Summer transfer thread!

[DoomMerchant]

Anelka undergoing medical at West Brom with a view to signing for the baggies.

good for both of them. I like the Baggies doing well of any of the west mids/black country clubs.

cheers

[Ted Hughes]

If people are just going to throw out random lists of players as a reason to say we've stalled rather than accept that we have signed a player who ticks many of the boxes we have been asking for, then there really is no basis for a discussion.

And it would be fair to say Real Madrid have stalled by signing Isco.

Of course that would also be completely ignoring the huge developments being made right now to try & push our club to the top of the pile. But hey, we didn't buy the most expensive toys so we are standing still.

Because if we don't win everything this season, we are surely fucked.

[Ted Hughes]

Well we won't be getting Higuain his move to Arsenal is almost complete according to his Father.The fee is believed to be in the region of 23 million pounds.

Good.

[Dameerto]

good for both of them. I like the Baggies doing well of any of the west mids/black country clubs.

cheers

Racist.

[bigblue]

Just look at the rags as an example... mostly average squad on paper but won the league last year. Stop the obsession with "big name" players. A bunch of you sound like a girlfriend who demands to eat at the $100 restaruant every meal when the curry house down the street or a home cooked meal is fine most the time. Acting spoiled just for the sake of doing so

[YayaJonas]

Racist.

Wtf. Black Country refers to and area of the UK nothing to do with being racist! Where you from again?

[Nigels Tackle]

Racist.

Wtf. Black Country refers to and area of the UK nothing to do with being racist! Where you from again?

sounds pretty racist to me

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Racist.

Wtf. Black Country refers to and area of the UK nothing to do with being racist! Where you from again?

It's a joke, newcomer.

[YayaJonas]

It's a joke, newcomer.

Hilarious!

[Saul Goodman]

This is starting to make sense now. Clearly engineer is planning to use proper centerforward and have another striker playing off him and covering lot of ground. CF will be competition between Dzeko and Negredo and Guidetti will provide cover for Aguero in that other spot.

So youre thinking:

Dzeko
Silva Aguero Navas
Yaya Fernandinho
Back 5

????

No
I'm thinking

-------------------Dzeko----
----------Aguero
--Silva------------------Navas--
------YaYa----Fernandinho----

Back 5.

Yeah, that's basically what i meant.

Saul. No offence, but you've mentioned a back 5 a few times and it confuses me. Either you want us to play with 12 players or you're including the goalkeeper in this back 5, which nobody does, ever

Clearly I mean a back 4 plus a keeper. it is shorter to type out.

I completely disagree with that. If someone says 'the back five all played out of their skin,' I understand that to mean the defence and the goalkeeper, no problem.
Moreover, he was probably just saving time and energy, given that our back line picks itself and Joe Hart is the uncontested number one.

Fair enough, but this is a different context to how I was reading it. Having said that, he did accidentally list 12 players in one post, so I think the concept occasionally confuses him.

You are correct. one time i accidentally put 12 players on the pitch. It does not confuse me. What confuses me is typing on tiny ass buttons on my phone with a tiny screen and going too quickly (hence the "back 5")

[Dameerto]

It's a joke, newcomer.

Hilarious!

I've got my eye on you too, with a black user name. (I'm from Yorkshire by the way, welcome to the boards)

[Saul Goodman]

Chelsea sign Marco Van Ginkel for 8 million pounds from Vitesse Arnham.

Not official yet but this looks to be a good signing...their midfield is getting pretty good.

And maybe De Rossi for 10m euros...

[Blue Since 76]

SkyBet has apparently used the book on Negredo to City after a number of large bets even though he's 1/8 on.

Either someone has been taking a flyer or Cheeky is making sure he gets a bonus.

[Twobob]

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[gillie]

Chelsea sign Marco Van Ginkel for 8 million pounds from Vitesse Arnham.

Not official yet but this looks to be a good signing...their midfield is getting pretty good.

And maybe De Rossi for 10m euros...

Mate it was official this morning.

[Saul Goodman]

Chelsea sign Marco Van Ginkel for 8 million pounds from Vitesse Arnham.

Not official yet but this looks to be a good signing...their midfield is getting pretty good.

Mate it was official this morning.

the agreement was. he hasnt even had his medical or agreed personal terms yet...or so i read.

[Saul Goodman]

Dortmund officially sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for ~13m euros.


Also,

It has been reported that Del Nido held talks with City chief-executive Ferran Soriano on Wednesday but today he stressed he would not negotiate a cut-price deal with any club and declared that, for now, Negredo was still a Sevilla player.

He said: "Sevilla have an asking price for Negredo and if they aren't met, he will play for Sevilla next season. Tomorrow he will sleep in Seville and then he will start training with the team again.

"There have been no offers from English football, not from City, not from Tottenham."
Speaking to reporters at a promotional event, Del Nido also declared that the Argentine centre-back Nico Pareja would join the club on loan from Spartak Moscow next season, with Sevilla retaining the option to buy him when the loan deal expires.

"I've spoken to him and we still need to iron out some details with Spartak, but if there are no complications, Nico Pareja will travel to Seville tomorrow (Friday)," he said.

"The player has made a huge effort to come to Sevilla by renouncing part of his contract, and I am as excited about signing him as I am about any of the big names in football."

[YayaJonas]

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[Ted Hughes]

Dortmund officially sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for ~13m euros.


Also,

It has been reported that Del Nido held talks with City chief-executive Ferran Soriano on Wednesday but today he stressed he would not negotiate a cut-price deal with any club and declared that, for now, Negredo was still a Sevilla player.

He said: "Sevilla have an asking price for Negredo and if they aren't met, he will play for Sevilla next season. Tomorrow he will sleep in Seville and then he will start training with the team again.

"There have been no offers from English football, not from City, not from Tottenham."
Speaking to reporters at a promotional event, Del Nido also declared that the Argentine centre-back Nico Pareja would join the club on loan from Spartak Moscow next season, with Sevilla retaining the option to buy him when the loan deal expires.

"I've spoken to him and we still need to iron out some details with Spartak, but if there are no complications, Nico Pareja will travel to Seville tomorrow (Friday)," he said.

"The player has made a huge effort to come to Sevilla by renouncing part of his contract, and I am as excited about signing him as I am about any of the big names in football."

I like the look of this Perry Boomerang character, (apart from his Brazilian type turd hairdo) but I would say he is a competitor rather than a partner for Lewandowski.

The game is afoot Watson..

[gillie]

The rumours continue on twitter Re: Pepe to us he is apparently Pellegrini's top defensive target.