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

Rayne Wooney

Van Gaal will likely use him as the ball carrier in a two man midfield, and get somebody like Strootman in to anchor, not as a number 10

This transfer excites me, serious potential there

MD1990

Herrera is very overpriced. But he is a very good midfielder. He can do a bit of everything in midfield.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

The Herrera deal is equally amusing, especially after last summer. Nice player, will add to the team, but isn't worth the fee. Somewhat similar to Lallana in some ways - style on the pitch and fee, I think he's worth half of what the figure is being reported.

An upgrade on Lallana

Nuri Sahin

Alexander Büttner has left Man U for Dynamo Moscow, for in his own words.. to ‘win trophies’. No word on a fee from what I can see.

M!Ck^ wrote: »

An upgrade on Lallana

Err.. okay.

AdamD

greendom wrote: »

Giving 34 million to a direct rival can't be good either

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

True, but it doesn't mean you're not being mugged on the fee and for a player who predominately plays CAM in which you already have Kagawa, Mata, Fellani, Adnan and Rooney who can play there. I think Young has played there as well in the past for Villa during 08/09 too.

edit - Herrera played as CAM in 26 out of 33 games last season.

I'd imagine a few from that list will be shown the door.

Lucas Hood

rarnes1 wrote: »

I'd imagine a few from that list will be shown the door.

Like who ?
Young would be the only one I'd like rid of but who is going pay him what we do?

Nuri Sahin

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Like who ?
Young would be the only one I'd like rid of but who is going pay him what we do?

West Ham or QPR.. after one of them signs Glen Johnson though.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Alexander Büttner has left Man U for Dynamo Moscow, for in his own words.. to ‘win trophies’. No word on a fee from what I can see.

Not sure what he's hoping to win with Dynamo Moscow

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Err.. okay.

As in your comparing him as a player to Herrera.

He might have similar style but Herrera is a better player.

Agueroooo

M!Ck^ wrote: »

As in your comparing him as a player to Herrera.

He might have similar style but Herrera is a better player.

no he is not.



/we can do this all night.

Nuri Sahin

M!Ck^ wrote: »

As in your comparing him as a player to Herrera.

He might have similar style but Herrera is a better player.

I'll post what you want to read.

All players linked and signed by Manchester United are vastly superior to those of Liverpool.

PS: I highly doubt you've watched enough of Herrera to make such a claim anyway, but again, read the above.

Nuri Sahin

Gomis is having a medical with Swansea right now according to GFN.

greendom

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Gomis is having a medical with Swansea right now according to GFN.

One of Bony or Michu on their way out then I would imagine... probably Bony

Nuri Sahin

greendom wrote: »

One of Bony or Michu on their way out then I would imagine... probably Bony

I think it's Michu actually. He was being linked with an Italian club yesterday on the ol Twitter, from hazy memory I think it was Napoli.

MagicIRL

He was linked with West Ham too, no?

Agueroooo

greendom wrote: »

One of Bony or Michu on their way out then I would imagine... probably Bony

Michu heavily linked with Napoli in the last 24hrs

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I'll post what you want to read.

All players linked and signed by Manchester United are vastly superior to those of Liverpool.

PS: I highly doubt you've watched enough of Herrera to make such a claim anyway, but again, read the above.

I have read the above already;

Equally you try and justify the potential Liverpool purchase of Lallana and somehow try and make a match to Herrera. I think you know deep down your getting the lesser of the two. But sure that's guesswork, like you saying that I haven't been watching him.

DenMan

Cesare Prandelli has just resigned as the Italian manager. I wonder will any clubs make a move for him over the summer now!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28009818

Lucas Hood

Claudio Bravo signs for Barca.
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/agreement-for-claudio-bravo-to-join-fc-barcelona

Degag

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Claudio Bravo signs for Barca.
http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football/first-team/detail/article/agreement-for-claudio-bravo-to-join-fc-barcelona

They've also signed Ter Steegen (sp) haven't they? Who's going to be number 1?

Lucas Hood

Degag wrote: »

They've also signed Ter Steegen (sp) haven't they? Who's going to be number 1?

Ter Stegen will be number 1 I'd say.

Degag

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Ter Stegen will be number 1 I'd say.

Ya, that's what I would have thought. Strange enough move. Bravo is only 31. Also according to Wiki, 12m is the fee. A lot to pay for a back up.

miralize

Degag wrote: »

Ya, that's what I would have thought. Strange enough move. Bravo is only 31. Also according to Wiki, 12m is the fee. A lot to pay for a back up.

Between the time between Zubi & Valdes we had 8 gks or so... No harm in getting a reliable GK in the case that Ter Stegen doesnt bed in.

