Transfer Tweets - 2016

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  • Manchester United are lining up a record-breaking bid for Real Madrid's James Rodriguez.
  • Willian has finally got some good news for Chelsea fans by declaring: 'Sign me up'.

  • Luke Shaw is making positive steps on the road to recovery from his horrific double leg break against PSV Eindhoven in September.

  • Mario Gotze will meet with Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer to discuss his future at the German Champions with Liverpool waiting in the wings.
  • Chelsea will not sign a striker this month despite on-loan Radamel Falcao being too unfit to play for his parent club, Monaco.

  • Jurgen Klopp says he snubbed a chance to fill Alex Ferguson's boots at Manchester United. The Liverpool boss was approached by Fergie himself three years ago.

  • Alexandre Lacazette has warned the Premier League's top clubs he will not move to England to warm their bench. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea have all been linked with the 24-year-old Lyon striker.

  • Liverpool are lining up a January offer for Southampton striker Shane Long.

  • Everton 'keeper Tim Howard is wanted by MLS side Colorado Rapids, who could offer him up to £2m per season.
  • Guus Hiddink has warned Chelsea not to do anything "stupid" in the transfer market. Hiddink believes clubs have to be "rather desperate" to sign new players in January.

  • The Chelsea transfer saga of last summer made a man of John Stones, says Everton manager Roberto Martinez.

  • Southampton risk star striker Graziano Pelle returning to Italy after delaying talks over a new contract. Pelle - wanted by both Juventus and Fiorentina - is into the final 18 months of his current deal.

  • Tony Pulis has called for the transfer window to be scrapped after claiming the "jungle" mentality it creates has messed with West Brom striker Saido Berahino's head.

  • Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers are interested in signing Aiden McGeady on loan from Everton.

  • Cristiano Ronaldo could be returning to England before Euro 2016...but only as part of the Portugal squad being lined up for a friendly with Roy Hodgson's side, potentially at Old Trafford.
  • Norwich have agreed an £8.5 million fee for Swiss international defender Timm Klose. Klose, 27, has grabbed his chance to play in the Premier League after dropping down the pecking order at German club Wolfsburg.

  • Liverpool are competing with Arsenal for Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams. The winger broke the record in Spain after being clocked at 22.2 miles per hour.

  • Arsenal are looking at Leicester's head of technical scouting Ben Wrigglesworth as they start an overhaul of their player recruitment system.

  • Harry Kane inspires the same fear that Romario and Ronaldo once did, claims Tottenham boss Pochettino

  • Celtic have opened talks with Manchester City over taking their best young talent on loan, with Patrick Roberts and Bersant Celina talked about.

  • Everton are facing a fight to land Sam Byram after Newcastle and West Ham launched attempts to hijack the deal. Leeds have accepted a £3m bid from the Merseyside club.

  • QPR could offer Chelsea striker Patrick Bamford a first-team lifeline.
  • Manchester United want Tottenham youth supremo John McDermott, influential in bringing through the likes of Harry Kane at White Hart Lane, to take over as their head of youth recruitment when Derek Langley leaves at the end of the season.

  • Tony Pulis is in a battle with former club Crystal Palace over a £1m bonus payment they made to him just before he left Selhurst Park
 
Kostur said:
Pretty stupid if the fee is just 4m quid to be fair, that we didn't take a gamble that is. It's a nothing money, we have no strikers and not that I'm a fan of Austin but he surely can score a goal.
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He has also struggled with injuries quite a bit this season. I think he's also the type of player who benefits from being the 'main man' at a club so a midtable club is probably about his level.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Bit of a crock, no? I don't think he's played much at all for QPR. It is a great fee though.
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Quick look at wiki says he's only played 16 games for QPR this season but in those 16 games he's scored 10. Lukaku pretty much plays every game though for us so i'm surprised we haven't tried to at least loan a striker in to provide solid back-up (Have Kone but it would be wrong to be reliant on him) since Tarashaj won't be here until the summer. Even if it went wrong 4m is easily replaced. He might be after big wages though.
 
Tosicsleftpeg said:
Watch him bang in goals and leave for a big fee.
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He'd be 27/28 with reservations about his fitness record. Nothing too big if he does make a move up.
SilentWitness said:
Quick look at wiki says he's only played 16 games for QPR this season but in those 16 games he's scored 10. Lukaku pretty much plays every game though for us so i'm surprised we haven't tried to at least loan a striker in to provide solid back-up (Have Kone but it would be wrong to be reliant on him) since Tarashaj won't be here until the summer. Even if it went wrong 4m is easily replaced. He might be after big wages though.
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Yeah, looks like he played a lot more than I expected. Hasn't played since the 15th of December though, so he has been out for a month then.
 
Terrific signing for both really. QPR paying for not letting him go in the summer, but it's worked out far better for Austin as he's in a club perfect for him, should play, should get the opportunities to bang them in which will potentially open up a world cup slot.

For comparison, Danny Ings completely stagnated at Liverpool, even before the injury....it was obviously he'd fall back in the pecking order once their summer dealings were finished.
 
Kostur said:
Pretty stupid if the fee is just 4m quid to be fair, that we didn't take a gamble that is. It's a nothing money, we have no strikers and not that I'm a fan of Austin but he surely can score a goal.
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There'll be large signing on fee going to Austin due to him being out of contract in the summer. The 4 Million fee quoted is likely to be what the clubs will have agreed for the sale.
 
Do we think Austin will be a starter for Southampton?

If so, that's a great move for him.
 
Damien said:
Isn't there some sort of limit on 'outside' players they can have? They've got Keane and Gerrard already and are interested in Lescott.
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They can only have 8 international players by default, but can trade international slots with other teams. The other limit is only 3 designated players that can be paid far higher wages than the salary cap allows, but maybe Cole would accept a regular contract with them?
 
Earthquake said:
They can only have 8 international players by default, but can trade international slots with other teams. The other limit is only 3 designated players that can be paid far higher wages than the salary cap allows, but maybe Cole would accept a regular contract with them?
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That's the one I was thinking of.
 
nokillingmoths said:
Awful opinion. If the right players are available, we should be in for them. We're nowhere near a title challenge and very thin on the ground as it is.
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Yes but they're not, or very rarely are in January.

LvG knew what he was going into the season with as the summer window closed, yet he still sold Hernandez and loaned Januzaj at the last minute, he shouldn't expect United to overspend on the potentially the wrong players to get him out of hole in January.

Save the money for the new guy in the summer unless something exceptional comes up now.
 
Anustart89 said:
Wasn't he supposed to be a massive talent? What happened there?
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To be fair, Dongou's development has been stalling for a a couple of years now. I hope he can make it somewhere else, he's capable of playing at a top level. He's only one player among many who had their contracts rescinded or sold this week by the club. Some see it as moves that the club wasn't able to do in the past summer due to the FIFA ban.

Academy management has been in a mess for a while though. Aitor the top scorer for Barca B this season had his contract rescinded last week. The most promising Left back we have Grimaldo was sold to Benfica for 1M! Yet we have Adriano and Matheiu as backup for Alba. Both are injured right now.
 
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