The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2018/19

[Tabby]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Freelance sports journo.

[wheelerdeeler]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Does sports at the Telegraph.

Fair enough. Can't say I'd heard of him, but let's hope he's 100% accurate in this case.

[Tabby]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Does sports at the Telegraph.

Fair enough. Can't say I'd heard of him, but let's hope he's 100% accurate in this case.

Didn't catch it before the correction, but he is a freelancer. He gets featured in a load of papers.

And I agree.

[Roberty]

I'm at a loss to understand where the Mawson story is going - he had a knee operation at the end of last season and is still recovering - so presumably not fit for the start of the season and no certain date for a come back - isn't that too much of a risk for £20m

[b+w geezer]

presumably not fit for the start of the season and no certain date for a come back

Hes back in training & hopes to be ready for the start of the season, according to Hillingdon FFC four days ago.

[wheelerdeeler]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Does sports at the Telegraph.

Fair enough. Can't say I'd heard of him, but let's hope he's 100% accurate in this case.

Didn't catch it before the correction, but he is a freelancer. He gets featured in a load of papers.

And I agree.

Are we sure that's the actual journos account and not a fake. Seems weird that someone who writes for different papers would have less than 300 followers, wouldn't be verified and their only tweet about transfers is the Mawson one from half an hour ago.

[Tabby]

Would be a very long con if it isn't him.

[Roberty]

presumably not fit for the start of the season and no certain date for a come back

Hes back in training & hopes to be ready for the start of the season, according to Hillingdon FFC four days ago.

Hope is a wonderful thing - we were hoping that TC would be fit for the start of last season - didn't happen - problem with AM is that whoever buys him will not know until AFTER the transfer window is closed

[FFC NY]

Would be a very long con if it isn't him.

LOL - this is exactly what I thought and why I posted it.

[WolverineFFC]

Hector Herrera is a 28 y-o Mexican midfielder, playing for Porto. Is he what we need?

Certainly seems another ambitious one though as he was linked with Arsenal a couple of days ago. Roma and Inter Milan have apparently also made enquiries.

I have not seen him with Porto, although have read he is their captain. That is a good sign. 

He has always impressed me with the Mexican national team. Tough and sound without being a dirty player like some can be. He and Guardado were very good together in a 2 man midfield at the WC. I would be pleased with the signing. Really encouraged by the type of player the club keeps getting linked with. Just hope they can get enough of them over the line.

[DevonFFC]

West Ham after Moussa Marega from Porto, we should be looking at him, big, strong and fast their top scorer in the league last season with 22 goals

[Deeping_white]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Does sports at the Telegraph.

Fair enough. Can't say I'd heard of him, but let's hope he's 100% accurate in this case.

Didn't catch it before the correction, but he is a freelancer. He gets featured in a load of papers.

And I agree.

Are we sure that's the actual journos account and not a fake. Seems weird that someone who writes for different papers would have less than 300 followers, wouldn't be verified and their only tweet about transfers is the Mawson one from half an hour ago.

Yep he was confirmed as being legit by Tom Barclay of the sun, from his verified account. He responded to the White Noise twitter account to say that Mawson is very likely, as is Mitro following shortly after, so perhaps uncle Shad's £35m loan into the club covers the two of them

[Deeping_white]

West Ham after Moussa Marega from Porto, we should be looking at him, big, strong and fast their top scorer in the league last season with 22 goals

Not sure about real life (never seen him play), but he's incredible on Fifa so he gets the thumbs up for that alone

[mkras99]

   Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder)
7/27/18, 2:47 PM
Mitrovic has travelled to Portugal with #nufc but Fulham still looking to sign the Serbia international.

[FFCFOREVER]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

Does sports at the Telegraph.

Fair enough. Can't say I'd heard of him, but let's hope he's 100% accurate in this case.

Didn't catch it before the correction, but he is a freelancer. He gets featured in a load of papers.

And I agree.

Are we sure that's the actual journos account and not a fake. Seems weird that someone who writes for different papers would have less than 300 followers, wouldn't be verified and their only tweet about transfers is the Mawson one from half an hour ago.

Yep he was confirmed as being legit by Tom Barclay of the sun, from his verified account. He responded to the White Noise twitter account to say that Mawson is very likely, as is Mitro following shortly after, so perhaps uncle Shad's £35m loan into the club covers the two of them

Yes this seems very likely and also equates to the figures roughly of what has been mentioned in the press etc.

[DevonFFC]

West Ham after Moussa Marega from Porto, we should be looking at him, big, strong and fast their top scorer in the league last season with 22 goals

Not sure about real life (never seen him play), but he's incredible on Fifa so he gets the thumbs up for that alone

A friend of mine who is a massive football fan, watched all sorts of crap said he is an exciting prospect who is raw power

[Mince n Tatties]

Darren Witcoop is reporting that Mawson is on for £20m

Who?

That's him that looks after the carrier pigeons.🐦🐦🐦

[wheelerdeeler]

   Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder)
7/27/18, 2:47 PM
Mitrovic has travelled to Portugal with #nufc but Fulham still looking to sign the Serbia international.

They weren't going to leave him behind and weaken their negotiating position. In this case it's one where I wish the window still ran until the end of August- because as soon as Mitrovic wasn't in the 18 for their first one or two games we'd be able to get him for what we wanted.

[Holders]

   Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder)
7/27/18, 2:47 PM
Mitrovic has travelled to Portugal with #nufc but Fulham still looking to sign the Serbia international.

They weren't going to leave him behind and weaken their negotiating position. In this case it's one where I wish the window still ran until the end of August- because as soon as Mitrovic wasn't in the 18 for their first one or two games we'd be able to get him for what we wanted.

Makes sense, they're making him sweat.

[nose returns]

   Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder)
7/27/18, 2:47 PM
Mitrovic has travelled to Portugal with #nufc but Fulham still looking to sign the Serbia international.

They weren't going to leave him behind and weaken their negotiating position. In this case it's one where I wish the window still ran until the end of August- because as soon as Mitrovic wasn't in the 18 for their first one or two games we'd be able to get him for what we wanted.

Makes sense, they're making him sweat.

he needs to be match fit. no point staying at home.