summer transfer window thread

[pottsy946]

What Crayo said, Real don't get loans from the banks anymore so to afford the fee for Bale they would have to loosen that money from somewhere else in the organization.

31m potentially for Higuain to Napoli will make a large chunk towards it

 

[Stopspot]

Tottenham's facebook just revealed that Nacer Chadli just passed his medical so he is now official. Expected to join the Spurs for a trip to Monaco.

Now if they could just get a striker.

 

[Crayo]

Decent player, but not exceptional. Shocked really.

 

[Stopspot]

Yeah, he's not going to be revolutionary for the team. But a nice piece of the puzzle. Maybe something that can be groomed over time. But I ain't expecting miracles from him.

 

[Crayo]

Decent squad player perhaps, but I'd just promote from youth. Tottenham have a decent youth squad.

 

[Stopspot]

Not up to date on the youth squad (Very little coverage of British youth footy here and I have not thought of following the squad). Any players down there in particular you'd bring up that I should keep an eye on?

 

[Crayo]

IIRC - they're not in the reserve league any more (they get loaned out), so no one sees coverage of your youth team in action, but your youth players won the Eurofoot semi-recently. There was a show on about them and I think they're winning honours at really youth level (u16's or something).

As for players to look out for: Tom Carroll (top prospect; youth international iirc), Obika, and Harry Kane. I think they're all England u19 internationals. Carroll and Obika though look very promising. Besides, you have players like Jake Livermore who looks great, Townsend, etc, your midfield is pretty stacked tbh.

 

[Crayo]

Forgot about Holtby as well. Very good player in Bundesliga, and is captain of Germany U21.

 

[Gav back in the championship]

norwich have signed gary hooper from celtic their the team to watch next season now imo hope he finally gets into the england team now

 

[Crayo]

You overrate him imo. Team to watch? Nah, just a good poacher striker. Not close to being on Rooney's level, Welback's level, or Sturridge's level. Or Defoe's for that matter.

 

[Gav back in the championship]

You overrate him imo. Team to watch? Nah, just a good poacher striker. Not close to being on Rooney's level, Welback's level, or Sturridge's level. Or Defoe's for that matter.

We will see i think he deserve a chance at least in the england team norwich have signed some decent players in fer, hooper and van wolfswinkel thats why i think there the team to watch

 

[pottsy946]

We will see i think he deserve a chance at least in the england team norwich have signed some decent players in fer, hooper and van wolfswinkel thats why i think there the team to watch

Add Redmond as well, and currently having yet again some hot rumours surfacing about Toby Alderwiereld and Fabio Quagliarella, if either or both of those two come to Carrow Raod as well, i think we may suprise a lot of people, some bookies have had us as 4th favourites to go down, so what Tgill says from that perspective is correct as being a team to watch as more than likely to outperform most peoples expectations of us

As for Hooper, I think many people will be suprised at how acomplished he can be, I know what you are saying Crayo, and kind of agree, apart from Welbeck, in my own eyes he just isn't good enough to be classed as an England striker

 

[Forrest OAKADA]

Cardiff have Signed John Brayford and are Leading the Chase for Etienne Capoue...

 

[CFCrusader]

Media seem to want Gareth Bale to go to Real, they're making more of a fuss than Gareth himself. In fact, they're making more of a fuss than Luka Modric did last year. My message to Bale? Don't go. Spurs can get 4th place or more this year, and the team can only improve. Look at 2010/11. The squad's much better now and look at what he can do. Spurs will be the underdog team in the UCL like in 2010/11 and those underdog victories are better than the dominant ones. :

 

[Crayo]

Real Madrid have made an 85 million pound bid for Bale, according to Sky Sports. That's a world record, wow.