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

JPA

Marty McFly wrote: »

I'd say this is right about the level he is at. Been saying it in the Arsenal thread he was overrated by many I was happy we sold him when we did my only suprise was it was Barca who bought him.

He always lacked awareness and discipline. He was never in a million years going to make it at Barca.

Ye could have actually used him this season, there is no physicality in the Arsenal midfield.

Marty McFly

JPA wrote: »

Ye could have actually used him this season, there is no physicality in the Arsenal midfield.

I agree Arsenal need a DM but Arteta is a far superior player than Song.

JPA

Marty McFly wrote: »

I agree Arsenal need a DM but Arteta is a far superior player than Song.

Yes but relying on him is insanity.

eagle eye

Marty McFly wrote: »

I agree Arsenal need a DM but Arteta is a far superior player than Song.

Statement of fact there? I disagree, Song is far better defensively to Arteta.

Marty McFly

JPA wrote: »

Yes but relying on him is insanity.

Not really have Flamini for back up who is better than most give him credit for plus most Arsenal fans haven't given up hope of signing a DM.

eagle eye wrote: »

Statement of fact there? I disagree, Song is far better defensively to Arteta.

Well obviously it's not a fact this is boards all about opinions.

I disagree Song could be far better defensively if he had the discipline but in his time at Arsenal I could count on one hand how many brilliant performances he gave.

Mostly he lacked discipline and was often caught out of position and more often than not when that happened he was seen strolling back when teams attacked with pace. The fact he popped up with some nice assists in his last season glossed over his deficiencies for many.

HazDanz

Song was always more concerned with making hollywood passes over the top than being in position for counter attacks.

Good player mind, just not a great player. His link up with RvP during his Arsenal time got him off the hook for his defensive frailties.

Skylinehead

eagle eye wrote: »

Statement of fact there? I disagree, Song is far better defensively to Arteta.

No way. Arteta is a great reader of the game, and while he's not the best DM in the world, he's still far better than Song. The amount of times we got caught with Song out of position is countless, the man has no discipline whatsoever.

batistuta9

JPA wrote: »

Ye could have actually used him this season, there is no physicality in the Arsenal midfield.

Diaby played 45 for the u21s during the week, he'll hopefully get 15-20 games this season being conservative, but you know what he's like. still might make a signing there too.

but there was none last season either but that's not the reason arsenal didn't win the league.

Harry Palmr

Anyone expecting or hoping for a super duper shock signing sensation tomorrow?

Falcao to City on loan? Reus to fill Liverpools tricky right back position? Ryan Babel to Burnley? Schneiderlin to Spurs?

I see Arsenal to hijack loic Remy transfer from chelsea?

SSN reporting

ASOT

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Anyone expecting or hoping for a super duper shock signing sensation tomorrow?

Falcao to City on loan? Reus to fill Liverpools tricky right back position? Ryan Babel to Burnley? Schneiderlin to Spurs?

Falcao will be going to Madrid, Sergio Romero to Liverpool apparently also.

rob316

The daley blind deal will be done early tomorrow but expect jim white to jump around the place that it's going down to the wire.

Remy to either arsenal or chelsea will be the most exciting deal tomorrow, Jim should get alot of mileage out of that one.

MagicIRL

Remy is a mad one. Seems nobody wanted him, then he went on loan to Newcastle, came back to QPR, noone wanted him, then he was off to Liverpool, then they said no, now it's a battle to the death between Chelsea and Arsenal. Mad!

MagicIRL

MagicIRL wrote: »

Remy is a mad one. Seems nobody wanted him, then he went on loan to Newcastle, came back to QPR, noone wanted him, then he was off to Liverpool, then they said no, now it's a battle to the death between Chelsea and Arsenal. Mad!

And now he's officially warming the Chelsea bench. Congrats, Loic!

Oat23

Kagawa back to BVB has been confirmed.

https://twitter.com/BVB/status/506100703488929792

That_Guy

Wonder how Remy feels about warming the bench for Chelsea. I am amazed that Arsenal didn't do all they could to get him. Ridiculous.

Y2KBOS86

That_Guy wrote: »

Wonder how Remy feels about warming the bench for Chelsea. I am amazed that Arsenal didn't do all they could to get him. Ridiculous.

His last club was QPR, we all know why he is at Chelsea.

Whatever Arsenal offer, Chelsea will add 20k

ShoulderChip

Y2KBOS86 wrote: »

His last club was QPR, we all know why he is at Chelsea.

Whatever Arsenal offer, Chelsea will add 20k

Also a chance to win something.

Kharrell

MagicIRL wrote: »

Remy is a mad one. Seems nobody wanted him, then he went on loan to Newcastle, came back to QPR, noone wanted him, then he was off to Liverpool, then they said no, now it's a battle to the death between Chelsea and Arsenal. Mad!

There is some interesting rumours floating about as to why Liverpool didn't go through with the move, and in turn why Remy nor his representatives didn't really deny Liverpool's so called claims at the time over him.

