Summer Silly Season Transfer Thread 2024

[Drewry66]

I'm surprised no one has said something to the effect of "I personally don't think we were ever actually interested in ESR, It's all just agents trying to drum up interest and start a bidding war" yet

Club are obviously going nuclear on the video as this is so big. Steven Spielberg wasn't available for a couple of days to direct it hence the delay.

[Holders]

I personally don't think we were ever actually interested in ESR, It's all just agents trying to drum up interest and start a bidding war. Its a smokescreen to finally get Jason Koumas over the line.

I was just going to write that.

[Deeping_white]

https://twitter.com/golmuniovil/status/1819006997141889426

Jorge trained the last day yesterday afternoon and is already traveling to the Fulham camp. He has to pass a medical examination, the agreement with the clubs already exists but he has to pass the tests when he arrives at the Fulham camp.

Cuenca medical today in Portugal by the sounds of it

[SimonDaviesEnjoyer]

The amount of phone battery I've wasted refreshing in anticipation of these signings being announced...

[Deuce]

I've moaned about McTominay given the fee and his age but of all the players potentially coming in, I think he's the most likely to make a big impact on the team this season. No adjustment required, no fitness issues, just a well-rounded, does-what-says-on-the-tin, PL quality player.

I just hope we sign him in addition to Andre and not as an alternative.

Once again though, we get into August and haven't actually signed anyone except Sess on a free. Need a few announcements ASAP.

Welcome aboard the ol' McTominay ship

Ive wrote this before but I dont see much, if any, similarities between André and McTominay, beside that they both reside in the more "defensive part" of the midfield, so id be very surprised if Marco and the club saw them as rivals for one to be signed and not to partner them next to each other. So I think we are deffo going for both. André, McT, Reed and Lukic is great depth and quality. Throw in TC who can shuffle around playing both 10 (not great but still) and deeper as well.

Iif any thing, I think - heavily empashis on think - that André resembles Fred more than McTominay resembles André in terms of playing style

I would deem it more likely that Phillips was our go-to would the André deal fail, which I find very unlikely, and that Souza was our back up to McT

[SerbianLad]

The ESR announcement better be epic...

[General]

The ESR announcement better be epic...

I think i'm getting to the point where no amount of epic will be enough for this length of delay. He was with the squad yesterday, did the medical the day before..

[Drewry66]

I've moaned about McTominay given the fee and his age but of all the players potentially coming in, I think he's the most likely to make a big impact on the team this season. No adjustment required, no fitness issues, just a well-rounded, does-what-says-on-the-tin, PL quality player.

I just hope we sign him in addition to Andre and not as an alternative.

Once again though, we get into August and haven't actually signed anyone except Sess on a free. Need a few announcements ASAP.

Welcome aboard the ol' McTominay ship

Ive wrote this before but I dont see much, if any, similarities between André and McTominay, beside that they both reside in the more "defensive part" of the midfield, so id be very surprised if Marco and the club saw them as rivals for one to be signed and not to partner them next to each other. So I think we are deffo going for both. André, McT, Reed and Lukic is great depth and quality. Throw in TC who can shuffle around playing both 10 (not great but still) and deeper as well.

Iif any thing, I think - heavily empashis on think - that André resembles Fred more than McTominay resembles André in terms of playing style

I would deem it more likely that Phillips was our go-to would the André deal fail, which I find very unlikely, and that Souza was our back up to McT

From one of my United mates:

He's not someone that's gonna spray the ball around. Basically you've got to give him licence to make runs into the box. He's got an engine on him so he can get about. If you play him as an 8 then he empties the midfield when you're attacking. If you play him as a 10 he's got more licence to get in the box but you lose the creativity of a traditional 10.

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Clearly he'll play as an 8 if AP is still about. The engine defensively could really help Andre out. Andre is the ball player so McT s weakness passing would be less of an issue. In terms of emptying midfield when he gets in the box AP would have to cover but that should work as AP never gets in the frigging box to score which is why we need someone like McT in the first place and AP is of course very good defensively and has played 8 so can drop when needed. I think that 3 could compliment each other incredibly well.

[Drewry66]

The ESR announcement better be epic...

I think i'm getting to the point where no amount of epic will be enough for this length of delay. He was with the squad yesterday, did the medical the day before..

The club just hate us fans and will do everything they can to infuriate us. It's how we roll.

 

[General]

The ESR announcement better be epic...

I think i'm getting to the point where no amount of epic will be enough for this length of delay. He was with the squad yesterday, did the medical the day before..

The club just hate us fans and will do everything they can to infuriate us. It's how we roll.

 

They've got no sense of the moment/timing, do they.

They've taken the wind out of the sails, much like that olympic final just watched, everything that was exciting has slowly drained away.. and they still haven't announced him.

Now i'm here knowing that ESR is signed and it's like they've just got too caught up in the excitement themselves and indulged themselves too much. Now for me, whilst it'll be great to see it announced, it'll be a very much - thank god you finally announced it, get on with signing other players, rather than WOW, what a signing, isn't this exciting.

[hovewhite]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

[General]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

Not sure how that plays into announcing a player, surely there'd be a time sensitivity to get the player through all the media stuff asap and announced quicker so he can get on with training..

[btffc]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

Would be pretty funny if ESR plays for us before he is announced officially

[Thames Bank 1]

Maybe there is an issue with the medical

[bencher]

My favourite which sums up our transfer windows perfectly is one reply tweet to the training photos uploaded by the club this afternoon:

"Don't even bother atp send him back can't be arsed with this anymore. Sucked all the excitement out of it"

[General]

On another note, Andre isn't with the Fluminense squad for the 2nd? game in a row and for the Copa do Brasil.. He must be somewhere on his way. Something has moved. A treble signing anouncement?

https://twitter.com/madaffc/status/1819011119307952170

[junior white]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

Not sure how that plays into announcing a player, surely there'd be a time sensitivity to get the player through all the media stuff asap and announced quicker so he can get on with training..

If you are talking about the internal stuff that has already been done i would think.

[hovewhite]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

Would be pretty funny if ESR plays for us before he is announced officially

lol that was my piont

[Deeping_white]

We are playing benfica tomorrow.

Would be pretty funny if ESR plays for us before he is announced officially

I mean Solomon was sat on the bench with the team in Fulham kit before we announced him so we do have prior history

[Fulham 442]

The amount of phone battery I've wasted refreshing in anticipation of these signings being announced...

This transfer window is like a bloody rollercoaster, I'm up one minute, expecting the announcement of an immediate incoming, or two, and down the next when absolutely nothing happens. Come on Fulham can we have just one tomorrow to keep us all going for now?!