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Posted by: Mack. May 27 2020, 01:41 PM
It's time for lots of speculation about transfers to begin!
Posted by: Rooney May 28 2020, 11:29 AM
I am expecting there to be very little movement this summer.
Not least because it's likely between when this season and the next season starts there will be a 2-3 week break at most I suspect. I expect there will be the odd 'bigger' transfer, but I'd expect this transfer window to be fairly quiet and the winter one to be a little busier. Just think there is far too much uncertaintly right now for clubs to commit to bigger spending. Though I do think Werner will likely end up at Liverpool.
Posted by: Mack. May 31 2020, 01:34 PM
Paris St-Germain have signed striker Mauro Icardi for 60m euros (£54m) from Inter Milan.
The 27-year-old Argentina international joined PSG in September on a season-long loan with a buy-out option.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 2 2020, 08:47 PM
Matty Longstaff has been offered a five-year deal worth £30,000 per week by Serie A club Udinese.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 4 2020, 06:15 PM
Chelsea are in talks to sign RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner.
Posted by: Rooney Jun 4 2020, 07:47 PM
Shame, by all accounts he was Liverpool bound pre-Covid. Looks like we ain't going to be spend any money again this summer.. which is worrying to say the least.
Posted by: Steve201 Jun 4 2020, 11:09 PM
I know I'm gutted we had better win the league this season as we will def fall behind next season ffs. Werner is a great player too and with Chelsea signing the Ajax player Zieyeick as well they could be a force.
Posted by: Wall Jun 4 2020, 11:18 PM
Chelsea will be frightening next season at this rate
Posted by: Rooney Jun 4 2020, 11:56 PM
Unlikely. They are still some way off Liverpool and Manchester City.
Seems like they are going after Werner and Chilwell, but I don't think that makes them title contenders. I can't see much player movement in the summer this year.
Posted by: Wall Jun 5 2020, 12:21 AM
Attacking wise, they are going to be incredibly scary.
If they manage chillwell, a new goalkeeper, CB and CH then I can see them being title contenders. I can see city struggling hard next season tbh
Posted by: Dobbo Jun 5 2020, 10:36 AM
If City are banned from Europe they'll be massive favourites for the Prem imo with that their only real target and fewer matches.
Posted by: Quarantilas Jun 5 2020, 10:41 AM
Interesting to see how Werner adapts to the Prem. If Chelsea could insist that he moves right now before the end of the Bundesliga season that would be perfect. Not that I am at all bias as a Gladbach fan wanting to get rid of Leipzig from our competition for third place and that sweet CL spot.
Posted by: Rooney Jun 5 2020, 11:47 AM
If they manage chillwell, a new goalkeeper, CB and CH then I can see them being title contenders. I can see city struggling hard next season tbh
Werner, Abraham, Pulisic - all decent players but they are just not consistent enough to be title contenders yet imo.
City will be fine next season too. Themselves and Liverpool are so far ahead of the others right now. I suspect City will be in Europe next season and any ban is the following season.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 10 2020, 01:43 PM
Inter Milan are waiting to see if Barcelona will meet the £98m release clause for Lautaro Martinez before it expires on July 7.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 23 2020, 05:06 PM
Juventus have agreed a £72.5m fee with Barcelona to sign Arthur.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 23 2020, 09:16 PM
Morgan Schneiderlin has joined French side Nice from Everton for an undisclosed fee.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 27 2020, 10:48 PM
Arthur will fly to Turin tonight and undergo a medical with Juventus tomorrow ahead of a £72.5m switch from Barcelona.
Posted by: Mack. Jun 30 2020, 07:11 PM
Manchester City have agreed to sell winger Leroy Sane to Bayern Munich.
The Germany international will join the Bundesliga champions for an initial fee of about £44.7m in a deal that could rise to £54.8m.
Posted by: Mack. Jul 7 2020, 05:19 PM
Leeds United have completed the signing of Wolves winger Helder Costa for a fee understood to be about £16m.
