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Posted by: Rooney 25th May 2021, 10:41 PM

Here we go back again! Are we going to see a low key summer seeing as most clubs are skint? Or are clubs just going to forget about the pandemic and splash the cash?

And just HOW long will the Harry Kane transfer saga drag on this summer? (answer: a lot).

Posted by: Mack. 26th May 2021, 06:01 PM

Leicester City are close to reaching a deal with Lille for 22-year-old midfielder Boubakary Soumare, for a fee which could rise to £18m.

Posted by: Rooney 26th May 2021, 08:51 PM

Great signing, think he will get picked up by one of the bigger clubs in a couple of years. Ndidi on his way maybe?

Sounds like Aguero is going to Barcelona on a free.

Posted by: steve201 26th May 2021, 11:55 PM

Heard Liverpool in for Tielemans!

Posted by: Rooney 28th May 2021, 09:09 AM

Not sure he is what we need. Good player, but I'd rather Neves is we were looking at Premier League players.

Man Utd out briefing their mouthpieces about their summer transfer targets in the wake of defeat Sancho, Kane, Rice and Pau Torres. But actually Sancho is the only one they reckon is achievable. Classic Woodward

Posted by: steve201 28th May 2021, 09:52 AM

Yeh always after the biggest of players and then sign someone on transfer deadline day! That’s they thing a lot of their targets we can’t even think of going for but they can offer 300k a week!

Posted by: Mack. 28th May 2021, 05:30 PM

Liverpool confirm they have reached an agreement to sign RB Leipzig defender Ibrahima Konaté in a deal worth £36m

Posted by: Mack. 28th May 2021, 05:31 PM

]Austria international David Alaba has signed for Real Madrid, the La Liga side said on Friday, joining as a free agent after spending more than a decade with Bayern Munich.

Posted by: Rooney 29th May 2021, 02:53 PM

I've not seen much of Konate apart from the Champions League games, mainly in 2020, but he looks like the type of player we need!

The Alaba signing for Real Madrid is mad, he's on over £400k a week.. bonkers.

Posted by: steve201 29th May 2021, 05:22 PM

Is he a ball playing defender?

Posted by: Mack. 31st May 2021, 02:50 PM

As expected Aguero will join Barcelona in the summer.

Posted by: Mack. 1st June 2021, 08:35 AM

Barcelona will sign Spain centre-back Eric Garcia on a five-year deal when his Manchester City contract expires next month.

Posted by: steve201 1st June 2021, 09:39 AM

Wonder if will be another Pique!

Posted by: Dobbo. 1st June 2021, 04:11 PM

The cheek of Aguero to call Barca the biggest club in the world!

I mean yes they are objectively a bigger club than City but what a way to shit all over your 10 year legacy And actually City right now are a far superior outfit to Barca, a team in decline and will probably be a mid-table team in Spain post-Messi.

Posted by: steve201 1st June 2021, 06:35 PM

It’s pretty accurate to say Barca are a bigger club overall that City though tbf

Posted by: Mack. 17th June 2021, 11:21 AM

Arsenal have rejected a £25m bid from Aston Villa for highly-rated midfielder Emile Smith Rowe.

Posted by: Mack. 17th June 2021, 11:27 AM

Gianluigi Buffon has returned to Parma two decades after leaving the Italian club who were relegated last season.

Posted by: Dobbo. 17th June 2021, 12:49 PM

Now that's one hell of a homecoming.

Posted by: Mack. 17th June 2021, 01:06 PM

Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori has joined AC Milan in a £24m move after a successful loan spell at the San Siro last season.

Posted by: steve201 17th June 2021, 05:34 PM

Class!

Posted by: Rooney 17th June 2021, 09:11 PM

Some mad rumours about at Arsenal.. trying to sign Ramsdale as Leno wants out!!! How does that Martinez sale to Villa look now

Ashley Young also looks like he's off back to Villa on a free transfer.

Posted by: steve201 17th June 2021, 09:46 PM

Where’s that Arsenal rumour Rooney?

Posted by: Dobbo. 18th June 2021, 08:18 AM

If Arsenal sign Ramsdale they won't even make the top 10 next season. Championship standard GK at best.

Posted by: Rooney 18th June 2021, 04:01 PM

They're all over the place, seem to be from reputable sources too. Allegedly after Maddison too.

Posted by: steve201 18th June 2021, 06:53 PM

If I was Maddison I would be staying at Leicester!

Posted by: Mack. 20th June 2021, 11:43 AM

Barcelona have reached an agreement to sign Lyon forward Memphis Depay on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of this month.

Posted by: Mack. 21st June 2021, 10:30 PM

Man City make a £100m bid for Harry Kane : cheeseblock:

Posted by: Rooney 21st June 2021, 11:54 PM

Can’t wait for the media to start having a go at City for Kane’s poor form..

Feels ridiculous if City can go and buy Kane and Grealish for £200m. And of course they still have a low wage budget.. looooool

Posted by: Quarantilas 30th June 2021, 07:00 PM

*sings Etta James - At Last*

Posted by: Houdini 30th June 2021, 08:41 PM

I recently saw so many rumours about Sancho joining us but after the saga of last year I didn't believe it but it seems like it's actually happening. I'm sure he will hit the ground running and I look forward to seeing him in a United shirt. Having someone like Edinson Cavani to mentor him will improve his game even more also.

Posted by: Rooney 1st July 2021, 12:23 PM

Sancho is a great singing. He’s only player I’m pretty jealous of as he would fit in to the Liverpool team like a glove. The only problem is we have Salah who plays the same position and his wages are ridiculous. Gonna be a load of pressure on him to hit the ground running.

I look forward to the protests against the Glazers this year for not spending any money

Posted by: steve201 1st July 2021, 12:32 PM

God they spend so much money and act like it’s everyone else’s fault when they don’t win the league 😳

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2021, 10:55 PM

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Reading forward Michael Olise for £8m.

Posted by: Dobbo. 9th July 2021, 09:32 AM

They need to redirect a bit of that money to renovating Old Trafford.

I'm actually aghast at us getting Sancho for so cheap (yes anything under 100M for a world class young English forward is considered a bargain these days) so fair play there.

Let's hope hope we get the Dortmund version of Sancho and not the one that has so far been ineffective in a three lions jersey,.

