Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • McHammerMcHammer
    Bazshuayi said:

    Altogether.... Just like my dreams they fade N'Diaye ;hug coyi

    Oooh thats Badou
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    I went through the whole Erykah Badu thing in my head and decided my original posting was painful enough ;lol
  • LukerzLukerz
    N'Diaye has a decent scoring record for a CM and it is a position we need to fill, as none of our CM's have the potential to score many goals. It he's athletic too that is another trait we need to add to our side.

    But not sure of his quality.
  • eskimokingeskimoking
    So my preference for remaining signings was 2 strikers, a left winger and then possibly back up for Kouyate and Lanzini as no-one can compete with them for style of play. If he's box-to-box, athletic and scores goals, I would see him as Kouyates competition, so potentially a good signing.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    surely he is competing with Lanzini ? i would have though the 4 MF spots were Fernandes / Kouyate / Obiang / Noble ?
  • Giant_HammerGiant_Hammer
    Just signed in to see who we haven't signed again this week and I'm not disappointed. I'll sign in again next week to see who we haven't signed again. ;biggrin
  • HappyHammer_ishHappyHammer_ish


    Obviously anyone can look good on YouTube (Julian Faubert looked like ronaldo before we got him) ... but he does seem to have some very good qualities...
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited July 2017
    No idea if we are really in for him or not, but the Soshallow Media (c) warriors bleating on about him being unknown does my crust in.

    How many of those geniuses had ever heard of Lanzini, or Le Sulk, for that matter? Or Kouyate? Or Obiang?

    No guarantee he will be any good, obviously (should he come), but no reason to assume he won't be either, just because he hasn't shown up on the back pages of the sports rags.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Some decent goals in that Youtube clip, but a fair few of them seem to rely on goalkeepers with quite a serious phobia of footballs...
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    No-one had heard of Sakho before he came to us. He actually started really well and quickly showed he could cut it in this league.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Rooney signed for Everton.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Seems odd to see him in blue.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I don't think it will, as Barkley will be sold as well, IMO.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    they sold Stones last year and barely spent last year so they have a lost of money to spare
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I think Koeman got sick of Barkley quite a while back, and will be happy to let him go for £20-25 million.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    I think spurs was a reputed destination, however he isn't going to displace Dele Ali any time soon and also I don't think he's the sort of individual Levy is likely to break his wage structure for either
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    edited July 2017
    The opposition to N'Diaye in that Youtube clip seemed a little sketchy. However, the price tag is relatively low, he seems pretty athletic/dynamic and tricky plus I liked the way he stroked the ball into the net on some of those goals.

    #pun and play on words free posting. I know, I know, calm down
  • eskimokingeskimoking
    Yeoldhammer said:

    surely he is competing with Lanzini ? i would have though the 4 MF spots were Fernandes / Kouyate / Obiang / Noble ?

    Not from what I can tell. Noble, Obiang and Fernandes can't do what Kouyate can, so compete with each other for one spot. If this guy has an engine and is more focussed on goals than creating then he wouldn't compete with Lanzini. He sounds similar to Kouyate for me.

  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    First day of training after the summer break at Finch Farm could be fun

    Eh, ooo's dat?
    Dunno
    Eh, ooo's dat?
    Dunno
    Eh, ooo are you?
    Dunno
  • LukerzLukerz
    Pickford
    Coleman - Keane - Williams - Baines
    Schneiderlin - Klassen
    Bolasie - Sigurdsson - Mirallas
    Rooney

    ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    N'Diaye close to signing according to various media outlets.

    47 goals in 159 games for a CM? 8 caps for Senegal.

    Not too bad. Hope he can make the step up.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Decent record. The defending and goalkeeping on the YouTube video was shocking, and he would have scored very few of those goals in the PL.

    But I guess not judging players on YouTube videos goes both ways, and, lets face it, we'd never heard of Lanzini before, and that worked out pretty well.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Very strange signing imo

    26 years old and the highest level he's played at is the Turkish league

    Decent scoring rate so assume he prefers being a AM or a box to box guy

    Either way I don't see him dislodging Lanzini and Kouyate for those 2 roles

    Slav also liked to use Ayew down the middle and thinks quite highly of Fernandes which himself is more of a #10 or a #8 than a holding midfielder so we aren't really short in that area on top of the quartet of Noble, Lanzini, Obiang and Kouyate who all have a case to be in our starting XI

    I'll keep an open mind although not 100% convinced with this although happy to be proven wrong

    Also not sure it's on here but apparantly we've signed a 16 year old from Ajax who is quite highly rated in Holland
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    59 games 17 goals in the Turkish top tier plus 2 games in the Turkish Cup and 14 games 1 goal in the Europa League with Osmanlispor

    48 games 13 goals in the Norwegian top tier, 54 games 15 goals in the Norwegian second tier and 12 games 3 goals in the Norwegian Cup with Bodo Glimt

    I thought Bodo and Glimt were characters in Lord of the Rings.....

    Who knows, he could be a Lanzini but he could also be this season's Nordtveit......
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    edited July 2017
    So where does the Turkish Super Lig rate?

    If England, Spain, Germany, italy and France are at the top then Turkey are alongside Portugal and Greece maybe?
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Various websites rank the Super Lig about the same level as the Dutch Eredivise, the Belgian Pro League or the Swiss Super League but also around the same level are the Championship, Serie B and Bundesliga 2.

    The Norwegian Eliteserien is ranked alongside the Scottish Premier and EFL League One while the OBOS-ligaen is about the same level as EFL League Two

    To translate Osmanlispor would the equivalent of Cardiff while Bodo Glimt equals Crawley Town.
  • HamstewHamstew
    Crawley Town have been mentioned ;wahoo
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    http://www.claretandhugh.info/hammers-put-midfielder-story-straight/

    No N'Dyiae move according to C&H
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Reading that article is it fast wingers who can score we are looking for or wingers who score quickly and early.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Our first game of pre-season is one week away. What are our striker options ;hmm

    Fletcher and Martinez is all we have.
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