Other Clubs transfer thread Summer 2016

Gunner89

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/feb/15/joel-matip-liverpool-schalke-transfer-signing

Schalke confirm Liverpool to sign Matip

Khanuppet

Don't know if this goes here but rumors about Simeone to chelsea worry me. Rate him highly and think his brand of managing would be particularly effective with their squad.

marv3llous

Nothing we can do about it though.

est

Except for offering him Wenger's job.

Don't think he'd want to go to Chelsea at the moment. He's got a good thing going at Atletico. Loads of exciting young talent to work with.

Mirth

est wrote:
Except for offering him Wenger's job.

Don't think he'd want to go to Chelsea at the moment. He's got a good thing going at Atletico. Loads of exciting young talent to work with.

Chelsea are supposedly willing to double his wages.

est

How much would that make?

We're not exactly penny-pinching when it comes to the manager's wages either.

marv3llous

Simeone would find himself much more at home at Chelsea, im sure. He's a tough cunt as well, their squad and club owner reflects this as well.

Mirth

est wrote:
How much would that make?

We're not exactly penny-pinching when it comes to the manager's wages either.

Apparently he's on the modest sum of £4.4m p.a. Double that would be slightly more than what Wenger currently makes, which we can easily afford.

But my point is that a wage rise could be the biggest incentive for him to switch from At. Madrid to another club. In terms of everything else, though, I think he's better off staying in Spain.

GaelForce

marv3llous wrote:
Simeone would find himself much more at home at Chelsea, im sure. He's a tough cunt as well, their squad and club owner reflects this as well.

Don't think the current Chelsea squad is filled with many Simeone players. It's a significant rebuilding job on the cards for them, whoever the next manager is.

Ray

Simeone is also smart enough to know, if he takes the Chelsea job he would be out of it within 2-3 years.

marv3llous

GaelForce wrote:
marv3llous wrote:
Simeone would find himself much more at home at Chelsea, im sure. He's a tough cunt as well, their squad and club owner reflects this as well.

Don't think the current Chelsea squad is filled with many Simeone players. It's a significant rebuilding job on the cards for them, whoever the next manager is.

Neither is ours. He is a cut-throat manager and Chelsea is a cut-throat club. They suit each other. We have a board reluctant to invest any significant money into a rebuild. He is much better off at Chelsea, where he would get all the right tools in his disposal to do what he wants. Until he eventually gets sacked, of course.

Khanuppet

Ray wrote:
Simeone is also smart enough to know, if he takes the Chelsea job he would be out of it within 2-3 years.

He'll make as much in 3 years at Chelsea as he would in 6 years at Athletico. Hardly a huge negative.

Gunner89

Lille attacking midfielder Sofiane Boufal is set to leave the club at the end of the season, according to L’Équipe.

BWoolley

Posted it in the ManU thread as well, but they supposedly have an agreement with Lazio to sign Felipe Anderson for EUR 60 mm. http://www.football-italia.net/80225/lotito-%E2%80%98anderson-united-%E2%82%AC60m%E2%80%99

Klaus

Well annoying if true. Potential-wise Anderson is a Martial level talent, but he's clearly struggling in a rigid Lazio side where he doesn't get creative freedom to do his thing. There are big question marks surrounding his mentality and his abiliy to adapt to new environments too. It just makes no sense for Manchester United to buy him. I saw Martial lose the ball when he attempted a dribble the other day, and immediately afterwards they cut to the bench where van Gaal looked like he was going to have a heart attack.

Shady

Van Gaal will be gone soon.

Will he be a success under Mourinho though?

Qwiss

Mourinho might use him on the wing, can't see him playing him at number 10 though. I could see Mourinho going for Martial and Anderson on the wings with a new CF up top and Rooney playing behind the striker. Mourinho will love Rooneys tracking back.

Claudius

Mourinho must be massaging himself daily. He will re-fashion the team with a front three of Martial, Anderson and Aubemayang. As Qwiss says, Rooney can drop back to 10. Should be interesting .

dreamlord

Aubemayang to United? Did I miss something?

marv3llous

dreamlord wrote:
Aubemayang to United? Did I miss something?

The fact that you read it in some bs paper that isnt good enough to wipe your arse with?