Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Wesley off to Club Brugge on loan being reported - hope it happens and he finds some form. Meanwhile Archer on the bench please!

Hopefully this frees up a squad place for a big signing.

[Matt C]

Seems like a logical move for him to get some game time, hope it works out.

[villabear]

I’m hoping the lack of any rumours to any more signings coming in is because we’re now only operating in ‘stealth Ings mode’.

[DrGonzo]

Well if you like a good rumour… Roma are after Luiz again and his price tag is E30mill!!

[Duncan Shaw]

Well if you like a good rumour… Roma are after Luiz again and his price tag is E30mill!!

Now much as I like Dougie, a swap for McKennie and then invest in Doucoure at CDM I wouldn't necessarily be against, although we'd be losing a settled in player.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't want to lose any first team players this window. See how the new players settle and reassess next season.

[algy]

I don't want to lose any first team players this window. See how the new players settle and reassess next season.

Same here - having already lost one first team player this summer, I don't think it's a good idea (or sends the right message) for another to leave.  Besides which, I like Dougie.

[Duncan Shaw]

I don't want to lose any first team players this window. See how the new players settle and reassess next season.

Same here - having already lost one first team player this summer, I don't think it's a good idea (or sends the right message) for another to leave.  Besides which, I like Dougie.

On reflection you are both right!

[Risso]

I’m hoping the lack of any rumours to any more signings coming in is because we’re now only operating in ‘stealth Ings mode’.

Or it's because Smith has said on two occasions that we're not buying anybody else?

[eamonn]

Wesley off to Club Brugge on loan being reported - hope it happens and he finds some form. Meanwhile Archer on the bench please!

Hopefully this frees up a squad place for a big signing.

Is that who we bought him off? £25m in transfer fee, two years of salary, most of it on an injured player and now we'll probably be subsidising his wages for the club who used to pay him something more modest/fairer until we waved our cash around....only in modern football...*grumble*

[sickbeggar]

Can't see any movement till deadline day personally. Probably waiting for clubs/players to weigh up their options.

[DrGonzo]

Hmm it's a load of tosh but Calciomercato in Italy claim that we've made a cash offer for McKennie...doesn't really chime with the official line...

[chrisw1]

Well if you like a good rumour… Roma are after Luiz again and his price tag is E30mill!!

I still think Luiz has a very high potential ceiling.  I'd be very relucant to lose him now.

[sickbeggar]

We got quoted 40m for Cantwell so they can forget that.

[aj2k77]

Cantwell has coke head nostrils. It's a no from me. (Not suggesting he is a coke head, just he has coke head looking nostrils)