Posted by: steve201 10th July 2021, 03:38 PM

Tbf he hasn’t had much of a chance so far!

Posted by: Mack. 10th July 2021, 07:14 PM

Arsenal have announced the signing of defender Nuno Tavares.

The 21-year-old has signed a long-term deal with the club and joins from Benfica.

Posted by: Mack. 13th July 2021, 10:06 AM

Norwich have completed the signing of Pierre Lees-Melou from Nice.

The newly-promoted Canaries have reportedly paid around £3.5m on the midfielder. The 28-year-old has joined on a three-year contract.

Posted by: Mack. 13th July 2021, 10:06 AM

Mat Ryan leaves Brighton to join La Liga side Real Sociedad.

Posted by: Houdini 13th July 2021, 04:52 PM

Jadon Sancho has had his medical at Manchester United so it looks like the deal will be completed this week. To still go ahead with the medical and the transfer plans in the midst of all the abuse he's been getting since Sunday shows how much mental strength he has. I hope he wont get the 1998 David Beckham treatment in the new season now that fans will be back in the stadiums.

Posted by: Rooney 13th July 2021, 09:42 PM

The Sancho transfer is boring now Seems to have been going on for a year now, going to be a whole load of extra pressure on him now too. I look forward to the fans protests for not spending any money!

Posted by: steve201 13th July 2021, 09:44 PM

They will win league now lol!

Posted by: Mack. 13th July 2021, 11:00 PM

Wolves have confirmed Rui Patricio has joined Serie A side Roma for an undisclosed fee.

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 15th July 2021, 10:50 PM

Varane to Manchester United!

Great business from them

Posted by: steve201 15th July 2021, 11:01 PM

More £££ spent, no excuses now!

Posted by: Rooney 16th July 2021, 04:57 PM

Varane isn't done yet though is it? There's some talk he's angling for a new contract from Real Madrid, which is what I think he wants. He's a good player, he'd certainly improve Utd's defence, but they'd be paying well over the odds for his salary. I think there are better options out there personally, but it would be hilarious again if he pies Utd and signs a new contract with Real Madrid. Be good to see their strategy never changes.

Posted by: steve201 16th July 2021, 05:42 PM

They always pay huge wages for most players, that’s why Cavani and the likes chose United!

Posted by: Rooney 16th July 2021, 06:25 PM

Which is all good and well, but by all accounts even State sponsored City can't do the business they want this summer because nobody can afford the players they need to shift on..

Posted by: Quarantilas 16th July 2021, 06:51 PM

I’m always weary of a player another top team wants to offload

Posted by: Rooney 16th July 2021, 07:49 PM

I don't think they want to offload him from what I've read, I just don't think Real Madrid can pay what Varane wants. They want to keep him by all accounts! Think he would be a good signing personally, although it's a bit of a mercenary opportunity. He improves you certainly.

Posted by: steve201 16th July 2021, 08:01 PM

He’s been at Real a long time so probably just wants a new challenge!

Posted by: Quarantilas 16th July 2021, 08:04 PM

I wouldn’t be opposed at all. Not by a long stretch. He’s a solid signing but let’s just say that I’ve been burned (Di Maria, Falcao) so reserve judgement

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 16th July 2021, 08:43 PM

Real aren't screwed in the same way that Barca are, but they're definitely not in a position to give Varane an extension and pay rise, and is a big fee and risk with one year left on his contract.

Posted by: Mack. 17th July 2021, 11:07 PM

Olivier Giroud has completed a permanent transfer to AC Milan from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee.

Posted by: Mack. 17th July 2021, 11:07 PM

Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign Brighton defender Ben White for a fee believed to be worth £50m.

Posted by: Mack. 18th July 2021, 11:50 PM

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Marc Guehi from Chelsea on a five-year deal.

Posted by: steve201 19th July 2021, 08:14 PM

I’ve never even heard of him - assume he’s been on loan a thousand times in the last five years!!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 20th July 2021, 05:17 PM

Palace with some much needed excellent transfer business with Olise and Guehi the last few days. It'll be interesting to see if they can overhaul that squad with a new manager and still reach their usual comfort this season.

Posted by: steve201 20th July 2021, 05:41 PM

Obv not as Andros Townsend joins Everton!

Posted by: Rooney 21st July 2021, 12:00 AM

Palace are keeping their better players, be interesting to see how they get on. I'm not convinced by Viera, but they are going down a really solid route of the types of players tehy are recruiting.

Townsend to Everton isn't actually that bad a move. Not a world beater but they've splashed out big bucks for Bolaise, Iwobi and Walcott over the past few years. They're being linked with Damari Gray too.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 21st July 2021, 04:21 PM

Townsend is a decent signing for Everton and I wouldn't be against Gray either, I don't think any club is worse on transfers than they are, Arsenal maybe? Consistently overpay and rarely make any profit on anyone, Lukaku being one massive exception.

Palace were right to release Townsend too as they need such an overhaul and reduce that wage bill massively. Zaha and Schlupp were their 3rd & 4th youngest players and they played 75 games between them 10 seasons ago!

Posted by: Dobbo. 21st July 2021, 04:35 PM

Spurs are pretty lousy on transfers too.

Posted by: steve201 21st July 2021, 05:03 PM

Look at the chairman and that tells the story there imo!

Posted by: Rooney 21st July 2021, 07:37 PM

All clubs have had poor recruitment over the years, pre-Klopp Liverpool's transfer policy was all over the place, Man Utd regularly wasted millions and even seems to forget Pep's obsession with spending £50m on full backs every season!

Everton's transfer policy has been by far the worst, they're still stuck in that mentality that they're part of the big boys challenging for Europe every season. They used to survive by selling one of their better assets every odd season (Rodwell, Barkley, Lukaku, Stones, Fellani, Lescott) - problem they have now is they have a squad full of players all the top clubs didn't want (Gomes, James, Digne, Mina, Allan) and their big two sellable assets in Calvert-Lewin and Richarlison - none of the big clubs play with a #9 really and Richarlison is sooo streaky.

Posted by: steve201 21st July 2021, 09:56 PM

What you make of Jared Bowen Rooney?

Posted by: Rooney 21st July 2021, 10:37 PM

I think he's a good player, I don't think the links have any substance to them though. We feed out false information ever since the Virgil debacle and don't give any of the UK based journalists anything related to transfer targets. Fits a few boxes for us though and is association trained so it could be true.

