He has a girlfriend? How did this come to light?
Gylfi Sigurdsson
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He has a girlfriend? How did this come to light?
May have slipped out once
Why exactly does the German club want to get rid of him?
Same reason they let ba and i think cisse go......piss poor management.
I am turning into a real sucker for this guy......would love us to sign him.
Yh wasn't he their player of the season last year?
Cisse didn't play for them (was at Freiburg) and Ba wanted to leave way earlier (he had an agreement with Stuttgart two years ago, but the deal fell through), he basically couldn't be arsed to turn up anymore. Hoffenheim are a bit of a plastic club and I can't blame players wanting to leave this place.
No idea why they loaned out Sigurdsson though.
yes and top goalscorer i think
You're thinking of Chinedu Obasi, not Cisse.
He said Ba, not Cisse
He said Ba and Cisse, meaning Papiss Cisse.
That club has been a circus since Rangnick left. No order or management. During the winter break more than a year ago Gylfi didn't even know when he was supposed to turn up for training anymore. He said that they would just call him and let him know.
They sold a lot of their better players. Don't know what their policy is really. The owner spent all this money to make them a Bundesliga team. Maybe he's just satisfied with them just being there now.
He said Ba, not Cisse
Whoopsies.
We're after him according to the Mirror.
I thought you meant 'we' as in United, and then realised you are a Geordie!
Nah he should go to a bigger club like Arsenal or Spurs, I would have him here too.
I think he's not top 4, good acquisition for Spurs or Liverpool.
Don't think arsenal or spurs would need him as they both have attacking midfielders already in Ramsey/Rosicky and vdv. Similarly I would think Liverpool would be looking at wingers as they have gerrard who'd they put in am if they went that way. Chelsea is a shout although if I were them I'd be looking at wingers so they could put mata in the middle. Even toon have Ben arfa. There aren't that many too teams who really need an attacking midfielder in the league right now. As I said before I wouldn't mind if we got him instead of a fourth striker as he offers something we don't have, has good character and I think could adapt to playing deeper if required. But it might be good for him to get a full season with Swansea in the pl just to see how he develops playing every game.
Yeh I agree. I like the look of him but something about him makes me think he's not quite cut out for one of big clubs (no disrespect Sewelly).
I think he'd fit in quite well at Newcastle to be honest. If they kept hold of their players they'd look like:
Tiote Cabaye
Ben Arfa Sigurdsson Ba
Cisse
Ben Arfa Sigurdsson Ba
Cisse
Presuming those players continue their form into next season that's a rather potent line up.
Well I said two or three weeks ago that Newcastle should go for him and there we are. They need a creative midfielder, Tiote and Cabaye aren't particularly bad at passing and stuff so it's not a huge issue but with a midfielder who could create something out of nothing like Sigurdsson they would move to another level. He wouldn't cost a fortune either and would fit in well into their policy.
I really like him (Gylfi) but Cabaye has been much better since we put him as the advanced player in the 3. Signing Sigurdsson means dropping him back into the deeper role where we were getting a lot of huff and puff but wasting his cutting edge.
I'd still take him though. Goals from midfield and a set-piece expert are other things we miss.
Yeh say what you want about Barton but his deliveries were part of the reason Carroll was so sucessful.
It was a two-way thing tbh. Barton's delivery was never that great, he just put it in the general vicinity consistently and Carroll used to make something out of it.
Cabaye would still do well in a slightly more advanced role behind the attacking midfielder, Tiote protecting the back 4, and Sigurdsson would be better at AM than Cabaye I think. Besides you need to buy 4 or 5 players in the Summer to make your squad bigger and formation more flexible, players like Sigurdsson would be great because they do exactly that. Knowing you there are probably going to be a few more signings from across Europe at good prices, have you heard any rumours about possible targets? Defenders have to be on the cards.
I completely agree about the making the squad bigger and more flexible, especially now we're almost certainly in Europe. I think there's something in this Sigurdsson rumour because Pardew has connections at Reading and spends a lot of time watching the Bundesliga, he also mentioned the player by name when he was asked about Cissé being the best January signing. However while we have done well bringing players in from European clubs this would essentially be signing a player who's already in the sights of English clubs. I'm not sure we're too keen on getting involved in direct bidding wars.
We've been linked to quite a few defenders now. Douglas (Twente), Yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier) and the two Belgian CBs at Ajax. At fullback Pieters at PSV seems to keep cropping up, Debuchy at Lille and somebody mentioned we were looking at Boilesen from Ajax.
I think most of the links are just putting two and two together because we've been seen to be watching those games. We've got to be looking at defenders though for sure, massive weakspots in the team.
Douglas would be another Boumsong from what I've seen.
Douglas is more or less a done deal from what I've read.
Twente fans seem to think he's fantastic, other Eredivisie followers not so positive. Not sure what to think.
He's got a beautiful shot on him. Maybe the most accurate long distance shooter in the PL?
Every shot seems to be on target or at least very close to it.
Every shot seems to be on target or at least very close to it.
He would be a fantastic signing for Newcastle no doubt, because Pardew likes the 4-5-1 formation.
I think Hoffenheim will want £8-10m for him.
Ba on the wing?
Yeah the dutch market could be very interesting for Newcastle......players like Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Dost, Van der Wiel or Peters.
But it looks like Newcastle will have not many english/british players in their starting XI next season........that's always sad.
Of course Newcastle's transfer business depends in which european competition they're playing next season but they should have a big eye on free agents like Bosingwa, Kalou, Montolivo, Hoilett, Rodallega or Farfan and some players from relegated PL clubs like Fletcher, Jarvis, Moses, (Martin) Olsson, McCarthy or a lot players from Aston Villa.
Those free agents would mostly demand high wages and Newcastle won't want to go there - they've only just recently managed to get rid of Owen and Duff who mercilessly drained their finances for ages. Someone like Hoilett might agree to play below £50k a week though.
As for the relegated sides, Jarvis will be a good addition for whoever decides to buy him. I think Bolton and Blackburn will go too in which case I don't see all that much talent in either side. Holden and Lee weren't bad at Bolton a while abo but I'm not sure how they've coped after injuries.
I would really hate to see him go to Liverpool; not just for the obvious reason but if there is to be a battle for his signature then I'd like us to show an interest. To me he seems like someone at the right age to develop in a number of roles of the pitch and justify his place in the squad if we are to let go some of the players many here think we might.
"all warm to the Icelander"
Brilliant
Brilliant
He seems like a sound Geyser too.
That made me chuckle actually.