Re: Transfer Deadline Day - Finished

by sportsczy Wed Aug 31, 2016 10:53 am

http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Tottenham-pousse-pour-moussa-sissoko/722870

L'Equipe saying that the offer from the Spurs is 25 mil euros for Sissoko.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:18 am

sportsczy wrote:http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Tottenham-pousse-pour-moussa-sissoko/722870

L'Equipe saying that the offer from the Spurs is 25 mil euros for Sissoko.

It's not going to get any better than that. Newcastle better cash in. Now or never.

by Jay29 Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:24 am

Roma pushing hard to sign Jack Wilshere on loan. Not a done deal but #CPFC & #AFCB pessimistic as they've had no update since yesterday #AFC
— David Ornstein (@bbcsport_david) August 31, 2016

by Art Morte Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:58 am

Both Hart and Wilshere going to Serie A would be amazing.

Stoke in for Bony, not sure they need him. Such an awful transfer from Man City, btw.

by rincon Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:40 pm

Doesn't this feel like a fairly quiet deadline day? Most of the big teams aren't making any moves.

The biggest transfer story is Sissoko and Wilshere on loan.

by Jay29 Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:49 pm

Everyone's done their big business already.

Current deals/rumours atm:

Islam Slimani to Leicester for £30m.
Yacine Brahimi or Gabiadini to Everton.
Wilfried Bony to Stoke.
Wilshere to Palace, Bournemouth or Roma on loan.
Samir Nasri to Sevilla on loan.
Mangala to Valencia on loan.
Sissoko to Spurs.
Gnabry to Werder Bremen.

Not much else.

by Kick Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:52 pm

Chelsea are looking at bringing in one of Ogbonna, Abdennour or David Luiz.

Also currently being linked to Sissoko.

by Jay29 Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:54 pm

Sky: AC Milan have enquired about Fabregas, but Chelsea have said he's not going anywhere.

by rincon Wed Aug 31, 2016 12:59 pm

We have Witsel and Cuadrado supposedly coming today

by S Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:11 pm

rincon wrote:Doesn't this feel like a fairly quiet deadline day? Most of the big teams aren't making any moves.

The biggest transfer story is Sissoko and Wilshere on loan.

There haven't been many big moves pretty much whole summer.

Im sure everyone must've been surprised at how quiet Madrid went in this window.

by S Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:16 pm

David Luiz's move back to Chelsea is edging closer. Expect it to happen today. (Source: Daily Mail) #DeadlineDay

scratch

by S Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:24 pm

https://youtu.be/ikbVUa1BQWI

by Hapless_Hans Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:30 pm

Yep, the lack of Real Madrid action is surprising, especially with the transfer ban looming.
Maybe Zidane has convinced Perez to be reasonable.
Maybe they were indeed prized out of their one preferred Galactico siging by Utd, and they deem noone else worth the fuzz. Which would be fair enough.

Maybe they've just tried for unattainable targets like Alaba, Aubameyang and Lewandowski.
Maybe they hoped Chelsea would let Hazard go after the catastrophic season.
Or maybe they thought Hazard isn't worth paying crazy money for.

In any case, it's a bit surprising, even if from a squad perspective they've addressed their one glaring problem (backup CF) and they are more than fine for the rest.
They'll likely profit from the stability.

by Art Morte Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:35 pm

rincon wrote:Doesn't this feel like a fairly quiet deadline day? Most of the big teams aren't making any moves.

The biggest transfer story is Sissoko and Wilshere on loan.

There were a couple great deadline days in the early noughties, I think those are fooling people into thinking it should always be dramatic. Normal service has resumed since then, it's kinda obvious that really big deals are rarely left to the deadline day. 90% is out-of-favour players having to decide where to go to get games, that's never going to be massively exciting.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:39 pm

tbf it's pretty stupid to make deals on deadline day that can be made earlier.
You get less games from the player you're buying. You get no time to integrate them in preseason.
It's just worse in every regard.

