Obviously these professional managers know more and see more than us, but really Murphy always looked like total dog ****e to me. Lots of **** players have had the odd goal crazy season in the lower leagues. Can't see the fuss about him. He's ****e. He won't do it again.
Ipswich relied massively on him last season - they were a team of limited cloggers, but he had a great presence up front and gave them a proper target/ball retention as well as goals. Not that I think he's a great player or anything, but he really did step up for them last season.
Sevilla have signed Stoke target Yevhen Konoplyanka on a free transfer from Dnipro. Nani to have medical at Fenerbache this weekend ahead of move from Manchester United. ISL team Mumbai City FC have appointed Nicholas Anelka as their marquee player/manager. OFFICIAL: 16-year-old Barcelona winger Bobby Adekanye has confirmed on Instagram that he has signed for Liverpool. OFFICIAL: Mario Pašalić signs a loan agreement to join AS Monaco from Chelsea for the forthcoming season. Barcelona are confident of beating Chelsea to the £25m signing of Arda Turan. Idrissa Gueye is having a medical today ahead of his move to Villa Park.
BBC: Queens Park Rangers have turned down a £12m bid from Leicester for striker Charlie Austin. The 25-year-old, who still has a year left on his contract, scored 18 Premier League goals last season as QPR were relegated to the Championship. The former Burnley and Swindon Town man was called up by Englandfor the first time last month for the games against Slovenia and the Republic of Ireland. It is understood QPR want at least £15m for the player. Newcastle and Crystal Palace have already been heavily linked with Austin, who finished fourth in the Premier League scoring charts last season with almost half of his club's entire total of 42. Leicester have sanctioned the bid, which would have been a club-record fee for Austin, after sacking manager Nigel Pearson on Tuesday.
Sheffield Wednesday sign Crystal Palace defender Jack Hunt on loan. Liverpool youngster Wade Maxwell to join Barnsley. OFFICIAL: Inter Milan have signed Martín Montoya on a 2-year loan deal from Barcelona.
Middlesbrough will confirm the signing of Bolton Wanderers defender Alex Baptiste today. Brentford have rejected a bid from Fulham for defender James Tarkowski. Liverpool have signed Arsenal youth player Elijah Dixon-Bonner. Eidur Gudjohnsen has rejected a new contract with Bolton Wanderers and joined Chinese club Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.
Burnley are set to confirm the £2.5m signing of striker Jelle Vossen from Genk. Nani has officially signed for Fenerbahce.
OFFICIAL: Watford have completed the signing of Étienne Capoue from Tottenham. Portsmouth have completed the signing of former Sheffield United midfielder Michael Doyle on a one-year deal.
Several Championship clubs including Leeds United are interested in signing Sunderland winger Will Buckley. Former Scunthorpe United defender @EddieNolan1988 has reunited with ex-Iron boss Russ Wilcox by joining York City on a one-year deal. Western Sydney Wanderers are the new 4/6 favourites to sign Carlton Cole. Southampton are close to signing 25-year-old FC Twente defender Cuco Martina. Fenerbahce complete signing of Nani from Manchester United. Celtic are leading Wigan Athletic in the race to sign Dundee United striker Nadir Ciftci. Sporting Lisbon are close to signing Norwich City striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel on a permanent deal.
DONE DEAL: Doncaster Rovers have signed former Millwall, Southampton, Preston and Burnley midfielder Richard Chaplow.
Former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan is set to join Chinese club Shanghai SIPG on $350,000 per week. Mental. Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas is on the verge of joining FC Porto.
Don't know if it's been mentioned on here... but looks like Stewart Downing could well be heading back to 'Boro.
Great signing if they pull it off. He's ****. Has he ever done anything apart from command ridiculous fees and wages?
