Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread

Shall I be the first person to mention his hair? There done it.

 

Watched him against Chelsea with some Spurs fans, funny as, overhit every pass by a good 20 metres. Maybe if he was not carrying 5 kilos of hair on his head his passing might have been better

 

Bild say Chelsea have made a bid for Gomez.

 

I find it hard to believe that one. I'm sure Gomez will be for sale, but I can't see him fitting into a team with Torres and Lukaku. Unless perhaps they want to loan Lukaku out again.

 

To Bayern? Who already have Mandzukic? Doesn't make sense.

 

He thinks he's better than he is and he only "dominated"'because we gave him at least 20 yards of space in the middle of the pitch in the first half. Even I could pick a pass with that much time and space.

 

Strange that......I was speaking to my little source on the same subject.........It seems Cortese is deadly serious about being in Europe in 2/3 seasons. The only difference in the conversation comparison perhaps was the quote "and we have to be fully prepared for Europe by then" It would also appear that Cortese expected us to finish higher up the league this season although he wasn't too disappointed where we actually finished. It also seems there was a big name signing that was going to be announced but once again something went wrong at the last moment. It appears they wanted to announce some big signing/signings before the season ticket office opens. No hints of who though I'm afraid.......

 

Could it be part of the agreement with Katharina Liebherr that we have to be in Europe by that time? Could be wrong!

 

I'm glad the club has great ambition. I'm also pleased that everyone now seems to be pulling in the same direction. But talk of European football just seems a bit ridiculous to me. Its not that I can't see us qualifying, that part I find fairly easy to accept (fair play/losing finalist or even 6th!). Its just the strain of the campaign, it cannot be entered lightly. The high intensity pressing game, even with a weeks rest seemed to take its toll. Chuck in a Thursday night in Romania & I think it spells big fat trouble. Yes yes, we can buy eight more squad players, but we've seen how difficult it is to get the right targets let alone bed them all in.
For me, the best thing for next season would be a strong mid table finish, & a good cup run. Biting off too much at this stage could set us back a great deal.

 

Personally i think next season will be a great time to get to Europe. We add a few more players this Summer to start building the squad then you have the following Summer to make a whole European squad. I dont think it would set us back i think it will make us a force!

 

I'll bring this up here as I don't want to make a new thread on something that has been previously discussed and it is kind of related here, if we are being linked with any CBs over the summer then surely the discussion around Forren has to be come up again? I still don't understand how he hasn't even made the match day squad at any point since signing, I didn't see him in any of the match day videos with the other players and I'm guessing he wasn't at the last game of the season? Is he even a first team player at the moment? I understand he played for the reserves. The amount we payed for him and the links to other clubs would suggest that he has ability/potential? Should be expect him to be more involved next season, are we going to see more of the same (the odd reserve game) or are we going to sell him on?

Could certainly have an effect on whether we purchase 1/2 CBs?

 

Forren has been involved in plenty of match day squads.

I recall Pochettino being asked about him and he said he'd feature next season, as he isn't ready, or something. Also seems to be injured a fair amount.

 

He definitely was on the lap of honour!

 

Fair enough! I stand corrected. I think we all expected to see more of him when he signed him January, hopefully we will see that next season based on what Poch has said.

 

I personally think we would be more likely to sell one or both of Fonte and Hooiveld than Forren. Could see us bringing in 2 CBs potentially with both Fonte and Hooiveld going.

 

None of us know the reason for Forren not playing, but to compare to another player who came here during a winter break, when Ivanovic first signed for Chelsea he didn't play for a long time either, and you wouldn't say that was because he wasn't good enough. I think it is perhaps just too difficult to get up to full speed again after a few weeks off.

I'm not saying Forren is as good as Ivanovic, but the fact he hasn't got into the team ahead of Fonte or Hooiveld for example is maybe not a fair reflection of his true level.

 

I never said he wasn't good enough, I'm sure if we spent the money on him then the scouting network and the club must have been pretty sure of his ability, obviously things aren't always as straight forward as that. It is curious as to why he has not been playing and I just wanted to raise that if he does start playing next season then that could have an effect of what we purchase in the summer in the defensive department.

Still, Astori please

 

Yeah Forren is the unknown factor in our transfer policy. We definitely need one centre back but Forren's ability will decide whether its just one or two we need. After everything said about him by Solskjaer I still hope he'll be part of a new look defence next year.

 

I'm more than comfortable with just 1 top class centre back coming in.

At the end of the day, Forren came in during a winter break. He wasn't quite up to speed and by the time he was ready the defence was playing far better and it was a key stage of the season. I think it's evident from Hooiveld/Yoshida's first few games this season that it takes time for a centre back to grow into a team.

Forren has continued to play international matches and has been in and around the matchday squad and I'd expect him to feature heavily in pre season and to be competing with Yoshida (who should benefit from a good first year in the premiership) next season. He was scouted extensively and several top clubs were linked.

The key thing is to get the right calibre of centre back to play with Forren/Yoshida. MP was a top international centre back in his day and I trust him completely to get this key transfer right.

Really excited about this summer and next season.

 

This!