Summer 2017 Transfer Speculation (continued)

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  • stevesteve
    but would we have to pay Palace to take him ;whistle
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Football just isn't fair imo

    Psg signing neymar for £200mil and getting Mbappe on loan to buy for £166mil

    City spent over £200mil
    United £150mil
    Liveprool have spent £40mil but have had a bid accepted fro Keita and maybe Lear

    Whereas we have spent £40mil (recouping £30mil of it) yet can't seem to push some moves across

    Just wish we could go back a couple years and change so that the Abu Dhabi group bought us instead of city
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Yeoldhammer said:

    debt should already be paid off

    External has, internal is 60m to owners including interest and 40m ish to other clubs which most clubs carry

    It's not that we won't pay the money it's the way the deal is structured that SL are being difficult about and if we don't have enough to pay at the initial signing then we've probably not got enough cash on hand
  • McHammerMcHammer
    edited August 2017
    James T got injured Saturday for Palace so would be good to offload fonte whilst he has a value. Sure we can recall burke should the need arise.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    edited August 2017
    I feel like selling James Tomkins was a bit like selling Collins the first time (without the following relegation hopefully). All these players we've brought in and no one's been any better than he was.
  • Slaven_Cups_His_BeardSlaven_Cups_His_Beard
    Was it Tomkins that was supposed to be marking their guy for the first goal?
  • KuchinghammerKuchinghammer
    It usually was... ;whistle
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    IMO Tomkins was/ is an average CB...
    He in the last few seasons has become very injury prone...
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years said:

    Football just isn't fair imo

    Psg signing neymar for £200mil and getting Mbappe on loan to buy for £166mil

    City spent over £200mil
    United £150mil
    Liveprool have spent £40mil but have had a bid accepted fro Keita and maybe Lear

    Whereas we have spent £40mil (recouping £30mil of it) yet can't seem to push some moves across

    Just wish we could go back a couple years and change so that the Abu Dhabi group bought us instead of city

    The difference is that they're all in European competitions and we're not
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2017
    You just said on another thread that you think the squad is ok. ;puzzled
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    According to Twitter chatter, we're still hopeful of landing Carvalho but are not close to any other deal.

    If we believe SB when he said we would replace anyone who leaves, we must be looking at a wide player to replace Snodgrass. With Feghouli also being sold, we are very light on the wings (particularly risky when you consider Arnie's temperament and Antonio's muscle-testing style of play), and I think it's fair to say Fernandes is not the answer out wide.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    brookings

    as is always the case our owner will not meet the fee being asked as we do everything on the cheap
    Why say that when you know it isn't true?

    Ayew and Arnie broke the club transfer record.

    We agreed a fee for Bacca last year, but he wouldn't join us.

    Our comparative transfer spend has been posted on a number of occasions, but you ignore that.

    I don't see the point.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    57k but what are they paying for their tickets?

    Are we a bigger club than Leicester? Define "bigger". Have we ever won the Premier league?
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    We don't have a right to say we are 'bigger' than either Blackburn or Leicester, IMO.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Leicester had champions league football /money last year we did not
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited August 2017
    I think in terms of history, fan base and general perception by neutrals we are 'bigger' than both Leicester and Blackburn.

    But in terms of where we are at the moment, I can see see Leicester being a more attractive proposition.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    brookingsirons said:

    world wide Fan Base .

    Have you got figures on the world wide fan base for each club?

  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited August 2017
    brookingsirons said:

    No have you ?

    Well, no. That's why I asked.

    You were the one stating we were a bigger club than them because our fan base is bigger, and using that 'fact' to criticise our comparative dealings in the transfer window.

    Clearly your criticism if strongly felt, but as it is resting on only an assumption (or a 'bet'), I don't see any reason why I would agree with you. ;ok
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    TalkSport think we're bigger than both of them. Does any other opinion matter? https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/talksport.com/football/top-30-biggest-football-clubs-britain-30-number-one-ranked-161224221224?amp
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift

    IMG_20170829_191645

    Actually made me lol
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Some noise that Sakho my be signing for Rennes.

    If true, we must have a replacement lined up.

    Surely.

    Wouldn't we?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Surely we can't be accepting we don't need any more forwards and then be close to selling one of the two we have?
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Ravs not coming back this window. Having a medical at Mexican club Atlas.
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Kumb reporting on a De telegraph report that we have made a 3 million bid on a keeper turned down.

    Joroen Zoet
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Sounds like it's going sideways again
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Newcastle would take 18 million for Dwight Gayle according to the Guardian.
  • Putney_HammerPutney_Hammer
    But then what we are a striker down and I can't see us buying anyone before Thursday unles they are going to use Martinez more as his replacement?
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    It's too late now

    While I agree it'll be nice to get money for him we are probably gonna be in a relagation battle for at least half the season so I'd rather we just keep him

    We don't need the money we have only spent about £10mil net this summer and have managed to shift a lot of big wages (Snodgrass, Feghouli, Arbeloa, Nordtveit, Calleri, Zaza, Tore etc)

    This is why I wasn't find of losing both Feghouli and Snodgrass, I don't think either of them have done enough and neither were justifying their wages but we have sold both of them without a replacement and now look short for wingers

    If we lose Sakho we will be down to Chicarito and Carroll who is less reliable than sakho
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Sakho going nowhere according to C&H Rennes offer too low and too late
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited August 2017
    Feghouli and Snodgrass were poor players but they were actual wingers, we have gutted out our wingers and have no natural wingers at the club, we had this situation before I remember when we let Etherington go, it basically restricts our formation and tactics unless we play Antonio and Arnie as wingers which for me isn't their best position both want to be playing left or right of the striker up the pitch not back on the halfway line or on top of the fullbacks.
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