Summer 2015 Transfer Window General Discussion

klose

Watford confirming their tenth signing of the summer and theres already over a month left in the window, theyll be pretty much a team of strangers come september. Interesting to see how that goes.

Cookiemunster

klose wrote: »

Watford confirming their tenth signing of the summer and theres already over a month left in the window, theyll be pretty much a team of strangers come september. Interesting to see how that goes.

Apparently that brings them up to 22 non homegrown players. There's going to have to be a bit of a clear out pretty soon.

LuckyLloyd

klose wrote: »

Watford confirming their tenth signing of the summer and theres already over a month left in the window, theyll be pretty much a team of strangers come september. Interesting to see how that goes.

Relegation, that's how it will go.

Corholio

Cookiemunster wrote: »

Apparently that brings them up to 22 non homegrown players. There's going to have to be a bit of a clear out pretty soon.

In fairness they might as well try it that way, Burnley signed hardly no one, because of financual constraints, tried to use the team ethic and still got relegated. It can go well or go terrible really.

SantryRed

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Relegation, that's how it will go.

Paully D

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Relegation, that's how it will go.

Yep. Doing their best QPR impression it appears.

ShoulderChip

Francie Barrett wrote: »

We were linked to Afellay quite often a few years back. In hindsight, it looks like we dodged a bullet. Could very well do a job for Stoke though.

who the hell is 'we'?

Gavlor

ShoulderChip wrote: »

who the hell is 'we'?

Boxers from the travelling community obviously.

Nice username by the way, you'll fit in well here!

Buford T. Justice XIX

ShoulderChip wrote: »

who the hell is 'we'?

'We' is Liverpool;)

Buford T. Justice V

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

'We' is Liverpool;)

Tra La La La La

Harry Palmr

At the rate of attrition Spurs will have sold/loaned all their "Bale bounty" transfers by Sept 1st!

29/08/13 C. Eriksen Ajax € 12M
29/08/13 E. Lamela Roma € 30M loan to Porto with option to buy mooted this evening
29/08/13 V. Chiricheş Steaua € 8.5M Napoli deal being talked of
14/08/13 E. Capoue Toulouse € 11M SOLD
04/08/13 Soldado Valencia € 30M
25/07/13 N. Chadli Twente € 6.5M
05/07/13 Paulinho Corinthians € 20M SOLD

garra

Harry Palmr wrote: »

At the rate of attrition Spurs will have sold/loaned all their "Bale bounty" transfers by Sept 1st!

29/08/13 C. Eriksen Ajax € 12M
29/08/13 E. Lamela Roma € 30M loan to Porto with option to buy mooted this evening
29/08/13 V. Chiricheş Steaua € 8.5M Napoli deal being talked of
14/08/13 E. Capoue Toulouse € 11M SOLD
04/08/13 Soldado Valencia € 30M
25/07/13 N. Chadli Twente € 6.5M
05/07/13 Paulinho Corinthians € 20M SOLD

Of the Suarez money, Liverpool look like selling Lambert & Balotelli.. meanwhile Lovren, Markovic and Llama (approx stg67m worth of talent) look more like average squad players than anything special tbh

EuropeanSon

garra wrote: »

Of the Suarez money, Liverpool look like selling Lambert & Balotelli.. meanwhile Lovren, Markovic and Llama (approx stg67m worth of talent) look more like average squad players than anything special tbh

Very defensive there.

Both clubs blew their money, one wasting their money on poor players doesn't excuse the other one being equally wasteful.

Oat23

I remember when Levy used to be a god around here and twitter. Then he went and spent £100m on sh*te and never recovered his reputation.

Yer man at United seems to be the 2015 version of Daniel Levy from what I've seen. Everyone is talking about the wonderful job a man with an infinite budget is doing.

Harry Palmr

Ed Woodward, is in the happy position of not needing to be the equaliser of the Utd books.

/I'll get me coat.

