Transfer Rumours 2016/17 General Transfer Thread

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Would anyone prefer to see Robin van Persie playing for Middlesbrough rather than Hull City?
 
Also a ****-ton more expensive!! Body won't hold up to a season of PL football.

Boro in for him though, so hope they get him.

I accept he maybe too expensive wages wise, but as a player he is only 32, scored 14 in 29 appearances for Fenerbahçe which as not a bad strike rate. He isn't a player that needs to run around a lot, he just does what he is good at scores goals.
 
West Ham had him scouted in Turkey and decided that he didn't have the legs for the PL anymore. But who am I to go on the word of professionals when I have people like you to rely on?

Didn't we decide that Charlie Austin didn't have the legs for the Premier League?
 
And Austin wasn't 32 with a history of injuries in the PL but don't let that stop him. <laugh>

Wasnt the point you made. You said West Ham scouts had decided he didn't have the legs for it and therefore we shouldn't be interested. I was just pointing out that clubs get this wrong.
 
Wasnt the point you made. You said West Ham scouts had decided he didn't have the legs for it and therefore we shouldn't be interested. I was just pointing out that clubs get this wrong.
I think there's less chance of that with an older player who has already played in the league, but yes I'll agree that it's not a perfect science.