Posted by: UKL Jul 10 2020, 11:12 PM
The Germany international will join the Bundesliga champions for an initial fee of about £44.7m in a deal that could rise to £54.8m.
This seriously broke my heart, Sane will be missed.
Posted by: Mack. Jul 11 2020, 08:45 AM
Leicester are planning a £31m swoop for Real Madrid forward Luka Jovic as they search for a new striker partner for Jamie Vardy,
Posted by: Mack. Jul 20 2020, 06:26 PM
Birmingham City teenager Jude Bellingham has completed a move to German giants Borussia Dortmund which could eventually be worth over £30m.
The 17-year-old midfielder has signed a long-term deal with Dortmund.
Bellingham, who is the Blues' youngest player, will leave the Championship club after their final game of the season on Wednesday.
Posted by: Dobbo Jul 20 2020, 06:52 PM
Overrated.
Posted by: Rooney Jul 20 2020, 07:40 PM
I can't say I have ever seen him play or know about all the hype, but I can't help but feel lots of people think he will be amazing because of Sancho.
Sounds like a lot of clubs were sniffing around him, but it's an awful lot of money in this climate. Although I guess Dortmund see it as a long term investment knowing if he is half decent some team in the Premier League will buy him at some point.
Posted by: Steve201 Jul 21 2020, 12:59 PM
He must have his head screwed on going to Dortmund the way the coach their players.
I thought he was headed for united but obv not, great player. Birminghams best player in the past 2 seasons as a 16/17 yo!
Posted by: Mack. Jul 21 2020, 06:49 PM
Everton have had a £25m Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg bid accepted by Southampton.
Posted by: Mack. Jul 25 2020, 04:19 PM
Brighton apparently close to signing Adam Lallana on a free transfer.
Posted by: Rooney Jul 25 2020, 04:52 PM
Would be a good signing for them. He's only 32 and while he has been plagued with injuries the past couple of seasons he can still do a job. I think he will do much better there than at Leicester which was where he was originally rumoured to go.
Biggest rumours at the moment are Havertz to Chelsea (which does look pretty nailed on) and Thiago to Liverpool. The Sancho to Man Utd links don't go away either..
Posted by: Mack. Jul 27 2020, 07:34 PM
Brighton have signed Adam Lallana from Liverpool on a free transfer.
Posted by: Rooney Jul 27 2020, 07:38 PM
And Zenit have signed Dejan Lovren!
Posted by: Houdini Jul 30 2020, 10:56 AM
Bournemouth have accepted a £41M bid from Manchester City for Nathan Ake. It feels like a bit of a strange signing for City to make but I guess for Bournemouth there will be plenty more departures to come.
Posted by: Rooney Jul 30 2020, 12:00 PM
He's a good player, think he will be played at left back. Concerns around his injuries, but I like him a lot as a player, I'd have definitely taken him at Liverpool due to the versatility.
Posted by: Dobbo Jul 30 2020, 12:41 PM
That's a good signing even at that price tag. Stones obviously isn't cutting the mustard at City so they need a dependable consistent partner for Laporte rather than chopping and changing their CBs all the time. Says a lot that Fernandinho is preferred to both Stones & Otamendi when all are available.
Posted by: Houdini Jul 30 2020, 07:30 PM
I think he's a good player as well but I would have thought that they would have gone for a big name signing as that is what they normally do rather than getting a player from a relegated club.
Posted by: Rooney Jul 30 2020, 07:36 PM
You can't look at it that way all the time, I mean look at Andy Robertson! Some players can be heavily improved by coaching. Ake was unlucky, he should have really gone back to Chelsea as he would walk in to their central defence, but I think at the time he wanted to be first choice. Aside from Ederson nobody is really first choice at City, but he will play a lot both at CB and LB. Pretty sure he can even play DM as well.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 3 2020, 05:23 PM
Sancho looks like he is on his way to Utd at £100m.
