Transfer rumours and speculation to take us through to summer.

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  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    ibl, No team cannot be improved on & we are certainly no different. :ok:
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    edited July 2019
    Only certain Playets can improve teams
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Still a week to go plenty of time for a few transfers yet :wahoo:
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    If Everton make the 4/5 signings they say they are after - starting with Kean, it will be a tall order for us to leapfrog them this season (if we are pretty much done with our transfers)
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited July 2019
    Well having lost both Zouma & Gueye, their defensive backbone has been ripped out & as yet not replaced.
  • alderzalderz
    I've just had a look at the confirmed / reported fees paid this summer, and worked out the net fees paid / received so far by premier league teams, according to the BBC.

    We are currently have the 8th highest net expenditure (35.64m). Spurs (36.20m) and Southampton (37.50m) are in the same bracket as us. Man Utd (65.00m), Wolves (55.00m) and Man City (49.30m) are next bracket up. Leicester (70.00m) are second, and Aston Villa have gone full Fulham and spent a net 116.75m on a bunch of players.

    Four teams have made profit so far. Chelsea have made 124.90m, but obviously aren't allowed to sign players. Palace have made 47.50m having only spent money on Jordan Ayew who was there last season. Everton have made 36.00m, which is likely to change with Moise Kean and potentially others, and Liverpool have made 23.70m.

    Norwich have spent 1.50m so far, and not brought in a bean. Bournemouth have only spent a net 2.00m, Watford 5.50m, Newcastle 10.00m and Burnley 13.00.

    All of this is displayed in a lovely chart below.

  • eskimokingeskimoking
    Good chart Ald. I was actually looking for that info earlier and you've made it very easy so thanks.

    On the squad, there are obviously players I would replace/improve upon but only 1 is urgent in my book. Sanchez needs to go, he looks woeful from what I've seen and didn't like what I saw before he signed for us either. Rice needs some serious competition, and someone to learn off at DM. I do not have a suggestion for a replacement though, which is likely the problem the club are having.
  • alderzalderz
    eski :ok: no problem

    Something I found interesting when I was looking at the deals that have been completed is just how uninspiring most clubs business has been. Assuming the top 6 are a different proposition to the rest of the league, I'll forget them for now, but these are the players that teams have brought in. I've bolded the ones I am jealous of.

    Aston Villa: Wesley, Mings, Targett, Konsa, Engels, Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Jota, Hause, Luiz
    Bournemouth: Kelly, Stacey, Billing
    Brighton: Trossard, Clarke, Richards, Freestone
    Burnley: Rodriguez, Pieters, Senior, Cooney
    Crystal Palace: Henderson, Ayew
    Everton: Gomes, Delph, Lossl
    Leicester: Tielemans, Perez, Justin, Daley-Campbell, Hirst, Reghba, Clark
    Newcastle: Joelinton, Scott, Turner
    Norwich: Byram, Fitzpatrick, Adshead, Bushiri, Mair, Nizet, Drmic, Gilmour, Roberts, Fahrmann, McAlear
    Sheffield Utd: Mousset, Robinson, Freeman, Jagielka, Ravel, Osborn, Henderson
    Southampton: Ings, Adams, Djenepo
    Watford: Dawson, Spencer-Adams, Dele-Bashiru
    Wolves: Cutrone, Hong, Nya, Dai, Vallejo

    Basically, the only team I am jealous of is Everton. But that's just on those coming in. When you consider that Gomes was there last year, and Delph is now a replacement for Gueye, they actually haven't done much but stand still.

    Bournemouth have spent £32m on players from Bristol City, Luton Town and Huddersfield.

    Honestly, it's really striking to me that the quality of players coming in is seriously low this summer.
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    There were rumours we were trying to hijack the Cutrone move. Our cause won’t have been helped by the fact that our pot supposedly doesn’t have much in it all.
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Baracks, why so? He scored 3 in 34 Serie A games last season - not exactly setting it alight. I know he scored 4 in 5 in the Europa League, but I think his league performance is more indicative.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    BubblesNeverDies said:

    Baracks, why so? He scored 3 in 34 Serie A games last season - not exactly setting it alight. I know he scored 4 in 5 in the Europa League, but I think his league performance is more indicative.

