Transfer Rumours Other teams summer 2017 transfer rumour thread.

Jan was the only big **** up for me. Selling Fonte and bringing in a player that never played...

 

But we will probably sign a unknown in this position.

 

Wouldn't call Toby unsuccessful at Atletico; he just found himself behind two veteran stalwarts, and with the team chasing a title (which they won) Simeone wasn't doing a tonne of rotating. Was still good when he played, though, but he didn't want to spend another year as third choice...something Atletico probably regrets, because Godin/Miranda were already very old.

 

Have to say I completely agree. Oriol is superb but he cannot do it on his own.
I think we will sign another attacking player, whether that is Karamoh I'm not sure.

 

So.... he went there not wanting to be third choice but was third choice. I'd say that was personally unsuccessful for him.

You're splitting hairs here Schad. You get my point. He was not a marquee signing. In fact he was a loan signing.

 

He was a marquee signing and a loan signing. He was one of the most highly-regarded young CBs in football, but Simeone wasn't willing to break up his veteran CB pairing.. That's not splitting hairs; it's verifiable fact. Toby wanted a guarantee that he'd be a starter, and Simeone couldn't, so off on loan he went. If memory serves, we beat out other teams because they wanted to buy him outright, while we were willing to agree to a loan (with an incredibly convoluted purchase structure).

 

Tbf, We lost alot of Solid players that Summer, Lovren was a very good player for us.

Alderweield was considered a massive coup all be it on loan, Prob aside from Bertrand must of gave the team a massive lift. So i would say he was pretty Marquee.

It got me mega excited knowing he was wearing the shirt.

 

I was excited, but it wasn't marquee to me. It was a bit of a coup.

 

Let's agree that we see a marquee signing differently then.

 

What do you consider marquee then?

 

Good question. I think it would have to be someone who had already been very successful at a good level and somebody signed for a fee out of the ordinary for our club. I don't mean record fee as we'll continue to break that record fee as more money comes in. Someone beyond our normal expectation.

 

If Everton fail after buying every single player in this window, Ron is stuffed.

Oh well.

 

Realistically where can Barkley go?

I think possibly only West Ham, maybe Leicester would be interested?

 

I'd take Barkley. Personally think we could with another lallana type player, but that's my opinion.

 

So you don't think that a loan signing could be considered a marquee signing even if the player was well regarded at a decent level over a good period of time?

I think a marquee signing is a player that the squad as a whole would take notice of, and a player that they would want to learn from and lead us.
Also someone who shocks and surprises media alike.

 

Define fail.

 

Nooooooooo!

 

What about on loan? Oh no, we've already done that one!

 

I think their board will be expecting them to nudge the top four. Not break it, but make them uncomfortable.