I will be gutted if this comes off as I like him a lot and he'd be perfect at Liverpool, but no way we could afford that for him unless he one of the front three left. The only thing that fills me with confidence is that he will go to Barcelona/Madrid in 3-4 years time if he performs anywhere near how he is capable.
Posted by: Houdini Aug 3 2020, 05:47 PM
I will be gutted if this comes off as I like him a lot and he'd be perfect at Liverpool, but no way we could afford that for him unless he one of the front three left. The only thing that fills me with confidence is that he will go to Barcelona/Madrid in 3-4 years time if he performs anywhere near how he is capable.
He'd be much better off at United than Liverpool!
Posted by: Rooney Aug 3 2020, 07:26 PM
I think he would be better in the short term at Man Utd as he easily becomes their star, at Liverpool he wouldn't get in to the first team right now but he certainly would in a couple of years time. Good player, I like him a lot but for £100m in Covid-19 times he's not worth it for Liverpool when we wouldn't splash the cash for Werner.
It does worry me slightly that everyone around us in the Premier League seem to be chancing it on their finances and going for big money signings, whilst by all accounts we're waiting to see what happens.
Posted by: Houdini Aug 3 2020, 10:53 PM
It does worry me slightly that everyone around us in the Premier League seem to be chancing it on their finances and going for big money signings, whilst by all accounts we're waiting to see what happens.
Man Utd would be a good environment for a young player with someone like Ole as the coach so I think he would be good even in the long term as well if he was to stay for many years. He would be a near ever present name on the team sheet.
Liverpool are still in very good shape for the new season even if they don't add to their squad but it's when your best players get to their early 30's when there could be a shift if you don't buy new players and most of your best players are not far off that at the moment.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 3 2020, 11:36 PM
Liverpool are still in very good shape for the new season even if they don't add to their squad but it's when your best players get to their early 30's when there could be a shift if you don't buy new players and most of your best players are not far off that at the moment.
Don't know if I was a young player and I had the choice of being coached between Ole and Klopp I know who I would choose
See I also don't get this shift and clamour to move all our best players on. Our team is at its peak and if you look around Europe you'd say all the best players across the leagues are late 20s - mid 30s (Vardy, Messi, Ronaldo, Immobile, KDB, Mane, Henderson, Immobile). I see the same attitude from Liverpool fans too just because we have not signed flavour of the month. Everyone wet their beds last summer when Spurs signed Le Celso and Ndombele and look how that turned out!
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 4 2020, 07:07 PM
We will def add to the defence and the full back positions imo!
Posted by: Mack. Aug 5 2020, 10:42 PM
Manchester City have completed the signing of Valencia winger Ferran Torres for £21m.
Posted by: Houdini Aug 6 2020, 10:48 AM
Alexis Sanchez has joined Inter Milan permanently from Manchester United on a 3 year deal. I think it's for the best for everyone involved, it seems like he's played better at Inter and we have been better off without him. It's a shame that he didn't bring the form from his Arsenal days with him at United.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 6 2020, 11:58 AM
His half a million a week contract was quite possibly THE worst decision we made in the last 10 years...
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 6 2020, 12:03 PM
Always makes me laugh that one....
Posted by: Rooney Aug 6 2020, 01:25 PM
Probably one of the worst transfers in modern football. It was a classic case of the fabled "marquee" signing.
Sounds like there's no transfer fee and Inter are still paying his wages. Crazy.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 14 2020, 04:06 PM
Is Sancho to Man Utd happening anymore? I honestly can't see it unless they stump up the asking price Dortmund want.
Willian has finally gone to Arsenal on a three-year deal.
Liverpool have signed Tsimikas as an extra left-back and the Thiago rumours just do not go away.