MightyMandarin

Woodward has the easiest job of all CEO's in the PL with a seemingly bottomless pit of money at his disposal. He's bought good players, but United haven't bought any bargains in the past 2 years, and a lot of the players he bought last summer still have to prove their worth (Blind, Shaw, Rojo for example). Di Maria is also a big blackspot on his reputation.

MightyMandarin

garra wrote: »

Of the Suarez money, Liverpool look like selling Lambert & Balotelli.. meanwhile Lovren, Markovic and Llama (approx stg67m worth of talent) look more like average squad players than anything special tbh

Wait, which one are we talking about here?

MightyMandarin

MightyMandarin wrote: »

Woodward has the easiest job of all CEO's in the PL with a seemingly bottomless pit of money at his disposal. He's bought good players, but United haven't bought any bargains in the past 2 years, and a lot of the players he bought last summer still have to prove their worth (Blind, Shaw, Rojo for example). Di Maria is also a big blackspot on his reputation.

there are several teams in the premier league that seemingly have a bottomless pit of money at there disposal.

MightyMandarin

Gabriela Some Phlegm wrote: »

there are several teams in the premier league that seemingly have a bottomless pit of money at there disposal.

In the past 2 years, no. Chelsea have reigned in their net spend a lot and City haven't spent a whole lot by their standards. United are doing now what Chelsea did in 2004/2005, and what City did before.

MightyMandarin

MightyMandarin wrote: »

In the past 2 years, no. Chelsea have reigned in their net spend a lot and City haven't spent a whole lot by their standards. United are doing now what Chelsea did in 2004/2005, and what City did before.

does it matter if they didn't spend it in the last 2 years if those players are still on the team?

MightyMandarin

Gabriela Some Phlegm wrote: »

does it matter if they didn't spend it in the last 2 years if those players are still on the team?

No, but at the moment Ed Woodward is the only CEO with an open chequebook, although City may still splash out more this summer.

Winston Payne

How the hell is Di Maria a black spot on Woodward's reputation when getting him is all that was in his remit to begin with? Di Maria is Van Gaal's failure, not Woodward's.

Winston Payne

Winston Payne wrote: »

How the hell is Di Maria a black spot on Woodward's reputation when getting him is all that was in his remit to begin with? Di Maria is Van Gaal's failure, not Woodward's.

Di Maria surely has to shoulder a lot of the blame? He didn't play like a supposed world class footballer consistently

Utd paid over the top for him at the start and will now make a loss on him.

I wouldn't entertain PSG if I was Utd though with their lowball offer. That's if it's true.

However, Di Maria clearly wants out and he's just a cash drain now for Utd. It can't help their bargaining position

Paully D

James Chester going to West Brom for £8m.

£8m.

Just let that sink in for a minute.

retalivity

Paully D wrote: »

James Chester going to West Brom for £8m.

£8m.

Just let that sink in for a minute.

4m and a points machine on ff though!

Harry Palmr

I had to google his name. No idea about him at all.

Paully D

retalivity wrote: »

4m and a points machine on ff though!

He'll come in at £5m in FPL I'd imagine. £4.5m if we're lucky.

rob316

£7m for Robbie Brady in his last year.. lord above.

Just saw the Chester one too, that's mad money.

klose

Filipe luis confirmed back to atletico, they have a very solid squad for the upcoming season now. Andre wisdom on loan to norwich is another one for today.

Knex*

How sustainable is this for the PL?

Do we need to remove the homegrown protocols in order to see the price of average British players go down, or will that see less British players given a chance, with value from the continent proving better?

The money is getting insane, and its definitely not a global thing.

Paully D

Vidal gone to Bayern. The Guardian report a £28m fee. What a (relative) bargain.

Winston Payne

Knex. wrote: »

How sustainable is this for the PL?

Do we need to remove the homegrown protocols in order to see the price of average British players go down, or will that see less British players given a chance, with value from the continent proving better?

The money is getting insane, and its definitely not a global thing.

