Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread

The Echo article is a bit of a pointless non story to be honest. It doesn't really say if he's likely to come or not. All it has is a comment he made about Poch last year which is pretty irelevant.

 

Certainly hope that it doesn't happen. A mercurial 20 year old is one thing; put them in the right environment, and they might change. When the player is 27 and is still an irrepressible twat, they are always going to be that.

 

I'm not justifying or backing this at all as I know little about him, but to play devils advocate, would we not love an irresponsible twat that scored 20 goals for us and had a little nastiness? Someone that opposition fans could really hate? Sometimes I think we are too nice and miss a little spark. Obviously the counter to this is the disruption and damage it causes in the dressing room, which I know is priceless.

 

I've got to admit I do find myself agreeing with this. Before yesterday I hated the idea, but reading the Roma thread on him I posted earlier, I started thinking of how exciting it'd be to have a player like that. Never mind, eh?

 

I agree. Plus, I think Poch is the right sort of manager to keep him in check. I don't think Adkins or Pardew would cope too well with such a personality, however, Poch is a much harder man and he certainly wouldn't take any s**t from players.

 

I don't mind an irresponsible twat that goes after opponents, referees, fellow patrons at the bar, or inanimate objects, but I do draw the line at teammates. We have a young squad; a player who clearly does not give one **** about the team or his teammates, scores his goals and then gets shipped off as soon as everyone tires of his antics is one who'll do more harm than good, long-term.

 

Like to see him quaking in his boots as he confronts Nicola. Be like a Rottweiler facing a Chihuahua....my money would be on the Chihuahua.

 

Clearwater & St Petes are utterly gorgeous.

 

Forget the Osvaldo rumours. Apparently we're in for someone called Simone Zaza. Anyone know anything about this or about him?

After a quick glance on the web, it seems he spent last season on loan at Ascoli in Serie B - scored 18 goals in 35 matches. His parent club is Serie A side, Sampdoria.

 

Got my Crewe side to the Prem in FM. This is getting silly...we are seriously targeting every player that I've ever signed in that game.

 

I've also had him on FM, and he kicked arse - albeit in the Italian fourth division.

 

Seen Zaza once this year and he looked good, pretty sure I read recently that one of the Milan clubs want him? Would also think that he would stand a good chance of getting into Sampdoria's team pretty regularly next year

 

We need Simon Klun and Davide Petrucci. And Didier Drogba's brother.

 

Let's not forget Mika Aaritalo.

 

You're probably right... Just throwing one out there.

 

Radja Nainggolan

"Ho ricevuto una grossa offerta dal Southampton, la loro proposta è economicamente la più importante di tutte. Io però non gioco per soldi, la mia priorità è avere una carriera importante. Ma non avrei problemi a trasferirmi in Inghilterra. E' ancora tutto aperto, vedremo", ha affermato Nainggolan, parole che vi riportiamo da Goal.com.

http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/inter/?action=read&idnet=ZmNpbnRlcm5ld3MuaXQtMTE4NDYw

Google translate is your friend.

 

Heh, does say something about the shifting economics of the game that we're apparently able to offer higher wages than Roma or Inter...and yet, unless something has changed dramatically, we're still offering wages on the lower end of the scale among PL teams.

 

What did you do, translate it from the English into Italian then..? To save people the bother of using Google Translate, I did it myself:

"I received a great offer from Southampton, their proposal is economically the most important of all. But I do not play for money, my priority is to have a major career. But I have no problem to move to England. It's still wide open, we will see," said Nainggolan... words that we present to Goal.com.

 

That's a no from him then.

 

Or a "I'm here boys if anyone wants to make a better offer?"