Transfer Rumours The 2015 Summer Transfer Window Thread

City don't always go for big names, weirdly enough. Obviously they mainly do, but players like Fernandinho weren't exactly household names or even recognised full internationals. Homegrown is almost certainly more important at the moment.

 

Yes, but for that season they were in the Prem. Suggesting McCarthy was the more capable Prem keeper.

 

Has Laura gone on a free to their board too?

 

But it is definitely mellow in comparison to last season and what usually happens with our players.
This is how transfers went down in the '80s and '90s in the papers as far as I remember. This is how it should be. It could happen, and probably will, but it's not decreed as some club's birthright to grab Morgan - likewise, he's drawn some boundaries, beyond which he would prefer to stay at Saints. It's probably because we're at a stage of acceptance, and he has been open, but also that Arsenal are really no one's enemies - at least when it comes down to a comparison with the true axis of evil. I get the feeling a sensible decision will be made, whatever happens.

We get a bit of hope; he gets a bit of hope; there's a shaded area in the middle of the Venn diagram where he stays. Or else he panics and jumps ship to Spurs or Liverpool at the end of the window!

 

The only thing that worries me about the Morgan situation is the impact on the Clasie business. If people are aware Clasie is available for 12 odd mill, and Morgan's position drags on for a while, there's every possibility we could cock things up with this.

Now where has my half empty glass got to?

 

Or, we could buy Clasie early, the Morgan sale goes tits up and we end up with both!

 

That's definitely the option I'd go for. Take no risks.

 

I was referring to the signing of Clasie

 

But then there'd be no room for Jack Cork ..... oh, wait.

 

As I am not entirely familiar with Claise, if he joined us and Morgan did stay, would a midfield of Morgan, Victor and Claise work ?. Claise seems very similar in style to Wiltshere, in that they can both make a tackle but are at their best in the link role with attack and midfield.

 

Think that's the idea for next season - 2 good players for every position!

 

Well Hernandez is back at Man U should he be required as bait for Morgan

 

Only problem with Hernandez is that he until recently was trying to secure a contract with arguably best club in the world and surely ending up on the south coast of England would't seem nearly as glamorous to him.

 

So you're saying that we shouldn't sign him because he's played for the best club in the world?

Such backward logic. He is still young enough, and will obviously be hungry for first team football! He would be an amazing signing (not that I think we could ever get him)

 

No, I'm saying that he might perceive that move as a huge step backwards in his career and might come here with a bad attitude and not in a right frame of mind. After Osvaldo, I don't want another player like that. He also saw us as being too small for him.

 

Man U don't want him, Real don't want him - where's he gonna go? Same thing for RVP.

 

Wish him all the best...except when he plays us

 

Not like there are any other clubs in the world. Sure Hernandez will find a home, but he is surely too dear for us. Can't comment on his attitude as I know nothing about him.

 

I've got a feeling, considering how close to the top 4 we were for most of the season, the fact we have a bit of cash in the bank and that Ronald has mentioned a couple of times this year that we don't have that one killer forward to win a game from nothing, that we might, just might sign a monster forward

 

Like who? We're not going to pay monster wages so I can't see us doing that. I'd be very happy with Charlie Austin.