Transfer: 2023 Summer Transfer Rumors and Discussion - Closed Window Edition

[cgf]

Crazy to think about how quickly Meyer's career went to shit after he refused to continue playing the 6. He was really good that last season at Schalke.

 

[les Habs]

EDIT:
Which reminds me of someone I was as abnormally high on as I was Dahoud...Marc Andre ter Stegen...

That papers over a lot of cracks.

 

[Savant]

When I think HF cult hero number one name I think is Hatem Ben Arfa

 

[Evilo]

Yup count me on the HBA hype train.
Another one but that was a long time ago and some hadn't joined yet is Hervin Ongenda.
Complete phenom. Showed a lot of promise in his first few games. Ibra was hyping him up too.
Then just disappeared after a loan to Bastia. I think he's playing in Romana (but barely).

Let's not forget Jeremy Menez, the second most gifted of the quatuor HBA, Nasri, Benzema and him.
Started with a hattrick in 17 minutes. Played for PSG, Milan, Monaco... Never had the career he should have. Nothing between the ears.
At the time the ranking was :
HBA
Menez
Nasri
Benzema

 

[Live in the Now]

Obertan was really hyped here too but this was a long time ago now. Only a few people here will remember that one. Terrible player.

Gio dos Santos too if I'm going really far back. And Jonathan de Guzman lol. Suck ass player but he was Canadian, didn't want to play for them, and some people wouldn't let it go. Lewis Holtby and Lucas Piazon belong in this list too. Josh McEachran who was supposed to be the second coming.

 

[Live in the Now]

The funniest ones are the ones where hundreds of thousands of people are trying to climb up the cliff for them and then they fall down the cliff about a quarter of the way up. Guys who never make it to the first team even though everyone’s pumping their head full of junk. Some of the kids you feel bad for but not all of them. Some of them were just rotten.

 

[Evilo]

Obertan was really hyped here too but this was a long time ago now. Only a few people here will remember that one. Terrible player.

I remember. Started very strong.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Fixed that for you. Anyway, strange that all these years there weren’t many concrete links with him.



Nothing tops Dahoud.

The hype with Weigl here was insane... easily close to Dahoud

 

[luiginb]

You can't really mention Gomez, Dahoud, Sterling, Weigl, Draxler or Werner here, they're all players who've achieved a lot in their

 

[luiginb]

Yup count me on the HBA hype train.
Another one but that was a long time ago and some hadn't joined yet is Hervin Ongenda.
Complete phenom. Showed a lot of promise in his first few games. Ibra was hyping him up too.
Then just disappeared after a loan to Bastia. I think he's playing in Romana (but barely).

Let's not forget Jeremy Menez, the second most gifted of the quatuor HBA, Nasri, Benzema and him.
Started with a hattrick in 17 minutes. Played for PSG, Milan, Monaco... Never had the career he should have. Nothing between the ears.
At the time the ranking was :
HBA
Menez
Nasri
Benzema

Ongenda had a year when he was arguably the best player in the Romanian league, you could see the talent but his body/conditioning didn't help, he's terribly out of shape. Now he's back for a second stint but he's a sub because he's in even worse shape.

Did't Menez have some horrible injuries along the way?

 

[hatterson]

He’s still a fairly young prospect so has the chance to develop more, but Jesse Lingard is a decent name.

 

[Evilo]

Menez had some injuries but the guy smoked like a chimney. He partied hard too.

Ongenda had a year when he was arguably the best player in the Romanian league, you could see the talent but his body/conditioning didn't help, he's terribly out of shape. Now he's back for a second stint but he's a sub because he's in even worse shape.

Did't Menez have some horrible injuries along the way?

Yeah turns out the guy had zero work ethic. At Bastia he would miss some training sessions and didn't care at all.
He had an Uber football IQ so disappointing.

 

[Eye of Ra]

you guys are forgetting john guidetti

 

[Spring in Fialta]

When I think HF cult hero number one name I think is Hatem Ben Arfa

That one goes way beyond HF, though.

 

[JPBolts]

 

[Evilo]

Bernardo Silva wants to join PSG.

 

[Brunkmeister]

you guys are forgetting john guidetti

Lol that kebabdonkey was only hyped in Sweden.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Obertan was really hyped here too but this was a long time ago now. Only a few people here will remember that one. Terrible player.

Gio dos Santos too if I'm going really far back. And Jonathan de Guzman lol. Suck ass player but he was Canadian, didn't want to play for them, and some people wouldn't let it go. Lewis Holtby and Lucas Piazon belong in this list too. Josh McEachran who was supposed to be the second coming.

Oh god I remember the Obertan signing. I think he signed for United when I was like 14? And I remember the hype of him being a Ronaldo replacement. And 14 year old me definitely bought into that hype lmao.

 

[robertmac43]

Looks like the Xhaka era is coming an end. Such an up and down player in terms of his time here. Happy to see him going out on somewhat of a high.

 

[maclean]

Looks like the Xhaka era is coming an end. Such an up and down player in terms of his time here. Happy to see him going out on somewhat of a high.

That's cool. I'll admit I wanted him gone for a long time but this year he really gave it his all and did a lot for this team, so I'm glad to see he himself is looking forward to new opportunities and it's not us forcing him out after he really proved himself

 

[Ceremony]

If we're doing an HFBoards overrated XI the centre-back pairing is Joe Gomez and Mamadou Sakho.

 

[JPBolts]

I still don't really understand this from a Villa PoV as we already have Luiz & Kamara. But I definitely would love this signing. 60m though

 

[Savant]

If we're doing an HFBoards overrated XI the centre-back pairing is Joe Gomez and Mamadou Sakho.

Gomez had injuries. Sakho had insanity.

 

[maclean]

If we're doing an HFBoards overrated XI the centre-back pairing is Joe Gomez and Mamadou Sakho.

omg sakho

id totally forgotten

 

[Savant]

I still don't really understand this from a Villa PoV as we already have Luiz & Kamara. But I definitely would love this signing. 60m though

I don’t think LFC is actually interested in Ugarte. Think they are being used to drive the price up.

Hottest name to LFC right now is still Alexis Mac Allister. Mount and Gravenberch links have cooled a bit while new management re-assesses things.

Some Dutch sources are saying Timber could happen.

That’s what’s going on right now. Not really the summer that I’ve be doing if I was in charge, and who knows what happens to the target list if LFC somehow get into top four. That’s why I wouldn’t put a lot of stock into any LFC “targets” at the moment; except Alexis who there is definitely some smoke around

omg sakho

id totally forgotten

I had a very good source tell me some fun Sakho stories when he was on his was out. To put it lightly he did Klopp’s head in