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Transfer Talk/Gossip/Rumour Thread - Summer 2014 - Mod note in OP

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    Luis gone to chelsea confirmed.

    Top top signing for ye...any idea how much?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,710 ✭✭✭✭Paully D


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    :pac:

    I haven't watched much of him, but his goalscoring record isn't up to much. Is he better than his record would suggest?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,375 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Michael Mancienne from HSV to Forest for €1.9m.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭ASOT


    Top top signing for ye...any idea how much?

    £20m apparently paid his release clause.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    greendom wrote: »
    Will the S be an upgrade on the Z?

    2 different players, one is a Brazilian defender the other was a Simpsons comedy villian :pac:
    Top top signing for ye...any idea how much?
    ASOT wrote: »
    £20m apparently paid his release clause.

    Pretty much whats being guessed, think bids of 12 & 15 we're offered but Atletico stood firm on the release figure.

    Anyway, hes an upgrade on Ivanovic, which should see Azpilicueta move to RB and Luis at LB for a more balanced back four.

    I dont think we'll do much more business, maybe a few out, if one is Lukaku we'll be after a CF but apart from that I cant see us venturing into the market anytime soon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,278 ✭✭✭x43r0


    GavRedKing wrote: »

    I dont think we'll do much more business, maybe a few out, if one is Lukaku we'll be after a CF but apart from that I cant see us venturing into the market anytime soon.

    Will Courtois be first-choice?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,739 ✭✭✭ASOT


    GavRedKing wrote: »
    2 different players, one is a Brazilian defender the other was a Simpsons comedy villian :pac:





    Pretty much whats being guessed, think bids of 12 & 15 we're offered but Atletico stood firm on the release figure.

    Anyway, hes an upgrade on Ivanovic, which should see Azpilicueta move to RB and Luis at LB for a more balanced back four.

    I dont think we'll do much more business, maybe a few out, if one is Lukaku we'll be after a CF but apart from that I cant see us venturing into the market anytime soon.

    Hes a quality player, will be one of the best LBs in the league anyway. Serious amounts of pace to. Chelsea will be the team to use on FIFA next season anyway :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    Besiktas sign Demba Ba.

    Would have loved him back at Newcastle.


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Paully D wrote: »
    I haven't watched much of him, but his goalscoring record isn't up to much. Is he better than his record would suggest?

    He did okay in Falcao's absence last season, has got a good physical presence about him a bit like Remy in that regards, but that's about it. Maybe he'll surprise me and score 15+ league goals, but under Pardew, I tend to expect minimal success.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭Alfred Borden


    Chelseas back 5 look superb. With Matic protecting them and Mourinho's tactics, cant see them letting it too much next year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    x43r0 wrote: »
    Will Courtois be first-choice?

    He should be, Cech cmae back earlier than expected from his shoulder injury so hes going to ahve nearly 2 weeks rpe season under his belt before Courtois and the the other Belgians are back in training.

    With Schwarzer signing a new 1 year deal though I'd expect one fo Cech or Courtois to be sold and I know who makes sense for the future.


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Juve CEO, Giuseppe Marotta:

    "Arturo Vidal is not for sale. He's one of the most important players in the squad.

    "In my experience it's the player that decides his future. Just yesterday Vidal expressed his happiness to continue at Juve"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,375 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Juve CEO, Giuseppe Marotta:

    "Arturo Vidal is not for sale. He's one of the most important players in the squad.


    He's on over €5m a season and playing for Juventus. I don't know why he would consider leaving for United anyway.


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Oat23 wrote: »
    He's on over €5m a season and playing for Juventus. I don't know why he would consider leaving for United anyway.

    Oats, run, just run..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    He was hardly going to píss the fans off even more after their manager leaving yesterday by saying their best player will be sold also

    It's unlikely but I don't think what was said at that conference means much


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  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Speaking of Juve, Iturbe has signed a contract with Roma and will have his medical today. I was kinda hoping they'd resign Lamela for half of what they sold him for, but Iturbe is a very good signing to be fair to them.

    A rumour knocking around that Conte is the one who wanted to sell Vidal or Pogba to fund Iturbe and Evra. Management were never sold.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 42,606 Mod ✭✭✭✭Lord TSC


    "Hai guyz! I'd like to thank our old manager you all loved for his hard work, oh and by the by, our best player is out the door with him too kthxbye!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,375 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Oats, run, just run..

