Transfer deadline day 2017/18

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William_Meredith said:
Uhm, we've just got one of the best young midfielders in Europe and one of England's most talented young strikers. Some things are not ideal, but it's far from a 'mess'.

Without Sigurdsson and Llorente the pace of our play should improve markedly. Counter-attacks were not existent last season because we couldn't stretch anyone or move the ball quick enough. We ended up resorting to lumping it into the box for the big man. Just kept us up, but it was painful to watch.
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You'll definitely be more exciting than the dross style of football you've played in the first 3 matches if you can get Sanches.
 
We really should be looking at alternatives for a CB. Southampton aren't selling Van Dijk and Lovren, Matip, Klavan and Gomez isn't good enough.

I'm happy with most of our dealings other than that but another midfielder would have helped.
 
12OunceEpilogue said:
Again today it looks up in the air: Aurier will slot straight in but looks risky, Barkley and Llorente again are squad additions rather than nailed-on first teamers. Either way it'll be interesting to watch you today, more so than United for sure :).
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But it's lacking a squad depth of quality that has cost Spurs in recent years, and with Champions League football, squad depth is probably more important to Spurs than chopping about with the first XI
 
Red Star One said:
23 pounds might be a decent price for Janssen, especially with today's market, but I'd rather spend it on a decent lunch than on Vinnie
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From what I've seen of him they'd be mad to turn that down. I wouldn't take the guy on a free, he's absolute trash.
 
The overinflation of the market (not that it wasn't before) has made the deadline more packed and excited. Clubs seem to have left things more to the last minute.
 
Ikon said:
But it's lacking a squad depth of quality that has cost Spurs in recent years, and with Champions League football, squad depth is probably more important to Spurs than chopping about with the first XI
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That's a good point, squad depth is definitely something they need to work on. However though I know there's obviously a place for signings you know aren't going straight in your best XI I've always thought the best way to improve a squad is to try to displace a first teamer with most of your new signings. If you're signing a guy purely as squad meat, barring perhaps a second choice keeper, it's worth questioning whether the guy is at the level you're at or aiming to reach.
 
starman said:
The overinflation of the market (not that it wasn't before) has made the deadline more packed and excited. Clubs seem to have left things more to the last minute.
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Maybe they wait til last minute hoping to get a cheaper deal from clubs wanting rid but were hoping for more bids that didn't come earlier. Gotta be some rhyme and reason why so many players move in one day. Can't just be desperation although I think that's the case in a good few of them.
 
Some of these fees, when £20m for a 32 year old Llorente looks like a decent deal compared to the rest you know it's absolutely fecked.
 
BREAKING NEWS

Leicester have had NO contact with Chelsea over Riyad Mahrez, reports of a bid are false, according to Sky Sources.
 
12OunceEpilogue said:
That's a good point, squad depth is definitely something they need to work on. However though I know there's obviously a place for signings you know aren't going straight in your best XI I've always thought the best way to improve a squad is to try to displace a first teamer with most of your new signings. If you're signing a guy purely as squad meat, barring perhaps a second choice keeper, it's worth questioning whether the guy is at the level you're at or aiming to reach.
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totally agree with this, City have done that for too long and it's cost us as players were brought in as squad fillers and we were left with an aging squad
 
Southampton’s position over Virgil Van Dijk remains unequivocal. He is going nowhere today – not to Liverpool and not to any other top club. Liverpool have been unable to initiate any talks with Southampton in recent weeks, after the warning they got from the Premier League for tapping up Van Dijk earlier in the summer, and Southampton have certainly not gone to them. There has been zero contact between the clubs and that will remain the case today – it has to, in light of the sensitivity over the tapping-up – and it means that there is zero chance of a deal. Southampton remain confident of reintegrating Van Dijk into the team after the window shuts.
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https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...lade-chamberlain-latest-live?CMP=share_btn_tw

VVD saga is over.
 
Anyone fancies a quick guessing game, will those players end up changing clubs today?

VVD - stays
Coutinho - goes
Lemar - stays
Alexis - stays
Mahrez - goes
 
Red Star One said:
Anyone fancies a quick guessing game, will those players end up changing clubs today?

VVD - stays
Coutinho - goes
Lemar - stays
Alexis - stays
Mahrez - goes
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I think Coutinho stays but Llorente goes:

VVD - stays
Coutinho - stays
Lemar - stays
Alexis - stays
Mahrez - goes
Llorente - goes
 
VVD: stays
Coutinho: stays
Lemar: goes (Barcelona)
Sanchez: stays
Mahrez: goes
 
Sanchez has to go surely ? Arsenal cannot let just 70 million go.

Can see Arsenal getting Draxler in to replace.
 
VVD - stays
Coutinho - stays
Lemar - stays
Alexis - goes
Mahrez - goes
 
VVD - stays
Coutinho - goes
Lemar - stays
Alexis - stays
Mahrez - goes
Willian - goes :devil:
 
Willian and Mahrez, both would strenght our squad. I would like to see some last minute rw signing.
 
Kaveh the Klown on sky with a pen acting like he's written some amazing information and then just tells us City have bid for Sanchez. Thanks mate for your insight.
 
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