Transfer Rumours The 2015 Summer Transfer Window Thread

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Bill Hill said:
It's easy to get hung up on gaston and osvaldo but generally speaking you will get a better player in the 10-15m range than the 5-10m range. Of course we can pull out a great player for cheap sometimes. However so far this summer we have shopped at a level below the one I expected us to be capable of operating in
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Think we can trust "The Black Box" to find players that are suited to us. Cedric, Juanmi etc were players that were being monitored by bigger clubs, and most likely will be this season with us. Plus with the added games of Europe, and needing greater squad depth, we aren't going to bring in 8-9 players at £10 million a go.
 
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KingslandSaint said:
Think we can trust "The Black Box" to find players that are suited to us. Cedric, Juanmi etc were players that were being monitored by bigger clubs, and most likely will be this season with us. Plus with the added games of Europe, and needing greater squad depth, we aren't going to bring in 8-9 players at £10 million a go.
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Was about to say the same - we're clearly trying to broaden the depth of the squad, and have to prioritise that over a few pinnacle performers costing £15-20m.
 
Saintjoey said:
I think Swansea's black box is working out better than ours at the moment!

Bony sold to buy (or had already been replaced with):
Gomis (free)
Montero (4m)
Cork (3m)
Naughton (5m)
Ayew (free)
Eder (5m)
Sigurdsson (Davies)

and a tidy 11m profit.

Wonderful business
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Whilst I agree with the value of players they are buying and the way the club is being run etc - worth poinitng out that both Gomis and Ayew had enormous signing on fees (£5m+) and big wages so 'free' not necessarily a fair one when looking at "profit". Showing too with players like Shelvey, Fabianski and Routledge that they have the ability and system to make previously mediocre players fulfill their potential and flourish (also similar track record with managers). Amazingly similar to us in many respects.
 
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saintsational said:
Whilst I agree with the value of players they are buying and the way the club is being run etc - worth poinitng out that both Gomis and Ayew had enormous signing on fees (£5m+) and big wages so 'free' not necessarily a fair one when looking at "profit". Showing too with players like Shelvey, Fabianski and Routledge that they have the ability and system to make previously mediocre players fulfill their potential and flourish (also similar track record with managers). Amazingly similar to us in many respects.
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Fair point. We're definitely the 2 most admirable EPL clubs in my opinion. I actually thought they were better than us (and Lpool and Spurs) last season and we were lucky to finish above them...although I suppose the table never lies
 
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If they say they want to leave then they get Sterling style abuse
 
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