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

http://i.imgur.com/fq49aQQ.png

Luke Shaw out for a month...

Jeff Carlisle ‏@JeffreyCarlisle 22s

DeAndre Yedlin's move to Tottenham now official. Some confusion as to when though, end of 2014 or prior to 2015/16 season? #usmnt #mls

Prior to the 2015/16 season, pretty clear on the Spuds announcement.

yeah, I saw it just after reading the tweet

still think he's over-rated but we shall see

Spurs announcement says he's coming "ahead of" 2015/16 season; Sounders announcement says he stays with Seattle through 2014 MLS season, so it's ambiguous

I guess technically "ahead of" 2015/16 season could include a move in January or whatever

well this isn't very nice

Manchester United have received a boost in their pursuit of Sporting Lisbon full-back Marcos Rojo, with third party fund Doyen Sports attacking the club over their refusal to sell the player.

Doyen own 75 per cent of Rojo's rights and Sporting are contractually bound to pay the fund 75% of any rejected bid. United have so far tabled an offer worth a reported £16 million, which falls short of his £30m release clause, meaning Sporting will have to pay £12m if they continue to reject the Premier League club's advances.

Doyen have confirmed that they will vigorously pursue that figure, whilst also threatening the Portuguese outfit with legal action if no payment is made.

“(Sporting are) making mindless demands as a condition of releasing the player,” they said in a statement.

“If Sporting want to keep Rojo they must compensate the fund under the terms and deadlines set forth by the contract. If necessary we will not hesitate to use every legal resource at our disposal to fully defend our rights and interests.”

Sporting have since cancelled their contract with Doyen, announcing they have terminated the agreement with “just cause.”

ban agents

Sporting are contractually bound to pay the fund 75% of any rejected bid

i don't even

on a once off basis I guess?

Which is kind of fair enough if you own 75% of the player.

xp yeah, paid within a fortnight

apparently the mangala deal (another doyen client) is the first where an investment fund have negotiated directly with the buyer

like shazza sez i don't really see the scandal

http://www.insideworldfootball.com/matt-scott/13267-matt-scott-player-trades-boost-third-party-balance-sheets

According to regulatory filings from the stockmarket-listed Portuguese club, on 14 December 2011 Doyen bought 33.33% of Mangala's "economic rights" for about €2.65m. It turned out Mangala was not even aware that Robi Plus had also bought an additional 10% of the player's rights. Porto has never made clear what Robi Plus paid for its share of Mangala.

"We are financial products. A football club is like a factory, and we are its outputs. You have to be realistic."

Javi Martinez out for six months

Tony Pulis is considering his future at Crystal Palace and could leave the club before the season has even started.

Pulis was in talks with the Palace board on Thursday afternoon with his position as manager appearing increasingly uncertain, with sources suggesting his brief tenure could even be over by mutual consent in the next 24 hours.

croydon local saying its because parish is signing zaha over tone's head (also other general transfer frustration)

think i saw something the other week that the players have gone on media strike cos they wanted a bigger bonus for staying up?

The Advertiser also understands Pulis is frustrated that his chairman is putting too much attention on a move for Zaha, rather than sealing a £3million deal for Southampton midfielder Jack Cork.

Read more: http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE-Crystal-Palace-boss-Tony-Pulis-chairman/story-22734055-detail/story.html#ixzz3ANhiNXlT

tbf this is classic palace after bruce and freedman

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvAa9lXIgAAYJHO.png

Oh man, Koeman has some atrocious handshake technique here. 2014/15 Golden Boot Shane Long can clearly shake hands all over the park no questions asked, but Ronnie's just giving him pure lettuce. Oyy.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvAskrFIcAEosrc.png

That's better.

