The Epic 17/18 Season Transfer thread

[Swiss]

All in One place (Sticky???)

Confirmed transfers for all Prem teams in this first post: Will try to update on a weekley basis.
Data Source Here

ARSENAL

In

Alexandre Lacazette - Lyon, undisclosed

Sead Kolasinac - Schalke, free

Out

Yaya Sanogo - released

Stefan O'Connor - released

Kristopher da Graca - released

Kostas Pileas - released

Takuma Asano - Stuttgart, loan

Chris Willock - Benfica, undisclosed

Glen Kamara - Released

Marc Bola - Bristol Rovers, loan

Wojciech Szczesny - Juventus, £14m

BOURNEMOUTH

In

Asmir Begovic - Chelsea, undisclosed

Jermain Defoe - Sunderland, free

Nathan Ake - Chelsea, £20m

Connor Mahoney - Blackburn, free

Out

Callum Buckley - released

Jake McCarthy - released

Alexander Neale - released

Max Travers - Weymouth, loan

Ryan Allsop - Blackpool, loan

BRIGHTON

In

Pascal Gross - Ingolstadt, undisclosed

Josh Kerr - Celtic, undisclosed

Mathew Ryan - Valencia, undisclosed

Markus Suttner - Ingolstadt, undisclosed

Mathias Normann - FK Bodo/Glimt, undisclosed

Izzy Brown - Chelsea, loan

Davy Propper - PSV, undisclosed

Out

Casper Ankergren - retired

Vegard Forren - released

Chris O'Grady - Chesterfield, free

David Stockdale - Birmingham, free

Elvis Manu - Genclerbirligi SK, free

Christian Walton - Wigan, loan

Rob Hunt - Oldham, undisclosed

BURNLEY

In

Jon Walters - Stoke City, undisclosed

Charlie Taylor - Leeds, tribunal to decide

Jack Cork - Swansea, undisclosed

Out

Michael Keane - Everton, £30m

Michael Kightly - Southend, free

Joey Barton - released

George Green - released

R J Pingling - released

Christian Hill - released

Taofiq Olmowewe - released

Josh Ginnelly - Lincoln, loan

George Boyd - Sheffield Wednesday, free

Brad Jackson - Southport, loan

Ntumba Massanka - Wrexham, loan

Rouwen Henning - Fortuna Dusseldorf, free

Paul Robinson - retired

CHELSEA

In

Alvaro Morata - Real Madrid, £70m

Willy Caballero - Manchester City, free

Antonio Rudiger - Roma, £34m

Tiemoue Bakayoko - Monaco, £40m

Ethan Ampadu - Exeter, free

Out

Juan Cuadrado - Juventus, £17.3m

Christian Atsu - Newcastle, £6.2m

Asmir Begovic - Bournemouth, undisclosed

Dominic Solanke - Liverpool, fee by tribunal

John Terry - Aston Villa, free

Alex Davey - released

Fankaty Dabo - Vitesse, loan

Bertrand Traore - Lyon, £8.8m

Nathan Ake - Bournemouth, £20m

Tammy Abraham - Swansea, loan

Kasey Plamer - Huddersfield, loan

Bradley Collins - Forest Green, loan

Charlie Colkett - Vitesse Arnhem, loan

Ola Aina - Hull City, loan

Mukhtar Ali - Vitesse, undisclosed

Ruben Loftus-Cheek - Crystal Palace, loan

Nathan Baxter - Woking, loan

Alex Kiwomya - Doncaster, free

Josimar Quintero - Rostov, loan

Todd Kane - Groningen, loan

Nathan Chalobah - Watford, undisclosed

Lucas Piazon - Fulham, loan

Marco Van Ginkel - PSV Eindhoven, loan

Ike Ugbo - Barnsley, loan

Jay Dasilva - Charlton, loan

Kurt Zouma - Stoke, loan

Mason Mount - Vitesse, loan

Nemanja Matic - Man Utd, £40m

CRYSTAL PALACE

In

Ruben Loftus-Cheek - Chelsea, loan

Jairo Riedewald - Ajax, undisclosed

Out

