Summer Transfer Superthread

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/brfootball/status/1400408426489036801?s=20

Agent Coulson

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1400777505590677506?s=20

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1400834260660064259?s=20

CSF

That Giroud one makes it seem like they won’t be investing in someone like Lukaku this summer.

Obviously Tammy will be leaving but I assume Werner isn’t going anywhere this summer and it’s not as if Tammy played even a supporting cast role under Tuchel anyway.

Lucas Hood

Agent Coulson wrote: »

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1400777505590677506?s=20

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1400834260660064259?s=20

Thiago Silva also.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1400827750236274700?s=20

Lucas Hood

https://twitter.com/Matt_Law_DT/status/1400921859789557763?s=19

No Conte to spurs

Lucas Hood

https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1401214605163122701?s=19

Replacement for Grealish?

TitianGerm

Lucas Hood wrote: »

https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1401214605163122701?s=19

Replacement for Grealish?

Thought Arsenal were signing Buendia.

Lord TSC

TitianGerm wrote: »

Thought Arsenal were signing Buendia.

Seems he’s chosen Villa over them.

TitianGerm

Lord TSC wrote: »

Seems he’s chosen Villa over them.

Shows how far arsenal have fallen to saw Villa are a better proposition.

Lord TSC

https://twitter.com/jamesbenge/status/1401224664496672773?s=21

CSF

Think one of the lures of joining Villa over Arsenal would be Villa’s success rate with signing players and them improving massively, or at least their perception of them.

Arsenal obviously still a bigger club (and finished a couple of points ahead of us even in a down season), but their development project has struggled a little bit and there are obviously questions around Arteta and his future (he can’t survive a bad start imo).

The big thing for Arsenal is in Smith-Rowe, Willock and Saka they have 3 real young players for the future. Pity about their more senior players.

Bounty Hunter

Wouldn't be surprised if Emi Martinez got in his ear too seeing as they are off with Argentina together atm. Arsenal letting him go seems a worse and worse decision every day.

Seriously looking forward to seeing him and Grealish combining next year.

Before anyone asks I don't think Grealish is going anywhere this summer considering how Covid hit clubs and Villa would be looking for circa 100m. I'd say only Man City would be an option and if they are going to drop that kind of cash on a player it'll probably be Harry Kane.

This (Beundia) is the kind of signing Villa need to be targeting to continue the progression. The squad has been built since getting back in the Premiership but they actually have money to spend but will try to add a couple of quality starters in stead of huge numbers of signings again.

Zaph

Serious lack of ambition from Norwich selling their best player to a rival before they've even played a minute of the new season. Looks like they've already decided they'll be going down at the end of the season and they're just cashing in now ahead of their parachute payments.

Fitz*

Zaph wrote: »

Serious lack of ambition from Norwich selling their best player to a rival before they've even played a minute of the new season. Looks like they've already decided they'll be going down at the end of the season and they're just cashing in now ahead of their parachute payments.

In 2017/2018, Norwich finished 14th in the Championship. That summer, they sold James Maddison and bought a few players for their squad, including Buendia & Pukki. They finished 1st in the championship that season. They sold Jamal Lewis upon relegation to the Championship, but finished 1st again.

Upon promotion to the PL last time around, they famously didn't spend much money or buy many players that summer, instead letting the likes of Aarons, Lewis, Buendia, Cantwell etc develop and trust in their own process of not overspending. Who's to say that they won't assemble a better equipped squad for the rigours of PL football this time?

Maybe they have a plan in place to get in some other players to help keep them in the division this time, funded by Buendia's sale. I'm not saying it will definitely be the correct one, but they obviously believe in themselves. Didn't sack their manager during the last few years etc.

Lucas Hood

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1401479960821473282?s=19

Gini Wijnaldum looks to be joining PSG now.

NIMAN

All the talk and moves around him, you'd think he was a world beater.

CSF

NIMAN wrote: »

All the talk and moves around him, you'd think he was a world beater.

You don’t often see players of his quality get out of contract. They basically always attract big interest. Look at Herrera to PSG and Ramsey to Juve. Those same clubs probably wouldn’t have gone out and paid 50 million for the same guys under contract.