Posted by: Quarantilas 27th July 2021, 06:40 PM

Well well well. The Woodward free transfer structure seems to be actually functioning

Posted by: steve201 27th July 2021, 07:09 PM

Can’t imagine many teams could afford him!

Posted by: Quarantilas 27th July 2021, 08:10 PM

34m and 250k a week. Plenty of teams could afford him

Posted by: steve201 27th July 2021, 08:55 PM

Really? ��

I mean he’s a good player but only certain teams can buy players like Varane. Means yous will win the league now I guess, no pressure though ��

Posted by: Mack. 27th July 2021, 10:17 PM

Tottenham have signed winger Bryan Gil from Sevilla, with Erik Lamela joining the Spanish side in a swap-plus-cash deal.

Spurs will also pay Sevilla £21.6m for Gil,

Posted by: Dobbo. 28th July 2021, 08:38 AM

Lol you say we're gonna win the league every season. Still a mile off City and a fully-fit Liverpool in terms of consistently getting results but these are 2 really promising signings. Again, much like Chelsea last season you can't just buy a load of star players, throw them all in and expect to dominate straight away.

Posted by: Rooney 28th July 2021, 11:00 AM

All the reports I've seen is Varane is on 250k a week NET. He's on about 450k per week gross. He's on a shitload!

Varane is a great signing. Will be interesting to see how Maguire steps up as Varane is not a leader, but he adds good pace and is certainly better than Lindelof. While I don't think Utd are as good as City/Liverpool there can be no excuses from here on in.. if Utd are not challenging for the title and within 3-5 points come May then there is something seriously wrong.

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 28th July 2021, 12:10 PM

chiesa to liverpool seems the hot take, he just began following trent, mane and salah on insta too

Posted by: steve201 28th July 2021, 01:38 PM

Im doing that on purpose

Good a chance as anyone like, we all know Peps teams fall apart after a good season!

Posted by: Rooney 28th July 2021, 04:12 PM

They would have a much better chance if Ole wasn't at the helm. It will be interesting to see how he adapts to the pressure as if they sign a midfielder (which I suspect they will) they have got all their 'key' signings that Ole and pundits have saying they needed. I agree with Dobbo's comments that you can't just expect players to gel, but there are lots of recent examples where teams have spent big (Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool) and have either won the League or the Champions League in the same season.

Posted by: steve201 28th July 2021, 07:11 PM

Agreed, there’s only one result United fans will demand now!

They splash the cash every season though. Wonder what will happen with Pogba considering his contract ends next summer!

Posted by: Mack. 28th July 2021, 08:38 PM

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Denmark international defender Joachim Andersen on a five-year deal.

The 25-year-old centre-back joins Palace from Lyon after a competing in the Euro 2020 semi-final this summer.

Posted by: Rooney 30th July 2021, 01:15 PM

Telegraph claiming City have bid £100m for Grealish.

I must say I do find it a weird one, sportswashing at its finest. I like him a lot, but I do find he's overrated. Not sure where he fits in to the City side either? Playing him and KDB in midfield is weak and not sure he scores enough goals to be in the front 3 consistently. Must mean Bernardo Silva is on his bike regardless.

Posted by: steve201 30th July 2021, 02:26 PM

Silva is a quality player imo, I’d take him at Liverpool. Grealish doesn’t fit in the city team for me either just seems like they are spending for spendings sake. Wish a player like him would just stay at villa - spread the quality through the division!

Posted by: Dobbo. 30th July 2021, 02:31 PM

Very unusual for City to spend crazy amounts on anyone too given their record signing is "only" £64M which is dwarfed by the European giants.

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 30th July 2021, 03:23 PM

Grealish is incredibly overrated.

If I was Villa I would happily accept that tbh, I just don’t see where grealish fits into the city team right now

Posted by: Rooney 31st July 2021, 12:17 AM

I think he fits in to that Mahrez/Bernardo Silva role. I think Grealish is overrated but he is a good player. Is he £100m? No, definitely not but he signed a massive contract last season I think, so Villa can ask that for him. I think Grealish now is to a similar level Mahrez was when he left Leicester, but Mahrez had a higher goals and assist output. Is Grealish better than Bernardo Silva? Debateable really, I'm not sure he is if you seperate the shiny new toy and recency bias picture from them. Grealish is undoubtedly a good player, but I genuinely fail to see how he massively improves City.

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 31st July 2021, 10:54 AM

Grealish bid accepted

Posted by: steve201 31st July 2021, 12:03 PM

Silva and Grealish are slightly different players for me!

Posted by: benj 3rd August 2021, 10:52 PM

Villa fan here, definitely agree that Grealish isn't worth £100M but to us he's worth way more. He's class for us but I don't see how he'll fit into City's setup. I think even Kane is a weird choice for them, it just seems to be buying their opponents best players instead of finding a striker that would be able to find the net. Kane is unnecessary in my opinion, Tammy Abraham could do the same job that they are looking for.

This saga is super frustrating though. Absolutely no communication from the club, so fans are left second guessing what's happening. No journalist leaks really either. It's just crazy, I've not really known much like this before where there's no clue as to what's happening.

On Sky Bet, Jack is favourite to leave again after being remain last night. Only time will tell I guess.

Posted by: Rooney 3rd August 2021, 11:51 PM

Grealish and Kane both seem like complete sportswashing signings. The type of signings which will create a love and new fanbase for the club. £120m for Kane is nothing if it creates a legacy of City fans.

The word seems to be that City can only really afford Kane or Grealish. There's been a suggestion that the Grealish bid being so public was leaked to put pressure on Kane. No idea how true this is, I suspect it's somewhere in the middle. Think Kane has really gone about this the wrong way, but it's clear he is absolutely desperate to move.

Posted by: Dobbo. 4th August 2021, 07:40 AM

I have zero sympathy for Kane given he signed a SIX year contract in 2018? You can't do that and throw a hissy fit half way into that. So much for being a "model professional" like all the pundits try to have us believe.

Posted by: Mack. 4th August 2021, 11:53 AM

Manchester City are close to agreeing £100million deal to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa.

Posted by: Quarantilas 4th August 2021, 12:22 PM

I still don’t see how he’s worth that much cash, is actually that good in the first place or how he even fits into city. Absolutely baffling buy.