Steve Mandanda - Marseille, undisclosed

Corie Andrews - released

Kwesi Appiah - AFC Wimbledon, free

Jonathan Benteke - released

Fraizer Campbell - released

Luke Croll - Exeter, free

Mathieu Flamini - released

Ezekiel Fryers - Barnsley, free

Ryan King-Elliott - released

Joe Ledley - released

Randell Williams - released

Ben Wynter - Bromley, free

EVERTON

In

Wayne Rooney - Man Utd, undisclosed

Jordan Pickford - Sunderland, £30m

Davy Klaassen - Ajax, £23.6m

Henry Onyekuru - Eupen, undisclosed

Sandro Ramirez - Malaga, £5.25m

Michael Keane - Burnley, £30m

Josh Bowler - QPR, £4.25m

Cuco Martina - Southampton, free

Nathangelo Markelo - FC Volendam, free

Boris Mathis - Metz, free

Anton Donkor - Wolfsburg, loan

Out

Romelu Lukaku - Manchester United, £90m

Tom Cleverley - Watford, undisclosed

Henry Onyekuru - Anderlecht, loan

Brendan Galloway - Sunderland, loan

Arouna Kone - Sivasspor, free

Conor McAleny - Fleetwood, free

Jack Bainbridge - released

Delial Brewster - Chesterfield, free

Michael Donohue - Fleetwood, free

Tyrone Duffus - released

Russell Griffiths - Motherwell, free

Connor Hunt - released

Josef Yarney - Newcastle, free

James Yates - released

Courtney Duffus - Oldham, undisclosed

Tyias Browning - Sunderland, loan

Ben Pierce - West Brom, free

Aiden McGeady - Sunderland, free

Gerard Deulofeu - Barcelona, £10.5m

HUDDERSFIELD

In

Steve Mounie - Montpellier, undisclosed

Laurent Depoitre - Porto, undisclosed

Mathias Jorgensen - FC Copenhagen, undisclosed

Jonas Lossl - Mainz, loan

Aaron Mooy - Manchester City, £8m

Tom Ince - Derby County, £10m

Kasey Palmer - Chelsea, loan

Danny Williams - Reading, free

Scott Malone - Fulham, undisclosed

Elias Kachunga - Ingolstadt, £1.1m

Out

Ronan Coughlan - released

Kyle Dempsey - Fleetwood, £400k

Flo Bojaj - released

Joe Murphy - Bury, free

Jordy Hiwula - Fleetwood, loan

Tareiq Holmes-Dennis - Portsmouth, loan

Fraser Horsfall - Gateshead, loan

Rekeil Pyke - Port Vale, loan

LEICESTER CITY

In

Harry Maguire - Hull City, £17m

Sam Hughes - Chester, Undisclosed

Vicente Iborra - Sevilla, £12.5m

Eldin Jakupovic - Hull, undisclosed

Kelechi Iheanacho - Man City, £25m

Out

Ron-Robert Zieler - Stuttgart, undisclosed

Michael Cain - released

David Domej - released

Brandon Fox - released

Cedric Kipre - Motherwell, free

Matthew Miles - released

Kairo Mitchell - released

Marcin Wasilewski - released

Bartosz Kapustka - Freiburg, loan

LIVERPOOL

In

Dominic Solanke - Chelsea, fee by tribunal

Mohamed Salah - Roma, £34.3m

Andy Robertson - Hull, £10m

Out

Andre Wisdom - Derby, undisclosed

Tom Brewitt - Middlesbrough, free

Jake Brimmer - released

Jack Dunn - Tranmere, free

Toni Gomes - released

Kane Lewis - released

Alex Manninger - released

Adam Phillips - released

Kevin Stewart - Hull, undisclosed

MANCHESTER CITY

In

Benjamin Mendy - Monaco, £49.2m

Danilo - Real Madrid, £26.9m

Bernardo Silva - Monaco, £43m

Ederson - Benfica, £34.7

Kyle Walker - Tottenham, £50m

Douglas Luiz - Vasco da Gama, undisclosed

Out

Fernando Reges - Galatasaray

Kelechi Iheanacho - Leicester, £25m

