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Colin Calderwood
Ditto. How would he compare to Chris Gunter or Wayne Bridge at 21?
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Ben Davies
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Ditto. How would he compare to Chris Gunter or Wayne Bridge at 21?
AberYid
Steven Caulker
Well, very well. Davies is a confident and composed player. He won't do too much, and he'll never do too little. He'll get forward when appropriate, put crosses in, and accurate ones at that. He'll chip in with a goal or two. He'll help us to more than a few clean sheets too. If he signs, people will be laughing at how much money United wasted, and how much we underpaid. I've seen a lot of his games for Swansea, and all of them for Wales. He's never been the worst player on the pitch - but he'll always be one of the top 5. Exceptional player who knows what he's good at, and sticks to his job.
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indianspur
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Really? What faffing around have we done? Supposedly we've had an offer accepted. Have Liverpool? If Liverpool are genuinely interested, they could have just waited until we had an offer accepted at any point then matching it or gazumping it as they saw fit.
You think that clubs just randomly decide to sign players at a moments notice when they're not managed by Harry Redknapp? If Liverpool are interested, they've probably been interested for a while. So have we.
Ben Davies has a value. You don't just pay the value. You go in low and work your way up. Swansea start with a valuation higher than his value and work downwards.
You think Levy should just say "how much do you want?" "Ok, fine, cheques on its way?"
NickTB
Eidur Gudjohnsen
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indianspur
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We need a left back, it seems Poch decided this before starting pre season because we have been linked to Davies for quite a while, why should it take so long to get the deal done? Davies wasn't at the world cup, Liverpool have been after Moreno from Sevilla for an age, whilst they were doing that we should have concluded the Davies deal
That is faffing around, I mean we are talking about a 8 - 12 mill rated full back, for CL chasing team its no big deal really is it to pay such an amount.
Apparently we are not after many players at all, so the few positions we we need to strengthen should be sorted as quickly as possible. Especially defensively so Poch has as much time as possible to organise them into a unit during pure season.
Unless you have been party to the negotiations, you have no way of knowing why the deal hasn't been done yet.
It seems so simple doesnt it, I think you'd have a culture shock if you was actually chairman...
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indianspur
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Well it hasn't because he played last night
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indianspur
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OK let's just sit and wait
Kingdawson
Banned
Apparently ssn ran a story in the morning saying that Levy was reporting Swansea to the FA because Ben Davies was involved in their friendly last night and he had just signed for us for £10m earlier that day....
Ginola99
Steven Caulker
That is just so bizarre. I just couldn't imagine any truth in it as would Swansea do that, would Davies be stupid enough to play?
Didn't you get the memo? It's ALWAYS Levys fault if we don't sign a target or appoint a manager we've been linked with - there are no other factors at play
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indianspur
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What factors? This couldn't have been a more straightforward transfer.
We need a left back, identified Davies long ago, made an approach, player wanted to come, Swansea had Taylor and signed a young left back so Davies was free to leave, Swansea wanted 8 - 12 mill. This was all almost 3 weeks ago. Is it so hard to get such a deal over the line? At least for Poch's sake, he needs his defenders in place so he can work on them as early as possible in pre season so that the defence is ready for the start of the season.
What could the problem have been. I think levy tried to haggle hard as he usually does. Haggling is fine, but sometimes you have to look at a deal and realise that even if you overpay a little you are still getting a good deal. Even if we paid 12 mill for Davies, I don't see where we can find a left back as decent as him with PL experience for a cheaper sum, especially when you compare the deal to the 31 mill Utd paid for Shaw.
Even if youre right and Levy is trying to haggle its still not as easy as you make out. Anyway how do you know Davies wanted to come, has he announced anywhere that he wants to come to us? He could be stalling to see if Liverpool are interested, Swansea could be stalling the deal - its not all on Levy....
What other factors?
Swansea, Agents, Ben Davies to name the first three off the top of my head
Plus we could have other targets for the same position that we're also negotiating for - you seem to come across as though you think we hold all the cards and that it's as simple as identifying a target/clicking our fingers and then there he is at Hotspur Way holding up his replica shirt.
Swansea, Agents, Ben Davies to name the first three off the top of my head
Plus we could have other targets for the same position that we're also negotiating for - you seem to come across as though you think we hold all the cards and that it's as simple as identifying a target/clicking our fingers and then there he is at Hotspur Way holding up his replica shirt.
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indianspur
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The frustrating part is if he ends up elsewhere, I just wonder how long it is going to take to get someone else instead. Also at least with Davies he has proven he can handle the PL, has experience, is young, seems to be one that Poch wants, the price and wages are in our range
The only other one similar to this deal would be Pieters at Stoke but I've not seen us linked to him.
Blind, Rodriguez are talents, but both have no PL experince and will most likely cost more than Davies.
The only other one similar to this deal would be Pieters at Stoke but I've not seen us linked to him.
Blind, Rodriguez are talents, but both have no PL experince and will most likely cost more than Davies.
JerusalemMan
Chris Perry
Wow.
The (wilful?) naivety of this...
Ever bought a house and had to go through the various checks and legal processes and paperwork checks and delays down to other parties over which you had NO control?
Was it nice and rapid and concluded in a couple of weeks from start to finish? If so, you were damned lucky.
Wonder what a similar process is like but dealing with purchasing the services of a person with all the vested interests associated and it being a multi-million pound transaction..?
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indianspur
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Oh come on, transfers can be done in 1, 5, 20, 45 days.......they can be concluded quickly or can take time. How is it that Levy manages to sign so many players on transfer deadline day? In a matter of hours clubs are able to agree a fee, player signs contract, medical is done.
There is no rule, no set time for any transfer. Its all dependant on the clubs and the player wanting to get a deal done as soon as possible. It can be done.