Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[The Lusophone]

Fuck off City, he's our promising young English talent to ruin.

[Lineker]

 

[MDK]

I hear he's shit

[Moses Julep]

Racist.

[Lineker]

Watford are close to signing Marseille defender Brice Dja Djedje, according to Sky sources. A fee of around £2m has been agreed between the clubs. Djedje will discuss personal terms and undertake a medical, with the Hornets hoping to conclude the deal this week.

Manchester City have agreed a deal to sign Argentinian goalkeeper Gerónimo Rulli for around £4m, with the 24-year-old set to join Real Sociedad on a season-long loan.

[The Lusophone]

Marseille are selling everyone.

[Rich]

3 hours ago, Mad Jack said:

Marseille are selling everyone.

The Stade Sell-odrome?!

[MDK]

3 minutes ago, Rich said:

The Stade Sell-odrome?!

[Lineker]

Schalke’s sporting director has confirmed that Leroy Sané will be leaving the club this summer, with Manchester City confident of completing a £42m deal for the Germany international. The 20-year-old, who has been on City’s radar since 2013, is understood to be keen to move to the Premier League despite his father stating on Monday that the forward could still move to Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. However, after Carlo Ancelotti admitted on Tuesday that Bayern are no longer interested in signing him, Pep Guardiola will be encouraged to hear Christian Heidel’s admission that Sané is set to leave the Bundesliga side. “Leroy has made it clear he would like to leave this summer,” he told Sky Sports. “We will consent to a transfer if Schalke’s conditions are met.”

[Nerf]

Ragnar Klavan is a DONE DEAL. No lean though.

Honestly, this summer is a refreshing change of pace. We're not just panicking and throwing all the money at ill-fitting 'names.' We're identifying areas of need, looking at players who fill that void, and moving for them regardless of name value.

[Lineker]

 

[stokeriño]

Keep seeing reports that Chelsea are making increasingly-ridiculous bids for Morata (that get rejected). Latest is 75m euros (£62m).

Honestly, is £60m really the going rate for strikers who can barely even scrape 15 goals per season in Italian football? Walk away FFS.

[Nerf]

39 minutes ago, stokeriño said:

Keep seeing reports that Chelsea are making increasingly-ridiculous bids for Morata (that get rejected). Latest is 75m euros (£62m).

Honestly, is £60m really the going rate for strikers who can barely even scrape 15 goals per season in Italian football? Walk away FFS.

Um, 15 goals in 16 starts is somehow a bad return?

Edit: Nope, he didn't score 15 league goals last season. But 7 in 16 starts is still nearly 1 in 2...

[stokeriño]

I was looking at the 15 in 46 appearances, so yes I wasn't aware of the start/sub ratio.

Although even that was 2014/15 - last year he got 12 in 47.

Maybe I'm still behind the times regarding what more-than-£60m should buy.

[Jimmy]

Guess you're paying more for potential? Ridiculous though.

[Lineker]

N'Koudou has passed his medical at Spurs. Should be officially announced before the weekend.

[Lineker]

Grant Hanley is closing in on a move to Newcastle from Blackburn. He has passed a medical.

Aston Villa say that Stiliyan Petrov will not be offered a playing contract, but will be offered a role at the club.

Adam Bogdan has now completed his season-long loan move from Liverpool to Wigan.

[Lineker]

The Daily Telegraph are reporting that Stoke have agreed a £13m fee to sign Joe Allen from Liverpool.

[The Lusophone]

Liverpool is Stoke's feeder team. >_>

[DavidMarrio]

Poor Joe Allen. He's done nothing wrong to be handed a punishment so severe