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Transfer Rumour Discussion Thread

DubaiSpur said:
I remember reading it on either the Guardian or the Mail's websites when they broke the story. I have no reason to doubt it, though: why else would Lyon sell us one of the world's best goalkeepers for a relatively paltry 12 million pound fee?

These clauses are everywhere in football, and I don't think Levy can afford to miss out on a player because he doesn't like them.

It's not like we have to pay Lyon 50 percent of his future fee, after all, just fifty percent of the profit we gain from his resale. We could sell him for 13 million, which means we'd only have to pay Lyon 500,000 quid, if the quoted transfer fee for Lloris is accurate. So it isn't as much of a burden as you seem to think it is.
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Nobody mentioned this at the time? Very hard to believe Levy would agree to that, particularly since there is no such thing as a straight 'profit calculation' on a player due to amortisation yadda yadda badaboom badabing
 
scotty220 said:
Never really seen him play, what sort of player would you say he was?
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He's an AM, not exactly a prolific one either if my memory serves me correctly. Would be rather expensive too, unless there are contract issues i am unaware of.



Does Lloris know him? Iirc they both played at Lyon for a bit, but not sure if there was an overlap..
 
Spursalot said:
He's an AM, not exactly a prolific one either if my memory serves me correctly. Would be rather expensive too, unless there are contract issues i am unaware of.



Does Lloris know him? Iirc they both played at Lyon for a bit, but not sure if there was an overlap..
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Indeed. They were both part of the Lyon team that knocked Real Madrid out of the Champions League back in 2010!
 
Pandy said:
All of my knowledge of him is from FM... where would he fit in for us? CM with Dembele and Sandro? Or would he be more akin to Sig/Dempsey?
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CM next to Dembele and in front of Sandro. Would be a brilliant. Very hard working footballer with a brilliant pass on him.
 
Mumorn said:
CM next to Dembele and in front of Sandro. Would be a brilliant. Very hard working footballer with a brilliant pass on him.
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Pjanic has been playing behind the striker most of his career so what makes you think he can play in a deeper CM position?
 
Kingdawson said:
Pjanic has been playing behind the striker most of his career so what makes you think he can play in a deeper CM position?
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I've seen him play there numerous times for Roma and he looked better there. He doesn't score enough goals. It was like Real Madrid playing Modric more advanced in his early time there, great player but not his strongest position. I also see the same with Holtby, I think he should be playing deeper as opposed to more advanced.
 
Kingdawson said:
Pjanic has been playing behind the striker most of his career so what makes you think he can play in a deeper CM position?
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If he was to play alongside Dembele and Sandro I'd assume he would be given the most creative/attacking role of the three irrespective of whether Dembele was as advanced as him or was to form a double-pivot with Sandro with Pjanic in front, so he would end up playing between the lines a fair bit anyway. Obviously I have no idea how suited he would be to playing deeper, especially in the Premiership where pressure in midfield is intense and very physical, but if he is hardworking and a capable passer he sounds like the sort of player we're looking for. #10 is an out-dated position now anyway, I expect (hope) any young midfielder nowadays will be coached to play far more dynamic roles.

The only player I can envisage playing off the striker with any regularity next season is Bale. I have a feeling we will use 4-3-3 with Bale coming in from the right as our regular tactic next year. A CM three without many goals in them but with a lot of industry and creativity (the latter we currently lack), a front 3 with pace, strength and plenty of goals between them (we currently lack 2 of these players...).
 
Pandy said:
If he was to play alongside Dembele and Sandro I'd assume he would be given the most creative/attacking role of the three irrespective of whether Dembele was as advanced as him or was to form a double-pivot with Sandro with Pjanic in front, so he would end up playing between the lines a fair bit anyway. Obviously I have no idea how suited he would be to playing deeper, especially in the Premiership where pressure in midfield is intense and very physical, but if he is hardworking and a capable passer he sounds like the sort of player we're looking for. #10 is an out-dated position now anyway, I expect (hope) any young midfielder nowadays will be coached to play far more dynamic roles.

The only player I can envisage playing off the striker with any regularity next season is Bale. I have a feeling we will use 4-3-3 with Bale coming in from the right as our regular tactic next year. A CM three without many goals in them but with a lot of industry and creativity (the latter we currently lack), a front 3 with pace, strength and plenty of goals between them (we currently lack 2 of these players...).
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Go watch some videos of him on Youtube (mainly the ones which show his highlights throughout a game, those are usually 5+ minutes long) but you can see where he picks the ball up most of the time and it's usually in deep positions. He'd most certainly work in the Premier League.. Remember, Modric used to be essentially a left sided player before coming to the Prem and even played off the striker for his country at times, we moved him deeper and the rest is history.. Dembele too, used to be a striker and play off the striker before he was eventually moved to central midfield which is clearly his best position.
 
100% we won't sign David Villa. The proposed deal reminds me of Sneijder's move last year, a lot of talk which amounted to zero in the end and may well have instead helped his move to Galatasaray.

I think we are are named as an interested club as it prompts other teams to make their transfer moves for the player. I could be wrong though as this is just my thoughts.
 
El Guepardo said:
100% we won't sign David Villa. The proposed deal reminds me of Sneijder's move last year, a lot of talk which amounted to zero in the end and may well have instead helped his move to Galatasaray.

I think we are are named as an interested club as it prompts other teams to make their transfer moves for the player. I could be wrong though as this is just my thoughts.
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Agree. Minimal chance. It's his last contract so he won't risk joining us
 
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