Stickied Transfer Rumours 2018/19

[SC49]

Very strange to see them photos leaked. Never happens at Arsenal.

WHY does there have to be a stupid red strip down the middle of our new home kit? and on the shorts too, otherwise it's really nice.

 

[yellow]

Dahoud is better than Xhaka.

Lyon chairman just refused a £40M offer from West Ham United.

I also agree, but feel that Wenger wanted someone experienced enough to step in straight away. Another year at Gladbach for Dahoud would be best, before moving to Dortmund/Munich.

 

[Nilsson]

This Xhaka fellow couldn't even dominate an England midfield consisting of Milner, Shelvey, Delph and Oxlade Chamberlain so he can't be that good.

 

[epic73]

Dahoud is punnier than Xhaka.

 

[Mustard]

Wouldn't surprise me if we went for Dahoud when Cazorla leaves. Think he would benefit from a couple more seasons at Gladbach though. I think a lot depends on how Wilshere responds this season though (i.e. can he stay fit).

 

[Jamie_SFC]

Shane Long to Leicester/Liverpool.

Mane to Arsenal for £17m (lol)

Oh and Pelle to Lazio.

 

[epic73]

Shane Long to Leicester/Liverpool.

Mane to Arsenal for £17m (lol)

Oh and Pelle to Lazio.

And Southampton relegated.

Long does seem like a very Leicester player.

 

[HarvSFC]

Definitely need to keep Long and Mane, while I don't think we'll sell Long just because we'll be unlikely to make too much of a profit on him.

 

[Jamie_SFC]

Can't imagine £17m will be enough to get Mane either. At least £25m.

 

[JimJams]

There was something about us being interested in Long in January, but he was some way down the list of targets. I'm ot sure if that's because of his ability or that he wasn't as easily available as other targets. The fact we didn't bring in a striker does't really help make that any clearer. I can only see him as a Vardy sub though, so I don't see why he'd want to come here, despite the possibility he could play in the CL.

 

[SC49]

Sadio Mané? No thanks.

 

[JimJams]

We've got quite a few at the minute.

Zhang Linpeng - Defender from China, likened to Ramos apparently. I think as we're all big fans of the Chinese super league we all know this would be a real coup. £10mill for competition for Danny Simpson. And sceptics to say it's all about marketing.

Then there's Vardy to West Ham, Mahrez to Arsenal, Drinkwater to Liverpool, N'zonzi in if we lose Kante and we're "planning a raid" for Oxlade Chamberlain. Don't think it'd be much of a raid, he's quickly dropping down the pecking order at Arsenal and picking up injuries like he's got a quota to reach. Wouldn't mind him but I wouldn't mind him, Walcott or Campbell if the former pair didn't have such a bad injury record.

 

[SC49]

We'll give you Theo for Mahrez.

 

[JimJams]

You can have some of Riyads hair gel for Theo. It has some magical properties and your boys like gelling their hair.

 

[SC49]

Deal.

 

[smat]

RUMOURS we're trying to get Benatia off Bayern. 29, missed tons of football with injuries last season. I'm sure they'll clear up once he signs for us, and not get significantly fucking worse.

 

[JimJams]

And as a Morrocan you'll probably be missing him for next years ACN if he is fit.

 

[SC49]

I'd happily take Benatia. He's about as good as it gets in terms of known available defenders and he'd be extremely cheap too apparently. Still not convinced we'll sign a defender though.

 

[JimJams]

You could have Caceres for nowt. Put them together and you might get 1 fully fit defender. PAY AS YOU GO>>>

 

[mente captus]

Gündogan to manc almost a done deal. 25 million € + add ons

 

[Stevencc]

Gundogan has had his surgery and is going to be out for around six months.

And City are still going for him?

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Lots of reports in Turkey, which have been parroted by the usual twitter rumour mongers over here, say we're signing former Chelsea and Liverpool midfielder Raul Meireles on a free transfer from Fenerbahce.

I guess Howe likes to have one or two old heads, we're losing Distin and his wages, and we desperately need to strengthen central midfield. Would still be slightly random though.

Ryan Mason is progessing also.

 

[mente captus]

Götze expressed his interest to work once again with his mentor Klopp

 

[Stevencc]

Is this Karius fellow Liverpool are buying any good?

 

[snortingfrogs]

Is this Karius fellow Liverpool are buying any good?

One of the best young keepers in the world, only 22 and already 4 seasons in Bundesliga.
Lightning reflexes for example, a bit poor distribution though but that could be fixed.

Just happy Simon Soaphands ain't in goal for us anymore.

 

[merseyboyred]

He's supposedly very good, yeah. Great stats and all that, and people who watch a lot more German football than myself seem to rate him highly and have done for a while, they have a lot of rather good keepers at the minute though. We're replacing the pear though, thank fuck.

Sexy bastard and all.

The all-knowing egg Paul Joyce (most reliable journo for us) has us as negotiating for Gotze & Dahoud as well, with Dahoud being preferred ahead of Zielinski apparently. Seems both Dahoud & Zielinski could potentially go ahead though, but I see Dahoud as unlikely given how Gladbach have already lost two key midfielders.

News from Germany is that Gotze has binned his agent, which is a decent sign.

 

[snortingfrogs]

merseyboyred Götze and Karius has the same agent.

 

[merseyboyred]

merseyboyred Götze and Karius has the same agent.

Gotze binned his old agent, who was 'apparently' dragging his heels. Others seem to be saying he's switched to Karius', yeah, which could be a good thing but it's not confirmed it seems... https://twitter.com/honigstein/status/734704022377123840?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet
http://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/b...ratungsagentur-sportstotal-45922588.bild.html

 

[G-Dragon]

merseyboyred Götze and Karius has the same agent.

Aye but he sacked his current agent, and got the same agent as Karius and Firmino

 

[Mustard]

He also just announced his intention to stay in Munich.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/23/liverpool-mario-gotze-bayern-munich-future