Summer 2017 Transfer Thread

[magicrat]

I'm just made up we have a South American scout.

 

I would have been surprised to find out we had a Boy Scout

[Unrighteous]

I would have been surprised to find out we had a Boy Scout

 

Boy scout, eh?

[Bad Red Bull]

Towards the end of Sir Alex Ferguson's time at Manchester United, a senior club scout was dispatched to assess Isco, then at Malaga. The player was watched several times, before the report was filed back that he wasn't considered good enough to move to Manchester United. "He's good, but not quite quick enough and his head is too big for his body," was the verdict on the then 21-year-old playmaker. Isco, however, continued to blossom. 

 

Carra's response to this was:

Bizarre that considering the success they had with @GNev2 

 

Trust Carra to put down Gary Neville with any opportunity he gets...

[Thoth]

here's what former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers thinks:

"It’s the market, it’s the current valuation of the player," the Celtic boss told Sky Sports News. "Coutinho is a world-class player, but the power and position is with Liverpool. 

"He signed a new contact. Liverpool don’t have to sell if they don’t want to. It’s a fantastic club and he really enjoys it there. They have great supporters and a great manager so I am sure he is very happy there, but time will tell."

 

 

Just lacking that wee bit of spend some fucking money John

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Daniel son, what are you at:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/10/danny-rose-play-up-north-tottenham-signings-spurs

 

 

The Tottenham Hotspur defender Danny Rose has said he would consider offers to leave the club and is adamant he will return “back up north” to play in the future. The 27-year-old left-back has also criticised Tottenham for sanctioning the £53m sale of Kyle Walker to Manchester City and questioned the club’s lack of transfer activity over the summer.

 

 

Rose, a product of the Leeds United academy, joined Tottenham in 2007 and is the club’s longest-serving player. Although sidelined with a medial ligament knee injury since January, Rose has established himself as one of Mauricio Pochettino’s key players over the past couple of seasons. He is under contract until the summer of 2021 but has been repeatedly linked with a move away from the club, with Manchester United and City both previously credited with an interest.

 

 

“I am reaching my peak and have probably only got one big contract left in me,” the England defender told the Sun. “Time is running out and I do want to win trophies. I don’t want to play football for 15 years and not have one trophy or one medal.

 

 

“I will say this too, I will play up north. I don’t know exactly when but I will get back up north and play some football somewhere. I am going to make it my priority before I retire to play football up there. I have been away for over 10 years now and I don’t get to see my mum that often. I’m not saying I want out, but if something came to me that was concrete, I’d have no qualms about voicing my opinions to anyone at the club.”

 

Tottenham, who finished second in the Premier League last season, have yet to bolster their first-team squad over the close season and Rose does not want the club to be left behind by their big-spending rivals. City have outlaid more than £200m to add six new players to their squad while José Mourinho’s United have spent out more than £140m. He hopes the club do enter the transfer market themselves but steer clear of signing players “you have to Google and say, ‘Who’s that?’” and target “well-known players”.

 

 

Rose name-checked the Everton midfielder Ross Barkley as somebody who would provide a “boost” to the Spurs squad. On a personal level, Rose said he expects a pay rise when it comes to negotiating his next Tottenham contract. “I know my worth and I will make sure I get what I am worth,” he said. “I don’t know how much longer I might have at this level. Anyone who thinks this is primarily for money, that is not the case. But I know what I am worth.”

[Numero Veinticinco]

What. A. Cunt.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Giving an interview to the s*n to agitate. You stay classy Danny Rose.

[El Rojo]

Everything about that piece suggests that he's an absolutely wonderful human being.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Giving an interview to the s*n to agitate. You stay classy Danny Rose.

 

Didn't see it was the S*n, sorry guys. Saw the guardian link and assumed it was grand.

[Barrington Womble]

One for the shitness of modern football thread.

[Horus]

Just a guy missing his mum. We should all chip in and start a gofundme for this poor lads wages; it can't be easy living as he does. 

[cloggypop]

How is Danny Rose 27?

[Josef Svejk]

Ah, the poor guy. Look at the state of him...

 

[Mascherano]

Man united behaviour.

[Thoth]

CHELSEA HAVE MADE OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN BID
The Daily Star say that Chelsea have made a bid of £35m for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while the Daily Mirror say that a bid is on the way. Everyone seems to have forgotten that Oxlade-Chamberlain has less than 12 months on his Arsenal contract. Why on earth would you offer £35m?

Anyway, the Mirror say that Antonio Conte is determined to ‘do a Victor Moses’ with Oxlade-Chamberlain and convert him into a right wing-back. It’s a role he actually played to great effect in the FA Cup final last season, so it’s not a massive ‘conversion’ job.

Still, £35m for a player in the last year of his deal who you don’t even know can play the position you want to play him in? Just spend a bit more and get Antonio Candreva, surely?

