Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)

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  • HammerdublinHammerdublin
    I agree, he was, indeed.
  • imagelostimagelost
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Probably a bit short of attacking mids/wingers now and still lacking a defensive midfielder

    And luck
    And lacking morale fibres
    And lacking the will to win
    And
    That ado donkay that ado
  • LukerzLukerz
    Rob Green has signed for Huddersfield.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    WIth the result on Saturday casting huge doubts on Bilic's future, I can't see G&S splashing out a new club record fee for a player that a new manager might not want, regardless of how desperately we need him.

    Too little time now to get a new manager in and secure his targets before the window closes, so, if they are thinking seriously about getting rid of Bilic, I think they'll keep that cash to make available to a new managr in January or next summer.

    It's kinda chicken and egg though, because if they don't spend the cash on Carvalho then it's much more likely they'll replace Bilic; if they'd have signed him pre-season there might not even be talk of Bilic going.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Palace alledgely interested in fonte
  • stevesteve
    but would we have to pay Palace to take him ;whistle
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Football just isn't fair imo

    Psg signing neymar for £200mil and getting Mbappe on loan to buy for £166mil

    City spent over £200mil
    United £150mil
    Liveprool have spent £40mil but have had a bid accepted fro Keita and maybe Lear

    Whereas we have spent £40mil (recouping £30mil of it) yet can't seem to push some moves across

    Just wish we could go back a couple years and change so that the Abu Dhabi group bought us instead of city
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Yeoldhammer said:

    debt should already be paid off

    External has, internal is 60m to owners including interest and 40m ish to other clubs which most clubs carry

    It's not that we won't pay the money it's the way the deal is structured that SL are being difficult about and if we don't have enough to pay at the initial signing then we've probably not got enough cash on hand
  • McHammerMcHammer
    edited August 2017
    James T got injured Saturday for Palace so would be good to offload fonte whilst he has a value. Sure we can recall burke should the need arise.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    edited August 2017
    I feel like selling James Tomkins was a bit like selling Collins the first time (without the following relegation hopefully). All these players we've brought in and no one's been any better than he was.
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Was it Tomkins that was supposed to be marking their guy for the first goal?
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    It usually was... ;whistle
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IMO Tomkins was/ is an average CB...
    He in the last few seasons has become very injury prone...
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Football just isn't fair imo

    Psg signing neymar for £200mil and getting Mbappe on loan to buy for £166mil

    City spent over £200mil
    United £150mil
    Liveprool have spent £40mil but have had a bid accepted fro Keita and maybe Lear

    Whereas we have spent £40mil (recouping £30mil of it) yet can't seem to push some moves across

    Just wish we could go back a couple years and change so that the Abu Dhabi group bought us instead of city

    The difference is that they're all in European competitions and we're not
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    Too late to hope we will bring anyone of quality in the clubs a shambles imo.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2017
    You just said on another thread that you think the squad is ok. ;puzzled
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    The Squad is ok imo , what i'm saying is we have supposedly been linked with a quality defensive midfielder for 3 weeks Bilic admitted to this but as is always the case our owner will not meet the fee being asked as we do everything on the cheap
    so getting quality in is one thing leaving it this late after the shower of the last 3
    games is a joke , if he new he needed this type of player which its clear we do then why leave it this late again .

    Yes I do think we have a decent team it just needs coaching watching the Newcastle game i found it hard to believe we had any sort of game plan .

    And taking Rice off at half time was a stupid thing to do to the kids confidence
    imo .
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    According to Twitter chatter, we're still hopeful of landing Carvalho but are not close to any other deal.

    If we believe SB when he said we would replace anyone who leaves, we must be looking at a wide player to replace Snodgrass. With Feghouli also being sold, we are very light on the wings (particularly risky when you consider Arnie's temperament and Antonio's muscle-testing style of play), and I think it's fair to say Fernandes is not the answer out wide.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    brookings

    as is always the case our owner will not meet the fee being asked as we do everything on the cheap
    Why say that when you know it isn't true?

    Ayew and Arnie broke the club transfer record.

    We agreed a fee for Bacca last year, but he wouldn't join us.

    Our comparative transfer spend has been posted on a number of occasions, but you ignore that.

    I don't see the point.
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    Grey ;ok we broke the transfer record at west ham ;biggrin we didnt get messi though did we , joking aside my point will always be these two are just sucking the club dry imo , we are getting 57k through the door and our record transfer is 24m
    Leicester paid 34m for a striker last season are we not a bigger club than them.

    Net spend is what i look at we had payet money from january or at least half of it
    we got 120m and net spend is about 36m very poor when you look at other teams around us .
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    57k but what are they paying for their tickets?

    Are we a bigger club than Leicester? Define "bigger". Have we ever won the Premier league?
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    world wide Fan Base , Ground .
  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    Blackburn won the premier league so are they a bigger club than us ?
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    We don't have a right to say we are 'bigger' than either Blackburn or Leicester, IMO.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Leicester had champions league football /money last year we did not
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited August 2017
    I think in terms of history, fan base and general perception by neutrals we are 'bigger' than both Leicester and Blackburn.

    But in terms of where we are at the moment, I can see see Leicester being a more attractive proposition.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    brookingsirons said:

    world wide Fan Base .

    Have you got figures on the world wide fan base for each club?

  • brookingsironsbrookingsirons
    No have you ? But I bet we are bigger
    Than both ;wink
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2017
    brookingsirons said:

    No have you ?

    Well, no. That's why I asked.

    You were the one stating we were a bigger club than them because our fan base is bigger, and using that 'fact' to criticise our comparative dealings in the transfer window.

    Clearly your criticism if strongly felt, but as it is resting on only an assumption (or a 'bet'), I don't see any reason why I would agree with you. ;ok
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    TalkSport think we're bigger than both of them. Does any other opinion matter? https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/talksport.com/football/top-30-biggest-football-clubs-britain-30-number-one-ranked-161224221224?amp
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