The blue scum will always have cash to throw around for as long as uefa continues to take a lol approach to FFP regs which City make a complete mockery of And have done since a literal country bought them as a sports washing pr exercise.


Get dodgy oil funded countries and oligarchs out of the prem pls.

Posted by: Rooney 4th August 2021, 12:58 PM

Another Rooney and Silas agreement shocker! I am just not sure how he improves City that much. I guess they could play him and KDB as #8s - they'd pummel the smaller teams, but against the Top teams they'd get torn to shreds with that.

City just casually spending £250m - I really do think the Premier League risks becoming a complete one horse race if they don't tighten up the FFP rules. Everyone knows City cook the books with their salaries..

Posted by: benj 4th August 2021, 07:19 PM

It's a serious joke how rich they are. Aston Villa have rich owners but it shouldn't be all about how much money you have. There needs to be stricter rules for those higher up and loosened rules for the smaller teams. FFP damages the smaller clubs in the country and then the giants get away with spending £250M and making 0 sales.

Yeah, I think the point about making a new fanbase is true. Grealish will get a lot of teenage girls on board with the club. Kane will bring goals to the club. It's a genius move really but I don't know how it's fair or even considered remotely ethical to other teams.

That being said, we've just signed Leon Bailey and Danny Ings. Sounds like we're still chasing Todd Cantwell and James Ward-Prowse which will take our signings from Southampton and Norwich to 2 this season. What's said, is that the Villa fans have been crying about how this isn't fair (our captain being taken), and then our fans being absolutely toxic to the Norwich and Southampton fans. Football for you, eh?

Interesting season ahead for sure

Posted by: Rooney 4th August 2021, 07:53 PM

Exactly, I'm all for teams spending the money if they make it commercially, but there is just no level playing field at all. City just throw money at the problem, see the legal battle with UEFA. I'm sure something has come out recently that the Premier League has a case open against them, but they are worried about a long legal fight as it will cost too much money.

Villa have got some good signings on paper, I like their business. Only problem is we have seen loads of teams do this before and some signings work out, some don't. Trying to fit everyone in the team all at once will not be easy. Does that mean Watkins might play on the left wing now? Think football is always unfair unless you're City. There's always been a cycle of teams taking other team's best players and then a bigger club taking them from there. I completely get it if players want to win trophies, but there's also countless examples where players have gone to win trophies but haven't been accepted by the fans in the same way.

Posted by: steve201 5th August 2021, 08:28 AM

I imagine United are owed a lot of £ if Lukaku goes to Chelsea!

Posted by: Quarantilas 5th August 2021, 09:50 AM

We’re starting to make a habit of this

Like I can see in some limited circumstances that he would fit in but under most circumstances they already have a strong midfield And so to slot him in you have to take a cog out of a machine that works well And he’s not an improvement on anyone. Unless they’re planning to ship someone out


Kane I can understand a little more as Aguero has gone And they need a goal line Poacher


As an accountant I’d love to get my hands on the city books and tear them to shreds. But they’ll always keep on the right side technically by pumping sponsorship cash in. Shouldn’t be allowed to be sponsored by sister companies. They’ve pumped hundreds of millions in through over inflated sponsorship deals. They getting United And Liverpool sums with a tiny fraction of the support and history. It’s total BS.
only apparently like €5m

Posted by: steve201 5th August 2021, 02:30 PM

Really? I heard they owed 42m?

Posted by: steve201 5th August 2021, 06:10 PM

Messi leaving Barca again!

Posted by: Rooney 5th August 2021, 07:47 PM

Genuinely don't know where he goes though? City could drop Kane and get Messi, but no way they get Messi now imo unless they flog someone like Sterling or decide they actually don't want Harry Kane afterall.

Posted by: steve201 5th August 2021, 08:56 PM

Seen a tweet saying ‘if I had just bought Jack Grealish for 100m and Leo Messi appeared as a free transfer I would just restart Football Manager’ 😂

In all seriousness though City are the only team in the PL that can afford him and PSG outside, maybe Juve too. But MLS after that! Imagine trying to keep all them queens at PSG happy like Ramos, Neymar and the likes!

Posted by: benj 5th August 2021, 09:13 PM

Gutted

Posted by: Rooney 5th August 2021, 10:02 PM

£100m is a great piece of business, you've robbed City blind with that price. No way is he worth a British transfer record.

To think Spurs almost signed him for peanuts 3 years ago I think!

Posted by: Quarantilas 5th August 2021, 10:07 PM

Well that’s put a bomb under the transfer market

Will it be Qatar or UAE that blow a hole the size of a small city in the FFP rules

Posted by: Mack. 5th August 2021, 11:25 PM

It is indeed a great piece of business from Villa. The first British £100m player who would have thought it would be Grealish.

Posted by: benj 6th August 2021, 08:49 AM

Daylight robbery. 2 years ago Spurs offered us £3M + Josh Onomah!

No way is he worth £100M. £60M at a push perhaps, but £100M to us. They’ve definitely probably earned his money back already through “sponsorships” or whatever so I don’t really think they’ll care. Plus they’ve got a bunch of new teenage girl fans from it too. I really still struggle to see how he’ll fit into their setup, but I guess they’ll make it work somehow

Posted by: Quarantilas 6th August 2021, 10:19 AM

There’s always the “white British boy” surcharge too so that’s added a good 15m to an already ridiculously over inflated price tag.


He’s been a big fish in a puddle. Mans away to be a tadpole in the pacific. Let’s see how it goes. Given the state of his twitter feed he’s got some deleting to do if they want people to believe this is the Manchester club he’s “always dreamed of joining”. More like this is the money he’s always dreamed of making

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th August 2021, 10:28 AM

I can't help wondering whether part of it is about keeping Grealish away from rivals. It doesn't matter whether he actually plays regularly - the advantage to City is that he can't play for anyone else.

Back in the 1970s and into the '80s, that's what Liverpool used to do. They'd buy a promising young player but he'd spend the first year or two mostly in the reserves. The prospect of winning trophies after a couple years was enough to get them to move. Liverpool also gained by having replacements in the wings for players nearing retirement.

Grealish will be a big loss to Villa but they can console themselves by looking at the £100m. I'm sure many Villa fans will be upset but they have to bear in mind that he could have left when they were last relegated. He was the only decent player in what was otherwise a very poor side that season. He could easily have gone then, either straight into the starting line-up of a mid-table PL team or to a bigger team, possibly going out on loan for the first year or two. However, he stayed at Villa and helped them get back up. By then, he was still their best player but in a much better side.

