Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[cdbearsfan]

If we had him we would only need Argentina to see sense and cap Martinez and we'd have had an international for all the proper football countries.

[Brazilian Villain]

Linked with Flamengo Uruguayan Winger Giorgian de Arrascaeta (or George to his mates).

26 years old and was voted Uruguayan player of the year.

If he can be persuaded to leave Brazil, he's be a great replacement for Barkley playing the 10. We certainly need to add some creativity to the side.

He's from Nuevo Berlin so may have antecedents who had to leave Germany in a hurry circa 1945 which is fine.

However he's a Flamenguista.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Linked with Flamengo Uruguayan Winger Giorgian de Arrascaeta (or George to his mates).

26 years old and was voted Uruguayan player of the year.

If he can be persuaded to leave Brazil, he's be a great replacement for Barkley playing the 10. We certainly need to add some creativity to the side.

We've already made two lads swap Brazil for Brum (indirectly), let's make it a hattrick.

Talking of Doug..

[pauliewalnuts]

I dunno if there is any truth in this Buendia link, and youtube showreels yada yada but this is really, really impressive. The ball sticks to his feet.

[LeeB]

I dunno if there is any truth in this Buendia link, and youtube showreels yada yada but this is really, really impressive. The ball sticks to his feet.

I'm Sold. He'll end up at Arsenal now.

[OCD]

£1m Buendia cost from Getafe. Would love to see us identify young signings like that, loan them out and then them to come back as the fully developed player instead of having to pay £40m.

[cdbearsfan]

Again, we can't sign £1 million players from Getafe. Nobody can anymore. The only young stars you can sign who don't already have loads of caps/European trophy experience are those with a British (or Irish) passport.

Judging by the Youth Cup, we seem to be doing pretty well at identifying young British talent already.

[Toronto Villa]

£1m Buendia cost from Getafe. Would love to see us identify young signings like that, loan them out and then them to come back as the fully developed player instead of having to pay £40m.

I was just about to post the same. How on earth did he escape so many clubs. The same with Pereira at Albion. If we bought both it would cost us the fatter part of £70m. Yet they cost a fraction of that. I know we have our own like that. Konsa, Targett, Bert, Cash, Emi etc etc are all worth a lot more too, but Buendia is an absolute steal.

[cdbearsfan]

Again, we can't sign £1 million players from Getafe. Nobody can anymore. The only young stars you can sign who don't already have loads of caps/European trophy experience are those with a British (or Irish) passport.

Judging by the Youth Cup, we seem to be doing pretty well at identifying young British talent already.

Just in case anyone is unsure what I'm on about and and interested: had a look at this and seems the rules might not be as strict as I thought, but would still be unlikely to pick up an unknown player with no caps who hadn't regularly played in Europe or a major European league.

The rules have become slightly more generous for non-EU players, with South Americans, particularly, likely to benefit.

Decent article here...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/worldfootballindex.com/2020/12/work-permits-premier-league-post-brexit-english-clubs-efl-libertadores/amp/

[tomd2103]

Wing goalkeeper, I assume. Quite like the sound of that, could be really attacking.

Lambert spotted them after being invited to a top secret Dortmund training camp.

Was it from that trip that he came back with the idea playing the ball backwards from goal kicks?

[LeeB]

Wing goalkeeper, I assume. Quite like the sound of that, could be really attacking.

Lambert spotted them after being invited to a top secret Dortmund training camp.

Was it from that trip that he came back with the idea playing the ball backwards from goal kicks?

Edit - wrong thread

[cdbearsfan]

I was confused for a moment.

[dr.chekov]

Linked with Flamengo Uruguayan Winger Giorgian de Arrascaeta (or George to his mates).

26 years old and was voted Uruguayan player of the year.

If he can be persuaded to leave Brazil, he's be a great replacement for Barkley playing the 10. We certainly need to add some creativity to the side.

He's from Nuevo Berlin so may have antecedents who had to leave Germany in a hurry circa 1945 which is fine.

However he's a Flamenguista.

My Flamengo supporting friend just emailed me:

“…if you buy Arrasca I'll start supporting Birmingham... he is great, amazing player. A bit quiet sometimes, but a magician when inspired.” 

[Brazilian Villain]

He's from Nuevo Berlin so may have antecedents who had to leave Germany in a hurry circa 1945 which is fine.

However he's a Flamenguista.

My Flamengo supporting friend just emailed me:

“…if you buy Arrasca I'll start supporting Birmingham... he is great, amazing player. A bit quiet sometimes, but a magician when inspired.” 

Is his name Jair? https://twitter.com/flamenguistasc1?lang=pt

One of my clients is a big Flamengo fan but I'll wait till the link becomes more concrete. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that we're interested in a left-sided winger like him though.

[Monty]

I see Spurs want Pochettino back and have already been discussing it with him. This is very very bad news for us. We need to strike this coming season or it might get too late - again.