Summer Transfer Window 2018

[Gazz]

12 minutes ago, Lineker said:

It isn't just @Benji who hates WHISYWIG then

Leicester got a decent fee for him though.

[Lineker]

Higuain has joined AC Milan on loan. Bonucci returns to Juventus in return (plus Mattia Caldara).

[The Lusophone]

7 hours ago, Lineker said:

Higuain has joined AC Milan on loan. Bonucci returns to Juventus in return (plus Mattia Caldara).

Mental.

In other news:

 

Only just noticed that Chelsea, who are surely now in on the joke, sent 35-year-old goalkeeper Eduardo on loan to Vitesse earlier this month.

— Adam Hurrey (@FootballCliches) July 31, 2018

 

 

[Kaney]

I love the idea of Chelsea just 'sending' people to Vitesse whether they want them or not, like the player turns up and the Vitesse manager is all quietly panicking and nervously wondering where they keep coming from.

[stokeriño]

I could have sworn Eduardo's contract was allowed to expire at the end of last season...

Edit: Oh yeah, that's right. He was included in the Released List and then re-hired a few days later specifically to be loaned out. Clearly a direct favour to Vitesse, that one.

[Hobo]

9 hours ago, Kaney said:

I love the idea of Chelsea just 'sending' people to Vitesse whether they want them or not, like the player turns up and the Vitesse manager is all quietly panicking and nervously wondering where they keep coming from.

I like the idea that it's just a random lottery with every player whose ever had a Chelsea contract in it.

Like the year Frank Sinclair went there on loan despite being in his 40s

 

[Noah]

Reading an article from some manchester news service claiming that Jose has been working us all along, painting a bleak picture and looking like a man struggling to cope, to get the powers that be to cough up the dough to get the last 1/2 signings he wants.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-utd-jose-mourinho-row-14971452.amp

Edited August 1, 2018 by Noah

[DavidMarrio]

Nah he's just a miserable winging arse

[FLiam]

48 minutes ago, Hobo said:

I like the idea that it's just a random lottery with every player whose ever had a Chelsea contract in it.

Like the year Frank Sinclair went there on loan despite being in his 40s

 

I actually went and checked Frank Sinclair’s Wikipedia.

[stokeriño]

I remember the theorising about every Jose grump like it was all some Secret Master Plan... Thoroughly amusing, in hindsight.

[FLiam]

Remember when Jose Mourinho was a “breath of fresh air” to the Premier League? 

Now he’s just a toxic waste dump. 

There were actually some Arsenal fans wanting him to takeover this summer. That would have been horrendous.

[stokeriño]

1 minute ago, Liam Mk2 said:

There were actually some Arsenal fans wanting him to takeover this summer. That would have been horrendous.

If we secure an arrangement where every Jose press conference is immediately followed by one by (a possibly drunk) Arsene Wenger, just saying whatever the fuck he wants, then I would be all for this.

[Naitch]

Journalist: What did you think of the lamp post you walked into on your way here?

AW: I didn't see it. *scoffs a doner kebab*

[FLiam]

Anthony Martial has reportedly been fined two weeks wages for going AWOL after he didn't return to United's pre-season training camp in the States. 

He really sounds like he wants to be at the club right now. 

[Gazz]

Everton have apparently bid £30m for Rojo. 🤣

[Noah]

On Rojo, a United friend on twitter thinks we'd be mad to get rid of a proven performer like him to fund a move for a one season wonder like Harry Maguire.

Edited August 1, 2018 by Noah

[Adam]

2 hours ago, Gazz said:

Everton have apparently bid £30m for Rojo. 🤣

At this point I'm starting to enjoy the ongoing joke that is Everton FC.

Christ, am I describing a "banter era"? Still not sure what one of those is.

[FLiam]

Crystal Palace have signed Cheikhou Kouyate from West Ham on a four-year deal.

They also remain in talks with Max Meyer. Which is still potentially an odd transfer for me.

[Lineker]

Lucas Digne to Everton is a good deal.

[Noah]

I imagine the Kane to United rumors only started again because the press got wind of Utd getting that sweet Rojo money.