Summer transfer window 2023

[nsno-chris]

@nsno-chris

Probably the best thing I’ll read all year

A new level of bellendism has arisen

 

[Tony’s Carp]

Yeah something feels off. I would like to be positive but I just can't see past the mess we're in and the constant negligence and incompetence we've been subjected to over the years. If (and it's a Andre the Giant sized IF) we pull this off then maybe I'll believe things are changing but the sceptic in me sees this as another "oh well, we tried for this player, what more do you want?"

Tbh most of the “no way we can do this, must be a fake bid” takes are the same as we heard before signing Onana. No one knows the actual financial numbers.

If it wasn’t for some “ITK” types, none of whom work for the club, saying otherwise we’d all assume we had a decent sized budget from the Gordon and Kean sales.

The budget will be a closely guarded secret and if those saying there is zero money are wrong it’s not like the club would bother correcting them.

 

[sandybrownsbighead]

The guy who first broke our interest in EBT three weeks ago (Sacha Tavolieri) also explained that we were offering stage payments over a multi-year (five) deal. Paraphrasing a Chairman Bill saying from the Moyes era you don’t need £30m to buy a £30m player. This is how we afford him IF he chooses us.

That's brilliant. I can't imagine that kind of thinking ever getting us into any kind of mess.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

I’ll be the new ITK

I can confirm we may or may not sign players sooner or later but definitely won’t be buying anyone on Sept 3rd

Friday or next Friday or maybe the Friday after or maybe not Friday at all

@MrGrumpy any updates mate.

 

[Stuartisitc1878]

So we won’t sign EBT, Toure or Iheanacho but will somehow get Lukaku, who is absolutely levels above the others.

on loan like. No way we are signing him on a permanent

 

[BlueStevie35]

on loan like. No way we are signing him on a permanent

There’s no way he’ll even entertain coming back here

 

[john jako]

Someone who can rotate with Dom then. Sounds like what we actually need.

Rotate with DCL? You mean 37.5 games for toure and 0.5 for DCL.

 

[Simon Buttle]

There’s no way he’ll even entertain coming back here

I wouldn't want him tbh, he is a proper diva who is never happy about anything. He was happy at Inter for about a year and that seems to be the only time he has ever not been a miserable sod in his entire career.

 

[Toffeeslam]

So we won’t sign EBT, Toure or Iheanacho but will somehow get Lukaku, who is absolutely levels above the others.

Drugs don’t work lad

 

[blueblue]

Ikeanacho will suit us better than El Bipolar Toure

Why ?

 

[Tony’s Carp]

I reckon they will go for Ward-Prowse instead, can't see the Onana to West Ham transfer happening.

Might go for JWP, but he’d surely be in addition to a Rice replacement not be the Rice replacement.

 

[ToffeeTim]

There’s no way he’ll even entertain coming back here

Unfortunately not, and I doubt we could afford his wages anyway

There is a very good argument that he played the best football of his career with us, but we were just a stepping stone, and that's fair enough.

 

[st.domingo]

Rotate with DCL? You mean 37.5 games for toure and 0.5 for DCL.

Never give up hope

 

[TheFinnFan]

Why ?

Prem proven. Decent goal scorer and would be instantly ready for opening XI

 

[Chewbacca]

Dislocated shoulder is usually between 2-6 months out. Depending on if surgery is needed.

That’s a one week injury for speedway riders who have to hold on to a motorbike on a dirt track at 60mph. It’s only 2-6 months for weightlifters and javelin throwers.