Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

I find the whole idea of trying to judge what players are worth a bit useless now. What is value for money these days? It's very hard to tell, especially at the point of the transfer. Real Madrid paid £80m for Ronaldo in 2009, that's probably considered a bargain now. And when you start talking in those terms (£80m bargains) 6 years ago, with the exponential growth in fees since, it's difficult putting a numerical value on any good players now.

I think Pogba showed more of his potential in the CL final. He's obviously an incredible talent. That physical frame with that technique is very, very rare. Maybe he could be a potential ballon d'or candidate quite soon. If you're talking about having him in the centre of your midfield for the next 10 years, winning leagues and playing in CL finals (all things he has done already) what is £80m worth then. Obscene money but it's the game we're in now.

Well put.

Not keen on signing players from Ligue 1 unless it was PSG or Monaco to be honest

There's no reason we shouldn't go in for Schneiderlin, I'd also have no issue with us taking Dzeko off Man City as long as he wasn't on silly wages

Essien, Drogba and a whole host of top players came from there..... more recently, Koscielny, Hazard, there are still good players to pick up there. To be frank, I know nothing of Lacazette really but his scoring record is hard to ignore and he has out gunned a few exceptional players over there to do so....

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We should be going all out for Pogba, tbh. If we aren't going to be getting him then Vidal will work for the next 3-4 years. Get a top notch striker and a back up CB then we're good to go.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

If we did get Vital (i dont belive the rumors) then i think i would forgive AW for the dark years of 2005-2014.

A midfield warrior who scores goals, defends, tackles, runs around looking like a nutter and is only 27 as well. He would be a beast of a signing.

David Ornstein ‏@bbcsport_david 7m7 minutes ago
Cech joins #AFC from #CFC on 4yr contract for fee in region of £10m. Meanwhile, Arsenal not interesting in signing Juve mdf Arturo Vidal

I agree Vidal would be immense for us......still think we need a calming influence to play in front of defence, I have a lot of time for Matic at Chelsea and would like to see someone like that brought in......would love Vidal and Morgan but that ain't going to happen.

Doesn't Wenger usually clear out before buying though...?expect some departures to create space as we are loaded in midfield

[Japan Shaking All Over]

A Chelsea legend is going to be playing for Arsenal next season.

Its going to take a LOT of getting used to.

How must Ospina especially be feeling ?

I hope he stays and the mad Polish one is loaned out.

Ches could do with a loan move.......who to?

[Japan Shaking All Over]

I agree Vidal would be immense for us......still think we need a calming influence to play in front of defence, I have a lot of time for Matic at Chelsea and would like to see someone like that brought in......would love Vidal and Morgan but that ain't going to happen.

Doesn't Wenger usually clear out before buying though...?expect some departures to create space as we are loaded in midfield

Saying that we could go with La Coq

[fakeyank]

We should offload Flamini

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We should offload Flamini

To Norwich.

On a free.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Yellow bar treatment for Sky Sources saying Man Utd have bid £28.6 million for Sergio Ramos and he has told Marketing he wants to leave.

[Niall_Quinn]

Yellow bar treatment for Sky Sources saying Man Utd have bid £28.6 million for Sergio Ramos and he has told Marketing he wants to leave.

That dirty bastard will be right at home at OT. He'll have no trouble getting used to the PL. I can see everyone around him hitting the ground running.

[Niall_Quinn]

Supposedly we've cooled our non-interest in Vidal and are now officially not interested. We're also uninterested in Schneiderlin and if this article is true then the board isn't interested in spending any significant money. Budget is £50mill including wages, apparently, allegedly. So £10mill has gone on Cech, with a further £5mill in wages. That leaves £35mill, which would be £25-£30mill to sign one player and then his wages. Only two conclusions can be drawn from this. Firstly we aren't signing Messi. Secondly these figures are probably made up.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...-interest.html