The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2018/19

[bornafulhamfan]

I know that goalkeeper position isn't ours biggest problem, but I am really worried that we only have two keepers in our books. I think signing Martinez from Arsenal would be ideal. He is theirs 4th choice keeper and every time I watched him he looked decent. Also my mate who is an Arsenal fan told me that he looks like their best keeper in the preseason training videos.

[Tabby]

I think there was some Serbian bloke that really wanted David Lopez, but now that the brain trust has come to an agreement, surely he will see sense.

Bit of a disrespectful way to speak about our manager. He's the guy who fought for us and made sure klein was eliminated from the transfer dealing which is one of the main reasons we got promoted.

Re-read my comment and see if you can get the gist. I wasn't questioning his judgement.

Anyway, I'd quite like to get another defender in soon. Getting a bit nervous when there are rumours of large bids for central midfielders flying around when we have 4 senior defenders in the squad.

[Lighthouse]

I know that goalkeeper position isn't ours biggest problem, but I am really worried that we only have two keepers in our books. I think signing Martinez from Arsenal would be ideal. He is theirs 4th choice keeper and every time I watched him he looked decent. Also my mate who is an Arsenal fan told me that he looks like their best keeper in the preseason training videos.

Rodak is only on loan at Rotherham I think and more than capable as the third keeper.

[sunburywhite]

Read into it what you will but Mawson didnt play yesterday for Swansea in their friendly

[General]

Read into it what you will but Mawson didnt play yesterday for Swansea in their friendly

Tbh it was Woolly Mammoth's last post on the subject that made me think he's likely to sign.

[Slaphead in Qatar]

Read into it what you will but Mawson didnt play yesterday for Swansea in their friendly

well he is definitely going to leave them so not surprised he did not play. just depends on who he joins.

bit worried about this knee surgery business myself. wonder when he will be fit to play?

[HillingdonFFC]

With regards to the Serbian bloke wanting Lopez, I think that was the case. Jokanovic knows the player & obviously rates him. I know next to nothing about this guy, he could be a tremendous player. The reservations I'd have is the price, ok its not our money but Espanyol were basically taking the p***. Hes never gone anywhere for more than €5m ,hasn't played for Spain & is 29 in two months time. And they were asking silly money. They in the knowledge that we've got a few bob, tried having our pants down . There are exceptions to the rule but a lot of Spanish players don't alway settle for some reason too.

With regards to Mawson , I posted on here a few weeks ago that we had spoken to him. I've been following this very closely, I've met Alfies dad Gary a few times ,my brother plays golf with him &  a mate who is very good friends of the family. I've had a blow by blow account of whats happened over the last few weeks & there was a lot of specifics I couldnt go into because of things told in confidence.
I personally think he could be a great signing for us, hes a lovely lad by all accounts but is determined to improve. He had a few setbacks in his early days but has ploughed on so he is no big time Charlie. As a player he has a little bit of everything & can improve. Gareth Southgate is a fan of the player too. I just think that with his age & mentality that he would be a  better bet than Lopez. He has the potential to recoup his fee in the future.
One thing I would worry about is West Ham hovering, he wants to come to us now but there is the chance they could offer him more money. Mawson thought he had signed for them a few weeks ago but they suddenly pulled the plug. They came back in yesterday ,I had to smile when I read he was locked in talks with them in the week, up until yesterday he had no contact with them for over 2 weeks . I think though that we should be ok, talks are at an advanced stage & unless things have changed since last night ? the fee is definitely not 25m .

[bornafulhamfan]

I know that goalkeeper position isn't ours biggest problem, but I am really worried that we only have two keepers in our books. I think signing Martinez from Arsenal would be ideal. He is theirs 4th choice keeper and every time I watched him he looked decent. Also my mate who is an Arsenal fan told me that he looks like their best keeper in the preseason training videos.

Rodak is only on loan at Rotherham I think and more than capable as the third keeper.

Agree with you there, but while he is on loan we should sign a 3rd choice keeper on loan, and I suggested Martinez, but it could be anyone else. I think it is very risky to have just two keepers. Imagine if Fabri was injured and Betts pick up a knock during the game, who would you put on the goal? Odoi?

