Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Syn]

Lampard definitely does!

£100k+ each week

He must've known about it before he signed the nyfc deal

He can't play any sort of meaningful role for a club with league and champions league aspirations. He is seen as a god at Chelsea - the same way someone like Henry is seen by Arsenal fans. As for money, he has been the main man and highest earner at Chelsea since Ambramovich took over 10 years ago. I can't understand why he'd trade off even a little of Chelsea legacy for a bit more money on just a 9 month contract.

Thinking about it, the only way this makes sense to me is if he fell out with Chelsea for not offering him a one year contract. And this is his way sticking 2 fingers up at the club if he's able to score a couple of penalties and Man City end up winning the league again.

[Penguin]

If that's all from last season, then this lad looks a bit of a beast?! Amazing how cleanly and casually he manages to win everything, without diving in or coming off his feet, although I did enjoy the bit on 2.42, where he cleans out 2 or 3 players with one tackle!

How good is he in the air, do you know? I only made it to about 7 and a half minutes before I gave up...

I know you shouldn't judge a player from a youtube video but you're right, he looks like he has it all. He seems very similar to Yaya Toure with his combination of close control, composure and sheer strength on the ball. His distribution looked great too. Is he really only 22?

The £37m buy out clause is probably too steep for Wenger though.

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

Signs that FFP is affecting clubs.

Man City resigned to loaning a has-been like Lampard because they're financially restricted in what they can do.

Blatter

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I know you shouldn't judge a player from a youtube video but you're right, he looks like he has it all. He seems very similar to Yaya Toure with his combination of close control, composure and sheer strength on the ball. His distribution looked great too. Is he really only 22?

The £37m buy out clause is probably too steep for Wenger though.

It sounds like Sporting would accept less than that (money troubles or something), but the stumbling block could be that they want most of the money upfront? That could be what makes us such a good potential buyer for them though - I doubt there's too many clubs around that have cash reserves like ours at the moment...

[Harland]

Just in case you have 24 minutes or so to burn on a player we probably won't sign...

just watched the first 7 mins of the clip but the number of timess he goes shoulder to shoulder with an opposing player and leaves with the ball, and the opposition on the floor is rather impressive.

I know its a highlight reel but still....

[Munchies]

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I do like how he doesn't go to ground needlessly and often gets really tight to his man but resists the urge to just lethargically foul him. It is easy to underestimate the knack of being able to do that.

So when can we have him?

[Power n Glory]

That's a disgrace! I didn't realise City owned the NY club. Besides City being cheats, Lampard is a disgrace if he and his agent knew this one on the cards. It's just crooked.

[Niall_Quinn]

That's a disgrace! I didn't realise City owned the NY club. Besides City being cheats, Lampard is a disgrace if he and his agent knew this one on the cards. It's just crooked.

Third club they own now, their ambition is to own five. Will make it child's play to shift players around on loan so they can bypass FFP. Some of these big transfer fees for shit players, particularly the Luiz transfer, are also highly suspicious. The chavs did very well persuading other clubs to buy their shit for well over the asking price. Except to see a lump of shit come from PSG to chavland for £50mill-ish in the next few seasons. Of course they are cheats, they are arab princes and russian mafia, what else would they be? This is why they shouldn't have been let into the game. This is just the start, they'll eventually corrupt and destroy every aspect of the game.

[Bumble]

Third club they own now, their ambition is to own five. Will make it child's play to shift players around on loan so they can bypass FFP. Some of these big transfer fees for shit players, particularly the Luiz transfer, are also highly suspicious. The chavs did very well persuading other clubs to buy their shit for well over the asking price. Except to see a lump of shit come from PSG to chavland for £50mill-ish in the next few seasons. Of course they are cheats, they are arab princes and russian mafia, what else would they be? This is why they shouldn't have been let into the game. This is just the start, they'll eventually corrupt and destroy every aspect of the game.

the champions league has already done that. making the desire of every half decent player go to only a select few clubs. and the only way for smaller clubs to get into the CL is to be bankrolled by billionaires.

on this lampard thing in theory it does by pass FFP however, its not like NYC have signed Neymar, Aguero etc and loaned them back to City. If Lampard wins them the league after being on loan to January I will be stunned.