Summer Transfer Window 2017

miff · August 31, 2017

Can someone explain to me why in gods name do ALL clubs wait until this last stupid day to do their business?
Makes no sense when you've had all summer

abelard · August 31, 2017

diggerdestroyer said:
What a club this is. Off to a great start in the market and a failure to finish off the project. Its like decorating a house. Get it all washed up sanded and undercoated etc and then when you go to buy the gloss top coat you find out the shop is shut. All you neighbours have shopped late but bought the gloss and look like finished show houses. 7th place at best and without lukaku we will be under pressure to stay up there. Doubt me. See ye in may.

it might also be like deciding to wait a few months before painting the house, because the shops only have pink or chartreuse paint in stock

Stuartisitc1878 · August 31, 2017

City have tabled a new bid for Sanchez. Reported to be £55m plus add ons.

trueblue10 · August 31, 2017

TheBlueGibbon said:
You're looking at it the wrong way round mate. It's a £90 net spend. Therefore we will have a £90m net spend, after we bring in Deeney/Jiminez for £30m, Vlasic for £10m and Vermaelen for a £5m loan fee.

Ah right, so even tho they lost £90, there NET spend meant they won?

Neiler · August 31, 2017

Doesnt bode well if we are making loan bids for Perez at this stage, looks like all the big fish have slipped through our fingers.

Albro · August 31, 2017

Klinker said:
As that does seem like a joke, I actually wouldn't be opposed to trying to play him as a 9. His best attribute is shielding the ball and absorbing the pressure and settling our attack. If we don't get a striker I wouldn't be opposed to putting him up top as our outlet.

I was dead serious. He is literally our best option outside of DCL right now. Could be a handy false 9 player.

peteblue · August 31, 2017

Lord Buckethead said:
Has @chicoazul been threadbanned already?
My money was on mid-afternoon at the earliest.

Those burgers don't flip themselves you know......

nevsonlymate · August 31, 2017

Klinker said:
While the lack of a striker is disappointing, who would you have wanted us to sign? I haven't seen anyone move that I felt we missed out on. The only top 6 quality PL strikers mentioned were Benteke and Giroud. I don't think CP would even think about selling Benteke and Giroud would have been ideal but he seems to have decided to stay at Arsenal, nothing we can do about that.

Everyone else is unproven or below the quality we need. I'd rather not get someone than bringing in someone not up to our standard just to do something.

I think disappointing will be the most understated word of the day if we don't land a striker today.

Klinker · August 31, 2017

matty1878 said:
Ok llorente, bony, that's just two who would of did a job

I wouldn't be opposed to Llorente, but we would be competing with Chelsea and Tottenham, both teams that offer CL. Bony I don't think is up for it, based off of the past 2 seasons.

Ben LeBlanc · August 31, 2017

At least I can distract myself from a lot of fuming post-deadline thanks to narcos season 3 coming out tomorrow.

RAFUH · August 31, 2017

Chimpy Glassman said:
They're definitely not.

blue4eva77 · August 31, 2017

Albro said:
We cant sell Barkley now. We need him to play the false 9 role in a 433

Until Barkley goes we won't be signing a striker that is likely to be a statement signing.

Unless a deal has been agreed in the week with Spurs/Chelsea and we are hours away from it being announced, we will bring in a loan who will just make up numbers due to our long season ahead.

The new era. Still uploading Everton's previous transfer model.

peteblue · August 31, 2017

Gerbs said:
You do know we can go outside of the Prem for a striker?

You thinking about Jo.......

Wayno · August 31, 2017

miff said:
Can someone explain to me why in gods name do ALL clubs wait until this last stupid day to do their business?
Makes no sense when you've had all summer

It's a bit of a myth this, deadline day has been notoriously quiet for a good few seasons now. Think it peaked the year Torres went to Chelsea, there were a few mad ones before that. But it's been quiet for ages now

matty1878 · August 31, 2017

Klinker said:
I wouldn't be opposed to Llorente, but we would be competing with Chelsea and Tottenham, both teams that offer CL. Bony I don't think is up for it, based off of the past 2 seasons.

Well we can't get either mate lol but still