Pablo Zabaleta - West Ham, free

Enes Unal - Villarreal, £12m

Gael Clichy - Istanbul Basaksehir

Jesus Navas - released

Willy Cabellero - Chelsea, free

Bacary Sagna - released

Billy O'Brien - released

Bruno Zuculini - Hellas Verona, undisclosed

Ellis Plummer - released

Angus Gunn - Norwich, loan

Aaron Mooy - Huddersfield, £8m

Joe Coveney - Nottingham Forest, free

Nolito - Sevilla, undiclosed

Callum Bullock - released

Ashley Smith-Brown - Hearts, loan

Angelino - NAC Breda, loan

Bersant Celina - Ipswich, loan

Ruben Sobrino - Alaves, undisclosed

Olivier Ntcham - Celtic, undisclosed

Joe Hart - West Ham, loan

MANCHESTER UNITED

In

Victor Lindelof - Benfica, £30.7m

Romelu Lukaku - Everton, £90m

Nemanja Matic - Chelsea, £40m

Out

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - released

Wayne Rooney - Everton, undisclosed

Regan Poole - Northampton, loan

Adnan Januzaj - Real Sociedad, undisclosed

Kayne Diedrick-Roberts - released

Faustin Makela - released

Josh Harrop - Preston, free

Dean Henderson - Shrewsbury, loan

Sam Johnstone - Aston Villa, loan

NEWCASTLE

In

Christian Atsu - Chelsea, £6.2m

Florian Lejeune - Eibar, £8.7m

Stefan O'Connor - Arsenal, free

Josef Yarney - Everton, free

Jacob Murphy - Norwich, £12m

Javier Manquillo - Atletico Madrid, undisclosed

Out

Kevin Mbabu - BSC Young Boys, undisclosed

Florian Thauvin - Marseille, £9.8m

Matz Sels - Anderlecht, loan

Alex Gilliead - Bradford, loan

Vurnon Anita - Leeds, free

Yoan Gouffran - Goztepe, free

Lubomir Satka - Dunajska Streda, free

Haris Vuckic - FC Twente, free

Tom Heardman - Bury, loan

Sammy Ameobi - Bolton, free

Adam Armstrong - Bolton, loan

SOUTHAMPTON

In

Jan Bednarek - Lech Poznan, undisclosed

Out

Jay Rodriguez - West Brom, £15m

Harrison Reed, Norwich, loan

Cuco Martina - Everton, free

Lloyd Isgrove - Barnsley, free

Harley Willard - released

Martin Caceres - released

Jason McCarthy - Barnsley, undisclosed

Olufela Olomola - Yeovil, loan

STOKE CITY

In

Darren Fletcher - West Brom, free

Josh Tymon - Hull, undisclosed

Tre Pemberton - Blackburn, undisclosed

Kurt Zouma - Chelsea, loan

Out

Jon Walters - Burnley, undisclosed

Shay Given - released

Daniel Bachmann - Watford, free

Liam Edwards - released

Harry Isted - released

Joel Taylor - released

George Waring - Tranmere, free

Glenn Whelan - Aston Villa. £1.5m

Marko Arnautovic - West Ham

SWANSEA CITY

In

Roque Mesa - Las Palmas, £11m

Tammy Abraham - Chelsea, loan

Cian Harries - Coventry, undisclosed

Marc Walsh - Finn Harps, free

Erwin Mulder - Heerenveen, free

Out

Jack Cork - Burnley, undisclosed

Gerhard Tremmel - retired

Marvin Emnes - released

Liam Shephard - Peterborough, free

Josh Vickers - Lincoln, free

Owain Jones - released

Tom Dyson - released

Tom Holland - The New Saints, free

Alex Samuel - Stevenage, undisclosed

Borja Baston - Malaga, loan

Jordi Amat - Real Betis, loan

Bafatembi Gomis - Galatasary, undisclosed

Daniel James - Shrewsbury, loan

Franck Tabanou - released

Liam Edwards - Hull, free

Keston Davies - Yeovil, loan

Connor Roberts - Middlesbrough, loan

