Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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Don't suppose you'd care to wait for official news before caning AC?
And if we pay him off we will pay him the wages, so there will be no saving.
The other day it was West Ham agree deal for midfielder and it was Obiang.
All we seem to be doing is signing our own players!!
It gets the pulse racing and then it's a complete let down.
When you look at his time here, pretty much all the rumours of him being injured turn out to be true and they are typically only inaccurate because he ends up being out for even longer than reported!
Seems like smoke and mirrors to cover the fact we have not signed anyone that will make us a better attacking force this season. In midfield or attack.
Sounds like tabloid clickbait to me.
Hutton - To me, keeping your best players is as important as buying new ones, if not more so.
Rewarding and encouraging our best players with longer and better terms serves several purposes:
it motivates them (everyone likes to be thought well of)
it shows other players that the club looks after its own
in the event one of them decides to do the off, it ensures we can command a higher transfer fee
Personally, I'm delighted that the club are thinking long-term.
Also renewing contracts at West Ham is not going to motivate our players the only time we have looked good over the last few years was when Payet signed. He made players play and look good. As soon as he went players like Noble went back to what they were like before.
Quality signings are needed to improve , renewing contracts is just normal business.
Similarly, but I feel I may be more alone here, ideally I would have liked Nordtveit and Valencia to stay. Yes neither make my first 11 but they are good backups IMO. Nordtveit had the benefit of being able to play RB, CB, CDM, RWB, and I thought although he was initially caught out by the speed of the prem he was starting to get going as the season progressed.
With Valencia I still think he could do a job at LM of an attacking 4;2;3;1 (always felt that was his best position rather than a CF) his pace and the way he can shoot so hard with such little backlift could be a useful weapon, particularly off the bench. I still worry although our right side has many options we are light on the left if Enner leaves.
The problem is that our budget is very limited. You can't therefore prioritise back up players over first team players. One of the reasons certain players would have been released would have been to generate funds and take wages off the payroll to accommodate new first choice first teamers.
BREAKING NEWS
Brentford star Jota will not play in their friendly against Aldershot tonight with a bid expected imminently from a Premier League club, Sky Sports News HQ understands.
The Spaniard held a meeting with head coach Dean Smith and Bees officials on Thursday in which it was collectively agreed he should not take part in the game.
Sky sources understand Huddersfield, Everton, West Ham and Newcastle have all shown interest in the 25-year-old - and he would be available for around £8m.