Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Sky Sports just confirmed Schurrle to Dortmund.

[Rich]

3 hours ago, Jericode said:

Sky Sports just confirmed Schurrle to Dortmund.

Schurrle not?!

[Nerf]

DONE DEAL

Edited July 22, 2016 by Nerf

[Adam]

I've seen better leans.

[EddieG]

You leave the Dutch lean alone.  

[The Lusophone]

For some reason it reminds me of the 'I've never voted Tory before' posters from the 2010 election. >_>

[Rich]

21 minutes ago, Mad Jack said:

For some reason it reminds me of the 'I've never voted Tory before' posters from the 2010 election. >_>

You live an odd existance

[Colly]

Definitely photoshopped.

[FLiam]

French Eurosport are claiming that Mahrez is close to finalising a £41.8m move to Arsenal.

[Benji]

Fucks sakes. At least sell them to someone outside the same league.

[Just Joe]

If you can't beat them, buy all their players.

[stokeriño]

£41.8m sounds like a figure that's a direct translation of 50m euros.

Has it got so bad that even Arsenal and Leicester are trading in euros now?  

[Baddar]

That'd be a great signing for them. It's a shame Leicester haven't been able to hold on to Mahrez and Kante, but there was a sense of inevitability about it. I hoped they'd give the CL a crack.

[TCO]

Good signing but shouldn't they be signing a striker?

[Nerf]

Just now, TCO said:

Good signing but shouldn't they be signing a striker?

Is Welbeck injured?

Cause, honestly, Giroud is good enough to challenge for the league, but the depth behind him isn't great if Danny's gone down again.

[Kaney]

As massively pleased as I'd be getting Mahrez, I'm the same, I hoped when Vardy knocked us back they'd be able to keep the squad together for a champions league run.

[TCO]

Just now, Nerf said:

Is Welbeck injured?

Cause, honestly, Giroud is good enough to challenge for the league, but the depth behind him isn't great if Danny's gone down again.

I don't think Arsenal will realistically challenge until they have someone scoring for fun up front again. Giroud hasn't really done that.

Also Higuain is having a medical at Juve for roughly stupid money for a near 29 year old. Pretty much confirms Pogba to United I'd imagine too!

[The Lusophone]

24 minutes ago, Just Joe said:

If you can't beat them, buy all their players.

Works for Bayern.

[FLiam]

32 minutes ago, TCO said:

I don't think Arsenal will realistically challenge until they have someone scoring for fun up front again. Giroud hasn't really done that.

Also Higuain is having a medical at Juve for roughly stupid money for a near 29 year old. Pretty much confirms Pogba to United I'd imagine too!

I think that if we had Mahrez coming in we might just be able to get away without signing a striker. Not that I'm saying we shouldn't, but with Giroud, Sanchez and Mahrez there should be enough goals there.

If Mahrez does leave, I think Vardy will really regret not signing for us.

[TCO]

I love stats and data, so I was looking at the Premier League Champions and their respective top scorer each season and made a table to analyse it. 

The lowest scoring top scorer for a Premier League winning side was Chelsea's Frank Lampard in 04/05 who scored just 13 goals. So maybe it is a myth that you need a 20 goal striker. Although the average of the Champions' top scorer is 20.9 goals. so who knows? I dub it the Daniel Sturridge Line.

Edited July 23, 2016 by TCO