January 2017 Transfer Window Thread

[MDK]

4 minutes ago, TCO said:

Would Batshuyai be the first player to get relegated and win a Premier League medal in the same season?

Hmm?

[stokeriño]

35 minutes ago, TCO said:

Would Batshuyai be the first player to get relegated and win a Premier League medal in the same season?

If Chelsea do win the league and Swansea do get relegated and this transfer happens, then...probably.

I don't know how recently they relaxed the medals from being 'minimum X appearances' to 'whoever the club damn well likes', but it can't have been too many seasons ago surely?

(With that said, Batshuayi has made 12 PL appearances this season so would presumably have enough anyway.)

[Lineker]

They lowered it from 10 to 5 a few years ago. 

[Nerf]

And Micah Richards STILL didn't get one, if I recall correctly.

[stokeriño]

1 minute ago, Nerf said:

And Micah Richards STILL didn't get one, if I recall correctly.

Well he got one in 2011/12. In 13/14 he only made two appearances.

[DavidMarrio]

I thought they could just distribute the medals how they see fit now? I thought the winning club would get so many medals to give to players and staff within the club? I could just be chatting shit and have imagined this somewhere

[stokeriño]

This is what I've found:

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It used to be that only players with at least 10 appearances were allowed to get a winners medal.  Then that limit was lowered to 5.  Recently, the rule was changed altogether.  Now the champions get 40 medals to distribute as they see fit, with the stipulation that all players who made at least 5 appearances get a medal.  Any leftovers can be distributed as the club sees fit.

 

[Gazz]

Sid the kit man, more Premier League medals than Steven Gerrard.

[Colly]

I might start writing to Premier League champions on the off chance they have a spare one.

[MDK]

25 minutes ago, The Colly and the Ivy said:

I might start writing to Premier League champions on the off chance they have a spare one.

Write it with your weaker hand and use a crayon. And say you have a terminal illness. 

[Kyle]

That's more like it.  

 

[Adam]

Great signing that should be, and very welcome timing with Gueye off to the AfCon.

[Baddar]

Yeah. Gonna miss Schneiderlin but 22m back for him is good business.

[MDK]

Seems like Payet is leaving West Ham. Wonder how much they will get for him? A hell of a lot less than before the start of the season.

[DavidMarrio]

I hope Sunderland put a bid in of 5mil for him. 

[Kyle]

They should sell him for thirty million and bring in Martial for twenty. It just makes sense.

[DavidMarrio]

2 minutes ago, Troy Saint said:

They should sell him for thirty million and bring in Martial for twenty. It just makes sense.

[Adam]

The fact Payet won't even train is pathetic, who behaves like that? He hasn't exactly set the world alight this season either. Apparently Marseille want him back and he wants to go.

[Baddar]

It seems Everton are offloading Tom Cleverley, with Schneiderlin coming in. He's off to Watford on loan. 

[Kyle]

No more Cleverley popping up as a winger? Solid business.