Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

MIAHammer

Hammerex said:

IronHerb said:

AC is going nowhere.

Probably right Iron Herb, who would be mad enough to spend big money on someone who is continually unfit to play.

You mean besides us?

MunichHammer

Dortmund. Reus seems to be injured even more than AC.

McHammer

Hart linked again. May be at his lowest price right now. SSN reckon a loan "with wages stopping permanent deal"

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Hart makes just as many mistakes as Adrian imo

The torino chairman literally called him out as being poorer than expected

steve

;weep no no no please not hart

Yeoldhammer

its quite simple.

Hi City we will give you 25m for Inhenacho,
> we want to insert a buyback clause for 30m
Hi we believe if a buyback clause is to be included 40m is our mark
> this is not acceptable.
Thanks but no thanks.

grey_til_I_dye

brookings

We did just that with Payet...

I've heard dozens of managers talk about how hard it can be to get deals done. I certainly don't think we are any worse than average, and I don't for a second believe it is due to a lack of effort, or willingness to pay money (where the spend is thought to be value for money.)

Pearces_Left_Foot

The problem we have is we are in the same boat as many other teams , every player who is any good in our price range will have several teams after them and their agent will play them off against each other to get the best deal for their player. We can't do a Man City/Chelsea etc and just go and buy who we want . We have a limited amount of money to spend and we have to spend it wisely whilst competing against several other clubs.

Pearces_Left_Foot

Was chatting to my journo mate at the weekend and he said that the Ihceanho /Bats deals will only go through when Man City /Chelsea have signed replacements first ;hmm

baracks_a_hammer

Let's go left field and take Diego costa on loan until Jan before he returns to Atletico

;lol

Bazshuayi

I was thinking on similar lines (but in a more complicated and unnecessarily hard way)

1) We get Costa on a short term contract (July to December) paying X amount for him but on condition with Chelsea that we sell him to A Madrid.
2) We sell to A Madrid in January
3) We give a massive percentage of the fee to Chelsea
4) We had a decent and highly unlikable striker for 6 months and gain financially from it on the premise of helping both Chelsea and Costa out.
5) Our generosity means we get Bazshuayi in January after Chelsea sign Lukaku and some Italian striker

Ta Da!! Much more interesting and beneficial than just taking him on loan

#IwantFFback ;weep

TwistandShout

Baz when there is no Fantasy Football ....

Bazshuayi

;puzzled

OldCastleSwift

Everton have agreed to pay £30m for Pickford.

£30m ;nonono

PrestonHammer

I think it's £15 million up front with £15 million with add ons over 5 years

steve

;hmm think we need to up our game and offer 50 million for any striker who has scored at lest one goal in the prem

SuzanneClaret

OldCastleSwift said:

Everton have agreed to pay £30m for Pickford.

£30m ;nonono

;nonono

Yeoldhammer

Fixtures come out tomorrow.

Hoping the Daves are keeping transfers under wraps and we have a deal for a striker coming in, in the next 2 weeks after internationals hopefully.

Panic mode if we reach first game of pre-season without a new striker that is desperately needed to start to gel with the team at the very start of pre-season.

steve

difference is Everton look like getting there man where as we .......well you know ;whistle

baracks_a_hammer

£15m plus add ons seems a lot, but two years later when he is moved on for £50m it won't.

People were similarly aghast when they paid £22m for Lukaku

McHammer

Everton, West Ham and Newcastle have all expressed interest in Brentford attacker Jota, according to Sky sources.

The Spaniard will only leave the Bees for a Premier League club and Burnley and Swansea also sent scouts to watch him towards the end of last season.

The 25-year-old is about to enter the last year of his contract - a year-long extension the club recently triggered - and he would be available for around £8m.

jay_in_cpt

I personally reckon Everton are doing good business with Pickford, while it seems a huge amount , with the talent he's already shown, IMO it's a good deal...I would have loved us to sign him, it could have solved us a keeper doubts we already have for many years to come.

IronHerb

I'd pay £30m for Butland but not Pickford

baracks_a_hammer

I still think Joe hart can be a great buy for us. In the past he has shown himself to be outstanding - that class won't have gone away. We can make him come back to his best. Still would be a good step up from what we have and his price would now for sure be a bit more depressed

IronHerb

He's currently on £175k a week.

Lukerz

Lots of speculation today we have opened talks with Giroud.

;pray

Bazshuayi

I'd guess Harts confidence has taken a knock since he was cast out by Pep.

IMO- He is a step up but....

In terms of how many points he'd save us a season ( a la Petr Cech moving to Arsenal ) I don't think it'd be significant for the bandied about 18M fee. Also, if a loan, the rumoured 75K cut in wages to 100K a week is something we dont need added to our wage structure. I'd rather we used those wages for striker(s)

In short, I don't think we need to be entering into those figures for someone who will not be much of an upgrade on ASM

EXETERHAMMER

Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

Lots of speculation today we have opened talks with Giroud.

;pray

Although I would prefer Iheanacho, Giroud would be a fantastic acquisition!
However I don't believe he will sign.

McHammer

Manchester United's England defender Chris Smalling will be sold this summer, with West Ham, West Brom and Everton interested in the 27-year-old. (Daily Telegraph)

The Hammers will make an opening offer of £10m for Smalling, who has been at Old Trafford for seven years, although Manchester United want £15m for the former Fulham and Maidstone United player. (Daily Star)

Lukerz

Don't rate Smalling.

The sort of player who only plays for England due to his club. As soon as he drops to a smaller club he'll be straight out the England squad.

Very limited technical ability considering who he plays for and a lack of pace.

For £15m+ on another CB? Not for me.