Summer Transfers 2014

[Phoenix]

I mentioned this earlier on in the window.  I think it will take us a few seasons of being back in it before the Torres' of this world start signing for us again.  That's if we can achieve that.  Players like Reus will dismiss us out of hand at the moment I think.  I'd convinced myself we would get that type of player once we got back in but that's not the case.  We've just made ourselves the front runner when competing with Spurs for players.

 

You can't blame them either.  A lot of these top players won't be spending their time watching MOTD every week etc.  We may just be a flash in the pan in terms of league position etc.  I obviously don't think we are but until we are in the knockout stages of the CL and rattling some of the big guns again these type of players won't pay us any attention.

 

 

Money talks above everything else. They wont pay us any attention at all unless we are offering big bucks.

 

It doesnt help that Monaco, PSG, Chelsea and City have parked top class players on their bench.

[an tha]

They will never get that. But that might not stop teams inquiring if they will take less.

His agent who is also his brother seems to be making noises about no contact from Barcelona, so therefore inviting that, but also then alerting others. 80m is way too much though.

[Boss]

The Guardian:

 

"Liverpool have completed their seventh signing of the summer after landing Javier Manquillo on an unusual two-year loan from Atlético Madrid. The 20-year-old defender underwent a medical on Merseyside earlier this week and has finalised a transfer from the Spanish champions that may allow Liverpool to make the deal permanent, for a fee of around £5m, should he settle in English football. Atlético can break the loan arrangement and recall Manquillo for a fee next summer while Liverpool have an option to buy the player outright in 2016."

 

If he has a decent season, we'll lose him next summer?

 

Does that mean if he has a good year they have to pay us to take him back to Atletico? but after the second year regardless of whether he goes back to Atletico or stays with us we can buy him for a fee?

 

Heres an easier explanation -

 

 

"He's ours"

 

 

"No he's ours"

 

Manquillo

 

 

"Nooooooooooooooo"

[INTORRESTING]

I dont see the point of the manquillo deal. We should sort out the position and not take punts on unproven loans.

[INTORRESTING]

I dont see the point of the manquillo deal. We should sort out the position and not take punts on unproven loans.

[SoMuch4Gravity]

His agent who is also his brother seems to be making noises about no contact from Barcelona, so therefore inviting that, but also then alerting others. 80m is way too much though.

 

No doubt. 24 goals in 44 apps last year for Napoli...might be worth a look. But in no way shape or form should we bid anywhere near 80mil, as you've indicated. 

[Major Tom]

I dont see the point of the manquillo deal. We should sort out the position and not take punts on unproven loans.

 

Taking punts on unproven talent is how we roll.

[Russ Atmosphere]

Unproven talent and also just unproven.

[Major Tom]

Mostly just unproven.

[Jay86]

I'm mostly pleased with all our transfers this summer, it's a weird one this year tho. All the signings so far have been good and positive, however if we don't buy a world class attacker it's going to seem like a disappointing window. It's that finely balanced.

 

 

[an tha]

No doubt. 24 goals in 44 apps last year for Napoli...might be worth a look. But in no way shape or form should we bid anywhere near 80mil, as you've indicated.

40 tops

[Grinch]

Signing a young back up right back on loan sounds ok, then you remember we don't have a first choice worth mentioning.

[El Dangerous]

I am willing to bet most lads are not asked with the history of most women. If we did sit and think who has been there, well. Anyway if Carlton Cole has slept with over 1000 women there is a high chance that someone reading this thread has had his sloppy seconds even you El.

Me and C-Diddy are bang bros. We routinely go on the piss around that London finger cuffing pissed up tarts, big mamma's is how we role. Occasionally we let Dwight Yorke join us but he makes us look bad and poor Carlton ends up in the corner wanking by himself, born water carrier that lad.

[Anubis]

They'll have to pay us for a player they own.

 

 

Great success!

 

 

 

 

But the payment is in magic beans.

 

[J-V]

Story on the express site that Higuain has a transfer fee clause of £80m.

 

That can't be right, they also reckon us and Arsenal are after him.

 

At that price they can frigging have him.

I wouldn't even want us to buy him at a 3rd of that price.

 

Offer to take him on loan for a year and we'll pay that price after, honest.

[cuppatea]

Bizarre transfer all around. If he's shit, we pay his wages for 2 years and then Atletico take him back. If he's good, we get a bit of money for developing him and then Atletico take him back.

 

What's his role going to be here? Have we signed a 20 year old with virtually no experience of first team football that Atletico don't seem to rate very highly to be our first choice right back? Is he here to add depth to a position in which we already have 3 senior first team players? Is he another highly rated prospect at right back, to go along with McLaughlin and Randall?

[Russ Atmosphere]

Injury cover is my guess.

[El Dangerous]

I assume we can plonk the £5m down whenever we want which would block Atletico recalling him as they only have the summer window to do so. That's how it works on football manager anyway.

[Reckoner]

I'd like to see a youtube video before jumping to conclusions, and not just any one, it has to be at least 3 minutes long and have terrible music, at least a third of which is just upclose footage of him running with his name at the bottom, and the rest is 18 replays of a goal he scored once, with some misplaced passes also bizarrely included.

[Ne Moe Imya]

I see some quotes are floating around today that Ilori says he wants to stay and earn his place.

 

I for one would be more than happy with him as fourth choice CB.  After watching him for Granada last season against Barca I'm pretty excited about his potential.  The problem is that we'd have to clear out an awful lot of players ahead of him for there to be a space.  I assume Coates is on his way, but Agger and probably Toure would need to leave as well.

 

I suppose Toure could stay as 5th choice, especially if Rodgers does want to experiment a bit with 3 at the back, but otherwise I'd be happy to see Lovren/Skrtel/Sakho rotating and then Ilori as injury cover behind them.

[The Golden Eel]

Told you there was something wrong with that Manquillo deal. I heard that before, I suspected it was too good to be true.

[Adebisi]

He's this season's Alberto. Only this time we're only loaning him. Progress. 

[INTORRESTING]

80 mil for higuain! Wow! How about agger, lucas and 20 mil?

[INTORRESTING]

Finished with loans? Hmmm

[Torvald Utne]

Don't see anything wrong with the manquillo deal...we're getting a player on loan for 2 years which we will have paid a loan fee for, they have the option to break the loan after 1 year and reimburse us part of the fee, if we keep him for the second year we then have right to buy.

 

Just like any other 1 year loan deal followed by a 1 year loan deal with the option to buy, what's the problem?