Summer Transfer Window 2017

[bluestevon]

and judging by how happy they are to wish Klassen good luck, they are more than happy to see there players move on to a different league

It's a weird mentality, they tend to see a move for one of their home grown players as a good thing if they go to a higher level of competition - one of the big leagues etc.

Suppose it spreads the brand of Ajax and continues the story of their clubs academy being amongst the greatest etc

 

[KaiserEFC]

Not sure how I feel on Dembele, certainly knocked a few goals in for Celtic, but Scott Sinclair tore that league up.

Certainly more of a gamble than a risk if we throw money at him, not sure He's the right player tbh

 

[sageyefc]

Got to factor in Dembelé's age. Very rare for a striker in any league at his age to be scoring at that rate.

It's the spl, kone would slot 30 in that league

 

[EFCccc]

I'd be buzzing with Celtics Dembelle.

 

[Sharpattack]

Dembele is at best average. Anyone, even of moderate ability, should be able to score in that league

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

It's the spl, kone would slot 30 in that league

Let's not be daft.

 

[Cadamarteri's Sandwich]

I watched Celtic quite a lot last season, and the lad looks different class in that league. Some of his touches are unreal. Whether that would transfer to the PL I don't know, but there's much bigger gambles from further afield.

 

[sageyefc]

Let's not be daft.

Dead serious

 

[Harryflashman]

Let's not be daft.

Whilst not completely dismissing Dembele , To partially agree with the posters overall sentiment dembele scored 17 in 29 in the league . Lewis moult whose former clubs included Alfreton and Nuneaton got 15 in 31 at a badly struggling Motherwell side .

It's a very very poor league and he's playing in the best side by some distance , as has been said Scott Sinclair looks a superstar .

Dembele might be a player but it'd be a risk and certainly at that price .

 

[Pabbers]

If we can get Keane and Sandro done, singing Demebele would defo push me past a semi.

 

[ijjysmith]

I watched Celtic quite a lot last season, and the lad looks different class in that league. Some of his touches are unreal. Whether that would transfer to the PL I don't know, but there's much bigger gambles from further afield.

Im not sure there is at the price they'd want for him.

 

[Great Dane]

People were saying the same of van Dijk - crap league and it will be a gamble...

 

[Zatara]

Nah, if you sign a player of that potential (and already a very good quality) he plays in his proper position.

But we don't have to worry about it. He's not coming here, this summer, at least

Get Sandro in, and he's a player that fills two roles (wide forward and central). Kev is then a rotation option for the wide forward role.

Presuming Lukaku goes, we still need a player who can act as our target man (links to Jorgensen, Willian Jose etc) and then a player who is more of a poacher to rotate as well.

That is basing it on the Koeman template that me and @MorgsGoat like to use that his front three (in either a 4-3-3, a variant thereof, or a 3-4-3) contains a 'focal point' and then a player who has pace to burn on one flank and a bit of creativity on the other (ideally, this will be Barkley. If he goes, probably Sigurdsson). We then obviously have Bolasie to consider when he comes back into the fold, while Lookman and DCL will also get plenty of minutes.

I think we could get Dolberg. Klaassen is here now and I think he's fine to stay at Ajax and develop but also would be open to Koeman.

His comments about staying were then dismissed by him a few days later, hes basically said hes happy there but not discounting anything.

Honestly, if its a choice of the feyenoord forward or a potentially world class player for a bit more cash then the choice seems obvious to me

 

[toffeeblue9]

People were saying the same of van Dijk - crap league and it will be a gamble...

It is this which has me in two minds

There are obviously some potentially good players in Scotland, but how do you know when taking a gamble is worth it

Demebele looks good, but worth a punt at about £40m? I just don't know. That's a fair chunk of cash, even in the heady Moshiri days

 

[Zatara]

Absolutely. Though I'm not sure we could get Dolberg yet. Id happily have Iheanacho and Dembele in though, ideally with Batshuyai as part of the swap!

I wouldn't even look at batshuyai.

For me, its Sandro on the left, dolberg in the centre and a 'lets see' on the right...