January Transfer Window Thread 14-15 season

by Fernando Sun 28 Dec 2014, 4:57 pm

First topic message reminder :

With it opening in in a few days time who would you like to see your club bring in?

Elijero Elia has joined Southampton on Loan to go through on Jan 3
Nelson Oliviera has joined Swansea on loan to go through on Jan 3

by **hampo17** Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:12 am

Anybody see Wilfried Bonys quote after moving to City? "I've dreamt of playing for Manchester City for 15 years."

15 years ago City were a division 3 team.

by Hammersmith harrier Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:14 am

hampo171 wrote:Anybody see Wilfried Bonys quote after moving to City? "I've dreamt of playing for Manchester City for 15 years."

15 years ago City were a division 3 team.

Those comments only ever hold any truth if they're about United, Liverpool or Arsenal, some of the other London teams too maybe but what is the point of saying that, do fans really care any more if the players care?

by **hampo17** Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:17 am

It's a funny quote HH, I don't care if the City fans are happy or not, at the end of the day he's made himself look an arse.

by Hammersmith harrier Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:27 am

It makes me laugh more when French, Spanish, German or Italian players say it, fairly certain they'd have dreamt of playing in the top teams in their own country.

by Guest Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:28 am

Not sure why you're so bothered about this comment. Have you heard the audio or was it translated from French to English, through media. Probably a translation error, he probably said, 'I've wanted to play in Manchester for 15 years'. He knows it's a footballing City & he knew how successful United have been.

by **hampo17** Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:31 am

Why do we always blame translation errors for players? Easy way out, I would also say it's a joke Liam, never said I was bothered I said it was funny thumbsup

by Hammersmith harrier Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:31 am

You are aware Liam that Bony speaks perfect English?

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:35 am

It would be a lot worse if he meant Manchester as a whole. Cos that basically means "Ive wanted to play for United for 15 years"

by **hampo17** Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:36 am

Wasn't it Robinho who thought he'd signed for United when he signed for City?

by Hammersmith harrier Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:38 am

It must have been seeing City being the beneficiary of corrupt refereeing against Gillingham in the League two play off final that made him love the club.

by lfc91 Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:40 am

Did mascherano not say on signing for Liverpool "I've always dreamt of playing for the Red Devils" or something to that effect?

by Guest Sat 17 Jan 2015, 11:42 am

Yes, in 2007 Mascherano put his foot in it before he had even kicked a ball for Liverpool, by insisting he cannot wait to become a Red Devil

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 18 Jan 2015, 2:42 am

West Brom interested in Matt Jarvis. Please take him, I like the guy but he's a busted flush at our place. And the extra wages freed up can get us M'Vila

by Guest Sun 18 Jan 2015, 11:12 am

Why would you want M'Vila, he's got attitude problems, been banned by the French FA previously, think he's had more off the field incidents than Carroll has had & he's only interested in money. He's a defensive minded midfielder, you already have Song. Makes no sense to me.

by Guest Sun 18 Jan 2015, 11:54 am

Konoplyanka might turn up at the Lane, talks have begun apparently in a deal worth £7m with 6 months left on contract. Always liked watching him play, good winger.

by **Crimey** Sun 18 Jan 2015, 1:59 pm

John wrote:Konoplyanka might turn up at the Lane, talks have begun apparently in a deal worth £7m with 6 months left on contract. Always liked watching him play, good winger.

He's a good inverted winger, but surely Tottenham have enough wingers at the moment with Chadli, Lamela, Lennon and Townsend. I would be looking to get rid of at least two of those if bringing in Konoplyanka.

by Guest Sun 18 Jan 2015, 2:11 pm

Spurs are trying to offload Lennon to Stoke or Hull & Paulinho to possibly Italy, in order to make this Konoplyanka deal happen.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 18 Jan 2015, 2:23 pm

LiamB wrote:Why would you want M'Vila, he's got attitude problems, been banned by the French FA previously, think he's had more off the field incidents than Carroll has had & he's only interested in money. He's a defensive minded midfielder, you already have Song. Makes no sense to me.

No guarantees that Song stays and we play with three in the middle so would suit us. Sam will always take a punt on quality with an attitude

by Hammersmith harrier Sun 18 Jan 2015, 5:34 pm

Crimey wrote:
John wrote:Konoplyanka might turn up at the Lane, talks have begun apparently in a deal worth £7m with 6 months left on contract. Always liked watching him play, good winger.

