SEMTEX Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'd bite your hand off for Asamoah Gyan like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wham signing Enner Valencia for £12m. No thanks. You just don't pay £12m for a player who plays in Mexico and has only had 2 or 3 good games at any sort of competitive level. I'm sure the West Ham owners are determined to make the club bust. It's clear the good World Cup raised the price and made him known but damn, that's so ignorant. Doubt he can handle the competitiveness of Newcastle, Sunderland, Aston Villa etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wham signing Enner Valencia for £12m. No thanks. You just don't pay £12m for a player who plays in Mexico and has only had 2 or 3 good games at any sort of competitive level. I'm sure the West Ham owners are determined to make the club bust. It's clear the good World Cup raised the price and made him known but damn, that's so ignorant. Doubt he can handle the competitiveness of Newcastle, Sunderland, Aston Villa etc. He's played league football in Ecuador and Mexico. A lot of the games he played in at international level where he has done well in have came against average/poor teams, aside from about 3-4 teams. Like I said apart from a few good games at international level he has yet to really be tested at a competitive level anything like the Premiership. If it was us buying him we would have some real reservations on him, just like people do with Perez now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Perez cost about 1/6th of that, there's minimal risk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 There's a risk involved obviously but the risk is there in every transfer. Still, it's not like he was signed from Finnish third division. Premier League is a nice league but it's not the only competitive league in the world. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 There's a risk involved obviously but the risk is there in every transfer. Still, it's not like he was signed from Finnish third division. Premier League is a nice league but it's not the only competitive league in the world. No but saying the Ecuadorian and Mexican leagues are is a bit wrong as well. As I have said before if West Ham really have been scouting him then surely he wouldn't have went to some random Mexican team only a few months ago, they would have got in before then. The first they would have seen of him is the World Cup and typical West Ham they will just throw the money in order to get him at all costs because he did well in a few matches at international level. I'm not saying the guy isn't going to be a success, all I'm saying is that there clearly hasn't been any real scouting of him and the £12m fee is a lot for someone coming over from Mexico. If it was us I'd be concerned, yes £5m-£7m at the high end of the scale, but £12m is proven forward type of money, heck they could get Remy for less than they paying for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Aside from about 3 games with us Fat Sam has never played 2 up top so it'll be interesting to see if he is bench fodder for Carroll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I do think the fee is a bit excessive. I just hate the attitude that buying a player from a smaller league is instantly a massive risk. There are thousands of flops that were bought from Premier League/La Liga/Bundesliga/Serie A as we all should well know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Why take risks on potential gems from smaller leagues when proven quality like McCormack is readily available for the same price? Poor decision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are apparently signing Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea for £1.5m Now that's a decent signing, if true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Kroos confirms he's going to Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are apparently signing Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea for £1.5m Now that's a decent signing, if true. http://www.knowleskreative.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lipstick-pig-illustration.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Enner Valencia or Remy Cabella for the same price? If you're thinking future profit, there's only one player you would get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are apparently signing Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea for £1.5m Now that's a decent signing, if true. Why would Swansea sell him for almost nothing after a decent last season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are apparently signing Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea for £1.5m Now that's a decent signing, if true. Why would Swansea sell him for almost nothing after a decent last season? Last year of his contract, maybe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 We are apparently signing Ki Sung-yueng from Swansea for £1.5m Now that's a decent signing, if true. Why would Swansea sell him for almost nothing after a decent last season? Last year of his contract, maybe? Ah yes, you're right there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Amy Lewis @SkySportsAmy 13m Understand Swansea are finalising a deal for Michu to move to Napoli (one-year loan with an option). Expected to be announced this week Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2691242/Sami-Khediras-Arsenal-imminent-despite-Chelsea.html If they buy a top class striker I can see them going all the way next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 QPR signing Sigthorsson from Ajax and Ferdinand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Khedira to Arsenal and Ki to Villa would be superb signings. Enner Valencia to West Ham is World Cup Signings 101, just a silly thing to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Khedira and Sanchez to Arsenal represents, for once, some serious business from them. Buying actual top quality players who can make a real difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 So where would he go? City seems the most likely you would think. Man Yoo have enough strikers, Chelsea bought Costa, he'll be too expensive for Liverpool and Arsenal would have to totally destroy their current wage structure so seems unlikely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpie Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Demba Ba to Besiktas!?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 plenty of mosques there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Wenger splashing the cash - it doesn't feel right, does it? Some serious quality coming in now, they needed a Khedira-like midfielder. Lots of bodies though, I wonder if they'll sell Cazorla or Arteta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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