Rayne Wooney

Farewell Shinji, I wish him all the best

Oat23

Oat23 wrote: »

Kagawa back to BVB has been confirmed.

https://twitter.com/BVB/status/506100703488929792

Wasted talent at Utd, he deserves better. Will be utilised properly by Dortmund

Marty McFly

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Also a chance to win something.

Ah yea because Chelsea won so much last season and Arsenal won.....oh wait.

Let's not forget the massive gap in points in the league between the two last season to oh yea sorry that was only 3 points.

eh i dunno

Chico heading for real Madrid on loan

Oat23

Holtby heading to Hamburg for a medical tomorrow according to the Hamburger Abendblatt. A 1 year loan they think.

Harry Palmr

City Falcao for 55m they need to shift loads!

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/31/manchester-city-offered-radamel-falcao-monaco

Manchester City have been offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for around €70m (£55m) and are trying to make the deal happen within the constraints of Uefa’s financial fair play system before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday night.

Manuel Pellegrini wants to sign the striker but the sense at the club is that time could run out. City are allowed a net spend of £49m and have around £24m at the moment after Jack Rodwell, Javi García and Gareth Barry departed.

City would need to more than double the money available to them and would be willing to sell Álvaro Negredo, Micah Richards, Matija Nastasic and Scott Sinclair to raise the money. There is interest in Richards from Sunderland but his wages may be an issue.

Liverpool should make an offer for Negredo - 12 million.

Also, this presumably signals the end of Project Monaco.

ThunbergsAreGo

eh i dunno wrote: »

Chico heading for real Madrid on loan

flores?

eh i dunno

naughtb4 wrote: »

flores?

Hernandez

JPA

eh i dunno wrote: »

Hernandez

Never heard of him!

ShoulderChip

JPA wrote: »

Never heard of him!

The guy who plays for united and mexico

eh i dunno

JPA wrote: »

Never heard of him!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Balc%C3%A1zar

kryogen

rarnes1 wrote: »

Wasted talent at Utd, he deserves better. Will be utilised properly by Dortmund

We.are.in.agreement! :eek::)

JPA

eh i dunno wrote: »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Balc%C3%A1zar

Ah, Chicharito.

Crann na Beatha

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Gavlor

Phoenix wrote: »

But Chelsea finished third..above arsenal..don't forget the two European trophies in the two proceeding seasons see we can play this game all day!

Keep it up, it's a refreshing break from the usual manchverpooling that goes on around here!!





:D:D

eh i dunno

Toby alderweirld heading to Southampton

5live

eh i dunno wrote: »

Toby alderweirld heading to Southampton

Good to hear that. He was a bit lost at Athletico.

Corholio

eh i dunno wrote: »

Toby alderweirld heading to Southampton

It'll be interesting to see where he plays, will have to do a lot to dislodge Clyne.

eh i dunno

Corholio wrote: »

It'll be interesting to see where he plays, will have to do a lot to dislodge Clyne.

Can he not play centre half? Replacement for lovern

ASOT

Id be 99% sure hes going to play centre half, yoshida is terrible.

klose

Cerci to atleti, brilliant window for them so far.

Rayne Wooney

Some sources saying Negredo is off on loan, I don't think his wages will put much of a dent in the Falcao fee

ASOT

Just heard it at half time during the real game, hes off to Valencia with the option to buy at the end of the season.

Surely makes room for Falcao to City?

Gavlor

And so the fun begins.

Showcross to Everton is the latest bullplop story doing the rounds on twitter

Cantona's Collars

Burnley are poised to sign Hull City forward George Boyd. SSN.

Southampton close to agreeing deal with Atletico Madrid for defender Toby Alderweireld

Corholio

zerks wrote: »

Burnley are poised to sign Hull City forward George Boyd. SSN.

Southampton close to agreeing deal with Atletico Madrid for defender Toby Alderweireld

Burnley are really struggling to sign players. Paying £3m for Boyd isn't good value at all.

eagle eye

Gavlor wrote: »

And so the fun begins.

Showcross to Everton is the latest bullplop story doing the rounds on twitter

Everton have Jagielka, Distin, Stones and Alcaraz, why would they want another centre-back? They need another striker or even an attacking midfielder.

eh i dunno

eagle eye wrote: »

Everton have Jagielka, Distin, Stones and Alcaraz, why would they want another centre-back? They need another striker or even an attacking midfielder.

After the first 3 games we badly need a centre half. Jags off form, distin is now past it. Stones was poor in pre season and alcarez injury prone and useless. Would love shawcross

HazDanz

eagle eye wrote: »

Everton have Jagielka, Distin, Stones and Alcaraz, why would they want another centre-back? They need another striker or even an attacking midfielder.

Attacking mid would do wonders for that team.

Gavlor

eagle eye wrote: »

Everton have Jagielka, Distin, Stones and Alcaraz, why would they want another centre-back? They need another striker or even an attacking midfielder.

Alcaraz is brutal and distin is almost finished. Anyone that has watched Everton in both pre season and the first 3 games can see that they are crying out for another centre half.

Link: https://twitter.com/90thmin/status/506180767811395584

Gavlor

HazDanz wrote: »

Attacking mid would do wonders for that team.

I'd have to agree with this although Barkley will be back in 3-4 weeks so it's not a priority