We could end up with Fred and Bernard.
Or we could end up with nothing.
We could end up with Fred and Bernard.
I'd be happy for us to get rid of both, well if it wasn't for the mission impossible we find ourselves in when we try to sign a strikerLike I have said before, Defoe will have a list of suitors willing to match our valuation, whereas Ade's opportunities will be far more limited due to the clubs he will be willing to move to and the wage demands he will have. Also by the end of last season AVB was picking Ade over Defoe so I think it will be Defoe who leaves.
Some interesting info coming out, and I'm trying to process how much of it I believe. Find it hard to believe we'd sign more than one of Leandro, villa and soldado so can only assume the itk suggesting variously that levy wants all of them means they're options on a list. Secondly, if we're trying to do things early and have this established of targets (mostly portuguese, brazilian and spanish players, so likely to be avb and levy's men) then ehats baldini coming to do?
Siggy ain't going anywhere, nor Townsend & I think striker wise it'll probably be Ade to go though I'd far prefer to ship on Defoe. Although he's probably more acclimatised to bench warming & league cup games.
Re: strikers, it's really not adding up. Damaio can be presumed one they all want, yet we have offers for Villa? And genuine interest in Soldado? We can't pursue everyone... Bit quiet on midfielders?
Guess it's a lot a talk & not much concrete at the minute.
Thing is last year we sold players to more than cver that £55m we ain't doing that this year unless Bale goesLike many others I'm sure, I hope one of the unknown players is Bernard. Then for the other 3 I'd love Shaw. The other 2 I don't really know but people on here seem to like can and rebic so I'll just say that 2. ;-) As for the established we already know one is Villa which is good because of his quality, experience and medium price tag of around £11m. Then guessing the price of the others: Bernard(£14m) Shaw(£10m up front) Can(I think a loan was bizarrely quoted from am ITK the other day) then Rebic(£3m?) this all adds up to £38m which considering we spent around £55m last year and this year I'd more important makes me believe it could leave room for a newnumber #9 in the form of LD or Soldado. Both would cost between £15m-£20m) again spending around £55m. Wow what a window that would and hopefully WILL be! As well as stadium naming rights confirmation and a new Bale contract! BEAUTIFUL! Here's to wishful thinking!
I'd be happy for us to get rid of both, well if it wasn't for the mission impossible we find ourselves in when we try to sign a striker
England are that shit you don't need to start matches to get in the team though lolI think, if we do actually sign a quality striker (or 2?) Defoe will actually be requesting a move by January, if not before the end of August (assuming we do business early). Only yesterday he was telling the worlds press that he will "work as hard as possible & do whatever it takes to ensure I'm on the flight to Brazil next summer".... He won't be able to do any of that from the bench.
I'm thinking Bruma, a real talent, or possibly Eric Drier.
Nail on the head though 'when on form'.I wouldn't. Ade is a very valuable player for us and when on form there aren't many better. Also the guy has had two seasons with us, 1 was exception and one finished strongly.
Perhaps this is the season where Levy gets Lewis to dip into his wallet and take a hit - pretty sure it can't happen any time further into the future due to FFP. This is the window to make the big deals (as Real, Monaco, etc are showing).Thing is last year we sold players to more than cver that £55m we ain't doing that this year unless Bale goes
Nail on the head though 'when on form'.
Agreed. I also think he had a lot more problems with injuries last season than we realised.I wouldn't. Ade is a very valuable player for us and when on form there aren't many better. Also the guy has had two seasons with us, 1 was exception and one finished strongly.
Personally not much of a fan of hid buy don't get me wrong he's the best we have atm then again his only competition is defoeAnd over the time he has been with us he has had more games on form than not which people fail to rememeber.
England are that shit you don't need to start matches to get in the team though lol
We'd still have 3 months to get a replacement. Plus Defoe's price will drop a tad if QPR/Fulham/Palace or whoever know we're overloaded and need to sell.
Personally I think Leandro will arrive this week anyway.
I don't think Defoe would want to go to QPR having been relegated. He is still an England International and any of the 3 promoted teams could well be interested in signing him, in addition to Fulham and any number of the other mid-table teams. Also having been home grown would add to the price, we've all seen ridiculous prices being paid for average strikers so I see no reason why we couldn't get £10m or more for him.
chris rather than constantly disagreeing about Ade it would be nice for you to actually enter the debate, and tell me why you believe I am wrong.