2014 Summer Transfer Window Thread

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

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Brighton are gonna sign Chris O'Grady to replace Ulloa

Oh the lolz

[Soldier_Of_Fortune]

He would walk in to Forests team

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Can't say I've heard those RVW rumours John

[GSC]

Rather have Lascelles. Pretty on par with Hobbs.

[Guest]

Can't say I've heard those RVW rumours John

Saw this this morning, see what happens.

Norwich City striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel is set to sign for French club Saint-Étienne on a season-long loan deal, according to reports across the channel. Reputable newspaper L'Équipe says that the 25-year-old will undergo a medical today and that Saint-Étienne will pay his entire salary. The paper also says that Les Verts will have the option to buy van Wolfswinkel at the end of the loan for a fee of €6million.

[Fernando]

In news for Newcastle/WHU fans. Your preseasons games are on Quest (sky Ch 167) Tomorrow afternoon

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Doesn't sound out of the realms of possibility, especially if St Etienne will pay all his wages.

Will have to wait and see I guess

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Indeed they are, yet I'm at a wedding. I'll watch us lose to Malaga on sunday instead.

Hangeland was going to go to 1 of 3 clubs. I'd have taken him as 4th choice, I do think hes probably a classier defender than anyone in the Champ.

[Guest]

United need a central defender & the Vidal/Strootman type in midfield, before contemplating extravagant moves for another attacking player. From what I've seen of United, they need actual players that know how to play this LVG system.

Kind of agree and disagree. If we stick with the wing back formation then yes we do need a defender and central midfielder as a priority over attacking players

but LVG said in his interview the other day he favours the 4-3-3 formation but doesn't have the 'special' players to play that way, basically our wide players are sh!t he may as well have said so being linked with the likes or Reus and Di Maria who can play out wide would be just as important as a defencer and centre mid if thats how he wanted to line up

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Looks like Fatty is going to go sign a loan deal at Man City

[Fernando]

Maybe they can get David Villa for a few months too. Let's face it Citeh own them essentially.

[Guest]

Villa's off to Australia isn't he? Don't see where Fat Frank gets past Yaya, Fernando or Fernandinho centrally for any real playing time. They also need to play Milner more often this season, to make him sign that new deal. Pretty pointless deal.

[Guest]

Yeah Villa has gone to oz

Lampard is an extra english option to get up to quota for the squad

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Indeed they are, yet I'm at a wedding. I'll watch us lose to Malaga on sunday instead.

Hangeland was going to go to 1 of 3 clubs. I'd have taken him as 4th choice, I do think hes probably a classier defender than anyone in the Champ.

Hangeland of 2/3 years ago was. Hangeland now isn't. Well past it

[Fernando]

For the way that Pulis wants to defend he'll be a tank at Palace

Hangeland > Bassong & Turner

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Hangeland is fine. He's smart and will work well in a defence suited to him. I wouldnt wanna judge him on any sort of season with Fulham last year, that whole club was a mess.

[Guest]

He's never had pace, so ageing won't really hurt him. Pulis just wants 'walls' at the back & be effective at set-pieces either end. Decent signing for a free, seeing as they could have paid £8m for Caulker, who is nothing special.

[Fernando]

What i will say on the lampard situation is do you really think that'll he'll play centre mid. i don't think he has the legs for it anymore so suspect it'll be a if we need a goal AM style role they don't really have that with Yaya further back nowadays & Silva doesn't score enough.

[GSC]

Hangeland is below par these days

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

He was the vital cog in the worst defence in the league last year. Don't think you can apportion him of any blame because of what went on off the field

[Dolphin Ziggler]

To be fair, he played 20 games. The team as a whole underperformed incredibly, as did the club in general. Pulis can manage a player like Hangeland.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Anyways WBA boss Alan Irvine is at the Carra tonight watching Martin Olsson.

[Mat]

I doubt it. We've got 2 left backs now

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Well he's watching someone.

Hopefully Bradley Johnson

[Mat]

Is Fer playing? Or Redderz?

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Fer isn't, mainly cos he's still on holiday/honeymoon.

Redmond played, but I'd seriously doubt you'll be coughing up the £10m + we want for him!!

[Fernando]

Ruddy; Whittaker, Martin (c), Turner, Olsson; Johnson, Surman; Grabban, Hoolahan, Redmond; Lafferty.

Maybe he's after Scots in Whittaker & Martin   Can't see WBA forking out another bunch of money for Redmond.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Hopefully one of Johnson/Surman. *crosses fingers*

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@BobRutler: Neil Adams confirms that RVW is in France and talking to St Etienne"

Nooooooooo Ricky noooooooooooooooo

[Guest]

Told you Olly. Au revoir RVW to St. Etienne. It was good seeing him play in England, a cracking goal last year & now he's off to bigger & better things.

[Mat]

We looked at Hoolahan in January, maybe him? Who are you playing? Might be someone from their team!

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

Only a loan, he'll be back to light up the Prem in 2015/16

Hopefully we'll sign another striker then, unless Becchio is gonna get a game

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

We looked at Hoolahan in January, maybe him? Who are you playing? Might be someone from their team!

Celta Vigo. No idea who plays for them

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

   

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@michaeljbailey: Gary O'Neil was here again tonight though and has trained with #ncfc - so that's still one to watch clearly."

Oh god its all falling to pieces

[FootballLight]

As soon as Lampard joined the New York Red Bulls it was quite clear what was on the cards. I don't see why they don't just loan David Villa as well Man City. Its bad how clubs are allowed to do that because New York Red Bulls could just go and sign whoever they wanted, basically with Man City's money and then just loan them back out to Man City. City know that neither of Chelsea or Atletico would have sold Lampard or Vila to them, so they chose a different option. To lure a perfectly good side into buying these players, just to give them to Man City. I wouldn't take that as a Chelsea or Atletico fan personally.

