The Summer Transfer Thread

LuckyLloyd

What wages will Flamini be on at Arsenal? Anyone an inkling?

Pepe LeFrits

£50,000 being mentioned but who knows really.

golfball37

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

What wages will Flamini be on at Arsenal? Anyone an inkling?

75k is what I read yesterday.

That_Guy

Flamini is an interesting one.

Agueroooo

still only 29 and as honest as they come

Smithwicks Man

golfball37 wrote: »

75k is what I read yesterday.

Big increase from the £25k he was on last year

everdead.ie

Flamini is a good signing for Arsenal although a bit nasty in tackling he has been training with the team for a while already so will take less time to get up to speed and he's not exactly a bad player either especially when the arsenal squad looks a bit thin.

prettyboy81

Flamini has an injury record over the past 3 years to match already at the club Rosicky.

7 different injuries in the past 3 years, not a good free transfer signing IMO.

LuckyLloyd

If it's £50k or less it's good business imo.

Moneymaker

Yeah I don't think that's a bad deal at all.

GTR63

Agueroooo wrote: »

still only 29 and as honest as they come

:pac: :pac: :pac:

Agueroooo

GTR63 wrote: »

:pac: :pac: :pac:

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hufpc8w3adnk65

His wages are most likely appearance based

Smithwicks Man

Chelsea just signed Eto'o on a 1 year deal according to Sky Sports

davycc

eto signs 1yr deal with chelski

GavRedKing

davycc wrote: »

eto signs 1yr deal with chelski

/shakes head.

Hopefully Ba is shipped out somewhere, anywhere will do.

Agueroooo

GavRedKing wrote: »

/shakes head.

Hopefully Ba is shipped out somewhere, anywhere will do.

surely Lukaku is going back out on loan now?

Ormus

Agueroooo wrote: »

surely Lukaku is going back out on loan now?

He'd be a great loan signing for almost any team, could become world class this season

GavRedKing

Agueroooo wrote: »

surely Lukaku is going back out on loan now?

I dont know mate, I'd say it will be easier to ship him then Ba but for that reason I hope we keep Lukaku, hes a better option then Ba but in a WC year he may want out.

Puts the bed any Rooney interest anyway for at least a year.

Agueroooo

Ormus wrote: »

He'd be a great loan signing for almost any team, could become world class this season

If he is not and he is not going to play 20+ games for the first team then it would be a crying shame to leave him on the bench at this point in his development. He is ready to explode if you ask me.

GavRedKing

Agueroooo wrote: »

If he is not and he is not going to play 20+ games for the first team then it would be a crying shame to leave him on the bench at this point in his development. He is ready to explode if you ask me.

WE'll probably play close to 55-60 games and the pecking order right now I reckon is Eto'o, Torres, Lukaku.

I'm taking it as a given that Ba is gone, if Lukaku goes then Ba is 3rd choice but I'd agree, another season on our bench is worthless to him.

Oranage2

Crazy frown chelsea, the Jose circus has well and truly entered town.

It'll good to see eto but a little to late like like shevy and crespo.

GavRedKing

Oranage2 wrote: »

Crazy frown chelsea, the Jose circus has well and truly entered town.

It'll good to see eto but a little to late like like shevy and crespo.

Its not too bad but its one I wouldnt have wanted at the start of the season.

Hes came in for free and cut his wages but hes going to limit Lukakus game time unless he goes on loan.

Lukaku got 17 league goals last year, what more can you do really?

GTR63

GTR63 wrote: »

:pac: :pac: :pac:

As an Arsenal fan i can testify his honesty of effort on the field of play cannot be doubted. Works tirelessly for the team

greendom

Any chance that this is an Abro signing ?

Kess73

GavRedKing wrote: »

Its not too bad but its one I wouldnt have wanted at the start of the season.

Hes came in for free and cut his wages but hes going to limit Lukakus game time unless he goes on loan.

Lukaku got 17 league goals last year, what more can you do really?

Send him up to Anfield. Would have him at Liverpool in a heartbeat.