It makes no sense, which is of course also why Bayern are rarely involved in any of this nonsense :coffee:

by sportsczy Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:39 pm

A rumor is that... Zidane actually doesn't want movement due to the ban. Why? There's more uncertainty with bringing in new players then the players you already know. If a new player doesn't work out, you can't replace him with the ban. As such, Zidane would rather compete with the team he knows and which he believes can win trophies even though flawed. He only wanted superstar replacements if one could be had... as he would clearly provide an upgrade with little downside.

The devil you know etc.

by S Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:40 pm

Do Chelsea really want to bring Luiz back ? Mad or what ?

by sportsczy Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:42 pm

depends Hans... if a player is being overpriced and there are no takers, you can get him at a discount at the end of the window.

90% of the deals I've been involved with were still being negotiated until the quasi-last minute. Just how it works. People tend to only come off certain demands if they have their backs against a wall.

by Hapless_Hans Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:43 pm

sportsczy wrote:A rumor is that... Zidane actually doesn't want movement due to the ban. Why? There's more uncertainty with bringing in new players then the players you already know. If a new player doesn't work out, you can't replace him with the ban. As such, Zidane would rather compete with the team he knows and which he believes can win trophies even though flawed. He only wanted superstar replacements if one could be had... as he would clearly provide an upgrade with little downside.

The devil you know etc.

That's what I meant with 'they'll likely profit from the stability'.

by sportsczy Wed Aug 31, 2016 1:43 pm

Thing with Luiz is that he's quite a great bench player tbh. He can play CB, DM and even CM. He's good on set pieces and can even take set pieces. High energy guy too.

PSG refused Chelsea's offer according to both l'Equipe and RMC. So unless Luiz wants to force the issue, he's not going anywhere.

by Sri Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:03 pm

Hapless_Hans wrote:Yep, the lack of Real Madrid action is surprising, especially with the transfer ban looming.
Maybe Zidane has convinced Perez to be reasonable.
Maybe they were indeed prized out of their one preferred Galactico siging by Utd, and they deem noone else worth the fuzz. Which would be fair enough.

Maybe they've just tried for unattainable targets like Alaba, Aubameyang and Lewandowski.
Maybe they hoped Chelsea would let Hazard go after the catastrophic season.
Or maybe they thought Hazard isn't worth paying crazy money for.

In any case, it's a bit surprising, even if from a squad perspective they've addressed their one glaring problem (backup CF) and they are more than fine for the rest.
They'll likely profit from the stability.

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insists there's no need to improve their squad on Deadline Day.

Perez, known for splashing hundreds of millions of euros in previous years on the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez, has limited his spending to just a £25million buyback of Alvaro Morata from Juventus.

"We have won the European Super Cup and the first two games in La Liga," Perez said.

"We have a spectacular squad and it is impossible to improve."

http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre

by Sri Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:03 pm

That sounds more like ~~arrogance~~ truth to me. :coffee:

by zizzle Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:04 pm

We need a RB ffs...come on Juve, give us Lichtsteiner for free you cheap bastards!

by Sri Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:14 pm

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew has spoken exclusively with Sky Sports News HQ about the prospect of signing Jack Wilshere.

“Jack is a player that became available yesterday, so it would be silly not to get involved in that,” he said.
“Obviously there’s a lot of clubs that would like Jack, and I guess we’re one of them. But we’ve done so great in this window, it really would be the icing on the cake if we could get him across the line.

“We’ve got other targets that we’re pursuing as well today, so we’re having a look at those as much as we’re looking at Jack. In terms of where we stand, if we didn’t get anyone across the line I’d still be very, very pleased.”

http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre

by Firenze Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:25 pm

not even worth donning the Harry avatars and doing a deadline day special ffs, looks set to be bland.

by Sri Wed Aug 31, 2016 3:27 pm

So that's Bony, Nasri, Hart (and Mangala?) out at City in one day.

Pep getting them firing boots on Very Happy

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