The Summer Transfer Thread

JPA

CSF wrote: »

That was obviously the implication though, that he's highly likely to not be fit.

Well he's had one season of not being fit, never had much issues before that.
Just a case of whether he is over it. He passed a medical obviously so there must no fears there.

Dempsey

JPA wrote: »

Well he's had one season of not being fit, never had much issues before that.
Just a case of whether he is over it. He passed a medical obviously so there must no fears there.

Harry Redknapp wrote:

"Obviously he had his problems last season with the injury but there's an agreement in place that if he breaks down, the contract can be ended,"

"He's confident he'll be okay and from our point of view, if he doesn't have any problems with it then we've just signed a very, very good centre-half."

The contract is based around his injury problems, the medical would have shown the extent of the damage to his groin

lordgoat

Jovetic to City.

Wanted/needed?

Paully D

Emanuele Giaccherini has had his medical and signed a contract with Sunderland at their Italian training camp. It will be announced tomorrow apparently.

Moneymaker

lordgoat wrote: »

Jovetic to City.

Wanted/needed?

Good player but had some fitness issues of late. Also he's never had a very prolific season. Lot of ability there though, very pacy, works hard and he loves to attack from deep and run at defenses.

Very talented lad , my money would be on him being a big success there.

swoody

lads, the fantasy football site is LIVE

witnessrenegade

And the prices are mental

Chancer3001

Mental??

Corholio

Steve Harper to Hull is a strange one. Thought he'd definitely go somewhere where he'd get first team football. I presume McGregor will start as first choice. Sometimes you wonder if players like sitting on a bench.

DenMan

Dunner has signed for QPR on a one year deal.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2013/0715/462629-dunne/

F.J.

Having seen the reports of United bidding for Fabregas today and the talk of the clauses Arsenal
have in relation to any transfer of Fabregas could Barcelona circumvent these.
For example if they offered him in exchange for Rooney does this trigger any of the reported clauses.

I know that scenario is very unlikely just a thought that occured when I should have been working!

Moneymaker

Moneymaker wrote: »

Good player but had some fitness issues of late. Also he's never had a very prolific season. Lot of ability there though, very pacy, works hard and he loves to attack from deep and run at defenses.

Very talented lad , my money would be on him being a big success there.

since the cruciate ligament injury 2 years ago he hasn't been too bad on the injury front. 27 goals in 58 league games since then, looking forward to seeing him provided it all goes through

Nuri Sahin

Dortmund have signed Ryu. Here's a couple of vids showing off his special attacks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL92ldiGtuc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdz5JuF0rBU

Yes, Ryu in Street Fighter is Japanese. Shup!

miralize

What happened to the Bayern kid, Usami?

Nuri Sahin

miralize wrote: »

What happened to the Bayern kid, Usami?

Back home playing with Gamba Osaka.. in the second tier of the J League.

Oat23

miralize wrote: »

What happened to the Bayern kid, Usami?

He is back with Gamba in J2. Going to Hoffenheim killed his Bundesliga chances.

edit - Damn it, Nuri.

Send Ryu over to us too, he's never getting into the BVB team

Nuri Sahin

Oat23 wrote: »

He is back with Gamba in J2. Going to Hoffenheim killed his Bundesliga chances.

edit - Damn it, Nuri.

Send Ryu over to us too, he's never getting into the BVB team

You know your Korean football, is he any good? Didn't get the chance to see much of the U20 World Cup myself, so I can only go on Youtube. The little things in the compilation can't help but see some similarities between him and Shinji. Involved in intricate moves, ability to ghost into positions between midfield and defence and seems comfortable with the ball with an eye for a pass.

miralize

Shame, he looked pretty good whenever I saw him

GTR63

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Dortmund have signed Ryu. Here's a couple of vids showing off his special attacks:
His off the ball movement

Yes, Ryu in Street Fighter is Japanese. Shup!

Zangief Meireles would take him.
Besides Ken is better anyway.

Nuri Sahin

miralize wrote: »

Shame, he looked pretty good whenever I saw him

Aye, in the bits n bobs I saw of him he did alright. Was in a lose-lose situation with Hoffenheim and never really got a chance with Bayern under Heynckes. He's still young, 20 or 21 and I can see him returning to Europe in the future.

Oat23

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

You know your Korean football, is he any good? Didn't get the chance to see much of the U20 World Cup myself, so I can only go on Youtube. The little things in the compilation can't help but see some similarities between him and Shinji. Involved in intricate moves, ability to ghost into positions between midfield and defence and seems comfortable with the ball with an eye for a pass.

He played well at the WC but I had never seen him before that. The U-League doesn't get much coverage anywhere. Everything you said is right though, if he is suited to one league in Europe then it is the BL.

Usami - His contract is up with Gamba at the end of the season, but I think he'll re-sign if Gamba are promoted. His agent should be shot. Bayern and Hoffenheim? You found him the two teams in Germany that would give him the least chance of success.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Who does that ryu kid play for?

tupac_healy

MrMac84 wrote: »

Who does that ryu kid play for?

Expecting to see him in the Dortmund reserves eh????

hufpc8w3adnk65

tupac_healy wrote: »

Expecting to see him in the Dortmund reserves eh????