They joined New York Red Bulls to go and play in America, so they should stick to that commitment, snub Man City and play where they wanted to play, not in the Premier League for Man City. They've made 2 big European and domestic rivals weaker whilst making themselves stronger. I'm amazed how they are allowed to do that, but, I suppose they haven't twisted the rules, so I suppose what they are doing is allowed, which is a shame. New York Red Bulls are Man City's feeder club though, they shouldn't be allowed to transfer their players to Man City, but the other way around. Man City should be allowed to put any of their players in the New York Red Bulls squad or loan any of their other players out to them as well for first team football experience. Then, once the loan has finished they can move them into NYRB's squad permanently or on a short term basis, loan them out again or sell them. If NYRB sign anyone of their own players, they should not be allowed to swap with any of their parent clubs, for example with Man City. So neither Lampard or Villa should be allowed to be loaned/signed by City, because NYRB signed them, not City (even though it is technically City's money). That's the only problem nowadays. The policy shouldn't be done that way. I think that is one thing in football that needs to be altered, as feeder/parent clubs are coming in much more frequently now.

[Guest]

haha gary o'neil   

[Lowlandbrit]

They joined New York Red Bulls to go and play in America, so they should stick to that commitment, snub Man City and play where they wanted to play, not in the Premier League for Man City.

They haven't signed for New York Red Bulls, they've signed for New York City FC. They can't play there yet, because that club doesn't join the league until next season. The MLS season starts in March.

[Fernando]

"@michaeljbailey: Gary O'Neil was here again tonight though and has trained with #ncfc - so that's still one to watch clearly."

Oh god its all falling to pieces

All you need is Karl Henry and everything in place for a league 1 spot.

[Hulking_up]

Lampard's decision not to join a PL team because of his Chelsea roots lasted all of 2 weeks.

[Good Golly I'm Olly]

"@michaeljbailey: Gary O'Neil was here again tonight though and has trained with #ncfc - so that's still one to watch clearly."

Oh god its all falling to pieces

All you need is Karl Henry and everything in place for a league 1 spot.

Don't see that happening. On Fer Adams says no bids have been tabled for him and he returns to training Monday.

My quid on RVW to be top scorer at 40/1 is wasted then

[Fernando]

The fact that he was 40/1 tells you everything about Van Wolfsphicter

[Dolphin Ziggler]

Scratch that, but its two in three seasons, two in his last two seasons in the champ. And as a regular.

[Nakatomi Plaza]

As soon as Lampard joined the New York Red Bulls it was quite clear what was on the cards. I don't see why they don't just loan David Villa as well Man City. Its bad how clubs are allowed to do that because New York Red Bulls could just go and sign whoever they wanted, basically with Man City's money and then just loan them back out to Man City. City know that neither of Chelsea or Atletico would have sold Lampard or Vila to them, so they chose a different option. To lure a perfectly good side into buying these players, just to give them to Man City. I wouldn't take that as a Chelsea or Atletico fan personally.

They joined New York Red Bulls to go and play in America, so they should stick to that commitment, snub Man City and play where they wanted to play, not in the Premier League for Man City. They've made 2 big European and domestic rivals weaker whilst making themselves stronger. I'm amazed how they are allowed to do that, but, I suppose they haven't twisted the rules, so I suppose what they are doing is allowed, which is a shame. New York Red Bulls are Man City's feeder club though, they shouldn't be allowed to transfer their players to Man City, but the other way around. Man City should be allowed to put any of their players in the New York Red Bulls squad or loan any of their other players out to them as well for first team football experience. Then, once the loan has finished they can move them into NYRB's squad permanently or on a short term basis, loan them out again or sell them. If NYRB sign anyone of their own players, they should not be allowed to swap with any of their parent clubs, for example with Man City. So neither Lampard or Villa should be allowed to be loaned/signed by City, because NYRB signed them, not City (even though it is technically City's money). That's the only problem nowadays. The policy shouldn't be done that way. I think that is one thing in football that needs to be altered, as feeder/parent clubs are coming in much more frequently now.

This post makes little sense. Both Lampard and Villa weren't wanted by Chelsea and Atletico. New York City didn't buy these players from the clubs as they were free agents.

Don't understand the point you're making about loans. Do you want to stop MLS players playing in Europe in their close season? This has been going on for years, the likes of Beckham, Keane, Henry, Cahill, Dempsey and Donovan have exploited this loophole, and I don't see how this is any different.

[GSC]

NYCFC don't play until March. Lampards choice was go to Australia and pretty much announce his international retirement, or play for City in the PL as a squad player and keep his options open.

[Fernando]

Chucky signs for Newcastle not sure if loan or transfer they said 1.5m though.

Newcastle being spanked 3-0 against Malaga so far.

[Fernando]

Josh Guilavogui is off to Wolfsburg to replace the seemingly Real Madrid bound Luiz Gustavo. Suggests that Khedira is off

[Fernando]

Mathieu Valbuena has joined Dynamo Moscow.

[Liam]

If utd can't sign Vidal i'd be straight in for Khedira but I think I saw he was off to Bayern?? Be amazed if Arsenal didn't even put a bid in for him.

[Champagne_Socialist]

Man U are seriously struggling this transfer window. Not being in the CL has really affected them being able to attract the top names.

[Guest]

Newcastle being spanked 3-0 against Malaga so far.

Yeah, was quite worrying but yesterdays performance was very good vs Schalke. Cabella & Riviere scoring, looked good. Pardew thinks we can challenge the top clubs, doesn't help himself. Also being linked with Lascelles now.

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