Non-Chelsea Transfer Pub

[didierforever 7,349]

the impact of fifa is so apparent these days.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Firmino is a great signing for Liverpool. He's technically strong and one of the most creative players in Europe over the past two seasons. I'm not sure he's a priority signing for them though. they needed a quality striker and a couple of defenders more.I'm a bit disappointed because he's a player we could have used to take the creativity load off Hazard and fabregas plus he's an upgrade on oscar as far as creativity and being a pure no 10 is concerned.

Not for £29m. Rip off.

[Sheva. 5,373]

yes , more than oscar probably

Really?

Oscar and Willian track back to the edge of the box constantly, I doubt many other attacking players can top that.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

(Krychowiak, Iborra, Bellarabi, Moutinho, pretty much any Borussia Dortmund player)

Those are your examples? honestly i wouldnt take any of them to our first XI. Moutinho is very good though.

Vidal? Pirlo and Pogba would probably leave Juventus this summer or the next one, Juventus wont sell.

Otamendi? sure, if you want to spend 50m euros on a 27 yo CB when we already have a very good back line. Imo that would be silly.

[lucio 5,418]

Really?

Oscar and Willian track back to the edge of the box constantly, I doubt many other attacking players can top that.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/jun/24/roberto-firmino-liverpool-thiever-of-balls

[Jase 43,479]

Reports from France suggest West Ham have signed Payet from Marseille. Fee around 14-15m pounds apparently.

[cfcs most wanted 657]

I wouldn't say no to arda turan moving to Chelsea...

i'll do it for you then, no to arda turan

[nyikolajevics 2,599]

Robert Huth have signed for the Foxes

[The Skipper 20,593]

are there any top, 'available' players for us to go after? yes.

every player is available when you have as much money Chelsea has.

there's no wrong in wanting better of the club and expecting us to be capable of launching £20m and £30m bids left and right for the best players from teams such as Atletico, Valencia, Sevilla, Roma, Lyon, wherever. They all have brilliant players, who aren't 'for sale' and thus not 'available' in that sense, but for the right price, these clubs aren't going to be turning down our offers.

If we wanted to, we could offer £40m for Vidal or Otamendi or whoever. They're top players. They'd suddenly be available. What about Carrasco? Monaco are not the powerhouse they were expected to be. In fact there's plenty top players we could take interest in.*

there's no excuse for looking for bargain buys this summer.

*I keep adding and deleting and adding examples because there's so many examples of top players we could buy.

(Krychowiak, Iborra, Bellarabi, Moutinho, pretty much any Borussia Dortmund player)

None of those guys would start for us/improve the XI much at all, apart from Reus.

[lionsden 4,689]

Not for £29m. Rip off.

I agree that £29m is too much but in the current climate, that's not an outrageous price for a player of his quality.

[Leif 6,006]

None of those guys would start for us/improve the XI much at all, apart from Reus.

Right but who's talking about improving the XI? It doesn't need improved.

[Leif 6,006]

Vidal? Pirlo and Pogba would probably leave Juventus this summer or the next one, Juventus wont sell.

If you're Juve and you're offered £40m for Vidal this summer, and Pogba stays (just as likely as him leaving), you take that £40m and go buy yourself a replacement for £20m & everything continues merrily. Juventus aren't in a position to turn down such figures for a 28 year old, but we're in a position to put forward such offers.

[empire of emotions 247]

i would love if we go after sergio ramos.

[Toli 977]

Pool on the verge of signing Clyne for 12.5 m .

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfers/11697503/Liverpool-transfer-news-Nathaniel-Clyne-12.5m-deal-almost-done.html

Would be an amazing deal. one of the best RBs in the league. would have thought United would go for him. Solves the RB problem of both teams for a long time.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Right but who's talking about improving the XI? It doesn't need improved.

So you want us to spend £20/£30m each on a couple of squad players?

[Unionjack 7,531]

Downside? I call it the biggest benefit. I liked the old days when teams had most players with them for years instead of nowadays when this is the exception. This obsession with spending mindlessly every window is what inflated price tags in the first place. I don't like this constant renovation where every season half a team is shipped. I prefer quiet windows with teams making a couple of clinical transfers and demanding managers to find other ways to make titles move from where they are. Today it feels like everything should be fixed with money injection and short term solutions.

We've done it for years, I'm not an hypocrite to deny I'm thankful for Roman's money. It changed the game, but it got out of control and I like that FFP may force teams to work within themselves to improve instead of splashing crazy amounts of money.

So I'm hopeful this is going to be a quieter window all around compared to the last few years.

Thats all well and good if youve got a team thats dominating in where you want to be. And IF youve got any ambition for us to make a place in Europe then I cant see us doing it with all the lads we got now.

And we cant turn the clock back. Its not just us thats looking to build there teams as good as they can and also spend much more money than we do now. So WTF shouldnt we spend some of the money we have to strengthen the squad to a quality and hopefully age that they can stay together for awhile.

If we sit back watching our PL rivals all strengthening their teams (Even if you might think theyre a bunch of wankers, which they are) we are going to be left behind and Im sure thats the last thing we want eh.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Latest rumours saying that United are offering 40m euros and DDG for Ramos... Incredible. Real must be laughing.

[Leif 6,006]

£4.2m is a bit cheap for Deulofeu is it not? He was supposed to be the next La Masia product to do big things; i think he's still got that ability in him. His place of training should add at least £2m to his value IMO.