Arteta2391
Player Valuation: £30m
Tuncay could be playing for chelski,arsenal, the [Poor language removed] n' let alone any other top European team.
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teppic
Player Valuation: £50m
remember his scissor kick against villa?
i think it's safe to assume most smoggies would regard him as a talent.
Bit on Tuncay, bit on Johnson and Downing:
Southgate confirmed on Thursday the 24-year-old England international - who has been linked with Aston Villa, Tottenham and Everton among others this summer - has been told he can step up his recovery after foot surgery.
However, he will miss the start of the season and is unlikely to play until much later this year.
Downing has a gentlemen's agreement with chairman Steve Gibson that he can leave his home-town club for the right price - thought to be in the region of £12million - after he rejected Spurs' latest bid in January.
His injury, suffered in a challenge with Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov in May, looked to have scuppered hopes of a big money move - although Southgate today admitted he does not know what the future holds for the star graduate of the club's Academy.
He said: "He won't be fit for the start of the season, but it depends whether clubs want to take him now.
"Come January, there might be four or five other clubs involved.
"That's for other clubs to decide. We will just focus on getting him fit as quickly as we can.
"He went to see the surgeon, who did the operation on Tuesday - and he was very pleased with the progress.
"He is where he hoped he would be, perhaps a little bit further ahead.
"We still think it will be the later part of the year, but he is progressing very well."
Southgate knows he is unlikely to be able to hold on to the likes of Downing and Turkey international Tuncay Sanli, with Villa reportedly lining up a £20million joint bid for the pair.
In addition, speculation has suggested England Under-21s winger Adam John is an £8million target for Chelsea.
However, the Boro boss insists - while the Teessiders have valuations for those players who may be in demand - they have as yet received no formal offers for any of them.
He said: "We have internally in terms of what you would take - you have a valuation for every player in your squad at any time.
"But it's not for us to make those public. If other clubs have an interest, then they have to make contact with us and make us an offer.
"I have had telephone conversations with various people, but at the moment we haven't got any bids on the table."
That said, he does not expect to be able to keep Tuncay, who is currently enjoying an extended break after representing his country since the end of last season.
Southgate said: "I would expect that for a player of his quality - and not only his quality, but his character as well - there would be a lot of interest in him.
"The market has been fairly quiet, generally speaking, up to now. But I wouldn't think we would be able to hang on to a player of his talent and his ability.
"He is an international player. We have got quite a few players I would class as Premier League players, but he is certainly a top-half Premier League player."
Southgate confirmed that, while Afonso Alves is now on Teesside after missing the first two days of pre-season training, Mido is not - and that both men will be punished.
He said: "Afonso is back in training; Mido isn't back yet. We know when we are expecting him back.
"He should have been back on Monday. He was not - we have dealt with it. Both the players will be disciplined - end of story, as far as we are concerned."
Southgate confirmed on Thursday the 24-year-old England international - who has been linked with Aston Villa, Tottenham and Everton among others this summer - has been told he can step up his recovery after foot surgery.
However, he will miss the start of the season and is unlikely to play until much later this year.
Downing has a gentlemen's agreement with chairman Steve Gibson that he can leave his home-town club for the right price - thought to be in the region of £12million - after he rejected Spurs' latest bid in January.
His injury, suffered in a challenge with Aston Villa's Stiliyan Petrov in May, looked to have scuppered hopes of a big money move - although Southgate today admitted he does not know what the future holds for the star graduate of the club's Academy.
He said: "He won't be fit for the start of the season, but it depends whether clubs want to take him now.
"Come January, there might be four or five other clubs involved.
"That's for other clubs to decide. We will just focus on getting him fit as quickly as we can.
"He went to see the surgeon, who did the operation on Tuesday - and he was very pleased with the progress.
"He is where he hoped he would be, perhaps a little bit further ahead.
"We still think it will be the later part of the year, but he is progressing very well."
Southgate knows he is unlikely to be able to hold on to the likes of Downing and Turkey international Tuncay Sanli, with Villa reportedly lining up a £20million joint bid for the pair.
In addition, speculation has suggested England Under-21s winger Adam John is an £8million target for Chelsea.
However, the Boro boss insists - while the Teessiders have valuations for those players who may be in demand - they have as yet received no formal offers for any of them.
He said: "We have internally in terms of what you would take - you have a valuation for every player in your squad at any time.
"But it's not for us to make those public. If other clubs have an interest, then they have to make contact with us and make us an offer.
"I have had telephone conversations with various people, but at the moment we haven't got any bids on the table."
That said, he does not expect to be able to keep Tuncay, who is currently enjoying an extended break after representing his country since the end of last season.
Southgate said: "I would expect that for a player of his quality - and not only his quality, but his character as well - there would be a lot of interest in him.
"The market has been fairly quiet, generally speaking, up to now. But I wouldn't think we would be able to hang on to a player of his talent and his ability.
"He is an international player. We have got quite a few players I would class as Premier League players, but he is certainly a top-half Premier League player."
Southgate confirmed that, while Afonso Alves is now on Teesside after missing the first two days of pre-season training, Mido is not - and that both men will be punished.
He said: "Afonso is back in training; Mido isn't back yet. We know when we are expecting him back.
"He should have been back on Monday. He was not - we have dealt with it. Both the players will be disciplined - end of story, as far as we are concerned."
kenada_blue
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Cant see Downing moving because he''s buggered with his injury. £12million or more for a striker that wont play for a month or more, and you dont know how well he'll play after it, is a big risk
8 mill for Johnson looks tasty though, unless he wants to go to Chelsea and ruin his career with Danial Sturridge.
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kenada_blue
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Ah, its the new English players rule aint it. That's going to fall on its arse, you can just see it - young players with lots of potential going to clubs were they'll never get a game for 2 seasons because their own home grown academy's arent up to scratch.
Arteta2391
Player Valuation: £30m
According to this we had an informal bid rejected
Middlesbrough Tell Aston Villa To Pay £20m For Downing And Tuncay - Report - Goal.com
whats up with Everton and bid rejections haha
Middlesbrough Tell Aston Villa To Pay £20m For Downing And Tuncay - Report - Goal.com
whats up with Everton and bid rejections haha
Robert Jarvis
Player Valuation: £35m
I think it is quite simple as I said on another thread, I do not think we have enough cash available to compete in the transfer market and other clubs know this.
For £4m its a steal, im a big fan of his footballing ability's.
Get him in
Get him in
StDomingosGringo
Player Valuation: £10m
Stuttgart have offered 9 million for Tuncay according to this. Stuttgart meet Middlesbrough's £9m asking price for Villa and Everton target Tuncay | Mail Online
Don't they realise Boro went down and are desperate to get his 65k a week wages off the books? Good player but at that price I'm glad we're out of it.
Don't they realise Boro went down and are desperate to get his 65k a week wages off the books? Good player but at that price I'm glad we're out of it.
Rook
Player Valuation: £80m
Just glad the Shiite didn't get him, he's too likeable to wear that shirt. At times he seemed like the only player in the stadium who gave a damn.
Hmmm....sure they paid a tidy sum of wages for him 3.4M/yr but to get a guy like that and be able to sell him off for 9M is a nifty piece of business for Boro. Maybe we should think of going after quality players out of contract.
Hmmm....sure they paid a tidy sum of wages for him 3.4M/yr but to get a guy like that and be able to sell him off for 9M is a nifty piece of business for Boro. Maybe we should think of going after quality players out of contract.
Typo the source was actually The Independent:
Transfer talk: Premier pair make Duff bid - Transfers, Football - The Independent
Transfer talk: Premier pair make Duff bid - Transfers, Football - The Independent
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