Summer 2021 transfer thread.

[3 Stacks]

8 hours ago, joe_fishfish said:

This is the last bit from Simon Hughes' article on FSG in The Athletic today.

 

 

Don't think there will be many (if any) clubs outside of the petrochemical cheats and maybe the red Mancs spending much in summer. No one else has any fucking money.

 

If we want an extensive squad rebuild we have to hope PSG come in and slap some money on the table. If they don't, we'll likely see an even more mingebaggy transfer window than the one we just had. Or even worse, we end up selling one of our best players to a domestic rival.

Yeah, the economic situation is set up for us to basically bring back the same squad. At the moment, it just seems unlikely much will happen this summer, even in terms of sales. And we'll say we're gonna have a real go with the injured players back.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

FSG should be well placed to finally put some money in the kitty. Hahaha!

[Strontium]

I won't believe we're skint until I see the phrase "war chest" in an article by one of FSG's pets.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

8 minutes ago, Strontium Dog™ said:

I won't believe we're skint until I see the phrase "war chest" in an article by one of FSG's pets.

 

[aws]

With crowd income likely still to be reduced next season, ditto TV income, maybe CL income too, there's no way there's going to be much additional investment. Any incoming players will be mostly funded by sales. Luckily Jurgen could sell half a dozen or more players without impacting the first team much. 

[Leyton388]

Which is why it is total lunacy to let Gini go for free.

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42 minutes ago, Leyton388 said:

Which is why it is total lunacy to let Gini go for free.

Keep Gini, bring back Harvey, buy Grealish would keep me happy.

 

Grujic, Wilson, Origi, and three of Shaq, Mini, Ox and Keita to pay for it. 

[Jairzinho]

Sign Barella. Cheers. 

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38 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Sign Barella. Cheers. 

Yeah, he'd be useful. Great work rate, gets in the box a lot. He'd be a different threat for us.

[aRdja]

Bring Bamford in. 

[Bad Red Bull]

 

[dockers_strike]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9240247/Liverpool-initial-contact-Sporting-Lisbons-53m-star-Pedro-Goncalves-January.html

 

Not even the Echo as the original source. Fucking hell.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

On 05/02/2021 at 18:55, Leyton388 said:

Which is why it is total lunacy to let Gini go for free.

 

It's not like we're passively just "letting" something happen that we can stop. Cant make him sign. Does anyone actually know what he wants or is it all speculation?

[Bobby Hundreds]

1 minute ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

 

It's not like we're passively just "letting" something happen that we can stop. Cant make him sign. Does anyone actually know what he wants or is it all speculation?

He wants a rest now and then.

[Evelyn Tentions]

1 hour ago, Rick Sanchez C-137 said:

 

It's not like we're passively just "letting" something happen that we can stop. Cant make him sign. Does anyone actually know what he wants or is it all speculation?

Sit him down and give him the Corleone options.

[Guest]

15 hours ago, aRdja said:

Bring Bamford in. 

He's the new Maguire.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

1 hour ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

He wants a rest now and then.

 

Pfft, fat chance. If anything we might need to make him play CM and CB at the same time.

[3 Stacks]

Paty "Bam Bam" Bamford would actually be a decent backup #9 option. Only a year left on his deal, compatible with style of play, etc... But we don't really need depth, we need real alternatives. He'd not be a real alternative for a team that wants to win trophies, I don't think. It's not the worst idea, though.

[El Dangerous]

He’d be worth it as an Ings type of opportunistic transfer but it’s not the forward we need this summer unless we’re signing two forwards. 

[KevieG]

It would be nice to get one or maybe two transformative world class players, like we did with Alisson and Virgil. A forward and a centre back would be ideal. 

 

And it would also be nice to shift 3 or 4 sicknotes. 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

When you look at City and United you see two goalscoring midfielders who are no doubt helping them to break down stubborn defences.  Gundogan and Fernandes. 

 

We miss that sort of player and Keita of the last two years is not that player.  The Leipzig Keita, yes.  Our Keita, no. His drop off in goals is considerable (see pic).

 

Ox was also a fix for that, but between him Keita they've barely managed half a season.  To carry on with them now seems negligent, there seems no change in sight for either of their injury prone spells. All the while, we're paying two big wages.

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

1 hour ago, KevieG said:

It would be nice to get one or maybe two transformative world class players,

I think that was Thiago pal

[Guest Alex_K]

50 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

I think that was Thiago pal

And Jota, to an extent. Doesn’t really help much if pretty much the rest of the 11 bar Robertson/Winjaldum are going to have anywhere from 4 weeks to a year out at intermittent periods. Yes including VVD, Gomez, Alisson, Trent, Thiago, Matip, Jota, Mane, Henderson, Keita, Ox there. Even Salahs had covid-absence too. The chopping & changing is unreal; no amount of realistic transfers can fundamentally remedy that.

[therevivalist]

On 05/02/2021 at 14:41, aws said:

Keep Gini, bring back Harvey, buy Grealish would keep me happy.

 

Grujic, Wilson, Origi, and three of Shaq, Mini, Ox and Keita to pay for it. 

Grealish will completely transform our forward line. 

[Brownie]

In normal times i’d say that we should try to get Upamecano because his release fee is reasonable.

 

I’d also want to replace Bobby.

 

These aren’t normal times though, so fuck knows what to expect.