Summer 2020 Transfer Thread

[an tha]

11 hours ago, aRdja said:

I don’t think he will make it here unfortunately. Too small, too weak and doesn’t seem to have the attitude required.

Not sure about attitude being wrong - but think you may have a point about him not making it here, it is of course very early days - but he seems ill at ease in the side and looks like he may suffer from being asked to do different jobs, and never really getting a run or any rhythm.

 

What did we pay for him? 7.5m?.....we'll make a profit on him regardless if it does not work out.

[Mcfaggen]

On 20/07/2020 at 23:28, Doctor Troy said:

Been linked with Jamal Lewis from Norwich. They want £20m but they lost a ridiculous amount of money due to the lockdown so probably will get held to ransom. No way would we pay that for a back up left back. 

That's the third time we've been linked with Lewis, but we're not paying that kind of fee for him. I doubt we'd consider half of that. 

[aRdja]

41 minutes ago, an tha said:

Not sure about attitude being wrong - but think you may have a point about him not making it here, it is of course very early days - but he seems ill at ease in the side and looks like he may suffer from being asked to do different jobs, and never really getting a run or any rhythm.

 

What did we pay for him? 7.5m?.....we'll make a profit on him regardless if it does not work out.

I think the mistake is that we’re trying to find someone to replace Bobby in his role as a false 9. What Bobby desperately needs is competition... I feel like at the moment his place is too comfortable in the team. He doesn’t feel like he needs to contribute goals as now people have come to accept that he’s a supporting act to the two main forwards; Mane and Salah. To get us to the next level I feel we could do with some competition there... someone who’d really challenge him for that spot. I don’t buy the notion that Salah or Mane can’t play with a proper no 9 either. Salah had a productive season playing alongside Dzeko with a healthy number of assists. Kai Havertz would be my choice. Only seen him as a number 9, but he plays like a natural there. Brilliant touch, a monster in the air, lightning quick, and a great finisher. 

[3 Stacks]

4 minutes ago, aRdja said:

I think the mistake is that we’re trying to find someone to replace Bobby in his role as a false 9. What Bobby desperately needs is competition... I feel like at the moment his place is too comfortable in the team. He doesn’t feel like he needs to contribute goals as now people have come to accept that he’s a supporting act to the two main forwards; Mane and Salah. To get us to the next level I feel we could do with some competition there... someone who’d really challenge him for that spot. I don’t buy the notion that Salah or Mane can’t play with a proper no 9 either. Salah had a productive season playing alongside Dzeko with a healthy number of assists. Kai Havertz would be my choice. Only seen him as a number 9, but he plays like a natural there.

Havertz would also play as a false 9 for us.  He's not a "proper" 9 either. 

[Arnaud]

1 hour ago, Doctor Troy said:

£10.9m/€12m. 

 

Good business for the club reducing the wage bill and he needs to play more, St Petersburg is a nice city to live in.

In summer obviously, meaning from mid may to early September...

[Guest]

2 hours ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

wrong forum mate.

hahahahahhahaha

how did I not see that?

[Mil-ing Around]

14 hours ago, lifetime fan said:

And only a major prick would start acting the billy big bollocks giving it the big ‘un trying to make out that’s what The Gaul said. 
 

Now fuck off and get your shoeshine box. 

(insert face palm emoji)

 

You don't have to try and scare me lifetime fan, you did that with the picture of you in a hot tub years ago

[Harry Squatter]

Be gutted when he finally ends up at Chelsea 

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Elite said:

Airborne transmission can go in the summer.

Sold.

[Harry Squatter]

2 minutes ago, Arnaud said:

In summer obviously, meaning from mid may to early September...

I went in June, it was lovely. Can imagine it to be fucking freezing most of the year.

[BeefStroganoff]

So with the Mauritius money and Dejans lolly can we scrape enough together for a player now?

[Arnaud]

3 minutes ago, Doctor Troy said:

I went in June, it was lovely. Can imagine it to be fucking freezing most of the year.

It is .... I used to live in Kiev, I remember attending a game early October, they said minus 4 on the score board !

[Harry Squatter]

2 minutes ago, BeefStroganoff said:

So with the Mauritius money and Dejans lolly can we scrape enough together for a player now?

Larouci will be off soon too. Plus we've got rid of 300 grand a week off the wage bill with Lovren, Chirivella, Lallana and Clyne gone. 

[aRdja]

14 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Havertz would also play as a false 9 for us.  He's not a "proper" 9 either. 

He plays like a number 9. He’s in the box for crosses, and he makes a lot runs in behind. 

[3 Stacks]

3 minutes ago, aRdja said:

He plays like a number 9. He’s in the box for crosses, and he makes a lot runs in behind. 

Firmino and Havertz would play the same way. 

[Lee909]

[aRdja]

6 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Firmino and Havertz would play the same way. 

FFS... I can live with that too, I just think Bobby could do with a kick up the backside.

[TheHowieLama]

Havertz is a midfielder, always has been - he has played a handful of games - just this season - as the Center Forward.

[aRdja]

2 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Havertz is a midfielder, always has been - he has played a handful of games - just this season - as the Center Forward.

All the games I’ve seen him he played as a CF. Looked natural too. A real presence in the box.

[TheHowieLama]

Just now, aRdja said:

All the games I’ve seen him he played as a CF. Looked natural too. A real presence in the box.

Then you must have only seen him play about 6 of the 150 games in his career.

 

 

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, TheHowieLama said:

Then you must have only seen him play about 6 of the 150 games in his career.

 

 

That’d be about right. I signed up with Beinsport to watch Bundesliga when PL wasn’t on.

[TheHowieLama]

3 minutes ago, aRdja said:

That’d be about right. 

He is a great player - easily the best in that side. So he would look good in any position for them, much the way people used to say Gerrard would be the best we had anywhere on the field for a period of time.

That doesn't mean he could play there at one of the top sides in the world. Nor should he.

If anything he would be a realistic option playing on the right upfront as he has done that quite a bit.

In Keita's role he would be immense for us.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Havertz is a midfielder. A great midfielder. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

Havertz is out of our league. Unless we sell one of our best players.

[Allan]

1 hour ago, Pidge said:

Joyce saying the Lovren fee is agreed.

 

Not getting the aggression towards him but I guess that's twitter. Has real flaws, but genuinely cares about the club (if anything he usually got caught out trying too hard) and was part of the champion squad. Plus, Dortmund...

 

Why mock the guy on his way out?

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