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Summer transfer thread, AvB window wrap up pg 1527
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Am sure that we've identified who we want! Think we all agree though that we takes ages to sign players....thats obviously simply due to Levy haggling over the last 50p, which therefore makes the selling club not commit to a deal initially unless a better deal comes along later in the window. Alternative would be for us to pay 10%-20% more or whatever per transfer but then we wouldnt have the cash to buy as many players
chelsea have Marin and Hazard
L'pool have a new manager
Utd have the japanese chap
Arse have podolski
spurspinter1
Paul Stalteri
Marin, Hazard, Podoloski, Kagawa.
I'm not panicking but I imagine all of these players will benefit from having their transfers sewn up so early as they can settle in to their new environment quicker as opposed to our 11:57 deadline day bargains who will be expected to come in and perform straight away.
chancer
Gudni Bergsson
Oh FFS. I mentioned Kagawa in my post and Chelsea spunking ?ú100m on two players is hardly the sign of normal transfer activity, is it? 2 players going to the European Champions for megabucks does not disprove my general point that transfer activity is extremely quiet at the moment, and not just for Spurs.
Does everything on this board need to become a point of acrimony these days? Sheesh.
Relax!! Please dont be so sensitive - it hasnt become a 'point of acimony'. To say that though Kagawa is the only thing over rivals have done so far isnt right. Chelsea spending mega bucks is very relevant to us given that they will be a rival for a top 4 spot and these two deals will advance them a lot; Arse bringing in Podolski strengthens them. Liverpool replacing KK with Rodgers is probably worth several points to them per season as well
Am not overly bothered about us not having signed anyone yet but 4 of the other teams near the top of the league have made improvements and will have those available for pre-season training
Right, so all you've done is read 'M'Villa to Scum is done apparently.' Have you not been reading for ages that Verts has apparently been done for ages?
You're whinging about something that's not even happened in the same way our targets haven't yet....
chancer
Gudni Bergsson
Ok, fair enough Adam. It's just that it seems a fairly uncontentious point to make that there's very little transfer activity at the moment, so it's frustrating when people try to contradict that with spurious evidence. I say "spurious", because I don't necessarily agree that 4 of our rivals have improved.
First, Manyoo aren't rivals - they are 20 points ahead of us and miles out of sight. Liverpool haven't brought in any players, and a new manager may or may not be an improvement - we don't know yet either way. Podolski is a one of the most 1-footed players I've ever seen and is a completely bog-standard signing that would not get me excited and who I don't think would get into our team anyway. And since we're not going to spend ?ú40m on players, we can't say Chelsea have mugged us either since we're not in the mix for those players anyway.
There may be the illusion that others are stealing a march on us, but I don't think that argument really stacks up.
Ed: Oh, and also...we've signed Vert!!
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the Pessimist
Fraizer Campbell
based on experience from the last transfer windows we should be slightly worried, don??t you think?
yes, verts will be a good signing for us, but keep in mind that we currently have 1 striker, we will most probably lose our best player (modric), who knows maybe even our manager will be gone in the next days.....
extremely important to get this window right for us
Dicko
Michael Carrick
I doubt either is remotely true. Harry brought in Friedel, he likes him and won't bring in a new number 1 for this year at least. He's much more likely to go for a young potential number 1 for next year and loan them out for a season.
(Unless Harry is going of course!)
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I wouldn't be worried at this stage mate, it won't really happen for most until after the Euros, I'd be worried if we're not making much headway towards the end of pre season as I don't really want it to be last minute.
All of what you said above is correct, I'm just saying don't react to speculation whether it be for Spurs or for other clubs-wait for things to be official. I've heard here and there for weeks now that M'Villa is done so maybe just maybe it's not just Spurs that messes around after all, or here's a thought deals aren't as easy to conclude as some like to think....
For Liverpool or us? For a young Englishman with his potential I wouldn't sell him for that at all....
africanspurs
Justin Edinburgh
how is that great business?
WookieD
Didier Zokora
Based on what though? We have a wealth of fringe players that can make us that money who all have a fraction of the potential of Caulker. Years of development only to hand him as a near complete player to a massive rival?
The Moonlit Knight
Banned
I just hope we get things wrapped up fairly early. There were many reasons as to why we finished 1pt behind Arsenal last season, but I have wondered whether we could have got a draw from one of the first two games of the season if we had had a defensive presence in midfield.
Dicko
Michael Carrick
This
Jones went for 16mill and Caulker has similar potential and prob the same no of appearances as Jones had for Blackburn
Dicko
Michael Carrick
Wouldn't help us if he become an England and Liverpool regular for the next 5-10 years though.