*Official* English Football Season 2013-14

[Uppercut]

I like Ba but he's not a great match for Arsenal. Podolski's alright as a striker and they probably don't consider Sanogo to be absolutely worthless. If they could have signed an improvement on Giroud they'd look in much better shape but I don't think there's much point signing someone as back up for Giroud.

 

[Furball]

They said he was ours for the year for £3m and we offered £1.5m. In a window where we just tripled our club record fee. I****innorite.

£3m is about £1m more than be happy paying.

The thing about signing strikers is that it's so hard to get value. All the good strikers went early if we were looking to upgrade, and limiting yourself to (say) £10m just means you sign guff like Park-Chu Young.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

What makes you think that? I dunno how you could even judge, he's only played about 1/3 of Madrid's games this past couple of years. I'd have said Baines is a lot better than him.

Him not being English is probably the main reason.

 

[Uppercut]

I hadn't realised how comically over-rated Lukaku had become. He only broke into West Brom's starting lineup when Odemwingie fell out with the fans, he'll be third choice behind Torres and Ba, maybe even Schurrle. Everton's a great move for him.

EDIT: insane potential, though.

 

[Furball]

I hadn't realised how comically over-rated Lukaku had become. He only broke into West Brom's starting lineup when Odemwingie fell out with the fans, he'll be third choice behind Torres and Ba, maybe even Schurrle. Everton's a great move for him.

EDIT: insane potential, though.

I think it's surprising that after sending him on loan and him getting 17 goals that he's not getting more of a chance, particularly after an impressive pre-season.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Perhaps, but whats wrong with Evra, not sure any of it's going to help their lack of creativity.

Think it's just Anno Domini*, mainly. 34, isn't he? Kind of age where players need "managing", even if they're naturally fit as butchers' dogs.

*Anno Domini and the ****ishness, obvz.

 

[Furball]

Evra's 32.

 

[marc71178]

Everton have actually done really good business tonight.

Yes, getting anything for Anichebe is amazing, but a fee of up to £6m?

 

[Cevno]

Oliver Kay @OliverKayTimes MUFC maintain 3 amigos in Madrid were not acting with their authority re Herrera. Coentrao deal collapsed b/c Real couldn't do Siqueira deal


Sigh.


The whole Window was a total farce from United. Comical stuff at times.

 

[King Pietersen]

Cheers Moyesie. Stick a clause in Fellaini's contract, let it expire, then pay £4m more for him. Perfect. £27.5m is a hell of a lot for Fellaini, I wouldn't pay that for him. Really pleased with our dealings this transfer window. Bringing in Lukaku, McCarthy, Barry, Deulofeu, Kone, and Alcaraz is excellent business. Good effort Mr Martinez, now start winning!

 

[Uppercut]

£27.5m is a hell of a lot for Fellaini, I wouldn't pay that for him.

You would if you were desperate. He's worth that much to United, it's a farce but not signing anyone at all would have been a far bigger mistake.

 

[sledger]

I don't think the fee seems that much to be honest. Less than £30m for a consistently well-performing premiership central midfielder who's generally well-rated by more or less everyone doesn't set off any alarm bells in my head.

What does set off a few, however, is the fact that Arsenal's new keeper is a little too much of an Almunia lookalike for my liking.

 

[Cevno]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...ted-4m-in-cut-price-move-to-Manchester-United

United insist they have paid Everton no more than the £23.5m release clause that was in Fellaini’s contract – a clause that expired at the end of July – but Everton say the deal is worth £27.5m to them. The difference is understood to be Fellaini’s own cash sacrifice.

By submitting a written transfer request on deadline day Fellaini, left, has forfeited about £4m in loyalty bonuses that would have been due on the two years remaining on his Everton contract . That has allowed Everton to declare the deal as being worth £27.5m to them.

......

It's the express but interesting, if true. He did drive down to request a transfer before.

 

[Pothas]

Who cares?

 

[Jarquis]

Not me, we've got Mesut ****ing Özil

 

[Cevno]

Still can't beleive Arsenal and Wenger Pulled that off.

 

[Ikki]

Yeah, ****ing jealous TBH.

 

[The Sean]

I don't think the fee seems that much to be honest. Less than £30m for a consistently well-performing premiership central midfielder who's generally well-rated by more or less everyone doesn't set off any alarm bells in my head.

What does set off a few, however, is the fact that Arsenal's new keeper is a little too much of an Almunia lookalike for my liking.

Yeah, no argument with this. While the utter ineptitude of everything else about United's transfer window was a have-to-laugh-or-else-you'll-cry joke, as a signing in and of itself I'm not at all unhappy with Fellaini. He's an upgrade on what we already have in central midfield - bar Carrick - and is different enough to Carrick that I think they could form a good partnership. I'm hoping it will also mean that Moyes now feels there's enough defensive cover in midfield that he can unleash Shinji in his natural role without having to worry about whether or not he'll track back enough.

And I actually thought that was Almunia at first glance.

 

[sledger]

Maybe it actually is Almunia. Maybe the greatest piece of business in the transfer window wasn't Wenger getting Ozil, but Zola signing Viviano for Watford and sending Almunia back to Arsenal without anyone realising.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I get that Arsenal fans are excited about Ozil and I would be too, but he doesn't really cover any of the positions that Arsenal dearly needed strengthening at does he? Unless he's gonna play false-9 or as a hard tackling central midfielder who can play the ball.

Squad is still quite thin as well.