Mr.Nice Guy

I think Wijnaldum would be a good acquisition for PSG. The likes of Rafinha, Danilo or Herrera haven't been signings good enough for a side with Champions League aspirations. At least with Wijnaldum he's been there and done it.

Leicester seem to be doing nice business:

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1401882094729633792

NIMAN

CSF wrote: »

You don’t often see players of his quality get out of contract. They basically always attract big interest. Look at Herrera to PSG and Ramsey to Juve. Those same clubs probably wouldn’t have gone out and paid 50 million for the same guys under contract.

Have those 2 examples proved worth it?

I know a Juve fan and the fact that Ramsay was getting 400k per week really grates with him.:D

~Rebel~

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

I think Wijnaldum would be a good acquisition for PSG. The likes of Rafinha, Danilo or Herrera haven't been signings good enough for a side with Champions League aspirations. At least with Wijnaldum he's been there and done it.

Leicester seem to be doing nice business:

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1401882094729633792

Édouard would be a great signing for them. Already a lot to him, and has a lot of improvement in him too. Had been hoping Liverpool might make a move for him to replace Origi, but there's never been a peep about it.

CSF

NIMAN wrote: »

Have those 2 examples proved worth it?

I know a Juve fan and the fact that Ramsay was getting 400k per week really grates with him.:D

I think they’re decent squad depth. I don’t think Juve or PSG can hope often to get a guy on a free who will light it up as a star.

Pogue eile

Zaph wrote: »

Serious lack of ambition from Norwich selling their best player to a rival before they've even played a minute of the new season. Looks like they've already decided they'll be going down at the end of the season and they're just cashing in now ahead of their parachute payments.

No club can keep any player that doesnt want to stay, if a player wants to leave you have to sell them, its got nothing to do with ambition.

NIMAN

Pogue eile wrote: »

No club can keep any player that doesnt want to stay, if a player wants to leave you have to sell them, its got nothing to do with ambition.

Agreed.

Mbappe will be same.
PSG either take a pile of cash for him this summer, or he can leave for free next year.

They can claim they ain't letting him leave all they want. If he wants away, he's gone.

NIMAN

CSF wrote: »

I think they’re decent squad depth. I don’t think Juve or PSG can hope often to get a guy on a free who will light it up as a star.

... and I can't see Wijnaldum lighting up much either.

But just my opinion.

CSF

NIMAN wrote: »

... and I can't see Wijnaldum lighting up much either.

But just my opinion.

I'm not disagreeing with you though, just arguing that he might not need to, to be a useful free transfer signing, even obviously with higher wages as a result of it.


An in contract (a reasonable length of contract to cover his remaining prime years) Wijnaldum, probably goes for about 30-40 million right?

~Rebel~

CSF wrote: »

I'm not disagreeing with you though, just arguing that he might not need to, to be a useful free transfer signing, even obviously with higher wages as a result of it.


An in contract (a reasonable length of contract to cover his remaining prime years) Wijnaldum, probably goes for about 30-40 million right?

Yeah, exactly... Gini's the sort of player you need to allow your stars to be stars. It keeps the quality level of your team high across the board, instead of having giant peaks with the stars, and then big dropoffs to some of the other players.

Agent Coulson

Gini signs for PSG on 165k a week after tax.

eh i dunno

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Gini signs for PSG on 165k a week after tax.

What was he on at Liverpool?

Agent Coulson

eh i dunno wrote: »

What was he on at Liverpool?

80k before tax.

NIMAN

Nice wee pay rise.

eh i dunno

Agent Coulson wrote: »

80k before tax.

That's low enough is it not for a regular starter? Thought he would be on 120-150k

martyos121

And he gets to live in Paris, a great city to be wealthy in. Best of luck to him, I expect him become a key player for PSG in no time at all.

JPA

eh i dunno wrote: »

That's low enough is it not for a regular starter? Thought he would be on 120-150k

Seems like he signed a 5 year contract when he joined and then he never signed an improved deal.

