Aww not Lukaku... has brilliant spells but goes missing for half a dozen games in a row, similar to Benteke in that regard.

Aww not Lukaku... has brilliant spells but goes missing for half a dozen games in a row, similar to Benteke in that regard.

 

And Benteke is a lot better than Lukaku.

Particularly under the Louis regime there seems a real hurried process going on. Title, three years, no afterthought for prices or how long specifically the club can get out of a player. My worry is where that will leave us in 5 years time.

It's been all over my Twitter feed since it became blatantly obvious we'd be mad to stump up the kind of cash being asked for him. Maybe your personal leanings have allowed you to overlook this?

 

 

Maybe we just read different media sources.

 

I just think Manu get away with a lot of money splashing whereas Liverpool don't !

Maybe we just read different media sources.

 

I just think Manu get away with a lot of money splashing whereas Liverpool don't !

 

Perhaps. Andy Carroll being British transfer-fee record and being such a flop of astronomical heights kind of set a precedent. It just so happened you then 'did a Tottenham' just a few seasons later. If you want a real anti-United agenda dip into anything Duncan Castles puts out in The Times, it's almost unreadable if not for the comedy value.

I disagree Steve.

 

Man United have been heavily criticised regarding their transfer activity in the last couple of years. Liverpool spent stupid money on Carroll but at least they managed 12m back while Chelsea lost all 50m of the Torres money.

I disagree Steve.

 

Man United have been heavily criticised regarding their transfer activity in the last couple of years. Liverpool spent stupid money on Carroll but at least they managed 12m back while Chelsea lost all 50m of the Torres money.

 

It's all subjective really and, like he said, down to whatever media outlets you look at. United had a few in Fergie's era (Veron springs to mind), but that was a whole different day in the life of football all together and naturally would escape as much of a backlash. In terms of immediate present, Falcao? di Maria? I'd say Falcao received just as much flack as any Liverpool player that floundered. Like I said, I think your eyes are more susceptible to sting when reading about a player who once played (albeit poorly/not very often) for your own club.

I'm interested to see how Falcao does at Chelsea. I've never really seen a striker do that well at Chelsea and it's something that we need to improve on. Kezman, Mutu, Crespo, Torres, Kalou and Schevshenko with the only real hit being Drogba and arguably Costa.

 

I really hope he does well this season. I'm still thinking that this season will be a very close season and any of the top 4 could manage it.

A few non-story British defenders flitting about today. Elsewhere Szczesny joins Roma on a season-loan deal. There was a spell earlier this summer when I was genuinely convinced we were gonna replace De Gea with him. Praise the lord that didn't come off.

West Brom have signed Hull's James Chester for a fee of £8m.

 

 

Rickie Lambert has joined West Brom from Liverpool on a two-year deal.

 

 

Angel Di Maria is set to join PSG for £44.5 million.

 

 

Bye bye.

Leicester have agreed deals to sign Gokhan Inler and Charles Aranguiz from Serie A. Very good signings from a team widely tipped for relegation :o

 

Aranguiz in particular is a player I rate highly, scored against Spain for Chile in last year's World Cup!

It appears that Charles Aranguiz has ruled out a move to Leicester City as well as Gokhan Inler in favour of joining Fiorentina.

Leicester City have completed the signing of 28 year-old centre back Yohan Benaulouane from Ataltanta for an undisclosed fee and they have also signed N'Golo Kante from Caen.

 

Crystal Palace have signed Connor Wickham from Sunderland for £7m.

 

Surprised that Wickham is the one to leave, but hard to say no when Palace are willing to spend £9m on him. Could be a good deal for both sides.

Wickham is not worth that amount!

9m for Wickham :lol: Swear he's had one good run to keep Sunderland up in 2014, otherwise flatters to decieve! May prosper in a more adventureous Palace team though.

 

 

There was a time when I was actually disappointed he signed for Sunderland and not Liverpool

Man United's Rafael has joined Lyon for an undisclosed fee.

 

A £7m gamble there for Crystal Palace for Wickham. I would say Wickham is probably worth £2.5m to be honest.