Nuri Sahin

M!Ck^ wrote: »

I have read the above already;

Equally you try and justify the potential Liverpool purchase of Lallana and somehow try and make a match to Herrera. I think you know deep down your getting the lesser of the two. But sure that's guesswork, like you saying that I haven't been watching him.

I don't work on guesswork on players I've watched.

Without the comparison to Lallana, I was saying the same thing about Herrera last summer too, perhaps I posted it on Boards, I certainly did elsewhere and I have Man U mates of mine who can back me up on that. Nice player, will add to the team, but not worth anywhere near the fee mentioned (12 months ago it was between 25-30M if I'm not mistaken). I've been nothing but consistent on the player. Different type of player, but had it been William Carvalho Man U signed instead, I wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

All I did was merely compare styles and fees as a fan of football, entirely without an agenda as not many people have really have taken notice of him. You then decided to be miffed off for the sake of it and take it personally like it was some a dig at Herrera.

As for me trying to justify Lallana's purchase.. Did Liverpool sign him when I was asleep (EST over here)? I hope not, unless it's for 15M, even then I'd probably still edge towards scouring elsewhere, but that's just me. Even if I can understand why Liverpool (Rodgers) wants/wanted to sign him and I like him as a player. I wouldn't break the bank for Lallana when there is better, younger, more proven talent out there. Once again, 15M if the correct fee for Lallana with possibly add-ons taking it to 20M at a push (like Herrera!), I've said as much on Lallana numerous times in the Liverpool thread that the club had it spot on with their initial bid of 15M.

Same applies for Herrera, a player I've never wished Liverpool to sign whatsoever in fact and boy have I mentioned a fair amount of players I'd LOVE the club to sign.

So despite expanding on my thoughts which I expect to go amiss, I'll quote yesterday's post to keep you happy:

All players linked and signed by Manchester United are vastly superior to those of Liverpool.

Nuri Sahin

Koke and Juanfran have signed new contracts with Atleti.

Paully D

Does anyone know much about the Greek, Kone, who plays his club football at Bologna?

I've seen virtually nothing of him but reports in Italy suggest that Sunderland are interested. Most likely it's just a lazy link given the amount of interest we had in players from Serie A last season, but who knows.

Raif Severance

Paully D wrote: »

Does anyone know much about the Greek, Kone, who plays his club football at Bologna?

I've seen virtually nothing of him but reports in Italy suggest that Sunderland are interested. Most likely it's just a lazy link given the amount of interest we had in players from Serie A last season, but who knows.

I've only seen him at the World Cup for Greece, but I've been Impressed with him. Runs all day.

Nuri Sahin

Garay to Zenit is a done deal for €6M.

MagicIRL

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Garay to Zenit is a done deal for €6M.

15 mill. 6mill is Benfica's cut.

Lucas Hood

Still a good signing for €15m.

Paully D

Jake Livermore has signed for Hull for a "club record fee", thought to be about £8m according to the BBC.

A ridiculous fee. How they seem to have escaped any criticism for it thus far is strange.

Lucas Hood

Liam Ridgwell signs for Portland Timber.

Nuri Sahin

According to Ramano, Fernando has joined Man City from Porto for... €15M

Paully D

Paully D wrote: »

Jake Livermore has signed for Hull for a "club record fee", thought to be about £8m according to the BBC.

A ridiculous fee. How they seem to have escaped any criticism for it thus far is strange.

They've now reportedly had an £8m bid for Robert Snodgrass accepted from Norwich. **** me :pac: Snodgrass and Livermore for £16m.

Mr.Prodston

Paully D wrote: »

They've now reportedly had an £8m bid for Robert Snodgrass accepted from Norwich. **** me :pac: Snodgrass and Livermore for £16m.

I thought Livermore did very well for them last year, and he's young enough still. I mean for Hull he's great player to have around. 8 is only slightly over the odds.

Snodgrass well he's very good when he's good and when he's not well yeah you can see where I'm going :pac: I like him though and I actually don't think it's too bad a bit of business for the pair. He'd be similar to Robbie Brady I guess so I wonder what that means for him?

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

I don't work on guesswork on players I've watched.

Without the comparison to Lallana, I was saying the same thing about Herrera last summer too, perhaps I posted it on Boards, I certainly did elsewhere and I have Man U mates of mine who can back me up on that. Nice player, will add to the team, but not worth anywhere near the fee mentioned (12 months ago it was between 25-30M if I'm not mistaken). I've been nothing but consistent on the player. Different type of player, but had it been William Carvalho Man U signed instead, I wouldn't have batted an eyelid.

