Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[ozzjim]

For me bissouma is the player we need. The guy is absolute quality and a beast in the middld of the park. Id happily pay 30-40m for him. He would be well worth it

I believe he’d cost another 10 on top of this, plus he is more than good enough for the champions league teams. It would be a superb signing that’s for sure.

He would be well worth it in my view. He is a step above nakamba

At 24 he'd be a long term investment well worth the fee and a five year contract. The type of player we won't be looking to replace next season or the season after assuming we're serious about playing European football. Whether he'd want to join us right now is another matter but you don't know until you ask.

Bissouma would be an unbelievably good signing. I reckon it would be £50 plus add ons though, looking at what they held out for re Ben White, and are they really going to let him go this close to the end of the window. Worth the money though.

[London Villan]

Are we even linked with him?

[Clampy]

Are we even linked with him?

Links don't really mean a lot. We was'nt linked with Ings at all.

[paul_e]

I think he is on much closer to £150k a week after the interest from Villa, and I would imagine they will still finish above us come the end of the season, they have signed some decent players that are not playing yet

I think the players we have to come back in are better than theirs and they look a fucking mess right now, I doubt Arteta will make it to Christmas and if they get his replacement wrong I can see them finishing bottom half.

[SoccerHQ]

Yes agree with Paul. While Arteta remains in charge there we should have a good chance of finishing above them, should've happened last season after all.

Would be amazed if he's in charge when we go there on Ftriday 22nd October. Just our luck if they somehow get a Conte in and it's his first home game. Arteta's record v us is of course 3 defeats from 3 and no goals scored.

[cdbearsfan]

Are we even linked with him?

Links don't really mean a lot. We was'nt linked with Ings at all.

That's about the only major signing we've made in living memory that wasn't heavily speculated about before, I wouldn't treat that as the norm.

Young, Buendia and Bailey were talked about for weeks before we signed them, as I recall.

[Clampy]

Are we even linked with him?

Links don't really mean a lot. We was'nt linked with Ings at all.

That's about the only major signing we've made in living memory that wasn't heavily speculated about before, I wouldn't treat that as the norm.

Young, Buendia and Bailey were talked about for weeks before we signed them, as I recall.

I don't remmeber Young being mentioned that much before he signed. The other two weree though.

[LeonW]

Are we even linked with him?

Links don't really mean a lot. We was'nt linked with Ings at all.

That's about the only major signing we've made in living memory that wasn't heavily speculated about before, I wouldn't treat that as the norm.

Young, Buendia and Bailey were talked about for weeks before we signed them, as I recall.

I think Darren Bent was another that was pretty out of the blue.

[cdbearsfan]

Not if you were a GM, at the time. Pretty much the only genuine ITK we ever had on there!

[Matt C]

You seem to be forgetting that heady summer when Tonev, Helinius, Bacuna, Bowery et al arrived stealth.

Probably for good reason.

[cdbearsfan]

Yes, it's probably easier to keep a transfer secret when a player is so obscure most of his own family haven't heard of him.

[olaftab]

I just don't see how he thinks flogging Grealish and using a chunk of the money to buy Ings, Bailey and Buendia addresses the fact that we are absolutely powder puff in midfield.

Coming out of this window having flogged an incredibly important and talented player to spend less than we bring in

I think if you add up those 3 will cost all of the £100M we got for Ratboy so we have not spent less than we bring in.

[ozzjim]

£25m, £25m and £33m, without the add ons that are not due until we achieve or the player does is £17m short of Ratboy. Even with add ons we are a couple of million in the black. And sold Engels for a fortune too (i may be exaggerating_)

[PaulWinch again]

The creative players we’ve got in are excellent. I think they’ll all be great for us and personally I think Bailey is an amazing get who is beyond our current level. But fully agree with paulie, and others, we need a quality midfield addition.

[sid1964]

Watched a bit of the Arsenal - Chelsea game yesterday - when you looked at the 9 Chelsea subs there wage bill alone must be worth between £1.5 - £2 million quid a week - unbelievable quality and depth in there squad

We need far better players if we are to push for a European place in the league, the current squad are not getting us in the Top 6