Summer 26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[PeterWithe]

Seems to be quite a bit of chatter about Sara, Soule and Mbaye.

Need to sign Soule as an excuse to sing Erasure.

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't even sing that on my own in the car. 

Have a little respect.

[PaulWinch again]

Even at £28m Rashford is expensive because of his age and resale value.
Not to mention his wages.

£28 million is not remotely expensive for Rashford irrespective of his resale value. It’s peanuts in relative terms.

[PeterWithe]

I mean I know Gordon has really, really shit hair, in a way that he wouldn't look out of place in a late 1970s Panini Album, but he's some player. Pace, power, good finisher, good shot from distance. Hes got it all.

[LeeB]

I mean I know Gordon has really, really shit hair, in a way that he wouldn't look out of place in a late 1970s Panini Album, but he's some player. Pace, power, good finisher, good shot from distance. Hes got it all.

Yeah, but he's on of those players you love to hate.

[Dante Lavelli]

Even at £28m Rashford is expensive because of his age and resale value.
Not to mention his wages.

£28 million is not remotely expensive for Rashford irrespective of his resale value. It’s peanuts in relative terms.

It's paying a 33-year old 300K/week that's the issue IMO. 

[Dogtanian]

Seems to be quite a bit of chatter about Sara, Soule and Mbaye.

Need to sign Soule as an excuse to sing Erasure.

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't even sing that on my own in the car. 

Have a little respect.

I do... sometimes.

[paul_e]

I mean I know Gordon has really, really shit hair, in a way that he wouldn't look out of place in a late 1970s Panini Album, but he's some player. Pace, power, good finisher, good shot from distance. Hes got it all.

I get what you mean but I also think that, at 25, it's not unreasonable to expect a lot more from him if he's going to turn that potential into regular match-winning performances. All of this noise around him is based entirely on him having a good year in the champions league this season but even then a lot of it is that he was a bit of a flat-track bully against a handful of very weak sides.

[PaulWinch again]

Even at £28m Rashford is expensive because of his age and resale value.
Not to mention his wages.

£28 million is not remotely expensive for Rashford irrespective of his resale value. It’s peanuts in relative terms.

It's paying a 33-year old 300K/week that's the issue IMO. 

I don’t think the age versus the wage is particularly relevant. That obviously assumes he signs a 5 year deal, but if he were still one of our top performing players at that point and was paid as such I don’t see the issue.

I don’t think there’s a scenario where we’d be paying that much anyway, but the issue is more where you’re paying over the odds for players not contributing to a level commensurate with their pay.

Rashford is a player that elevates our level.

[Smithy]

I mean I know Gordon has really, really shit hair, in a way that he wouldn't look out of place in a late 1970s Panini Album, but he's some player. Pace, power, good finisher, good shot from distance. Hes got it all.

I get what you mean but I also think that, at 25, it's not unreasonable to expect a lot more from him if he's going to turn that potential into regular match-winning performances. All of this noise around him is based entirely on him having a good year in the champions league this season but even then a lot of it is that he was a bit of a flat-track bully against a handful of very weak sides.

I think he's very good, but I don't think he's a "Barcelona" type signing, which is why it's a surprising move.  He has the ability to succeed there, but it does feel like the fans appreciate their 'entertainers' there, which isn't really Gordon's game.

Newcastle will be worse without him, which I suppose is good news, depending on how they spend the proceeds.