Transfer Tweets - Summer 2017 | Keep it on topic

el3mel said:
I was expecting Spurs to make a move for him. Don't know why they didn't.

Let's see. His transfer may be more active now with Sigurdsson coming.
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Good point. This could spark a couple of other transfer moves now.

Levy and Pochetino aren't afraid to do business late in the window but they do already have Erikson and Alli who play in a similar position which may explain why they're not seeming desperate.
 
MaxiPaxi said:
He was not going to play anyway. Anyway, Llorente is missing too.
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Rather play with Tami up front, tbh. Without Gylfi flinging in dead balls he'd barely have a touch of the ball anyway. Swans need to spend some of the cash they've just got and quickly. Unfortunately, I have little faith in our rectruitment. We've been linked with people like Nacer Chadli as replacements at ridiculous prices. If we don't up our pace and creativity it'll be another battle for 17th. Genuinely concerned what United may do on Saturday.
 
William_Meredith said:
Rather play with Tami up front, tbh. Without Gylfi flinging in dead balls he'd barely have a touch of the ball anyway. Swans need to spend some of the cash they've just got and quickly. Unfortunately, I have little faith in our rectruitment. We've been linked with people like Nacer Chadli as replacements at ridiculous prices. If we don't up our pace and creativity it'll be another battle for 17th. Genuinely concerned what United may do on Saturday.
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You will certainly be weaker without Gifi thats for sure, you have good reason to be worried.
 
BeforeKeanetherewasRobson said:
And play him where/instead of who?
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I'm thinking more of a squad player and really effective bench player. We have a lot of flashy players who play where Sigurdsson would play. So he offers something different.

I'd certainly be happier seeing Sigurdsson coming on when we need a goal, than bringing on Fellaini to play hoof balls into the box.
 
Sigurdsson no worse than Perisic at that fee one could argue. Also the former is Premier League proven.
 
Everton should finally be able to beat Liverpool now. Please come on
 
Kill 'em all said:
9 goals and 13 assists last season. He does provide good end product.
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Sure he's alright and gets decent numbers. But he's not a signing that screams ambition.

SilentWitness said:
Very happy despite the fee. We don't need to be shrewd anymore and he will improve us.
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If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
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You make it sound like he's not very good when he was one of the most productive and could be argued the best in his position in the league last season. We are only in the EL qualifiers so far too, so it's not like we can go for more talented players and i feel like you're doing him a bit of a disservice tbh, he's a good player.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Sure he's alright and gets decent numbers. But he's not a signing that screams ambition.


If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
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Everton have bought very well this summer they will be contending for 4th place this season with the squad they have. Sigurdsson is a good player for them, previously they would of signed someone like Tom Cleverly or Darren Gibson at least they've taken a step up in buying better players.
 
elnorte said:
Sigurdsson no worse than Perisic at that fee one could argue. Also the former is Premier League proven.
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Aye, but Sigurdsson isn't a winger, so the comparison doesn't really make much sense.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Sigurdsson for 45 million. The world has truly gone mad.
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It's an absolutely insane price.
Mad enough that the likes of Everton, who for years have pleaded poverty are shelling £45m, having already lashed through the Lukaku cash, but £45m on Siggy? Cripes.
And all for most likely the effect of at best standing still at 7th
 
Sandikan said:
It's an absolutely insane price.
Mad enough that the likes of Everton, who for years have pleaded poverty are shelling £45m, having already lashed through the Lukaku cash, but £45m on Siggy? Cripes.
And all for most likely the effect of at best standing still at 7th
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Evertons financial situation has changed dramatically since being bought out tbf.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Sure he's alright and gets decent numbers. But he's not a signing that screams ambition.


If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
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Disagree completely. Sigurdsson is about as good a signing as Everton could hope to make. Why would an Ousmane Dembele have any interest in going to Everton? No player of that level will join Everton. Sigurdsson is good enough to play for a top 4 PL team (though I don't agree that he would suit us). It's a very good signing that improves Everton significantly. They still need a proper goalscorer though. Rooney will get a decent number of goals, as will Sigurdsson and Sandro, but they're still missing a direct replacement for Lukaku. The rest of their team has improved over the summer.
 