He's a good inverted winger, but surely Tottenham have enough wingers at the moment with Chadli, Lamela, Lennon and Townsend. I would be looking to get rid of at least two of those if bringing in Konoplyanka.

Why not just wait until the Summer and get him for nothing, they did this with Holtby a couple of years for no real benefit, seems a braindead decision.

by Guest Sun 18 Jan 2015, 5:46 pm

Wait until the summer??? He's in demand & need to take him now, otherwise he'll sign elsewhere surely. £7m for him is cheap.

by Hammersmith harrier Sun 18 Jan 2015, 5:49 pm

I'm pretty sure they can sign him on a pre-contract agreement so it's £7m for 4 months which doesn't seem cheap at all to me.

by Guest Sun 18 Jan 2015, 8:17 pm

£7m this window or lose him to a rival & still have Lennon & have to look for alternatives this summer etc. That kind of player, with his qualities, would cost £15m/£20m in the summer. Definitely say take the offer now.

by Hammersmith harrier Sun 18 Jan 2015, 8:28 pm

Why would they lose him if they simply sign a pre-contract agreement for the Summer, if somebody else wants him it makes no difference anyway.

by Fernando Sun 18 Jan 2015, 8:32 pm

Unless their offering 70-100k a week I doubt he'd sign a pre-contract honestly. I suspect he'd wait to see if better then Spurs came along...

by Hammersmith harrier Sun 18 Jan 2015, 8:39 pm

Fernando wrote:Unless their offering 70-100k a week I doubt he'd sign a pre-contract honestly. I suspect he'd wait to see if better then Spurs came along...

That begs the question why he would consider signing for them in the first place unless they're offering that sort of money.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Sun 18 Jan 2015, 9:16 pm

Signing on fee and agent money with a transfer?

by Hammersmith harrier Sun 18 Jan 2015, 9:17 pm

The agent would still want a slice for negotiating the contract anyway, I see no real upside to spending £7mil for 4 months worth of playing time.

by **Hero** Sun 18 Jan 2015, 9:28 pm

Hammersmith harrier wrote:The agent would still want a slice for negotiating the contract anyway, I see no real upside to spending £7mil for 4 months worth of playing time.

*cough* Falcao

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 19 Jan 2015, 3:01 am

Was the best I could think of. Unless he just wants out quickly l himself so would jump at the chance to leave for a club he thinks worthy. Shame that Spurs are in, we've been linked but won't have a sniff with the clubs rumoured to be interested

by Fernando Mon 19 Jan 2015, 12:03 pm

Valencia reject 26.5m offer for Otamendi from United apparently

by Hammersmith harrier Mon 19 Jan 2015, 1:04 pm

If that's true we'll definitely be buying a defender this january, would rather it was someone top class unlike Otamendi.

by **Hero** Mon 19 Jan 2015, 1:30 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Was the best I could think of. Unless he just wants out quickly l himself so would jump at the chance to leave for a club he thinks worthy. Shame that Spurs are in, we've been linked but won't have a sniff with the clubs rumoured to be interested

He was quoted in the summer as not being interested in joining Utd at the time due to not having CL football, does he know something everyone else doesn't about Spurs?

by Guest Mon 19 Jan 2015, 1:56 pm

Doubt the Otamendi offer is true. Been at Valencia barely six months & hearing the buy out clause needs to be matched, which is apparently £40m.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 19 Jan 2015, 4:41 pm

MEN saying it isn't true

by Guest Mon 19 Jan 2015, 5:36 pm

According to Sky, Spanish club Valencia have confirmed to them that they've received a bid of 35million euros (just under £27million) for defender Nicolas Otamendi. The club have rejected the bid and insist they won't sell the player.

Apparently,WBA have bid £5m for Jamie Vardy of Leicester & Lucas Leiva is now to remain at Anfield this window.

by **Good Golly I'm Olly** Mon 19 Jan 2015, 6:20 pm

Swansea interested in Martin Olsson

Interesting one, last season in the PL he was very consistent, good player. This year he's been the exact opposite, very inconsistent and very shaky, so I think if we can get around £5m for him take it and we've got Garrido in reserve who can step in and then we can spend the money elsewhere (ie. Centre half)

by Guest Mon 19 Jan 2015, 6:37 pm

Sky sources are poopie LiamB, just because old Guillem Balague hears something & tweets it, Sky instantly believe it. United still reject they've made a bid, tend to side with the sources in the MEN personally.

