The OFFICIAL Transfer Rumours Thread 2018 -2019

[trooper 940]

Norwich manager saying he expects Jacob Murphy in his group in Germany next week looks like Charnley's really driving this one through 

[ewerk 30236]

That's to be expected. They wouldn't have left him out of the squad yesterday unless there was a reasonable prospect of the transfer going through. They know Benitez wants him and Charnley is under pressure to deliver so they hold all the cards.

[trooper 940]

Well they're certainly dragging it out. If its going to happen get on with it & move on to the next one we need another 3 or 4 yet

Edited July 16, 2017 by trooper

[ewerk 30236]

There's nothing to stop us negotiating for three or four players at the same time. It isn't like this transfer is holding up the rest of them.

[trooper 940]

9 minutes ago, ewerk said:

There's nothing to stop us negotiating for three or four players at the same time. It isn't like this transfer is holding up the rest of them.

You forget it's Charnley negotiating he can barely tie his own shoelaces 

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

Tough position we're in. Until other clubs have made their moves there'll be a reluctancy to let players leave/go out on loan. Player power is reduced at the minute until wages realign with the new tv deal (we're going to be paying cannon fodder 100k+ when that happens). I've accepted that we'll likely do a lot of late business

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

1 hour ago, TheGingerQuiff said:

Tough position we're in. Until other clubs have made their moves there'll be a reluctancy to let players leave/go out on loan. Player power is reduced at the minute until wages realign with the new tv deal (we're going to be paying cannon fodder 100k+ when that happens). I've accepted that we'll likely do a lot of late business

 

 

You can guarantee there'll be at least one late/panic buy, it's standard with this club.

 

 

 

[ewerk 30236]

We certainly don't do panic buys.

[adios 717]

Sibierski and Kuqi spring to mind.  How long ago is that now?

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

Freebs weren't they?

[trooper 940]

Murphy's travelled with Norwich to Germany by the looks of things Fanks Lee.

[ewerk 30236]

Aye, my definition of a panic buy is to pay well over the odds because the clock is ticking.

[adios 717]

A few panic sells, then. 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Seydou Doumbia was a panic buy as we'd fucked the signing of a striker right up.

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

AND LOOK WHERE THAT GOT US.

[Kid Dynamite 6986]

1 hour ago, trooper said:

Murphy's travelled with Norwich to Germany by the looks of things Fanks Lee.

 

Thats his twin brother

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

2 hours ago, Anorthernsoul said:

Seydou Doumbia was a panic buy as we'd fucked the signing of a striker right up.

 

Loan

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

17 minutes ago, TheGingerQuiff said:

 

Loan

 

Exactly, we'd fucked about all month with signing a striker so they had to rush through a loan signing that clearly wasn't good enough.

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

I'm with ewerk, a panic buy involves blowing a load of cash. Cheap last-minute options are a sign of a plan B that didn't involve bidding twice a player's value, or 60x in Spurs case

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

You're missing the point though, leaving signings to the end of the window usually means we've missed out on the main targets and are scraping the barrel getting any old SHITE in. Which even you and Etwerp will admit that does not bode well for our season.

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

2 minutes ago, Anorthernsoul said:

You're missing the point though, leaving signings to the end of the window usually means we've missed out on the main targets and are scraping the barrel getting any old SHITE in. Which even you and Etwerp will admit that does not bode well for our season.

 

There's a tipping point though, sometimes it's better to punt on the cheap plan b than paying way over the odds for your main targets if the money simply isn't there. Thats how you end up like Sunderland. Our problem at the minute is knowing we need so much. At the prices quoted you're putting a lot of your eggs into one basket without a crystal ball you don't know what will suddenly become available in a couple of weeks time. I can see Everton blowing the Lukaku money and one or two of their half decent players might become available 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Time will tell, for me the Premier League is a joke now money wise but they need to spend if we are to survive. They've promised the money is there but nothing so far suggests Rafa has the full backing he needs. I'm not convinced that squad will be good enough to avoid relegation as it is.

[trooper 940]

The reason people are getting jittery is because Rafa said he wanted the new signings early & even gave up his holidays to sort things out. The no show  of these "-signings" means Rafa having to put on a brave face allthough inside he must be thoroughly pissed  off

[trooper 940]

Tbh if Ashley wanted to show Rafa he had any ambition for the club instead of saying Rafa "can have every penny the club earns through sales etc"  he could have said "what ever you make from sales etc i'll match it & we'll give it a good go. It would be a mere drop in the ocean for him. Instead he resorts to type running the club on a shoestring. 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

9 minutes ago, trooper said:

Tbh if Ashley wanted to show Rafa he had any ambition for the club instead of saying Rafa "can have every penny the club earns through sales etc"  he could have said "what ever you make from sales etc i'll match it & we'll give it a good go. It would be a mere drop in the ocean for him. Instead he resorts to type running the club on a shoestring. 

 

 

At the time of Ashley's interview it felt as though he was just saying what the fans wanted to hear and in his mind he was boosting season ticket sales, hopefully that doesn't prove to be the case.