No links, 11 hours to go. We're done for the summer. Think our lack of depth (and quality) on the flanks will fuck us over this season.

Yes, our flanks are weak. Only Alexis can be relied upon.

Irish gunner wrote:

Leicester have done pretty well. Signed Slimani and Musa and they're in for Adrien Silva today as well.

They are ending the window strongly. I am surprised they are not after some defenders because their defensive depth is poor.

I think we're done, but the fraud Dean is hinting at Sturridge.

Here we gooooooo ...

Some excitement at least, even though its probably just banter

Sturridge?

Bit late in the day to be "considering" a move.

I'd take Sturridge all day.

Signing sturridge would be madness, but not a good madness

Who wouldn't.

Everton signing Brahimi for 35m. Massive deal for them.

He looks like half the player he was to me. Slower, lazier. And then there's his injury record.

I'd take him for a reasonable fee but this is Liverpool we're talking about, they'd want 40m or something ridiculous.

If Sturridge comes for something like £20m max, i guess i could get on board with this, but only if he leaves his stupid dance in Liverpool.

Tweeps say Sturridge/agent desperate for Arsenal. Not sure how keen AFC are. 

sturridge looks busted compared to 2-3 years ago tbh. i wouldnt bother, unless we could get him at a heavy discount, like sub 20m

would be a very Wenger move. discount target from one of our rivals. Would beg the question why we have 4 different strikers with varying inadequacies worth 80m pounds, instead of just two super quality strikers worth that much

Bony to Stoke confirmed!

I'd love Sturridge to join

Claudius wrote:

would be a very Wenger move. discount target from one of our rivals. Would beg the question why we have 4 different strikers with varying inadequacies worth 80m pounds, instead of just two super quality strikers worth that much

A single super quality striker would now cost £80mil himself. 

We could've had one for 40-50M in last two summers, or 60M even this year, and then you keep a Giroud and you're done. Garnish with some Joel Campbell and you're sitting pretty.

You're talking as if all you have to do is walk into your local Tesco and pick one off the shelf.

Giroud IS a £60m striker this summer.

Claudius wrote:

Captain, which team would've paid 60m pounds for Giroud this summer if he was on the market. Please name some viable options

Literal Claudius is literal....

Claudius wrote:

Captain, which team would've paid 60m pounds for Giroud this summer if he was on the market. Please name some viable options

Dunno, I don't work in football.

However, in a climate where people are quoting those figures for a bloke like lukaku, giroud is definitely at that level.

I'm sorry. I missed the Lukaku transfer for 60m pounds this summer.

Giroud is probably worth around £20mil, double it for inflation and he'd cost about £40mil this summer I think.

Claudius wrote:

I'm sorry. I missed the Lukaku transfer for 60m pounds this summer.

That's cool, because I said quoting.

Captain wrote:

Claudius wrote:

I'm sorry. I missed the Lukaku transfer for 60m pounds this summer.

That's cool, because I said quoting.

I have an old Toyota Corolla you can have. I'm quoting $60,000 for it. Call if interested

That's cool.

Point is, that level of striker is in that bracket at the moment; hence no striker movement anywhere. But you already knew that, so moving on...

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Captain wrote:

Claudius wrote:

Captain, which team would've paid 60m pounds for Giroud this summer if he was on the market. Please name some viable options

Dunno, I don't work in football.

However, in a climate where people are quoting those figures for a bloke like lukaku, giroud is definitely at that level.

You clearly missed the age gap between both.

Yeah, I thought they were the same age. Silly me.

Ornstein saying we wanted Manolas in the summer ...

Were we ever linked with him? They kept that one quiet.

Manolas is a long term target of Wenger/AFC. I honestly think Manolas was our first choice, even though i am more than happy with Mustafi. 

I think we wanted an aggressive tackler and shift Kos to sweeper role.

There were houseboat rumours at the start of the summer.

Gunner89 wrote:

Giroud's probably a 20m striker in this market. 30m if he was younger like 26.

I think he's probably more like a 30m striker. I agree age does impact his price significantly, but he's a much better striker than some of you give him credit for. Just look at the prices some inferior forwards have been going for this summer. 

Benteke: 32m
Bolasie: 28m
Mane: 36m
Janssen: 19m
Ayew: 21m

A 24 year old Giroud would be a 40-50m player in this market. And he's never been about pace, so he'll be good for another few years, I'm sure. 

Not just some, I think most don't and rightly so. I actually thought Benteke was better than a player Liverpool would let go after just one season.