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Transfers Summer 2018 transfer window

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They've signed Odriozola for £30,000,000 in the summer - whether or not he goes straight into the first time we'll see. I imagine him and Carvajal will battle it out pretty well.

Few other signings over the years have been Ceballos and Morata - but like you say, barely straight in the team and starting all season.
Off the top of my head I'd say Kroos was the last player they signed that went straight into their first team and has remained there.
 
They've signed Odriozola for £30,000,000 in the summer - whether or not he goes straight into the first time we'll see. I imagine him and Carvajal will battle it out pretty well.

Few other signings over the years have been Ceballos and Morata - but like you say, barely straight in the team and starting all season.

I thought Morata came through their academy.
 
I could be wrong here, and absolutely can't be bothered to check it out, but I reasonably confident that Real Madrid have signed absolutely no-one for their first team in 3 yrs now, maybe even longer than that. They have bought a few very young players and paid a lot for them too. Only young player that has stacked a claim to the first team has been Asensio.

*Even if I've missed a player that they have bought that has gone straight into their first team, there can't be many.
They've brought in Vinícius from Brazil for €43 million this summer (although the agreement was made last year, they had to wait till he turned 18).

Remains to be seen whether he makes the first team but he's causing quite a stir on their US tour, MotM vs Juve the other day
 
I quite like the look of Lobotka (Youtube, innit) he seems to move the ball quickly through the lines and has a nice low center of gravity. I'm assuming it would be one of Grealish, Brozovic or him? If any of them, obviously.
 
I quite like the look of Lobotka (Youtube, innit) he seems to move the ball quickly through the lines and has a nice low center of gravity. I'm assuming it would be one of Grealish, Brozovic or him? If any of them, obviously.

We must be getting desperate didn’t he die in season 2 of the wire?

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Looks like the deadline on Thursday is just a "soft deadline" according to ESPN.

"Worth pointing out that Thursday is only a "soft" transfer deadline day for EFL clubs. Players can still be signed on loan with a permanent agreement (activated on January 1) right up to August 31. So there will be permanent transfers still being done right through August."

So we could still loan players in then if that is true and make the transfers permanent in January
 
Looks like the deadline on Thursday is just a "soft deadline" according to ESPN.

"Worth pointing out that Thursday is only a "soft" transfer deadline day for EFL clubs. Players can still be signed on loan with a permanent agreement (activated on January 1) right up to August 31. So there will be permanent transfers still being done right through August."

So we could still loan players in then if that is true and make the transfers permanent in January
Just EFL clubs, no?
 
Looks like the deadline on Thursday is just a "soft deadline" according to ESPN.

"Worth pointing out that Thursday is only a "soft" transfer deadline day for EFL clubs. Players can still be signed on loan with a permanent agreement (activated on January 1) right up to August 31. So there will be permanent transfers still being done right through August."

So we could still loan players in then if that is true and make the transfers permanent in January

Makes sense.

We're saving ourselves sending any loans out until our squad has been confirmed. So we still may see the likes of Amos, CCV and even Onomah all sent out on loan.
 
Looks like the deadline on Thursday is just a "soft deadline" according to ESPN.

"Worth pointing out that Thursday is only a "soft" transfer deadline day for EFL clubs. Players can still be signed on loan with a permanent agreement (activated on January 1) right up to August 31. So there will be permanent transfers still being done right through August."

So we could still loan players in then if that is true and make the transfers permanent in January

Wow!....it’s almost as if the club know more than the fans.

I’m fairly certain John Thomas, Dane and Scott have passed this info on to Poch and Levy, and probably that’s why the club are still calm.

Thanks internet fans! Running football clubs since 2012.
 
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I understand the Levy haters. Why he’s frustrating. He doesn’t talk like others either. Never explains himself, never defends himself. Never brags about the likes of transfers such as Dele or Bale either.
But Levy doesn’t get credit for them signings above.
Pochettino does.

Those players cost us what £50-60m. I’d say that is magic.
And they weren’t ‘years’ ago.
This just isn't true though. Apart from Sanchez and to a lesser extent Alderweireld, those players you mentioned are all punts who have been turned into good signings by our greatest manager in decades. The reality is our transfer strategy has been flawed for years and years. Our success on the field in recent seasons is for the most part in spite of our work in the market, not because of it, and anyone who has convinced themselves otherwise is just deluded.
 
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