Summer Transfer Shit and Everything Else

[HCZ_Reborn]

The only thing I will say is that there are people who will complain about this who are also getting frustrated that we won’t pay 120million for Rice, take a consistent view point and stick to it or you’re complaining for no reason.


I don’t want Rice so will be happy if it goes tits up, but also don’t want Havertz. But then again I can’t think of many signings we’ve made under Arteta that were players I thought we should get.


Gabriel, Partey and Jesus are probably the only three players I thought were good signings when we made them

[KSE Comedy Club]

£100m for Rice should be our last and final offer.

No more than that, but it will get the job done.

I'm reading that Utd have contacted WH about him today and are willing to offer McTominay or Maguire plus cash.

Hopefully that will put a foot up Edu's arse to get the deal done and dusted.

[HCZ_Reborn]

£100m for Rice should be our last and final offer.

No more than that, but it will get the job done.

I'm reading that Utd have contacted WH about him today and are willing to offer McTominay or Maguire plus cash.

Hopefully that will put a foot up Edu's arse to get the deal done and dusted.

As I’ve said repeatedly I don’t think it’s in Edu’s gift to speed things up

[HCZ_Reborn]

Fucking hell, City buying Kovacic from Chelsea for 30 million


Honestly stop buying their players….there was a real opportunity to absolutely fuck them up

[HCZ_Reborn]

And on that note we’ve reached agreement for Donkey Boy

[selassie]

I genuinely could not get a read on what Richard Garlick actually does

I think we have to be mindful that although we aren’t self sufficient anymore and the Kroenkes have been reasonably generous, they aren’t going to allow us to go berserk and just pay West Ham what they want.

Director of Football Operations whatever that may be. I read the other day he has been working alongside Edu and others to get these deals over the line, though he is focused on the Rice deal, I think it was an article in the Independent that I read the other day.

[selassie]

Havertz deal is close and expected to be in the region of 65m. That’s from Ornstein.

Not best pleased but hopefully we can get a better tune out of him.

It's a really risky signing TBH. This one is totally on Arteta if he flops because we will be stuck with him, he is coming on big wages too, 200k per week I read.

[selassie]

The only thing I will say is that there are people who will complain about this who are also getting frustrated that we won’t pay 120million for Rice, take a consistent view point and stick to it or you’re complaining for no reason.


I don’t want Rice so will be happy if it goes tits up, but also don’t want Havertz. But then again I can’t think of many signings we’ve made under Arteta that were players I thought we should get.


Gabriel, Partey and Jesus are probably the only three players I thought were good signings when we made them

I do get where you are coming from HCZ but I think if we botch the Rice deal it says a lot about us as a Club and how we are dealing with high profile transfers, it will not be a good look. We botched Mudryk by offering ridiculous add-ons into the deal, it sounds like we have done that so far with Rice. Not only that, but both players seemingly have / had their heart set on joining us.

Me personally, we have gone past the point of no return with Rice, Arteta clearly wants him and has admired him for a while, we as a club have been seemingly confident that we will get the deal over the line. We aren't Chelsea or Man City where we can slap down millions without blinking an eye, but if we have always believed we have the budget for him then there should be no problems securing him, we have been speaking to West Ham for a while now. I don't think the fee is the issue, it seems to be how we are structuring it and the add-ons.

[Mac76]

£65m for Havertz is overpaying - transfermarkt has him at 55m euros and he only got 7 goals for Chelse in the PL last season.

I was actually a bit of a fan up until maybe a season or two ago when he started fading a bit - of course Chelsea is such a mess it's hard to be objective about it but as selassie says, it's a risk if nothing else

and if we're paying £100m for Rice and £65m for Havertz, that's only £35 left of our £200m - that won't buy diddly

[selassie]

£100m for Rice should be our last and final offer.

No more than that, but it will get the job done.

I'm reading that Utd have contacted WH about him today and are willing to offer McTominay or Maguire plus cash.

Hopefully that will put a foot up Edu's arse to get the deal done and dusted.

Unless we totally p*ss off West Ham I can't see Rice going anywhere other than Arsenal, it's widely reported that he only wants to join us / keep his young family in the London area.