Transfer: Summer Transfer Rumors and Discussion Part VI

[Eye of Ra]

 

[Gecklund]

what's the deal with Lo Celso? I rate him and wouldn't mind Villa having a look at him. Just surprised no team's come in for him yet

There have been a few teams that have shown interest from what I’ve seen. I’ve seen rumors of him not vaccinated but I have no idea how reliable those are.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

what's the deal with Lo Celso? I rate him and wouldn't mind Villa having a look at him. Just surprised no team's come in for him yet

Did great at Spurs until he got an injury and hasn't got back into the team since. Conte especially doesn't seem to like him. Supposedly because he lacks tactical discipline. Should still be able to get a decent fee for him considering how he did at Vilarreal. I'm thinking €25M-30M.

 

[Evilo]

Dubois to Galatasaray is likely now. Price would be 3M.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Supposedly Milan and Napoli want Tanganga. Not sure what they see in him. Hope it's a straight sale in that case because I don't see them giving him many minutes if he's eventually leaving.

 

[cgf]

Raum has started to get linked to Bayern. Still seems like he's most likely to head to BVB if he leaves TSG this summer, but Bayern getting into the running is a very interesting development.


After bringing Diogo Leite in on a loan with an option to buy, Union is getting close to signing Morten Thorsby...Sampdoria reportedly wants 4M and we have now bid 3.5M.

 

[Savant]

The net spend boys are at it again. LFC sell the other Ben Davies to Rangers for 4m.



Bought for 500k and did not kick a ball for the team.

 

[les Habs]

Romano reporting that if PSG sell Kimpembe Campos is looking at Inacio.

 

[Savant]

Romano reporting that if PSG sell Kimpembe Campos is looking at Inacio.

Inacio is really good but he is small.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Inacio is really good but he is small.

I'd hardly call him small.

 

[Savant]

I'd hardly call him small.

He’s not big. For a CB. Would matter as much in France though. Only 20 maybe he has another growth spurt in him.

 

[N o o d l e s]

Supposedly Milan and Napoli want Tanganga. Not sure what they see in him. Hope it's a straight sale in that case because I don't see them giving him many minutes if he's eventually leaving.

He’s probably going to Milan. Not like Napoli are in any position to be picky (ever) but I’d prefer some of the other rumored options over Tanganga so imo Milan can have him

 

[les Habs]

Inacio is really good but he is small.

He is by no means small. While I won’t say his height is irrelevant, it can be made less so if he has good reach jumping and if he’s a good header of the ball. Also if he is strong it helps too. Puyol was small, Kounde is small, Martinez is small.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

He’s not big. For a CB. Would matter as much in France though. Only 20 maybe he has another growth spurt in him.

I'd never ever consider a centre-half that's at least 6'1 small.

 

[Peen]

Kimpembe is highly underrated here.

PSG fans on reddit etc don’t seem to be overly high on him.

The French CB that we aren’t chasing is Fofana. We were linked to him last summer and he’s played in the prem. Odd. We’ve had links to every other French CB this summer, somehow.

 

[les Habs]

Sport reporting that Spurs are willing to pay 17 million for Depay. That would be great since he came on a Bosman and is getting paid 7 million a season. Another player who as I’ve been saying we don’t need and who would free up a lot of salary space.

 

[Eye of Ra]

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Sport reporting that Spurs are willing to pay 17 million for Depay. That would be great since he came on a Bosman and is getting paid 7 million a season. Another player who as I’ve been saying we don’t need and who would free up a lot of salary space.

I'm 99% sure that this is not true. It would've maybe made more sense before Spurs signed Richarlison but not now.

If Spurs are looking to sign more players, reliable journalists are saying it would be another CB (backup for Dier's role) or a creative midfielder.

 

[les Habs]

I'm 99% sure that this is not true. It would've maybe made more sense before Spurs signed Richarlison but not now.

If Spurs are looking to sign more players, reliable journalists are saying it would be another CB (backup for Dier's role) or a creative midfielder.

Yeah, you’re probably right. My concern is his willingness to leave even if it were true. He’s also been linked as part of the Kounde operation, though of late it’s been other players, and I don’t think he’d go to Sevilla. Spurs I could see if they were indeed for him.

 

[Fjorden]

Østigård getting closer to napoli
Playing for the club of his great childhood idol Fabio Cannavaro.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

 

[Evilo]

He is by no means small. While I won’t say his height is irrelevant, it can be made less so if he has good reach jumping and if he’s a good header of the ball. Also if he is strong it helps too. Puyol was small, Kounde is small, Martinez is small.

Marquinhos isn't tall either.

PSG fans on reddit etc don’t seem to be overly high on him.

The French CB that we aren’t chasing is Fofana. We were linked to him last summer and he’s played in the prem. Odd. We’ve had links to every other French CB this summer, somehow.

PSG fans are torn.
Some people like the shiny new foreign toy. Those are younger PSG fans.
The more experienced love the fact he performs big in big games, that he's underrated, that he's a leader and he spent his entire life in PSG's system.

 

[Evilo]

Juventus signing De Ligt turned out awful for them.
They sold him for the price they bought him and paid him as most paid CB in the world while failing in the league every year.

 

[PeteWorrell]

Juventus signing De Ligt turned out awful for them.
They sold him for the price they bought him and paid him as most paid CB in the world while failing in the league every year.

Juventus trying to be the "Galacticos" was a complete failure. Paying a lot of money for Cristiano Ronaldo, de Ligt and free agents like Aaron Ramsey, really set them back.

 

[les Habs]

if the reports are true that Lewandowski is earning 300k/week. man

I’m guessing it is since he’s supposedly getting 9 million a year net. However, it should be noted that this is only for the first two years of his contract and then his wages go down in the last year or two depending on if those happen (not exactly sure of the options). Also, for comparison, Koulibaly is apparently going to make 10 million per year net with Chelsea, though I’m not sure what the tax difference between the two countries is. Either way, plenty of worse and less productive players on higher wages than Lewandowski will be. And the other clubs linked with would have likely had to have paid him more and he’s taking an approximate 25% wage cut (net) based on what he was making at Bayern.

Speaking of wages:

Curious how much he’ll be making. A bit surprised Bayern shelled out that much with what they should also be paying him. And while I’m not someone who thinks De Ligt is awful, you could have had Saliba’s transfer fee and wages for a full contract with money left over just for that transfer fee alone.