Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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Arsenal are close to agreeing a deal to sign Lacazette from Lyon, Sky Sources understand.

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You know what that means folks

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Agree lukerz ;ok

baracks_a_hammer

Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

You know what that means folks

That Ross Barkley is joining West Ham??... ;hmm

Bazshuayi

Stamps feet ;wahoo I dont want Giroud!

Lukerz

Two £22m bids turned down for two different strikers, according to the Telegraph (neither have notable PL experience though):
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/06/30/west-ham-have-record-bids-rejected-anthony-modeste-cedric-bakambu/amp/

Hamstew

IronHerb

So we shouldn't have a back up plan?
If we cant / don't get Giroud or Bats or Iheanacho then we could find ourselves in the same situation as last summer where it was to late to act.

Nothing wrong in trying to agree fees with clubs, if in fact we have.

Lukerz

Apparently Marseille have just bid £24.5m for Giroud and we're still in talks with FC Koln for Modeste.

Vorselaarhammer

I like the sound of bakambo ;ok

OldCastleSwift

Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

Apparently Marseille have just bid £24.5m for Giroud and we're still in talks with FC Koln for Modeste.

It was rumoured we'd match any offer for Giroud.

I guess now we find out if that was true

Hamstew

Pretty underwhelmed by Modeste

Lukerz

So as it stands, this is currently our squad depth on paper for the two main formations we used last season:

4-2-3-1

Adrian
Zabaleta - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
Noble(c) - Kouyate
Antonio - Lanzini - Ayew
Carroll

Randolph
Byram - Fonte(c) - Collins - Masuaku
Obiang - Fernandes
Feghouli - Snodgrass - Valencia
Sakho

3-4-2-1

Adrian
Zabaleta - Reid(c) - Ogbonna
Byram - Obiang - Lanzini - Cresswell
Antonio - Ayew
Carroll

Randolph
Rice - Fonte - Collins
Fernandes - Noble(c) - Kouyate - Masuaku
Feghouli - Snodgrass
Sakho

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

I mean on paper I looks good but a lot is expected from Carroll and Sakho who I think everyone, even the chairmen, have accepted that they cannot be relied upon

Big question marks over Fonte, Snodgrass, Feghouli and Ayew who have underperformed in their short time here

Moore_than_a_nick

Hamstew said:

Pretty underwhelmed by Modeste

But bear in mind he's rather an understated guy: not one to brag. ;yercoat

HappyHammer_ish

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

Big question marks over Fonte, Snodgrass, Feghouli and Ayew who have underperformed in their short time here

Think people are being a bit harsh on Ayew.. I thought he proved to be a good addition to our squad... hard worker, gets stuck in and has scored a few decent goals, without a huge injury, I think he'll be important for us..

Feghouli there is a small question mark over, but he looked ok, and imo will be better next year...

Fonte was a stop gap for ogbonna. And snodgrass was just straight up bad...

Pearces_Left_Foot

Ayew was one of our better players towards the end of the season and feghouli I think got better as the season went on . The key is to have a decent settled forward line so they get used to how they play with each other

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

I don't think he's been bad per se but he is our record £20mil player so think we still need more from him

His goal tally is pretty good (for gow much he played )but think he's missing quite a lot in games and isn't as creative as he could be

I'll give him the benefit of the doubt as he had a bad injury but as our record signing he needs to make a position his own

grey_til_I_dye

A wry look at the world of football transfers:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/item/a49ee814-9530-47c2-bf40-2b10b4931e21?intc_type=promo&intc_location=sport&intc_campaign=transferspeculation&intc_linkname=bbcthree_ent_article1

Lukerz

Interested in Fabian Delph to replace Nordtveit, according to the Times.

Vorselaarhammer

Would be very happy with Delph....

steve

me to at the right price

Vorselaarhammer

Quiz time... How long before Liverpool buy him and how much will they pay????

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40467727

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Agree.......he may be injury prone but he's a talent and a first teamer for any team outside the top 6

He's also an athlete and covers the ground fantastically, even after the injuries, which is what we need given the biggest pitch and lack of mobility in the squad

Not really a priority position though with Obiang, Kouyate, Noble, Fernandes and possibly Cullen in the squad

Vorselaarhammer

DG retweeted a sky sports story with comment. so no modeste then...

I said on talksport the other day we have to sign proven premier league quality. Modeste played 9 games for Blackburn scoring 0 goals. DG

Adam

Haha. He only played more than 35 minutes three times in that spell at Blackburn.

He's scored 15 in 34 games followed by 25 in 34 games in the last two seasons.

This guy isn't bad. The fact that he had a bad spell 5 years ago is not a reason to not buy him.

Don't get me wrong, I'd prefer Giroud and Iheanacho but don't rule us out of buying him, especially considering there's a good chance we won't get our first choices like Giroud.

On the other hand, if Koln are asking for a ridiculous amount, then that's a different matter.

Vorselaarhammer

;doh

Bazshuayi

Well thats 11 more goals for Piquionne than I thought ;whistle (Calleri had one credited to him despite the deflection)

grey_til_I_dye

It's not only stretching, but breaking a point, to include players such as Dixon, Maguire, Gordon, Martinez or Fletcher in that list, and that must be appearances, not starts, which is a big difference.

A stat like that would be more relevant if calculated by time on pitch/goals scored.