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Tim Sherwood
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Transfer Rumour Thread
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indianspur
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Ah another right back, just what we need
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
I would be quite happy for us to bring Delph in. With Mason out of the team I think we lack a bit of energy in central midfield and Delph would give us that. It would also be another homegrown player for our squad.
Armchair Expert
Vedran Corluka
What sort of player has Delph turned into? I've only seen him live once, a few years ago when Rapid Vienna knocked Villa out of the EL. That day he was overrun by Markus Heikinnen and Branko Bsokovic! I presume he's improved a lot since then...
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
He reminds me a lot of Dembele. Solid defensively, fairly mobile, runs with the ball rather than passes, and zero creativity/poor in the final third.
Villa fans actually want to sign Dembele as a like-for-like replacement for him.
I hold Dembele in higher regard than most on here, but Id still say Delph is the better player - he has progressed nicely from a couple of years back and with Poch coaching him could easily get better....
He's 25
metalgear
Luka Modric
Tottenham Hotspur are embroiled in talks with Palermo for Argentine defender Ezequiel Munoz, as they compete with a number of Italian clubs for the centre-back’s signature, according to reports in TMW.
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/news/reports...der-ezequiel-munoz/265995#RdAJ4BEjbUYiKggi.99
Read more at http://www.squawka.com/news/reports...der-ezequiel-munoz/265995#RdAJ4BEjbUYiKggi.99
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Argentine player for sale? tick. Club with Argentine manager? tick. Looks like we've got ourselves a rumour.
Exactly .. you think those *******s could work a little harder for the money
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
I think that is a reasonably fair description of Delph's attributes - although to say that he has zero creativity is very harsh (and not true IMO).
If I were to compare Delph to Dembele I would say that Delph is quicker than Dembele, more mobile than Dembele, offers more movement off the ball than Dembele and works harder out of possession than Dembele does. Also while Delph does indeed like to run with the ball, he tends to do this at pace looking to expose the opposition on the break, whereas Dembele looks to slow things down by stopping with the ball and then beating a player from a stationary position. I think this is the biggest difference between the two players and is a reason why I think Delph would be a good alternative Mason option.
Delph can also be a bit of a dirty, nasty ba5tard and I think we lack a bit of that in the team sometimes.
There is also the advantate of Delph being a homegrown player. I'd like to see us bring in Delph and retain Dembele as well. Capoue should be the first player sold if Pochettino doesn't want to grow the size of the squad.
Dicko
Paul Stalteri
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Where would you play that type of player in our system though?
The quick transitioning of Mason and Betnaleb from CM is SO important to us. We just need a 4th player like that (still hoping that Stambouli will become the 3rd).
The only role I could see of a player like Delph is as a late sub for Eriksen, to add some energy up the pitch late in the game.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Deal or no deal: the out-of-contract football stars available for free this summer
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jan/06/out-of-contract-free-transfers-summer-football
So, which club would like to sign – on a free transfer – the player outscoring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the Champions League? Luiz Adriano has plundered nine goals in Europe’s elite competition so far this season and his services are up for grabs this summer, as the Brazilian has just six months left on his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. Thanks to the patron saint of modern footballers, Jean-Marc Bosman, Luiz Adriano is now in line for a bonanza while several clubs compete to make him a bargain recruit.
A look at the list of players nearing the ends of their contracts across Europe raises the possibility of many intriguing deals, with shrewd clubs able to procure top talents for a relatively small fee in January, or for no transfer fee at all in the summer.
The glitziest soon-to-be-free agents are already the subject of widespread headlines. Sami Khedira, currently of Real Madrid, has been linked with every title-chasing club with a hole in their midfield, notably Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, while a similar array of clubs have dispatched representatives to man-mark Barcelona’s rampaging full-back Dani Alves until the Brazilian plumps for a new employer. Loris Karius, the 21-year-old German goalkeeper likened to a young Manuel Neuer, will soon be whisked away from modest Mainz by one of Europe’s swishest clubs.
