2011 Summer Transfer Window Thread

[Matt]

Not heard anything over the SMB yet but won't discredit it. We need a winger, preferably on the left as Malbranque is too slow and we'd need someone with a bit of speed who get beat a man rather than cutting inside all the time. Snodgrass would fit this bill right? And he's still young. Premiership quality would you say? I always quite liked Snodgrass in comparison to some of the other Leeds lot (which doesn't always say a great deal I'll admit) but always thought Snodgrass had something about him.

Snoddy doesn't have speed, but he can beat a man with his trickery. He can play on either wing, when he plays on the right he cuts inside, on the left he plays tighter to the touchline. Definitely Premiership quality, the only player in our squad I could say that about - the fact he's only broken into the Scotland squad this season is shocking, to be honest. His only major problems are that he can sometimes be lazy about tracking back and doing the defensive work and that he always seems to fade into mediocrity in the last couple of months of the season.

[IAceI]

To be fair he'll probably look light lightning after yet another season of Steeeeed at left midfield. I wouldn't be against signing Snodgrass - you heard a price quoted or anything? I don't even want to take a guess because of how massively wrong I could end up being.

[Matt]

I've not heard one mentioned but he's probably worth about £3m (£4m max), given he's only got 12 months left on his contract (I think), you're probably looking at £1.5m + bonuses, maybe £2m + bonuses at most.

[IAceI]

Those seem reasonable prices thanks to his contract issues. Still would hope we'd reach out to Wigan and see how much they'd be willing to sell Insomnia for. Unfortuantely knowing Whelan we'd come back with our tail between our legs I bet.

[Starvinho]

United have confirmed David De Gea signing, he will sign on July 1st.

[Summers]

De Gea to United is confirmed.

[Sam]

There have been a lot of rumours about him. I'm happy with that signing he's a top quality keeper.

[Matt]

For some reason, I thought that had been confirmed in January Here's hoping they suffer the same inability to find a goalkeeper that they did post-Schmeichel.

[Lord Nibbler]

Top 10 Things You Need To Know About David De Gea

I'm pretty stoked about De Gea. If he fulfills his potential, we could have that position sewn up for the next 15 years. Glad we took a chance on him rather than going for a "safer" signing.

[Pesci]

He should be awesome until Barca or Real want him

[Matt]

I just looked on Wikipedia to see if I could find the transfer fee (I couldn't, anyone know it?) and noticed he's exactly a year older than me... That's depressing.

[Pesci]

Pfft, why are you worried? You still have time to make it! I'm 6 months older, my time has passed

[9 to 5]

Why are any of you worried? Dean Ashton has retired and he is the same age as me.

[Pesci]

For a while there I was getting Ashton mixed up with Dean Windass and had some serious questions about your age.

[Matt]

Why are any of you worried? Dean Ashton has retired and he is the same age as me.

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[Starvinho]

I just looked on Wikipedia to see if I could find the transfer fee (I couldn't, anyone know it?)

About £17million according to the reports in the last few weeks.

[Starvinho]

Just hearing we've signed Jack Rodwell aswell in some sort of part ex involving Gibson.

Edit: Or someone is just bullshitting me, let me find out.

Edited May 24, 2011 by Starvinho

[Asuka's Gonna Kill You]

Wasn't it reported earlier that he's signed a new five year deal with Everton?

As for De Gea, fantastic signing, over the moon with that one.

Edit: Scratch that Rodwell part, that was last year, no clue why I've seen that report still floating around.

Edited May 24, 2011 by JohnnyPerfect

[9 to 5]

For a while there I was getting Ashton mixed up with Dean Windass and had some serious questions about your age.

No one on here would lie about their age would they, Pesci?

[HailtotheYo]

Wenger "very active" in window ....

Great, we're going to sign every 15yr old wonderkid on the planet.