Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[Hobo]

Ibe going does not seem at all surprising. He'll probably do quite well there.

[Noah]

@Mick needs to be tagged again, for no particular reason.

[Mick]

20 minutes ago, Noah said:

@Mick needs to be tagged again, for no particular reason.

 

[Benji]

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

Bournemouth have had a £15m bid accepted for Jordon Ibe. 

He's not worth one Alan Shearer!

[Adam]

56 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

In this market with Deeney rated £30 million or so we're told by the papers, 15 for Ibe isn't overly ridiculous.

The thing is they're both ridiculous. Deeney at least has proven to be worth a good amount, but Ibe? What has Ibe really done to be worth that? That's a lot of money for a team like Bournemouth, so they obviously think he can be a key player for them right away.

[Noah]

6 minutes ago, Benji said:

He's not worth one Alan Shearer!

How many @Mick's is he worth?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

[The Lusophone]

37 minutes ago, Adam said:

The thing is they're both ridiculous. Deeney at least has proven to be worth a good amount, but Ibe? What has Ibe really done to be worth that? That's a lot of money for a team like Bournemouth, so they obviously think he can be a key player for them right away.

I don't think it is a lot of money for any Premier League team nowadays. With the TV deal - and Bourneouth's mysterious Russian tycoon owner Maxim Demin - clubs are going to be able to spend upwards of that amount on multiple players much more often than before. The market - and player wages - are about to explode in terms of how much clubs are going to pay for players. £15 million is the new norm.

[Baddar]

Sky Sauces: Man Utd open talks over 100m transfer of Paul Pogba.

[Rich]

8 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

I don't think it is a lot of money for any Premier League team nowadays. With the TV deal - and Bourneouth's mysterious Russian tycoon owner Maxim Demin - clubs are going to be able to spend upwards of that amount on multiple players much more often than before. The market - and player wages - are about to explode in terms of how much clubs are going to pay for players. £15 million is the new norm.

MJ is right, when you have James Tomkins moving for £10m, £15m (or one Alan Shearer) is not as ridiculous as it sounds on paper.

[Gazz]

Jordan Ibe is 2.17 Diego Maradona's!

[Rich]

He is 1,304 Stanley Matthews!

[The Lusophone]

How many Hugh McLenahan's can I get for that?

[Adam]

40 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

I don't think it is a lot of money for any Premier League team nowadays. With the TV deal - and Bourneouth's mysterious Russian tycoon owner Maxim Demin - clubs are going to be able to spend upwards of that amount on multiple players much more often than before. The market - and player wages - are about to explode in terms of how much clubs are going to pay for players. £15 million is the new norm.

Good point, I guess it becoming the norm is just something I'm not at all getting used to yet. I forgot that James Tomkins just cost Palace £10 million as well.

I see Leeds have signed Kemar Roofe from Oxford for £3 million. They're actually building a proper football league squad it seems, have a good manager in place. They might be dangerous this season if Cellino keeps his itchy finger off the trigger.

[Gazz]

I reckon my squad have got to be worth £40m collectively.

[Adam]

2 minutes ago, Gazz said:

I reckon my squad have got to be worth £40m collectively.

They are young and, presumably, English so they should all have a starting value of £5mil each right off the bat.

[MDK]

My left peg is worth 150k at least

[Gazz]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

They are young and, presumably, English so they should all have a starting value of £5mil each right off the bat.

They are and at least four of them love running down the wings into cul-de-sacs and either shooting from an acute angle, falling over or crossing in ten feet over the head of any attackers so it goes out for a throw in and they've all got 14 years of extra future playing time on Raheem Sterling.

[MDK]

1 minute ago, Gazz said:

They are and at least four of them love running down the wings into cul-de-sacs and either shooting from an acute angle, falling over or crossing in ten feet over the head of any attackers so it goes out for a throw in and they've all got 14 years of extra future playing time on Raheem Sterling.

They need a proper coach that teaches them to kick people 10ft in the air

[Baddar]

Valdes to Boro is done. 2 year deal.

[brenchill]

8 minutes ago, Baddar said:

Valdes to Boro is done. 2 year deal.

Who was in goal for them last season?  Is Valdes an improvement?  He hasn't done a lot in recent years.