"and can slot in at right-back if required" - close season transfer banter 2014

Adams in at Norwich.

Not Tony.

This has been making the rounds over here as MLS clubs start to line up in anticipation of summer window signings:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2070335-top-20-players-to-poach-from-europes-relegated-clubs

*desperation moves to save the season* summer signings, that is

Of those listed in the article Kiyotake is v good. Ochoa is good as well.

Sunderland defender Phil Bardsley has agreed a three-year deal with Premier League rivals Stoke City.

"I feel the time has come for me to take on a fresh challenge in my career and the opportunity to come to Stoke is brilliant for me and as soon as I heard of their interest it was the only place I wanted to come."

Poyet is having a real Augean stables sesh this week

50m for David Luiz? Why the hell not

Is that PSG? How much are they allowed to spend this transfer winder under FFP sanctions?

Gotta hand it to Jose, £87m for 2 players he doesn't even want or rate.

€50m or £50m?

Not that either makes any kind of sense.

Ah, Gusrdian says £40m so that's 'only' £77m for Mata/Luiz. Add in £20m for De Bruyne and Chelsea are raking in the money on players Mou doesn't like.

Okay Mail and Indy saying £50m.

Mail said "close to £50m" in the body, so take yr pick somewhere in the mid 40s

also Costa to Chelsea, is that widely considered a done deal?

Find Coentrao being the 4th highest transfer fee paid for a defender hilarious.

Yes on Costa to Chelsea afaik

Chelsea had better hope Terry stays good for a couple more seasons cos no way is Zouma ready from what I saw of St Etienne this season. Kalas might be I guess.

Also lol at Mail insisting that Man U and Bayern agreed a fee for Kroos but that now the player has ruled it out. No, you were wrong.

PSG already have Thiago Silva and just paid 32M for Marquinhos last summer. Are they gonna play David Luiz in midfield?

defensive mid/Regista probly a better option for Luiz tbh

lol at 'regista'

Maybe sell Silva? Haven't heard anything, but that MF is already stacked with Cabaye not even getting starts. Unless it's a rotation of 2 from Silva/Marqu./Luiz with Alex moving on?

mobility-wise not necessarily pretty passing-wise

theres no chance they sell silva

regista = deep lying playmaker like david pizarro

i was drawing a probably Football Manager inspired distinction between a deep lying playmaker and a regista where the latter is expected to chase the ball more

http://worldsoccertalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jordan-mutch-goal.gif

he is absurdly thick

as a defensive midfielder his naivete is scarcely less of a problem, he only works as part of a double pivot with another, proper defensive midfielder like matic

psg will play him at cb with thiago silva to hold his hand like he does, mostly successfully, for brasil

Still think Luiz best position is CB. Just not the sort of risk averse CB we're used to in England. Was p great at the Confeds. Cup last summer.

dont believe football manager then

sir yes sir

Evra in

Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Jack Rudge, Jack Barmby, Federico Macheda out

todays gossip of adebayor and paulinho out for decent money is much more cheering

Zarate to West Ham! Potentially a very good signing.

his Birmingham stint suggests not

etoo lampard lescott Cole surely the pick of available free transfers,unless anyone will shout for bendtner

lewandowski to bayern hard to beat there

was gonna say "time for Joleon to come home" but we're ok at CB tbh

Mancienne might have been an option.

Mancienne never looked comfortable at CB when he was with us, seen him gazing up as the ball dropped over his head too many times. granted he was v. young and being mismanaged by Big Mick and hopefully has improved in Germany but i'd've played him as a defensive mid if anything

"seen him gazing up as the ball dropped over his head too many times"

Darren O'Deas that float through your head.

hey did someone say free transfers? #stokedforthemadness

can rio these days play at all... ever...sometimes... maybe

i guess i wouldnt necessarily claw my eyes out if that happened. perhaps just the one

holtby and jordon mutch would be nice if i'm choosing

Rio could be ok with someone quick beside him i.e. not Richard Dunne

Is Lampard definitely leaving Chelsea?

released yday

Blackburn Rovers are half way into parachute payments and selling very cheap season tickets for 14/15. QPR/Leicester/Somebody must be tempted to test their resolve for Rhodes who is on 40k a week and would cost at least £8mill. I rarely watch the premiership and don't really know shit these days, but he is the most clinical finisher I have seen and that is after witnessing the likes of Duncan Shearer, Iwan Roberts, Boothy, Onuora, Abbott, Knight etc (._.)

modern poacher's lament though. clubs are looking at what else he's good at

yeah his record is great but EPL managers h8 goalscorers. the fools.

hughton buying two and not knowing wtf to do with them has probably set the cause back some too

i'd still have hooper as well

We've signed 3/4 of a new back four and a DM so it's not a disaster, but well done creating a situation where there's basically zero pressure on Adebayor to perform. This will end well.

Pretty sure Hull won transfer deadline day in the same way Everton did last year.

We'll have to hope that Togo don't storm the ACN qualifiers.

steady now....

Cleverley to Villa BACK ON

(on loan)

he'd do well to get a game during lón imo

so do loans not have to happen during the transfer window (and if not, why all the hoo-ha with falcao?)

free agents can move whenever is my understanding

Paul Parker talking sense re: Rooney
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/paul-parker/falcao-coup-brilliant-for-united---but-rooney-will-be-left-out-in-the-cold-114609509.html

ouch

"The only thing in any way remarkable about his performance is that he collects £300,000 a week to play that badly."

jamie jackson ‏@JamieJackson___ 7m

Cleverley to Villa on season-long loan, Prem have allowed

this is a disgrace

if it had been a smaller club trying to get rid of Cleverley they wouldn't have been allowed to

lol "mexican tony cottee"

ha! my son asked if little p had to leave united because there was a big q in front of him in the team

where's he get it from eh

prolonged exposure to dad joeks will do that to a kid, what can i say

Di Maria just set up three and scored one vs Germany.

One of the three scored by Lamela.

sweet

that's what sandro reducers are for