Vardy to WBA rejected apparently, but with Kramovic or whatever his name is & Ulloa, you doubt Vardy will stay at Leicester.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 19 Jan 2015, 6:47 pm

Mail say West Ham, along with WBA and some Spanish sides are interested in Darren Fletcher. I'd take him on the cheap

by Hammersmith harrier Mon 19 Jan 2015, 6:55 pm

The problem is the Sky report simply says a team have had a bid rejected and knowing we're after a defender our name instantly gets thrown in the hat.

Bit torn on Flecther, he's no longer good enough for us but he's the last of the youth products left so i'd be sad to see him leave, he deserves to end up at a team like West Ham rather than WBA. He'll do a job for your lot, won't complain about minutes and will just quietly get on with things, one of the last true professionals left, cracking lad is Fletch.

by Fernando Tue 20 Jan 2015, 12:36 pm

Kyle Naughton to sign for Swansea from Spurs...

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Tue 20 Jan 2015, 3:37 pm

£5m. Makes Jenkinson look cheap at a possible £8m.

Fletcher confirms West Ham have shown strong interest after a move to WBA failed

by NickisBHAFC Tue 20 Jan 2015, 3:39 pm

Olly wrote:Swansea interested in Martin Olsson

Interesting one, last season in the PL he was very consistent, good player. This year he's been the exact opposite, very inconsistent and very shaky, so I think if we can get around £5m for him take it and we've got Garrido in reserve who can step in and then we can spend the money elsewhere (ie. Centre half)

Funny you say that, remember at Blackburn he was awesome in the Prem but terrible in the championship.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 21 Jan 2015, 12:59 am

Tancredi is on Twitter going nuts about Chelsea after Cuadrado and United and City both being represented by Pogba's agent in discussion with Juve about a transfer. Looks like PP will be the big merry go round player this summer

by FootballLight Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:31 pm

Sun telling us more sh@t again/ £112m for Marquinhos!! Laugh

He already cost (an overpriced) £28m from Roma. He has got potential the lad but that figure for a young centre back is ridiculous really. But the Sun just going over the top, as usual. But did read from the Daily Mirror that Palace might be in for Stephane M'bia from Sevilla. Already played for QPR a couple of seasons ago, available on a free transfer, that's a coupe of a signing for them if that's true.

It would also be a really good signing for West Brom if they could get McManaman from Wigan. He's cost between £4-7m I'd say but I'd bet he'd be worth it. Only 23 as well. Potential.

I'm surprised Bolasie hasn't attracted more attention that what he already has done. He's a top player. Great pace, great skill, great crossing ability and can prove an absolute nightmare for any full back.

by **Hero** Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:38 pm

Varane reportedly available for around 20m due to being pushed out of the first team atm, or spend 6x that for Marquinhos, hmm tough call.

by FootballLight Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:45 pm

I don't think they'd sell for £20m but I'd sure think PSG would look for around £35m for Marquinhos. Varane is much better and would be available for maybe even less than that amount.

by Guest Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:48 pm

I doubt Varane is available for £20m, he started at the weekend. He's not as good as what people think he is, constantly makes mistakes on the ball & then just uses his pace to get out of the bad situation he's made for himself.

by Fernando Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:53 pm

Still alot better then anything United have at CB.

by lfc91 Wed 21 Jan 2015, 2:56 pm

LiamB wrote:I doubt Varane is available for £20m, he started at the weekend. He's not as good as what people think he is, constantly makes mistakes on the ball & then just uses his pace to get out of the bad situation he's made for himself.

That sounds exactly like Lovren...minus the pace to get himself out of his many mistakes

by Guest Wed 21 Jan 2015, 3:56 pm

Newcastle United MD Lee Charnley says the club are unlikely to do any business in the "difficult" January transfer window - and he can't see any of their stars leaving either, writes the Newcastle Chronicle.

Surprise, Surprise. We've got too many points for Ashley to be concerned & for him to get his wallet out.

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