Summer Transfer Thread 2012

[neopulian]

Or because Gerrard said he was as good as Messi?

 

Gerrard also said Rooney could win the Euro for England.

 

Not his most insightful moments.

[Il Fenomeno]

How the fuck Cole get so highly rated anyway? He was deservingly high thought of at West Ham for "potential" due to his ball tricks, and had since failed to live up to even the most reasonable expectation. Is it because Mongo rated him and called him the "creative force" England needed?

 

Probably because he's shown flashes of greatness throughout his career but never been consistently excellent or influential. Supporters who don't watch him week in week out think its because he's never given a run of games and the 'confidence' of managers but people who have seen him play every week at their club know its because he's not professional enough to be a high level athlete as he simply doesn't keep himself in top condition. That and the fact he's not as good as he thinks he is, obviously.

 

Seems Adam Johnson is going the same way...

[Randy Marsh]

Strange that. Spurs have no manager, we have Rodgers who brought him to the country and who he is supposedly very close to, yet we still can't attract him to the club. Worrying indeed.

[Gym Beglin]

Gylfi Sigurdsson going to Spurs...

Gylfi Sigurdsson: „Schießländer“ für 10 Mio nach Tottenham - Hoffenheim - Bild.de

 

Kind of pleased if its the case, I want Rodgers to get his thinking cap on, not just bring in his old guard.

[Coro]

Bild is bilge.

 

Duncan Jenkins says Gylfi to us this week.

[ThewaytoRome]

Strange that. Spurs have no manager, we have Rodgers who brought him to the country and who he is supposedly very close to, yet we still can't attract him to the club. Worrying indeed.

 

Maybe, just maybe we never bid for him.

[TheHitman]

Can I be the first to say FFS Ayre.

 

Seriously though this isn't doing much to allay my fears we are trying to do things on the cheap.

[No2]

Strange that. Spurs have no manager, we have Rodgers who brought him to the country and who he is supposedly very close to, yet we still can't attract him to the club. Worrying indeed.

 

Click on that link and have a nosy around. Its the German equivalent of the Daily Mail. Today they say Bayern Munich are signing Mandukic, Javi Martinez, Dzeko and selling Robben, tomorrow I'm sure 3 different names will be signing for them.

[Randy Marsh]

Maybe, just maybe we never bid for him.

 

Rodgers wants him and said so himself weeks ago.

[TheHitman]

Neil Jones from the Echo doesn't think he will end up at Liverpool either.

[Randy Marsh]

Click on that link and have a nosy around. Its the German equivalent of the Daily Mail. Today they say Bayern Munich are signing Mandukic, Javi Martinez, Dzeko and selling Robben, tomorrow I'm sure 3 different names will be signing for them.

 

Maybe it is crap then. But if it isn't it's bloody worrying that we cannot attract the lad to Liverpool.

[FidelMurphy]

It's more Neil Jones from the echo I'd be worried about, but in hindsight the delay just doesn't add up.

[No2]

It's more Neil Jones from the echo I'd be worried about, but in hindsight the delay just doesn't add up.

 

Rodgers said the lad would speak to Swansea's new manager out of respect and we wouldn't do anything until then. As far as I know (I have been away) Swansea don't have a manager yet.

[FidelMurphy]

Michael Laudrup was appointed last week mate so I can't see that being the hold up.

[Anubis]

Rodgers said the lad would speak to Swansea's new manager out of respect and we wouldn't do anything until then. As far as I know (I have been away) Swansea don't have a manager yet.

 

That'll come as news to Laudrup.

[Coro]

Didier Drogba will arrive in Barcelona tomorrow to negotiate a deal with FC Barcelona (via Esport3).

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Didier Drogba will arrive in Barcelona tomorrow to negotiate a deal with FC Barcelona (via Esport3).

 

Considering he's already said that he "signed with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua FC for a two and a half year seal" on his official website, that'll be quite a thing.

[BringbackBiscan]

Disappointing if Thor ends up at Spurs. That lad from Ajax they're after doesn't look too bad either.

[TheHowieLama]

Kind of pleased if its the case, I want Rodgers to get his thinking cap on, not just bring in his old guard.

 

Heh - kind of pleased you didn't get asked to the dance - pesky music and that.

Good thing nobody is buying me a pint tonight - its swill.

[TheHowieLama]

Considering he's already said that he "signed with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua FC for a two and a half year seal" on his official website, that'll be quite a thing.

 

One Coro is talkng up transfers of the future and the other Corro is 30 years back -

[Il Fenomeno]

Considering he's already said that he "signed with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua FC for a two and a half year seal" on his official website, that'll be quite a thing.

 

The talk is that there's a clause in his contract with them that he'd be allowed to leave for free. Absolutely crazy if true. But it sounds really dodgy to me.

[Coro]

FAO Number

 

Apparently, there's a clause in Drogba's contract with Shanghai Shenhua that allows him to leave if there's an offer from FC Barcelona. If they close the deal, Barcelona would sign Didier Drogba on a free transfer.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

This is what happens when you drag your heels in and fuck about over a transfer. We just never seem to learn.

 

Sigurdsson should have been signed a week ago.

 

Fuck off Ayre.

[TheHowieLama]

FAO Number

 

Apparently, there's a clause in Drogba's contract with Shanghai Shenhua that allows him to leave if there's an offer from FC Barcelona. If they close the deal, Barcelona would sign Didier Drogba on a free transfer.

 

So he would be the whisperPLAN B?

[Coro]

So he would be the whisperPLAN B?

 

Guardiola doesn't manage them any more.

 

I think this is an altogether different plan.