Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[Nerf]

2 hours ago, Lineker said:

Crystal Palace have formalised their interest in Christian Benteke by submitting an opening bid worth £25m to Liverpool for the Belgium forward. The offer was tabled on the day Palace announced the signings of Andros Townsend, for what is currently a club record £13m from Newcastle United, and the France No2 goalkeeper, Steve Mandanda, for £1.4m from Marseille on a contract through to 2019. A fee of around £12m has also been agreed with West Ham United for the former England under-21s centre-half James Tomkins.

Everton have signed goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Championship side Fulham for an undisclosed fee.

And the bid has already been rejected. Honestly think we'll manage to get £30m for him. The signings of Matip, Karius and Mane are completely offset by the sales of Sinclair, Benteke and Skrtel, plus the former are all on lesser wages. Mental. Our net spend will be at £0 once the Skrtel and Bentekkers deals go through.

[brenchill]

Dortmund have confirmed Man Utd have signed Mkhitaryan.

[Adam]

So that's Mkhitaryan and Ibrahimovic added to the attack already, got to say Man Utd are shaping up nicely. Of course, they need to sort that defence out properly before they can be considered a threat still.

[brenchill]

Maybe we'll learn how to pronounce his name now he's in the PL.

[Adam]

They've changed the story now. Bid accepted yes, but no medical or personal terms agreed yet.

 

[Lineker]

Bournemouth have signed French striker Lys Mousset from Le Havre for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.

[Lineker]

Liverpool have had an £11.7million bid for Piotr Zielinski rejected by Udinese. The BBC report the Reds’ offer for the Poland midfielder has been snubbed by the Serie A club despite the fact an identical offer from Napoli had previously been accepted. Liverpool are understood to be hopeful of landing Zielinski at some stage, with the playmaker reportedly willing to see out the remaining two years on his Udinese contract before moving to Anfield on a free.

[brenchill]

SNUBBED, after they were EYEING a deal

[Sam]

7 hours ago, Adam said:

So that's Mkhitaryan and Ibrahimovic added to the attack already, got to say Man Utd are shaping up nicely. Of course, they need to sort that defence out properly before they can be considered a threat still.

We've already added Eric Bailly from Villarreal to do a bit of that. Proving to be a good summer so far in the transfer market. Who's next?!

Edited July 2, 2016 by Sam

[Baddar]

9 minutes ago, Sam said:

We've already added Eric Bailly from Villarreal to do a bit of that. Proving to be a good summer so far in the transfer market. Who's next?!

Spoiler

 

[MDK]

7 minutes ago, Baddar said:

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[Adam]

Goldberg and Phil Jones at the back? Immense, if only for the facial expressions.

[Szumi]

Michy Batshuayi, the striker who was adamant he wanted to play Champions League football, has officially signed for European-less Chelsea. Fee was undisclosed.

[DavidMarrio]

Tbf you'd expect Chelsea to be back up towards that end of the table next season. 

[stokeriño]

56 minutes ago, Rocky Horror Szumi Show said:

Michy Batshuayi, the striker who was adamant he wanted to play Champions League football, has officially signed for European-less Chelsea. Fee was undisclosed.

Fee was said to be 40m euros (£33m).

Having gone to the trouble of learning how to pronounce his name, I will probably never be bothered to say it in full and lazily call him Bats or Batsy ala Joker...

[Adam]

19 minutes ago, stokeriño said:

Fee was said to be 40m euros (£33m).

Having gone to the trouble of learning how to pronounce his name, I will probably never be bothered to say it in full and lazily call him Bats or Batsy ala Joker...

Bats for sure, just ask his international team mate Tobes.

[Kyle]

1 minute ago, Adam said:

Bats for sure, just ask his international team mate Tobes.

Let's just start calling Lukaku Lukez as well.

[Adam]

1 minute ago, Troy Saint said:

Let's just start calling Lukaku Lukez as well.

Big Rom, obvs.

[stokeriño]

Not least because there are two Lukakus.

[Kyle]

Just now, stokeriño said:

Not least because there are two Lukakus.

You bring a fair point. >_>