All I did was merely compare styles and fees as a fan of football, entirely without an agenda as not many people have really have taken notice of him. You then decided to be miffed off for the sake of it and take it personally like it was some a dig at Herrera.

As for me trying to justify Lallana's purchase.. Did Liverpool sign him when I was asleep (EST over here)? I hope not, unless it's for 15M, even then I'd probably still edge towards scouring elsewhere, but that's just me. Even if I can understand why Liverpool (Rodgers) wants/wanted to sign him and I like him as a player. I wouldn't break the bank for Lallana when there is better, younger, more proven talent out there. Once again, 15M if the correct fee for Lallana with possibly add-ons taking it to 20M at a push (like Herrera!), I've said as much on Lallana numerous times in the Liverpool thread that the club had it spot on with their initial bid of 15M.

Same applies for Herrera, a player I've never wished Liverpool to sign whatsoever in fact and boy have I mentioned a fair amount of players I'd LOVE the club to sign.

So despite expanding on my thoughts which I expect to go amiss, I'll quote yesterday's post to keep you happy:

Correction there ^^

I said ' the potential Liverpool purchase of Lallana '

Try read the post clearly next time.

JPA

Paully D wrote: »

They've now reportedly had an £8m bid for Robert Snodgrass accepted from Norwich. **** me :pac: Snodgrass and Livermore for £16m.

Some craziness right there.

razorblunt

Paully D wrote: »

Jake Livermore has signed for Hull for a "club record fee", thought to be about £8m according to the BBC.

A ridiculous fee. How they seem to have escaped any criticism for it thus far is strange.

Shrewd by Levy, Hull talked themselves into the situation of badly needing him which probably inflated his price north.

barone

utd sign herrera

Nuri Sahin

M!Ck^ wrote: »

Correction there ^^

I said ' the potential Liverpool purchase of Lallana '

Try read the post clearly next time.

So that's your only response to my somewhat lengthy post? Unsurprising.

Paully D

@SkySports_Keith
Robert Snodgrass currently having a medical at Hull City after Norwich accepted a bid that we understand to be £7m for the Scotland winger.

Nuri Sahin

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

So that's your only response to my somewhat lengthy post? Unsurprising.

Nope not my only response so apologies for not responding to that. Fair point.

To note: I don't work on guesswork on players I've watched either. I have been watching him since Moyes had him scouted and I rate him.

Think we can park it there.

ctrl-alt-delete

Paully D wrote: »

@SkySports_Keith
Robert Snodgrass currently having a medical at Hull City after Norwich accepted a bid that we understand to be £7m for the Scotland winger.

Hull spending big again.

Paully D

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Hull spending big again.

Yep, but it's barely recognised for some reason.

I'm going off topic a bit now, but Bruce also appeared in many Manger of the Year shortlists last season too. I found that strange considering they smashed their transfer record twice, spent over £25m and only finished 16th, just 4 points off relegation. I guess a lot of it is down to getting to the cup final, but I think their run to same was the easiest in recent memory.

With Europe to come this season, if they get through to the group stages of that then they could be in for a long campaign.

MD1990

So Utd have spent
27m - Fellaini
37m - Mata
29m - Herrara
30m approx - Shaw
Put Rooney on 300k & given Nani & Valencia new contracts.

123m on those players in madness imo. They better hope they make the CL.

Rayne Wooney

There's probably another 50-100 million going to be spent this summer

MD1990

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

There's probably another 50-100 million going to be spent this summer

i doubt it. They'll need to find teams willing to pay for Young,Nani, Cleverly & Fellaini. Valencia signing a new deal was strange too. Looks like Man Utd won't be signing many attacking players.

AdamD

Paully D wrote: »

Yep, but it's barely recognised for some reason.

I'm going off topic a bit now, but Bruce also appeared in many Manger of the Year shortlists last season too. I found that strange considering they smashed their transfer record twice, spent over £25m and only finished 16th, just 4 points off relegation. I guess a lot of it is down to getting to the cup final, but I think their run to same was the easiest in recent memory.

With Europe to come this season, if they get through to the group stages of that then they could be in for a long campaign.

They were safe with about 10 games to go, their form dropped in the run in but any team outside the top 8 who are safe that early and get to a cup final will be delighted with their season.

Professional Griefer

MD1990 wrote: »

i doubt it. They'll need to find teams willing to pay for Young,Nani, Cleverly & Fellaini. Valencia signing a new deal was strange too. Looks like Man Utd won't be signing many attacking players.

Please tell us more, we're dying to find out whats happening at the club!!