Deadline Day Thread

pandaboy

Diana Ross in equestrian type medical at undisclosed football club.

Beefy78

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Shevchenko, Veron, Ballack, Aguero and Torres.

Maybe the latter two but I'd say Ozil is ahead of both of them. The first three were well past their peak.

Ozil is 24, is Germany's main man and Real Madrid's playmaker. This is huge.

GTR63

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Is Niall finished talking yet??

(In Mike Goldberg voice)
Coming up next......Ray Wilkins and Jamie Redknapp.

Kerrydude1981

GTR63 wrote: »

(In Mike Goldberg voice)
Coming up next......Ray Wilkins and Jamie Redknapp.

Ray

"Lovely lad the boy Herrera"

Jamie

"Even though I dont know who he is he is a top top player"

Amirani

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Shevchenko, Veron, Ballack, Aguero and Torres.

They're arguable yeah. Ozil is certainly in the same group though. I personally think he's a bigger coup than any of them for various reasons.

Luckycharms_74

Lukaku is set to join Everton on loan according to reports in Holland and Belgium.

kippy

Luckycharms_74 wrote: »

Lukaku is set to join Everton on loan according to reports in Holland and Belgium.

I really don't know what is so wrong with Lukaku that he cannot get a run for Chelsea.......
He will do very will with the Toffees, as he did with WBA.

EuropeanSon

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Shevchenko, Veron, Ballack, Aguero and Torres.

Torres and Aguero came from doing excellently for Athletico Madrid, to playing for top EPL sides. Ozil is coming from being one of the stars of Real Madrid, one of the top teams in the world. The difference is substantial.

As for the others, they were all a little on the downside of their careers. I think only Veron is close to being comparable.

klose

Imo chelsea are mad letting lukaku go on loan again, their 3 striker options arent good enough for a title challenge

daithijjj

Posted already?

Essien

Lol at the randomness of someone holding a potato behind the reporter at the Emirates.

PhlegmyMoses

Beefy78 wrote: »

Maybe the latter two but I'd say Ozil is ahead of both of them. The first three were well past their peak.

Ozil is 24, is Germany's main man and Real Madrid's playmaker. This is huge.

Load of bollocks. Veron was 25 and off the back of being Lazio's best player in a double winning season.

Shevchenko was off the back of being top goalscorer in Serie A and a year after winning the Balon D'Or.

Ballack was 29, German player of the year, captain of Germany and in the 2006 all star World Cup XI when he signed for Chelsea.

Just because the didn't set the PL alight doesn't mean they weren't huge signings at the time. What's Ozil's pedigree relative to that? Alright season for Madrid and no longer first choice?

prettyboy81

Pretty much an anti climax today for this transfer deadline day. No shock transfer so far!

Professional Griefer

:pac:

mike65

Neil Jones ‏@neiljonesecho 1m

#LFC say they are done for the night

Andersonisgod

Daragh clearly hasn't noticed the cameras or the strange men in suits and must think he is in a particularly rowdy pub.

Kerrydude1981

Andersonisgod wrote: »

Daragh clearly hasn't noticed the cameras or the strange men in suits and must think he is in a particularly rowdy pub.

I dont think Natalie is impressed with him

Depp

German outlet, "Kicker" are reporting that Zinedine #Zidane has blocked the #Özil move to #Arsenal.

— Arsene's Son (@hughwizzy) September 2, 2013

Corholio

Depp wrote: »

German outlet, "Kicker" are reporting that Zinedine #Zidane has blocked the #Özil move to #Arsenal.

— Arsene's Son (@hughwizzy) September 2, 2013

Just read that on twitter! If that was true....:eek:

Fortunately/unfortunately it's not it seems.

Andersonisgod

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

I dont think Natalie is impressed with him

I think Niall yearns for the return of Jamie Redknapp and similar yes men.

CastingCouch

Depp wrote: »

German outlet, "Kicker" are reporting that Zinedine #Zidane has blocked the #Özil move to #Arsenal.

— Arsene's Son (@hughwizzy) September 2, 2013

Joke?

Nuri Sahin

Hull have agreed a club record fee in the region of £5m for West Brom striker Shane Long. He is undergoing a medical at the moment.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto have just announced via his twitter account that he has signed for QPR.

Knex*

Shane Long is a strange one for me. Surprised West Brom are letting him go.

CSF

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Load of bollocks. Veron was 25 and off the back of being Lazio's best player in a double winning season.

Shevchenko was off the back of being top goalscorer in Serie A and a year after winning the Balon D'Or.

Ballack was 29, German player of the year, captain of Germany and in the 2006 all star World Cup XI when he signed for Chelsea.

Just because the didn't set the PL alight doesn't mean they weren't huge signings at the time. What's Ozil's pedigree relative to that? Alright season for Madrid and no longer first choice?