Most bizarre link I have seen so far.. Harry Winks to Manchester City 
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 14 2020, 04:08 PM
Na, usual Ed Woodward bottlejob probably. Dortmund have been the absolute scourges of our transfer business the past decade or so. Sold us some absolute dross, and stole some of our big targets so unsurprising to see them finding new ways to be problematic.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 14 2020, 04:16 PM
I don't get why Woodward just doesn't pay the money if you want him. It's obvious Dortmund have the upper hand in the negotiations. He did exactly the same thing with Maguire and Fernandes, wasted weeks upon weeks only to pay the money in the end. Unless you are actually prepared to walk away and move on to other targets I don't think these clubs will ever take Woodward's negotiation properly.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 14 2020, 04:22 PM
Yeah it's pretty incompetent negotiating. Worst of all was the Fellaini one, let's just wait an extra few weeks to pay £12M more for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 14 2020, 06:49 PM
Is this going to be annual thing an Chelsea player moving to Arsenal???
Posted by: Mack. Aug 15 2020, 06:52 PM
Bournemouth have accepted an £18.5m bid for goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale from his former club Sheffield United.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 15 2020, 09:06 PM
Wonder how this will work will the Henderson and de Gea now?
Posted by: Mack. Aug 17 2020, 03:59 PM
Former Burnley and Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is set to join Tottenham on a free transfer.
The 33-year-old left Burnley when his contract expired on 30 June.
Hart, then England keeper, fell from favour after Pep Guardiola arrived at City in 2016, with loans to Torino and West Ham before a 2018 move to Burnley.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 17 2020, 07:26 PM
So he's swapping benches? Least the shampoo promotioner gets to train in a better complex!
Posted by: Rooney Aug 17 2020, 07:31 PM
I think he's just accepted he will become 3rd choice keeper for a bit to fill a quota and he might get the odd game here and there. He will do that for 2-3 years before one last playing job at any level. Seems to be accepted for English goalkeepers now. Best of both worlds as they get a massive pay day and they pass on their knowledge to younger keepers in the set-up.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 17 2020, 09:35 PM
David Silva has joined La Liga side Real Sociedad for two seasons.
The Spaniard's 10-year spell at City came to an end after Saturday's Champions League defeat by Lyon.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 22 2020, 10:29 AM
Chelsea are closing in on a deal for Leicester and England left-back Ben Chilwell.
The 23-year-old has been a target for Blues boss Frank Lampard despite Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers saying in July that Chilwell was not for sale.
But after Leicester finished fifth last season, a Chelsea move would offer Chilwell Champions League football.
The Foxes academy product is working his way back from a foot injury that is not thought to be serious.
His current contract with Leicester runs until 2024.
Chelsea are also interested in signing Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Kai Havertz.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 22 2020, 02:31 PM
Chilwell is probably better than Emerson and Alonso (in a back 4). But I also find him really overrated as well. But for an English left back I suppose that is the going price, it was meant to be £80m pre-Covid.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 24 2020, 07:46 PM
Jeff Hendrick has joined Newcastle United on a four-year deal after leaving Burnley.
The 28-year-old, who has 54 caps for his country, left the Clarets in June and was a free agent.
He was signed by Burnley manager Sean Dyche for a then club-record fee of £10.5m in 2016 but was unable to agree a new contract.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 24 2020, 08:12 PM
The 28-year-old, who has 54 caps for his country, left the Clarets in June and was a free agent.
He was signed by Burnley manager Sean Dyche for a then club-record fee of £10.5m in 2016 but was unable to agree a new contract.
That's a far cry away from some of the players linked when the Saudis were going to buy them!
Announce Thiago Liverpool FC!!!!
Posted by: Mack. Aug 24 2020, 08:38 PM
Leicester midfielder James Maddison has signed a new four-year contract with the Premier League club, keeping him at the King Power until 2024.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 24 2020, 09:50 PM
So was his contract running out this year?
