Summer transfer thread!

[Sideshow Bob]

cheeky bid for lucas moura? PSG might be wiling to listen if their sights are set on tranny.

[gillie]

cheeky bid for lucas moura? PSG might be wiling to listen if their sights are set on tranny.

Not totally sure but i think he has a crazy buyout clause like Cavani.

[Saul Goodman]

I've heard Dortmund are in for Bernard (but many clubs probably are, to some extent). The kid is drawing alot of attention.

I wouldn't mind us going for some young German talent. Draxler maybe? But I feel like he just signed a new deal.

Maybe Witsel from Zenit? Plays for a good Belgium team.

[gillie]

I've heard Dortmund are in for Bernard (but many clubs probably are, to some extent). The kid is drawing alot of attention.

I wouldn't mind us going for some young German talent. Draxler maybe? But I feel like he just signed a new deal.

Maybe Witsel from Zenit? Plays for a good Belgium team.

I've heard the rags are sniffing round Draxler.

[Saul Goodman]

I wouldn't be surprised.

Maybe Luuk de Jong? He's been good in the last few seasons (at least)

[Dronny]

Best get some sedatives for Mase, I'm ' friends ' with El Mago on FB and he reckons Kolorov is off to the Dippers!

[Mase]

Best get some sedatives for Mase, I'm ' friends ' with El Mago on FB and he reckons Kolorov is off to the Dippers!

WTF! If he goes there I'll be very disappointed. Not only because they're shite and he can do better, but because its someone else in England.

[Saul Goodman]

This Pepe rumor is getting out of hand. I wonder if Pellegrini doesn't fancy Nasti?

Also, there's some stuff out there about being in for Michu; can't see Swansea selling though

[carl_feedthegoat]

This Pepe rumor is getting out of hand. I wonder if Pellegrini doesn't fancy Nasti?

Also, there's some stuff out there about being in for Michu; can't see Swansea selling though

He best leave Nasty in the starting lineup otherwise Ill start negatve threads.

[Goataldo]

Of course you're wrong.

Can't sign a South American player till their 18, unless their whole family miraculously decides to move to Manchester, and we know what scum pull that trick.

you and your fucking details....

let me just do the maths...based on Slim's correction of my commentary and Ted's post about how we'll every scouting dept is (which i'm not trying to refute....it's a simple argument that's bound to be true):

A player turns 18 and by then has been found to have something or not, maybe, potentially. And every team knows about him.
A player with the potential to play in Europe then likely gets snapped up by Porto, Benfica, or Shaktar potentially or plays in some South American league for a year or two so we can keep watching him grow. Depending on the investment model that the player ownership team has for an exit strategy determines how likely they are to let them go to a smaller club or wait for one of the big boys to get wet underpants and want to fuck (e.g. Fernandinho vs Neymar)

My point was just -- why don't we start taking more flyers like those Portugeezers and Ukranian/Russian teams are doing? Is it a statutory thing about work permits? Surely there is a reason. Right?

cheers

I totally agree. It's not math, it's maths.

[DoomMerchant]

I totally agree. It's not math, it's maths.

Agreed. "It's" it is.

Cheers

[Dameerto]

Best get some sedatives for Mase, I'm ' friends ' with El Mago on FB and he reckons Kolorov is off to the Dippers!

WTF! If he goes there I'll be very disappointed. Not only because they're shite and he can do better, but because its someone else in England.

He'd actually be doing us a favour if we played against him twice a season though.

[Clowncrete]

Best get some sedatives for Mase, I'm ' friends ' with El Mago on FB and he reckons Kolorov is off to the Dippers!

WTF! If he goes there I'll be very disappointed. Not only because they're shite and he can do better, but because its someone else in England.

He'd actually be doing us a favour if we played against him twice a season though.

Navas will easily rip him apart.

[Risby]

Navas will easily rip him apart.

I can see Navas ripping quite a few apart. His pace is scary. Just hope we have players on the end of his crosses or pull backs this year who will put them away.

[Cocacolajojo1]

Navas will easily rip him apart.

Literally?

[Mase]

I'm pretty sure Kolarov doesn't like gypos. So I think Navas would be booted up to row Z before he got passed him.

[Ted Hughes]

If he plays for Liverpool, he'll be their 2nd top scorer with that bunch of diving shites & their pet refs giving them 12 extra free kicks every game. It will be like Saving Private Ryan around the edge of the oppo's penalty area at Anfield.

[Clowncrete]

Navas will easily rip him apart.

Literally?

Yes, one look from Jesus' eyes will be enough.

[DoomMerchant]

I'm pretty sure Kolarov doesn't like gypos. So I think Navas would be booted up to row Z before he got passed him.

Passed? Is this passover humor?

[phips]

Schalke have received £51.3 million bids from Real Madrid and Manchester City for their 19-year-old midfielder Julian Draxler

Gotta be bullshit. No way we'd bid that much but not pay 30-35m euros for Isco

The Daily Star suggests that Swansea’s Michu could be another name on City’s shortlist after the Spaniard enjoyed a sensational debut campaign at the Liberty Stadium – scoring 18 Premier League goals.

Before signing for the Swans, the 27-year-old had plied his trade exclusively in Spain, and reports suggest that could be key for new Blues boss, Manuel Pellegrini.

“Michu had spent his whole career in Spain, playing for Oviedo, Celta and Rayo Vallecano, before moving to the Premier League,” reports the paper’s Jack Wilson.

“And for the past nine years, Spain has been the base of new City boss Manuel Pellegrini.

“He enjoyed spells at Villarreal, Real Madrid and Malaga and knows the Spanish game - and its players - well.”

Top class journalism. Michu played in Spain; Pellegrini managed in Spain...City are in for Michu