Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[Pidge]

10 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Yep. My mate has been telling me he’s been playing really well for Juve at the moment as well. 

 

If I would suspect any player of upping their game for a new contract, he'd be near the top of the list.

[TD_LFC]

Gives me Thiago Motta vibes, clearly talented but not the player you want when you need to dig in and always on the verge of sulking/crying off if the going gets tough.

 

Fine if you're selecting him for the national team or there's a reason for him to perform, pain in the arse if you're giving him a 4 or 5 year deal.

[El Rojo]

Sky Germany claiming that Ajax’s Jurrien Timbe and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Evan Ndicka are back-up options for us if/when Gvardiol gets too expensive. Looks like we're definitely interested in another centre half. 

 

Would Rabiot and Mount be free transfers? Would make sense financially to go after one if we're bringing in Bellingham and a centre half. 

[Scott_M]

28 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

 

Now you've to back me up on Ward-Prowse. 

At the right price, he could be a useful squad player. 

[Scott_M]

1 minute ago, El Rojo said:

Sky Germany claiming that Ajax’s Jurrien Timbe and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Evan Ndicka are back-up options for us if/when Gvardiol gets too expensive. Looks like we're definitely interested in another centre half. 

Given RBL want a world record defender fee for Gvardiol, I suspect we’ll be going for Timber, Ndicka or Antonio Silva.

 

Ndicka is available on a free in the summer. Apparently he’s got a verbal agreement with Barca. 

Timber can play RB as well. 

[Wezza]

6 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

Sky Germany claiming that Ajax’s Jurrien Timbe and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Evan Ndicka are back-up options for us if/when Gvardiol gets too expensive. Looks like we're definitely interested in another centre half. 

 

Would Rabiot and Mount be free transfers? Would make sense financially to go after one if we're bringing in Bellingham and a centre half. 

Rabiot yes, Mount no (2024 I think for his contract)

[Scott_M]

2 minutes ago, Wezza said:

Rabiot yes, Mount no (2024 I think for his contract)

This is my feedback to Mount as well…

 

[Torvald Utne]

8 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

 

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[Bobby Hundreds]

Just sign whoever klopp wants and let's have a lovely summer.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Would assume Timber would go to Utd, given the Ten Hag Ajax connection.

[coachpotato]

After last Sunday, United could do with some Timber.

[El Rojo]

11 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Would assume Timber would go to Utd, given the Ten Hag Ajax connection.

 

I'd say Van Dijk and Gakpo are at least as big a draw for any Dutch players at the moment, along with the Klopp effect. 

 

Obvious bias there though. 

[TD_LFC]

57 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

At the right price, he could be a useful squad player. 

 

£0 ?

[TD_LFC]

49 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Given RBL want a world record defender fee for Gvardiol, I suspect we’ll be going for Timber, Ndicka or Antonio Silva.

 

Ndicka is available on a free in the summer. Apparently he’s got a verbal agreement with Barca. 

Timber can play RB as well. 

 

We were looking at David Carmo last year when he was at Braga, I know he moved on to Porto but anyone know how he's doing there?

[dave u]

38 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

After last Sunday, United could do with some Timber.

 

Wouldn't work. Any time the coach or one of his team-mates shouted his name, Bruno Fernandes would fall down.

[Barrington Womble]

1 hour ago, El Rojo said:

Sky Germany claiming that Ajax’s Jurrien Timbe and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Evan Ndicka are back-up options for us if/when Gvardiol gets too expensive. Looks like we're definitely interested in another centre half. 

 

Would Rabiot and Mount be free transfers? Would make sense financially to go after one if we're bringing in Bellingham and a centre half. 

Someone was pushing soyuncu on a free last week. 

 

Mount wouldn't be a free..in fact if Chelsea sell him it's because they're raising funds. He'll have 12 months left in the summer. 

 

As for rabiot, no idea. Can't see we'd be him for him with our no dickheads rule. 

[Bad Red Bull]

21 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

As for rabiot, no idea. Can't see we'd be him for him with our no dickheads rule. 

That rule was broken by Naby Keita

[Barrington Womble]

7 minutes ago, Bad Red Bull said:

That rule was broken by Naby Keita

Is naby a dickhead? Seems just a shite player to me. 

[Scott_M]

[johnsusername]

Obviously....

 

[Scott_M]

An article on Rabiot’s personality…

 

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2814750-the-outcast-why-adrien-rabiot-is-one-of-footballs-great-enigmas.amp.html

 

…given he was 22/23 when this was written, I assume some can be put down to being inexperienced & immature.  
 

His main issue is telling PSG he wanted to leave on a free, them benching him and everybody kicking off. I can see both sides. 

[Scott_M]

15 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Obviously....

 

Pillow talk. 

[3 Stacks]

7 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

An article on Rabiot’s personality…

 

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2814750-the-outcast-why-adrien-rabiot-is-one-of-footballs-great-enigmas.amp.html

 

…given he was 22/23 when this was written, I assume some can be put down to being inexperienced & immature.  
 

His main issue is telling PSG he wanted to leave on a free, them benching him and everybody kicking off. I can see both sides. 

There's been some maturation for sure. His time at PSG ended dreadfully and Deschamps had outcasted him because he had refused to be an alternate to the squad at the 2018 World Cup but he's since gotten his trust back. His time at Juve has either been awful or pretty good. 

 

Like, it's hard to say whether he'd be a success here or not if he signed. He has a really useful profile but it's hard to get away from the fact that he isn't consistent and he's been a twat in the past. It would probably be deemed as too risky. 

 

 

[diamondjoe]

2 hours ago, coachpotato said:

After last Sunday, United could do with some Timber.

There's a joke there about Timber falling over but not making a noise if there's noone around. But I can't be fucking arsed making it. 

[Carvalho Diablo]

6 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I’ve been banging this drum for a while, so I’m going to keep on doing it… 
 

He might be a bit of a burk and I’m not saying we should be building our midfield for the next 5 years around him,  he’s is a very good player, he’s free and he’s a red.

 

If we got Bellingham, Nunes and Rabiot, that would go an long way to fixing our midfield issues.

 

 

 

Rabiot and his mother can fuck off.