The 2010 Summer transfer thread

[ONO]

If I were Villa I'd use some of that £18m to buy a striker.

Erm...Robbie Keane, maybe? [/random punt]

Bah, no. In all honesty I want the new manager to bring in a striker. There is plenty of young talent out there that we can buy. A lot of the fans are sick of buying solely within the UK market. Spurs will overvalue Keane and he's 29. I'd rather we went for a 25-26 year old from abroad for half the price.

[brenchill]

When City come knocking with the valuation of a player + £10 + Stephen Ireland you can't really say no. It's just sad that when a team like Villa, Spurs or Everton find a break out star they end up being poached by the upper echelons of the league. Apart from a sugar daddy buy out that will prevent anybody breaking the top four.

[Crybaby Bunting]

And Kevin Prince-Boateng has been sold for 5 million pounds to Genoa, who are loaning him to AC Milan for the season, with Milan looking to make the move permanent. Just seems like a silly process there.

Reminds me of when Barcelona bought that Keirrison (I think?) only to loan him to Roma with a buy out clause

[Pesci]

If I were Villa I'd use some of that £18m to buy a striker.

Erm...Robbie Keane, maybe? [/random punt]

Bah, no. In all honesty I want the new manager to bring in a striker. There is plenty of young talent out there that we can buy. A lot of the fans are sick of buying solely within the UK market. Spurs will overvalue Keane and he's 29. I'd rather we went for a 25-26 year old from abroad for half the price.

Yeah you could really do with a bit of (and I'm sorry for using the lazy English pundit way of describing it but I can't think of a better way) "contintental flair". A new, preferably creative striker would be a good investment to take some of the strain off of Gabby and big John.

[Guest Jacob]

Personally i want us to go after Asamoah Gyan. He really impressed me in the world cup.

[Crybaby Bunting]

I'm hearing that Mohamadou Sissoko has just signed for Killie on a one year loan

How the hell does that work? He was billed as one of the brightest young talents in football... yet is going to be hacked to death by some Baltic midfielder whilst playing for a midtable club in the SPL.

Unless I'm thinking of another Sissoko... but that isn't exactly an uncommon name >_>

EDIT: copying names from BBC usually ends up messing up the whole post and I'm too lazy to change it >_>

Edited August 18, 2010 by The General

[Rich]

According to BBC Sport Blackpool have agreed a fee with Bournemouth for Striker Brett Pitman

[METALMAN]

I'm hearing that Mohamadou Sissoko has just signed for Killie on a one year loan

How the hell does that work? He was billed as one of the brightest young talents in football... yet is going to be hacked to death by some Baltic midfielder whilst playing for a midtable club in the SPL.

Unless I'm thinking of another Sissoko... but that isn't exactly an uncommon name >_>

EDIT: copying names from BBC usually ends up messing up the whole post and I'm too lazy to change it >_>

This summer we have signed both Sissoko and David Silva!

And I wish we were a midtable club.

[Pesci]

Good, Brett Pittman is a fucking beast! And yeah General, you've got the wrong Sissoko. This one is a nobody. Mohamed Sissoko played for Liverpool.

[METALMAN]

Actually this is the good Sissoko. Mohamed Sissoko is a nobody.

[therockbox]

Mohamed Sissoko is a nobody.

[METALMAN]

Oh you don't need to worry about him anymore. You have Poulsen!

[Dan]

Sissoko was only good when he Davids glasses.

[Emperor DC]

Can't believe Pitman is off.

Another bright talent we have brought through and sold on. Good record but what could have been had he stayed.

[Crybaby Bunting]

I fully expect Killie to now buy a young Spanish nobody called Cristiano Ronaldo

[ONO]

Unfortunately you can't really compete with a team that is playing in the top division.

[Pesci]

Actually this is the good Sissoko. Mohamed Sissoko is a nobody.

Oh him. I assumed because of the Mohamadou thing he got the guy mixed up with Momo. There's no excuse for getting Moussa and Mohamadou mixed up though.

[Emperor DC]

Unfortunately you can't really compete with a team that is playing in the top division.

I agree, it's still a shame though.

Pitman has real potential and was improving at a rapid rate under Howe and Tindall.

I think it's a move too early for him in all honesty. A bit like Sam Vokes, whose career has gone downhill since leaving, though that had to happen as we'd have gone to the wall without the money.

Still though, the money gained can go toward paying for Pugh, paying some debt off and potentially securing another couple of players in January if they are needed.

Wait and see I guess.

[ONO]

There definitely are some players that should stay in the lower divisions for an extra year or so and gradually move up, but if he thinks he can do a decent job at a higher level then he has to go for it.

[Emperor DC]

Well he is certainly confident in his ability. I hope he succeeds as it would look good on the club and Joe Roach who has been incredible for us over the years in terms of blooding young players and securing our financial and on the pitch future.

I just don't see him getting many games and he'll end up at square one or below by this time next year.