Topic: THE NON-LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD

[TALBERT]

What are Nottingham Forest up to?

They’ve signed 20 players

Practically a new squad

Morgan Gibbs White at a potential £42.5 million stands out as a mad fee…

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Potter gave him a call and said wish you were here and the rest is history.

They’ve also just signed Judith Chalmers.

Interviewer asked Billy why he signed,

"money?", "get away" replied Billy.

[Drinks Sangria]

Sander Berge potentially going to Club Brugge

Berger at Brooger?

[El Lobo]

Southampton sign another Man City nobody for £10 million

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Southampton sign another Man City nobody for £10 million

Totally above board.

[Crosby Nick]

Southampton sign another Man City nobody for £10 million

What’s going on there? That’s about three now isn’t it? And Romeu sold to Girona who City own. Not the greatest conspiracy theory in the world but I’m working on it!…

[gerrardisgod]

What’s going on there? That’s about three now isn’t it? And Romeu sold to Girona who City own. Not the greatest conspiracy theory in the world but I’m working on it!…

Head of the City academy went to Southampton in the summer.

Probably for an inflated fee, too.

[Flaccido Dongingo]

What’s going on there? That’s about three now isn’t it? And Romeu sold to Girona who City own. Not the greatest conspiracy theory in the world but I’m working on it!…

They've bought 3 players from Abu Dhabi for £37m, not a single appearance in the league between the three of them during their time at Abu Dhabi.

[El Lobo]

It’s got definite ‘take over a second club on FM and sign loads of expensive players from your actual club’ vibes. I used to go with Gerard Boullier as my second managers name

[IgorBobbins]

There’s got to be something wrong with football if a team has to buy 20 (or more) players in one transfer window.  It’s absolutely bonkers.  I know lots of their team last year were loans or out of contract in the summer, but….I don’t know.  Is it just me who finds the whole thing just really weird?  In the past, teams were generally settled year on year, with a couple of ingoings/outgoings each summer - fans could build a rapport with the team and call it their own.  Now for lots of teams, there’s just a constant recycling of squads every 6 months, players loaned in, loaned out, sold, bought.  How can the fans build a connection?

Anyway, I’m just waffling now.  Just something I’ve been thinking about.  *Old man yells at cloud*

[Elzar]

Potential reason for all the Forest transfers - Brennan Johnson said he wanted to leave and they told him he would be playing with a new squad by the end of the window. Just a couple hours to get the final 3 players in!!!

[JasonF]

It’s got definite ‘take over a second club on FM and sign loads of expensive players from your actual club’ vibes. I used to go with Gerard Boullier as my second managers name

I'm fine with it as long as their next move is to add manager as Man Utd, release all their players, then sign our worst academy players for £50m a piece like I used to do.

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

They've bought 3 players from Abu Dhabi for £37m, not a single appearance in the league between the three of them during their time at Abu Dhabi.

to be honest all three of them are very highly rated, Bazunu looks class already.

[classycarra]

It’s got definite ‘take over a second club on FM and sign loads of expensive players from your actual club’ vibes. I used to go with Gerard Boullier as my second managers name

10/10 - also sounds like a tasty sauce at a fancy restaurant

[JRed]

It’s got definite ‘take over a second club on FM and sign loads of expensive players from your actual club’ vibes. I used to go with Gerard Boullier as my second managers name

I thought I was the only genius that used to do this! Ha.
Seems Pep does it too.

[Mister Flip Flop]

The absolute state of sky's transfer show. Fucking gimps 

[classycarra]

The absolute state of sky's transfer show. Fucking gimps 

I guess the dildos piqued an interest they didnt know they had

[Flaccido Dongingo]

to be honest all three of them are very highly rated, Bazunu looks class already.

Highly rated or not, zero league appearances for £37m?, if they're so highly rated then why didn't Abu Dhabi keep them and just loan them out?

[PeterTheRed ...]

[67CherryRed]

There’s got to be something wrong with football if a team has to buy 20 (or more) players in one transfer window.  It’s absolutely bonkers.  I know lots of their team last year were loans or out of contract in the summer, but….I don’t know.  Is it just me who finds the whole thing just really weird?  In the past, teams were generally settled year on year, with a couple of ingoings/outgoings each summer - fans could build a rapport with the team and call it their own.  Now for lots of teams, there’s just a constant recycling of squads every 6 months, players loaned in, loaned out, sold, bought.  How can the fans build a connection?