Posted by: Houdini 6th August 2021, 01:09 PM

This Jack Grealish transfer just shows how little loyalty there is in football. He claimed to be Aston Villa through and through and said that he grew up supporting and loving Aston Villa and now he's left just because some oil money has been waved in his face. I will be shocked if he doesn't get booed by the Villa fans when City go to Villa Park to play Aston Villa.

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th August 2021, 01:55 PM

I wonder how many of those Villa fans will have spent their whole working life with the same employer.

Posted by: Quarantilas 6th August 2021, 02:52 PM

I know but it’s not as if you grow up supporting Tesco and saying you’ll die for the badge only to go to waitrose coz they’ll give you an extra 15p an hr.

Posted by: Suedehead2 6th August 2021, 03:17 PM

Bu8t you can hardly blame a player for wanting to play in the Champions League. Grealish was unlikely to achieve that at Villa.

Posted by: benj 6th August 2021, 03:20 PM

One thing which we can't blame him for is leaving for trophies, but in this case he's put his own personal achievement above what he could get at club level. While yes it's highly unlikely that Villa will be in Champions League spots within the next few years, he still had opportunity to lift Villa back into European places. He was a phenomenal player for us, and could've become a true club legend. We'll never forget everything that he did for us, but in this case he chose a pay cheque and an easy path to trophies over club loyalty and vowing to stick with his promises.

Yet again, I don't blame him for doing so, but he could've achieved so much for his club. One trophy with Villa would be worth 10 with City to him, or I thought it would anyway.

Posted by: LewisGT 6th August 2021, 03:29 PM

I’m finding the Grealish discourse in here a bit weird. He’s a massive improvement on Bernardo Silva who’ll they’ll make a lot of the £100 million back from when he’s sold.

And calling him disloyal seems a bit harsh. It’s not like he was demanding the move and kicking up a fuss like Kane. Villa accepted the bid that matched his release clause so he left. He’s made them £100 million, he’s hardly left them short.

Posted by: Quarantilas 6th August 2021, 03:30 PM

Nah I can’t deny that but there’s no way any of the press release is true. Man has evidence of backing United over City going back to 2012. It’s all about money but he’s not exactly the first player to walk that path

Posted by: Houdini 6th August 2021, 05:41 PM

Matt Le Tissier one of the best players in English football history spent his entire career at Southampton and didn't win any trophies but still stayed anyway from the youth team right up until near retirement. Alan Shearer the all-time record goalscorer in the Premier League stayed at Newcastle his boyhood club once he had joined them all the way until he retired and he turned down the chance to join Man United and win almost every trophy you can think of. That is the type of loyalty to a club that you don't see often these days. Whether it's money or trophies most players are just thinking about themselves rather than the club that they play for.

Posted by: steve201 6th August 2021, 09:17 PM

The only thing I would add is that Grealish spent his whole career at Villa since he was like 8 so fair f***s to him for one getting them a huge fee which is why he signed the contract and two thinking of himself once so he can win trophies for a few years of his career as he turns 26 in September.

Posted by: awardinary 9th August 2021, 07:46 AM

Should Messi go to PSG or hold out for another offer, and could any premier league teams afford him?

Posted by: Rooney 10th August 2021, 09:12 PM

I think only realistically, PSG could afford him. City have too much invested/interest in Kane/Grealish. He's a fantastic player but there's also a reason why so many of Barcelona's recent signings have struggled! PSG's attack looks devestating on paper, but Mbappe is off next summer on a free to Real Madrid most likely.

Posted by: steve201 10th August 2021, 09:14 PM

Two many queens to argue at PSG now!

Posted by: Mack. 11th August 2021, 11:14 PM

Southampton have accepted an offer from Leicester for centre-back Jannick Vestergaard.

Posted by: Mack. 11th August 2021, 11:16 PM

Abraham to Roma for £34m looking a real possibility with the impending return of Lukaku for Chelski.

Posted by: Mack. 12th August 2021, 05:55 PM

Chelsea have completed a club-record £97.5million deal to sign striker Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan.

Posted by: Mack. 12th August 2021, 05:58 PM

Norwich have completed the signing of Greek winger Christos Tzolis from PAOK in a deal worth £10m.

The 19-year-old scored 16 goals and registered 10 assists in 46 appearances in all competitions for PAOK last season.

Posted by: Mack. 16th August 2021, 11:28 PM

Liverpool centre-back Ben Davies has agreed a season-long loan deal with Sheffield United.

Davies, 26, has yet to make a senior appearance for the Reds following his transfer deadline day move from Preston in February.

Posted by: Dobbo. 17th August 2021, 04:00 PM

Abraham to Roma for $34M, incredible signing for Roma. Abraham is an absolute beast of a striker, can't believe he was valued so low by Chelsea. His 19/20 season was out of this world for a player his age. Reckon he'd be as good as Lukaku if he were the main man at Chelsea this season.

Posted by: Rooney 17th August 2021, 07:33 PM

Not sure he would be anywhere near as good as Lukaku, but I agree it's a good purchase for Roma. I think he is at that age where he needs to play and he will either develop in to a top, top striker or he will just do OK. Sitting as a back-up or 3rd choice isn't going to do his career any good. Roma know someone in the Premier League will pay good money for him in a few years time if he is any good too, so solid investment from them.

Posted by: Dobbo. 18th August 2021, 08:10 AM

Perhaps not but I think Lukaku is being slightly overrated. Being painted as this goal machine but he's only hit 20 goals in the league once previously (his last season for Everton). He's in his prime now yes and will have better supply at Chelsea but they tend to share the goals around.

Posted by: steve201 18th August 2021, 09:52 AM

I think Lukaku is a beast like and a goalscorer but yeh he misses too!

As for Abraham he needs games as he’s another striker that misses a lot of chances too, will be an interesting move for him and as Rooney said above someone will pay big money in a few years if he delivers the goods with Roma!

Posted by: mackulous A 20th August 2021, 11:03 AM

Arsenal have signed midfielder Martin Odegaard from Real Madrid for a fee in the region of £30m while goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale has completed a medical before a move from Sheffield United.