[Holders]

With regards to the Serbian bloke wanting Lopez, I think that was the case. Jokanovic knows the player & obviously rates him. I know next to nothing about this guy, he could be a tremendous player. The reservations I'd have is the price, ok its not our money but Espanyol were basically taking the p***. Hes never gone anywhere for more than €5m ,hasn't played for Spain & is 29 in two months time. And they were asking silly money. They in the knowledge that we've got a few bob, tried having our pants down . There are exceptions to the rule but a lot of Spanish players don't alway settle for some reason too.

With regards to Mawson , I posted on here a few weeks ago that we had spoken to him. I've been following this very closely, I've met Alfies dad Gary a few times ,my brother plays golf with him &  a mate who is very good friends of the family. I've had a blow by blow account of whats happened over the last few weeks & there was a lot of specifics I couldnt go into because of things told in confidence.
I personally think he could be a great signing for us, hes a lovely lad by all accounts but is determined to improve. He had a few setbacks in his early days but has ploughed on so he is no big time Charlie. As a player he has a little bit of everything & can improve. Gareth Southgate is a fan of the player too. I just think that with his age & mentality that he would be a  better bet than Lopez. He has the potential to recoup his fee in the future.
One thing I would worry about is West Ham hovering, he wants to come to us now but there is the chance they could offer him more money. Mawson thought he had signed for them a few weeks ago but they suddenly pulled the plug. They came back in yesterday ,I had to smile when I read he was locked in talks with them in the week, up until yesterday he had no contact with them for over 2 weeks . I think though that we should be ok, talks are at an advanced stage & unless things have changed since last night ? the fee is definitely not 25m .

Very encouraging, quality information.

[Pavel Dempsey]

With regards to the Serbian bloke wanting Lopez, I think that was the case. Jokanovic knows the player & obviously rates him. I know next to nothing about this guy, he could be a tremendous player. The reservations I'd have is the price, ok its not our money but Espanyol were basically taking the p***. Hes never gone anywhere for more than €5m ,hasn't played for Spain & is 29 in two months time. And they were asking silly money. They in the knowledge that we've got a few bob, tried having our pants down . There are exceptions to the rule but a lot of Spanish players don't alway settle for some reason too.

With regards to Mawson , I posted on here a few weeks ago that we had spoken to him. I've been following this very closely, I've met Alfies dad Gary a few times ,my brother plays golf with him &  a mate who is very good friends of the family. I've had a blow by blow account of whats happened over the last few weeks & there was a lot of specifics I couldnt go into because of things told in confidence.
I personally think he could be a great signing for us, hes a lovely lad by all accounts but is determined to improve. He had a few setbacks in his early days but has ploughed on so he is no big time Charlie. As a player he has a little bit of everything & can improve. Gareth Southgate is a fan of the player too. I just think that with his age & mentality that he would be a  better bet than Lopez. He has the potential to recoup his fee in the future.
One thing I would worry about is West Ham hovering, he wants to come to us now but there is the chance they could offer him more money. Mawson thought he had signed for them a few weeks ago but they suddenly pulled the plug. They came back in yesterday ,I had to smile when I read he was locked in talks with them in the week, up until yesterday he had no contact with them for over 2 weeks . I think though that we should be ok, talks are at an advanced stage & unless things have changed since last night ? the fee is definitely not 25m .

Cheers for the info.

Re: West Ham, they have Ogbonna, Rice, Diop (I think they signed him instead of Mawson at the time), Balbuena and Oxford already while he would be a regular starting CB for us. Seems like an obvious choice for me.

[Ordar]

Hillingdon, any idea if this is likely to be a quick turnaround or likely to drag on until the end of the window?

[General]

With regards to the Serbian bloke wanting Lopez, I think that was the case. Jokanovic knows the player & obviously rates him. I know next to nothing about this guy, he could be a tremendous player. The reservations I'd have is the price, ok its not our money but Espanyol were basically taking the p***. Hes never gone anywhere for more than €5m ,hasn't played for Spain & is 29 in two months time. And they were asking silly money. They in the knowledge that we've got a few bob, tried having our pants down . There are exceptions to the rule but a lot of Spanish players don't alway settle for some reason too.