With some luck

Paully D

Giaccherini to Sunderland confirmed. £6.5m to be paid over three years as confirmed by the Juventus website. He's rumoured to be on £33,000 a week at Sunderland.

Superb piece of business.

Fanny Biscuit

Paully D wrote: »

Giaccherini to Sunderland confirmed. £6.5m to be paid over three years as confirmed by the Juventus website. He's rumoured to be on £33,000 a week at Sunderland.

Superb piece of business.

How many players is that Sunderland have bought this summer?

SlickRic

mike65

Right, now can everyone get moving with Suarez and Higuain?!

everdead.ie

mike65 wrote: »

Right, now can everyone get moving with Suarez and Higuain?!

Suarez plus 20 million for Higuain.

Smithwicks Man

everdead.ie wrote: »

Suarez plus 20 million for Higuain.

Would it not be Higuain plus €20m for Suarez?

Will Ibrahimovic stay/where would he go?

everdead.ie

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Would it not be Higuain plus €20m for Suarez?

Will Ibrahimovic stay/where would he go?

That's the rumoured offer(no guarantee Higuain will be up for it) but given Liverpools recent transfer history .......

Smithwicks Man

everdead.ie wrote: »

That's the rumoured offer(no guarantee Higuain will be up for it) but given Liverpools recent transfer history .......

Haha true enough!

Arsenal could miss out badly if that goes through, would absolutely love to see them sign Ibra and get a serious winning mentality!

GavRedKing

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Will Ibrahimovic stay/where would he go?

Only a matter of time before Chelsea are banded about and it kinda makes sense.

We could afford his wages, we do need another CF, and Zlatan has spoken about his respect for Jose.

Will a deal happen, unlikely IMO, as the club has swayed away from the high profile, big spending 30 something year olds the last few seasons.

QikBax

I would absolutely love to see Zlatan in the Premiership. It would be glorious even as an opposition fan.

Drexel

mike65 wrote: »

Right, now can everyone get moving with Suarez and Higuain?!

One please!

DoctorGonzo08

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Haha true enough!

Arsenal could miss out badly if that goes through, would absolutely love to see them sign Ibra and get a serious winning mentality!

Would that not be highly unlikely giving his snub of an offer of a trial from Wegner when he was younger. Doesn't sound like he had too much respect for him or the team.

GavRedKing

DoctorGonzo08 wrote: »

Would that not be highly unlikely giving his snub of an offer of a trial from Wegner when he was younger. Doesn't sound like he had too much respect for him or the team.

Zlatan on Arsene :

“It was a fantastic moment for me. Arsenal had a great team then and here was an Arsenal shirt made just for me.

“So then I waited for him to convince me that I should join Arsenal. But he didn’t even try.

“He never actually made me a serious offer, it was more ‘I want to see how good you are, what kind of player you are. Have a trial’.

“I couldn’t believe it. I was like ‘No way, Zlatan doesn’t do auditions’.

“I thought ‘You either know me or you don’t and if you don’t know me you can’t really want me’.

“You see, even back then I had great faith in myself, even though I was still young.

xtal191

Why the hell would Higuain move to Liverpool??

GavRedKing

xtal191 wrote: »

Why the hell would Higuain move to Liverpool??

Why not? Plenty of pounds and he might change his mind.

RasTa

Yes!

10-year-old Zak Gilsenan from Castleknock has been signed on by the Spanish champions for another two years

Seaneh

RasTa wrote: »

Yes!

Just don't post his picture or you might get an angry legal threat.

everdead.ie

RasTa wrote: »

Yes!

Is he not too young to be "signed"? or have they just committed to bringing him up through the ranks for another two years?

GavRedKing

Probably on a scholarship deal.

Seaneh

everdead.ie wrote: »

Is he not too young to be "signed"? or have they just committed to bringing him up through the ranks for another two years?

2 years of free tuition at their school and a place on their underage teams.

And probably a "job" for his auld lad, which is something Barca have been doing for years to get around the laws against signing overseas players who are under 18.

Oat23

Seaneh wrote: »

Just don't post his picture or you might get an angry legal threat.

JaMarcus Hustle will let us use his!

GavRedKing

That post won the internet.

Pepe LeFrits

GavRedKing wrote: »

Why not? Plenty of pounds and he might change his mind.

Still pretty unlikely; there are lots of teams who could offer him a pay rise.

GavRedKing

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Still pretty unlikely; there are lots of teams who could offer him a pay rise.

True but Liverpool have somebody Real apparently want, on the flipside would Higuain even entertain a switch to Liverpool, I'd have my doubts but I wouldnt rule it out.

TaosHum

Paully D wrote: »

Giaccherini to Sunderland confirmed. £6.5m to be paid over three years as confirmed by the Juventus website. He's rumoured to be on £33,000 a week at Sunderland.

Superb piece of business.

You think this move spells the end of McClean's time at Sunderland?

Pepe LeFrits

GavRedKing wrote: »

True but Liverpool have somebody Real apparently want, on the flipside would Higuain even entertain a switch to Liverpool, I'd have my doubts but I wouldnt rule it out.

That's good for Real but realistically Higuain is rather unlikely to let himself be used as their makeweight if he's got better offers elsewhere.