sempuki Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 He'd probably break our transfer record. A Merino type deal would be nice (if not unfounded paper talk). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Five years of transfer famine only to feast with McClaren. The craziest appointment ever, after the famous bolt the horse and carriage. McClaren hardly chose the players coming in mind. I think the only one he fought for and signed was Shelvey, maybe possibly Townsend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 He could end up anywhere at the moment like. There's little reason to believe that it would be us that he'd come to. /Ryder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Linked with Roma if they don't get Mahrez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 He could end up anywhere at the moment like. There's little reason to believe that it would be us that he'd come to. /Ryder Aye - only hope would be the Rafa link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Would love for us to be really ambitious and get/try for this guy as well as Correa and L. Perez. Waste of time dreaming.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Finally a reliable source. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 AS is pretty good no? More a tits man myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Was Scott Parker the last Premier League player that we went head-to-head with another Premier League club to sign? Remembered Duff ahead of Spurs but found an article from back then saying he turned Spurs down out of respect to Chelsea so I'm not counting that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 That's because we were going down otherwise, see really no evidence to suggest we'll suddenly start spending cash if i'm honest. about 45million was spent pre-season. Ashley's main issue is suspect/clinically insane managerial appointments. Aye and without that spending we would have been certainties for the drop, Ashley only spends when he's investment is in danger. I don't see that changing and i really don't see why people think any different. Because the numbers are simple. The club is allowed to spend what it earns. He takes nothing out, and puts nothing in outside the loans when we (often) fuck up. In that sense you can discount Ashley from the equation bar possibly drunkenly accepting or pulling the plug on a deal. No idea if that ever actually happens though, he has been increasingly removed himself from the picture and has admitted his lack of knowledge so his appointments have and are the key to what we do in the market. We have less to spend now as the year in the championship has crippled us to some extent, but a year or two in the premiership should change that, and it is up to the manager and those Ashley has delegated to to decide how and when it gets spent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Finally a reliable source. All it says his manager will let him leave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papavasiliou Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Was Scott Parker the last Premier League player that we went head-to-head with another Premier League club to sign? Remembered Duff ahead of Spurs but found an article from back then saying he turned Spurs down out of respect to Chelsea so I'm not counting that. Marveaux and Liverpool? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 AS is pretty good no? More a tits man myself. Get back to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 AS is pretty good no? Henry was better..... naaaat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Was Scott Parker the last Premier League player that we went head-to-head with another Premier League club to sign? Remembered Duff ahead of Spurs but found an article from back then saying he turned Spurs down out of respect to Chelsea so I'm not counting that. Marveaux and Liverpool? Wasn't a Premier League player when we signed him Not sure if we had any competition from PL clubs for Ba or Colback (even though they were both free). Sure West Ham wanted Colback at some stage Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Marveaux failed a medical or something for Liverpool and we picked up the pieces, hardly beating them to him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Ritchie and West Ham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Pretty sure QPR wanted to keep Remy when he came to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 They were in the Championship (Remy) and was Ritchie any more than just interest from West Ham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/07/matt-ritchie-confirms-west-ham-interest-scotland-saved-day-newcastle-united-bournemouth/ Ritchie says there was initial contact but nothing more came of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I can remember we used to always be competing with the same clubs for certain players, Everton under Moyes were regular rivals before the take over. The Keegan days seem unreal now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
louistoon Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Would love for us to be really ambitious and get/try for this guy as well as Correa and L. Perez. Waste of time dreaming.. Think that would be about 60 million so can't see it myself Correa and Perez would be my first choice, just because I think they could cover more positions, based on their transfermarket profiles (never seen any of them play really). Them, one more CM and a GK and that's us done, although I doubt we have the cash for it. Get Perez in a Merino type deal and maybe it would be workable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 No one is still holding on to the hope we might sign a couple of big buys are they ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I reckon 2 more in our £8-12m bracket and a keeper for under £5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I reckon 2 more in our £8-12m bracket and a keeper for under £5m. The way we seem to be shopping now, i reckon a GK like you say but 2 loans if we're lucky. And maybe buy in the bracket you said, if we get rid of some of players and their wages that are unwanted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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