Transfer rumours

[Mase]

Hope the rumours about Akanji are true!!!

Finally

Galatasaray have bid more for him than Ederson apparently.
Unbelievable.

They seem to want a lot of our players - Gundo, Akanji, Ederson. Maybe a 4 for 3 deal with Phillips being thrown in

[Nigels Tackle]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

[Mase]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

Because the fans of those clubs are absolute nutcases, it's ridiculously hot, the place is a dump, they don't end up getting paid when they were told they would..

[PeterParker]

Eccheveri loaned out to Leverkusen under Ten Bob.

No buy option.

Overall, I think a good deal. Hopefully he will smash it.

[BlueinBosnia]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

I brought this up a while ago on here. Just checked, and no British-born player has ever lasted 3 full seasons in Turkey. Zaha (British citizen, but Ivorian born) is starting his third season now, but spent last season on loan, and will spend this season out on loan, too. Lots of 'contract terminated by mutual consent' seems to go on there, with Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend all 'agreeing' to this in recent months. Dzeko seems to be one of very, very few foreign players transferring from major leagues to have seen out the entirety of his contract (two years).

[PeterParker]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

I brought this up a while ago on here. Just checked, and no British-born player has ever lasted 3 full seasons in Turkey. Zaha (British citizen, but Ivorian born) is starting his third season now, but spent last season on loan, and will spend this season out on loan, too. Lots of 'contract terminated by mutual consent' seems to go on there, with Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend all 'agreeing' to this in recent months. Dzeko seems to be one of very, very few foreign players transferring from major leagues to have seen out the entirety of his contract (two years).

Not 100%, but I think Colin Kazim-Richards did. 3 or 4.

[BlueinBosnia]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

I brought this up a while ago on here. Just checked, and no British-born player has ever lasted 3 full seasons in Turkey. Zaha (British citizen, but Ivorian born) is starting his third season now, but spent last season on loan, and will spend this season out on loan, too. Lots of 'contract terminated by mutual consent' seems to go on there, with Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend all 'agreeing' to this in recent months. Dzeko seems to be one of very, very few foreign players transferring from major leagues to have seen out the entirety of his contract (two years).

Not 100%, but I think Colin Kazim-Richards did. 3 or 4.

I stand corrected - Lasted 3.5 seasons before having his contract terminated by Fenerbahce, then spent a few more seasons at clubs there (being loaned out abroad for a fair bit of the time).

[PeterParker]

We seem to be dragging the Eddie situation longer than it should be.

[Nigels Tackle]

akanji to gala for £15m

[salford city]

akanji to gala for £15m

Really? take it and run thanks Manu

[CTID Hants]

akanji to gala for £15m

Not bad, we paid €20m (£17.3m) for him 3 years use so to get £15m and us not to have to bitch about him anymore, is just fine..

[PeterParker]

So we are left with Stonsy, Kush, Josko, Ruben and Ake. Not bad.

[Mase]

So we are left with Stonsy, Kush, Josko, Ruben and Ake. Not bad.

Reis and Bah on loan as well

[Bluemoon4610]

So we are left with Stonsy, Kush, Josko, Ruben and Ake. Not bad.

With Stones & Ake both notorious sick notes......and Father Ruben still to find his best form again. Can see problems ahead.

[salford city]

So we are left with Stonsy, Kush, Josko, Ruben and Ake. Not bad.

With Stones & Ake both notorious sick notes......and Father Ruben still to find his best form again. Can see problems ahead.

As has been mentioned already, with it being a WC year, watch these niggling injuries start to lessen. There's 5 cbs there and whilst I'd prefer to keep a settled cb paring, we do have cover. Khus is a beast and rapid, so I'd hope for him to get more game time which frees up another to rest. No accounting for injuries as we saw last season but I'm good with those

[Mase]

So we are left with Stonsy, Kush, Josko, Ruben and Ake. Not bad.

With Stones & Ake both notorious sick notes......and Father Ruben still to find his best form again. Can see problems ahead.

As has been mentioned already, with it being a WC year, watch these niggling injuries start to lessen. There's 5 cbs there and whilst I'd prefer to keep a settled cb paring, we do have cover. Khus is a beast and rapid, so I'd hope for him to get more game time which frees up another to rest. No accounting for injuries as we saw last season but I'm good with those

Pep's not stupid, he knows the score with the "injured". Last year he said he didn't know what to as up with Stones, KDB, and Ederson when they were "injured".

[john@staustell]

gala supposedly in for ed, gundo and one of akanji / ake… where do they get their money from? also, has any player that’s gone from the pl to turkey ever fulfilled their contract? seems to me that most last a season or 2 at best…

I brought this up a while ago on here. Just checked, and no British-born player has ever lasted 3 full seasons in Turkey. Zaha (British citizen, but Ivorian born) is starting his third season now, but spent last season on loan, and will spend this season out on loan, too. Lots of 'contract terminated by mutual consent' seems to go on there, with Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jonjo Shelvey and Andros Townsend all 'agreeing' to this in recent months. Dzeko seems to be one of very, very few foreign players transferring from major leagues to have seen out the entirety of his contract (two years).

Not 100%, but I think Colin Kazim-Richards did. 3 or 4.

I stand corrected - Lasted 3.5 seasons before having his contract terminated by Fenerbahce, then spent a few more seasons at clubs there (being loaned out abroad for a fair bit of the time).

They never really recovered from the experience with Darius Vassell

Probably a bit wary of buying off us!

[Hazy2]

Thanks Manu. You played your part in a treble. All the best.

[zuricity]

Are you all sure Akanji is off to Gala ?

[PeterParker]

Arsenal are getting Eze, so Spuds might come again after Sav.