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

In

-

Out

Filip Lesniak - Aalborg, free

Tom McDermott - released

Joe Muscatt - released

Charlie Owens - QPR, free

Zenon Stylianides - released

Conor Ogilvie - Gillingham, loan

Luke McGee - Portsmouth, undisclosed

Kyle Walker - Man City, £50m

Clinton N'Jie - Marseille undisclosed

Federico Fazio - Roma, undisclosed

WATFORD

In

Tom Cleverley - Everton, undisclosed

Will Hughes - Derby, undisclosed

Kiko Femenia - Alaves, undisclosed

Daniel Bachmann - Stoke, undisclosed

Nathan Chalobah - Chelsea, undisclosed

Harvey Bradbury - Portsmouth, free

Sam Howes - West Ham, free

Out

Mario Suarez - Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng FC, undisclosed

Rene Gilmartin - Colchester, free

Mathias Ranegie - released

Ola Adeyemo - released

Charlie Bannister - released

Ogo Obi - released

Rhyle Ovenden - released

Josh Roe - released

Treon Johnson - released

Andrew Thomas - released

Dennon Lewis - Crawley, loan

Aly Malle - Udinese, undisclosed

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

In

Jay Rodriguez - Southampton, £15m

Ahmed Hegazi - Al Ahly, loan

Zhang Yu'Ning - Vitesse, undisclosed

Ben Pierce - Everton, free

Out

Darren Fletcher - Stoke, free

Daniel Barbir - released

Zachary Elbouzedi - Inverness CT, free

Callam Jones- released

Sebastien Pocognoli - Standard Liege, free

Jack Rose - released

Andre Wright - released

Craig Gardener - Birmingham, undisclosed

Zhang Yu'Ning - Werder Bremen, loan

WEST HAM UNITED

In

Pablo Zabaleta - Manchester City, free

Joe Hart - Manchester City, loan

Marko Arnautovic - Stoke, £25m

Javier Hernandez - Bayer Leverkusen, £16m

Out

Darren Randolph - Middlesbrough, £5m

Reece Burke - Bolton, loan

Josh Cullen - Bolton, loan

Reece Oxford - Borussia Monchengladbach (loan)

Alvaro Arbeloa - retired

Sam Howes - Watford, free

Sam Ford - released

Kyle Knoyle - released

Sam Westley - released

Havard Nordtveit - Hoffenheim, £8m

Stephen Hendrie - Southend, free

Raphael Spiegel - Boavista, free

Enner Valencia - Tigres, undisclosed

Ashley Fletcher - Middlesbrough, £6.5m

Update - 07/08/17

[gavin]

Is it running for two years? That is an epic!

[Swiss]

This post will concentrate on The players we have been linked with: Please post them below with links and I'll add them to this post for ease of reference.
P.s. It doesn't matter how frivolous/ outrageous the link, I'll still put it in here.


GK
Ederson Moraes - Benfica - Confirmed £34.9m
Gianluigi Donnarumma - AC Milan
Jack Butland - Stoke City
Victor Valdes - Middlesbrough
Pepe Reina - Napoli

RB
Kyle Walker - Spurs - Completed - between £45m & £55m
Djibril Sidebe - Monaco
Dani Alves - Juventus
Nelson Semedo - Benfica
Danilo - Real Madrid - complete £26m


CB
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Bilbao
Marquinhos - PSG
Holger Badstuber - Bayern Munich
Virgil Van Dijk - Southampton
Leonardo Bonucci - Juventus - Signed by AC Milan
Lucas Hernandez - Athletico madrid
Javi Martinez - Bayern Munich
Eric Garcia (16) - Barcelona - signed to city eds
Inigo Martinez - Real Socieadad

