Summer 2017 Transfer Thread

[Numero Veinticinco]

You will never know who the owners really are as people dude.

 

You will probably satisfy yourself with their press release, and leave it at that as we all do.

 

No one who owns us is going to be a lovely person I can almost guarantee you that. It's filthy lucre. This. Is. Football.

I'm talking in a grander sense. About how good they are for the club, how they act as owners. Hicks and Gillet were a constant embarrassment, ran up debt to a level that almost killed us, fucked with the manager, fucked with the signings and running of the club, but they did spend some money and get us to being the top ranked team over five years, and some very exciting times and players. I'm just saying, mate, careful what you wish for.

 

For me, the Oligarchs at City are running the club well and with money. They're the next step on from our crew. Finding that type of owner isn't going to be easy, and it's far more likely we get a Mike Ashley, a Randy Learner, a group like at Arsenal, or another Hicks and Gillet than it is the Abi Dhabi lot st City, or even the Russian gangster at Chelsea.

 

I want us to win as well, mate; but I'm just saying, let's look before we leap.

[Trumo]

How do you expect our scouts to work?

 

They have Southampton's phone number don't they?

[Boss]

It's not even about spending loads of money. It's about competence. If they would've signed the likes of Dele Alli, Salah, Zielinski, Guerreiro etc the first time around (ie all those players they offered derisory amounts to the selling clubs for) we'd have an excellent squad right now and would've saved potentially hundreds of millions in the process.

 

They are simply incapable of getting the deals over the line that will improve us. Whether that be £10m for a young player with great potential or £50m for guaranteed quality. This is chickens coming home to roost for years of incompetence and overzealous penny pinching.

[Thoth]

The problem we have is that the value of the club has risen so much while they have been in charge that it would be difficult to get someone to buy us now.

 

The value of the club has risen mainly due to the TV deal, worldwide exposure and sponsors rather than any massive investment from them.

 

Agreed but I read somewhere that someone is looking to buy Spurs for £1 billion so there is money out there to buy us. We need to be sold on and soon before we fall so far behind the others that Klopp just thinks what's the point

[El Rojo]

[Thoth]

 

As long as he didn't mean Aquilani I agree with John

[Numero Veinticinco]

Oh dear. It blinds me to read that. To be fair, he was far from the only one saying that at the time.

[Arl arse]

Eye aids

[The Golden Eel]

It's not even about spending loads of money. It's about competence. If they would've signed the likes of Dele Alli, Salah, Zielinski, Guerreiro etc the first time around (ie all those players they offered derisory amounts to the selling clubs for) we'd have an excellent squad right now and would've saved potentially hundreds of millions in the process.

 

They are simply incapable of getting the deals over the line that will improve us. Whether that be £10m for a young player with great potential or £50m for guaranteed quality. This is chickens coming home to roost for years of incompetence and overzealous penny pinching.

 

We've signed some good players in their tenure, we've missed out on some good players, we've signed some bad players, we've missed out on some bad players, etc. We've overpaid for shite, we've got good value, we've had a few lucky escapes and, as you say, we've missed out on some good players seemingly due to tightness and/or incompetence. 

[Thoth]

Liverpool

Most permanent signings from: Middlesbrough and Newcastle (both 7

The largest of which was… Christian Ziege (£5.5m, July 2000)/Andy Carroll (£35m, January 2011)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Southampton (6)

The largest of which was… Sadio Mane (£34m, June 2016)

 

Thought we had signed all of our last 5 squads from the Saints the way they bang on about us

[Thoth]

Arsenal  

Most permanent signings from: Everton and Tottenham (both 6)

The largest of which was… Mikel Arteta (£10m, August 2011)/Pat Jennings (£40,000, July 1977)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Monaco (4)

The largest of which was… Emmanuel Adebayor (£3m, January 2006)

 

Bournemouth  

Most permanent signings from: Southampton and West Ham (both 11)

The largest of which was… Christer Warren (£50,000, October 1997)/Steve Jones (£150,000, October 1994)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: West Ham (6)

The largest of which was… Steve Jones (£150,000, October 1994)

 

Brighton  

Most permanent signings from: Chelsea (10)

The largest of which was… Leon Knight (£150,000, July 2003)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Swansea (6)

The largest of which was… Ryan Harley (£200,000, August 2011)

 

Burnley  

Most permanent signings from: Stoke (12)

The largest of which was… Jon Walters (£3m, July 2017)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Stoke (9)

The largest of which was… Jon Walters (£3m, July 2017)

 

Chelsea  

Most permanent signings from: Barcelona and Manchester City (both 8)

The largest of which was… Cesc Fabregas (£30m, July 2014)/Shaun Wright-Phillips (£21m, July 2005)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Barcelona (8)

The largest of which was… Cesc Fabregas (£30m, July 2014)

 

Crystal Palace  

Most permanent signings from: Arsenal (11)

The largest of which was… Marouane Chamakh (£1m, August 2013)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Wolves (7)

The largest of which was… Wayne Hennessey (£3m, January 2014)

 

Everton  

Most permanent signings from: Manchester United (13)

The largest of which was… Morgan Schneiderlin (£20m, January 2017)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Manchester United (11)

The largest of which was… Morgan Schneiderlin (£20m, January 2017)

 

Huddersfield  

Most permanent signings from: Sheffield United (14)

The largest of which was… none of them. They were all free

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Sheffield United (11)

The largest of which was… can you not read?

