Todays Transfer Rumours

Fey wrote:Very dissapointing transfer window from Spurs point of view. No big signings nothing.

Are they accepting their faith? Wtf is this!

strengthened their defence and cleared out lots of fringe players but seriously over-reliant on Kane as squad looks currently. Would expect them to splash out on another forward or two

christmasborocooper wrote:Lambert to the baggies was a good bit of business for them. Pretty cheap.

Agree. He will fit in Pulisball and should be a good partner for Berahino... unless they will start fighting over penalties

Anichebe actually as a sub is quite decent, just not sure what Pulis will do with Brown Ideye.

Apparently Pulis wants one more defender and one winger, if they would get someone like Matt Philips it would make a good transfer windowr for them.

debaser wrote:

Fey wrote:Very dissapointing transfer window from Spurs point of view. No big signings nothing.

Are they accepting their faith? Wtf is this!

strengthened their defence and cleared out lots of fringe players but seriously over-reliant on Kane as squad looks currently. Would expect them to splash out on another forward or two

Well the myth is that Spurs are a club who are capable of splashing out on new players - the reality is we have to unload players first to balance the books which is what has happened this window. Even more so now the stadium build is in full swing.

Successfully trimmed the deadwood from the squad - something Pochettino was adamant needed to happen so he has a smaller and more focussed group to coach. Whether this strategy leaves us enough time to bring in a couple of reinforcements will remain to be seen. Upgrading the defence was key, Alderweireld a crucial signing, as was Trippier IMO (no real competition for Walker last season created complacency, as well as left Dier playing out of position). Now we need a DM and forward. Shame we didn't go in for Clasie, but there are rumours Poch believes Dier can transition into that DM this season. He played there at Sporting Lisbon. My concern is whilst Poch showing faith in the youngsters is admirable, we clearly need some experienced players - like a Cabaye for example who would've been a perfect signing - as our squad is currently so reliant on youth.

News today is we are in negotiations with Dynamo Kiev for Andrey Yarmolenko. According to Yarmolenko himself. One of Pierre's wank towels. On the one hand he has plenty of European and International experience, on the other hand Ukrainians have a terrible record in England (Rebrov, Luszny, Shevchenko, voronin). We also have a delegation in Germany apparently trying to sign Sven Bender or Christoph Kramer.

At this point if we could sign Berahino and Sissoko (from Newcastel) who are also 2 players we've been linked with that'd represent an intelligent window. Unfortunately there is no chance West Brom and Newcastle will fail to over value those two considerably.

Getting someone to pay for Chiriches must count as one of the most impressive feats of the summer.

Sold Dimaria to PSG...only a loss of 12 milion...which is okay considering I though we would never be able to sell him.

Finally Di Maria is at a team I don't hate again (since Benfica).

I've just finished watching Bayern - Wolfsburg.

I know he was very expensive, but still I am quite surprised that no English teams had tried to get Douglas Costa. Despite being from Brazil he plays like old fashioned Brittish winger and he's actually very good. Have no idea how he will survive under Guardiola long term.

Douglas Costa was very heavily linked with Chelsea earlier in summer

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Di Maria must now go down as one of the all time biggest flops in England.

wickham is well over priced but has time to improve - they did need a striker though.

Gayle is good but can't play CF in a 4-3-3 or 4-5-1 and I'm not sure Bamford will be good enough.

He was great at converting through balls/cut backs at 'boro when they were on top but could offer nothing in key games like Watford away and Nowich at Wembley.

Tidy player but lacks oomph and contributes nothing when not scoring.

Championship is about Deeney, Jerome, Murphy, Gestede - not 1980's poachers like Bamford, Le Fondre and Rhodes so massive lolz if 'boro pay big money for Rhodes.

Gestede is nthing fancy but as good in the air as any CF playing in England so could work if Villa play a crossing game.

Di Maria is a flop but spent too much time playing in the middle third rather than the final third and is a world class player.

I would have thought Iarmolenko's destroying of Baines/Everton last season would have won over some doubters and it would be great to have in the EPL entertainment wise though Konaplyanka is perhaps the signing of the summer on a free and sham he didn't come to EPL.

Expect another hugely disappointing season in Europe for English sides - the home grown quota was a great idea, its worked wonders in Russia and China and having 70 English players in a 6/10 league is obviously much better than having 35 in a 9/10 league          

Fey - what is Berghuis like, apart from having the obligatory shit, over-gelled haircut favoured by modern day dutch lads that no one over here would be seen dead in post '91 ?

Only frat boys were their hair still like that, but tbh, he is a great player and wanted him to come to us! Espcially now KoaB has left.