LB
Benjamin Mendy - Monaco - Signed - upto £55 mil
Hector Bellerin - Arsenal
Saed Kolasinac - Schalke - Joined Arsenal on a Free
Luke Shaw - Scum
Danny Rose - Spurs
Jose Luis Gaya - Valencia
Aaron Martin - Espanyol
Raphael Guerreiro - Borussia Dortmund
Ryan Bertrand - Southampton
Dalbert Henrique - OGC Nice

Utility player
Sergi Roberto - Barcelona cm/fb/cd

Center Mid/Defensive Mid
Fabinho - Monaco
Youri Tielemans - Anderlecht - Moved to Monaco
Deli Alli - Spurs
Joshua Kimmich - Bayern Munich
Tiémoué Bakayoko - Monaco - Movedto Chelsea
William Carvalho - Porto
Douglas Luiz - Vasco de Gama - Signed £10m 15\07/17

Attacking Midfielder
Bernardo Silva - Monaco - Confirmed - £43.6m
Isco - Real Madrid
Thomas Lemar - Monaco
Ivan Rakitic - Barcelona

Striker/Wide Forwards
Alexi Sanchez - Arsenal
Kylian Mbappe - Monaco
Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang - Borussia Dortmund
James Rodriguez  Real Madrid - On loan to Bayern Munich
Fake Ronaldo - Real Madrid
Cengiz Under - Basaksehir - Moved to Roma

[goat]

isco, because he always fucking is

[gavin]

You'd think the list of right backs would be long indeed. Do the rumour mungers actually pay attention to where we need players?

[Swiss]

Yep, I was thinking it's a bit light but there's a player in that list that also play RB.

Fabinho

And we have fernandinho.

Bit of money saving???

I wonder if he's decided to give maffeo a chance? Or Angelino?
Anyone been tracking their performances?

[Swiss]

My main concern is that we're lacking homegrown and club trained.

We need 8 in the squad. 4 nation trained and 4 club trained.

Currently we have club trained Angus gunn, iheanacho, Tosin, Aleix & Manu Garcia. 5. But none have really been given much playing time.

Then we have sterling, Stones, Delph as nation trained.

Potentially we have Roberts. Maffeo, Angelino & Enes Unal

On one hand could be great, but it's thin ice really.

[Swiss]

This article links us with yet more Monaco players:

http://bitterandblue.sbnation.com/2017/5/30/15705832/bernardo-silva-manchester-city-summer-transfer-2017-city-fan-perspective

Thomas Lemar - an Attacking Midfielder who can play Left, Right and Centre. His youtube looks as though he's more of a Yaya type midfielder than a Silva or Sterling.

Tiémoué Bakayoko - A defensive Midfielder

[gavin]

Lol, it'd be easier to tell us who we haven't been linked with at Monaco.

[Swiss]

It's a little redic really!

This MEN article has Mendy agreeing to join us... But the details need to be worked out
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-city-transfer-news-mendy-13114836

[Swiss]

This dudes Twitter reporting Mendy will sign.

Also interestingly, there's a familiar face from our past if you keep scrolling down!
https://twitter.com/RomainCG75?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fmonaco-stars-family-confirm-manchester-city-move%2F

[Ludo]

Lol, it'd be easier to tell us who we haven't been linked with at Monaco.

Princess Grace?

[gavin]

This dudes Twitter reporting Mendy will sign.

Also interestingly, there's a familiar face from our past if you keep scrolling down!
https://twitter.com/RomainCG75?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fnews%2Fmonaco-stars-family-confirm-manchester-city-move%2F

Gelson, I kind of thought he would be retired but he's only 30.

[Swiss]

You got it!
30!? Surely not! Looks as though he's had a decent career for a distinctly average midfielder

[Swiss]

Lucas Hernandez from athletico Madrid. Plays CB, LB

[gavin]

I was reading about that on CityWatch and apparently it is impacted by the fact that their transfer ban has been upheld.

