The Official 2015 Silly Season Transfer Thread

[dannyboi-ffc]

Well tomorrow we will not be signing players from Germany, Italy,France, Holland, Russia & Spain as their windows shut at various times today.
That still leaves plenty other countries I can hardly pronounce let alone spell.

Don't quote me on it but I think their deadlines mean they can't sign players. For example Madrid have to tie up De Gea today but we could still sign Bale tomorrow. Or Kone..........whatever floats your boat

[Craven Mad]

Messi is obviously a ridiculous comparison to Kone, but my point stands - how many times have you heard the phrase "he's good, but could he do it on a rainy night in Stoke?".

For that sort of level of transfer, look at how Di Maria faired at Utd...

Currently Aaron Ramsey (a player who reportedly nearly joined us) is performing better than Mesut Ozil. James Wilson (a player only successful at youth levels before) was keeping Radamel Falcao on the bench at Utd. I don't think anyone would say Ramsey and Wilson are (on paper) better players than Falcao and Ozil, but they performed better in the league.

Right tool for the job an all that...

Every transfer is a risk, but IMO that risk is lowered when the player has succeeded against the same opposition, played in the same country, speaks the language, doesn't even have to move very far and hasn't got any of the "settling in" barriers a player from another country and different league has to face.

[Sebb86]

Plenty of rumors right now , will be interesting to follow this over the next 2 days. I've been follow Lyon a bit over the last seasons. Bakery is a little bit naive in his way of defending from time to time but a real threat in the air. Of course this would be a gamble, no doubt about that. 2 - 2,5 million is a bargin. At his top of his game he would take a place in any PL team in mid/bottom region. We'll wait and see but this COULD be a great addition to the team.

It's a lot of rumors - How many defenders do we actually need? Mancini, Fredricks, Jone and Stearman.. Witch one of these would fit best into our team? No rumours about any strikers recently? What about Gayle? Many questions will be answered in the next couple of days. Surly it'll be quite interesting anyway!

[jimmyc19]

Kone deal off, fulham prefer other options.

[Lighthouse]

Feyenord 1 Million Euros for Dembele rejected

Fulham have informed his club that they will NOT be signing Kone.

[dannyboi-ffc]

Is that official then about Kone? I don't know the first thing about Twitter so I rely on you guys for these 'in the know' updates. Where did you hear the deals off?

[westcliff white]

Well tomorrow we will not be signing players from Germany, Italy,France, Holland, Russia & Spain as their windows shut at various times today.
That still leaves plenty other countries I can hardly pronounce let alone spell.

that's incorrect, they can still sell players but not sign after their respective deadlines, a good example of this is Russian and turkish clubs signing UK based players after the deadline as theirs is a few days later and has been for the last few windows

[westcliff white]

Is that official then about Kone? I don't know the first thing about Twitter so I rely on you guys for these 'in the know' updates. Where did you hear the deals off?

hopefully means Mancienne and Stearman are close to completion

[jimmyc19]

Is that official then about Kone? I don't know the first thing about Twitter so I rely on you guys for these 'in the know' updates. Where did you hear the deals off?

L'equipe who reported the deal in the first place now reporting its off, they're usually correct by the sound of it.

[Woolly Mammoth]

We have far too many Kones on the M25, we don't need another one.

[Swiss72]

Is that official then about Kone? I don't know the first thing about Twitter so I rely on you guys for these 'in the know' updates. Where did you hear the deals off?

L'equipe who reported the deal in the first place now reporting its off, they're usually correct by the sound of it.

L Equipe is usually not the fastest to report rumours, but generally very reliable when it comes to statements like the one for Kone. They mentioned a €6m fee for Mancienne though. Not cheap.

[grandad]

Well tomorrow we will not be signing players from Germany, Italy,France, Holland, Russia & Spain as their windows shut at various times today.
That still leaves plenty other countries I can hardly pronounce let alone spell.

that's incorrect, they can still sell players but not sign after their respective deadlines, a good example of this is Russian and turkish clubs signing UK based players after the deadline as theirs is a few days later and has been for the last few windows

Thanks for that. I was not aware of that.

[Tempest]

We have far too many Kones on the M25, we don't need another one.

At a guess I'd say having a Wolley Mammoth on the M25 probably causes a little more of an issue traffic wise....................

[Northern Cottager]

Well tomorrow we will not be signing players from Germany, Italy,France, Holland, Russia & Spain as their windows shut at various times today.
That still leaves plenty other countries I can hardly pronounce let alone spell.

Don't quote me on it but I think their deadlines mean they can't sign players. For example Madrid have to tie up De Gea today but we could still sign Bale tomorrow. Or Kone..........whatever floats your boat

Yep, fairly sure teams with an open window can still sign from those where the window is closed.

[TheManOnTheBus]

Correct. windows are for incoming players. So we can buy from France tomorrow, but a French team can't buy Moussa.

[Slaphead in Qatar]

hope kone is off. heard only negative things about this player.

window will be closed in 24 hours. so we will all be put out of our misery and find out who is actually coming in,,,,,,,,,,,,,and going out.

[westcliff white]

Some rumours that Hutch maybe joining Sheff Utd on loan

[Bronaldinho]

Fulham still being linked with moves for Matej Vydra

[grandad]

Victor Moses could be going to W. Ham on loan. The chap has spent the last 2 seasons out on loan.Why on earth did the Blue Poo buy him in the first place. Feel sorry that he has been pushed around with them having no intention of playing him. They have another 29 out on loan. This stockpiling has to be stopped.

[FPT]

Victor Moses could be going to W. Ham on loan. The chap has spent the last 2 seasons out on loan.Why on earth did the Blue Poo buy him in the first place. Feel sorry that he has been pushed around with them having no intention of playing him. They have another 29 out on loan. This stockpiling has to be stopped.

+1.

They are damaging careers by contracting a tonne of players and farming them around the world.