Summer Transfer Superthread

Aaron Ramsdale must be the vessel in a very elaborate money laundering scheme between football club owners with the strange condition that he actually has to play football and not just sit on the bench. There’s literally no other reasonable explanation than I can think of, he cannot realistically be bought at that price for his goalkeeping ability.

It must be so disheartening as an Arsenal fan to be linked with Ramsdale, let alone at £30m. Jesus that's some waste of money.

Ramsdale wasnt even the best keeper at Bournemouth when Howe suddenly made him first choice and sent Begovic to Azerbaijan on loan.

If Arsenal were struggling for HG players, you'd say ok fair enough they needed an English player to come in. But they look like they are ok in that sense, and have the 8 players. 9 if you include Willock. Unless they start selling some of those HG players.

He was bought for 18 million last year by Sheff United , was excellent for them and won there player of the season ,so a 6 million hike isn't all that huge , it's 24 million the rest is add ons

He will probably come in as number 2 , but there was murmerings of Leno leaving at the end of the last season so getting him early is a good idea

Does come with the english tax aswell , If we go on and actually buy a creative midfielder before the end of the window Maddison or Odegaard as a whole the window won't look too bad then , but if this is it , it'll make this one a litte more baffling

what was his save %? cos thats the only real metric to judge a keeper on.

and then shockers leading to goals secondly.

He's transferred to PSG who'll walk the French league and he's 34 now. If he had of moved 4/5 years ago it would be newsworthy

£ ≠ €

€ mentioned in the heading, £ in the body

Not sure why an English paper is reporting a transfer fee between two english clubs in euros but e150m is £127m.

Where would that put it in world record transfers? Neymar then Coutinho (£129m) then Kane? Or was there another higher than Coutinho?

I just don't think he will suit City's high pressing style, he played his best football under Mourinho in a counter attacking side.

Hard to argue against that.

He was absolutely dreadful in the 1st 2/3rd of the Euros and only marginally better in the latter stages. I'm convincing myself that was because he is dissolitioned with the Spurs gig and because Southgate had no idea what to do with him.

1st thing City will do with him is take away the pies and buy him a drawer full of runners....

A 75m release clause plus a 25m signing on fee plus 20m for Raiola plus 20m for Daddy Haaland plus....

Who will buy Haaland next season anyway.

Chelsea have bought Lukaku, Barcelona and Real have no money.

That leaves Utd or City and if City buy Kane then that only leaves Utd.

Will Utd want to do business with vermin like Raiola, unlikely I would think.

They've kinda evolved beyond a high press though - they don't do anything like what Liverpool were doing, or Pep's old Barca team for instance. Their game now is based more around high-control and suffocation with crisp controlled passing and weight of numbers more than running intensity. So I don't think the pressing aspect will hurt him too much. He's excellent at linking play (his strength in Jose's counter attacking), which I think translates to exactly what Pep wants - someone who will drop into spaces to keep moves going and work openings for those running in behind, and then get in on the end of it to receive the final ball and knock it into the goal. Kinda think more of his game suits City than doesn't. And all the pressure isn't on him either, they're choc full of gold standard players, so if he's having a quiet day you still get the moment of beautiful finishing, without suffering from everything having to go through him.

I'm worried about how efficient they could be with him in the team to be honest, much moreso than what Graelish brings (who is brilliant also, but doesn't necessarily bring things that Silva and Fodan can't).

I see what you are saying but Kane is a top pro who has been doing it week in week out for years.

He is a goal machine.

Dele Ali was the typical overhyped English youngster who believed his own hype and he has a terrible attitude.

You cant compare those two, Ali isnt fit to lace his boots.

Chelsea will be very strong this season , needed a top quality striker to complete a quality lineup- They have now just signed the final piece in the jigsaw.

Why would city fight it?

It is to their benefit.

Interested to hear why it's to their benefit?

I've not read anything about the new regulations so not sure what they are just yet but in what way does it benefit clubs like City and PSG?

The most amusing thing about that Swiss Ramble piece above is City's alleged revenue. The dinner ladies must all be sponsored in multi million pound deals by middle Eastern interests, as are the car parking attendants, the cleaners, the grounds keepers, the ball boys, the lad that replaces the urinal cakes in the bogs and the other lad that polishes the statue outside.