Summer Transfer Window 2017

[longers]

Will laugh my head off if we get a positive net spend. Will be worse than anything Kenwright ever did for us. Not only will Moshiri have got rid of three of our biggest talents (four if you include Stones, and add him to Barkley, Deulofeu and above all Lukaku), but he'll have made a healthy profit by weakening our squad and turning us into a middle-of-the-table outfit.

To be fair we were mid table club when he took over.

 

[blueblue]

I think the striker we want has been identified and a deal in place but maybe waiting for something to fall in place for the selling club.

I would not at all be surprised if something was not happening with Chelsea revolving around Barkley/Bathsuayi/Llorente.

 

[hktoffee]

Will laugh my head off if we get a positive net spend. Will be worse than anything Kenwright ever did for us. Not only will Moshiri have got rid of three of our biggest talents (four if you include Stones, and add him to Barkley, Deulofeu and above all Lukaku), but he'll have made a healthy profit by weakening our squad and turning us into a middle-of-the-table outfit.

What have they done? You are overrating these 3. We are not weaker, our squad apart from the striker option has improved. People just want to slate Koeman and Moshiri whenever they are getting rid of players who are not good enough or wanting to leave the club.

 

[Blue_Berry]

Why aren't we linked with Mustafi? Going relatively cheaply in today's market. Would he come back to us though?

Because he's absolutely pants. How on earth anyone paid £3.5 mill for him I don't know - let alone £35 mill...

The last thing we need now is any current Arsenal defender mate.

 

[scratchnsurf]

Will laugh my head off if we get a positive net spend. Will be worse than anything Kenwright ever did for us. Not only will Moshiri have got rid of three of our biggest talents (four if you include Stones, and add him to Barkley, Deulofeu and above all Lukaku), but he'll have made a healthy profit by weakening our squad and turning us into a middle-of-the-table outfit.

We were a middle of the table club when he took over.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

I think the striker we want has been identified and a deal in place but maybe waiting for something to fall in place for the selling club.

I would not at all be surprised if something was not happening with Chelsea revolving around Barkley/Bathsuayi/Llorente.

And indeed Costa. I'd prefer Batshuayi permanently though.

 

[Tubey]

What a confusing window this is... can't decide if we've had a good or bad one.

Barkley going will edge it towards being a terrible one unless we pull miracles off at this point I think.

 

[a bell maul]

Not bad but it wouldn't make it into a crossword - words like 'crap' are a no-no. I'm a crossword compiler and one of my clues: 'Oh-oh, admirers scattered behind swelling (11)" wasn't deemed suitable because the answer was HAEMORRHOIDS!

Not only that, the answer isn't internationally known. I did manage to get away with a clue with ARTETA as the answer but, as it was a local (Kent) paper, without a proper crossword editor, it slipped through the net.

lol lol

 

[brieverton]

Was there anymore on Slimani to Monaco?

He seems to be about the best we could hope for at this stage.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

The Sanchez situation at Arsenal could also be having a knock-on effect with Giroud. Could a scenario have developed were Arsenal would've been willing to let Giroud go so long as the prospect of Sanchez leaving wasn't likely? Seems as though they might actually be selling him to City now...

 

[Barnfred 55]

Friday morning in here if we balance the books by selling McCarthy, Barkley and Lennon is going to be a bit lively

And rightly so.

 

[a bell maul]

Not bad but it wouldn't make it into a crossword - words like 'crap' are a no-no. I'm a crossword compiler and one of my clues: 'Oh-oh, admirers scattered behind swelling (11)" wasn't deemed suitable because the answer was HAEMORRHOIDS!

Not only that, the answer isn't internationally known. I did manage to get away with a clue with ARTETA as the answer but, as it was a local (Kent) paper, without a proper crossword editor, it slipped through the net.

I can deduce the clue : "He was a treat (as a playmaker): but where's his money, Bill?

 

[Marius57]

Abdennour signed for marseille

 

[blueblue]

As it stands right as of now, our major interest and activity seems to be trying to get the best possible fee for the last remaining very talented player remaining from when Koeman took charge.

Whatever the variety of reasons for players being sold (and as of now the sell to buy brigade have every rigth to state this is the major reason for sales - and nothing has effectively changed besides us receiving such a huge fee that it enabled a misdirection on that fact by the numbers brought in with that Lukaku money)

BUT it is unmistakable that once Lukaku was sold the transfer activity ground to an absolute halt, sigurdsson deal aside which frankly became a bit of a pantomime and seemed to absorb every last persons interest involved in transfer activity at the club.

as of right now, i would pick ;last seasons Everton team with Barkley and Lukaku in it to beat the current one, i also think that clubs below us have strengthened the teams or will do so in the remaining couple of days more than we have, all besides Arsenal above us have strengthened better than we have as well, and throw in the extra European games we will have this season and i can see us points wise slipping down on last year and 2-3 teams below improving significantly.

Pointed out a whilst ago that as of this moment we are an injury away from a Martina/Jagielka/Williams/Baines back 4 and with no recognized striker.

Removing the blue tinted specs, if it was another team with our squad and with our business this summer in 7th that we where chasing i would feel they had weakened and would hope to catch them, and that is a big worry

I think that may be an overly negative view.

I agree that Lukaku and Barkley missing do certainly weaken us, but,

I think our goalkeeping situation is much improved.
I think Keane has greatly improved us in central defence.
I think Rooney has brought a lot to the team that was not there before.
I think the return of Coleman and Bolasie will certainly bring a lot to the team when they return.
I think in the longer term we will see that Sandro, Klaasen and Sigurrdsson will settle and play valuable roles.


I do agree the addition of a quality striker is key. I think that is the piece of the jigsaw that is missing and if put in place will leave us substantially stronger than last year.
If that striker isn't signed then all the good work over the summer will just seem flat.

 

[Lanolin]

He's injured. God sake I'm not even saying it anymore

Is that a promise? He's supposed to be out until 11th September, so he'd miss one game. Not exactly a dealbreaker in my opinion.