The Summer Transfer Thread

kryogen

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

Mata is a comfortably the best of the 3 at the minute in my opinion.

Never had the highest opinion of Silva for some reason.

This is Kagawa's season to make his mark.

As I said, Mata is a genius, absolutely brilliant player. Has improved so much since coming to Chelsea, never thought he would be anything better then a Navas or a Joaquin when I was watching him in Spain.

Hopefully Kag gets a decent run in the team this year, and stays clear of injuries, when he plays he creates and is more then capable of scoring too. If used correctly he could be an integral player

Smithwicks Man

kryogen wrote: »

As I said, Mata is a genius, absolutely brilliant player. Has improved so much since coming to Chelsea, never thought he would be anything better then a Navas or a Joaquin when I was watching him in Spain.

Hopefully Kag gets a decent run in the team this year, and stays clear of injuries, when he plays he creates and is more then capable of scoring too. If used correctly he could be an integral player

Agreed

Nuri Sahin

Kondogbia should be signing for Monaco this week now his they activated his £17M release clause. Excellent signing. Scary how much Sevilla have been raided this summer due to their financial problems.

Marty McFly

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Kondogbia should be signing for Monaco this week now his they activated his £17M release clause. Excellent signing. Scary how much Sevilla have been raided this summer due to their financial problems.

Source? This been confirmed?

GTR63

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Kondogbia should be signing for Monaco this week now his they activated his £17M release clause. Excellent signing. Scary how much Sevilla have been raided this summer due to their financial problems.

If true Arsenal are morons he`d suit them down to the ground, he`ll be a better signing than Cabaye would for them imo.

Marty McFly

GTR63 wrote: »

If true Arsenal are morons he`d suit them down to the ground, he`ll be a better signing than Cabaye would for them imo.

I agree don't think Cabaye is what Arsenal need at all, would take him but it will only be to add squad depth he wont be a starter.

Marty McFly

Just seen this tweeted

More contacts between Sevilla and Arsenal in the past days regarding Geoffrey Kondogbia. Moving slowly. #AFC #Sevilla #ASM


but given Arsenal's knack of being linked with anybody and everybody this summer yet signing no one I wont hold my breath.

Nuri Sahin

Marty McFly wrote: »

Source? This been confirmed?

El Desmarque, Sevilla based paper. All but confirmed it seems. Discussions between player and Monaco have to take place. It's known Kondogbia is keen to return to France.

GTR63 wrote: »

If true Arsenal are morons he`d suit them down to the ground, he`ll be a better signing than Cabaye would for them imo.

Without a doubt.

GTR63

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Kondogbia should be signing for Monaco this week now his they activated his £17M release clause. Excellent signing. Scary how much Sevilla have been raided this summer due to their financial problems.

In the last 6 months. Negredo, Diego Lopez, Navas, Medel and now or very soon Kondogbia. Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

Amirani

GTR63 wrote: »

In the last 6 months. Negredo, Diego Lopez, Navas, Medel and now or very soon Kondogbia. Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

Could only think the same when I was watching Malaga earlier, they've also been decimated.

Valencia and Atletico lost big players also, but are still in reasonably good shape in terms of the squads they have.

Pro. F

GTR63 wrote: »

If true Arsenal are morons he`d suit them down to the ground, he`ll be a better signing than Cabaye would for them imo.

Kondogbia is still very unreliable defensively so he wouldn't have solved Arsenal's biggest problem. Still, much more suitable for them than Cabaye as you say.

GavRedKing

GTR63 wrote: »

In the last 6 months. Negredo, Diego Lopez, Navas, Medel and now or very soon Kondogbia. Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

NiallSparky wrote: »

Could only think the same when I was watching Malaga earlier, they've also been decimated.

Valencia and Atletico lost big players also, but are still in reasonably good shape in terms of the squads they have.

Thats the problem with La Liga when Real and Barca have most of the money and revenue that goes into the league, nobody else can compete and the other teams lose players to either of the above or abroad to big money.

