Rayvin 5220 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/simone-zaza-swap-deal.1315749/ Â Â They're really going for this Defoe business incidentally - they have another a separate thread getting all worked up about some random "ITK" guy on a West Ham forum claiming that Defoe is about to put in a transfer request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 It's nice watching them squirm whether he goes or not. I think Pickford & Defoe were keeping them up, ones out for two months the other would be an idiot not to leave if he gets a decent team to escape to.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Imagine Defoe is convinced to stay, the window shuts, and his ankle goes.  No Defoe, no replacement, no hope.  I don't think they'd be much better off if they sold him in the window.  There's no way they'd be able to persuade someone of the required quality to go there as his replacement even if they could afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) In Defoe's shoes, he'll be packing up and going home shortly anyway, he's 34. So the opportunity to move home a little bit sooner, to a better team, with a nice  signing on fee (the last one of his career). No brainer isn't it. Edited January 5, 2017 by TheGingerQuiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The cherry on top would be Murphy on loan as his replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I do think Defoe has an affection for Sunderland, but like you say; Last chance of a big move, moving close to home, moving back to a boyhood club, moving to a better team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Why, out of interest, do you think he has an affection for Sunderland? Beyond any other player's affection for the club that's paying them millions, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Why, out of interest, do you think he has an affection for Sunderland? Beyond any other player's affection for the club that's paying them millions, that is. Partly the tears he shed in response to the ovation they gave him, the effort he's put in on the pitch, the vociferous celebrations.  It could be nowt, but I just get the feeling he's not just happy to pick up a cheque. Compare him to, say, Kone or Khazri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 They love him there, it makes sense that he has an affection for the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Huh... that'll complicate matters. I really hope they just sell him They should just accept the inevitable and go down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 They love him there, it makes sense that he has an affection for the club  Aye - it's not like he has to do much for their affection. They're permanently shit, so long as he does enough to keep them up he'll be hero worshipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) I hope they keep him but still get relegated and he does have that rumoured clause that he can walk for fuck all which he promptly exercises and goes to West Ham on a free.  Just saw this on BBC:"Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe, 34, would "probably rather be back in London", says his former team-mate Jermaine Jenas after a £6m bid from West Ham is turned down." That'll go down like a wet fart on SMB. I know it's obvious but they'll no doubt be foaming over ex-maggie cunt Jenas saying it. Edited January 5, 2017 by Howay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 West Ham rumoured to be offering Defoe £100,000 p/w.  He'll force that through, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Â For the sake of ewerk's anal virginity, I hope they aren't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Apparently West Ham have gone back with £13m... that is staggering for a 34 year old, what are they on This has to be as much about relegating Sunderland as it is about Defoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 It's certainly an interesting tactic like. I've got a mate who's a mackem and he's 100% Adam Ant, Prince Charming, stand and deliver, gun toting lunatic that Defoe is going nowhere.  Naturally it will hilarious if he does. If the mackems go down they are absolutely fucked, all for the sake of £13m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30602 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Â For the sake of ewerk's anal virginity, I hope they aren't. Â Oh that's long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Â Sounds like Sunderland have rejected it mind, which means this will all come down to whether or not Defoe hands in a Transfer Request. Still think you'll end up on the right side of this but I'm a bit amazed at West Ham's resolve... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Â Sounds like Sunderland have rejected it mind, which means this will all come down to whether or not Defoe hands in a Transfer Request. Still think you'll end up on the right side of this but I'm a bit amazed at West Ham's resolve... Â If West Ham are happy to offer more than Sunderland in wages, and Defoe doesn't believe Short is going to invest, he'll hand in a transfer request, I'm sure of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Will Sunderland accept that though, I guess is what this comes down to. They'd struggle not to, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Will Sunderland accept that though, I guess is what this comes down to. They'd struggle not to, I think.  If Defoe wants to leave, I don't think there's much Sunderland can do;  They need him to play every game They need him to put in the kinds of performances he has been They can't drop him if his application dwindles and expect to survive They can't afford to buy someone to challenge his starting place They can't afford to let him see out his contract and leave for nothing  If he's denied a move his form will naturally decline, maybe he takes longer to get over an injury than he would if he was eager to play for them. Right now, if I were his representatives, I'd be telling him that he's a highly regarded, in form, industrious Premier League striker, but if he sees out his contract, he'll likely be a recently relegated out of contract 35yr old, Striker training with a Championship club. And should he get injured while busting his arse for a club that's odds-on to go down, that's the ballgame. Nobody is going to risk paying the £100k pw they're offering now, when there'll be plenty of options in the summer market.  If he wants to go all Sunderland can do is try and get as much as possible from West Ham, sell a couple of their other players like Kone (£15m), Khazri(£6m-£9m), maybe Pickford(£20m) and with the monies recouped from those sales(£55m), they could build a side that might stay up, but would be very well suited to win the Championship at the first time of asking if they don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I'm with you up until the point where £55m gives them a Championship winning side. I don't think it would... Certainly not with Sunderland track record.  But otherwise yeah, I think that's a good analysis. Certainly doesn't look worth the risk to Defoe, if he stays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10857 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Few places reporting that West Ham have given up on Defoe. Â Now's the time for him to submit a transfer request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 "Well we were gonna give him £100k a week but if he doesn't want to come..."  *waits* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Mags are badly run none erv theu playuhs have relegayshun wage cuts. Â Bet the propect of Defoe"s imminent one in May is making him desperate to stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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