 

Leicester  

Most permanent signings from: Blackburn and Norwich (both 9)

The largest of which was… Callum Davidson (£2m, July 2000)/Darren Eadie (£3m, January 2000)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Blackburn (9)

The largest of which was… Callum Davidson (£2m, July 2000)

Manchester City

Most permanent signings from: Everton (12)

The largest of which was… John Stones (£47.5m, August 2016)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Arsenal (8)

The largest of which was… Emmanuel Adebayor (£25m, July 2009)

 

Manchester United

Most permanent signings from: Arsenal, Leeds and Nottingham Forest (all 6)

The largest of which was… Robin van Persie (£24m, August 2012)/Rio Ferdinand (£30m, July 2002)/Roy Keane (£3.75m, July 1993)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Aston Villa and PSV (both 4)

The largest of which was… Ashley Young (£16m, July 2011)/Memphis Depay (£25m, June 2015)

 

Newcastle

Most permanent signings from: Nottingham Forest (9)

The largest of which was… Jermaine Jenas (£5m, February 2002)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Chelsea (6)

The largest of which was… Damien Duff (£5m, July 2006)

 

Southampton

Most permanent signings from: Chelsea (12)

The largest of which was… Ryan Bertrand (£10m, February 2015)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Chelsea (10)

The largest of which was… Ryan Bertrand (£10m, February 2015)

 

Stoke

Most permanent signings from: Southampton (10)

The largest of which was… Andrew Davies (£1.5m, August 2008)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Sunderland (8)

The largest of which was… Kenwyne Jones (£8m, August 2010)

 

Swansea

Most permanent signings from: Liverpool (6)

The largest of which was… Jonjo Shelvey (£5m, July 2013)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Queens Park Rangers (5)

The largest of which was… Leroy Fer (£4.75m, July 2016)

 

Tottenham

Most permanent signings from: Newcastle (9)

The largest of which was… Moussa Sissoko (£30m, August 2016)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Newcastle (9)

The largest of which was… Moussa Sissoko (£30m, August 2016)

 

Watford

Most permanent signings from: Udinese (15)

The largest of which was… Adalberto Penaranda (£8m, February 2016)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Udinese (15)

The largest of which was… Adalberto Penaranda (£8m, February 2016)

 

West Brom

Most permanent signings from: Aston Villa (10)

The largest of which was… Luke Moore (£3.5m, February 2008)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Aston Villa (10)

The largest of which was… Luke Moore (£3.5m, February 2008)

 

West Ham

Most permanent signings from: Liverpool (12)

The largest of which was… Andy Carroll (£15m, July 2013)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Liverpool (12)

The largest of which was… Andy Carroll (£15m, July 2013)

[Kevin D]

We've signed some good players in their tenure, we've missed out on some good players, we've signed some bad players, we've missed out on some bad players, etc. We've overpaid for shite, we've got good value, we've had a few lucky escapes and, as you say, we've missed out on some good players seemingly due to tightness and/or incompetence.

 

FSG have been in charge of us for seven years.

 

If you look at all the trophies we have won over the years, this is our least successful period since we were promoted from the second division. This, in a time when Leicester city won the league title by 10 points.

 

These three facts are not unrelated, and it takes a tremendous amount of skill to pretend they have nothing to do with each other.

[Rorschach08]

Mane, Lovren, Clyne, Lallana, Lambert and ?

[Red House]

Crouch?

[Thoth]

Mane, Lovren, Clyne, Lallana, Lambert and ?

 

VVD... it was a future post

[Red House]

That 40yo-ish keeper we drafted in when both Jerzy and Kirkland got injured was also from Southampton, wasn't he? Paul Jones. Think it was just a short loan though.

[Mark M]

Just after finished reading the latest TLW Diary. It really shows up how incompetent we are in terms of transfers when its listed out the history/detail of whats happened recently it shows up how we don't have the right people in charge or the owners are not giving the people in charge the necessary control/power to make deals happen.

[Bjornebye]

We are just a feeder club fot west ham

[Moctezuma]

 

West Ham

Most permanent signings from: Liverpool (12)

The largest of which was… Andy Carroll (£15m, July 2013)

Most permanent signings since 1992/93 from: Liverpool (12)

The largest of which was… Andy Carroll (£15m, July 2013)

 

 

Sakho and Moreno in claret and blue for a combined total of £60 million please.

[Arl arse]

We just make our transfer fees from porn. Off to have a wank so we can afford VVD.

[Dave D]

Maybe we are conducting our business "like we used to".

 

All hush hush until we suddenly announce we've signed someone, that sort of thing.

 

Like we did with Mark Walters...... 

[Bjornebye]

Danny Murphy being retweeted loads saying we are about to close the Van Dijk deal. Why would he know anything? 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Cos he has a head like a mekon.

[Paco]

How does it all work this transfer malarkey?

 

I assume it used to be you declared an interest in a player to a club and they told you whether or not they were for sale. If they were, you asked permission to speak to them. You spoke or met with them and decided whether to make a bid. You did business with the club then agreed terms with the player.

 

These days you declare an interest through the media and wait for something else to happen through the media. Well that's how it appears anyway. Wouldn't surprise me if it was sky who were signing players for teams and nobody has a fuck what's going on at the club's 'i thought you signed him 'I didn't sign him I thought you did '

[TheHowieLama]

For me, the Oligarchs at City are running the club well and with money. 

 

Manchester City are thought to be about £10m adrift of Tottenham Hotspur's £50m valuation of defender Kyle Walker, 27.

 

 

Cheap bastards.