Transfer Deadline Day deals.......

[BorntoBubble]

As a United fan I am just going to wait and see who turns up after the International Break, this has been the craziest window ever.

[TightEnd]

Premier League transfer spending currently stands at £790m, £45m short of record (£835m last summer)

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[DungBeetle]

Watford giving medical to Obbi Oulare.  Supposed Belgian wonderkid.  Never heard of him.   

Reading agree to pay £2 million to borrow Vydra for a year.  World gone mad.

[DungBeetle]

Now appears to be a public auction going on for Vydra about who will stump up the most loan fee.  Half the Championship, Fehnerbache and a couple of Bundesliga clubs.

[Nakor]

Assume Arsenal will be in the bottom 2 of that list come 7pm.

I would actually take Charlie Austin at this point.

Come on Mr Wenger, prove me wrong, just once, please.

[Knottikay]

That is an eye opener. I know Coates at Stoke is very shrewd with the transfer budget and it shows here. Surprised at Man U not splashing out more and getting a bigger net spend. Are the club still in financial problems from back in the Glazers day?

"Man City buying the title this season then"  

EDIT. Just read this elsewhere.....that is some savings in the wage bill....wow. It just shows us all again the gulf between top flight football and grass root level.

Manchester United shave £1.4m per week (£72m per year) off the wage bill.

Rademal Falcao £300k
Robin Van Persie £250k
Angel Di Maria £250k
Nani £100k
Javier Hernandez £70k
Tom Cleverley £70k
Rafael £60k
Jonny Evans £65k
Anderson £60k
Adnan Januzaj £50k
Tyler Blackett £40k
Anders Lindegaard £40k
James Wilson £30k
Jesse Lingard £10k
Ben Amos £10k
Angelo Henriquez £10k
Reece James £10k

*not including players coming in

[arbboy]

The tale of FIVE goalkeepers......

Man U sold De Gea to Real Madrid - or think they have.

Man U purchased Keylor Nevas - or think they have.

Man U's Anders Lindegard moved to WBA

Man U are supposedly set to sell Victor Valdes to Watford

Man U named Sergio Romero as their no 1. Probably.

The most biazzre thing about it all is Manure could have signed Begovic from Stoke for circa £10m (£2m more than Chelski paid) then instantly get £30m+ for De gea going to Madrid in a total win/win/win situation for all 3 parties.  Have the whole pre season to settle the keeper into the squad who is a better keeper than anyone else in their squad (assuming De Gea left obviously).  No dramas.  Stoke get £2m more for the player than they did.  Manure don't lose out on a top replacement with huge EPL experience to a direct rival and Begovic gets to play every week in a Champions League side rather than sit on the bench and probably earn a higher salary as a starting champions league keeper.

How this deal never happened and how Woodward has allowed what has happened to happen goal keeper wise is quite biazzre.  Woodward surely needs to take a lot of flack for the Manure transfer windows.  Never used to happen before he landed.

[arbboy]

Leicester trying to sign Walters from Stoke.

[TightEnd]

"West Ham on a DeadlineDay rampage" says the press

Jelavic ✓
Alex Song ✓
Moses ✓
Adebayor 1/3
Antonio 1/3

what do we think if they get those 5? good signings? risky? improve the side?

[Tal]

"West Ham on a DeadlineDay rampage" says the press

Jelavic ✓
Alex Song ✓
Moses ✓
Adebayor 1/3
Antonio 1/3

what do we think if they get those 5? good signings? risky? improve the side?

Prem loan rules if I understand them correctly: 4 across a season, 2 at any one time, only one from any club. West ham have Jenkinson, Song, Lanzini and Moses currently on loan.

Adebayor stays?

[arbboy]

"West Ham on a DeadlineDay rampage" says the press

Jelavic ✓
Alex Song ✓
Moses ✓
Adebayor 1/3
Antonio 1/3

what do we think if they get those 5? good signings? risky? improve the side?

Prem loan rules if I understand them correctly: 4 across a season, 2 at any one time, only one from any club. West ham have Jenkinson, Song, Lanzini and Moses currently on loan.

Adebayor stays?

He can only move to West Ham now on a perm deal, not a loan.  Seems very very unlikely he rips up his current contract and leaves all that cash on the table.  1000/1 Wham decide to match his current wages on a Perm deal so no deal i would imagine.  Unless they offer him a lumpy multi year deal which would make up for leaving this year's cash on the table.  West Ham under the porn barons are not fans of over paying so i doubt that will happen.

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virgil van dijk to southampton?

like the look of that for southampton

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[hhyftrftdr]

As a City fan, it's hilarious to see the shenanigans going on over at United. Had all summer to sort out the DDG situation, and instead get stuck with him due to late paperwork. Am I right in thinking he leaves on a free next summer?

Thinking they had Otamendi and Pedro in the bag. Nah.

Splashing out anywhere between 36 million and 80 million Euros on Martial.....who?

They mostly used to be ruthlessly efficient in the transfer market, and it was City who were always fucking about (Kaka anyone?), but these days, with Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain pulling the strings and Marewood not in the transfer acquisition frame, we go about our business in a much better way. Some transfers take longer than others obviously, KDB being a prime example, but we swoop quickly where possible at the moment. I'm pretty pleased we'll not be involved in the merry-go-round today.....unless we think 'fuck it, lets get Pogba'