Agueroooo

Deleted User wrote: »

As an Arsenal fan i can testify his honesty of effort on the field of play cannot be doubted. Works tirelessly for the team

Exactly!
May not have the top shelf skill set but leaves everything on the field of play - every team needs a player like this.

jamaamaj

Oranage2 wrote: »

Crazy frown chelsea, the Jose circus has well and truly entered town.

It'll good to see eto but a little to late like like shevy and crespo.

Rubbish talk, Eto'o is only 32 and him and Mourinho have worked well together before and eto'o will get goals were ever he goes.
A very good signing ,Eto'o will do well for them this season.

Pepe LeFrits

greendom wrote: »

Any chance that this is an Abro signing ?

Doesn't look like one.

If I was Lukaku I'd be straight on the phone to my agent.

GavRedKing

Kess73 wrote: »

Send him up to Anfield. Would have him at Liverpool in a heartbeat.

Lukaku flanked by Suarez and Sturridge and Couthino behind is a daunting prospect.....so ye can feck off. :pac:

Marty McFly

jamaamaj wrote: »

Rubbish talk, Eto'o is only 32 and him and Mourinho have worked well together before and eto'o will get goals were ever he goes.
A very good signing ,Eto'o will do well for them this season.

I wouldn't be to sure he's been playing in Russia now a while just collecting his pay cheque. Is he still the same player? Has he still got it? We can't really be sure but I for one will be curious to see what Eto turns up at Chelsea.

Beefy78

greendom wrote: »

Any chance that this is an Abro signing ?

I think it's more of a sign that Jose doesn't rate the strikers he's got. Can't get Rooney so go for a proven performer.

As a neutral I hope Lukaku gets a look-in still.

jamaamaj

Marty McFly wrote: »

I wouldn't be to sure he's been playing in Russia now a while just collecting his pay cheque. Is he still the same player? Has he still got it? We can't really be sure but I for one will be curious to see what Eto turns up at Chelsea.

What? His scoring record in russia was 25 in 53.
Doesn't seem like just collecting his paycheck to me.

Oranage2

jamaamaj wrote: »

Rubbish talk, Eto'o is only 32 and him and Mourinho have worked well together before and eto'o will get goals were ever he goes.
A very good signing ,Eto'o will do well for them this season.

How's it rubbish talk?

Chelsea now have 4 strikers all a good cut below world class and only play one up front.

I rate lukaku but Jose doesn't really trust him yet to lead the line. Eto isn't a a big improvement on what they have if any improvement at all.

its has a feel of a typical circus signing from Chelsea the first time Jose was there.

Agueroooo

Oranage2 wrote: »

its has a feel of a typical circus signing from Chelsea the first time Jose was there.

Torres ?

I joke.I joke

But yea its a funny one and not seen since Jose departure.

Marty McFly

jamaamaj wrote: »

What? His scoring record in russia was 25 in 53.
Doesn't seem like just collecting his paycheck to me.

It's the Russian league not exactly challenging himself playing at the highest levels of football is it .

In fact I would have expected Eto of old to have a higher scoring rate than that in the Russian League.

jamaamaj

Oranage2 wrote: »

How's it rubbish talk?

Chelsea now have 4 strikers all a good cut below world class and only play one up front.

I rate lukaku but Jose doesn't really trust him yet to lead the line. Eto isn't a a big improvement on what they have if any improvement at all.

its has a feel of a typical circus signing from Chelsea the first time Jose was there.

And two of them Mourinho does not rate ie Torres and Ba.
Eto'o is better than the other 3 strikers at chelsea IMO.

GTR63

Agueroooo wrote: »

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Deleted User wrote: »

As an Arsenal fan i can testify his honesty of effort on the field of play cannot be doubted. Works tirelessly for the team

As a Milan fan I can say he only really performed when his contracts were up & had a very average career with us. Seemed to be more interested in dosh than he was playing.

Oranage2

GTR63 wrote: »

As a Milan fan I can say he only really performed when his contracts were up & had a very average career with us. Seemed to be more interested in dosh than he was playing.

Actually sounds very familiar with his arsenal career.

astonaidan

Marty McFly wrote: »

It's the Russian league not exactly challenging himself playing at the highest levels of football is it .