Its a shame but it happens, the wealth spit between the top 2 in Spain and the rest is well documented and very large.

hugo29

GTR63 wrote: »

In the last 6 months. Negredo, Diego Lopez, Navas, Medel and now or very soon Kondogbia. Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

higuain, soldado ?? and by looks things di maria and ozil

Skylinehead

hugo29 wrote: »

higuain, soldado ?? and by looks things di maria and ozil

He was talking about Sevilla players.

greendom

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

LuckyLloyd

greendom wrote: »

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

Bale puts his head down and they go about winning more games than last year?

hugo29

Skylinehead wrote: »

He was talking about Sevilla players.

Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

sorry i read this part of the post and thought he was talking about la liga:(

yabadabado

greendom wrote: »

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

Would it make any difference? They have the money from new tv deal and their owner is supposed to have given Levy funds to spent as well. They have recouped about 24 million so far in sales. I don't think they have over stretched themselves yet.

hugo29

greendom wrote: »

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

i dont get what you mean, worst case bale ends up staying, same as modric, he has to get on and play until at least january,

Seaneh

Even if Bale stays, with Spur's net Spend over the last few years and the increase in TV revenue this season they would probabl only be down about 5p.

Turtyturd

greendom wrote: »

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

Wenger will throw in a derisory bid at the death.

A lot of Arsenal fans seem to be clinging to the notion of this happening as if it will somehow make their transfer window better. Would him staying another season put Spurs in that much financial difficulty?

everdead.ie

greendom wrote: »

Levy playing a dangerous game. What if he's left holding the baby come Sept 2nd?

Net Spend this season is 40m which is the same amount as the new TV deal plus two new Sponsorship deals and Spurs haven't spent more than they have bought since 2008.

I'd be more worried that Arsenal while having a very very good first team lack depth needed to fight on multiple fronts after allowing so many squad players to leave.

greendom

Turtyturd wrote: »

Wenger will throw in a derisory bid at the death.

A lot of Arsenal fans seem to be clinging to the notion of this happening as if it will somehow make their transfer window better. Would him staying another season put Spurs in that much financial difficulty?

don't care from an Arsenal perspective. Much more concerned about the signings we haven't made. If Levy wants to play silly beggars with Real Madrid that's up to him

greendom

everdead.ie wrote: »

Net Spend this season is 40m which is the same amount as the new TV deal plus two new Sponsorship deals and Spurs haven't spent more than they have bought since 2008.

I'd be more worried that Arsenal while having a very very good first team lack depth needed to fight on multiple fronts after allowing so many squad players to leave.

Ah no don't be worried about Arsenal. That's our job!

barone

i would piss myself laughing if bale went to another team bar madrid in this window

Nuri Sahin

GTR63 wrote: »

In the last 6 months. Negredo, Diego Lopez, Navas, Medel and now or very soon Kondogbia. Awful for La Liga which is leaking more talent by the hour.

It's disappointing when you compare to Sevilla of half a dozen or so years. One of my very favourite teams to watch under Juande Ramos. Del Nido had some of this coming though.

Moneymaker

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

It's disappointing when you compare to Sevilla of half a dozen or so years. One of my very favourite teams to watch under Juande Ramos. Del Nido had some of this coming though.

If you made a 'Best Sevilla XI' in the last 10 years or so it'd be a serious team!

Palop
Alves
Ramos
Navarro
David
Navas
Kondogbia
Keita
Puerta(RIP)
Fabiano
Negredo

And the likes of Saviola, Reyes, Medel and Kanoute don't even make the 11.

SlickRic

Srijandeep Das ‏@LFC_360

Chelsea have made known the availability of Juan Mata - the player could be allowed to leave if the right offer comes in.

he doesn't normally say complete shíte, but still, a pinch of salt.

maximoose

Baffling if true.

(and I'd imagine that's a massive if)

miralize

One of the best in the PL.

mike65

Suarez/Mata + cash swap sensation on the cards?! :pac:

Moneymaker

Think I speak for everyone when I say;

WTF?

Why on earth is he looking to offload one of the best players of the past 2 years? Baffling.

everdead.ie

I thought Mata was consistently the best player in the premier league over the last two years.

hugo29

get a bid in now levy, if its true

yabadabado

Fookin madness to offload Matt . Can't be true.

Nuri Sahin

Moneymaker wrote: »

If you made a 'Best Sevilla XI' in the last 10 years or so it'd be a serious team!

