The generic transfer thread

[Winston Biscuit]

Barcelona nearing a deal to sign Athletic Bilbao's Nico Williams. The winger has agreed a six year deal. Made his debut for Athletic at 18 years old. Exciting player.

one of my very favourite players, and one of the big driving forces behind Athletic Bilbao's recent good seasons.

I thought Barca were skint?

There is always another lever to be pulled

[Winston Biscuit]

Was listening to something on the Lassana Diarra case earlier (the ruling that said he could resign from one club and walk away while under contract)

Still debates over what this means legally. The journo's is was listening to said one option debated is whether a player could buy themselves out of their contract by paying the wages due as the compensation to the club they are leaving.

Here is something Fifpro put out the other day, and there is another link in there too with more deets

https://fifpro.org/en/who-we-are/fifpro-members/fifpro-europe/fifpro-legal-director-alexandra-gomez-bruinewoud-on-what-the-lassana-diarra-ruling-means-and-what-happens-next

[Sanguine]

Jarrell Quansah to Leverkusen is close, and for around £35m, which in the context of the Wirtz price, is madness.

Fabrizio Romano says that once that deal is sealed, Liverpool will 'activate centre back options' and are expected to make a bid for Marc Guehi.

Any more of this and it will begin to look like Klopp was the transfer problem, and not Richard Hughes.

[Winston Biscuit]

does sound like Liverpool have a few players to offload that could bring in quite a bit of money

[Sutekh]

does sound like Liverpool have a few players to offload that could bring in quite a bit of money

Indeed. Quansah, Robertson, Tsimikas, Elliott, Jota, Nunez, Morton, Gomez, Diaz and Doak could all be up for grabs, not to mention Konate if he doesn’t agree a new deal in the next month or so. So quite a lot of money could be incoming to help balance things off, but then Liverpool haven’t really spent anything (when compared to their sort of rivals) in the last 3/4 windows so probably have a fair bit “saved up”.

Rumoured incomings? Well Guehi, Isak, Gordon, Inacio, Collins, Hato, Wolfmade and Ekitike have all been linked and would suggest that Guehi and Collins are very likely given the “home grown” limitation the PL put on squads, so going to be a very exciting time for the Red scousers this summer.

In the unlikely event of that lot arriving you can just hear Chelsea, SecondPlace FC and Citeh fans going on about attempting to buy the league

[From Despair To Where?]

They've also picked up Armin Pecsi for £1.5m. Highly rated keeper. Dare I say it but a typical Liverpool signing. If nothing else, at that price they'll make a profit from selling him in 3 years.

[Winston Biscuit]

Spanish FA reportedly agree Barcelona can sign Nico Williams but only if they pay the entire €60M fee up front in one payment. They have still not agreed to a deal on wages though at the club are currently breaking the wage rules and need to offload players first before the Spanish FA will allow a new player to be registered.

[Sanguine]

Viktor Gyökeres tells Sporting that he will not play for the club again - after the owner supposedly broke a gentleman's agreement that he'd be able to leave this summer, now playing hardball on the fee.

[Stranded]

Spanish FA reportedly agree Barcelona can sign Nico Williams but only if they pay the entire €60M fee up front in one payment. They have still not agreed to a deal on wages though at the club are currently breaking the wage rules and need to offload players first before the Spanish FA will allow a new player to be registered.

Or in other words, this will drag on for a few weeks, Barca will threaten legal action and then Williams will sign with the fee being paid by installments.

[Sutekh]

Spanish FA reportedly agree Barcelona can sign Nico Williams but only if they pay the entire €60M fee up front in one payment. They have still not agreed to a deal on wages though at the club are currently breaking the wage rules and need to offload players first before the Spanish FA will allow a new player to be registered.

Or in other words, this will drag on for a few weeks, Barca will threaten legal action and then Williams will sign with the fee being paid by installments.

Praying the Spanish FA will stand up for the integrity of the sport in Spain.

