The Rumours Thread!

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Get the feeling we've just been linked to Briggs because we've had him before and we need some cover for Pudli.

Not sure he'd want to just sit around hoping to fill in - at this stage in his career Briggs ought to be looking for regular football if he wants it.
 

How one longs for the old days where managers either used to say "as far as i'm concerned he plays for club x and until we are told differently we will look elsewhere" or just went out and got the player with no fanfare until the deal had actually been done. From a purely viewing perspective, Sky has done some very good things for the way the game is broadcast and covered in this country. I can't say I think the blanket coverage of the transfer window, with the associated story creation, is one of them..
 
Not sure that Everton will want Deeney now.

Everton are close to signing Belgian World Cup striker Romelu Lukaku from Chelsea for a club-record £23.7m.
 
It's usually August 31st, but with that being a Sunday, I guess it'll be September 1st instead. It either closes at 11pm or midnight - that seems to change from window to window. I wonder what going back to the old system of transfers throughout the season until about mid-March would do to transfer fees?