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Summer 2018 transfer thread
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nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
WEST HAM MAKE £20M FERNANDES OFFER
West Ham United have made an offer to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes, according to Sky sources.
The bid is around £20m, with Sporting looking for £25m.
One other unnamed Premier League has shown concrete interest and it is thought Atletico Madrid are also keen.
Fernandes played for Portugal at the World Cup and was one of a number of players who asked for his Sporting contract to be terminated.
The player would have been available for free, but a compromise is being worked on whereby the club would receive a cut price transfer fee.
West Ham United have made an offer to sign Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes, according to Sky sources.
The bid is around £20m, with Sporting looking for £25m.
One other unnamed Premier League has shown concrete interest and it is thought Atletico Madrid are also keen.
Fernandes played for Portugal at the World Cup and was one of a number of players who asked for his Sporting contract to be terminated.
The player would have been available for free, but a compromise is being worked on whereby the club would receive a cut price transfer fee.
Sauce? (Source)
I cannot stand this anymore We need to buy, buy, buy. I don't care about the quality, can we just buy a few, please?
You jest but this window will become a mad scramble given the world cup and then earlier end date, and that might well lead to some teams making more panic buys than normal. Most clubs will presumably have their prioritised list of targets in various positions and I dare say a lot of calls already gone in, however we've seen historically that one deal happening or not happening can have a domino effect on other deals - this year there will a lot less time to solve for those hiccups.
Liverpool and Man U are in a slightly better position given that they each have 2 in already, whilst you'd have thought that Arse would be in a weak position given a lot of new managers overhaul their squads, and **** knows what going on at Cheatski - if they push Conte (which always seemed inevitable) then they're cutting it very fine in terms of transfers and also for the new man settling in and getting his ideas across to his team. Feels like we're somewhere in between - squad needs tweaking rather than an overhaul, but depending on what happens you could have 3 senior players (TA, MD, DR) leaving and needing replacing as a min, in addition to any strengthening.
Would have made more sense had the PL introduced the earlier window closure in a non World Cup year so that teams could get used to it first. Going to be a fun final 6 weeks of the window!!
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Does this lack of movement suggest that all our targets are still involved in the WC, along with our potential sales?
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Either that or other clubs targets are, and those deals need to be done before ours can happen further down the chain.
Also, in all honesty, a lot of players will be hoping the WC gives them a platform to attract bigger clubs - so will likely be holding out to see how that goes.
monkeybarry
Jack Jull
Agree, and this chain effect could cause problems for PL teams given that European teams are all still (I believe) working to a 31 August deadline. What English clubs have in our favour obviously is deeper pockets, so a European team should want to sell someone before the UK deadline to get the best price - once PL teams are out of the picture, the price likely falls. That said, a European team who doesnt want to sell might be able to extract a huge price from an English team given we hvae a lot less time to buy players so there risks being some irrational/panic buys from some clubs
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I still think the Alder, Martial, De Ligt roundabout is just waiting for Alder to finish in Russia to kick into action
Then all we are left with is sorting Dembele's replacement
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
Even Kovacic is pointing to Luca.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
What ?!?! Leicester paying £60m for their own player!!!! Not what I'd call a bargain. Maybe a new record though!!!
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
£88m for Ronaldo? Cheeky bid?
DeleHarry
Jose Dominguez
Wishful thinking
I don't think we will make any signings until the unwanted players are sold. Sell to buy is the clubs policy
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Other than Alder, I don't think any of our other sales (Dembele, Nkoudou, Sissy, Janssen, Llorente) are likely to bring in more than £10m a head
StephenH
David Ginola
Sissy will still be here Xmas day.
I'd be amazed if many/any deals were done but just not announced yet - too many parties involved to keep things quiet
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I think it's more they will be done in principle, but the players won't finalise personal terms until they are released from international duty.
I think it's the same with new contracts. I reckon Eriksen's might be signed, and we're just waiting an appropriate mourning time for Denmark's departure