Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Out
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Rageous
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Suggestion
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    TwistAndShout said:

    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    Second bid of just under £20m rejected for Arnautovic, according to the Telegraph. Just breaking.

    Apparently it is because we offered 17m plus £3m in add ons - they want 20m up front. You have to laugh really
    What are we laughing at, Twist?

    The made up nonsense that gets spouted during the transfer window?
  • McHammerMcHammer
    McHammer said:

    Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

    Would rather take a punt on Wilshere than Delph.

    His knees would never be able to take the weight of that!

    th

    I think this is worth a repost to get us to 100. Not a single chortle from the lot of you whilst I was laughing away to myself at my desk. #toughcrowd
  • imagelostimagelost
    edited July 2017
    Hart playing up front, know where the net is ;clap
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Still don't get it McHammer ;hmm
  • DJ HammerDJ Hammer
    IronHerb said:

    Still don't get it McHammer ;hmm

    Take a punt. The key word being punt.
  • alderzalderz
    Last 5 years:
    Carroll 110 all comps, Wilshere 120. Bearing in mind Arsenal have had champions league and longer cup runs, that's pretty rubbish.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Fee now agreed for Arnautovic according to Jinxed on KUMB.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Just got to get past his new knee injury now ;whistle
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Injury of convenience, Herbie ;wink
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    alderz said:

    Last 5 years:
    Carroll 110 all comps, Wilshere 120. Bearing in mind Arsenal have had champions league and longer cup runs, that's pretty rubbish.

    ;bowdown

    So yeah, difficult to justify signing Wilshere, who is just another Carroll, in a position not hugely essential.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Arnie has got alot to live up to to prove he is worth anywhere near that amount of money!
  • LukerzLukerz
    Hart close to completing West Ham loan move according to the Telegraph tonight.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Here's full article
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/12/joe-hart-close-sealing-loan-move-west-ham/

    Loan with view to permanent
  • alderzalderz
    These would both be excellent signings that would improve the first team massively, IMO.
  • LukerzLukerz
    As long as working Hart doesn't restrict out chances of signing a particular striker then I think it's a top signing. He's also a leader and personality.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    As long as he stops doing shampoo adverts im happy.

  • Brother_SledgeBrother_Sledge
    All that time in the shower seems to have made his arms shrink ;nonono
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    Or his hands a bit too soapy.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    So either Randolph or Adrian would be off then... Followed by the other one next summer.

    I don't understand why we want to disrupt a solid part of the squad for this guy.
  • alderzalderz
    Because he's better than both of them and neither of them proved themselves to be a reliable number one
  • TwistandShoutTwistandShout
    If we can sell Randolph for 2m. That pays for Hart and we improve the first team. No brainer IMO
  • HammerexHammerex
    You may be right aldez, but I don't think there is much in it to be honest, but
    there are far more important issues that need to take priority before goalkeepers,
    and that is getting at least two strikers ASAP.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Hammerx

    But it isn't either or, is it?

    The club are clearly working on a number of fronts to try to get forwards in.

    Assuming the Hart deal is true, arranging it won't have any influence on our ability to get strikers, will it?
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Vorselaarhammer said:

    So either Randolph or Adrian would be off then... Followed by the other one next summer.

    I don't understand why we want to disrupt a solid part of the squad for this guy.

    IMO the word solid can not really be applied to our defence. Neither of our keepers inspired a huge amount of confidence. Hart was the one singing I've bee really hoping would happen
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    TwistAndShout said:

    If we can sell Randolph for 2m. That pays for Hart and we improve the first team. No brainer IMO

    ;hmm

    You're saying the £2m is the loan fee?

    I can see a number of things that stops it being a no-brainer...

    It improves the squad for 1 year (if we accept Hart is an improvement on Randolph) but where are we after the loan ends? The squad then is weaker than it was a year ago. Which is a worry, for me: I want us to be looking to long-term building, not short term fixes season by season.

    If Hart has a stormer of a year, his selling price will be (possibly) too high for us. Or he may want to use us a stepping stone to reignite his career and he'll be off, even if we can afford it. (See my previous comment about a long-term approach to our transfer dealings.)

    I would think it perhaps more likely that Adrian would want out, rather than Randolph? Possibly? Thus making the problems in a year even worse?


    I'm not saying don't loan him, I'm just saying that I think it isn't as obviously a no-brainer as you say it is.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    The words of the Torino president... Not exactly a ringing endorsement...

    Hart made a few mistakes, especially when coming out for the ball,’ assessed Cairo.

    ‘He is an important goalkeeper. We probably didn’t expect so many mistakes from an England international… but he did some good things, too.’

  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    BTW I've just seen that Valencia to Tigres is confirmed on the OS..
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