The Transfers Thread

[Magma]

'Arry will probably bring in Beckham and Scott Parker at QPR. If only he could have gotten Joe Cole and he would have had his dream team.

why? they still have some ability. clearly wouldn't be interested.

 

[Cooldude]

I like Sturridge, which probably means he's gonna be shit for us

 

[ADL9798]

seriously dude you have excellent knowledge but you're ridiculously biased as ****. anyone who has watched enough of sturridge will know that he'll take on a ridiculous shot any time in preference of passing to a teammate with a legitimate chance of scoring. of course though when you put your biased LFC blinkers on all reason disappears. whoosh!

I'm not saying he'll be our saviour, but to suggest he's a waste of money before a ball has even been kicked as some are saying is in my opinion equally biased in the opposite direction. All I've said was that he'll improve our squad and will provide goals which we sorely need. I just don't think selfishness is necessarily as horrible an attribute as a striker can have. Put it this way, at least he's not a complete hack who never shoots and always shirks responsibility.

I then pointed out that there's a disparity between peoples perception and reality when it comes to the market value of players in today's inflated market and that while £12m for a player like Sturridge would have been considered excessive 10 years ago, these days I think it's entirely reasonable.

 

[Zidane98]

City receive 825000 quid out of the Sturridge deal as part of their compensation package when he left City for Chelsea.

Should be just enough to pay one week's wages for one if their star players.

 

[pantskyle]

City receive 825000 quid out of the Sturridge deal as part of their compensation package when he left City for Chelsea.

Should be just enough to pay one week's wages for one if their star players.

If they got 42 x that amount they could buy Andy Carroll.

 

[Cooldude]

If they got 42 x that amount they could buy Andy Carroll.

Nah you're still short, that's only 34.65 million

 

[Magma]

If they got 42 x that amount they could buy Andy Carroll.

dont get our hopes up like that

 

[moomba]

Fail saying that Liverpool will give a £3m payoff to Cole, but will still save £4m on wages as he's signed up until end of next season.

Nice work if you can get it.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

Fail saying that Liverpool will give a £3m payoff to Cole, but will still save £4m on wages as he's signed up until end of next season.

Nice work if you can get it.

Everybody wins......except the club he signs for

 

[moomba]

City receive 825000 quid out of the Sturridge deal as part of their compensation package when he left City for Chelsea.

Should be just enough to pay one week's wages for one if their star players.

That'll just be when Liverpool pay their first installment, we'll get around £2m all up. So enough to pay 3 weeks wages.

 

[Magma]

Fail saying that Liverpool will give a £3m payoff to Cole, but will still save £4m on wages as he's signed up until end of next season.

Nice work if you can get it.

yep it's pretty much identical to the adebayor situation. much better off under that way.

and yes, we get 1.8 mil for the 15% sell on clause. we've received like 8.3 mil when it's all put together, not bad.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

The Sun reporting that City will cough up Cavani's buyout clause in order to sign him
But Mancini will be forced to sell Balotelli first

 

[Cristiano Ronaldo]

Woo Marco Rojas says he'll stay at Victory until the end of the season

 

[Rustin Cohle]

I can't imagine Tevez and Dzeko would be too pleased with yet another striker joining their overcrowded team. All four of them are too good to not be regulars. You might get away with Tevez as a creative player next to Silva with Yaya and Barry behind but they already lack width and that would probably make it worse. Strange signing if true, unless Dzeko is leaving as well.

 

[moomba]

I can't imagine Tevez and Dzeko would be too pleased with yet another striker joining their overcrowded team. All four of them are too good to not be regulars. You might get away with Tevez as a creative player next to Silva with Yaya and Barry behind but they already lack width and that would probably make it worse. Strange signing if true, unless Dzeko is leaving as well.

I think Aguero is the only dead cert to be in the team next season.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Does Cavani even have a release clause? Cause unless its 60m plus im sure someone would have activated it.

 

[Cruyff14]

Does Cavani even have a release clause? Cause unless its 60m plus im sure someone would have activated it.

63M Euros I think

 

[hawkman]

Does Cavani even have a release clause? Cause unless its 60m plus im sure someone would have activated it.

Who would have activated it? I think PSG might have tried but he didn't want to go there

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

63M Euros I think

Probably the reason it hasn't been activated yet. Though his defiantly worth that much, best striker in the world under 27 imo only Robin and Ibra are better of those over 27. I dont include messi as a striker.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Who would have activated it? I think PSG might have tried but he didn't want to go there

Anybody who can afford him, the guy is a freak.

 

[hawkman]

Probably the reason it hasn't been activated yet. Though his defiantly worth that much, best striker in the world under 27 imo only Robin and Ibra are better of those over 27. I dont include messi as a striker.

Falcao?

 

[Magma]

lol the sun. enough said.

 

[Tomnat Tigers]

Falcao?

Falcoa's the better finisher but Cavani's all round game is better and he has similar numbers goals wise as Falcoa.

 

[moomba]

Be happy with either to be honest.

 

[Magma]

i'd prefer falcao, but it's not the worst situation in the world to end up with cavani is it? i like falcao's game more and i think that he would suit us more, but we'd have to sell tevez, dzeko and mario to get one of them. but i think most of those 3 will be phased out regardless. if we keep the system we've played for the last couple of games i see no need to sell dzeko anyways. just pump it into the box and let him do what he does, either score or set someone else. none of this play it to his feet 30 yards out nonsense.