JimmyJeffers
Player Valuation: £70m
No mate.
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darkwingduck
Player Valuation: £950k
What an illustrious list to be a part of. We're really pulling up trees this transfer window!
mooseatingnome
Player Valuation: £6m
Take that Hull you useless bunch of uselessness.
sfa.ok
Player Valuation: £225k
What has come of comrade Eric? Did thy finally bend forum rules too far?
jayden28
Player Valuation: £35m
Saw that too,utterly depressing to see,we've gone from shopping at aldi's to shopping at the corner shop.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Of all years mate, and with the benefit of hindsight, this is the one that was never going to have gone smoothly, as we sacked our last manager far too late in my opinion. We only started building the new foundations in June when we should have been planning this back in March/April.
Firstly we had to get the new manager, coaching staff and DOF in place. None of the people the board wanted were readily available so we had protracted negotiations and compensation to manage before getting our targets. But the reactions from the incumbent clubs and their fans gives me massive encouragement that the board have "got it right" with their selection process.
Secondly, in my opinion (and I'm definitely not ITK) the boards aim is for immediate success on the pitch, and by that I mean a proper challenge for top 4. At the moment we probably have 5/6 players that are top 4 quality, and one of them is likely to leave to conveniently bridge the salary increase deficiencies. The type of player we are after are UCL quality, but it is proving difficult to attract them to a club that doesn't offer any European football at all, and indeed finished bottom half in each of the last 2 seasons.
The question to ask ourselves is whether the board is being too ambitious and should it be aiming to build more slowly to UCL status, concentrating on buying second tier players and younger players with potential. I personally welcome the ambition and a speedy return to the halcyon days of the past when we were a club top players wanted to play for.
Finally, the Euro's has also undoubtedly had an impact with the inevitable delays in players returning to their clubs. A small number of high profile transfers appear to be holding up the market at the moment, and once these happen I believe you will see a huge knock on effect in the market.
I further believe that the transfer funds are there, we've just been unable, so far, to attract the quality of player we are after. I hope that will change and I trust in our new owner to do his utmost to make that happen. I suspect it's more likely to happen in the last week of August once the elite clubs take stock of their squads and some top quality players become available, possibly on loan initially. In any event I expect, come September 1st, our squad to be much improved on last year, both in quality and balance, not to mention depth with the influx of our exciting youth players. Combine this with a much improved coach and better fitness levels (which can already be noticed in pre-season) and I think we're in for a fantastic season ahead.
But in the meantime, we fans need to understand that it will not be easy and we need to have more patience and not fume every time we see some paper speculation not come to fruition. The alternative is to go after the second tier players, who we will no doubt sign the dotted line immediately, but will not be of the calibre to match our boards (and, I would hope, the majority of our fans) ambitions.
Trebilcock
Player Valuation: £225k
I thought we were the new City, with loads of dosh to blow everyone else out of the water. Supposed to be getting some massive signings. Arnautovic choose to stay at Stoke, we're getting this Gueye fella ang getting linked with Robbie Brady, who, all of a sudden, everyone thinks is an ace player. Witzel' not coming, Mata looks likes he's staying at UTD. At least we have some shiny new cladding on the ground because we can afford that now. Millionaires.
Glynne
Player Valuation: £225k
This season could just be laying the ground work, I imagine a substantial amount of money will be put into building a new stadium which will have an effect on transfer money
Why did you think that?
Very little evidence that we're getting Gueye yet btw, or that we were ever in for Arnautovic (or Brady for that matter!)
You don't know that the players aren't coming - you're making it up.
Also, we were never gonna be 'the new City'. City got their money when the TV money in the rest of the league was nothing like it is now. All the money has allowed us to do is level the playing field.
Get a grip.
Marco Polo
Player Valuation: £225k
NEXT WEEK IT IS THEN...I can't wait...
Oh look another post like this, you forgetting the compo we have to pay for koeman and backroom staff, aswell as Walsh? We have spent more this summer on compo than Moyes had to spend some summers
One way or the other some people are going to look really stupid come the end of the window. My money would be on the ones spouting doom and gloom before August has even begun but we'll see...
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