Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[sickbeggar]

He's a bit...…….old. Laughing at him having the middle names of Lambert and Angel though

[DrGonzo]

McKennie is not for sale.

The next person to state that we need a cm/dm will burn for all eternity in the lowest pits of hell.  We know...ok?

[Monty]

Dean Smith has never played 4-4-2, and has repeatedly said that he likes three central midfielders because that's where control of the game comes from.

Yet he specifically and pointedly mentioned the 4-4-2 option when we signed Ings and a lot of generally reliable reports suggest that that's the plan.

Well, you can prove anything with facts.

Ha, let's see if he actually does it. I don't think the first two games of the season provided much evidence in favour of the idea.

[edgysatsuma89]

I'm up for a bit of hell. I reckon it's probably more interesting anyway and I'm sure I'd acclimatise... we need a DM.

[ozzjim]

I'm up for a bit of hell. I reckon it's probably more interesting anyway and I'm sure I'd acclimatise... we need a DM.

It has to be better than the week I've had... We need a DM

[Morleys left boot]

 i just feel we need someone who plays just in front of the back four and gets stuck in and
 puts himself about a bit

[OCD]

I think saying we're looking to play 4-4-2 may be a bit basic. Leicester played a chunk of last season with Vardy and Iheanacho but it wasn't a flat 4-4-2 as is being suggested with Watkins and Ings. Vardy played on the shoulder of the last defender and Iheanacho came deep and helped out in midfield when needed. It already seems clear that the intention is for Watkins to play on the shoulder of the last defender, starting the press. Then Ings would come short and means he would have to play as a '10' and help out midfield when needed. That looks more like a version of a 4-2-3-1 to me. That does put a big emphasis on the 2 prongs though.

[Monty]

Sure, but how is that what Ings is best at? Or McGinn? Strikes me as an attempt to replicate what Ings did at Southampton but without the same kind of personnel around him - personnel, let's not forget, who finished below us last year.

[Sexual Ealing]

Just watched Dean's presser. I know that he's sometimes economical with the truth (for good reason), but he sounded pretty adamant we're not buying anyone else.

[chrisw1]

Pep on Kane: "Tottenham did not want to negotiate. They didn’t want to talk, so we didn’t talk. We tried to open the door but the big master of negotiations, Daniel Levy, who knows everything, wouldn’t. Maybe I would do the same if I had Harry Kane."

So arrogant.  How dare a club not just hand over their best player.  Wouldn't it be great if every PL club just refused to deal with City?

[sickbeggar]

Just watched Dean's presser. I know that he's sometimes economical with the truth (for good reason), but he sounded pretty adamant we're not buying anyone else.

Well if that's the case, I think we're in trouble unless he's changes the formation.

[Monty]

Pep on Kane: "Tottenham did not want to negotiate. They didn’t want to talk, so we didn’t talk. We tried to open the door but the big master of negotiations, Daniel Levy, who knows everything, wouldn’t. Maybe I would do the same if I had Harry Kane."

So arrogant.  How dare a club not just hand over their best player.  Wouldn't it be great if every PL club just refused to deal with City?

Is it particularly arrogant? Just seems to be describing what happened.

[LeeB]

Pep on Kane: "Tottenham did not want to negotiate. They didn’t want to talk, so we didn’t talk. We tried to open the door but the big master of negotiations, Daniel Levy, who knows everything, wouldn’t. Maybe I would do the same if I had Harry Kane."

So arrogant.  How dare a club not just hand over their best player.  Wouldn't it be great if every PL club just refused to deal with City?

Is it particularly arrogant? Just seems to be describing what happened.

The 'big master of negotiations' line feels a bit churlish and unprofessional.

[mrfuse]

Could Witsel be almost a Cambiasso type signing for Leicester when Shakespeare was there?

Would love to think so but its probably Much ado about nothing.

[Monty]

Pep on Kane: "Tottenham did not want to negotiate. They didn’t want to talk, so we didn’t talk. We tried to open the door but the big master of negotiations, Daniel Levy, who knows everything, wouldn’t. Maybe I would do the same if I had Harry Kane."

So arrogant.  How dare a club not just hand over their best player.  Wouldn't it be great if every PL club just refused to deal with City?

Is it particularly arrogant? Just seems to be describing what happened.

The 'big master of negotiations' line feels a bit churlish and unprofessional.

Hmm. I wouldn't underestimate how hard it is to be funny in another language. Strikes me that he just tried to pay Levy a compliment in a jokey way, and the nuances of English make it come across differently.