Posted by: Dobbo. 20th August 2021, 11:09 AM

Arsenal have outspent every other team in the prem and signed completely bang average players (for Ramsdale that's actually a stretch itself) WD

Imagine replacing Emi Martinez with Aaron Ramsdale...

Posted by: Mack. 20th August 2021, 10:22 PM

Arsenal have signed Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale on a long-term contract, for a fee which could reach £30m.

Posted by: steve201 20th August 2021, 11:46 PM

Exactly sums up the way they are run currently, I can see them drifting into mid table if they don’t buck up their ideas!

Posted by: Rooney 21st August 2021, 09:25 PM

Arsenal's strategy is so poor, not really sure what they are trying to achieve. I get they are shopping at a different level to other teams and they need to get players that can help them get to Top 4 and then upgrade them, but Ramsdale is such a bizzare signing. He so, so bad.

Posted by: Mack. 23rd August 2021, 11:00 PM

Xherdan Shaqiri has completed a £9.5m move from Liverpool to Lyon.

The 29-year-old has signed a three-year contract with the Ligue 1 club, who say the deal is worth 6m euros plus a possible 5m euros in add-ons.

Posted by: Rooney 25th August 2021, 12:19 PM

Kane announcing he's staying at Spurs this summer..

Does this mean the Ronaldo to City rumours have some legs? Be interested to hear how the Utd fans would feel about this!

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2021, 12:31 PM

Not sure if he would actually go to City.

Posted by: Rooney 25th August 2021, 12:39 PM

I could see it, he wants to win the Champions League again and outside of PSG, City (on paper) is probably his best chance. For all of Levy's hard sell, I'm sure there is a price he would have caved at. Personally for £150m I'd have bitten their hand off for it. I just can't see City not going past August 31st without a striker, unless of course they are arranging a deal for Kane in January.

Posted by: Quarantilas 25th August 2021, 01:03 PM

I can’t see Ronaldo going to the scum, regardless of how much blood money they put on the table. He owes United far too much in terms of United and Fergie shaping him into what he became.

That And Fergie would probably literally murder him at a Manc Derby live on sky sports if he dared

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2021, 01:45 PM

Real Madrid have made a 160m euros (£137m) bid to sign Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe which has been rejected.

Posted by: Dobbo. 25th August 2021, 01:59 PM

Kane staying at Spurs was the least surprising news this window.

Don't think City will be out for a striker considering Pep loves his false 9 formations and playing midfielders/wingers as strikers. Also has everyone just forgotten about the existence of Gabriel Jesus?

The Real Madrid offer for Mbappe is a joke. PSG aren't gonna sell their star man when they're still attempting to win the UCL and it's not like they need the money 160M is couch change to them. Also if I were Mbappe I'd be personally insulted by that offer. Madrid somehow think he's lost value the past 3 years?

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2021, 02:01 PM

Wasn't it something like £163m for Mbappe that PSG paid for Monaco back in 2018?

Posted by: Dobbo. 25th August 2021, 02:04 PM

It was EUR 180M. So probably around that in sterling!

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2021, 02:04 PM

Italian right-back Davide Zappacosta has left Chelsea to return to Serie A side Atalanta.

The 29-year-old was at Atalanta before moving to Torino in 2015 and then signing for Chelsea in 2017.

Posted by: Mack. 25th August 2021, 02:04 PM

Thought so, thanks.

Posted by: Rooney 25th August 2021, 02:27 PM

The talk about Mbappe is Real Madrid put an offer in as they were desperate to get him- he can leave on a free next season so other clubs will obviously be interested. There was lots of reputable talk that Liverpool are after him and would be willing to put a release clause in his contract. Can't see it myself as the outlay would be huge, but from a business sense it would make a lot of sense if you knew Real Madrid would pay 200m Euros in 2-3 years time.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 25th August 2021, 03:55 PM

I really don't think City need a striker, though I get why they'd want one. Jesus played more than I realised last season but Aguero only played 559 minutes in the PL and they've added Grealish to the attack, a huge amount of depth with multiple options who do well in the central striker role.

Posted by: Mack. 26th August 2021, 03:44 PM

Juventus have told Cristiano Ronaldo they are willing to sell him this summer - but only on their terms.

Portugal forward Ronaldo, 36, still has a year left on his contract.

Posted by: Mack. 26th August 2021, 03:44 PM

Crystal Palace have agreed a deal to sign Will Hughes from Watford.

It will be worth £10m including add-ons, with an initial £6m. A medical will take place tomorrow.

Posted by: Rooney 26th August 2021, 09:13 PM

It's going to be hilarious if he ends up at City

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 11:52 AM

Ronaldo has told Juventus he wants to move. Honestly, if he ends up at City it's gonna be hilarious, the Utd fans are going to fume and he doesn't fit in to how City play Though I suppose he will bang all those penalties in.

Haaland allegedly going to the replacement for Mbappe if he goes to Real Madrid. This weekend is going to be mad!

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 12:01 PM

I can't see any of these deals actually happening. Happens every window with all this build up which ends in a damb squib. January 2011 was the big exception to that with those crazy last minute moves for Carroll & Torres.

I can't speak for other fans but I personally wouldn't be enraged if CR7 does go to City (whether it actually be this year or next), it wouldn't tarnish his legacy for me. Although it would be a dick move if he were to go full Adebayor on us!

Plus at what point do we start to question how on earth you would field 6 players each game out of De Bruyne, Foden, Mahrez, Silva, Torres, Sterling, Grealish, Rodri, Fernandinho, Gundogan and Ronaldo

Posted by: LewisGT 27th August 2021, 01:39 PM

He’s coming home

Posted by: Mack. 27th August 2021, 01:43 PM

According to Sky Sports News, Man City are out of the running for Ronaldo..

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 01:53 PM

The absolute SCENES if he returns to us

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 01:55 PM

Ronaldo coming to Utd now Never stop Utd, never stop. Can't wait for the "just think what Rashford/Greenwood" can learn from Ronaldo to come out along with the next protests. A true romanticised signing with zero logic in it at all once you take the emotion out of it.

Time to transfer Bruno out of your fantasy team!

