The Transfer Window 2: Electric Boogaloo

Fortuneseeker

Lukerz,

Where would he have fitted in? IMHO Thiago Maia is a far more important signing to have for how the team plans to set up. ;ok

Lukerz

Ex also reports Obiang & Antonio will be staying with us. ;hmm

Lukerz

Mawson joins Fulham for £15m. Don't overly rate him tbh, but a decent signing for Fulham given they've just been promoted.

Burnley have bid for Clucas (£8m) & Rodriguez (£16m, which was rejected), & have also bid £12m for Boro's Ben Gibson.

adecoker

Can someone close the transfer window now. The longer it goes on the more worried about the coming season I become. Seven/eight in already with Maia, Mario, Maxi, Mina and Mamma Mia perhaps to follow.

I may be in a minority of one but four words spring to mind:

Peter Ridsdale Leeds United

Lukerz

Sky Italy reporting that Obiang has asked to leave.

EXETERHAMMER

Hope not.

Fortuneseeker

If Obiang does go we will HAVE to sign a quality CDM, maybe it might sharpen the focus on Maia? The Italian transfer window also stays open longer than the English one so we still aren't sure of him staying until late August!

OldCastleSwift

Some Twitter noise that we're back in for Bernard on a free (although his wages would be huge).

Could be one to keep an eye on over the next week.

MrsGrey

adecoker said:

Can someone close the transfer window now. The longer it goes on the more worried about the coming season I become.

This season, I expect the transfer speculation thread will stay open even after the (Premier League) window closes...

#beafraid

Yeoldhammer

Yeoldhammer said:

So the rumours from various website i have gathered about players we are looking at.

Moussa Marega
Yacine Brahimi
Joao Felix
Xande Silva
Thiago Maia
Maxi Gomez
Danilo Pereira
Hector Herrera
Joao Mario
Danny Drinkwater
Yerry Mina
Andre Gomes
Diego Laxalt
Thiago Mendes
Antonio Sanabria

adding to the mix:-

Bernard
Harold Moukoudi
Stefano Stuaro

Yeoldhammer

Fabianski

Fredericks Balbuena Diop (no new LB)

Yarmelenko Wilshire (no new CM) Anderson

(no new striker) (no new striker)



Almost signed a whole new 11.
(not including the youngsters signed)

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Dunno why its a surprise

Pretty much everyone agreed the club lacked any depth let alone quality in depth

And we have a manager with a completely different style of play

There were gonna be a lot of moves, the squad needed an overhaul

Yeoldhammer

Its true we needed a major clear out and to eeduce the squad age a bit.

Hopefully things click fast. Might be a good 10 games before we get settled.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Likely, but a positive is that barring any potential deals they have all been done pretty early in the window

Apart from Anderson & Fabianksi theyve already had a good few games together unlike the 16/17 window were we brought in Ayew, Zaza, Calleri etc in late in the window

Fortuneseeker

It will be a great shame having spent alot of money on some very exciting new players if we don't address the issue that has hampered us over the last couple of seasons, a quality CDM. We realised it was a problem, if stories are to be believed, in that had we not bought Obiang we would have pursued our interest in Kante so now Kouyate's gone I reckon we need to pick Maia up on our way back from playing Angers.

Yeoldhammer

It is the last piece in the Jigsaw a decent CDM / DM. If we can secure that we should then have quality through the spine. Instead of quality in various positions.

This could be an Everton like season where it goes belly up in the first 10 - 15 games or a Spurs like season where we begin the challenge on the top 6 and start nipping at the heels.

Pearces_Left_Foot

We still have Rice and Obiang to cover that position I am hoping with the added quality we will retain the ball a lot better this season and it wont be such a problem as last year, if not we will have to go full Kevin Keegan tactics and win 4-3 every week

alderz

Pearces_Left_Foot said:

We still have Rice and Obiang to cover that position I am hoping with the added quality we will retain the ball a lot better this season and it wont be such a problem as last year, if not we will have to go full Kevin Keegan tactics and win 4-3 every week

Wasn't that Wenger's plan for the last 14 years?

Fortuneseeker

alderz,

Yes and the minute he leaves his replacement sees where the problem is and buys Torreira who would have been perfect for us. ;weep

Fortuneseeker

SSN reporting Everton may offer £3 million for Reece Oxford!!!!!!!

MrsGrey

Everton's squad is bursting at the seams!

Bazshuayi

Burnley agree fee with Middlesbrough for Ben Gibson...

Should we be interested ;hmm

MrsGrey

Nah.

Bazshuayi

So you think hes a touch of the Michael Keanes as opposed to a bit of Harry Maguire then ;hmm

McHammer

Lucas Perez linked on sky Italia

Sead Hamsandwich loan to Malaga being mentioned elsewhere.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Sky say we are close to singing CB Harold Moukoudi for about €11mil

Never heard of him, plays for ligue 2 team Le Harve, 20 years old but surely we are overstocked at CB

Fortuneseeker

WHU_C_l_i_7_y,

Yes and seriously understocked in a decent CDM. There is until Thursday for that to all change and it wouldn't surprise me if a few left and went to European clubs after our domestic window closes unless it is the "old" West Ham and we end up with no quality player to fill the void. Rumours of Camacho from Wolfsburg, Gonalons at Roma or Maia @ Lille. I do hope one of these turns into a further addition. ;pray

Vorselaarhammer

Hodgson on Kouyate: “I was a little bit surprised to get him as I always thought he was one of the important figures in midfield but when the opportunity presented itself the club were swift to act.”

ianbishoplegend

Can’t belive Hodgson got another job.

Lukerz

We’re close to signing Lucas Perez. Not a bad signing as a back-up.