Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Vincent Vega]

I’m off to London for the weekend and will leave you all with this little graphic to debate whilst I’m gone (insert demonic laugh).

 

[Scott_M]

He’s a midfielder apparently. Lavia’s replacement? 
 

 

[Evelyn Tentions]

1 hour ago, Jose Jones said:

You say ego, he says commercial acumen.

 

Would be absolutely perfectly normal behaviour and fully accepted (or mostly) by fans in American sport for example.  Certainly after LeBron James led the way in basketball.

As fans we think "look at those greedy bastard players", whereas the players think "look at those greedy bastard owners".

I'm not concerned about his salary but his demands on who the club sign/play and how they play to suit him. Like that preening cunt Neymar, it's him first, team second.

[El Dangerous]

2 hours ago, Vincent Vega said:

I’m off to London for the weekend and will leave you all with this little graphic to debate whilst I’m gone (insert demonic laugh).

 

Chelsea spent half a billion last year alone.

[Scott_M]

 

[Scott_M]

 

[Scott_M]

Shock horror…

 

 

[andyj]

12 hours ago, Anubis said:

 

 

I can see us enquiring just to poke the Real Madrid bear to be honest having seen us loosely linked with Valverde and Tchouameni  knowing Madrid might have to sell 1 or the other to help finance the deal. Far fetched? Maybe but knowing how much Perez wants Mbappe I wouldn't rule it out. 

[El Dangerous]

3 minutes ago, andyj said:

I can see us enquiring just to poke the Real Madrid bear to be honest having seen us loosely linked with Valverde and Tchouameni  knowing Madrid might have to sell 1 or the other to help finance the deal. Far fetched? Maybe but knowing how much Perez wants Mbappe I wouldn't rule it out. 

There’s a reason we are the one club consistently linked to him and it sure as fuck isn’t because we’re going to sign him. My guessing is that the club like the speculation because it makes us look relevant at the top table of y the transfer business and journos like using us for clicks because we’re massive. Waiting on Tchouameni could be the reason things have slowed on the transfer front again.

[3 Stacks]

Tchouameni situation is unpredictable. They put him in a bit of a tough spot playing him as the lone holding midfielder, which at his age, was always going to be difficult, and he isn't that kind of player yet. 

 

It's hard to know whether they need money or not, whether they will give up on him or not. 

 

I thought he would have been a weird fit here last summer, but his profile is not something we currently have; a physically gifted 6/8 who can get up and down the pitch. And then in two years, he could probably be Fabinho's replacement. 

[Megadrive Man]

2 hours ago, Scott_M said:

 

 

Is it just me, or do all three of them look like the same person? 

[andyj]

2 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Is it just me, or do all three of them look like the same person? 

It's not you they do look similar. Perhaps we have a secret breeding programme to save FSG millions 

[El Dangerous]

Are we accusing Klopp of practising eugenics?

[The Golden Eel]

23 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Is it just me, or do all three of them look like the same person? 

I'd have sworn the ones on the left and right are both Conor Bradley? Are they definitely not?! 

[magicrat]

47 minutes ago, Megadrive Man said:

 

Is it just me, or do all three of them look like the same person? 

They all look about 12 and probably have spots and a bad attitude 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Yeah, bring back National Service!

[DaveT]

50 minutes ago, The Golden Eel said:

I'd have sworn the ones on the left and right are both Conor Bradley? Are they definitely not?! 

Luke Chambers on left. Excellent prospect. 

[stringvest]

6 hours ago, Evelyn Tentions said:

I'm not concerned about his salary but his demands on who the club sign/play and how they play to suit him. Like that preening cunt Neymar, it's him first, team second.

erm…

[The Golden Eel]

29 minutes ago, DaveT said:

Luke Chambers on left. Excellent prospect. 

Crikey. They're practically twins

[sir roger]

Is there a problem with the floorboards at the Academy ? 

No idea why we never seem to take on kids on who are more than 7 stone wringing wet.

[magicrat]

7 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Is there a problem with the floorboards at the Academy ? 

No idea why we never seem to take on kids on who are more than 7 stone wringing wet.

Yeh , they need this fella

 

[aws]

They wouldn’t be laughing if it was rugby. 

[sir roger]

We have the only Academy where rickets is considered a bonus.

[redrosetints]

30 minutes ago, sir roger said:

We have the only Academy where rickets is considered a bonus.

Michael ?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

1 hour ago, sir roger said:

We have the only Academy where rickets is considered a bonus.

To be fair we should be ok as we’ve 

 signed a few lemons of late.