The Daily ITK Discussion Thread - 18 July 2011

[Bus-Conductor]

Strange one Tevez going to Brazil, you would have thought one of Europe's top clubs would have been a more likely destination.

 

[michaelden]

I bet this thread reaches 45 pages.

Also, good news about Pav IMO if JTG is correct.

Agreed, lovign the ITK about Pav. By far our best ST last year. (assuming VdV is a CAM)

Not fussed on pav staying would rather have defoe if he sorts himself out.

:-| Really, Defoe that multi-dimension forward, pace, power, hold up, never off side, unselfish and mostly consistantly prolific? Yeah I want the at Defoe too :roll:

All the big teams going out of the Copa America may also kick the window into action a bit. Quite alot of the big names will now be able to complete deals (Tevez, Aguero, Sanchez, Falcao(maybe)) which will hopefully set the ball rolling.

I imagine we'll be pushing hard on Diarra/Parker this week now that Sandro is out for three months. Or we could just keep Palacios.

This. I think the sooner these guys come home the quicker we'll see deals done.

 

[talkshowhost86]

Strange one Tevez going to Brazil, you would have thought one of Europe's top clubs would have been a more likely destination.

I suppose with his reason for leaving being his family, it would have looked a bit off if he'd only moved to another country in Europe.

The more surprising thing is where on earth did Corinthians get 39m from?

 

[sweyid]

I think the next two weeks have to be big for us in this transfer window. I'm a bit concerned we haven't got rid of many of the fringe players but if we can have a few out and a couple in by 1st August I'll be happy.

Let's hope this week sees the likes of Gio, Keane and Hutton on the move. At least interest seems to be increasing in some of these players.

Our potential buyers, like Blackburn, have been told to sell some of their fringe players before they start buying, so it's not only a question of us selling our players but also of other teams to make room for them in their squads.

 

[Supersi32]

Agreed, lovign the ITK about Pav. By far our best ST last year. (assuming VdV is a CAM)



:-| Really, Defoe that multi-dimension forward, pace, power, hold up, never off side, unselfish and mostly consistantly prolific? Yeah I want the at Defoe too :roll:



This. I think the sooner these guys come home the quicker we'll see deals done.

Which is a back handed compliment in many ways...Seriously the Pav love in on here is ridiculous, the guy is nowhere near good enough, so much of his game is lacking its unreal...

 

[tiger666]

I suppose with his reason for leaving being his family, it would have looked a bit off if he'd only moved to another country in Europe.

The more surprising thing is where on earth did Corinthians get 39m from?

Brazilian clubs have come into cash from new TV deals I think.

Still, is a lot of money

 

[Clamour_Kid]

Which is a back handed compliment in many ways...Seriously the Pav love in on here is ridiculous, the guy is nowhere near good enough, so much of his game is lacking its unreal...

I think there are 2 aspects of his game lacking. Determination and decision making.

Fix those and we are sorted.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I suppose with his reason for leaving being his family, it would have looked a bit off if he'd only moved to another country in Europe.

The more surprising thing is where on earth did Corinthians get 39m from?

I wondered about that - backdoor funding from the Arabs?

A google check suggests that they signed a big sponsorship deal lately, and in the process of getting a new 68k stadium for 2013, so they do seem to have money.

 

[$hoguN]

I'll say this now but I think a Mr. Falcao is far more likely to replace Tevez at City than Aguero

 

[markiespurs]

After last weeks ITK, i'm quite optimistic that we will see some positive movement on transfers this week, both out going and incoming.

Bit concerned though that there's been hardly any, if at all, news on Bentley leaving. I can see him being the hardest to shift of our dead wood.

 

[talkshowhost86]

I'll say this now but I think a Mr. Falcao is far more likely to replace Tevez at City than Aguero

I dunno. It's pretty rare for a manager to come out and talk about a player, like Mancini did about Aguero, without having a pretty high level of interest.

I do think that Falcao's new contract was just a way to boost his value when Porto sell, but I think he'll go to Chelsea with Villas-Boas.

 

[Arkie]

Brazilian football just signed up to a massive TV rights deal similar to Sky although not as much. Hence, Brazil has money slushing around its football clubs

 

[Supersi32]

I think there are 2 aspects of his game lacking. Determination and decision making.

Fix those and we are sorted.

He can`t hold the ball up, is phsically weak, falls over a lot, mis-controls the ball far too often, & terrible work rate just to add a few more to the list....

 

[$hoguN]

I dunno. It's pretty rare for a manager to come out and talk about a player, like Mancini did about Aguero, without having a pretty high level of interest.

I do think that Falcao's new contract was just a way to boost his value when Porto sell, but I think he'll go to Chelsea with Villas-Boas.

You are probably right mate. I just think the Aguero transfer has Real Madrid written all over it.

 

[$hoguN]

Brazilian football just signed up to a massive TV rights deal similar to Sky although not as much. Hence, Brazil has money slushing around its football clubs

I don't think that the TV rights deal is worth as much as the Sky/PL deal. I may be wrong, but I think I heard it was around 48 million they were getting.

 

[duffster]

I agree, and going by the snippets of ITK and the paper talk it does seem that DL is working hard to pull off a few signings (ooer missus) and that other clubs are starting to negotiate with us for our players.

I'm still remaining optimistic for the moment.

We onlt get oranges

 

[haslemereyid]

I think there are 2 aspects of his game lacking. Determination and decision making.

Fix those and we are sorted.

He has the worst control i have ever seen in a premier league forward - its like kicking the ball at brick wall

 

[talkshowhost86]

You are probably right mate. I just think the Aguero transfer has Real Madrid written all over it.

A few of the papers seemed to think Real had Neymar sewn up and it was merely a question of whether he'd join now or in January.

Would they go for Aguero and Neymar?

 

[ackie]

I watched the Brazil match yesterday and the French presenter said he was going to Madrid. Perhaps this would also start the merry go round.

 

[yozza]

A few of the papers seemed to think Real had Neymar sewn up and it was merely a question of whether he'd join now or in January.

Would they go for Aguero and Neymar?

You wouldn't put it past them......