Posted by: Rooney Aug 24 2020, 09:56 PM
Nah, it will have been 2022 or 2023. Ensures he stays for another season at least, possibly two on increased terms and if a bigger club comes in for him (which I honestly can't see right now) Leicester have protected their asset.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 25 2020, 11:08 AM
Maddison hit the ground running for Leicester but his form fell off a cliff in 2020.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 25 2020, 01:01 PM
Tbf he's been injured most of the second half of the season.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 25 2020, 10:41 PM
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has apparently asked to leave this summer.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 26 2020, 11:38 AM
Love the Messi logic - he wants to leave Barcelona to win a couple more Champions Leagues titles, so let's try and engineer a move to Manchester City who have never been to the final
Looks highly likely he is on the move, I suspect he will end up at City.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 26 2020, 12:32 PM
I'm still shocked. Barca literally paid for his medicine for him to even be a footballer let alone go on to become one of the est ever. I thought that alone would be goodwill enough for him to never leave, never mind all the glory they've experienced together. Seems very kneejerk based on one bad season but I imagine there must be far more to it than what we know.
Didn't he & Pep fall out? Thought that would be the turn-off with City never mind their European failures. I wonder if PSG are more likely, certainly one of the only teams who could even afford him and they've set a precedent with Neymar...
Posted by: Houdini Aug 26 2020, 01:44 PM
I'll believe Messi leaving Barcelona when I see it.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 26 2020, 03:13 PM
Didn't he & Pep fall out? Thought that would be the turn-off with City never mind their European failures. I wonder if PSG are more likely, certainly one of the only teams who could even afford him and they've set a precedent with Neymar...
Half of me thinks it's a strategic move to force the current President out, but it also seems from reading between the lines that he is very close with Suarez and now Suarez has been shown the door, Messi is trying to engineer a move away.
The thing is even if he is allowed to leave on a free, he's on about £1m Euros per week. I think Italy might be appealing as their tax is more favourable. I like him a lot and he would be a fantastic addition to any big team but it's the ultimate knee jerk signing. Man City would literally be signing him for the sake of it. They already smash teams 5-6 nil regularly and while Messi is a great player he doesn't track back anymore.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 26 2020, 04:38 PM
Chelsea have signed England left-back Ben Chilwell from Leicester on a five-year deal.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 26 2020, 05:14 PM
Dean Henderson has agreed a new 6-year contract with Manchester United.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 26 2020, 06:52 PM
Frank “I promote youth” Lampard was just a myth then
Posted by: Mack. Aug 28 2020, 01:19 PM
Chelsea have completed the signing of Thiago Silva, joining on a one-year contract with the option of a further 12 months.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 28 2020, 01:29 PM
Crystal Palace have completed the signing of QPR forward Eberechi Eze on a five-year deal for £19.5m.
The highly-rated England Under-21 international started every game and scored 14 goals for QPR in the Championship last season.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 28 2020, 03:20 PM
Chelsea are like the kid who got nothing for Xmas last year being adopted by millionaires and giving everything they want this time around.
Silva is mega though, he's one of the best modern defenders even at his age. Up there with Pique & Ramos. Talk about a diamond in the rough for that defence!
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 28 2020, 06:50 PM
Not a huge fan of Silva myself but maybe my opinion is tainted by his World Cup performances, he may prove me wrong!
Posted by: Mack. Aug 28 2020, 10:15 PM
Australia midfielder Aaron Mooy has joined Shanghai SIPG from Brighton for an undisclosed fee.
Mooy, 29, signed for the Seagulls on a three-and-a-half year deal in January having initially joined on loan from Huddersfield Town in August 2019.
He scored two goals in 32 appearances last season to help Brighton to their best Premier League points haul.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 29 2020, 08:51 AM
Strange they let him go, he's a good player.
Posted by: Dobbo Aug 29 2020, 08:56 AM
At least he isn't tainted by that 7-1 defeat as I believe he was suspended for that one.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 29 2020, 09:06 AM
Leeds United have signed Spain forward Rodrigo from Valencia for a club record 29m euro (£26m) fee.
Rodrigo, 29, has signed a four-year contract with Marcelo Bielsa's side, who are back in the Premier League after a 16-year absence.
He scored 59 goals in 220 games for Valencia, helping the La Liga club win the Copa del Rey in 2018-19.
