in his presser that ‘we are  quite satisfied with where we are at the moment’ on the transfer front which seems to indicate nothing is imminent

[paul_e]

Dean said in his presser that ‘we are  quite satisfied with where we are at the moment’ on the transfer front which seems to indicate nothing is imminent

To be fair if I had just been given an extra £100m to spend, everyone knew it and I was getting quoted stupid prices for my targets I'd say something similar.

[Mister E]

Dean said in his presser that ‘we are  quite satisfied with where we are at the moment’ on the transfer front which seems to indicate nothing is imminent

To be fair if I had just been given an extra £100m to spend, everyone knew it and I was getting quoted stupid prices for my targets I'd say something similar.

I'm sure there'll be one more in and 2 or 3 out.

[OCD]

Standard manager speak. Doesn't stop someone coming in after they've said things like that. End of the day, there's more than 2 weeks of the window left and we've got £100m available for anyone that we feel we can get without paying OTT prices.

[Damo70]

Bringing Bendia in 'early doors' left us slightly ahead of the game when it came to Jack leaving.

[frank black]

Bringing Bendia in 'early doors' left us slightly ahead of the game when it came to Jack leaving.

I would expect that it was probably well known by those that matter that he was likely off. So we did the right thing by replacing him before he left. It will be interesting to see whether we actually spend significantly more than we’ve got for Grealish

[London Villan]

I wonder if the owners are holding the cash just to see how Dean does without Grealish, Terry and now O'Kelly.

[villadelph]

Bringing Bendia in 'early doors' left us slightly ahead of the game when it came to Jack leaving.

I would expect that it was probably well known by those that matter that he was likely off. So we did the right thing by replacing him before he left. It will be interesting to see whether we actually spend significantly more than we’ve got for Grealish

I agree. Here's your 40m, no fussing about, thank you very much.

[john e]

It’s being reported Potter down at Brighton has said he’s unsure on Bissouma future. If true, we should be all over that for the Defensive midfielder we need.

Without a doubt

I don’t mind taking my car down to pick him up if it helps

[PaulWinch again]

I wonder if the owners are holding the cash just to see how Dean does without Grealish, Terry and now O'Kelly.

Almost certainly not. If they had that little faith in him he’d be gone.

[DrGonzo]

Odegaard to Arsenal is apparently still 'live', so Bissouma...?!

[paul_e]

Bringing Bendia in 'early doors' left us slightly ahead of the game when it came to Jack leaving.

I would expect that it was probably well known by those that matter that he was likely off. So we did the right thing by replacing him before he left. It will be interesting to see whether we actually spend significantly more than we’ve got for Grealish

I don't think Buendia was ever meant to be a replacement. He was signed to fill the Barkley gap that had been there since about November when Barkley stopped trying to fill it. That's not saying we didn't think Grealish leaving was a possibility I just think we planned on signing him either way. Bailey and Ings are more likely to be the players we signed as 'replacement' for him because they clearly escalated once it became clear we'd need them. I think the chase of ESR was more likely the planning to replace him and when that didn't happen Bailey was the backup. Ings is slightly different, I get the impression that we had striker options lined up for whether he stayed or went and when we knew he was going we triggered that option. I think Alvarez, Correa and a couple of other younger strikers we've seen linked were the 'Jack stays' plan.

[PaulWinch again]

Dean said in his presser that ‘we are  quite satisfied with where we are at the moment’ on the transfer front which seems to indicate nothing is imminent

That’s not exactly a firm “we’re done”.

[DrGonzo]

Dean said in his presser that ‘we are  quite satisfied with where we are at the moment’ on the transfer front which seems to indicate nothing is imminent

That’s not exactly a firm “we’re done”.

I thought ir sounded more as though we are happy that we have dealt with the direct impact of the departures, I'm thinking Tuanzebe for Engels, obviously!  Midfield is obviously an issue, unless the powers that be have decided to wait.