"We've momentum and we can't afford to lose it tbh"- The '13-'14 summer transfer window thread for PL and beyond

Wait xps, I've just noticed the 'Hansen out' bomb in the middle there.

Though quitting before the World Cup would be nice.

also, Owen is going to be on BBC and BT Sport? That's just cruel

This is meh. I liked Lawro.

Now that guy who can kick a ball into a skip ok will be all over it smdh

Lawro seemed to be trying a bit harder to look interested last season, maybe seeing the writing on the wall. Good gig while it lasted.

no doubt he'll be full of regret at not making the most of it as he sits in his living room clasping a cup of tea between both hands, listening to the slow tick of the clock.

Dempsey to Seattle would be the best bc he'd end up in Chicago inside a year.

Looks like he might have gone to Seattle to talk to Everton.

Emre Can's gone to Leverkusen. 4 year deal but with a buyback clause. Talk about an embarrassment of riches

wow, he's supposed to be really great.
newcastle have fee for gomis accepted.
bummer if the chiriches deal is off he sounds good.

Perhaps not quite yet in the Gica Popescu category of cultured defenders, Chiriches does however stand out with his mobility, pace, strong personality on the pitch and ability to take the ball out of defence. His assurance on the ball is possibly one explanation why Villas-Boas was seemingly happy to consider a 23-year-old Romanian in the place of a homegrown talent.

There's speculation (seemingly sourced from Twitter) that Spurs have agreed a fee of 30m Euro for Coentrao.

true, Bale's glute strain does qualify as a shenanigan and sounds like he's not traveling with the team to Monaco in which case the jig is well and truly up. hope we at least nab Coentrao in return

30m Euro for Coentrao

http://plopper.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/spit_coffee_wut-s576x416-126987-580.png

At that rate we'll get cotreaeaoaeao and di mari and owe them a tenner ffs

levy bound and gagged in a locked car boot at spurs lodge right now next to some discarded plastic packaging for a bald cap and a chorizo

http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/02/no-expense-spared-as-tottenham-jet-roberto-soldado-in-on-ryanair-flight-3909048/

Classic Spurs.

twitter gonna love that

http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/109874/antisemitic-tweets-target-tottenham-chairman-daniel-levy

"Watford-based Ian Bartrick wrote on his @iBartrick account: "Daniel Levy is a Jew, and his dealings in the transfer market are very 'Jewish'."

Antisemitism isn't what it used to be iirc

no that is what it used to be too

I expected to find tweets showered with words like holocaust, gas etc, The quotation marks around 'Jewish' almost make it polite, chin scratching antisemitism. Almost.

that is just england for you

Real England?

arsenal have reportedly managed to flog gervinho to roma for 7m

smh@u Roma

but now Arsenal can raise their Suarez bid by at least, ooh, fifty quid next time

no doubt he'll be full of regret at not making the most of it as he sits in his living room clasping a cup of tea between both hands, listening to the slow tick of the clock.

― Shamrock Shoe (LocalGarda), Friday, August 2, 2013 10:36 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

localgarda boils the new david peace down to one sentence

Don't even care if Suarez never plays for us again I have to say, even if we don't sell him.

Agreed, he can fuck off.

Finally, the proof we were all waiting for that Suarez is, actually, a little shit.

Tbh, that was already a well known fact before he went to LFC

the only thing i care about in football is that suarez goes to arsenal, becomes even more obnoxious and evil, and scores 50 goals a season

espn reporting dempsey transfer to seattle sounders being "finalized"

http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article2117394.ece/ALTERNATES/s2197/Queens-Park-Rangers-training-session-2117394.jpg

“The players I’ve signed so far all speak the same language. You say ‘good morning’ and they say ‘good morning’ back. I want lads who want to be here and with that attitude.”

chris baird and gary o'neil have met that criteria today. psyched

Jonjo Shelvey ‏@shelveyJ 59m
It's easy for someone to sit on the sideline and pay their 55 quid a week and say what they want.

best... tweet... ever

Oh Jonjo. That's a propos of what?

some lfc bidding him good riddance

Finally, the proof we were all waiting for that Suarez is, actually, a little shit.

― ewar woowar (or something), Friday, 2 August 2013 23:04 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tbh, that was already a well known fact before he went to LFC

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 2 August 2013 23:05 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so awkward when one doesn't quite hit home.

We all know that, if you need to get a footballer's hand shaken, there is only one man to turn to.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQg6TbaCEAAdVpl.jpg

(Calum Chambers on the left btw)

Unfortunately, Poch's exciting continental style has yet to fully gel in the lower leagues.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/68942000/jpg/_68942804_untitled.jpg

When Richard Dunne walked into the Queens Park Rangers dressing room for the first time, he was amazed.

“I have never been in a dressing room where every morning everyone shakes each other’s hand before training. Everyone just does it.

“In my experience it is something only French players have done but everyone is doing it and it means that you speak to every player, every day.

“It does create friendships. "

Am I right in thinking the only French player he's played with recently is noted friendship creator Charles N'Zogbia?

thinking of anelka at city clearly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8

"wales? that's another country?"
"yes and no"

Spurs currently getting a pasting from Monaco. 5-1 with twenty minutes to go.

Fryers and Livermore not being good enough center backs against Falcao shocker.

The mighty Kevin Stewart and Nabil Bentaleb coming on rescue things for Spurs

this gerrard testimonial sounds fucking rubbish, why is it only steve harper that knows what's up?

To mark his 20-year spell at the club, the goalkeeper has called on old friends Shearer, Les Ferdinand, Rob Lee and Faustino Asprilla to become team-mates once again as they form Newcastle United XI.

It is also hoped David Ginola, Andy Cole and Peter Beardsley will make a return for the game, but the full line-up is yet to be confirmed.

The stalwarts of Premier League football will take on the AC Milan Glorie legends team made up of Franco Baresi, Paolo Maldini, Alessandro Costacurta and Andriy Shevchenko.

Harper's been planning this for a long time

Bren all over my telly just now talking about how much Louis owes the club (pronounced as in J4gger). Has he always done that?