Summer transfer speculative hopes and dreams

[Groucho]

Van dijk is too risky plus he needs 1st team football this year to have a chance at the euros. Dann fits the bill.

Would it come down to cost? I hear £8m for Dann, which folk are saying is too much. Don't know about the other guy.

 

[MartSlinger]

Would it come down to cost? I hear £8m for Dann, which folk are saying is too much. Don't know about the other guy.

£10m they want apparently.

 

[Groucho]

£10m they want apparently.

For Dann?

 

[MartSlinger]

For Dann?

Van Dijk

 

[Groucho]

Van Dijk

So about equal price then.

Which is the better defender? One is an U21 international, one has PL experience.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

£10m they want apparently.

Get Lucas Neill back ffs. He's better too, haha.

Dann is badly gash.

That Reid would have been a much better option, would only have cost 5m max in January as his contract was expiring end of the season.

 

[MartSlinger]

So about equal price then.

Which is the better defender? One is an U21 international, one has PL experience.

Depends what Roberto wants doesnt it.

If he wants a long term partner for either Galloway or Stones your choice will probably be Van Dijk.

If he wants a dependable back up to Stones and Jagielka and can help bring through Galloway then its Dann.

 

[MartSlinger]

Get Lucas Neill back ffs. He's better too, haha.

Dann is badly gash.

That Reid would have been a much better option, would only have cost 5m max in January as his contract was expiring end of the season.

We tried to get Reid in January.
Wanted a straight swap with Distin i think (At the time Reid wasn't signing a new deal)

 

[SerenityNigh]

Think if we forget about the price for a minute and simply ask; Would Scott Dann be a good back up to Phil Jagielka and John Stones i think we'd get a decent amount of yes'. Its not our money anyway so price is irrelevant. If we're splashing £8m on a centre half then we've got a decent sized pot.

Martinez has no need to spend on an "up and coming" CB prospect, especially when he wants to see how his own kids develop. Buying a guy that can be a very serviceable PL CB for 4 years is a no-brainer, and if Dann wants to move to Liverpool for family and gets 4 more years in the PL then it seems like an easy solution for both sides. Not sure I see £8m as the price, but he fits the bill for the player needed.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Martinez has no need to spend on an "up and coming" CB prospect, especially when he wants to see how his own kids develop. Buying a guy that can be a very serviceable PL CB for 4 years is a no-brainer, and if Dann wants to move to Liverpool for family and gets 4 more years in the PL then it seems like an easy solution for both sides. Not sure I see £8m as the price, but he fits the bill for the player needed.

Of course if Stones is off next year and it's Dann + Jags and the kids turn out to be utter turd, it'll be a stick-your-head-in-the-blender window next summer.

 

[Jayhow15]

Martinez needs to up his game. See Tony Pulis now has 2 ex-Wigan players signed. Thought we were market leaders on that front?

 

[Big Fat Sam]

We tried to get Reid in January.
Wanted a straight swap with Distin i think (At the time Reid wasn't signing a new deal)

pmsl at straight swap with Distin. For reals? Haha!

 

[MartSlinger]

pmsl at straight swap with Distin. For reals? Haha!

Something along those lines i think mate. We deffo wanted Reid though.

 

[Neiler]

Scott Dann is boss, have wanted him since his Brum days.

England international within the year.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Now when we are -2 CBs we need to get good man in.
I quess he should be experienced.