Palop
Alves
Ramos
Navarro
David
Navas
Kondogbia
Keita
Puerta(RIP)
Fabiano
Negredo

And the likes of Saviola, Reyes, Medel and Kanoute don't even make the 11.

Just based on what they did for Sevilla, I'd go with..

Kanoute over Negredo
Escudé for Ramos
Renato or Maresca (probably the former) for Kondogbia
Adriano for Puerta.

Puerta was very talented but still very young and only had one full season as far as I recall in the starting XI before passing away sadly. Was a real fan of his.

Too early to have Kondogbia in there, though in the future you it's quite likely I'll add him to the team.

RasTa

yabadabado wrote: »

Fookin madness to offload Matt . Can't be true.

Of course it's true, some randomer on twitter said so

Backstreet Moyes

Would take Mata at United over Bale everyday of the week.

Skylinehead

mike65 wrote: »

Suarez/Mata + cash swap sensation on the cards?! :pac:

Don't think there would be any cash in your hypothetical situation, Mata is as good as Suarez (albeit in a completely different role)

GavRedKing

Mata wont be leaving anytime soon. You dont get rid of your best player because you've signed a decent Brazilian for big money.

Unless Joses opinio has changed since his press conference on Friday its just not going to happen.

Moneymaker

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Just based on what they did for Sevilla, I'd go with..

Kanoute over Negredo
Escudé for Ramos
Renato or Maresca (probably the former) for Kondogbia
Adriano for Puerta.

Puerta was very talented but still very young and only had one full season as far as I recall in the starting XI before passing away sadly. Was a real fan of his.

Too early to have Kondogbia in there, though in the future you it's quite likely I'll add him to the team.

Forgot about Maresca, quality player. Never got a fair chance at Juve imo.

TimeToShine

Mata is going nowhere. Not only would it be stupid to play an unproven kid in his position immediately, there would be uproar from the fans as well. Stupid, lazy journalism with no foundation designed to rile people up and get them talking.

Antibac

TimeToShine wrote: »

Mata is going nowhere. Not only would it be stupid to play an unproven kid in his position immediately, there would be uproar from the fans as well. Stupid, lazy journalism with no foundation designed to rile people up and get them talking.

Willian is the same age as Mata.

hugo29

one of the rumours doing the rounds on the chelsea blogs is that spurs are asking about Mata

of course this will never happen but if it did, in the immortal word of Kevin Keegan "i would fcukinh luv it"

MisterAnarchy

GavRedKing wrote: »

Mata wont be leaving anytime soon. You dont get rid of your best player because you've signed a decent Brazilian for big money.

Unless Joses opinio has changed since his press conference on Friday its just not going to happen.

There is a rumour going around that Willian was bought so that Mata could be offered to Utd as part payment for Rooney .
Supposedly Mata doesnt work hard enough for Mourinho's plans.

It seems nonsense to me but stranger things have happened.

GavRedKing

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

There is a rumour going around that Willian was bought so that Mata could be offered to Utd as part payment for Rooney .
Supposedly Mata doesnt work hard enough for Mourinho's plans.

It seems nonsense to me but stranger things have happened.

The worse thing Jose/Gourlay/Emenalo/Roman can do after bringing back Jose is to sell the best player and fans favourite when youre just in the door.

From watching Mata last year the guys work rate was better then Hazards who at times, picked when he was going to get back.

Jose has rubbished the Mata leaving debate a few times and I dont think that will change, not this summer anyway.

CSF

Alot of smoke though. The fire may not materialise but I don't doubt that it exists.

GavRedKing

CSF wrote: »

Alot of smoke though. The fire may not materialise but I don't doubt that it exists.

I'd highly doubt it but if enough people spread it then its going to grow legs regardless.

Turtwig

Selling Mata would be up there with the stupidest moves in all time club transfers. Unless Mata's gets a injury or some sort of physical or mental affliction that causes his form to completely to drop! I can kind of see the logic in him not being a player to fit Mourinho's system but I'd still think Mou would need his head examined if these rumours have an element of truth to them.

SteelyDanJalapeno

United fans blowing smoke where's there no fire, not long left to sign someone now.