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Summer Transfer Window 2017

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SANCHES TO MILAN?

The future of Portugal international Renato Sanches looks to be away from Bayern Munich after the 19-year-old made just six Bundesliga starts for the champions last season.

The 19-year-old is the latest player wanted by Milan who could agree a €7million loan fee.

We should have been all over him + Tielemans at the beginning of the window.
 
Milan signing Bonucci is exactly what we should be trying with a Van Dijk - throw £££ around and make a statement and the other top players will follow. Problem is we see a player play for a CL club/being chased by a CL club and back off thinking we haven't a chance.

We need to change the mentality of the club, it's okay signing players for relative big money from your midtable clubs it's another to get them from the club's dining at the top of the table/in big demand.
Ronnie will know the players view on this. They have the same agent and VVD is on record as saying he still speaks to Koeman. If the player is open to a move here I'm sure Ronnie will do his best to make that happen. But we're not going to waste anyone's time making bids on players that may see where we are now as below where they want to be. We'll end up looking like West Ham.
 
Ronnie will know the players view on this. They have the same agent and VVD is on record as saying he still speaks to Koeman. If the player is open to a move here I'm sure Ronnie will do his best to make that happen. But we're not going to waste anyone's time making bids on players that may see where we are now as below where they want to be. We'll end up looking like West Ham.

Agreed. VVD will have been sounded out at the end of last season and probably said he´ll only consider a club in the CL.

With all the teams in premier league cash rich the CL is more important than ever.
 

Ronnie will know the players view on this. They have the same agent and VVD is on record as saying he still speaks to Koeman. If the player is open to a move here I'm sure Ronnie will do his best to make that happen. But we're not going to waste anyone's time making bids on players that may see where we are now as below where they want to be. We'll end up looking like West Ham.

I honestly don't think we have/willing to spend the sort of money required to make those bids in all honesty. Siggurdsson at £40-45 million is likely to be the most money we'll spend on a player - the elite players that will cost us £60-70 million I just can't see us being able to afford.

The shame in that is if we signed a Van Dijk or a Belloti is that players like Giroud then stand up and think "I want a bit of that" that's why Moshiri's biggest mistake has been not getting that statement signing in, who knows it might have even kept Rom for another year or so...
 
I honestly don't think we have/willing to spend the sort of money required to make those bids in all honesty. Siggurdsson at £40-45 million is likely to be the most money we'll spend on a player - the elite players that will cost us £60-70 million I just can't see us being able to afford.

The shame in that is if we signed a Van Dijk or a Belloti is that players like Giroud then stand up and think "I want a bit of that" that's why Moshiri's biggest mistake has been not getting that statement signing in, who knows it might have even kept Rom for another year or so...
You may well be right mate. We will have a maximum transfer budget which will also be measured by what sales we make. The uncertainty surrounding Barkley and the injury to Mori will also have muddied the waters somewhat. But I'm pretty sure a lot of discussions will be going on behind the scenes with both clubs and agents, and Walsh/Koeman will have some ideas of which players are willing to at least speak to us. I can't see us going after any players who don't fit that bracket.

As regards statement signings, don't underestimate what signing Rooney has done for us. As a player, he is still well respected worldwide and lot's of players would have sat up and taken notice when he signed for us.
 
You may well be right mate. We will have a maximum transfer budget which will also be measured by what sales we make. The uncertainty surrounding Barkley and the injury to Mori will also have muddied the waters somewhat. But I'm pretty sure a lot of discussions will be going on behind the scenes with both clubs and agents, and Walsh/Koeman will have some ideas of which players are willing to at least speak to us. I can't see us going after any players who don't fit that bracket.

As regards statement signings, don't underestimate what signing Rooney has done for us. As a player, he is still well respected worldwide and lot's of players would have sat up and taken notice when he signed for us.

Yes, but Lukaku exiting at the same time sort of takes the shine of that, doesn´t it.

For me, only thing we´ve done so far is spend the Lukaku money, just like last season all we did was spend the Stones money. Yet to be convinced we´ve even bid for Sigurdsson or that we´ll spend any more this window.
 

Yes, but Lukaku exiting at the same time sort of takes the shine of that, doesn´t it.

For me, only thing we´ve done so far is spend the Lukaku money, just like last season all we did was spend the Stones money. Yet to be convinced we´ve even bid for Sigurdsson or that we´ll spend any more this window.
I disagree, but there's many who think the same as you. I'll be surprised, and more than a little bit disappointed, if we don't end up with a positive net spend of £50m this summer. Not that I think the net spend is the be all/end all. It's just that we have a huge rebuilding job to do and if we want to seriously challenge top 4 this coming season then that is what's required.
 
Did they not get the Chinese takeover then? I can't keep up with what goes on in Italian football. As sketchy as Klopps dye job!
 

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