Now That's What I Call Transfer Rumours! 7

[Alberto2005]

I just don't see how we only buy two players, our squad is nowhere near big enough to cope with CL.

 

Two elite and Tierney/LB would make sense.

 

Tierney, Maddison and a CM.

[SUPERTOON]

Would people be happy with 2 elite midfielders and then say someone like KWP who can cover lb and rb ? 

[r0cafella]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Would people be happy with 2 elite midfielders and then say someone like KWP who can cover lb and rb ? 

Kwp would be great. 
 

I think we will be left weak on the right flank with this approach though. I think we might be left in a position whereby we have to sell ASM to get a new RW in. 

[MrRaspberryJam]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Would people be happy with 2 elite midfielders and then say someone like KWP who can cover lb and rb ? 

 

I'm going to be happy regardless me. 

[nortoon]

I think we will sign at least 4. Those articles are fairly pointless. The club will say one thing and do another, as they should.

[The Butcher]

4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Would people be happy with 2 elite midfielders and then say someone like KWP who can cover lb and rb ? 

Nah, we still need that RW.

[Scoot]

3 minutes ago, nortoon said:

I think we will sign at least 4. Those articles are fairly pointless. The club will say one thing and do another, as they should.

 

Exactly. I just can't see the club telling anyone what our budget is. I'm not saying we're going to spend 200 million plus, but as soon as I see figures mentioned in articles, I take it with a pinch of salt. 

 

Whatever we do, I'll be happy. People just have to trust the process. 

[The Prophet]

8 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Would people be happy with 2 elite midfielders and then say someone like KWP who can cover lb and rb ? 

 

If one was someone like Maddison of Szoboszlai who can play as an inverted RW, then aye.

[NWMag]

I imagine if Maddison signs he will take the RW position

[Coffee_Johnny]

Think I’ll be happy as long as we have what looks like (a) a signing or two which signal an improved first 11; (b) a stronger and deeper first team squad. The first criteria, to some extent, enables the second (those outgoing may change that) but three or four newbies, in and around the first team, probably required, especially as I expect to see two leaving.
 

To some extent I am content to wait and see what that looks like. Would love, as all I guess, a real CL level statement signing. Two would be even better. 

[PauloGeordio]

I believe we’ll get 4 in, 2 purples, 1 lesser squad player and 1 to develop as a minimum! 

[Matt1892]

I think some people are going to be in for a shock if they think talk of a net spend of £100 million is playing down our budget.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Matt1892 said:

I think some people are going to be in for a shock if they think talk of a net spend of £100 million is playing down our budget.

It’s actually mental how little you get for 100m these days 

[relámpago blanco]

24 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

It’s actually mental how little you get for 100m these days 

You can barely get a 2nd choice leftback for that now.

[The Prophet]

52 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 

 

Similar to last summer really. £120 million outlay, the bulk of which was spent on Isak and Botman.

[SUPERTOON]

Nice to hear Caulkin say we still have an interest in Thuram. He would be perfect although I think Liverpool will get him.

[STM]

I'm fine with 2 quality players. Reckon we will get 2 or 3 for the squad also. Perhaps a south American etc.

 

We will also sell someone significant.

[Ben]

I'm not sure 2 will be enough for the champions league, I think we'll be closer to £200 million with 4 purples  possibly ASM leaving 

[hakka]

6 minutes ago, STM said:

I'm fine with 2 quality players. Reckon we will get 2 or 3 for the squad also. Perhaps a south American etc.

 

We will also sell someone significant.

 

Pretty much what I'm expecting. With ASM it just feels like it will be him that will be off, even though I'd like to see him play more in our bigger CL game schedule. However bringing in 2 quality players like the ones we've been linked with still be a massive improvement even if we lose ASM.

[SUPERTOON]

37 minutes ago, STM said:

I'm fine with 2 quality players. Reckon we will get 2 or 3 for the squad also. Perhaps a south American etc.

 

We will also sell someone significant.

Who would you class as significant? Only ASM is realistically going to bring in decent money imo. (Not talking about any post takeover signings)

[SUPERTOON]

 

[Matt1892]

I wouldn’t be surprised if we sold Miggy and Wilson if decent offers come in, their value will decrease dramatically after this window.

 

Interesting article by Caulkin and the talk about budget is believable, he says that while the club has stretched their budget every window that there comes a time where you have to balance the books with it.
 

I think the issue for the club is that there are fans that believe the club tell journalists a deliberately low amount every season to try and get better deals in the transfer market, whereas journalists say there is a ballpark figure we want to spend but can stretch for the right player. However, that extra money has to come from future spending budgets and this will catch up with us eventually.

 

 

[Alberto2005]

FFP is shit.

[Mountain]

There are top people behind the scenes, they'll be working on a range of solutions to the FFP problem.

 

But I doubt they will deviate from the long-term plan of not overpaying and trying to keep wages as low as possible for as long as possible.

 

I still think we could spend 150mil+ this Summer and sign a minimum of 5 players, but nobody knows, especially the journalists as they seem to get fed fake news on purpose.

 

 

[duo]

No one will have a clue what our budget is and all Eddie has said is we have to be mindful of FFP. Which isn't telling you anything.