Siggurdsson only had 5 assists from open play last season. He's good on set pieces though.
 
GlastonSpur said:
Lol ... you seem to imagine that Spurs didn't otherwise plan to sign any players :lol:. I doubt if Levy gives a flying feck what Rose does or not think.

As for Rose, the squad didn't back him. I hear that he got a frosty reception.
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Did you find that out from that same imaginary source that you said you don't know? Because that went really well for you last time...
 
themoyesboy said:
I think it's sad you can't have a different perspective without being accused of being a WUM. I've given my reasons why I think we should go for him. Am I not allowed to have that opinion and share it?

I can equally understand why people say he's not what we need. But I'd still like him if money wasn't an issue, but as I already conceded we don't have unlimited oil money to buy everyone we want.
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Tbf you said it was crazy we were not in for him. It was a bit of an exaggeration even based off of your rationale since the post.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Sure he's alright and gets decent numbers. But he's not a signing that screams ambition.


If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
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To be fair, he's PL proven, a transfer within the league, at an age close to his potential, a very good record for a relatively small club like Swansea. I'd say that is a good and progressive buy for a club like Everton. It's not like they've got the first pick of the best talents around.
They've done the best business in the window for me
 
Adnan said:
Siggurdsson only had 5 assists from open play last season. He's good on set pieces though.
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Playing for a team like Swansea that isn't a bad tally, especially added to his 9 goals. Set piece delivery is also very important so don't see why those assists should be discounted. You're acting like it's as easy to get huge goal and assist numbers for Swansea as it is for a club like City or even Everton
 
Dazzmondo said:
Playing for a team like Swansea that isn't a bad tally, especially added to his 9 goals. Set piece delivery is also very important so don't see why those assists should be discounted. You're acting like it's as easy to get huge goal and assist numbers for Swansea as it is for a club like City or even Everton
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He's a limited player that is very good on dead balls. Let's not pretend he's anything more. Swansea got a great transfer fee, welldone to them.
 
Kill 'em all said:
9 goals and 13 assists last season. He does provide good end product.
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amolbhatia50k said:
Sure he's alright and gets decent numbers. But he's not a signing that screams ambition.


If you don't need to earn shrewd anymore then sign more talented players. This signing is like going for the shrewd option but paying big for it.

He'll prolly do well for you but smacks of a signing to cement your position in the league rather than take you anywhere further.
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Sandikan said:
It's an absolutely insane price.
Mad enough that the likes of Everton, who for years have pleaded poverty are shelling £45m, having already lashed through the Lukaku cash, but £45m on Siggy? Cripes.
And all for most likely the effect of at best standing still at 7th
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He had better output than everyone bar Zlatan at united, whilst playing for Swansea but sure he's an average signing.
 
Adnan said:
He's a limited player that is very good on dead balls. Let's not pretend he's anything more. Swansea got a great transfer fee, welldone to them.
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Lol, nonsense. Well done to Swansea who have probably doomed themselves to relegation :lol:
 
SilentWitness said:
Very happy despite the fee. We don't need to be shrewd anymore and he will improve us.
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Do you not worry about the tactical set-up for the side? Pace isn't the be-all and end-all in football but the side seems to really lack dynamism; losing Deulofeu, Lukaku, and Barkley is a lot of legs. Replacements of Rooney, Klaassen, Sigurdsson seem respectable in ability(ish) but their style of play is a lot different. How was your opening game?
 
themoyesboy said:
You don't rate him? I think Mourinho would love him as an option, but unfortunately we are not backed by an oil state with unlimited funds.
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What you on about?

We don't have enough of a threat from the bench with players like Martial, Rashford, Mata/Mkhitaryan competing for spots?

To pay 45m for a player who wouldn't get into our first team would be stupid.
 
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