They had their transfer ban lifted then? Otherwise they aren't signing anyone.

I imagine they are banned from signing players the same way everyone else are "banned" from signing players outside transfer windows. In other words, pretty sure they can make deals the same way as we signed Podolski before he was able to play for us.

Rex wrote:

They had their transfer ban lifted then? Otherwise they aren't signing anyone.

They can still sign players but they can't play for the club till the end of the ban.

Alright, then.

The "ban" is simply not being able to register new players until Jan 2016. Of course they can buy.

Of course, but nothing they do will have any effect on how the summer pans out. Last summer their purchase of Bitey opened up for us signing Alexis.

Maybe not this summer, but I don't see how Barcelona buying a RB who is someone else than Hector isn't good news for us.

frusciante wrote:

apparently barcelona are signing aleix vidal from sevilla who is a right wingback which should be very good news for us

That is an inspired signing for them. Vidal is as attacking as it gets for a rightback.

Alf would like him, he sounds like he would go to war.

Vidal is official now. Confirmed by Sevilla

He's a quality player.

Called it a few weeks ago. Dani Alves leaving, Vidal being Catalan and playing a similar game etc, he'll probably train with them a few weeks before going back on loan or something.

jones wrote:

Called it a few weeks ago. Dani Alves leaving, Vidal being Catalan and playing a similar game etc, he'll probably train with them a few weeks before going back on loan or something.

Good news for us as Bellerin is safe now! Interesting that their fullbacks were academy cast offs(Alba and Vidal). 20m euros is a high price for a player who was only bought for 4m last year though.

Not sure about that. Bellerin is six years younger than Vidal, if Bellerin develops as we hope he will the club will have to match his output as well. Not too worried right now, good sign also that he already speaks the language better than Cesc does now after ten years in the country.

So his DNA mightn't be as infected so severely........

Gervinho getting his big payday. Good for him. He'll probably be bored out of his mind, or maybe he'll like the idea of getting 30 goals a season.

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Sam ‏@samuelJayC
Jackson Martinez's agent confirms striker will leave @FCPorto this week after "top European club" activated £25.8m release clause.

HomeSteak wrote:

Sam ‏@samuelJayC  
Jackson Martinez's agent confirms striker will leave @FCPorto this week after "top European club" activated £25.8m release clause.

Not us.

Pity, I still wanted khedira.

We be gettin' Vidal!!!

Marcheesy ow hopefully

Have a lot of respect for what Juve are doing. Their summer is two days old and they've already bagged Khedira and Dybala. Khedira could be a replacement for Vidal, but they've sorted their team out quickly.

Pirlo is going to MLS, Pogba is wanted by Barca. No wonder they need additions. Same goes for their forward line - there's talks of Tevez wanting to leave and Real using their buyback clause for Morata.

Gunner89 wrote:

Think Danilo was their first choice though.

Quite surprised that Madrid signed him.

I hope one of Danilo/Cavajal gets sick of being on the bench and we sign him.

Ballague claims that Barca's first choice was Danilo, but he was too expensive for them.

marv3llous wrote:

Not us.

On twitter heard a few rumours the team in question is Valencia.

JazzG wrote:

marv3llous wrote:

Not us.

On twitter heard a few rumours the team in question is Valencia.

Makes sense, since Milan apparently want Negredo.

JazzG wrote:

marv3llous wrote:

Not us.

On twitter heard a few rumours the team in question is Valencia.

That seems legit, given that Peter Lim manages Martinez's agent company.

He is using his connections to sign alot of Portugese League players and earning a profit from the agent fees.

From The Sun.

Manchester United want Atletico Madrid striker Mario Mandzukic, 29, a year after he joined the Spanish club from Bayern Munich for £18.5m.