2013 Summer Transfer Thread

[Crybaby Bunting]

If he wants to leave then why doesn't he make a transfer request instead of going to the media?

Oh yeah, because if he does so he loses his loyalty bonus and shaves around £2m off what he could get by signing somewhere else.

[stokeriño]

Your point being that...£2m is an insignificant sum that he shouldn't concern himself with?

[ZJ Penn]

More that he's insinuating he's greedy I think.

[Nerf]

I do agree with him though, in essence. Why should he get a "loyalty" bonus for not requesting a transfer, when he's doing everything else but to force a move?

It's farcical at best.

[stokeriño]

Because legal contracts are shitty and full of loopholes. Duh.

[TCO]

I think the fact that he hasn't put one in if anything is a bigger indication that he's serious about leaving. He had no issue doing it when he was just angling for a new deal back in 2010.

I think it's best for both parties to move on at this point. Rooney will be 28 soon, he's not happy with life there. United should get as good a deal as possible for him and get a fresh start. They've shown time and time again that nobody comes close to being bigger than the club.

[new_era]

Thanks for that Lineker, he played again tonight in a friendly against Gillingham, looks more than capable in the air, maybe less so when the ball is on the ground according to reports.

Veseli also played for 45 minutes and was the standout performer apparently, played right back. Hope Ipswich can make it permanent, the guy seems interested too.

Titus Bramble also played an hour! Joined up with the squad yesterday. He's been training with West Ham since his release from Sunderland.

[Nerf]

Because legal contracts are shitty and full of loopholes. Duh.

Yeah, definitely, but I'm talking morally, as silly as that is

[stokeriño]

You're bringing morality into contract clauses?

Come on now.

[TCO]

Titus Bramble actually played for West Ham against Cork City over here a week ago. They won 6-2 so the damage he did was limited.

[Hobo]

Didn't SAF say Rooney had made a transfer request and that is what started all this?

[brenchill]

Titus Bramble is on trial at Ipswich now.

[Plubby]

For which crime?

EDIT: Grah, munched half my post. Now it just looks like the least funny joke ever.

[stokeriño]

The rumoured mass Chelsea 'Class of 09/10' reunion at The Hawthorns has taken a bit of a setback as Florent Malouda has now joined Turkish side Trabzonspor on a free transfer.

[stokeriño]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*breathes*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Daily Mail claims Chelsea make a £10m plus Juan Mata bid for Rooney

I thought nothing could top the Mata to Barca rumour for "Most Outrageous Lie of the Transfer Window", but I think that's just been blown out of the water.

[Baddar]

We want 25m + Mata, no less.

[stokeriño]

We want 25m + Mata, no less.

Who do you think you are - Liverpool?

[stokeriño]

The same story has now flooded up everywhere (BBC, Telegraph, Times, etc.). Either they're all rushing to copy the same Mail story en masse (which, of course, wouldn't be a surprise), or someone is going around briefing every media outlet there is about this supposed rejected bid.

It wouldn't make sense for the briefer to be Chelsea or Rooney's agent. The only angle that I can comprehend would be Manchester United themselves inventing a "no see there was a serious bid from Chelsea but we rejected it because WE ARE STRONG RAWR" story.

Bit of an own goal seeing as half their fanbase's reaction would say "you rejected a chance to exchange Rooney for Mata plus cash are you goddamn crazy??"...

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Still couldn't believe when I read Malouda got released, I didn't know he was still there >_>

And if its a class I 09/10 reunion, can we expect Yuri Zhirkov to move to West Brom in the near future? Not that I'd mind, don't feel he ever got a fair chance at Chelsea.

Also, off-topic, but I feel the need to say how awesome your sig is considering you used Paint.

Edited July 17, 2013 by JeriCodeBreaker

[Jimmy]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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HAHAHA

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Daily Mail claims Chelsea make a £10m plus Juan Mata bid for Rooney

I thought nothing could top the Mata to Barca rumour for "Most Outrageous Lie of the Transfer Window", but I think that's just been blown out of the water.

This is amazing.

If I were United, I'd be offering Chelsea Rooney plus cash in the odd chance someone's gone crazy at Chelsea and accepts it. Mata at United would be insane. I just love the idea that the papers are really trying to insist that one of the top five players in the Premier League is being forced out of Chelsea.