Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Which takes some saying after what I've just seen
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    In which case we need three strikers.

    Which I just don't see happening.

    Carroll back to Newcastle is just about the only move I can see him making.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    OldCastleSwift said:

    In which case we need three strikers.
    .

    Which could well be the case OCS

    But what other choice is there? Do you think the Dave's will really want to keep, say, AC as a back up on £90k a week when he can disappear for weeks on end at the throw of a hat?

    I don't
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    The commentator today suggested we we very close to signing Zabaletta ;hmm

    Hopefully true but I've not seen anything anywhere else
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    there have been a couple of paper gossip comments re Zab recently. We could do worse than him at RB
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    On the basis there is no fee involved it's probably a rumour that has some legs ;lol

    Of course we all know what will happen - he will mysteriously fall out with Slav and will then disappear from the first team squad without explanation
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    edited May 2017
    Well if we’re talking about who’d get into our side today

    Defoe/Negredo/Gibson/Maguire/Chambers/Robertson are half dozen
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Penge

    Your mood then won't be lifted by our rumoured signing of Zabaletta then ;lol
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    baracks_a_hammer said:

    OldCastleSwift said:

    In which case we need three strikers.
    .

    Which could well be the case OCS

    But what other choice is there? Do you think the Dave's will really want to keep, say, AC as a back up on £90k a week when he can disappear for weeks on end at the throw of a hat?

    I don't
    But three strikers? We needed one last summer and we couldn't get any of our main targets over the line.

    Don't get me wrong, I think both Carroll and Sakho have to go, but I just don't see it happening
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Based upon today's showing, we would also take Moyes to be our manager
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    We need to assume fletcher will actually be an available back up option next season. And on top of that, getting one striker who can vaguely stay injury free for a season is better than having AC and Sakho combined
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    edited May 2017
    baracks, some might say Silva would be the better option but I am still 100% behind Bilic.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Martin Tyler has just said Zabaleta is joining West Ham. Have I missed the memo?
  • Putney_HammerPutney_Hammer
    Oh good another over the hill player a big team doesn't want, West Ham the over the hill players graveyard
  • PengemanPengeman

    @baracks_a_hammer "Penge: Your mood then won't be lifted by our rumoured signing of Zabaletta then".

    Nope and I had that in mind when commenting. Sagny, Terry, Toure and sundry are all being linked with WHU. Buying them would be madness, would not provide continuity and also upset existing players because these slowing players would come with a high wage bill. Then what message would this senior recruitment send to academy players? Not very positive in my view. I know teams always need a balance of experience, youth and exuberance, but buying these ageing players does not do anything for me.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    This is nailed on to be Arbeloa mark 2. This time next year we will once again be discussing the fact that our transfer priority has to be to get a right back
  • NEoldironNEoldiron
    edited May 2017
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4503232/Guardiola-begins-clear-Zabaleta-West-Ham.html

    This was yesterday. Yeah, I know it's the Mail, but still ;whistle
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Zabaleta is more than good enough for us.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    So, I suspect, would Arbeloa have been - so what happened there? No-one seems to be letting on..
  • PrestonHammerPrestonHammer
    edited May 2017
    Arbeloa was rubbish for Liverpool, I wasn't surprised he was rubbish for us.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Maybe when his contract is up and he's out of the club we'll find out, but I suspect it's a clash with Bilic a la Amalfitano and Sakho
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Zabaleta has been the best right back in the league before.....Arbeloa hasn't

    Zabaleta is also 2 years younger han Arbeloa was

    I'm happy for the deal.....we need some smarter players the amount of times we let in a goal and the players all lose there head and it's 3-0
  • Putney_HammerPutney_Hammer
    Any chance we can sign someone under 30 na thought not
  • Putney_HammerPutney_Hammer
    Any chance we can sign someone under 30 na thought not.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    What one tries to look for is some sign of progress when one goes from one season to the next. For me personally, I just don't see that if the likes of zabaletta signs on what, I should imagine, might be a mighty fat pay packet. Just doesn't inspire confidence that there is a longer term strategy in place..

  • alderzalderz
    Maybe someone like Ayew, Fletcher, Feghouli, Snodgrass, Lanzini, Ogbonna, Byram, Antonio, Masuaku, Obiang, Kouyate, (im not going to go on but you catch my drift)
  • LukerzLukerz
    Not convinced by Zabaleta.

    He's not on an upward trajectory that's for sure.
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    Would he start for us? Yes. Sorted.

    Also he's a good leader. Id be happy if we signed him tbh
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Big summer ahead. The Liverpool game re emphasises the amount of work that needs to be done.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    None of City's fullbacks are spring chickens, Sagna is 34, Zabaleta is 32, Clichy and Kolarov will both be 32 this year.

    I'd be happy with signing Zabs on a free, reading around the City fans seem totally gutted he's being allowed to leave.
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