Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[Dave]

Reading through a PSG Forum, they all seem to say Rafinha struggles in the final 3rd and that he's really a Holder. Not sure exactly what a Holder is, presumably Bad English would know.

Holding midfielder? Someone who dribbles more than passes the ball?

He'd be another one of our "does everything pretty well but doesn't specialise at anything" crew.

He can dribble. He can pass. He can tackle. He can shoot. But you wouldn't describe any one of them as his main strength. So a bit like Luiz / McGinn / (allegedly) Sanson.

He's basically a slightly worse version of Thiago (formerly of Barcelona / Bayern, now at Liverpool). Who also happens to be his older brother.

[robbo1874]

I think we need a stop-gap striker for a season. Get an old head in as back up to Ollie. I’d send Davis on loan and not really sure what to do with Wes. Having nursed him back to contention through his terrible injury it seems a bit short sighted to make rash decisions over him at this stage, but he doesn’t fill many with confidence it seems. If Ollie gets injured, the cupboard seems pretty bare.

[Steve67]

Linked with a keeper from Oxford in one of the rags. Jack Stevens.

[sickbeggar]

Still laughing at Spurs bringing in Gollini on loan. Maybe he's improved since our time but I am tempted to let them have an insight into his abilities. Best not. Never kick someone when they're down I say.

[Steve67]

I hope for their sake, he has improved sb!!

[ASHTONVILLA]

He'd be another one of our "does everything pretty well but doesn't specialise at anything" crew.

He can dribble. He can pass. He can tackle. He can shoot. But you wouldn't describe any one of them as his main strength. So a bit like Luiz / McGinn / (allegedly) Sanson.

He's basically a slightly worse version of Thiago (formerly of Barcelona / Bayern, now at Liverpool). Who also happens to be his older brother.

I look at the cv here and cant help thinking that a player that has got game time at Barcelona and PSG, and is nearly as good as his brother that plays for Liverpool and used to play for Barcelona and Bayern Munich might be able to add something. I do confess that I don't watch much French or Chumps League football so have not seen him play though.

I agree that having a bunch of midfielders that are ok at everything but exceptional at nothing, has been a problem for years. But if you have allrounders that are good enough the lack of specialism becomes less important (Liverpool play this way).

[sickbeggar]

I hope for their sake, he has improved sb!!

yeah not wishing him bad luck but a touch of the Taibi's about him. I've always had a soft spot for spurts fans based on their utter self-delusion on their place in the big picture. Naturally Gollini is a world beater who's really worth 35m despite Atlanta generously agreeing a fee of 13m   

[Monty]

Gollini's thing now is that he's good on the ball, but I suspect he'll struggle to command his area in the Premier League.

[sickbeggar]

yeah to be fair to him he was only young when he came here and he did rather get unceremoniously shown the door in a hurry.

EDIT: Actually scrap that. I've just come across his rap alter ego Golloruis. No excuse for that.

[mr underhill]

Always looked ok to me - much better than the guy from Norway, who always looked more suited to fashion modelling than football.

[N'ZMAV]

Always looked ok to me - much better than the guy from Norway, who always looked more suited to fashion modelling than football.

John Carew?!

[mr underhill]

No, Nyland! Also Roma interested in El Ghazi apparently.

[Villan82]

Selling AEG would be a mistake. He is no world beater but he is solid and has done well for us over three years. He has performed in the premier league for us and, as we have seen in the past, there is  no guarantee that a replacement coming in will be able to perform at this level.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Selling AEG would be a mistake. He is no world beater but he is solid and has done well for us over three years. He has performed in the premier league for us and, as we have seen in the past, there is  no guarantee that a replacement coming in will be able to perform at this level.

If we were looking to sign a player that had scored the goals he has at this level from elsewhere we would be excited about it. Case of familiarity breeds contempt. AEG is a far better player to have on the bench than the vast majority of teams have, so would only want to sell if it was to bring in someone else demonstrably better and to have even better players becoming bench options as a result. Same with Trez.

That said, if selling AEG gets us Bailey or a player of that quality then fine.

[Londonvilla]

Still laughing at Spurs bringing in Gollini on loan. Maybe he's improved since our time but I am tempted to let them have an insight into his abilities. Best not. Never kick someone when they're down I say.

Gollini made his senior debut for Italy under manager Roberto Mancini as a late substitute for Gianluigi Donnarumma so it's clear he has improved.