In fact I would have expected Eto of old to have a higher scoring rate than that in the Russian League.

He wasnt playing up front though, from my recollection of the games I watched them play he was in CM

Marty McFly

astonaidan wrote: »

He wasnt playing up front though, from my recollection of the games I watched them play he was in CM

Yeh they mentioned that on Sky Sports earlier how he was playing deeper in Russia.

I'm not saying he wont be class but the Russian League is not top level as I said im curious to see if he still has it. Time will tell I guess.

yabadabado

Lukaku must be really pissed off. I have no doubt if he was let lead the line for Chelsea he would get plenty of league goals this season. He got 17 last season and in a team like chelsea he would surely be pushing for thirty.

Smithwicks Man

yabadabado wrote: »

Lukaku must be really pissed off. I have no doubt if he was let lead the line for Chelsea he would get plenty of league goals this season. He got 17 last season and in a team like chelsea he would surely be pushing for thirty.

So you think he'd run away as the league's top scorer?

I think he'd do well too, but let's not get carried away. He wouldn't be taking any set pieces at Chelsea and everything would not be focused around him. That being said, I think he'd do very well.

Kess73

GavRedKing wrote: »

Lukaku flanked by Suarez and Sturridge and Couthino behind is a daunting prospect.....so ye can feck off. :pac:

Actually I was thinking Sturridge flanked by Suarez and Lukaku with Coutinho in the AM role.


Saw Lukaku play that RWF role a number of times for West Brom last season and he was outstanding coming from that flank.


If Chelsea were willing to sell or loan him, methinks there would be no shortage of takers for the lad, with many being far more attractive options than Liverpool . Quality young player.

yabadabado

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

So you think he'd run away as the league's top scorer?

I think he'd do well too, but let's not get carried away. He wouldn't be taking any set pieces at Chelsea and everything would not be focused around him. That being said, I think he'd do very well.

Sorry I meant pushing for thirty goals overall,if he was the main striker I don't think it is getting carried away to say he could get 25+ goals.Not taking the penalties will be a huge factor tho.
He is still very young so it is probably too early for him to be the main man at a club of chelsea's size and he will probably still get plenty of games off the bench if he stays there.

JPA

Smithwicks Man wrote: »

So you think he'd run away as the league's top scorer?

I think he'd do well too, but let's not get carried away. He wouldn't be taking any set pieces at Chelsea and everything would not be focused around him. That being said, I think he'd do very well.

Sure half his goals came from coming off the bench at WBA, he wasn't nearly the main man there.

Bounty Hunter

JPA wrote: »

Sure half his goals came from coming off the bench at WBA, he wasn't nearly the main man there.

I wouldn't be surprised if that would be Jose's plan for him this year too except at the higher level that is Chelsea and including a higher standard of football that is Champions league games. Lukaku to come off the bench in almost all their games (with the very occasional start) while Maybe Eto'o starts the big games and Torres the smaller games. Then next year when Eto'o's deal is finished Lukaku takes over as the main CF. Not saying it is neccesarily the right way forward but it's how I would make sense of Jose's move here.

Smithwicks Man

yabadabado wrote: »

Sorry I meant pushing for thirty goals overall,if he was the main striker I don't think it is getting carried away to say he could get 25+ goals.Not taking the penalties will be a huge factor tho.
He is still very young so it is probably too early for him to be the main man at a club of chelsea's size and he will probably still get plenty of games off the bench if he stays there.

Ahh I get ya! I think Chelsea could do a lot worse than play him up top and give him a run of games and I'd expect he'd have hit 25 goals if he was given the chance as well, just though you meant he'd get 30+ in the league which I thought was far fetched

JPA wrote: »

Sure half his goals came from coming off the bench at WBA, he wasn't nearly the main man there.

It's not the same. Their main man was whoever was up top because of the way they play. When he played, he was more or less their main attacking threat, at Chelsea he wouldn't be. That being said, I think he'd have excelled if he was given a chance

klose

Kaka has apparently said he wants to leave madird, will be interesting to see who hell go to, if he does that is.

Liamalone

Spurs have bid for Kaka I'm hearing