Transfer Rumours The 2015 Summer Transfer Window Thread

As you say, nothing new, but it is reasonably positive about our ability to recruit talent.

 

Outrageous argument. Alonso is a quarterback, not a Makalele type player, he doesn't give that much protection; hence why Liverpool played him next to Mascherano and Bayern play him next to Lahm/Alaba. Ramos is, as Pelletron has stated, the very definition of a worldclass centreback.

 

In your opinion.

 

Pique's better (which should annoy United fans)

 

"outrageous argument" is my opinion, the rest of that post is fact which, when read as a whole, renders the opening statement to be factual rather than opinion too

 

Pique had a wonderful season last year but lacks that yard of pace that ramos has. Both love to attack the ball and both read the game brilliantly

 

I still do not think Ramos is world class. But that's end it there, people must think there is actual transfer news.

 

We've signed Ramos and Pique!!!

 

For what it's worth, in my opinion Sergio Ramos is easily world class, and is definitely in the top 5 CBs in the world. He would improve United massively, although it won't happen. It's pretty obvious the speculation is purely to increase his contract negotiations.

 

If Ramos isn't a world class CB, then there's no world class CB's in the world at the moment.

 

Exactly what I was saying yesterday. There is no world class cb's atm.

 

Feyenoord have signed vejinovic, a central midfielder. Clasie on his way?

 

We've got more chance of signing Nelson Piquet

 

Ooh I hope so! (Assuming it's to use of course, which DTLW/Beefy et al seem to be convinced of).

 

Yep I think so

 

West Ham sign Payet...

 

That £10k appearance fee is bonkers.

 

There has to be. The level of world class may ebb and flow, but even if the current top 100 CBs in the world disappeared, there would still be world class CBs. The level of the world's best CBs would just be a lot lower. You can just about win the Champions League with non-world class players in a few positions (Chelsea did it, for one, with a non-world class manager too), but you do not win World Cups without a world class player in every single position. This conversation can be had with the England team, where one can argue the toss about one or two players being world class or not. Opinion would come into that a lot more. In this case, though, it's a shut book.

 

The "Dutch Xavi" - I do hope so, though he looks more like a young Kimi Raikkonen than Xavi.

 

I'm not sure AL is as convinced, actually.

Sorry...