[Gareth]

Pepe Reina

[gavin]

That seems an odd one, do we really need a backup backup for Claudio now we nearly have Ederson as backup.

[Gareth]

Yeah, and not great news for Angus Gunn.

[bbk]

I would say Reina would be the back up to Ederson, surely? Bravo will probably fade into a better looking version of Richard Wright.

[Gareth]

Gav's little joke, I think.

[Swiss]

Lest Bravo is to return to Spain...


Be nice to see if Angus is any good. He's only a couple of years younger than Ederson. Maybe Celtic beckons...

[Swiss]

Hilariously, Liverpool have been accused of tapping up Van Dijk, then issued an apology to Southampton FC and announced they have pulled out of the transfer...

[Swiss]

Oh and Alexi Sanchez rumours back on.

[gavin]

Presumably Southampton have agreed to now drop their complaint about tapping up. Looks like he'll be stuck at shitty Southampton for another season. Very embarrassing climb down for Liverpool but better than a transfer ban.

[Swiss]

Well today, Liverpool are back in it! This has more twists than a yankee daytime TV show!

Especially as now the press are quoting £70mil for Virgil - lol

Prediction - Spurs to ask £70mil for Walker tomorrow!

[gavin]

I'd say the world has gone crazy but that is too fucking obvious.

[Swiss]

Bloody fake Ronaldo linked now

[gavin]

It was a matter of time but I think we are focussing on younger forwards.

[Swiss]

Hopefully, if people don't want Walker cause he rolls about the pitch...

[Swiss]

I've updated the ins and outs & added Dani Alves to the list of linked players.

[Swiss]

Both lists have been updated

[Rowley Birkin QC]

Lot of scrolling in this thread....

[Swiss]

No pleasing some :-p

[gavin]

We started very quickly but seem to have ground to a halt now 

Come on City

[Swiss]

Aye, it's not even open yet and I'm getting frustrated with the lack of action!

[Paddy]

Terrible lot of speculation

[Swiss]

2/40 so far

[gavin]

I'm surprised you don't need a break already.

[Swiss]

Well I am on holiday...

[goat]

one of them weird asian trips again?

[nimrod]

one of them weird asian trips again?

Careful what you eat if visiting Bali swiss

Worst thing is dogs are beaten to death

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-...li-brutally-killed-meat-sold-tourists/8620128

[Swiss]

Well I am on an island... but only the Isle of wight

[nimrod]

Well I am on an island... but only the Isle of wight

Nice place, I was in Ryde not long ago,  lovely little town.

Anime convention  ?

Back on topic, sounds like we pulled out of buying Van Dijk, sensible decision,  70 mil .....way overpriced

[Swiss]

No, not anime this time... we're just outside of Newport in a static.

They're linking us to the ox  now...

[nimrod]

No, not anime this time... we're just outside of Newport in a static.

They're linking us to the ox  now...

Maybe just buy Arsenal and keep Wenger as head of finding cheap players then we won't have to buy of them

[gavin]

I hope it picks up soon. Maybe it will when the window officially opens but there's not really much to stop deals being done anyway as we did two very early.

Sky reporting that Arsenal have had two bids rejected for players. Is that Sky getting desperate or Arsenal starting early placating their fans?

[Hesperus]

Not brilliant progress so far on the transfer front is it. Lots of rumours we're nearly there with Alves and Mendy but at the moment we have a squad with no recognised full backs! I'm sure this will get resolved but it's taking longer than planned. We start preseason on Monday and I'm sure Pep would want his targets involved in as much preseason as possible.

[gavin]

Kolarov is a recognised as a full back by me at least though a few might disagree....

I agree the lack of progress has been disappointing though. No mention of a centre half at all so seems that we're relying on Vinny again.

[Swiss]

Latest rumours.

Kolarov off to Turkey

Mendy still joining
Alves rumoured to have an offer from PSG
Sergi Roberto offer knocked back
Dalbert offer knocked back

With players returning from summer leave this month, hopefully rumours will turn fact

[Swiss]

3/44 signed so far.