    Seriously though. I don't understand it at all and I'm not trying to wind anyone up. He has won 3 leagues back-to-back and is on big money. United aren't even in Europe and are probably the 3rd or 4th best team in the league currently?

    When it comes to lifestyle, I don't even like flying through Manchester airport. I'll take Turin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,136 ✭✭✭✭Rayne Wooney


    The Daily Fail also misquoted

    He said that Juve will never put Vidal up for sale, which is different from "we will never sell him"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Oat23 wrote: »
    He's on over €5m a season and playing for Juventus. I don't know why he would consider leaving for United anyway.
    Am sure United would pay a lot more than €5m a season to him. Could easily see them offering €12m+ a season.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    Oat23 wrote: »
    He's on over €5m a season and playing for Juventus. I don't know why he would consider leaving for United anyway.

    He wants to join a mid table Premier League club.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Raf32 wrote: »
    Chelseas back 5 look superb. With Matic protecting them and Mourinho's tactics, cant see them letting it too much next year.

    It's quality. Only place really lacking is back up to Costa.If he get's injured who's there?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Oats, run, just run..

    In fairness it's a fair point. Maybe he's a fan or likes the bags of money that we can supply him with.

    Still don't think it'll happen as it doesn't make a lot of sense


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    Am sure United would pay a lot more than €5m a season to him. Could easily see them offering €12m+ a season.

    So would Chelsea and City in a heartbeat too...that combined with CL football, better team and guaranteed push for trophies both short and long term it doesn't make sense why he'd pick United over City/Chelsea or over leaving Juve

    I just think if selling Vidal was realistic, Madrid, Barca, Munich etc. would all be in the hunt too...but anything is possible really


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Zico


    Oat23 wrote: »
    Seriously though. I don't understand it at all and I'm not trying to wind anyone up. He has won 3 leagues back-to-back and is on big money. United aren't even in Europe and are probably the 3rd or 4th best team in the league currently?

    When it comes to lifestyle, I don't even like flying through Manchester airport. I'll take Turin.

    Footballers are strange creatures it's a bit like Robinho going to Manchester City.

    He left Real Madrid to go to a mid table team who hadn't won anything for 40 years.

    Why would he do such a thing?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Zico wrote: »
    Footballers are strange creatures it's a bit like Robinho going to Manchester City.

    He left Real Madrid to go to a mid table team who hadn't won anything for 40 years.

    Why would he do such a thing?

    **cough cough** He thought he was going to Chelsea :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭0028673


    Zico wrote: »
    Footballers are strange creatures it's a bit like Robinho going to Manchester City.

    He left Real Madrid to go to a mid table team who hadn't won anything for 40 years.

    Why would he do such a thing?

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,522 ✭✭✭dor83


    Oat23 wrote: »
    Seriously though. I don't understand it at all and I'm not trying to wind anyone up. He has won 3 leagues back-to-back and is on big money. United aren't even in Europe and are probably the 3rd or 4th best team in the league currently?

    When it comes to lifestyle, I don't even like flying through Manchester airport. I'll take Turin.

    United could offer him more money and to be fair, Juve have gone about as far as they can in my opinion and if he wants to win the CL he would have a better chance of doing that in his career if he moved to United. If he moved to United they would have a very strong team and if they also added a top CB then they would have one of the best teams in Europe. Next season United will be back in the CL and the way they seem to be going about bringing in players I think they will be competing for the trophy, that would be enough to negate the lifestyle difference for a few years to most ambitious players.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,416 ✭✭✭Zico


    **cough cough** He thought he was going to Chelsea :rolleyes:

    That was Chelsea 10 years earlier. :P


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    glued wrote: »
    In fairness it's a fair point. Maybe he's a fan or likes the bags of money that we can supply him with.

    Still don't think it'll happen as it doesn't make a lot of sense

    Oh, I'm not disagreeing with Oats by any stretch of the imagination, I just think many of your fellow supporters fail to realise that United isn't the be all to end all, especially without Champions League football. Saying it elsewhere, but given all Vidal's comments while at Leverkusen and at the time of leaving about competing in the Champions League and winning it being the ultimate goal for him, I struggled to see him play for a club who can't offer them, for however long that maybe. He's said multiple times that he would have loved to have stayed at Leverkusen had they been able to compete on all fronts, but they're a club who won't be offer that obviously. He's on a pretty penny as things stand at Juve, but he is one of those ultimate competitor sort of players. United very well might be in the Top 4 come the end of the season, but it's a risk for someone like him in his peak to make such a move, despite the increase in wages.