West Ham seem resigned to losing their key centre-back Winston Reid to a club with better prospects and bigger salaries, while Aston Villa face a choice between releasing Fabian Delph from their relegation fight for a meagre fee or losing him for nothing in the summer. James Milner can listen to other clubs’ attempts to offer a better package than Emirates Marketing Project before deciding whether to accept his current club’s new offer or move elsewhere.
Yevhen Konoplyanka, the inventive Ukrainian playmaker with an eye for a killer pass and an explosive shot, was the subject of a bid from Liverpool last year, and Tottenham and Manchester United were also interested. Now the fact that the 25-year-old has just six months to run on his contract at Dnipro means he can expect even more offers. Liverpool could knock on his door again, though they might be better advised to pursue Fabian Schär, the 23-year-old centre-back who can now listen to any attempts to lure him from Basel. Internazionale’s Andrea Ranocchia should be another player of interest to any club needing to repair a dodgy defence.
André Ayew may be preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana but the winger is also mulling over his next club move, with several Premier League suitors considering enticing the 25-year-old away from Marseille. André-Pierre Gignac, meanwhile, has already said he will leave Marseille on a free in the summer and the 29-year-old France international is evidently eager to prove he is still sharp, hitting 12 goals in 19 matches far this season.
Gignac could be described as a slightly inferior version of Olivier Giroud, which would still make him a decent acquisition for many clubs. He would certainly be an upgrade on Emmanuel Rivière at Saudi Sportswashing Machine, while he would greatly improve the likes of Hull, Leicester and Queens Park Rangers if they could wait until the summer.
Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta no longer excite Arsenal fans but, with both reaching full-time on their contracts at the Emirates, plenty of other Premier League clubs may place a high value on their experience and quality. Stéphane Mbia may have flopped at QPR two years ago but he has re-ignited his career at Sevilla since then and could be in hot demand now.
Out-of-contract XI
Team of free transfers: what a line-up of Europe’s best players available for nothing could look like. Photograph: Guardian Graphics
Christopher Samba was another whose reputation was damaged during QPR’s last relegation campaign but many managers with shaky defences will likely be tempted by his qualities as his time at Dinamo Moscow draws to a close.
Might there be a Premier League club keen to give the former Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani another crack at English football? The Italy international can listen to all offers now that his Fiorentina contract is close to expiring. Alexandre Pato can do likewise and, although injuries and loss of form led to him falling out of favour at Milan before returning to Corinthians in 2013, surely there will be no shortage of managers convinced that they can get a tune out of a 25-year-old who was once trumpeted as the most exciting talent in Brazilian football.
And what about the player who was once hailed as the new Zinedine Zidane? Yoann Gourcuff is currently injured – as he has been on a regular basis since joining Lyon for a record fee in 2010 – but he will only be 29 when his contract expires in the summer and will still have an abundance of talent should anyone feel bold enough to try to harness it.
And then we come to perhaps the ultimate punt: which club fancies its chances of getting the best out of Emmanuel Adebayor, whose contract at White Hart Lane is close to an end? It speaks volumes for Harry Kane’s performances that he remains first choice at Tottenham at a time when Adebayor traditionally finds top form.
:ross:
http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jan/06/out-of-contract-free-transfers-summer-football
So, which club would like to sign – on a free transfer – the player outscoring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the Champions League? Luiz Adriano has plundered nine goals in Europe’s elite competition so far this season and his services are up for grabs this summer, as the Brazilian has just six months left on his contract with Shakhtar Donetsk. Thanks to the patron saint of modern footballers, Jean-Marc Bosman, Luiz Adriano is now in line for a bonanza while several clubs compete to make him a bargain recruit.
A look at the list of players nearing the ends of their contracts across Europe raises the possibility of many intriguing deals, with shrewd clubs able to procure top talents for a relatively small fee in January, or for no transfer fee at all in the summer.