Wish I could be 7% accurate in my profession

[gavin]

What is your profession Swiss? Refs seem to get about 7% correct.

[Swiss]

I have been many things in my career, finance, contracts, inventory, commodity managers. I'm a mix of all 4 at the moment with a little bit of selling assets too.

It's a good and varied job with some links to this site
www.ex-mod.com

[gavin]

Do you have any spare bombers? There's a site in Trafford that could do with levelling  . Uwe's granddad had a go but I'd like to finish the job.

[Swiss]

Who needs bombers when you can have a tank to destroy the swamp

[Rowley Birkin QC]

I have been many things in my career, finance, contracts, inventory, commodity managers. I'm a mix of all 4 at the moment with a little bit of selling assets too.

It's a good and varied job with some links to this site
www.ex-mod.com

Slightly disappointed that there's nothing available in the Armoured Vehicles section. 

[Swiss]

[url]http://www.mod-sales.com/direct/vehicles/,37,/Armoured_Vehicles__Cars.htm/url]

There you go. That's linked to the ex-mod site

[goat]

Slightly disappointed that there's nothing available in the Armoured Vehicles section.

ask the yank, its probably got a few spare

[Hesperus]

Reported that the Walker fee has been agreed between City and Spurs. £55m plus add ons!

World has gone mad!

[lee]

Reported that the Walker fee has been agreed between City and Spurs. £55m plus add ons!

World has gone mad!

Indeed mate Swansea City reject Everton's £40m bid for Gylfi Sigurdsson!!!

[Swiss]

I don't know why everyone gets so hung up on money. Doesn't mean anything anymore

[zacc]

Walker price tag bit embarrassing

[nimrod]

I don't know why everyone gets so hung up on money. Doesn't mean anything anymore

It annoys me that were such a soft touch and we give the impression that we are buying success too quickly, Id prefer to build a team slowly rather than buy one quickly. I like the way Spurs are doing it.

[shandon]

Spurs don't have as much money to spend though.

[Lekos]

Their wage cap is around 100k / week.  They have cash, all Premier League clubs have lots of cash.  That wage structure won't last long, or if they stick to it don't expect to see them in the top 4 / 5 for much longer.

[Hesperus]

Walker signed officially. We have a right back!

[Hesperus]

Not my favourite player if I'm honest but certainly a big improvement on Sagna and Zabba of late.

Welcome to city Kyle. Looking forward to seeing you bombing down the wing. All the best.

[Swiss]

The price was inflated for 3 reasons:
1)He's English, for some reason that carries a premium...
2) We are desperate for a decent FB
3) We need HG players

These are two facts we cannot hide from the market & the seller knows it.

Had we invested in full backs 2 years ago, we would not have been in the same position and we would have had a better bargaining position.
That being said, Spurs didn't have to sell.

[nimrod]

Spurs don't have as much money to spend though.

they do now   

[nimrod]

Their wage cap is around 100k / week.  They have cash, all Premier League clubs have lots of cash.  That wage structure won't last long, or if they stick to it don't expect to see them in the top 4 / 5 for much longer.

Maybe so, but if they can keep their manager (big if) they might win it this time or next.

anyway 1 positive from buying Walker is at least Pep is acknowledging we need good defenders

[Hesperus]

Mendy strongly rumoured to be joining next maybe even early next week. I've just read that Mendy has also just followed Walker on instagram, which sounds promising.

[Swiss]

I'm hoping he joins this weekend!

[Swiss]

Apparently Joe Hart has completed his medical at WHAM. loan moved mooted

[Swiss]

Seems like Maffeo has yet to go back on loan somewhere yet...

[gavin]

It'd be nice to see him given the backup role to Walker but doubt he will be.

[Hesperus]

Unless we sign another RB I can't see any other option than to use Maffeo unless we are going to plan on using Fernandinho as RB cover (which would be shortsighted by the club imo).  So I hope we give him a chance too.