The fact that he is leaving out of necessity rather than will in itself takes the shine off this one compared to others. Still a ****in unbelievable signing for Arsenal though.

klose

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Hull have agreed a club record fee in the region of £5m for West Brom striker Shane Long. He is undergoing a medical at the moment.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto have just announced via his twitter account that he has signed for QPR.

I read anichebe is going to west brom for long, think theyll struggle

G.K.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

2 HOURS TO GO !!!!!

:eek::eek:

Depp

CastingCouch wrote: »

Joke?

not a joke but its being said thats why it hasnt been announced officially yet and theres a good chance it wont happen

Evil_Clown

#emiratespotato

vine.co/v/h5UdQ9lHXFw

SweepTheLeg

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Alright season for Madrid and no longer first choice?

Getting the highest assists in the league 2 seasons in a row is more than an "Alright season."

swoody

looks like WBA are preparing for the championship next season already.

PhlegmyMoses

CSF wrote: »

The fact that he is leaving out of necessity rather than will in itself takes the shine off this one compared to others. Still a ****in unbelievable signing for Arsenal though.

Don't get me wrong. Cracking player, just not quite the biggest ever signing in the PL.

PhlegmyMoses

SweepTheLeg wrote: »

Getting the highest assists in the league 2 seasons in a row is more than an "Alright season."

Doesn't tell the whole story. He wasn't at his best last year.

darragh16

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Benoit Assou-Ekotto have just announced via his twitter account that he has signed for QPR.

Signing the contract on the hood of 'Arry's car.

GavRedKing

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Don't get me wrong. Cracking player, just not quite the biggest ever signing in the PL.

As far as foreign imports go and where they are in their careers hes bloody well up there.

Kerrydude1981

Darragh is a gas man

barone

be funny if arsenal signed nobody

redarmy

Darragh is a nob

bazual

That_Guy wrote: »

Kinnear can go and fúck himself. Ugh. Farcical transfer window from Newcastle as usual.

here here, I'm telling ya, queue the nzogbia bid

RedPeppers

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Hull have agreed a club record fee in the region of £5m for West Brom striker Shane Long. He is undergoing a medical at the moment.

Good Business by Hull I reckon, not sure of the logic of West Brom letting him go

That_Guy

We'll make a stupid bid for somebody we've no chance of getting. Cue "we tried" excuses tomorrow. Typical.

Dempsey

Jérôme Boateng says Ozil is an Arsenal player via his FB account

Corholio

McCarthy staying at Wigan according to 'Dave Whelan'.

That_Guy

Why are Everton trying to fill their squad with the same Wigan team that got relegated last season???

theoneeyedman

RedPeppers wrote: »

Good Business by Hull I reckon, not sure of the logic of West Brom letting him go

Nothing against anichebe, but on what planet is he a better player than Long for the same money?

SweepTheLeg

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

Doesn't tell the whole story. He wasn't at his best last year.

He got 6 less assists from the 11/12 season, But scored 6 more goals. So i wouldn't say he wasn't at his best, also played less games.

Saying that, He stats are still unrivaled.

PhlegmyMoses

SweepTheLeg wrote: »

He got 6 less assists from the 11/12 season, But scored 6 more goals. So i wouldn't say he wasn't at his best, also played less games.

Saying that, He stats are still unrivaled.

I watched him play a fair bit. With my eyeballs. The stats don't tell the whole story. Even the moat ardent Madrid or Ozil fan will tell you that. It's why Madrid are letting him go.

Corholio

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I watched him play a fair bit. With my eyeballs. The stats don't tell the whole story. Even the moat ardent Madrid or Ozil fan will tell you that. It's why Madrid are letting him go.

You kind of have a point, he needs a lot of protection in there to allow him to create, he was also subbed a lot too. He's not really an at it for 90 minute player. Saying all that, if I was an Arsenal fan I'd still be delighted to be signing him. Outstanding player.

PhlegmyMoses

Corholio wrote: »

You kind of have a point, he needs a lot of protection in there to allow him to create, he was also subbed a lot too. He's not really an at it for 90 minute player. Saying all that, if I was an Arsenal fan I'd still be delighted to be signing him. Outstanding player.

Absolutely. If United weren't seemingly unable to utilise players like him, I'd love if he signed for us.

Amirani

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I watched him play a fair bit. With my eyeballs. The stats don't tell the whole story. Even the moat ardent Madrid or Ozil fan will tell you that. It's why Madrid are letting him go.

I don't think Mourinho used him properly last season. There was a good number of cases where he was played wide in an attempt to pigeon-hole Modric into the team. Ozil can't play wide properly.

SweepTheLeg

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

I watched him play a fair bit. With my eyeballs. The stats don't tell the whole story. Even the moat ardent Madrid or Ozil fan will tell you that. It's why Madrid are letting him go.

I've seen him play plenty last season, but the stats do tell a lot. The Madrid fans weren't chanting "Don't sell Ozil" at the Bale reveal because they don't like him. He still got the most la liga assists last season and at Euro2012.

Also he's the key player at Germany, he'll get in over Gotze, Muller & Kroos at the WC next year every game.