Also, im so sad Watford bought Jurado rather then Immers. Immers is the ultimate Epl footballer.

Rondon going to WBA for £15m. Poor old Rickie Lambert.

New contracts signed by James McCarthy and Kevin Mirallas should put to bed rumours about them leaving Everton... at least during current transfer window.

Wondering about clauses in the latter contract though, wouldn't be surprised with a low release clause or something like this.

Oh, great. We're supposedly in talks with Joey Barton.

Good player if you recognise he's not a proper CM, and definitely not a DM.

Salomon Rondon officially in WBA, 12m pounds is reported price. I would gladly take Brown Ideye on loan to Goodison Park if it would be possible. Not sure how Rondon will do in Pulis-ball, but he is a high quality striker.

Xherdan Shaqiri very close to finalize his transfer to Stoke City. He agreed to move there after all, price is also 12m pounds. Should do great for Stoke. Of course Everton wanted him too... but we only offered to loan him from Inter  

Kimbo wrote:Good player if you recognise he's not a proper CM, and definitely not a DM.

So who is he then? Definitely not a wide midfielder.

stinger wrote:Salomon Rondon officially in WBA, 12m pounds is reported price. I would gladly take Brown Ideye on loan to Goodison Park if it would be possible. Not sure how Rondon will do in Pulis-ball, but he is a high quality striker.

Xherdan Shaqiri very close to finalize his transfer to Stoke City. He agreed to move there after all, price is also 12m pounds. Should do great for Stoke. Of course Everton wanted him too... but we only offered to loan him from Inter  

Kimbo wrote:Good player if you recognise he's not a proper CM, and definitely not a DM.

So who is he then? Definitely not a wide midfielder.

His best form for us came as a RM(but tucked in, not a winger) in a 4-4-2, with Danny Simpson making overlapping runs. His biggest strength is his crossing and long passing, but he needs space to do it, because he's an aggressive tackler people think that's what he's good at, that's just something that can come in useful if you're outnumbered in midfield. Our main attack at the time was basically Barton crossing it for Carroll and Nolan. I think he's been misunderstood as a player most of his career.

I see a similar case with Sissoko now, so many people want him to play at DM or CM because that's where FM says he should play, and because he's a big athletic guy, but if you're going to get the best out of him he needs to be in a position that gives him more space, and he also doesn't really have the close technical skills for congested area's. Managers seem to understand this though, Deschamps plays him wide, McClaren has said that's where he will play, and even Pardew played him there.

Joey Barton is stealing a living now. Belongs in the championship.

Good signings for Stoke and WBA though. Berahino off to Spurs?

Luis wrote:Joey Barton is stealing a living now. Belongs in the championship.

Good signings for Stoke and WBA though. Berahino off to Spurs?

Difficult to say. Probably though WBA would be going for a different forward to Rondon if Berahino would be leaving. He seems more as a replacement to Ideye.

We've had a bid accepted for Nugent. Not quite Rhodes

stinger wrote:

Luis wrote:Joey Barton is stealing a living now. Belongs in the championship.

Good signings for Stoke and WBA though. Berahino off to Spurs?

Difficult to say. Probably though WBA would be going for a different forward to Rondon if Berahino would be leaving. He seems more as a replacement to Ideye.

Remember that they are managed by Sam Allardyce's more backward cousin these days. Pulis is a football terrorist, if they lose Berahino he will be sitting around looking at stats to try and find a young Peter Crouch. POMO is everything.

Enrique going to WBA. What happened to you Jose. I don't think a player has ever crashed and burned after leaving us as badly as him.

Shaqiri officially signed by Stoke.

Will he deliver? Or maybe he will repeat one Andy van der Meyde (also brought from Inter years ago after having been told to get lost) lack of success at Everton?

Mental signing...didnt he just went to Inter?

So which of Clasie, Cabaye, Shaqiri, Rondon, Wijnaldum and Affelay is going to be the best signing I wonder?

ALLL of them

Isco Benny wrote:So which of Clasie, Cabaye, Shaqiri, Rondon, Wijnaldum and Affelay is going to be the best signing I wonder?

Payet.

Oh, and supposedly we want to sign Lucas from Liverpool.

Kimbo wrote:Enrique going to WBA. What happened to you Jose.  I don't think a player has ever crashed and burned after leaving us as badly as him.

Andrew Carroll ?

I think Carroll is still a decent player when he plays, he didn't prove as much as Enrique though, he moved too soon.

Does Carroll still exist?

Enrique is a disgrace. Him and Borini just won't take the hint - we don't want them any more ffs.

Our left back options are shocking though - hoping we can sign one before the window shuts.