Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

OutcastLondoner

It was the same for Lukaku.
He has a decent record previously and I don't think a young player not making the cut at a team running away with the league is a problem for us.

I feel he has the attributes to be a good player, one we could afford who hasn't been through a bunch of injuries.

The other option is we go for someone less proven and hope they work out. If we couldn't get a Lacazette last season, we won't this.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Sturridge is passed it

I like Sturridge, I think he is one of the best finishers and goalscorers for the last decade but he's lost his golden touch

My mate is a die hard Liveprool fans who's had a season ticket for the last 4 years and he has always called him out on his effort. The lad doesn't work off the ball and now it looks like he's lost his pace which is such a big part of his game

Regarding bats I'm not sure, from what I've heard from Chelsea fans they've been impressed with the little they've seen him but Conte just doesn't trust him

Can't imagine they'll want to make a huge loss on him so your probs still looking at around £30mil to get him which seems excessive but we are going to have to gamble on our next striker and he has the potential to be a star for us

IronHerb

We were apparently keen last year and now he has had a season training with a top team. OK he can't get a game, maybe he isn't suited to the Chelsea system. He still gets on the pitch for Belgium, usually as a sub for Lukaku.
He's a Premier League 'acclimatised' overseas player, I think he would be worth a try.

grey_til_I_dye

Slav, Rre: the Big Man

When asked Carroll potentially moving to China, Bilic said: "No way, no way, you know how much I rate him. He is one of our best players and we want to keep him.

"Chinese clubs send their representatives over to investigate. They were watching other players but they fell in love with Andy. The club didn’t try to sell him.

"Andy heard the speculation. Suppose he was flattered by it but we didn’t talk about it at all."

From his presser, via the Beeb

baracks_a_hammer

Next week's presser

"Hey guys I've got something for you. It's about one of our team. Big Andy. Yesterday he came to me and told me he doesn't want to play for the team any more"....

NEoldiron

Grey, can we get a "not funny" thingy? ;biggrin

MrsGrey

I'd recommend a ;fishslap

Giant_Hammer

;lol

Moore_than_a_nick

I'll tell you a strike partnership I wouldn't mind seeing next season: Sakho and Valencia. Man they were good for a while.

With AC competing with Sakho and Ayew with Valencia. Not too shoddy if they all regain/retain confidence and fitness. Just need Valencia to do some heroics for Ecuador or have one go in off his behind for Everton...

Yeoldhammer

Valencia is just bad....

Vorselaarhammer

Pink boots are bad...

OldCastleSwift

Who decided skinny jeans were ok?

Moore_than_a_nick

Very sinister (pun for Grey et al.). No, actually, as a fellow member of the club, great to see our three left-footed players bonding. I wonder if their taste in fashion has anything to do with the side they swing with. If so, may be a little to do with the innate flair and minority status, but must be a lot to do with environment too, since I don't and won't ever possess a pair of skinny jeans. Or pink boots.

MrsGrey

Skinny distressed jeans are, apparently, OK. ;puzzled

My teenage students wouldn't be seen dead without them.

The shoes, though - sort of a cross between Chelsea boots and desert boots. ;hmm

TwistandShout

Vorselaarhammer said:

Pink boots are bad...

claretandbluesky

What is going on with people? Who let him out? do they not know how fragile Andy is?

I just hope someone had the foresight to carry a ramp with them for the kerbs as if he steps down from a particularly steep one, that's him out another 2 weeks.

Yeoldhammer

If sine chinese club was offering 32m for Andy Carroll. We would be insane not to take that.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Paul Koncesky has signed as player manager for Billericay Town my local club ;wahoo

Hammerex

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

Paul Koncesky has signed as player manager for Billericay Town my local club ;wahoo

It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.

ASLEFshrugged

Yeoldhammer said:

If sine chinese club was offering 32m for Andy Carroll. We would be insane not to take that.

If AC doesn't want to go then it doesn't matter how much they offer he won't be going. His kid's not two years old yet and I don't see Billi Mucklow being keen on swapping Chigwell for China.

We accepted a £10m offer for Scott Parker from Fenerbahce, how did that work out?

IronHerb

Yeoldhammer said:

If sine chinese club was offering 32m for Andy Carroll. We would be insane not to take that.

And what if AC wasn't interested? You can't muller Payet for demanding to go then insist AC, or anyone else for that matter, has to leave for China.

alderz

ASLEF ;ok

All it would do is send a message to Carroll that we don't want him.

Pearces_Left_Foot

It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.

I used to go all the time was there when they go promoted to conference south away at Margate and when they lost the play off final on penalties. Went to Grays away a couple of weeks back when there was no football. New chairman is putting some money in the old chairman was a Spurs fan !

Yeoldhammer

Accepting an offer and him saying he doesn't want to go are different things. No problem accepting an offer of 32m for a player with an injury record like his and a return on investment of over 15m+. If he doesn't want to go then it goes no further.
If AC feels we don't want him by accepting a 32m offer then so be it.

NEoldiron

Vorse
Pink boots are bsad.. fixed it for ya ;biggrin

Vorselaarhammer

I have had the occasional Pink shirt but yeah Pink Boots are a step too far for me...

grey_til_I_dye

Think we're overthinking this.

From Slav's presser:

“It’s certainly not the Club that has asked an agent to try and sell him. That’s not the case. I suppose Andy would have been flattered as it’s nice that people have a good opinion of you, but me and him didn’t talk about it at all.

“We haven’t been bombed with offers from China, so it hasn’t affected me or Andy.

“It wasn’t like we had three or four offers for our players from China. I heard the rumours and saw it in the papers but it didn’t affect any relationships with the players or with Andy, so that’s it basically. There is nothing to talk about there.”

Read more at http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/march/02-march/bilic-carroll-should-be-fit#REeEY0Ort7hcpVOk.99

We didn't want to sell him; he didn't ask to go. There weren't any offers.

MrsGrey

That's what they all say. ;biggrin

Giant_Hammer

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

It's a small world "Pearces", Billericay is my local club as well.

I used to go all the time was there when they go promoted to conference south away at Margate and when they lost the play off final on penalties. Went to Grays away a couple of weeks back when there was no football. New chairman is putting some money in the old chairman was a Spurs fan !






I used to work next to the Red Lion ;biggrin

Pearces_Left_Foot

I used to work in the Nat West in the High Street many, many moons ago and got drunk in the Red Lion often . I also took my now wife on our first date to the Red Lion.