Leeds' previous record transfer was former England captain Rio Ferdinand, who cost £18m from West Ham in 2000.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 29 2020, 12:13 PM
Silva is mega though, he's one of the best modern defenders even at his age. Up there with Pique & Ramos. Talk about a diamond in the rough for that defence!
It will be interesting to see how he does in the PL. Good signing on paper. Still yet to sign a keeper though..
Posted by: Mack. Aug 29 2020, 09:45 PM
Everton have agreed a £25m deal for Napoli's Brazil midfielder Allan, and are also in talks to bring Real Madrid's James Rodriguez to Goodison Park.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 29 2020, 10:40 PM
Rodriquez would be a coup for Everton!
Posted by: Mack. Aug 29 2020, 10:47 PM
Leeds United have also signed Germany defender Robin Koch, 24, from Freiburg for an undisclosed fee.
Posted by: Rooney Aug 29 2020, 11:10 PM
He would have been 6 years ago! This version of Rodriguez is a typical Everton signing.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 30 2020, 09:22 AM
Matt Doherty has joined Tottenham from Wolves on a four-year contract for a fee in the region £15m.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 31 2020, 11:46 AM
Manchester United are close to reaching an agreement to sign Donny Van De Beek from Ajax.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 31 2020, 12:09 PM
Sky Sports News - Everton and Real Madrid could reach agreement for transfer of James Rodriguez in next 48 hours.
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 31 2020, 02:33 PM
Mane linked with a move to Barca for 90m!
I swear we must be the only club who wins the league and gets to two European Cup finals in 3 years winning one of them and still sells their best player....
Posted by: Rooney Aug 31 2020, 02:59 PM
I swear we must be the only club who wins the league and gets to two European Cup finals in 3 years winning one of them and still sells their best player....
There is no chance we sell Mane without a replacement
I could see us selling one of the front three next summer but not before. Plus the source of the rumours are terrible.Van de Beek is a good signing for Man Utd, I like him a lot. Can't see how he plays that much unless Pogba goes next summer, but still a good signing. Not that right sided forward or defensive midfielder they need though..
Posted by: Steve201 Aug 31 2020, 10:10 PM
We are linked with Sarr from Watford as a replacement apparently.
Posted by: Mack. Aug 31 2020, 10:37 PM
That's one rumour doing the rounds Sarr to Liverpool.
Posted by: Mack. Sep 2 2020, 12:50 PM
Aston Villa have agreed a fee with Nottingham Forest for full-back Matty Cash.
The fee is understood to £14m rising to a possible £16m with add-ons.
Posted by: Mack. Sep 2 2020, 12:51 PM
West Brom have agreed a fee with West Ham to sign forward Grady Diangana.
Diangana spent last season on loan at the Hawthorns as West Brom were promoted to the Premier League. The fee could be worth £18m and would break West Brom’s transfer record.
Posted by: Dobbo Sep 2 2020, 02:14 PM
Is that just cos he scored twice against them last year?
he's awful
Posted by: Rooney Sep 2 2020, 04:49 PM
he's awfulI think he is OK, quite raw. He certainly has a lot of the attributes we need for our wide forwards. We have been linked with him, but I can't see it myself. I think it is more likely we wait a season and go for somebody else.
Posted by: Mack. Sep 3 2020, 09:30 AM
Everton agree fee understood to be £25m with Watford to sign midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Posted by: Mack. Sep 3 2020, 11:13 AM
Chelsea agreed a deal to sign Kai Havertz from Bayer Leverkusen yesterday, according to Sky in Germany.
The deal is worth £89m.
Posted by: Dobbo Sep 3 2020, 11:22 AM
Wowzers, I know of course they're all gonna need to gel but if Chelsea's new signings all click quickly I don't see why they can't be a real threat even with a dodgy defence and GK. They'll be like Liverpool 13/14!
Posted by: Mack. Sep 4 2020, 04:10 PM
After all that frenzied press speculation and rumours:
Least surprising decision for me.
Woodward is the gift that never stops giving