Summer 2014 Transfer rumour thread - Part VIII

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Good to hear that we should be unveiling a new signing tomorrow then, with Taider and Schelotto on Tuesday/Wednesday. Did I read that Guan said that the signing tomorrow should be a first team player, and not a squad member. Any guesses?
 
Good to hear that we should be unveiling a new signing tomorrow then, with Taider and Schelotto on Tuesday/Wednesday. Did I read that Guan said that the signing tomorrow should be a first team player, and not a squad member. Any guesses?

I'm going to go for Van Dijk
 
I'd all but guarantee that the wages of the players departing equal or exceed those of the players coming in. Lallana, Lambert and Lovren were, I believe, our three highest-paid players, though Osvaldo might've been in that mix. Shaw had gotten a couple of improved deals, and thus was making a fair wedge himself.

I think Forster will go in at Lallana level, if we had got Rojo and de Vrij they would have been up there or higher too. Maybe the club are coming to the realisation that we need to pay a bit more? Can't judge how much we are going to pay incoming transfers purely off what we are paying Tadic and Pelle.
 
I think Forster will go in at Lallana level, if we had got Rojo and de Vrij they would have been up there or higher too. Maybe the club are coming to the realisation that we need to pay a bit more? Can't judge how much we are going to pay incoming transfers purely off what we are paying Tadic and Pelle.

I don't think that there's much if any chance that Forster would end up on 60k p/w, which is more or less what Lallana was receiving, I believe. Our wage bill will almost assuredly be lower this season than last.