[Stranded]

Spanish FA reportedly agree Barcelona can sign Nico Williams but only if they pay the entire €60M fee up front in one payment. They have still not agreed to a deal on wages though at the club are currently breaking the wage rules and need to offload players first before the Spanish FA will allow a new player to be registered.

Or in other words, this will drag on for a few weeks, Barca will threaten legal action and then Williams will sign with the fee being paid by installments.

Praying the Spanish FA will stand up for the integrity of the sport in Spain.

You know that only happens if the club is expendable.

[Sanguine]

James Trafford expected to go to Newcastle if the Magpies will meet Burnley's valuation of around £40m. Nick Pope potentially to Leeds.

[From Despair To Where?]

lots of rumours of Man Utd going after Bryan Mbuemo. I like that. feels like the kind of signing that would do them good.

Spoke with a Brentford fan yesterday who laughed and said its weird that everyone outside the club suddenly thinks he is great, because their fans dont rate him all that highly and would happily see him sold if the reported transfer fee of £50-£60M was real.

A “flatter to deceive” player, that should maintain the standards Utd have striven hard to achieve in recent years.

Apparently they've gone back in with a bid of £60m. Do they ever learn? It's Anthony all over again.

[BRO_BOT]

Spoke with a Brentford fan yesterday who laughed and said its weird that everyone outside the club suddenly thinks he is great, because their fans dont rate him all that highly and would happily see him sold if the reported transfer fee of £50-£60M was real.

A “flatter to deceive” player, that should maintain the standards Utd have striven hard to achieve in recent years.

Apparently they've gone back in with a bid of £60m. Do they ever learn? It's Anthony all over again.

Bid of £60M means 50+ with 10+ add-ons.

How much do you think you'll pay for a player who has consistently performed in the Premier League for a number of years and scored 20 goals last season? Utd haven't had someone score 20 prem goals since Van Persie.

[BRO_BOT]

Where United are really gonna struggle is getting rid of players like Sancho.

He can run his contract down next year and go on a free. Why cut half your wages to help the club out (he's clearly a pcunt) when you can go out on loan and then get a big contract.

[Sutekh]

Where United are really gonna struggle is getting rid of players like Sancho.

He can run his contract down next year and go on a free. Why cut half your wages to help the club out (he's clearly a pcunt) when you can go out on loan and then get a big contract.

Can’t think where he might be getting his morals from….

[From Despair To Where?]

A “flatter to deceive” player, that should maintain the standards Utd have striven hard to achieve in recent years.

Apparently they've gone back in with a bid of £60m. Do they ever learn? It's Anthony all over again.

Bid of £60M means 50+ with 10+ add-ons.

How much do you think you'll pay for a player who has consistently performed in the Premier League for a number of years and scored 20 goals last season? Utd haven't had someone score 20 prem goals since Van Persie.

You had a decent midfield when van Persie was there. Up front isn't the problem for United.

It's like a throwback to the 80s. Spend big on marquee forwards but if you don't create and can't keep the ball out at the other end, you'll never be more than a cup team at best.

[BRO_BOT]

Apparently they've gone back in with a bid of £60m. Do they ever learn? It's Anthony all over again.

Bid of £60M means 50+ with 10+ add-ons.

How much do you think you'll pay for a player who has consistently performed in the Premier League for a number of years and scored 20 goals last season? Utd haven't had someone score 20 prem goals since Van Persie.

You had a decent midfield when van Persie was there. Up front isn't the problem for United.

It's like a throwback to the 80s. Spend big on marquee forwards but if you don't create and can't keep the ball out at the other end, you'll never be more than a cup team at best.

What are you talking about? Up front is exactly the problem for Utd. We don't score any goals.

Bruno creates more chances than any other player (I think in Europe, statistically).

Rashford, Antony & Sancho don't play* for United, meaning we are very short on personnel up top

[Winston Biscuit]

Kepa on his way to Arsenal for £5M.

He's had an odd career

[Sanguine]

Kepa on his way to Arsenal for £5M.

He's had an odd career

Yeah, that's an odd choice on his part. Has just had a good season as a starter at Bournemouth, surely another loan move where he will play would make more sense?

He's 30 years old already.