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 02:10 PM

Oh yeah it's definitely a romanticised transfer but let's not forget he's still objectively one of the best players in the world! Don't think anyone would complain at him stealing their spot in the starting XI

Posted by: Houdini 27th August 2021, 02:14 PM

I would love it if Ronaldo came back to us, I wish he never left in the first place! I won't believe it until I see him wearing a Teamviewer Man United shirt though. Even though he's 36 his stats are still incredible and deep down I don't think fans of any team would say no if Ronaldo wanted to sign for that team.

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 02:38 PM

Nah I disagree it's a dreadful signing with no thought to it whatsoever. Is your problem scoring goals? Not really. Your tactics now become serving Ronaldo, which is exactly what happened at Juventus and Portugal. He doesn't press or track back enough these days. It's why it would have been a dumb signing for City too as that's their biggest strength. Don't get me wrong he is a good player, but this is exactly the sort of silly signing Man Utd always make when they're being played by an Agent. Sure I'm sure the move will pay for itself, but looks like Cavani is off on his bike now.

Posted by: LewisGT 27th August 2021, 02:49 PM

I don’t think it’s a necessary for United, we need a new midfielder first, but I don’t agree with anything you’ve said here. Playing as a striker, we don’t need him to drop back to much. There’ll be much younger wingers in Greenwood and Sancho to cover anything defensively. Cavani seems like he wants to play for Uruguay in the international break which means he will have to isolate and miss even more games.

Ronaldo is not the signing he one was but I don’t really see anything negative about it at all. Just the boost it will give the team and the fans will be massive.

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 03:32 PM

You need a striker to track back and do defensive work at some stage if you want to win the big games. Playing Sancho, Fernandes, Pogba and Ronaldo in the same team looks fun on paper but there's absolutely no tracking back there and would get slaughtered against City/Liverpool/Chelsea. United's problem was never scoring goals, it's always been the creativity and lack of defensive stability.

He will score goals don't get me wrong, but it's a complete legacy/vanity signing with absolutely zero strategy to it (and what it's worth Juve actually scored less goals since they paid for Ronaldo). #GlazersOut though

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 03:39 PM

I don't think you can categorically call it a dreadful signing until we see the results. I'm not getting carried away and wouldn't suddenly think we're gonna win the league. But we've essentially done all our shopping already and have to assume the board/manager are happy with the defence as it is (we'll see how quickly Varane adapts for example).

So if we're literally just adding one of best goal scorers in Europe to the squad, taking away the sentimentality factor, I don't see how that would negatively affect anything. It's not like any of the players he'd be replacing in the starting XI would be doing any defensive duties anyway.

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 03:58 PM

£500k a week for someone who you were not interested in signing 72 hours ago is a dreadful signing. At this stage of his career how much better is he than Cavani? Ronaldo is a good player don't get me wrong, but people also don't see the negative outlook on the team he has had for Juventus and Portugal because everything has to go through him. It has a negative detriment on the team.

You should be expecting to win the league or CL signing Varane, Sancho and Ronaldo. Anything else is a failure really.

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 03:58 PM

AND IT'S DONE. What an insane transfer window eh.

Posted by: Houdini 27th August 2021, 04:02 PM

If we outscore our opponents we win matches, it's as simple as that. If we actually sign Ronaldo and he improves our goal tally to the point we average 3-4 goals a game then we're gonna win more often than we do presently. It just sounds like nit-picking to be honest, like I said before no fan of any team deep down would say no to Ronaldo if he wanted to sign for their team.

Posted by: Dobbo. 27th August 2021, 04:08 PM

He's absolutely leagues ahead of Cavani, that's for sure.

Well we shall see. Take your point about everything going through him but ultimately the goals and points will be the only important metrics regardless of who and how they're being scored. One thing's for sure, given the reaction Varane got at his unveiling I can't wait to see the moment Ronaldo steps back on that pitch!

Posted by: LewisGT 27th August 2021, 05:00 PM

Fernandes does a lot of tracking back and Pogba has added it to his a game a bit more. If Ole thinks he can’t play all four against the big teams, he doesn’t have to. He still has plenty of other options. They need to add a midfielder though or I think they’ll still struggle to win anything.

Posted by: Rooney 27th August 2021, 05:01 PM

But you have no-one to create anything and play on the counter attack!? I'd like Ronaldo when he left Real Madrid - the Ronaldo of 36 years old is a good player, but I wouldn't take him at Liverpool for example at this age. Because everything changes to go through Ronaldo. Obviously it's pleased the fans, but I still think take the romance away and it's a stupid signing. Rashford or Greenwood going to massively suffer as a consequence.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 27th August 2021, 05:36 PM

I do think that it's a signing that's being done because it can be, rather than because it's needed, that money could definitely be better spent elsewhere.

Posted by: steve201 27th August 2021, 06:56 PM

No excuses for Ole now…..

Posted by: Houdini 27th August 2021, 07:48 PM

Sky Sports News are painting the picture that Ronaldo wanted to join City but they turned him down and that is the reason why he didn't join them. Lol as if, it wouldn't make sense to suddenly come to United instead. Ronaldo is better than every player that Man City currently have. That Kaveh guy on Sky Sports News was talking about Ronaldo as if he's a has been saying that "he's not the player that he was 10 years ago" , I didn't hear him saying that yesterday when he was linked with Man City. It could have been 1970 Pele and 2012 Messi joining us in addition to Ronaldo and people would still try to find faults.

Posted by: steve201 27th August 2021, 10:14 PM

480k per week for Ronaldo!

Posted by: Quarantilas 28th August 2021, 06:30 AM

Aye but Ronaldo will bring in a good 2.5m per week in shirt sales and other sponsorship deals. This is Ed Woodward’s dream transfer from a commercial perspective.


I’m still cackling that City tried, and his toxic little manager tried (presumably just to smoke out United) and city fans really thought they were gonna steal a United legend only for him to end up coming home



I am so stoked at this signing. Ronaldo is a complete GOAT and a winning machine. He’s still hungry for more titles and that kind of attitude will be a big help for the young team. But it is absolutely a romantic and nostalgic signing. The boys coming home. Cavani is gonna have to give him his shirt back! Wouldn’t like to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. “Sure Edi you can go play the internationals, but if you do, Ronaldo takes your Shirt number”

Maybe now we have the necessary creativity to overcome a 10 man Defensive side like Burnley

Posted by: Rooney 28th August 2021, 09:34 AM

It's pretty obvious City tried to do a deal, Utd got wind and then came up with a better deal because they couldn't bare him going to City. He is a good player but it's a hell of a lot of money for a 36 year old when there are other gaps in the first XI. People are finding faults because Ronaldo is not the same Ronaldo when he was winning Champions Leagues every season for Real Madrid, he's a completely different player now. I don't think anyone is disputing he is a good player, but it adds a whole load of extra pressure and signing Ronaldo doesn't make your team better. Plenty of people who watch Portugal and Juventus on a regular basis have said the team is better without Ronaldo.

