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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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70m with add ons is not as ridiculous as you’re making out.

I’d expect agreement to be found 10m higher for a player with one year left on their contract. Can’t be many, if any, players who have gone for more with only a year left.

IF it happens - who would we like to see come in?
 
LeParisien said:
70m with add ons is not as ridiculous as you’re making out.

I’d expect agreement to be found 10m higher for a player with one year left on their contract. Can’t be many, if any, players who have gone for more with only a year left.

IF it happens - who would we like to see come in?
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A left winger.

We'd be silly not to start Son as the #9 in an Ange system. He's tailor made for it.
 
LeParisien said:
70m with add ons is not as ridiculous as you’re making out.

I’d expect agreement to be found 10m higher for a player with one year left on their contract. Can’t be many, if any, players who have gone for more with only a year left.

IF it happens - who would we like to see come in?
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Real paid 120m with addons for Hazard with one year left on his contract. Kane is better than Hazard, and while there are many great wingers like Vinicius, Kane is a sigular standout in the striker market.

Also, paying now is the only way Bayern gets Kane, if he's free next summer he'll go to Man City or Real. Either club will happily match whatever Kane's salary requirements are.

Pretty sure Barca paid 50m for Lewa who is 5 years older than Kane, and not as good.
 
LeParisien said:
Kane is homegrown (and club trained). Would you go HG or find the best possible player regardless of nationality?

I like Kolo Muani and Olise but neither are left wingers.
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I honestly don't know who'd I'd go for tbh. It's a really thin market for availability. If we were wanting to keep Son out there, Id be tempted by Hojlund up top. But Son would genuinely be perfect there
 
What would constitute a good summer for most?

For me realistically based on who is leaving and who should be going I would say 1 GK, 2/3 CB’s, 1 CM, 1 winger, 1 AM. So about 6-7 ish players. With a final team something like

GK

Vicario
Forster

Defence: we need a top CB and perhaps a young cheaper CB, would even take Lenglet as a 3 rd spare if it’s just £5m but ideally someone better. Dier, Rodon, Tanganga, Sanchez, Regulion and maybe Sessegnon need to leave.

RB. RCB. LCB. LB
Porro Romero Elite CB Udogie
Emerson Young CB Cheap CB Davies

Midfield: Hatate is probably the most realistic given Celtic links

CM CM CM
Bentancur Bissouma Hatate
Devine Skipp Sarr

Attack: Maddison can play as a false winger, behind the striker or as the most advanced mid so not sure how he would be used.

Right. ST. Left
Maddison. Kane. Son
Kulusevski. Richarlison. Jota
Gil

Will leave a lot to be sold/moved on. List is huge. Lloris, Dier, Rodon, Sessegnon, Sanchez, Perisic, Tanganga, Lo Celso, Ndombele, Lucas, Winks, Hojbjerg, Regulion.
 
Starks said:
I honestly don't know who'd I'd go for tbh. It's a really thin market for availability. If we were wanting to keep Son out there, Id be tempted by Hojlund up top. But Son would genuinely be perfect there
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Ivan Toney seems like the best gettable option. Yeah, he's a twat with the betting stuff and we'd get no use out of him for some weeks/months, but he's a decent quality player with some decent link up play.
 
Macch said:
So he Ange needs fullbacks who double as holding CMs. Sheesh. We don’t have those.
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There's a lot we don't have, bar deadwood, we have a lot of that!

Maybe Danny can start a Paper mill in the basement, next to the go karts?

Think Stephen Colbert GIF by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
 

Tottenham close in on deal to sign James Maddison from Leicester​

By Charlie Eccleshare

Tottenham Hotspur are closing in on a deal to sign James Maddison from Leicester City.
The 26-year-old, who has just one more year left to run on his contract at Leicester, has also attracted interest from Newcastle United but Tottenham are heavy favourites to secure his signature.
Spurs and Leicester are in talks and are working towards an agreement, which is expected to be reached this week. Leicester are holding out for £60million ($76.4m), while Spurs are prepared to make an offer worth around £40m up front plus add-ons.

Personal terms are not thought to be an issue, while Newcastle, who had two bids for the England international rejected last summer are focused on completing the signing of Sandro Tonali and other targets.
Maddison, who arrived from Norwich City in 2018, made 32 appearances for Leicester in all competitions in 2022-23, scoring 10 goals and recording nine assists. But he was unable to prevent the former Premier League winners from suffering their first relegation since they dropped down to League One in 2008.

Leicester face a significant summer as they look to reshape their squad with new manager Enzo Maresca at the helm. Youri Tielemans has joined Aston Villa, while the club have also confirmed that Caglar Soyuncu, Ayoze Perez, Daniel Amartey, Nampalys Mendy and Ryan Bertrand will be leaving this summer.

The Athletic has reported that Harvey Barnes is expected to be in demand while others — like Timothy Castagne, Dennis Praet, Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi — could also be sold as the wage bill is cut.

Tottenham are seeking an overhaul of their own under new boss Ange Postecoglou after slumping to an eighth-placed finish that saw them miss out on European football.

Why is Maddison in demand?​

Analysis by Rob Tanner
Maddison was clearly Leicester’s player of the year — not only did he score 10 goals from midfield, but he also provided nine assists. And he is the main sellable asset, along with Harvey Barnes, in the Leicester squad.

He has improved every aspect of his game over the past two seasons. His standout 2021-22 season propelled him into the upper echelons of English midfielders in the Premier League, and his continued form in a side desperately struggling this season finally earned him a return to the England squad.
While his form has been fairly consistent, how he has been utilised has not. He has been used as a No 8 in midfield, off the right of the front three, and in behind the main striker as a No 10 — arguably his best position — but it hasn’t disrupted his displays.

He will have to be sold off to help finance the huge squad rebuild that must take place this summer. How much Leicester can demand for him now relegation is confirmed remains to be seen.
 
KaneIsAble said:
Ivan Toney seems like the best gettable option. Yeah, he's a twat with the betting stuff and we'd get no use out of him for some weeks/months, but he's a decent quality player with some decent link up play.
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In a perfect world it would be Osimhen but unlikely. Gettable options could be Vlahovic, Lautaro Martinez and Gonçalo Ramos. IMHO Kane might be a bit slow for Ange’s fast paced football.
 
KaneIsAble said:
Real paid 120m with addons for Hazard with one year left on his contract. Kane is better than Hazard, and while there are many great wingers like Vinicius, Kane is a sigular standout in the striker market.

Also, paying now is the only way Bayern gets Kane, if he's free next summer he'll go to Man City or Real. Either club will happily match whatever Kane's salary requirements are.

Pretty sure Barca paid 50m for Lewa who is 5 years older than Kane, and not as good.
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You can’t compare Kane and Hazard as they play in different positions.
 
A Tuba said:
Porro, Richarlison and Maddison are all CAA Base, as is Postecoglou (and a number of our other players). Not sure we are profile driven.
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People are reading WAY to much into the Base thing...... These are all players that had strong appeal within the fanbase... Are they all getting backhanders from Base too?

Mendez/Wolves this is not.
 
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