With regards to Mawson , I posted on here a few weeks ago that we had spoken to him. I've been following this very closely, I've met Alfies dad Gary a few times ,my brother plays golf with him &  a mate who is very good friends of the family. I've had a blow by blow account of whats happened over the last few weeks & there was a lot of specifics I couldnt go into because of things told in confidence.
I personally think he could be a great signing for us, hes a lovely lad by all accounts but is determined to improve. He had a few setbacks in his early days but has ploughed on so he is no big time Charlie. As a player he has a little bit of everything & can improve. Gareth Southgate is a fan of the player too. I just think that with his age & mentality that he would be a  better bet than Lopez. He has the potential to recoup his fee in the future.
One thing I would worry about is West Ham hovering, he wants to come to us now but there is the chance they could offer him more money. Mawson thought he had signed for them a few weeks ago but they suddenly pulled the plug. They came back in yesterday ,I had to smile when I read he was locked in talks with them in the week, up until yesterday he had no contact with them for over 2 weeks . I think though that we should be ok, talks are at an advanced stage & unless things have changed since last night ? the fee is definitely not 25m .

Cheers for the info.

Re: West Ham, they have Ogbonna, Rice, Diop (I think they signed him instead of Mawson at the time), Balbuena and Oxford already while he would be a regular starting CB for us. Seems like an obvious choice for me.

What I like about this too is not only his age, but he seems equally adept at contributing to both ends of the pitch with a knack for scoring goals as well, something is saw was a huge strength in our team last season in particular that everyone was competent at being a threat to the oppositions goal.. a nightmare if you're an opposing manager.

[Tabby]

When was the last time we had a third choice keeper? Zuberbuhler?

[DevonFFC]

I think there was some Serbian bloke that really wanted David Lopez, but now that the brain trust has come to an agreement, surely he will see sense.

Bit of a disrespectful way to speak about our manager. He's the guy who fought for us and made sure klein was eliminated from the transfer dealing which is one of the main reasons we got promoted.

Think his sarcasm was lost on you here

[bornafulhamfan]

I know that goalkeeper position isn't ours biggest problem, but I am really worried that we only have two keepers in our books. I think signing Martinez from Arsenal would be ideal. He is theirs 4th choice keeper and every time I watched him he looked decent. Also my mate who is an Arsenal fan told me that he looks like their best keeper in the preseason training videos.

Rodak is only on loan at Rotherham I think and more than capable as the third keeper.

Agree with you there, but while he is on loan we should sign a 3rd choice keeper on loan, and I suggested Martinez, but it could be anyone else. I think it is very risky to have just two keepers. Imagine if Fabri was injured and Betts pick up a knock during the game, who would you put on the goal? Odoi?

Norman or Ashby-Hammond, both promising youth players.

Blimey I don't want to sound like a hypocrite, because I've been banging on about having 2 senior players for every position, but you're not going to have 3 surely.what self-respecting decent keeper is going to join any club as 3rd choice, knowing he'll almost certainly never get a game? Even at PL level there has to be a point where we give the kids a chance otherwise there's no point having an academy.

Maybe you're right, just the thing that I now realized that it is the same for practically every position and that we have a really small squad.

P. S. Isn't it nice that we're arguing if we should sign a player who captained the team in CL and some similar players rather than arguing about some average championship players we would sign if we didn't beat Villa.

[HillingdonFFC]

Hillingdon, any idea if this is likely to be a quick turnaround or likely to drag on until the end of the window?

As far as I was told it was practically done last night. Player happy with what weve offered him etc. The issue was Swansea wanting a bit more than we wanted to pay, we were trying to sort out add ons & stuff to make it up

[Marcel_Gecov]

What is concerning me re: Mawson is the lingering spectre of the Maguire to Utd rumour. If Maguire does go then Mawson is a no-brainer for Leicester as a replacement. The rumoured 60m Leicester will allegedly get would then enable them to blow us out of the water. This is a deal that does need to be done very quickly or we will be usurped.

[HillingdonFFC]

What is concerning me re: Mawson is the lingering spectre of the Maguire to Utd rumour. If Maguire does go then Mawson is a no-brainer for Leicester as a replacement. The rumoured 60m Leicester will allegedly get would then enable them to blow us out of the water. This is a deal that does need to be done very quickly or we will be usurped.

You're absolutely spot on there, we really need to get this done sharpish because that is a definite worry

[Ordar]

Wow Wolves are going after Pepe. I can't think of 2 promoted teams strengthening as much as is an Wolves before. (Assuming expected deals go through)

[Swiss72]

Read that Leicester might go for Lascelles from Newcastle as replacement for Maguire. So might mean they have dropped the Masson option.