[Swiss]

Reports of Real Madrid's back up RB: Danilo are circling again.

Press saying he was awful last year

[Swiss]

5\46 so far
11% accurate

[andy1966]

Sky News reporting Aguero might be going to Chelsea, who are very interested in signing him

[Swiss]

We've been going through this for 18 months now

[lee]

sanchez rumours are boring  me to death

[Gareth]

sanchez rumours are boring as me to death

Try this one, Lee.

[Swiss]

Playing a dangerous game as he could buy himself out

[Hesperus]

Danilo - a RB from Real linked. Never heard of him or seen him play.

[Swiss]

Press are reporting he had a shit season last year.

Came from Porto...

[Hesperus]

Hmm. I have grave reservations about us signing players from Porto. However he must have something about him if Real signed him for £30 million.

[Hesperus]

It's also being reported that we've dropped our interest in Ryan Bertrand due to us missing out on Alves and having to shell out another 30 mill we hadn't planned on.  Apparently this Danilo can play a number of positions, LB being one of them.

[shandon]

No one has mentioned Kelechi Iheanacho going to Leicester.

[Swiss]

Tbf, this is pretty much been about the players coming in.

🐝

[shandon]

Ok. We will have a "buy-back" option on Iheanacho apparently.

[Rowley Birkin QC]

I do wish City's social media feeds would stop dropping endless photos and vids of City stars handing over shirts to assorted American celebrities into my news feeds. Every time I see one I think we've signed another player!

[Hesperus]

Mbappe for £160 million anyone? I don't have a problem with the transfer fees this summer but that does sound excessive.

I have a feeling though he's Real bound, but who knows! Pep isn't ruling it out by the sounds of the interviews. Hi

[goat]

I do wish City's social media feeds would stop dropping endless photos and vids of City stars handing over shirts to assorted American celebrities into my news feeds. Every time I see one I think we've signed another player!

samuel l jackson gets fucking everywhere, why not try him next to vinny

[Swiss]

Well Barce have just come into some serious cash... â,¬222m for Neymar to PSG!

[Paddy]

Having watched the boys in all four pre season games, don't think we need any more signings, any more would be excessive

[gavin]

Pep says he needs at least one more!

[Swiss]

Someone who can tuck away more chances...

Fullbacks are paper thin, that's where we could fall down

[Swiss]

Updates applied

[Hesperus]

Someone who can fuck away more chances

😀 We need to sign a serial shagger??

[Lekos]

😀 We need to sign a serial shagger??

Recall Terry

[Swiss]

Haha. Whoops!

I wonder what savo milosevic is up to these days...

In my defence, I was bloody tired last night

[goat]

missed out on javi garcia, gone to betis for a few quid

[bry the guy]

Messi yes please.

[goat]

bony to swansea, that will teach him

or apparently hellas verona, because their fans love a black fella

[Swiss]

Might aswell drop the sticky on this thread - Could put my comparison thread up here instead 

[Neil Mcnab]

Winter window, a new LB. We were supposed to be interested in Grimaldi before we bought Mendy. Aaron Martin is another roumored interest at LB.

Sanchez for Sterling?

[Swiss]

Depends on Delph

[Neil Mcnab]

Delph, the new Milner. 

Pep wants pace at full back, that rules out a lot of good technical players, who dont have the speed to match. 

[gavin]

Sterling is going nowhere. A new left back is likely.

[nimrod]

Sterling is going nowhere. A new left back is likely.

Apparently were interested in this guy

http://www.lebuteur.com/article/detail?titre=ghoulam-la-priorite-de-manchester-city&id=71192

[gavin]

We can't buy anyone till January. My main concern transfer wise at the moment is FIFA holding this player that signed for Leicester out to dry until Xmas for the sake of 14 seconds. It is disgraceful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41498052

Apart from anything else it should have been allowed because we need more Silvas in the prem.

[Ludo]

Out by 14 seconds? They'd all f*cking summer to sign him.

No sympathy.

[gavin]

It is the player I have sympathy for.