Football Transfers Thread

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Fenerbahce set to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Diego Ribas - ESPN FC

The unfortunate expected exodus begins..

 

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Arsenal lead race as James Milner tells Manchester City he wants to leave | Football | The Guardian

Can't see us letting him leave this summer because that would just cause unnecessary problems in our attempt to meet the homegrown rule and the limit on our transfer spending is completely unaffected by money that comes from the sale of players, we can only spend ?60m, whether or not we sell players.

Mangala : I would prefer Chelsea over City

Obviously Chelsea are pretty well set at centre back, so don't take this as the start of a Mangala-to-Chelsea rumour, but it's nice to know that even if City manage to sign the man who I think is their top priority this summer (and I'd be slightly surprised if a deal got done with the FFP settlement now in force) he'd still rather have joined us. But I feel paying 40M for a defender who is still unproven at the highest level is a slight risk. He was not-so-good in some of the European matches. And at 40M you can get almost any defender, including the likes of Varane , Hummels et al.

City or Chelsea? Chelsea because it is London.

Nice to know, indeed.

 

[ParkedTheBus]

I've not been to either Manchester or London , but I guess London has better climate? It is because I have read/heard that Manchester is very rainy.

 

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It's just one of those big cities, with the likes of New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne, Madrid, Barcelona, Paris and Milan, where the opportunities and avenues are endless.

 

[ankurcshah]

True , I'd love to see King Didier back , but where would he fit as a player? Chelsea will most likely get a top class striker and Lukaku would return. I am not sure if anybody wants to buy Torres given his wage demands , so that automatically makes him Chelsea's third choice. Judging by Drogba's interviews , he still wants to play regularly. Will he be happy to be Chelsea's fourth choice? I am not sure about it. I would love him to take up a role like Giggs , i.e , a player-coach.

I am pretty sure he would play, but not regularly, He can come on as a sub and he is still quick if you had watched the CL game, Chelsea should start playing a

4 1 3 2​

Courtois​

Azpi​

,

Cahill Terry​

Iva (Luiz?)​

Matic​

Hazard​

Oscar​

Willian​

Costa​

(Torres/Manduzkic)​

Subs :

Salah Lampard, Schurrle, Cech,Drogba, Ba,Ramires

This would be a kickass team and we are the best team on paper unarguably

 

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I've not been to either Manchester or London , but I guess London has better climate? It is because I have read/heard that Manchester is very rainy.

I grew up in Manchester & its an solid 1st world city with its night life etc, but nothing spectacular. Best thing about the city is sports culture - otherwise it can get a bit dull, since its not as multi-ethnic like London.

But thankfully, its a labour government district (the UK version of the USA democrats).

When Ronaldo left United, I used to always say if Manchester was more like London he might have stayed ha...

 

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Can't see us letting him leave this summer because that would just cause unnecessary problems in our attempt to meet the homegrown rule, and the limit on our transfer spending is completely unaffected by money that comes from the sale of players, we can only spend ?60m, whether or not we sell players.

Ye I'm skeptical about it as well for reasons you stated.

 

[thedon5]

I've not been to either Manchester or London , but I guess London has better climate? It is because I have read/heard that Manchester is very rainy.

Yeah. He has a similar point of view to most of us, and if we think that there's a high chance he thinks the same thing. If I had the choice of living in any English city, it would be London.

It can be important for some people. Going from Portugal to Manchester is a big change (mind you so is Portugal to London).

 

[Anish.]

Yaya Toure considering leaving City because the club failed to wish him happy birthday

Apparently.

 

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I grew up in Manchester & its an solid 1st world city with its night life etc, but nothing spectacular. Best thing about the city is sports culture - otherwise it can get a bit dull, since its not as multi-ethnic like London.

But thankfully, its a labour government district (the UK version of the USA democrats).

When Ronaldo left United, I used to always say if Manchester was more like London he might have stayed ha...

It's just weird that for a country like England, there's only one of these cities like London.

Maybe if United were in London it would've kept him there a little longer, but I think he was always eventually going to end up at Real Madrid, the sort of mystique that club holds is just out of this world, the all whites, the whole deal, I can't tweaking stand them and even I get it.

Yaya Toure considering leaving City because the club failed to wish him happy birthday

Apparently.

Contract extension must be imminent.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

London would be like 9th on my list of British cities to live in.

 

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It's just weird that for a country like England, there's only one of these cities like London.

Maybe if United were in London it would've kept him there a little longer, but I think he was always eventually going to end up at Real Madrid, the sort of mystique that club holds is just out of this world, the all whites, the whole deal, I can't almighty tweaking stand them and even I get it.

Well to be fair, that just my view as a multi-racial English person that is heavily influenced by American/Caribbean lifestyle. London suits me & probably would most foreigners who want a good 1st experience of England.

But you would find a lot of old fashion English folk, born in the tacther era or before mainly, that isn't as fond of living in London, for the reasons foreigners would.

 

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Ofc, and often is the case, most Americans I know despise New York and Los Angeles, for the same reasons I loved it in those cities.

 

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Blackpool winger Thomas Ince keen on Inter Milan move - ESPN FC

Well it would certainly be nice chance to see a young English player a top foreign club.

 

[ParkedTheBus]

It would be nice to see Ince carry on the family legacy. His dad played for Inter as well.