Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Toronto Villa]

ESR, Buendia and Alvarez. Proper young and hungry.

[Toronto Villa]

Percy also banging about Romeu of Southampton who’s a very solid player.

[Steve67]

Percy also banging about Romeu of Southampton who’s a very solid player.

Exactly the type of player that we need.

[Ads]

Doesn't he have an ACL injury too?

[SoccerHQ]

£32.5m bid submitted for Smith Rowe apparently.

If these rumours are true, surely we must have had some positive vibes from the Smith Rowe camp that he is willing to join us else why would we bother - unless we are just trolling them to put them off our other targets!!

He’s only played a dozen games ain’t he??!!!!!!!!

Was a regular in their team from December and apparently they were 2nd best peforming prem team from December 26th (shows how dismal they were in 1st half of last year).

Buendia himself only played 20 odd games at prem level. Smith Rowe also had a pretty good loan at Huddersfield the previous season and he was also sent on loan to RB Leipzig who are pretty good nowadays but picked up injury straight away so he only played 3-4 times.

[SoccerHQ]

Could be wrong but this Alvarez link reminds me of that Urguayan attacking player we were linked with a few weeks ago....signed Buendia about two days later so he could be link while we pursue others.

Just seen likes of Arsenal and Spurs are looking at Joaquin Correa, he's a wide forward type who's done well for Lazio last few seasons and mid 20s. Scored 11 Serie A and CL goals last season so that's a higher level one I'd be looking at as someone like Alvarez would need a good six months to adjust given he's 20 and would be moving to europe for first time.

[Dante Lavelli]

Alvarez would need a good six months to adjust given he's 20 and would be moving to europe for first time.

Which would be fine considering the touted fee and our current squad, no?

[cdbearsfan]

I'd imagine quite a few non-Europeans settle relatively quickly, even at that age.

[Toronto Villa]

I think in part we are planning ahead to a time without Jack. And that’s absolutely the right thing to do. We all hope he stays forever but chances are he won’t. And we probably owe that to him if we fall short of where he wants us to be. So getting all these talented players in while we have him and giving it a real good go is going to be a lot of fun. And if we do fall short the drop off without him won’t be as sharp.

[OCD]

I think we would see a Traore-style adaption period where we start the season with a relatively settled team of players that know the country and the league and those from outside would be eased in.

Interesting that we're not letting the ESR thing go, I hope it pans out. Smith clearly wants to have a bench that can change a game as and when needed and seems to show his frustration at not having those options last season. As well as seeing how we struggled for creativity when Jack was missing for so many games.

[eamonn]

What about Ward-Prowse, is that dead? And, apols if i missed it, but is Douggeee definitely not going back to Citeh?

If half of these players join, I can see Sanson quickly departing, Ramsey going out on-loan for a year and Hourihane given a season loan somewhere while we pay most of the last 12 months of his wages.

[Toronto Villa]

The drop off when Jack was out was astonishingly steep. That didn’t go unnoticed. Part of that certainly falls on the manager but part will fall on the talent available to continue to play at a high level and not change too much our general tactical approach. Without Jack it all falls apart and we cannot be so dependent on one player and one style of play.

[SoccerHQ]

The drop off when Jack was out was astonishingly steep. That didn’t go unnoticed. Part of that certainly falls on the manager but part will fall on the talent available to continue to play at a high level and not change too much our general tactical approach. Without Jack it all falls apart and we cannot be so dependent on one player and one style of play.

With what we're signing Traore and AEG will go to impact off the bench option which isn't too bad given both can score and have hot spells in games.

Could really do with a striker DS can trust to throw on from 60th minute mark. Quite interesting the amount of times Davis only got used from after 80th minute last season. For example when we were losing at Burnley we put on two wide players and he only came on in 87th minute.

We need impact he made v Fulham from whoever the backup striker is next season on a regular basis. Wes can then fill Davis role of being 3rd striker in the squad as surely Kienan will finally get loaned out.

[ozzjim]

Alvarez looks looks like a striker on his highlights reel Soccer. He might be playing wide right too, but he looks and moves like a 9 not a winger. He does look like he'd need a bit of time to adapt, but he's the sort of punt at his age and fee we should be taking, we have the squad now to give a player time.

Smith Rowe must have made some encouraging noises for us to be bidding, but I'm afraid we are being used to get him a bummer contract. If we get him I'm sure that's our Jack replacement longer term.

Interesting that we are looking for a specialist set piece coach. With Konsa and Mings, and the amount of fouls Jack draws, it makes a lot of sense to improve that.

[algy]

Smith Rowe must have made some encouraging noises for us to be bidding, but I'm afraid we are being used to get him a bummer contract. If we get him I'm sure that's our Jack replacement longer term.

At the Arse, no less.