    And if it's true Conte wanted to sell him to fund Iturbe and.. Evra, questions had to be asked by those upstairs. I think Conte has been under the microscope since failing in the Champions League again, tbh.

    If it's any consolation, I think there's a chance United could sign Schweini instead now. When you have everything at club level like he has, a move to something different is more likely to happen.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Zico wrote: »
    Footballers are strange creatures it's a bit like Robinho going to Manchester City.

    He left Real Madrid to go to a mid table team who hadn't won anything for 40 years.

    Why would he do such a thing?

    There is a huge gulf in mindset to someone like Robinho and Vidal. One is a competitor, a fighter, the other is Robinho.

    It's a shame Chelsea didn't sign him. I remember being gutted at the time they missed out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,262 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    Turtwig wrote: »
    It's quality. Only place really lacking is back up to Costa.If he get's injured who's there?

    Lukaku, if he wants to be kept.

    Failing that we'll be in the market for another CF as we'll be left with Torres and Bamford.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Oblak confirmed to Atletico, fine keeper!!


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    According to Bild, Ginter will sign contract for Dortmund tomorrow, or Friday at the latest.

    Happy-Will-Ferrell-GIF.gif


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Kroos to Madrid done €30m according to Bild.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,446 ✭✭✭glued


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    According to Bild, Ginter will sign contract for Dortmund tomorrow, or Friday at the latest.

    Happy-Will-Ferrell-GIF.gif

    Hummels leaving?

    BBC say that Vidal isn't leaving Juventus.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    I love Khedira but Kroos is a step up. He'll be a great signing for Arsenal if they get him though


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Well that escalated quickly. According to a Sky Sports (German) journo, Ginter's transfer to Dortmund is a done deal now, €10 transfer fee, 5 year contract.
    glued wrote: »
    Hummels leaving?

    Barca have a small chance I suppose, but no.

    Next year more than likely.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,752 ✭✭✭Mr Blobby


    Thats a great deal for Dortmund.
    He'll turn into a great player while with them.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Mr Blobby wrote: »
    Thats a great deal for Dortmund.
    He'll turn into a great player while with them.

    Think I was talking to you about him last summer when Arsenal were linked.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,819 ✭✭✭EuropeanSon


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Well that escalated quickly. According to a Sky Sports (German) journo, Ginter's transfer to Dortmund is a done deal now, €10 transfer fee, 5 year contract.



    Barca have a small chance I suppose, but no.

    Next year more than likely.

    Quick edit there ;)

    I'd be surprised if he left at this stage, though.


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Quick edit there ;)

    I'd be surprised if he left at this stage, though.

    Well, I said last summer that he could be off to them and if Marquinhos deal falls through, there is a small chance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭Schwiiing


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Well that escalated quickly. According to a Sky Sports (German) journo, Ginter's transfer to Dortmund is a done deal now, €10 transfer fee, 5 year contract.



    Barca have a small chance I suppose, but no.

    Next year more than likely.

    A Tenner?:eek: Bargain!!


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    Iturbe to Roma for €22M is confirmed.

    So, Juve have missed out on their top two attacking choices now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Iturbe to Roma for €22M is confirmed.

    So, Juve have missed out on their top two attacking choices now.

    I'd go for Cuadrado now if I were them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,740 ✭✭✭✭MD1990


    Roma are going to be huge contenders next season in Serie A & possible dark horses in the CL.
    If they could get a striker they would have an excellent squad.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Lucas Hood wrote: »
    Kroos to Madrid done €30m according to Bild.

    Confirmed by Bayern & Real this morning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,515 ✭✭✭tupac_healy


    Nuri Sahin wrote: »
    Iturbe to Roma for €22M is confirmed.

    So, Juve have missed out on their top two attacking choices now.

    Still...

    Roma look dangerous next season! If they keep Benatia they will be pushing for the league for sure


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Still...

    Roma look dangerous next season! If they keep Benatia they will be pushing for the league for sure
    Especially with Allegri at the helm in Juventus.


  • Site Banned Posts: 26,456 ✭✭✭✭Nuri Sahin


    €10M, 5 year contract :D

    Bsu-cCSCMAARZZ2.jpg:medium

    Iz hapi.


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