The transfer window is officially open and record are probably going to be shattered this summer. Time for a new thread.
Soccer 2016-2017
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My dislike of Wenger has grown month by month for a while now. If he fucks up this summer again by not signing a CB and a CF then he really should just fuck off and die. But knowing Arsenal they will most likely give him another 3 year contract.
Asshat Brando
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We have buy back clauses on both Ibe and Canos. I don't really see where he would get games this year with the lack of CL/EL games and the size of the squad already. And lets be honest, he was pretty terrible last year. 15m pounds for a 20 year old that so far has shown no game intelligence or end product is pretty good.
Quineloe
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Mario Gomez refuses to play another year for Besiktas Istanbul for really fucking obvious reasons and gets his facebook page shat upon by aloha snackbars
https://www.facebook.com/mario33gome...type=3&theater
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Fergies fault for playing Rafael in CM, then bringing scholes out of retirement, Pogba was obviously a good talent we had available when we were desperate for midfielders. Oh well. He's not worth the money.
PS, he wasn't sold, he left on a free transfer.
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Liverpool complete deal to sign Ragnar Klavan - Liverpool FC
looks like a solid deal and a steal for that kind of money
looks like a solid deal and a steal for that kind of money
Asshat Brando
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I said this in last years thread in that half of all transfers fail and lets wait until the player actually plays for the new team before saying a transfer is amazing. I think Pogba could be a great signing for ManU if it comes off for a hell of a lot of money. Granted I said that about Schneiderlin last year and quite frankly he was shit and then Di Maria the year before. It doesn't always work out for a variety of reasons. For Pogba in particular, he has been surrounded by other great CM's at Juve (Marchisio/Vidal/Pirlo/etc) and now with this fee will be expected to carry ManU without other great CM's around him. He seems to be a CM that needs freedom to pull off singular moments of quality, not one to dominate an entire midfield and dictate a game. Match that with the lightning quick Rooney/Zlatan combo in front of him and it will be interesting to say the least to see how it plays out.
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I think the EPL is wide open this year with Spuds the favorite:
Leicester - Lost Konte, likely to lose Mahrez, top 8 would be realistic as they now have CL games
Arsenal - Wenger is refusing to spend, the squad isn't improving. Top 4 challenger at best
ManC - Guardiola is instituting a new system, doesn't know which players fit that and has never coached in a league where there are no true shit teams anymore. Title challenger on talent alone but I expect a lot of hiccups along the way making for just a steady Top 4
ManU - I've always tried to be honest in these assessments at the beginning of the year with my usual LFC tint if anybody remembers my old write-ups but I'm sorry, fuck Mourinho. Complete betrayal of everything ManU stands for from Busby on up. Relegation candidates.
Spurs - Last day meltdown aside, settled side that keeps adding quality better than they had and hasn't lost anybody. Title challengers.
LFC - Left back aside, we have good depth in every position. Just a question of can Klopp get the tactics right from game to game as we have 1 game a week basically this year. Top 4 challengers.
West Ham - Dark horse Top 4 thanks to the bullshit Olympic Stadium deal, looks a quality side.
Leicester - Lost Konte, likely to lose Mahrez, top 8 would be realistic as they now have CL games
Arsenal - Wenger is refusing to spend, the squad isn't improving. Top 4 challenger at best
ManC - Guardiola is instituting a new system, doesn't know which players fit that and has never coached in a league where there are no true shit teams anymore. Title challenger on talent alone but I expect a lot of hiccups along the way making for just a steady Top 4
ManU - I've always tried to be honest in these assessments at the beginning of the year with my usual LFC tint if anybody remembers my old write-ups but I'm sorry, fuck Mourinho. Complete betrayal of everything ManU stands for from Busby on up. Relegation candidates.
Spurs - Last day meltdown aside, settled side that keeps adding quality better than they had and hasn't lost anybody. Title challengers.
LFC - Left back aside, we have good depth in every position. Just a question of can Klopp get the tactics right from game to game as we have 1 game a week basically this year. Top 4 challengers.
West Ham - Dark horse Top 4 thanks to the bullshit Olympic Stadium deal, looks a quality side.
