Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation
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Personally I think he'll go bournmouth....think the Daves will see him as a risk as he is 34 and he will be wanting £80k a Week
Not sure why we would buy one this summer.
We'll again hope that Andy will stay fit and be having this chat again next season. The strikers out there will either be too old or too pricey.
We'll still be able to break even on Snodderz as he's only been on the decline 6 months.
Nordtveit I'd expect to leave too but don't think it's as likely.
And then there's a good chance Sakho and Valencia could leave if there is interest.
So maybe 5-7 departures.
In addition, we signed Fletcher and Martinez.
We signed Jellybaby the year before. And Maiga. Or not want to sign for us even when a club record fee has been agreed...
#cantshiftLukerzfromhisnarrative
#nousetryingfacts
I don't think we've seen enough to say he isn't a goal scorer.
Even great strikers go through barren patches and we haven't had Jonny C long enough on the pitch to know, imo.
For me, the fact that he has missed some decent chances suggests that he is a goal scorer, since he has the instincts to get into the right positions.
Are we going to say to Fletcher that he gets 3 starts to show he can score or he is on his bike?
Fletcher was bought in as a long term prospect not a loan so has time. Calleri was a loan where a decision needs to made to invest in him or not.
News Story Two: West Ham will wait until Yaya Toure is 43 then offer him £7m pw
tbf, I think that is how the club have tried to operate for the most part in recent seasons.
They have made a point of trying to tie down our younger players to long deals, while giving short term deals to older players.
Whilst I agree on Defoe and Touré being too much money, I actually don't think age is as much of a factor these days for signings.
When you look at the recent history of most clubs, it's rare for a player to be a consistent first team member of the same side for more than 3 years before moving on. To me, when we're looking at a new signing, I'm expecting them to give us 2-3 years. If someone is aged even 32/33 (depending on fitness) that isn't an unlikely amount of service to expect still.
Anyone we sign that is early 20s and able to improve our first XI will be leaving in 2 years anyway, so the age isn't that important, IMO.
I think he's worth the risk, he may not be prefered by Conte.... but he's been only give 117 minutes of game time hardly time to impress and adjust to the league
He's 23, build like a proper front man and is probably hungry to prove himself
He may treat us Like a stepping stone but if we get a player that ends up like Lukaku and giving us £50mil + one day its a risk we should take
Whoever we get it is gonna be a risk but this guy could be the best long term deal
Hammerex
Why not? We splashed £20m on Ayew, we bid close to £30m for Bacca. Whether it's Batshuayi or someone else I would not be surprised at all to see us drop that amount on a striker