Transfer Rumours Summer transfer activity thread

In today's climate, we should be demanding £30m and settling for minimum of £25m.

If it's just his agent attempting to get him a new contract then ****ing give him it!!

 

Hearing it's £18m + Jagielka

 

At least we wouldn't have to show them DVDs of Jags if we had the real thing. I'd rather have 25 mil than that deal though.

 

West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland are among the favourites to sign Shane Duffy from Blackburn Rovers, according to Betvictor.com.

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Republic of Ireland's Shane Duffy
West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland are among the favourites to sign Shane Duffy from Blackburn Rovers in the summer transfer window, according to Betvictor.
West Brom[/a] recruiting the 24-year-old defender this summer are 5/2.
Premier League rivals Sunderland are fourth favourites to secure the services of the centre-back, according to Betvictor.com.
The Black Cats’ odds of signing Duffy in the summer transfer window are 8/1.

 

We're four days from our first league game and we're set to play Manchester City with a squad far weaker than the one which limped to safety last season. Are the club getting an easy ride for their lack of progress in the transfer market?
When I looked ahead to the start of the new season back in May, the least I expected was that we'd see Sunderland going into that first game with our starting eleven sorted. I was hoping for Yann M'Vila and a right back - maybe even a squad player or two. Nothing too much.
As I type this, however, it's the Tuesday before the first game and thus far our incoming summer transfer business has amounted to signing a backup defender and taking two players well past their prime on trial.
I think you'll forgive me for not being overly enthused.
Sunderland have been given an easy ride this summer with regards to our lack of transfer progress. Even at the start of July with Sam Allardyce in charge he expressed frustration at not having any players in place. Admittedly, the FA's poaching of our manager deeply affected our planning and recruitment, but does that excuse still wash with just days left until we play the first game of the season?
I mean, the Yann M'Vila situation has been a complete farce in my eyes. Here is a player who is universally loved by the Sunderland fans after a successful loan spell, whose parent club have made it clear that they don't want him, who is out of contract in the winter and has publicly expressed that he wants to come here. Yet, despite the season ending in May, we're almost midway through August sat wondering whether or not he's going to join the club or not.
M'Vila should have been signed in time to take part in pre-season, yet he's spent the last five weeks waiting for something to happen. It's unacceptable.
We all knew even towards the end of last season that we needed a right back, and many would have been happy to see DeAndre Yedlin return to the club. The move for Davide Santon at the start of July broke down almost instantly (perhaps through no fault of our own as his medicals at other clubs have shown he's somewhat fragile) and since then we haven't signed anyone to play there, with Jack Rodwell and Billy Jones the two most likely candidates to start in that position on Saturday. God help us.
Sam Allardyce, Martin Bain and David Moyes have all told us this summer that we want to start our season better than we have done in previous years. Though that seems a sensible enough target to set, how can you possibly expect anyone to believe that is the case when we've seen no progress whatsoever in terms of incoming players?
We can only really deal in facts. The Djilobodji deal came out of absolutely nowhere, and is probably evidence that just because we aren't hearing murmurings it doesn't mean things aren't going on. But, as I've said, to be days from a season starting without having the basics covered is staggering.
People are quite rightly frustrated. I've tried to be patient, but I have to admit that I'm struggling now. Our decent results in pre-season have perhaps masked our deficiencies across the board.
And I'm not ignoring the continuing speculation about Lamine Kone leaving the club either. It must be as frustrating for the players as it is for us, turning into training every day wondering whether or not their employers are actually going to sign the players that they need to progress as a team next season. I wouldn't blame any of them for thinking twice about their future when more ambitious clubs come sniffing around them.
I'm not saying that we should have signed a tonne of players by now, but I at least expected us to hit our minimum requirements in time for the campaign starting. The fact we are going into the first game with a starting eleven weaker than the one we ended the season with is worrying.

Canny read but the last line shouldn't read worrying it should read something a little stronger.

 

I thought you must have spent most of the week writing that Crumble. Skipped to the end and realised you didn't.

That should have been published in a weekly serial format.

 

Palace favourite to sign Benteke

 

Yep. Makes you think

 

I like Naismith. I think £18millikn plus Jagielka is a decent deal. I like Shane Duffy as well.

These all feel like solid squad buys though, where's Yann? Where's the 3 bits of genuine quality we need?

I'm getting so worried I've booked 4 days in Amsterdam with the bird.

High is the future.

 

If we sign Duffy and Jagielka sell Kone and don't sign 2 of Januzaj Bony Benteke Fellaini Campbell. Then I will be extremely pissed off.

Kone is genuine quality, if we don't use the money to buy genuine quality then I won't be attending a game next season.

 

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Sky sources: Sunderland agree fee with Man United for Paddy McNair & Donald Love. #SSNHQ

 

Ahhh.... Not Fellaini & Januzi then

 

What a joke, two untried younguns from Man U. Maybe Moyes knows these lads but really! If Kone leaves for the likes of this then we know what the ambition of the club is. Really pi$$ed off now

 

If I was to have written it, it would have taken more than a week mate.

 

How much will Norwich charge us for Naismith? Probably double what hes worth.

All Everton n Man U old boys coming here.

 

I like Naismith and don't mind that at all. Probably pay £7/8m is my guess.

Also on Moyes bringing back previous players, I don't think that's a negative point. He wouldn't bring in players that will be detrimental and will only bring them in if they'll improve what we've currently got.

 

Have to say the prospect of Naismith being 'the striker' we bring in hugely depressing after Benteke had been mentioned. Might be an idea if we bring in a striker who has a reputation or scoring goals

 

Where you been hiding the last 5 1/2 years?

 

Sunderland have also been linked with Ghana midfielder Agyemang-Badu.

But the Wearside outfit face competition from Middlesbrough, West Ham United and Crystal Palace for the 25-year-old, who boasts 62 caps.

 

I know ??? ..... 4 posts in 5 years and then 7 posts in 1 night ?!?!
It's like there is a Not606 'sleeper cell' out there

Have you had the 'call' Zenden ??