[Thoth]

Nothing to do with transfers but made me laugh

 

 

What managers would be doing if…
Since my pre-season predictions would be terrible, instead here’s what all 20 Premier League managers would be doing if they weren’t managing, based solely on their looks:

Rafa Benitez: Waiter. (Apologies for that.)
Slaven Bilic: With beard, lecturer in philosophy; without beard, radical political satirist.
Paul Clement: Prefect of Police in Paris.
Antonio Conte: Vice President for employee discipline, large bank.
Frank deBoer: Fitness guru.
Sean Dyche: Primary school teacher or prison guard. (Same thing.)
Pep Guardiola: Pitchman for fashionable soft drink.
Eddie Howe: Motorcycle gang leader.
Mark Hughes: Army captain.
Chris Hughton: Retirement financial advisor (friendly variety).
Jürgen Klopp: Mountaineer.
Ronald Koeman: Baker.
José Mourinho: Hairdresser to the stars. (You know it’s true.)
Mauricio Pellegrino: Restaurateur.
Mauricio Pochettino: Boxing coach.
Tony Pulis: Railway engineer.
Craig Shakespeare: Playwright. (Just kidding. Greengrocer.)
Marco Silva: Verdi tenor.
David Wagner: Rock promoter.
Arsene Wenger: Host of arts talk show

[thompsonsnose]

CHELSEA HAVE MADE OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN BID

The Daily Star say that Chelsea have made a bid of £35m for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, while the Daily Mirror say that a bid is on the way. Everyone seems to have forgotten that Oxlade-Chamberlain has less than 12 months on his Arsenal contract. Why on earth would you offer £35m?

Anyway, the Mirror say that Antonio Conte is determined to ‘do a Victor Moses’ with Oxlade-Chamberlain and convert him into a right wing-back. It’s a role he actually played to great effect in the FA Cup final last season, so it’s not a massive ‘conversion’ job.

Still, £35m for a player in the last year of his deal who you don’t even know can play the position you want to play him in? Just spend a bit more and get Antonio Candreva, surely?

He wont get a sniff. Up to him.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I forget where I read it, but there was something about Conte wanting to add some home grown talent to his squad as he felt it was important. £35m seems a bit much, but I think someone's going to have to pay over the odds for either him, Ozil or Sanchez, as Wenger will want compensating for his mistake of letting them enter their final years and having to sell to a rival.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Not fussed on AOC. Not worth anything like £35m in my view.

[Thoth]

Some news from our Spanish football expert Guillem Balague that might please Liverpool fans; apparently Barcelona are looking for alternatives to Philippe Coutinho.

Balague has tweeted to say: "Liverpool rejected second offer of Barcelona of €85m plus €15m adds on within 35 minutes of getting it .

"They plan to reject the next one too. They do not want to sell. FCB admit they might return but they also looking for alternatives. FCB always knew it's a long saga and the search for media clicks (not the club) is what brought about false stories of imminent transfer."

[setreal]

Let's sell them Lazar instead.

[bizzle10]

Some news from our Spanish football expert Guillem Balague that might please Liverpool fans; apparently Barcelona are looking for alternatives to Philippe Coutinho.

Balague has tweeted to say: "Liverpool rejected second offer of Barcelona of €85m plus €15m adds on within 35 minutes of getting it .

"They plan to reject the next one too. They do not want to sell. FCB admit they might return but they also looking for alternatives. FCB always knew it's a long saga and the search for media clicks (not the club) is what brought about false stories of imminent transfer."

if that know fuck all expert Guillem Balague means coutinho is a done deal and is off

[Guest Alex_K]

On Danny Rose -- football clubs use these players like cattle as and when it suits them, and generally will get rid the moment the player is no longer an asset. How many 14-20 year olds are shoved aside with little financial compensation because they didn't make the cut. So when clubs are receiving unfathomable sums for TV rights/shirt and sleeve sponsorship/corporate partnerships etc., why should a player feel ashamed for going and getting what's his. After seeing how many clubs are happy to fritter money away or (in the case of ours) just sit on it with negligible investment back into the squad, I struggle to have sympathy for them. The obligation of the football club is to have a long term view & be smarter than its players: if they are engineering situations where players are running into the final year of contract (Can; Barkley; Oezil; Sanchez) & getting held to ransom because of it, or they can't pay market rate wages because of mad transfer strategies (£60 million for Lamela + Sissoko, Tottenham), or they're just plain fucking inept in every department like we are, then that's on them.

 

These clubs are just huge corporates now with no local sentiment at the exec. managerial level -- and no employee should feel guilty about getting their worth from a big corporate while they still have value. 

[thompsonsnose]

FSG will "buckle" 3 days before the window shuts.

 

"Sorry Limeys, there was no time to buy a replacement."

 

Love

Tom "i don't wanna" Lerner.

[Jockey]

On Danny Rose -- football clubs use these players like cattle as and when it suits them, and generally will get rid the moment the player is no longer an asset. How many 14-20 year olds are shoved aside with little financial compensation because they didn't make the cut. So when clubs are receiving unfathomable sums for TV rights/shirt and sleeve sponsorship/corporate partnerships etc., why should a player feel ashamed for going and getting what's his. After seeing how many clubs are happy to fritter money away or (in the case of ours) just sit on it with negligible investment back into the squad, I struggle to have sympathy for them. The obligation of the football club is to have a long term view & be smarter than its players: if they are engineering situations where players are running into the final year of contract (Can; Barkley; Oezil; Sanchez) & getting held to ransom because of it, or they can't pay market rate wages because of mad transfer strategies (£60 million for Lamela + Sissoko, Tottenham), or they're just plain fucking inept in every department like we are, then that's on them. These clubs are just huge corporate now -- and no employee should feel guilty about getting their worth from a big corporate while they still have value. 

 

Good point. Worth pointing out that this has come about because of Bosman - a player whom wasn't wanted at his club, but they wouldn't allow him to sign for another club because they held his registration! 

 

Clubs were cunts back then. The tide has tilted towards the players, which is fair enough. 

 

If I was a player, and Liverpool let me go. I would be a bosman player all the time - more money, and opportunity to travel Europe.