Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Chelsea match man Utd 75 million offer for lukaku
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    I'd give him the £140k a week, to be honest. £13m is relatively cheap nowadays, and given that he'd be our most decorated player, I don't think morale would be affected too much; in fact, the other players would probably welcome someone of that quality.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited July 2017
    OCS, maybe they would welcome that quality, but looking back to the Payet situation...

    (not knowing how much of what was reported is true) there is the suggestion that while the other players recognised his quality, the constant bigging him up in the meeja and paying him more wages, incentives and bonuses led to an unsettled dressing room.

    Obviously, there's a personality element to that as well. Nor all 'highest paid' players will be divas, or cause rifts.

    I don't know what I'm saying really - just mulling - I'd want to think long and hard before paying 1 player shedloads more than anybody else. Yes, a player with trophies and medals might be worth it .. but it's a team game. Is he going to put in his own crosses, and go in goal too?

    ;hmm
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 2017
    At the end of the day you have to remain professional

    Natural ability doesn't always correspond to high wages. Reputation, past experiences, age, availability all come into account on how much wages players are paid

    Sure some players may feel underpaid (like footballers are underpaid......) but they have to remain professional and most of these guys do you'd imagine

    I don't think it was Payets pay that aggravated them but the special treatment he got e.g. missing training etc without consequence
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Find it amazing how many on social media (mainly twitter) think that Sully has pulled some kind of elaborate stunt in pinning the "deal off" on Slav to deflect criticism.

    While I agree that it shouldn't of come out, there is no way that SB would sign up for that or stand there and take it imo

    I'm glad that SB has the final say, perhaps once he knew the details of the deal and how much it may affect our transfer budget, he didn't think it was worth it, he did similar when he said no to end the Hogan interest.



  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited July 2017
    OldCastleSwift said:

    I'd give him the £140k a week, to be honest. £13m is relatively cheap nowadays, and given that he'd be our most decorated player, I don't think morale would be affected too much; in fact, the other players would probably welcome someone of that quality.

    Hernandez might have won two Premier League titles with Man U but he wasn't a first team regular, excluding the times when he was injured or otherwise unavailable he started 85 games out of a total of 210 and spent more time on the bench than on the pitch. He wasn't a first team regular at Real Madrid either, just 12 starts out of a possible 52 and he won a World Club Championship medal sitting on the bench.

    He's only been a first team regular since he joined Bayer Leverkusen, his first season was excellent, 17 goals in 28 league appearances, fourth top scorer in the Bundesliga and Bayer finished 3rd. This season he only managed 11 goals in 26 and while he was still top scorer at Bayer they finished 12th making this the first season since 2009/10 when they didn't qualify for Europe

    £13m is peanuts these days but he's going to have to prove he's worth £140k pw,
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    I would only take him if the 140k was structured like payets deal 65 basic then appearance say 25 and rest made up with goals scored assist league position etc . If was flat 140k I think it could easily disrupt the dressing room especially if he is not doing the business. A report from Germany suggests he is not a popular player in the dressing room at bayer . Team morale is v important look what happened when. Payet finally left results picked up . Reports we have bid for Muriel looked at him he is quick good dribbler decent finisher not great in the air but would definitely give us something different
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Pearces_Left_Foot said:

    Chelsea match man Utd 75 million offer for lukaku

    still hope for my handle then when Bats joins us ;thumbsup ;wahoo
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited July 2017
    PLF - apparently Hernandez made a similar demand when LA Galaxy where after him so probably he wants £140k plus bonuses.

    Last season he scored on 1 October and then didn't score again until 28 January, 11 League games (plus 4 CL and a cup game) without a goal

    The more I read the less I want him here.........
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    The gut feel seems to suggest he is a bit of a mercenary who may score a few and then want to be off pretty quickly - do we want someone like that?

    Perhaps a hard working, committed, focussed Andre gray might be better for our club right now?
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Wolves have completed the £16mil signing of 20 year old Ruben Neves who is one of the goldenboys of Portuguese football......how has that happened ;nonono

  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Champo

    Well, Wolves are managed by Nuno, who is Portuguese, and I'd imagine he has a good agent who has figured that a year or two of Championship football will put his player in the PL window.
  • stevesteve
    ;puzzled theres a good agent out there
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    steve

    It's only a guess. Could be the agent thought Wolves were PL... ;nonono
  • alderzalderz
    Could be that Wolves offered him a whopping agent fee
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Could be that there is a buyback clause ;whistle
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Could be Wolves are mugs....
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    The agent is George Mendez who has Ronaldo, Mourinho, de Gea and others in his stable.
  • LukerzLukerz
    New signing coming...
  • LukerzLukerz
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  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    Is this a good thing Luke ;hmm
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited July 2017
    An attacking MF?

    And is he coming for a medical? For talks?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Apparently we haven't scouted him. He was offered to us by Onyekuru's agent when we were in talks with him.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    1in3 for the last couple of seasons pretty decent for a MF...
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    Apparently we haven't scouted him. He was offered to us by Onyekuru's agent when we were in talks with him.

    This seems like the flimsiest and one of the most unlikely 'apparently' rumours I've ever read ;whistle
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    An attacking midfielder from the bottom half of the Turkish Super Lig

    If he's the answer I think we're asking the wrong question
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Let's hope, if this rumour is true, that we asked the same question that we put to Lanzini.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    It's good to try something new, you never know this new strategy of chasing bigger names and then sign someone from the Turkish league might work!
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Altogether.... Just like my dreams they fade N'Diaye ;hug coyi
  • madridhammermadridhammer
    From what I've seen so far Gray is the one I'm most keen on.I think he'll see us as a bigger club than where he currently is & would be a decent signing. Let's face it,we're not going to attract a really big name & someone who knows where the net is & hopefully stays fit would be an upgrade on why we already have.
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