Summer 2018 Transfer Thread

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Is that the one with three testicles?

The very same. Plays for Gonadski Scrotov.

[El Dangerous]

Is that the one with three testicles?

Makes Graeme Le saux wish he had three hands.

[magicrat]

The very same. Plays for Gonadski Scrotov.

 

His book "Russian Rupture " was bollocks mind

[Ne Moe Imya]

Depends. There is a proper procedure for players buying out their contracts. Not sure of the exact conditions but I think they have to be over a certain age and in the last year or so of their contracts. If they meet the criteria for the buy outs there will be no problem. Not every Sporting player is buying their contract out though.

 

The Sporting thing has nothing to do with player buying out their contracts, though. They're basically arguing they have the right to break their contracts for cause because the team let ultras onto the training ground and they attacked the players (there is also a theory that the club president was in on the plan and in fact incited the ultras to attack).

 

The players union says that all players have the right to break contracts for "just cause." The only legal issue that remains to be sorted is whether this constitutes "just cause" or not. And given that Sporting have let Rui Patricio leave, it seems almost a formality that they will have to let the others go as well. The possibility remains that they could later sue for fair value, as they have threatened with Patricio, but it seems pretty far-fetched to me.

 

Again, I'm sure we're being very careful but I'd be very surprised if we aren't deeply looking into the situation with Bruno Fernandes in particlar, maybe Gelson Martins as well. Even if we offered a pittance of their real value to Sporting and then gave them the huge wages associated with a free signing, it's still big value. Fernandes in particular would suit pretty well as a Fekir alternative.

[TheHowieLama]

I'm hearing we are surprised no one is looking into Bruno Fernandes and Gelson Martins.

 

Aggressively into them. 

[Anubis]

Manchester Evening News are reporting that Real are willing to let greasy-hair go this summer and that Shitcoat is on standby.

[therevivalist]

Manchester Evening News are reporting that Real are willing to let greasy-hair go this summer and that Shitcoat is on standby.

Real won't sell Ronaldo; they're second rate without him. Greasy hair still has a good three years in him at the highest level.

[Jairzinho]

Real won't sell Ronaldo; they're second rate without him. Greasy hair still has a good three years in him at the highest level. they make fucking shitloads of money from selling Ronaldo shite in Asia.

[Megadrive Man]

Manchester Evening News are reporting that Real are willing to let greasy-hair go this summer and that Shitcoat is on standby.

He either plays where Sanchez or Lukaku plays for them. Ronaldo doesn't work anywhere near hard enough for a Shitcoat team.

[setreal]

Has anybody seen de Ligt?

[Bamo]

Manchester Evening News are reporting that Real are willing to let greasy-hair go this summer and that Shitcoat is on standby.

Isn't this just a cut and paste from two weeks ago.  Next week it will be Bale is free to go and Shitcoat is poised with his chequebook and so on in a never ending circle until one of the three retires or dies 

[Bjornebye]

We aren't signing anyone else. 

[cloggypop]

Has anybody seen de Ligt?

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[Greycellgreen]

We’ll sign at least two more players, nothing will happen for a couple of weeks though.

 

Still think Fekir will happen and we’ll sign another keeper but he won’t be of the Alisson Oblak sort, more of the Butland sort. We’ll also end up with Shaqiri. That’d be my guess and I’d be okay with it.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Has anybody seen de Ligt?

 

I saw him one afternoon.

 

After a skyrocket in flight...

[Guest]

We aren't signing anyone else. 

We're waiting to see who wins the World Cup and then we will eye a swoop with a view to a cut price deal.

 

It's how we roll.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Has anybody seen de Ligt?

I think Todd Rundgren has.

[Jose Jones]

I think Todd Rundgren has.

Blinded him didn’t it? Poor fella.

[sir roger]

Looking at the gossip columns & to quote one of my earliest memories from Anfield 

 

' Oh its all gone quiet , all gone quiet , all gone quiet over there.'

 

( p.s. Manfred Mann ? )

[Guest]

Arsenal seem to be going about their business in a very quiet way. Not sure how much they are improving but will be interesting to see how their summer ends.

 

We'll sign more players, it would be an offence if we didn't.

[sir roger]

Arsenal seem to be going about their business in a very quiet way. Not sure how much they are improving but will be interesting to see how their summer ends.

 

We'll sign more players, it would be an offence if we didn't.

 

Decent players but nothing that has made me feel it will move them forward as much as they need to from last season. Also wondering how player morale will be given the comments from the board & Emery to Bellerin that there are only 5 'untouchables' in the squad including him.

[Guest]

Decent players but nothing that has made me feel it will move them forward as much as they need to from last season. Also wondering how player morale will be given the comments from the board & Emery to Bellerin that there are only 5 'untouchables' in the squad including him.

Does this mean the board only see five players in the whole squad that are definitely worthy of a place in the team? If it is, it's not the best way to motivate the entire squad.

[TheHowieLama]

Three envelopes....

[Grinch]

It's a safe bet to assume whoever else we're after is at the world cup.  We've only got a few weeks left after the tournament to finish up our business.

[Greycellgreen]

It's a safe bet to assume whoever else we're after is at the world cup. We've only got a few weeks left after the tournament to finish up our business.

Yep. Fekir, Shaqiri and Butland.