Anyway, I’m just waffling now.  Just something I’ve been thinking about.  *Old man yells at cloud*

I think most of the football league is like that now, the finances are so tight that most clubs won't commit to more than a 1 (maybe 2 at a push) year contract so every summer there's massive upheaval. I keep an eye on Tranmere's comings and goings and their turnover year after year is insane.

[PeterTheRed ...]

Some interesting movement on deadline day ...

https://www.transfermarkt.com/statistik/neuestetransfers

[Samie]

All the players bought by Nottingham Forest this summer. 

Zamora
Lodi
Hwang
Gibbs-White
Freuler
Dennis
Kouyaté
Orel Mangala
Lingard
O'Brien
Toffolo
Hennessey
Neco Williams
Richards
Niakhaté
Biancone
Henderson
Awoniyi
Boly
Aurier
Badé

[Mr Mingebag Squid]

Highly rated or not, zero league appearances for £37m?, if they're so highly rated then why didn't Abu Dhabi keep them and just loan them out?

The three that have been sold were probably brought in for less than a million total and they've now made a huge profit on them. There's probably some huge sell on fee or buy back clause too.

[richiedouglas]

I might be wrong here, but are the rules changing for FPP (or its equivalent) next season where it's a percentage of income you can spend?

Wonder if that's why the weaker teams have lumped on a bit and 'prudent' Liverpool think they can be more dominant once this comes into effect.

[Chris~]

I might be wrong here, but are the rules changing for FPP (or its equivalent) next season where it's a percentage of income you can spend?

Wonder if that's why the weaker teams have lumped on a bit and 'prudent' Liverpool think they can be more dominant once this comes into effect.

Think that's just UEFA and the premier League one is staying the same.

[Mr Mingebag Squid]

And they'll never actually enforce it anyway

[67CherryRed]

Just seen on Twitter - Exeter City have signed Jay Stansfield on loan from Fulham for the season.

His dad was Adam Stansfield, who was Exeter's number 9 when he died in 2010 aged 31.

Jay's been given the number 9 shirt.

[Legs]

Just seen on Twitter - Exeter City have signed Jay Stansfield on loan from Fulham for the season.

His dad was Adam Stansfield, who was Exeter's number 9 when he died in 2010 aged 31.

Jay's been given the number 9 shirt.

Nice touch from Exeter.

Hope the lad does well for them.

Great post btw I didnt know this.

[Barefoot Doctor]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

[killer-heels]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

Genuinely mad.

[Sangria]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

He must have impressed a lot in that time.

[JackWard33]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

Sounds like bollocks because Southampton would’ve taken it

[Tokyoite]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

I bet they have a random name generator set up and use it to decide who and how much to bid for. Only reasonable explanation at this point

[67CherryRed]

The Athletic say Chelsea bid £50m for Southampton’s Romeo Lavia on deadline day - the lad they bought from City for £15m earlier in the window 

Pretty sure you're not allowed to move twice in one window so can't see it being true at all.

[Barefoot Doctor]

Pretty sure you're not allowed to move twice in one window so can't see it being true at all.

Ah, but that assumes Boehly knows the rules!

[Elzar]

Pretty sure you're not allowed to move twice in one window so can't see it being true at all.

It’s been done before, don’t think there is any rules against it.

[El Lobo]

It has defo been done before, I think DeMichelis did it when he joined Abu Dhabi

[Flaccido Dongingo]

It has defo been done before, I think DeMichelis did it when he joined Abu Dhabi

Robert Jarni famously signed for Coventry from Betis then joined Real Madrid a week or two later.

[classycarra]

Yeah think its to do with number of times registered, rather than number of transfers/loans isn't it?

Southampton surely accepted the bid (if that report is true), but if you're leaving City's academy/reserves for Southampton you are presumably looking to play - so there's surely almost no chance that player could be bullied into agreeing to join academy wasteland Chelsea (who look only more likely now to be a terrible place for youth players to develop in the team)

[rafathegaffa83]

Robert Jarni famously signed for Coventry from Betis then joined Real Madrid a week or two later.

Didi Hamann going from Bolton to Man City too. He was with Bolton for less than a day had a change of heart and joined Man City for £400,000