Posted by: Mack. 28th August 2021, 12:00 PM

West Ham are closing in on the £25m signing of Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma.

Posted by: Mack. 28th August 2021, 12:10 PM

Watford have signed Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko in a deal worth around £3m.

Posted by: steve201 28th August 2021, 12:13 PM

Yeh I know but just pointing out there’s only a few teams that can pay that each week for one player.

I think there’s a premier league rule stating he might not be able to change with Cavani for the number 7 but they might bend that for the brand that is CR7!

Posted by: Quarantilas 28th August 2021, 01:40 PM

United was where CR7 started, it’s only right that he gets his 7 back

Posted by: steve201 28th August 2021, 01:45 PM

Poor Cavani Silias, thrown him to the number 25 already!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 28th August 2021, 05:16 PM

The PL may give special dispensation because of who it is, but it's in the rules that a player can't change squad number and it's never been done previously.

Posted by: Mack. 28th August 2021, 11:24 PM

Crystal Palace have signed midfielder Will Hughes from Watford for a fee of around £6m.

The fee for the 26-year-old, who has signed a three-year deal, could rise to £10m with add-ons.

Posted by: Rooney 30th August 2021, 07:22 PM

Shaping up to be a fun deadline day, not sure there will be any big moves but it looks like the mid table Premier League teams are going to be very active!

Posted by: Houdini 30th August 2021, 08:05 PM

The transfer window has peaked already as far as I'm concerned!

Posted by: Mack. 30th August 2021, 08:11 PM

A deal is close to being agreed for Crystal Palace to sign Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard for between £15m and £20m.

Posted by: Mack. 30th August 2021, 08:13 PM

Norwich City have completed the signing of defender Ozan Kabak from FC Schalke on loan until the end of the season.

Posted by: Mack. 30th August 2021, 11:26 PM

Willian has walked away from £20.5m and terminated his Arsenal contract.

Posted by: Quarantilas 31st August 2021, 07:04 AM

I wish Phil Jones would do the same

Posted by: awardinary 31st August 2021, 10:51 AM

So… Chelsea have re-signed Lukaku in this window, United have brought Ronaldo back… is it about time that Klopp put in a call to Luis Suárez’s agents?

Posted by: Mack. 31st August 2021, 11:37 AM

Arsenal have agreed a deal worth £23m with Bologna for defender Takehiro Tomiyasu.

Posted by: Houdini 31st August 2021, 12:17 PM

It's gonna be very interesting to see how Ronaldo rises up the Fantasy football statistics, he has been added to the game now! Bruno Fernandes is currently the most selected player and is in 55.7% of teams.

Posted by: steve201 31st August 2021, 12:57 PM

Always forget his sitting on a big contract with no football being played!

Posted by: Dobbo. 31st August 2021, 01:25 PM

Jones is the only outfield player at United to win the league title (well, up until CR7 re-joined). Put some respect on his name

Posted by: Rooney 31st August 2021, 01:28 PM

Phil Jones is such s strange case, you can't blame him for sitting there on his massive contract. I feel with how the Premier League has gone, you're just going to get more cases of this unless clubs pay off the ridiculous contracts up front. It's not like he won't get some game time this season I suspect. Now someone bring up that Fergie quote where he says he "could be United's greatest every player"

Posted by: Quarantilas 31st August 2021, 02:34 PM

That’s a scary thought tbh

How he has survived successive defensive culls i do not know. The shittest player I have ever had to watch in our shirt

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 31st August 2021, 04:12 PM

Phil Jones is there because Man Utd consistently give out contracts of great length and high value (because they can afford to) which makes players incredibly difficult to get rid of, they get extended to retain a value which no one will meet. It's not just Jones, Lingard, Pereira, Rojo... all stayed well past their need but all earn(ed) far more than any club who might want them can afford.

Posted by: Dobbo. 31st August 2021, 04:26 PM

Bit of a shame Dan James has signed for Leeds. I know he's never getting into a full-strength starting XI for us but he's very much a great squad player and the fact we sold him and didn't just loan him out is very disappointing. Didn't get a proper chance to develop into a better player.

Posted by: steve201 31st August 2021, 06:03 PM

Willian bought his contract at Arsenal out!

Posted by: Quarantilas 31st August 2021, 06:05 PM

Agree. There’s at least half a dozen players I’d sell first. I liked Dan James so it is a shame to see him go. He will make a great addition to Leeds

Posted by: Mack. 31st August 2021, 06:17 PM

Deadline Day Signings

Tottenham complete the signing of defender Emerson Royal from Barcelona.
Chelsea and Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal for Saul Niguez.
Ademola Lookman has completed his season-long loan move from RB Leipzig to Leicester City, who have an agreed option to buy.
Real Madrid have completed the signing of midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Stade Rennais on a six-year deal.
Brighton have completed the signing of Abdallah Sima from Slavia Prague on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Swansea defender Connor Roberts has joined Premier League side Burnley.

Posted by: Mack. 31st August 2021, 07:02 PM

Newcastle have signed 19-year-old Mexican striker Santiago Munoz. This isn't from the film "Goal" is it??

Posted by: Rooney 31st August 2021, 08:28 PM

I'm happy Real Madrid signed Camavinga rather than Man Utd, that would have been a signing that would have 100% turned the tide (for when they get rid of Ole).

Posted by: Houdini 31st August 2021, 09:11 PM

I don't even know who that is to be honest.

Posted by: Rooney 31st August 2021, 09:22 PM

He's one of the most highly rated midfielders in the world under 21. Think Mbappe of 4 years ago.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 31st August 2021, 09:23 PM

100 appearances for Rennes who've qualified for Europe two seasons in a row and he's still only 18, will be some player.

Posted by: Houdini 31st August 2021, 09:33 PM

As he is only 18 there is still a lot of time for him to potentially arrive at Old Trafford , he probably wouldn't have gotten much playing time now anyway.