Dare I say it... we're starting to look OK now, innit? Solid recruitment in our weakest positions, still hanging on to Schneiderlin, and when ranked against some of our business over the past five years the Long deal honestly isn't that terrible value (Forren, Mayuka, Osvaldo...) - he'll play, he'll run about, he probably won't score that many but he'll put in the work so others do. Hopefully.

i think he's a really good signing but prob 4m of it was hull knowing ye'd cash and needed to buy someone, anyone

id have much higher hopes for him if he was only slotting in to a team not half-gutted tbf

looks like Koeman had his hand ready for a chivalrous kiss rather than a shake

there's woody harrelson in long imo

Tbh our MO in the transfer market post-takeover has never been about finding value so much as wading in and spending whatever it takes to get the players we want. Not pleased with the idea we'll settle for £3m for Cork, tho - he's only 25, and if Schneiderlin goes he should be the one stepping in. Also, his middle names are Frank and Porteous. That kind of class does not sell for 1/7th of Dejan Lovren.

Forster
Clyne Fonte Gardos Bertrand
Schneiderlin Wanyama
Long Ward-Prowse Tadic
Pelle

Assuming Schneiderlin stays, obv, but Steven Davis will play more or less anywhere, Ramirez can, in theory, slot right in to the three, Rodriguez will be fit again one day, Gallagher's pretty promising... yeah, we'll be OK.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Unitedology/status/496411354086252545/photo/1

               forster
     clyne fonte gardos bertrand
      ward-prowse wanyama taider
          long pelle tadic

tsk got xposted doing this

no way morgan stays imo. can't really understand why cork's for sale, continuity if nothing else

Oliver Kay ‏@OliverKayTimes 17s
Tony Pulis has left Crystal Palace following disagreements over transfer policy. Official confirmation shortly. What a blow to #CPFC.

4 months holiday then save Leicester from the drop

Sherwood excitedly dusts off his gilet in anticipation

Oh please

Perfect way to start the season! Cheers Pulis, Palace might have been a hard first game if they had a manager.

first Moyes's daughter, now this. When will Zaha's reign of terror end?

what exactly are you insinuating about zaha and pulis there

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2576010/Tony-Pulis-daughter-went-school-Southampton-star-Adam-Lallana.html

‘My daughter went to school with him,’ Pulis said. ‘They know each other. He’s a lovely lad who is very level-headed. My daughter told me that Adam had gone to Southampton to join the kids there. I think they got on really well together.’

anyway this is all triffic bantz

cup of tea and a biscuit in order before settling down to visit holmesdale.net i think

This is about the odds on Pulis going, there is no story, it's a bunch a pants wetters on here panicking because someone (apparently) stuck £500 on him to leave.

Today 3.34pm

https://twitter.com/AlansAvailable

p much have to feel at this juncture that the only thing stopping malky mackay getting this gig is if i put 50 quid on it now

is it worth it, is the question

https://twitter.com/whufc_official/status/500024194605023232/photo/1

straight into greatest of all time pics thread with the lad

str8 edge remake of the fifth element wasn't going so well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifCeGtzQRY

summer realness right here

Ben Arfa's been cast out too. Not a good summer for fat mercurial geniuses

I do hope there's some maudlin Karen Carpenter-type shit over that Taarabt clip.

Fuck Pulis for basically gifting Arsenal three points on the first day of the season btw.

Thread title suggestions, btw?

i chucked a lazy "southampton won win the etc" out the other day, no advances since

lol gossip has qpr set to get zaha on loan now

club regulation states there must be idiot child showponies present at all times

anyway this is all triffic bantz

cup of tea and a biscuit in order before settling down to visit holmesdale.net i think

― r|t|c, Thursday, August 14, 2014 9:36 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You want anyway CPFC BBS for full on teeth gnashing, recriminations etc...

Thread title suggestions, btw?

― Matt DC, Friday, August 15, 2014 8:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Eh, I came up with Representations of Dyche in the Mainstream Media a while ago, still fairly happy with that...

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28794627

level of detail has an "unusual details in wikipedia articles" feel to it but i appreciate the effort