Agent Coulson

eh i dunno wrote: »

That's low enough is it not for a regular starter? Thought he would be on 120-150k

That was the deal he signed when he joined the club from Newcastle and it was a 5 year deal and he turned down new contract offers over the last two years so was stuck on the wage he joined the club on.

duffman13

For what he'll bring to PSG that Wijnaldum contract is worth every penny. When it said doubled what Barca were offering I was expecting wild money. Barca is about 100k before tax if that is to be believed, not a whole lot more than what he was in with pool albeit a better tax system in Spain for him. PSG is a good move and he's a player that should do well under Poch

JPA

Just on the surprisingly low wages, Youri Tielemans is apparently on 33k a week.

duffman13

JPA wrote: »

Just on the surprisingly low wages, Youri Tielemans is apparently on 33k a week.

I'd imagine he'll be getting a significant bump this summer. Excellent player and had a good season again with Leicester. They've been savvy in the market again. That Edouard deal could potentially be great for them, very good player who's continually improved. Worked with Rodgers before too

TitianGerm

duffman13 wrote: »

I'd imagine he'll be getting a significant bump this summer. Excellent player and had a good season again with Leicester. They've been savvy in the market again. That Edouard deal could potentially be great for them, very good player who's continually improved. Worked with Rodgers before too

If he wants to leave Leicester then he can't sign a new contract. Take the 33k for the next year or two and then get a massive signing on fee and big wages at a new club.

We're going to see a lot more players running down their contracts and clubs selling in the final year to get some sort of fee for them.

eh i dunno

TitianGerm wrote: »

If he wants to leave Leicester then he can't sign a new contract. Take the 33k for the next year or two and then get a massive signing on fee and big wages at a new club.

We're going to see a lot more players running down their contracts and clubs selling in the final year to get some sort of fee for them.

He's definitely on more than 33k a week. I'd guess closer to 100k

~Rebel~

eh i dunno wrote: »

He's definitely on more than 33k a week. I'd guess closer to 100k

How come?

He’s on the same contract he signed in 2019 after his loan spell, so it’s hard enough to see how he’d have been commanding near 100 grand a week at that stage.

DiscoStew

~Rebel~ wrote: »

How come?

He’s on the same contract he signed in 2019 after his loan spell, so it’s hard enough to see how he’d have been commanding near 100 grand a week at that stage.

He signed after a very successful loan spell & turned down interest from Man Utd apparently. There is no way he would have accepted €33k a week when I’d imagine United would have been able to offer circa €100k pretty handily. He might have accepted less given the game time being offered but I’d be amazed if it wasn’t €60-80k he was on.

rob316

Thats good value for Gini on a free transfer, its rare a player like him is available on a free.

Fitz*

Chelsea could be playing Football Manager again this summer. Strong links to Haaland now.

y0ssar1an22

Fitz* wrote: »

Chelsea could be playing Football Manager again this summer. Strong links to Haaland now.

and saul niguez

Chelsea have reportedly asked about a potential transfer deal for Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez.

And it seems the La Liga champions are prepared to consider letting Saul leave this summer, as long as they receive an offer of around €80million for the Spain international, according to the print edition of Mundo Deportivo

i really need to stop listening to transfer gossip though. nothing good ever comes from it.

Mr.Nice Guy

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1402251105338331139

Don't understand this one from PSG. I wouldn't consider the goalkeeper position a problem area for them at all.

Agent Coulson

FFP is dead and buried a 22 year old goalkeeper getting 250k a week after tax.

JPA

Agent Coulson wrote: »

FFP is dead and buried a 22 year old goalkeeper getting 250k a week after tax.

No transfer fee, so huge wages were expected.

Think we could see football players start to wind down contracts intentionally for the extra cash. The earning potential I'd outrageous. Imagine what haaland or mbappe would get as a wage right now if without cintract

NIMAN

Felipe Unkempt Spoon wrote: »

Think we could see football players start to wind down contracts intentionally for the extra cash. The earning potential I'd outrageous. Imagine what haaland or mbappe would get as a wage right now if without cintract

Might find out next summer.

Isn't Mbappe a free agent then?

People on here have predicted he will be the 1st million per week footballer, but I think that is a little too much, but he'll easily be on 500k after tax.

NIMAN

NIMAN wrote: »

Might find out next summer.

Isn't Mbappe a free agent then?

Not sure but if he has only one year left I'd wager the money osg will offer for him could make neymars contract look small