The glitziest soon-to-be-free agents are already the subject of widespread headlines. Sami Khedira, currently of Real Madrid, has been linked with every title-chasing club with a hole in their midfield, notably Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain, while a similar array of clubs have dispatched representatives to man-mark Barcelona’s rampaging full-back Dani Alves until the Brazilian plumps for a new employer. Loris Karius, the 21-year-old German goalkeeper likened to a young Manuel Neuer, will soon be whisked away from modest Mainz by one of Europe’s swishest clubs.
West Ham seem resigned to losing their key centre-back Winston Reid to a club with better prospects and bigger salaries, while Aston Villa face a choice between releasing Fabian Delph from their relegation fight for a meagre fee or losing him for nothing in the summer. James Milner can listen to other clubs’ attempts to offer a better package than Emirates Marketing Project before deciding whether to accept his current club’s new offer or move elsewhere.
Yevhen Konoplyanka, the inventive Ukrainian playmaker with an eye for a killer pass and an explosive shot, was the subject of a bid from Liverpool last year, and Tottenham and Manchester United were also interested. Now the fact that the 25-year-old has just six months to run on his contract at Dnipro means he can expect even more offers. Liverpool could knock on his door again, though they might be better advised to pursue Fabian Schär, the 23-year-old centre-back who can now listen to any attempts to lure him from Basel. Internazionale’s Andrea Ranocchia should be another player of interest to any club needing to repair a dodgy defence.
André Ayew may be preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana but the winger is also mulling over his next club move, with several Premier League suitors considering enticing the 25-year-old away from Marseille. André-Pierre Gignac, meanwhile, has already said he will leave Marseille on a free in the summer and the 29-year-old France international is evidently eager to prove he is still sharp, hitting 12 goals in 19 matches far this season.
Gignac could be described as a slightly inferior version of Olivier Giroud, which would still make him a decent acquisition for many clubs. He would certainly be an upgrade on Emmanuel Rivière at Saudi Sportswashing Machine, while he would greatly improve the likes of Hull, Leicester and Queens Park Rangers if they could wait until the summer.
Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta no longer excite Arsenal fans but, with both reaching full-time on their contracts at the Emirates, plenty of other Premier League clubs may place a high value on their experience and quality. Stéphane Mbia may have flopped at QPR two years ago but he has re-ignited his career at Sevilla since then and could be in hot demand now.
Out-of-contract XI
Team of free transfers: what a line-up of Europe’s best players available for nothing could look like. Photograph: Guardian Graphics
Christopher Samba was another whose reputation was damaged during QPR’s last relegation campaign but many managers with shaky defences will likely be tempted by his qualities as his time at Dinamo Moscow draws to a close.
Might there be a Premier League club keen to give the former Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani another crack at English football? The Italy international can listen to all offers now that his Fiorentina contract is close to expiring. Alexandre Pato can do likewise and, although injuries and loss of form led to him falling out of favour at Milan before returning to Corinthians in 2013, surely there will be no shortage of managers convinced that they can get a tune out of a 25-year-old who was once trumpeted as the most exciting talent in Brazilian football.
And what about the player who was once hailed as the new Zinedine Zidane? Yoann Gourcuff is currently injured – as he has been on a regular basis since joining Lyon for a record fee in 2010 – but he will only be 29 when his contract expires in the summer and will still have an abundance of talent should anyone feel bold enough to try to harness it.
And then we come to perhaps the ultimate punt: which club fancies its chances of getting the best out of Emmanuel Adebayor, whose contract at White Hart Lane is close to an end? It speaks volumes for Harry Kane’s performances that he remains first choice at Tottenham at a time when Adebayor traditionally finds top form.
:ross:
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Andre Ayew is a really good player, and someone who clearly knows how to play in a Poch/Bielsa system. He'd be a better option than Konoplanka I think.