Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[DavidMarrio]

Can't see us signing Joe Hart when we would still have Mignolet on the books but I would rather us have Joe Hart than Mignolet any day.  

[Lineker]

David Moyes has confirmed Sunderland have made a bid for Sevilla midfielder Vicente Iborra.

Vito Mannone is also set to miss three months with an elbow injury and as such Moyes refused to rule out a loan move for Joe Hart.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has confirmed the club expects to sign Juventus forward Simone Zaza.

[Lineker]

Valencia centre-back Shkodran Mustafi will travel to London this afternoon to undergo a medical at Arsenal, according to Sky Germany sources. The Germany international will sign a five-year deal at the Emirates.

[Lineker]

Blackburn fans everywhere will be relieved to hear that Shane Duffy has completed his move to Brightin.

[Szumi]

Zaza seems like an absolute cunt, and not just because of that horrendous penalty he took at the Euros. His constant back and forth throughout the summer makes him seem even more childish then your average footballer.

Cue the responses of "he'll fit right in at West Ham then"... 

Seriously though, West Ham are pretty incompetent. Spend all summer chasing targets they don't get, and now that they're finally landing the striker they need, it's after being eliminated from Europe. *Face palm*

[Lineker]

Zaza will fit right in at West Ham.

[Nerf]

6 hours ago, Baddar said:

Rumours this morning that Joe Hart could end up at Liverpool.

On one hand, it's another Englishman to add to their already impressive total. But on the other, it's a keeper prone to error like Mignolet. I think it's a definite step up though. The papers seem to think he'll take a big pay cut to sign.

Not a chance. Karius wasn't brought in to sit on the bench.

[FestiveJack]

He's not even that much of a step up from Mignolet tbh.

[Lineker]

So this guy still plays football!

Also, Inter Milan are set to sign Gabriel Barbosa from Santos and Joao Mario from Sporting:

 

[R.W.]

2 hours ago, Lineker said:

Blackburn fans everywhere will be relieved to hear that Shane Duffy has completed his move to Brightin.

Good luck to the lad, always showed passion. Even if he had a calamitous last few weeks for us. 

See we've picked up Tommie Hoban on loan for a season to replace him. Always showed promise, and all the regulars in the pub who are season ticket holders at Vicarage Road say he has great potential, but seems a bit injury prone. 

[Lineker]

Sky sources understand Hull City have a bid accepted for Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall.

[Lineker]

Man City have loaned Oleksandr Zinchenko out to PSV for the season.

Swansea have agreed a £5m fee for Barnsley defender Alfie Mawson.

[TCO]

So apparently Newcastle are close to a deal for Daryl Murphy. 

In Rafa we trust I suppose? 

[Colly]

Bit of experience. Last time we took Lovenkrands back on a free and loaned Marlon Harewood. I doubt it's a massive fee so we've got an experienced striker at this level without splashing out on a Rhodes or McCormack.

[TCO]

It's not a bad signing, just an odd one. Martin O'Neill loves him and he's started over Shane Long plenty of times for us.  As a target man, there's very few better at that level.

[FLiam]

Wenger confirmed the signings of Mustafi and Perez in his post match interview. 

I would say we have quite a complete squad now. 

GK: Cech, Ospina, Martinez

DF: Koscielny, Mustafi, Gabriel, Mertesacker, Holding, Chambers, Bellerin, Monreal, Debuchy, Gibbs

MF: Coquelin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Elneny, Özil

FW: Giroud, Chamberlain, Alexis, Walcott, Iwobi, Perez, Welbeck, Gnabry, Akpom

Looks good on paper. Would expect Chambers to leave on loan now though.

[MDK]

Nine forwards? It's like me in FM.

[Adam]

Derby have spent £8 million (!) on Matej Vydra and are apparently willing to spend £15 million (!!!) on Jonathan Kodjia as well. Mental.

[MDK]

How much of that sweet, sweet PL money is dribbling down the leagues?

[Lineker]

Championship teams just going shit-or-bust to reach the promised land of the Premier League, it seems. 

Sky sources are now reporting that we're set to loan Nacer Chadli out to West Brom.