The prices will remain elevated until the TV deals start to shrink. People have been waiting for this retraction for about ten years now. I'm opposed to the homegrown regulations as I don't think they serve to any positive effect but given the climate that is in England at the minute I don't see them being removed anytime soon, and UEFA carry out homegrown rules themselves anyway. It is an inflated yet cossetted market.

Cantona's Collars

Wisdom gone on loan to Norwich from Liverpool.

Harry Palmr

Notts County have signed 15 players.

Trond

zerks wrote: »

Wisdom gone on loan to Norwich from Liverpool.

I thought he was pretty poor for WBA last season from what I saw.

Paully D

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Notts County have signed 15 players.

Roberto Di Fanti must be working there!

inforfun

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Notts County have signed 15 players.

And have Ricardo Moniz as a coach.
They could be entertaining to watch as long as he is there.

Giggsy11

Paully D wrote: »

Vidal gone to Bayern. The Guardian report a £28m fee. What a (relative) bargain.

In pounds it's a bargain but both clubs deals in Euros and 40 Million Euro is a good deal for both parties.

Rayne Wooney

a lot of captain hindsights around, 59 million for one of the top 5 players in the world is about right

You'd wonder what their agenda is

billymitchell

Paully D wrote: »

Vidal gone to Bayern. The Guardian report a £28m fee. What a (relative) bargain.

Bit of a bargain had there. Must also mean the Alonso is on his way back to Liverpool

Liam McPoyle

billymitchell wrote: »

Bit of a bargain had there. Must also mean the Alonso is on his way back to Liverpool

Incredible bargain. United were supposed to be signing him last summer for nearly double that. An absolute world class player with easily 4 to 5 years at the very top of his game (injuries permitting).

Paully D

Steven Caulker somehow managing to get another move to a Premier League club. Southampton taking him on loan with a view to an £8m deal. What an overrated footballer.

rob316

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

a lot of captain hindsights around, 59 million for one of the top 5 players in the world is about right

You'd wonder what their agenda is

Top 5? Not a chance.

No one disputed the fee just he massively flopped for such a large fee.

Rayne Wooney

When we bought him he was definitely in the top 5 tbh, and that's what's being discussed, thus the captain hindsight remark

EuropeanSon

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

When we bought him he was definitely in the top 5 tbh, and that's what's being discussed, thus the captain hindsight remark

Think you need to look up that word definitely, I don't think it means what you think it means.

Rayne Wooney

EuropeanSon wrote: »

Think you need to look up that word definitely, I don't think it means what you think it means.

I bet your perspective was a little different when Arsenal were rumoured to be signing him

Rayne Wooney

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I bet your perspective was a little different when Arsenal were rumoured to be signing him

united fan here. he's right he was never definitely a top 5 player it could be argued that he was but thats about it i dont think he was ever top 5

Harry Palmr

billymitchell wrote: »

Bit of a bargain had there. Must also mean the Alonso is on his way back to Liverpool

:eek: I doubt it.

x43r0

Rayne Wooney wrote: »

I bet your perspective was a little different when Arsenal were rumoured to be signing him

Dear God

Wilberto

Just posting to get back to transfer talk. Southend United have also been relatively active this transfer window.

Former Cork City striker Dave Mooney signs from relegated Leyton Orient, adding to our already sizable Irish contingent (although he's replacing another Irish lad in the shape of Barry Corr.)

We've also signed Anthony Wordsworth on a free after the 26 year old midfielder was released by Mick McCarthy's Ipswich.

Nottingham Forest's Northern Irish winger Stephen McLaughlin (formerly of Finn Harps and Derry City) is apparently close to signing for us on a permanent deal after his loan spell last season. The last I've heard anything about this was last month so talks could have progressed even more since, hopefully.


But, the most important transfer for us this summer just so happens to be one that isn't going to happen, and that involves our young, future English international goalkeeper, Daniel Bentley moving to bigger and better things, as he looks to have committed his (admittedly short term) future to the Shrimpers. Hopefully he'll develop even more this season, an when he does inevitably leave, it's for much more money! :pac: