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Transfer Tweets - Summer 2017 | Keep it on topic
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Barcelona should confirm Valverde as manager around 8 o'clock tomorrow.
I was sarcastic
They will sign one player of these I reckon, and I have a feeling it will be Fabinho.
Went right over my head.
BBC also reporting Ederson to City deal close; also confirm interest in Mendy.
I thought he was the more likely of the two for Mourinho, due to him being Portuguese and the Mendes connection. Plus the reports from France.
Fabinho would definitely make me happy.
It was more the type of player he is that left me feeling it wasn't overly likely, we haven't been linked with Lemar at all sadly.
Fabinho/Herrera/Pogba midfield 3 would be pretty good I think.
Going by our last summers, that's a good thing and makes it more likely.
True, I mean Mkhi came out of nowhere, we weren't linked, it was Arsenal that were in for him and then all of sudden we'd made an offer and Raiola was throwing chairs around.
Im convinced some of the people currently slaughtering the mere idea of this move would be on the verge of suicide if he signed for Chelsea and ever managed to score a goal for them
Im very annoyed by the attirude that has sunk in on this forum recently towards just about every player we have been linked to this year. Not every player needs to be a galactico.
Tho even Griezmann (very much a galactico) was called 'not exciting' the other day... what chance does Michael Keane have with this crowd?
Eh?! Mkhitaryan was obvious for weeks.
Good times.
Those were the halcyon days!
It took a couple of weeks to get done but before we made an actual bid we were not linked with him, we were linked with Embolo, then all of a sudden we'd made a bid for Mkhi.
Those were the halcyon days!
It took a couple of weeks to get done but before we made an actual bid we were not linked with him, we were linked with Embolo, then all of a sudden we'd made a bid for Mkhi.
I recall a longer process for mkhitaryan, longer than 2 weeks. He was making a fuss to leave for us all the way back in the final game of the season for Dortmund where he refused to take a pen.
I don't recall him being linked to Arsenal (it was vardy and Mahrez mostly).. But certainly linked to us for a long time. At least a month.
You mean Bailly? That deal was done in like 3 days
It was Arsenal at first.
If I remember correctly, JanAageFjortoft was the first to link Mkhitaryan to United after everyone was 'certain' he was joining Arsenal
The first thread on him in the Caf transfer forum was June 9th, that was when we got linked to him, Raiola said he wanted to come here on June 14th, they turned down our first official bid on June 15th.
Any chance of setting up a thread just for tweets??
At the top of the page under the banner
We used to have one but it was the case that the discussion thread would get posted in while the tweets only thread got neglected. Best compromise is this addon which shows just the tweets from this thread.
Yeah.. and we didn't sign him until like, July?
Hmmm
Yep, but the point was that we were not linked with him until June 9th and we made an official bid within a week of that, so he wasn't a player we were linked to for months like say Griezmann or Pogba last year, we were linked out of the blue and bid officially a few days later so no longer speculation, it just took us 3 weeks to haggle the price with Dortmund.
I agree.. But at the same time it's not like we signed him out of nowhere either.
Anyway, I forgot what we were discussing in the first place, apologies!
How is this possible? They are champs and we finished 6th.
Can only guess it's the result of doing leg work for a month over Chelsea.
Lol, just that we've not been linked with Lemar so he could be like Mkhi, a sudden surge out of the blue in comparison to players the media have linked us with for months.
Obviously we're still desirable to players... and Mourinho has been putting some legwork in for this transfer over the past couple of months (watching Perisic play for Croatia). Things like that mean a lot to players.How is this possible? They are champs and we finished 6th.
How is this possible? They are champs and we finished 6th.
This and a first team role - where would he play at chelsea?
He is the perfect coach for Suarez then.
Perfect opportunity to sell Perreira to Benfica with a buy back clause. But knowing us, we wont do that.
Keane has no chances, we should not sign him. Wasnt good enough 2 seasons ago and he still isnt good enough.
He would be perfect as their right wing back on either flanks. I do rate him, but let hope Chelsea ain't that interested & hike the price. With Inter has no European football next season, hopefully there is a clause that can help pushing the transfer through at lower price.
Hopefully we'll learn - unless either Romero or DDG are leaving AND nobody else is coming in, there's little point keeping Perreira playing in the reserves. Sale with buy back to Benfica would be ideal...
They mentioned during the Copa del Rey that Barcelona might be after a CB maybe two. Wonder if he will go after Laporte?
Tbf I wouldn't rate Pickford on his Sunderland season. Ben Foster looked amazing in a game where they have 20+ shots per game against them.
It is in games where they expect not to be tested and then the opposition break through that a top class keeper makes a save, when they are still alert despite doing nothing.
That was Ben Fosters undoing and I think the same will be of Pickford.
Quick one - those going crazy over City building the most unbeatable team ever and how we are in for Perisic and he is nowhere near their standard of signing - that's 65 million quid on 2 goalkeepers Pep will have spent - one of them already deemed a failure in Bravo- just because they are signing players don't mean they are going to be good, wait until we're a month in and they are running away with the league playing like Barcelona mark II.... oh wait.
My point being is have a little perspective . Mourinho rarely gets it wrong in the transfer market so have a little patience. He's had the odd dud in his time but overall his record is phenomenal .
My point being is have a little perspective . Mourinho rarely gets it wrong in the transfer market so have a little patience. He's had the odd dud in his time but overall his record is phenomenal .
I call BS on the transfer fee, benfica own only 50% of ederson and i highly doubt they will take only 19mn for him.
Thats actually a decent fee for a keeper. I think it would be the 4th/5th highest fee paid for a keeper(the 19m)