    Well he is only 21, and of those 34 games only 12 were starts

    The season before that he got 10 goals in 17(11) appearances

  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Well sheff Utd spent £10m on someone who couldn’t get a kick at Bournemouth. Cutrone was in double figures the season before and has over 20 goals in two seasons in Italy. He’s also young and doesn’t appear to be cursed by injury

    Wolves have got themselves a good deal I would say

    But time will tell
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Looking at that list, I agree I don't really feel jealous of the other transfers (granted I probably know about 50% of them), what I am still salty about is how little money we make from incomings
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    alderz, it will be interesting to revisit your list when the window closes as I expect we will probably be envious of a few clubs we hope to be competing with this season.
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    I think we have a well balanced squad with healthy competition.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Save a dynamic CM/DM
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    We are just 2 or 3 signings short of having an excellent squad.

    A better holding midfield player than Sanchez is needed. I still think Delph was an opportunity missed.

    A top CB to compete with Diop and Balbuena. I do love Reid but i have the feeling he is never gonna reach the level he was at before his injury. I think Ogbonna has been a decent backup, but is exactly that....a backup.

    And maybe a young and hungry striker to replace Chicarito as I don't think Chicarito suits our style of play.

    This echoes many other posts on here and so is nothing new I know.
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    I would love Chicharito out of the door, and someone more suitable in. Can’t see it happening though.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Unless I've missed something, we've lost 3 CF (Arnie, Andy and Perez) and only brought in 1 replacement. Surely this is an issue.

    As others have said, Sanchez just not good enough, and, with Obiang gone, we need someone else in the middle of the park who can break things up.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    I don't see it as a big issue, as AC and Perez were peripheral, to say the least. Unless we swap out Chica for A N Other, who can we realistically get who's any good to be 3rd choice striker? At a push, Antonio or even Yarmo could fill in. Think the goals will be spread across the front line this season.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    I can’t see goals being any kind of problem, to be honest.

    The other end of the pitch, though...
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    People suggesting we need someone new next to Rice implies they see Wilshere and Nobes as surplus to requirements.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Haller, Chicharito, Antonio, Anderson, Yarmolenko, Diangana...

    We would love an extra proper striker, but those options are more than good enough.

    A CM & RB are my main concerns. I don’t think we need a DM as such, but a CM, as Noble, Rice & Wilshere for those three positions is not enough. Sanchez still looks a worry.

    Fredericks looks unreliable as a RB, too.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Wilshere isn’t surplus. He just isn’t the answer in a two with Rice.
  • ianbishoplegendianbishoplegend
    Last season it wasn't a healthy fight for positions. Perez looked bored out of his mind. This season I can guarantee that Hallers will have stiff competition from Antonio, and to a lesser degree Chicha. Bringing someone in would disrupt the healthy pecking order. Rice has the least to worry about, but still the most to prove. No need to spend for the sake of it all.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    Has Fredericks even played pre season?
  • MarkNobleLocalHeroMarkNobleLocalHero
    Yes
  • whupathmanwhupathman
    He looked good when he played
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    Very good against Citeh. His pace gives us an excellent outlet on the right.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    grey_til_I_dye said:

    People suggesting we need someone new next to Rice implies they see Wilshere and Nobes as surplus to requirements.

    Not at all. Both still have a role. I see Wilshere more as a No10, so him, Fornals and Lanzini are interchangeable. I'd be surprised if none of them pick up an injury or two over the course of the season so they'll all get a good run of games.

    Noble isn't a starter for the new season. His role, for me at least, is experience from the bench. When we need to see out a game he'd be perfect to come on get us over the line. Plus his leadership off the pitch will still be as vital as it has been on it.

    Just because we have the numbers in midfield, doesn't necessarily we mean we have the type of players we need.
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