Transfer Rumours Summer 2019 Transfer Thread

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penknifedartex said:
It's nonsensical to have kids under 10 in football academies.

For one, it's impossible to say if a kid who is great at football at 6 will be any good at 10, 15, 20 etc. A lot of players aren't good enough until they get their 'man strength' which for some, could happen at 16 (Rooney or Nicky Butt etc.) but for many others they don't get it until their early 20s, Roy Keane was rejected at Brighton as 16 year old for not being physical enough.

For two, if you coach kids too intensively from 6 you mould kids into the style you want. It's hard for anyone to be different or stand out later on. It's all well and good if you produce 20 Iniestas but you probably won't. But what you do is make it even harder for those once in a life-time talents to shake the game up. I don't think Ronaldinho or Gazza were in academies at 6, and thank god they weren't.
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Exactly, you lose that feral footballer instinct. We’re creating a generation of footballers that are all from the same mould.

Then breaking young players that get cast aside at a young age that aren’t mentally prepared for rejection.
 
GLP said:
Exactly, you lose that feral footballer instinct. We’re creating a generation of footballers that are all from the same mould.

Then breaking young players that get cast aside at a young age that aren’t mentally prepared for rejection.
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I also believe it leads to the 'modern day' footballer mentality. My friend who is a coach has an u10s team and a lad released from a prem team's academy came down for training, the lad complained about the lack of facilities...
 
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Hull City are looking at signing Dundee defender Nathan Ralph on a free transfer, according to reports.

An exclusive by The Sun suggests the Tigers lead the chase for the 26-year-old, who has spent the past season north of the border having joined from Woking last year.

Ralph has featured 32 times in all competitions this season and the left-back, who has also featured on the left side of midfield, will look to trigger a relegation clause in his current contract following Dundee's poor season in the Scottish Premiership.

The Sun also report that the club have already contacted Ralph's representatives, with Barnsley also being linked to sign the defender.

It would give the Tigers additional cover at left-back, with Stephen Kingsley currently their only senior option on the left side of defence, although Eric Lichaj has featured as a makeshift alternative this season during Kingsley's absence through injury.
 
originallambrettaman said:
Norwich have released Steven Naismith, Matt Jarvis, Ivo Pinto and Yanic Wildschut.
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Was reading about two of them. Seems Wigan and Everton insert better clauses in transfers than we do. They are getting more than we do for a player being sold on for £15 million just because Norwich got promoted despite them playing little to no part. Just think what other clubs could do if they had business geniuses in charge like we have.
See Norwich are being sensible and paying off the money owed on their new training and academy set up.
City's Championship promotion - earned with the EFL title - means the Premier League Toffees and second-tier Latics will earn the additional transfer fees, for Steven Naismith's arrival at Carrow Road in January 2016 and Yanic Wildschut's signing 12 months later.

“That is despite the fact both players are out of contract this summer, and neither played a single second of football for Norwich under Daniel Farke this season.

A reported £7m arrival from Everton, Naismith spent the full 2018-19 campaign on loan at Scottish top-flight side Hearts - where he is now expecting to become a permanent fixture as a free agent.

Wildschut - an initial signing from Wigan for under £5m - endured a difficult, injury-hit campaign with crisis-club Bolton who spent much of the season struggling to pay their players' wages. That includes what they owe Norwich, with the Trotters eventually relegated to League One and then entering administration.

With the Canaries' having to wait until July and August for their first tranches of Premier League revenue, football finance blogger Kieran Maguire reported Norwich City have taken out a loan from Barclays this week.

That bridging loan - effectively an increase in the club's overdraft facility - is to be secured against TV revenue due from the 2018-19 season, as well as forthcoming money from the Premier League for the next campaign.

It will also allow the self-funding club to pay their promotion liabilities to Everton and Wigan, as well as plenty of bonuses following their Premier League return, and repay the £5m Canaries Bond - which funded the recent redevelopment of Colney - ahead of schedule and avoid paying out a second year of interest.”
 
Barchullona said:
Was reading about two of them. Seems Wigan and Everton insert better clauses in transfers than we do. They are getting more than we do for a player being sold on for £15 million just because Norwich got promoted despite them playing little to no part. Just think what other clubs could do if they had business geniuses in charge like we have.
See Norwich are being sensible and paying off the money owed on their new training and academy set up.
City's Championship promotion - earned with the EFL title - means the Premier League Toffees and second-tier Latics will earn the additional transfer fees, for Steven Naismith's arrival at Carrow Road in January 2016 and Yanic Wildschut's signing 12 months later.

“That is despite the fact both players are out of contract this summer, and neither played a single second of football for Norwich under Daniel Farke this season.

A reported £7m arrival from Everton, Naismith spent the full 2018-19 campaign on loan at Scottish top-flight side Hearts - where he is now expecting to become a permanent fixture as a free agent.

Wildschut - an initial signing from Wigan for under £5m - endured a difficult, injury-hit campaign with crisis-club Bolton who spent much of the season struggling to pay their players' wages. That includes what they owe Norwich, with the Trotters eventually relegated to League One and then entering administration.

With the Canaries' having to wait until July and August for their first tranches of Premier League revenue, football finance blogger Kieran Maguire reported Norwich City have taken out a loan from Barclays this week.

That bridging loan - effectively an increase in the club's overdraft facility - is to be secured against TV revenue due from the 2018-19 season, as well as forthcoming money from the Premier League for the next campaign.

It will also allow the self-funding club to pay their promotion liabilities to Everton and Wigan, as well as plenty of bonuses following their Premier League return, and repay the £5m Canaries Bond - which funded the recent redevelopment of Colney - ahead of schedule and avoid paying out a second year of interest.”
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..... but, but, but, it can't be so. We are the best run club in the country remember.
 
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