Summer transfer thread

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Dave_39 said:
from Mark Douglas

Fabio Borini keen on Sunderland return
Former Sunderland striker Fabio Borini is interested in a surprise Black Cats return, i understands.

Borini, who can play anywhere across the front three, is currently with Turkish Super Lig club Fatih Karagumuruk and scored three times in 21 appearances last season. But the 31-year-old is keen to return to England and the player has been offered to Sunderland as they look to add to their squad ahead of their return to the Championship next season.

Borini played close to 100 games on Wearside across a loan spell which was converted to a permanent move in 2015. He returned to Milan in 2017 after Sunderland’s relegation but has always retained an affection for the club and any move would add experience and know-how to a relatively young Sunderland side.

Sunderland have favoured youth in their recruitment drive and it remains to be seen how far – if at all – the move goes. Last season’s reunion with Jermaine Defoe was disastrous but Borini has been playing regularly and at 31 still believes he has many good years ahead of him.

Alex Neil has funds available to strengthen after Sunderland’s much-needed promotion via the play-offs.

The Black Cats have agreed a deal with Arsenal for promising defender Daniel Ballard, who spent last season on loan at Millwall. He can play either as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.

Neymar to Newcastle move a non-starter, Brentford make £16m Lewis-Potter bid, Borini keen on Sunderland return (inews.co.uk)

pure fantasy surely
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Obviously this will never happen, his wages would be out of our reach and I don't think he'd be on our radar. Ignoring that and talking hypothetically, I'd take him on a free though.

I understand that we're working to a "profile" as such in the type of players we're looking for, but the 2 positions where I don't really think it works right now for us is Goalkeeper and Strikers. We'll be playing with 1 up front most of the time and we all know that will be Stewart. We can't sign 2 up and coming strikers who are both good enough and also happy to sit on the bench.

Borini has ability and a tremendous work ethic. He's also so versatile that we could utilise him enough to keep him happy without playing him as the main striker all of the time. He could play in a 2 up front, out wide in a 3 and I think he's also played midfield and full back for Milan. He has experience of the club and has played at a higher level. I don't think it's comparable to Defoe coming back at all.
 
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John Wick said:
He laughed in the face of Tim Krul before he smashed a penna in at Sid James's. All is forgiven.
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I still watch the goal against Citeh in the cup final and still dream of us winning that cup. I also agree that his loan spell was brilliant, however the debacle that followed when we kept on going back to sign him <doh>.
 
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Dave_39 said:
from Mark Douglas

Fabio Borini keen on Sunderland return
Former Sunderland striker Fabio Borini is interested in a surprise Black Cats return, i understands.

Borini, who can play anywhere across the front three, is currently with Turkish Super Lig club Fatih Karagumuruk and scored three times in 21 appearances last season. But the 31-year-old is keen to return to England and the player has been offered to Sunderland as they look to add to their squad ahead of their return to the Championship next season.

Borini played close to 100 games on Wearside across a loan spell which was converted to a permanent move in 2015. He returned to Milan in 2017 after Sunderland’s relegation but has always retained an affection for the club and any move would add experience and know-how to a relatively young Sunderland side.

Sunderland have favoured youth in their recruitment drive and it remains to be seen how far – if at all – the move goes. Last season’s reunion with Jermaine Defoe was disastrous but Borini has been playing regularly and at 31 still believes he has many good years ahead of him.

Alex Neil has funds available to strengthen after Sunderland’s much-needed promotion via the play-offs.

The Black Cats have agreed a deal with Arsenal for promising defender Daniel Ballard, who spent last season on loan at Millwall. He can play either as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.

Neymar to Newcastle move a non-starter, Brentford make £16m Lewis-Potter bid, Borini keen on Sunderland return (inews.co.uk)

pure fantasy surely
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Even if he was bang up for it I wouldn’t want him back.
Decent whilst on loan but he wasn’t really interested in coming back and only did so when no one else was prepared to pay him wtat he wanted.
 
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Pure River Slut said:
We need the equivalent quality at goalkeeper and especially up front now . Obviously Stewart is great but he needs genuine competition for his place now.
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We won't get genuine competition for Stewart and I think that's alright. Stewart is too good for us right now. I doubt any of us would sell Stewart for less than £7m (and that's probably the lower end for most) so I'm not sure we can expect genuine competition without spending a lot of money which may be beyond us this season. I'd be happy if we get a good support for Stewart (like Broadhead) and someone flexible enough to rotate in a couple of positions around the front 3.
 
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Flash Gordon said:
We won't get genuine competition for Stewart and I think that's alright. Stewart is too good for us right now. I doubt any of us would sell Stewart for less than £7m (and that's probably the lower end for most) so I'm not sure we can expect genuine competition without spending a lot of money which may be beyond us this season. I'd be happy if we get a good support for Stewart (like Broadhead) and someone flexible enough to rotate in a couple of positions around the front 3.
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If Stewart misses any long spells we need to be able to maintain the momentum. Stewart only cost 75k so we may not need that amount.
 
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IMHO we shouldn't even entertain Borini. He was bang average when he was here. So he's going to to be below average now given he has slowed down and lost pace. I like the way the club is going with the young lads. Its the way forward - consider the contribution that the below 25's made last year.... Stewart, Broadhead, Doyle, Clarke, Matete, Patterson, Dajaku, Hoffman; Hume (t), Cirkin, Roberts.................... incredible eh?
 
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Pure River Slut said:
If Stewart misses any long spells we need to be able to maintain the momentum. Stewart only cost 75k so we may not need that amount.
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I'm not saying it's not possible but finding another Stewart would be like winning the lottery.

I'd like the bit in bold to be true of course as well, but just to be realistic with our expectations, I think it's ok if we lose momentum and drop a bit of form if Stewart gets injured. Obviously we need to quantify that - if Stewart got injured and we ended up getting relegated then of course that's not good enough. But if we're on course for the playoffs and Stewart missing a couple of months results in us finishing 10th, then I think that's acceptable. We're working to a model and that means sometimes we'll have to compromise and be flexible.
 
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