The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2021/22

[rusty shackleford]

Zambo is done according to Twitter.

Good riddance

Who would have thought Zambo would be the villain and Seri the potential hero

[JoelH5]

chancel mbemba seen at motspur today supposedly by a fan . Not sure if true but it's on Fulham's Twitter feed.

He's a defender with Porto.

Remember him being highly rated at Newcastle for a while, wonder what happened there. Guess Kebano could help convince him to move.

From Wikipedia:
A 2013 report by CNN found that documents support four different dates of birth for Mbemba from 1988 to 1994, with the player saying himself that he was born in 1990; an anonymous member of the Congolese Association Football Federation said that his date of birth was changed to 1991 so that he would be eligible for the 2012 Olympics where players must be under 23.[6] Upon signing for Newcastle, he said that he was born in 1994 and that there was forensic proof.

Classic

So a perfect Tony Khan signing

[Slaphead in Qatar]

chancel mbemba seen at motspur today supposedly by a fan . Not sure if true but it's on Fulham's Twitter feed.

He's a defender with Porto.

Remember him being highly rated at Newcastle for a while, wonder what happened there. Guess Kebano could help convince him to move.

From Wikipedia:
A 2013 report by CNN found that documents support four different dates of birth for Mbemba from 1988 to 1994, with the player saying himself that he was born in 1990; an anonymous member of the Congolese Association Football Federation said that his date of birth was changed to 1991 so that he would be eligible for the 2012 Olympics where players must be under 23.[6] Upon signing for Newcastle, he said that he was born in 1994 and that there was forensic proof.

Classic

Don't worry - Tony's stats model will weed him out

[itombomb]

Anguissa for £15m total isn't great business, but it is a depressed market and should provide a fair amount of FFP space that we may be able to take advantage of in January.

Seri staying is great, but we do need another midfielder in the squad.

Not that @rsed about signing another right back unless they are PL potential/ready TBH. As far as i've seen we've not got rid of Christie yet - even on a reported free. IF that report is correct, I reckon he might see out his contract and pick up the money In the U23s if no one else meets his wage demands.

Another CM to replace Zambo would be a priority IMO - anything else a bonus.

Tete is a PL quality right back, we just need someone to cover if he's out until January.

Christie is one where I imagine if we do not get any interest, we'll probably come to a deal with to release (with some kind of exit payment) then he'll be able to move on as a free agent.

[Tabby]

Mbemba seems to have done well at Porto no matter what age he is. But he has been playing as a CB, wonder if that means that Tosin is on the way out.

[Caedal]

Any news on how much the 1 year loan fee for Anguissa is? 15m + 3m loan fee would be fine for me tbh.

[JoeS]

The Mbemba rumour is not real, was a joke on Twitter from a few years back that someone has decided to startup again

[Dougie]

Anguissa for £15m total isn't great business, but it is a depressed market and should provide a fair amount of FFP space that we may be able to take advantage of in January.

We won't be able to take advantage of it in January unless they choose to sign him permanently in January, which is very unlikely to happen.

Realistic best case is this has freed up £2-3m from wages being paid by Napoli. Highly doubt there is a loan fee involved as we are not in a strong bargaining position.

[FFC In Oz]

If Sheffield United are determined to hold out for a team to meet the 35m release clause for Sander Berge, why are we so willing to let one of our prized assets go for a loan with a purported option to buy (that is still a big loss for us)

[WestSussexWhite]

If Sheffield United are determined to hold out for a team to meet the 35m release clause for Sander Berge, why are we so willing to let one of our prized assets go for a loan with a purported option to buy (that is still a big loss for us)

Anguissa wants out, berge doesnt

[Lordedmundo]

If Sheffield United are determined to hold out for a team to meet the 35m release clause for Sander Berge, why are we so willing to let one of our prized assets go for a loan with a purported option to buy (that is still a big loss for us)

I think the club consider Frank as being surplus to requirements, and he also wants to leave. As the poster above said - we are not really in a strong bargaining position.  Whilst it would be great to get £20m plus for him - I suspect that we never will, simply because he is not worth that much. The club overpaid for a player who (for all his skill and composure) provides very little in terms of end product...

[bencher]

If Sheffield United are determined to hold out for a team to meet the 35m release clause for Sander Berge, why are we so willing to let one of our prized assets go for a loan with a purported option to buy (that is still a big loss for us)

I think the club consider Frank as being surplus to requirements, and he also wants to leave. As the poster above said - we are not really in a strong bargaining position.  Whilst it would be great to get £20m plus for him - I suspect that we never will, simply because he is not worth that much. The club overpaid for a player who (for all his skill and composure) provides very little in terms of end product...

We may or may not have overpaid. But I would say that we bought him expecting him to improve (especially in goal involvements), and he probably hasn't really improved. Good player, but not a great player. Priced accordingly.

[Blawarmy]

If Sheffield United are determined to hold out for a team to meet the 35m release clause for Sander Berge, why are we so willing to let one of our prized assets go for a loan with a purported option to buy (that is still a big loss for us)

I think the club consider Frank as being surplus to requirements, and he also wants to leave. As the poster above said - we are not really in a strong bargaining position.  Whilst it would be great to get £20m plus for him - I suspect that we never will, simply because he is not worth that much. The club overpaid for a player who (for all his skill and composure) provides very little in terms of end product...

We may or may not have overpaid. But I would say that we bought him expecting him to improve (especially in goal involvements), and he probably hasn't really improved. Good player, but not a great player. Priced accordingly.

Helped take us down twice. Third time lucky without him hopefully. 

[Tabby]

Sheffield United are also £25 million in the black this transfer window after selling Ramsdale, FFP constraints put us in a weaker position.

[Blawarmy]

West Ham apparently trying to sign Moussa Dembele. 

[Blawarmy]

[emoji599] Fulham have launched a fresh £2.5M+ bid to sign Matt Grimes [emoji1022]󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 from Swansea City. #FulhamFC #Swans

(via @footyinsider247[emoji279])

[mrmicawbers]

I doubt it's much but will Oxford have to compensate us for Ben Davies from the academy?

[PaulJ123]

[emoji599] Fulham have launched a fresh £2.5M+ bid to sign Matt Grimes [emoji1022]󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 from Swansea City. #FulhamFC #Swans

(via @footyinsider247[emoji279])

Seems very cheap for a decent English player - surely we can stump up 4/5m for him if that's what is needed

[Caedal]

Isnt that the 4th bid of 2.5m that we've put in? They rejected the other 3 so....

[LRCN]

I doubt it's much but will Oxford have to compensate us for Ben Davies from the academy?

They will have been obligated to negotiate with us as he is under contract, but I doubt we have asked for anything other than a nominal fee & a sell on clause.