when the levy breaks: summer transfer window 2019

It's weird when Moise Kean seems like a fantastic coup but otoh it's up to £36m for a 19yo after a good season in Serie A. I don't even know anymore.

It’s an amazing deal. He looks like one of the most talented young strikers Italy has produced in years and the price is a relative steal imo. I am really surprised that Juve agreed to let him go without the €60m buyback clause.

Potentially shifting him and Dybala and keeping Ronaldo / Higuain looks really strange.

Yeah, a great deal. Everton doing well so far. Brands rarely disappoints.

For Juve though, SV otm. No idea why they're letting go of the younger hot prospects relatively easily.

Probably think they'll hate living in the UK and come back eventually after two or three lacklustre seasons.

They'll be trapped inside Boris's wall by then tho

Cutrone in confirmed :)

Congrats, big signore!

Aston Villa have signed Zimbabwe international midfielder Marvelous Nakamba for an undisclosed fee - their 12th signing of the summer.

MARVELOUS NAKAMBA.

£85m for Maguire then

oh, seems it's actually 80m. Bargain!

Nakamba has like three career goals, so there may be limited opportunities for Guy Mowbray to shout "now that WAS marvelous" in that uh inimitable tone he does, but you never know

Personally think Maguire is better than his worst detractors allow and there's always a premium on home grown-ness. Don't see how he doesn't improve Umited

oh he absolutely improves us

Shaw Maguire Lindelof AWB is more than decent

meanwhile, this Lukaku Dybala swap appears to actually be a thing. Weird

about time we had the new Prem thread altho it's not like i'm actually watching the Charunity Shield

lol and as if by magic

mignolet gone to brugges

meanwhile, this Lukaku Dybala swap appears to actually be a thing

Apparently not any more.

What kind of wages do you need to be demanding for the people who gave Alexis Sanchez half a million quid a week to say no?

maybe theyve learned

yeah i'm not bothered about missing out on Dybala in these circumstances

i'm pretty fucking concerned that we appear to be going into the season with significant reinforcements in midfield or attack though

our midfield options as it stands are fairly grim - Pogba, Matic, McTominay, Fred, Pereira

Seems like our Hirving Lozano is off to Napoli for around 40m. He's not been playing well recently, and we've got (younger) youngsters eager to fill in his position, still a bit sad to see him go though.

Malcom could be forced out of Zenit St Petersburg just days after £37m arrival from Barcelona as racist fans display banner rejecting black players in latest incident to shame Russian football https://t.co/p3CeN8VABr pic.twitter.com/Pjwe1ChQ38

— MailOnline Sport (@MailSport) August 5, 2019

Telegraph reporting that Wayne Rooney is in talks with Derby about a player-coach role

please god please

also there isn't a non-Prem thread for 19-20

eriksen to utd for 50m sounding more solid by the hour

surely Eriksen to Utd cannot be real. I expect him to have at least two more good years before cynically cashing in giving up all hope in life?

rumours our mad owner is considering selling our talismanic striker to brentford for no reason

even i would be burning shit to the ground

Today's Mirror:

"Bruno Fernandes agent 'holds fresh Man Utd transfer talks' ahead of £65m move"

"Bruno Fernandes 'agrees personal terms with Tottenham' to rival Man Utd transfer"

Somehow I don't think when Eriksen talked about a next chapter, chugging around the Europa League with Solskjaer as manager was quite what he had in mind.

It doesn’t sound like anyone better wants Eriksen. idk, it would be a huge shame to lose him but Lo Celso and Fernandes would both be an upgrade if he continues to play at 50% capacity for another year.

late af to be at any of this shit

very disappointing window given the shit poch has put up with the past two years.

meanwhile

Lukaku was due back at Carrington today... https://t.co/pDV563Wew3

— Paul Hirst (@hirstclass) August 6, 2019

thats stormzy

shut up

If no one better wants Eriksen I wouldn't be surprised to see him just sign a new contract.

Possible, but unlikely I'd say. Considering he can leave on a free next summer and e.g. Ramsey is now on 400k a week at Juve after doing the same

Tottenham Hotspur have made an offer to sign Philippe Coutinho on loan from Barcelona

Manchester United are attempting to sign Christian Eriksen@garyjacob and @hirstclass reporthttps://t.co/vDsFuv5BZZ

— Times Sport (@TimesSport) August 6, 2019

£21m loan fee :/

heard somewhere (second captains??) that coutinho's in retrospect Bad Choice to go to Barca was motivated in large part by significant pressure from nike?

wouldnt take the lads as gospel but the propensity for nike to influence that kind of thing would have come up before iirc

you following the gaa on the podcast, out of interest?

shut up

― Number None, Tuesday, 6 August 2019 12:30 (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

whats up your arse btw?

Excited for Arsenal going full Ossieball by playing Aubameyang, Lacazette, Coutinho and Pepe and no one at all in defence.

xp lol references

What is happening

Tottenham have agreed a €70m deal with Juventus to sign Paulo Dybala, according to Sky in Italy.

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 6, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQGUJK7Na4

apparently Utd had agreed a deal with Juve too, but it was Dybala's agent's demands/excessive wages/image rights/lack of desire to play for a shit team that scuppered things

Juve seem pretty desperate to shift him though

you following the gaa on the podcast, out of interest?

― phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Tuesday, August 6, 2019 12:27 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

can't really watch it anywhere, so nah

lol i was thinking tbh ty

xp that

gbx, watching the gaa is shit. listen to oisin tho hes great

If he can't get United to pay his wages good luck with Levy.

There seem to be four or five playmakers/wide forwards in play with no idea of where they'll end up.