I had him as one of my ones to watch for Everton before the 21/22 season but he’s been a totally different player in first team football - at U23 level he didn’t reply on lace, he had technique and liked to play between the lines. Don’t think he can do that at PL level, he just isn’t good enough.
No idea what Chelsea think they can do with a pace merchant getting 4 goals a season but hey if they want to spunk £40m up the wall I’m not going to stop them.
Tuchel seems to favour a 3-4-2-1 formation so where exactly is Gordon going to play? For that two behind the striker they have about five options already and it’s not even really where Gordon plays. If they go to a front 3 surely he’s Sterling is going to be first choice out on the left.
Odd move but interesting to see how Everton handle it. They’ll be desperate not to look like they’re selling off another one of their own and another attacking player after Richarlison left. But, they must know £40m+ is way more than he’s actually worth and they surely need to recoup some more funds after bringing in Onana and McNeil.
Alex Collado from Barcelona to Elche on loan.
Lys Mousset from Sheffield United to Bochum on a free.
Julian Baumgartlinger from Leverkusen to Augsburg on a free.
Sergio Gomez from Anderlecht to City for £11.7m.
Giulio Maggiore from Spezia to Salernitana for £4m.
Ally Samatta from Fenerbahce to Genk on loan.
Timon Wellenreuther from Anderlecht to Feyenoord on loan.
Nacho Monreal has retired from football.
From Atalanta to Forest. It’s a little sad, but money talks in the end. Good player, very good price I think.
Very good pick up for Forrest.
They seem to be picking up some good players at excellent prices.
And Lingard
Ethan Laird from United to QPR on loan.
Runar Runarsson from Arsenal to Alanyaspor on loan.
Jens Petter Hauge from Eintracht to Gent on loan.
Tariqe Fosu from Brentford to Stoke on loan.
Kjell Scherpen from Brighton to Vitesse on loan
Charly Musonda from Chelsea to Levante on a free.
M’Baye Niang from Bordeaux to Auxerre on a free.
Chrislain Matsima from Monaco to Lorient on loan.
Domingos Quina from Watford to Elche on loan.
Destiny Udogie from Udinese to Tottenham for £16.2m, but will remain on loan this season.
Pervis Estupinan from Villarreal to Brighton for £16m.
What connection is there between Brighton and South America?
They seem to pick up a lot of young players from there.
Ulloa, Izquierdo, Alzate, Mccalister, Sarmiento, Enciso, Caicedo and now Estupinan
I always hear commentators Pervert Stupid Ian…
Yep. My brains are cheese.
Alan Virginius from Sochaux to Lille for £3.6m.
Thilo Kehrer from PSG to West Ham for £10.8m.
Bradley Fink from Dortmund to Basel for £700k.
Issa Kabore from City to Marseille on loan.
Tanguy Nianzou from Bayern to Sevilla for £14.4m.
Igor Paixao from Coritiba to Feyenoord for £4.5m.
Joaquin Sosa from Nacional to Bologna for £1.5m.
Paco Alcacer from Villarreal to Sharjah on loan.
Giovanni Simeone from Hellas Verona to Napoli on loan, £3.1m fee.
Jhon Lucumi from Genk to Bologna for £7.2m.
Antonio Blanco from Real Madrid to Cadiz on loan.
Interesting one. He’s played mostly at RB for PSG, which wasnt a great fit for either party. Presumably he’ll be playing CB for West Ham.
What’s happened to him? I remember he was doing quite well at Dortmund before Haaland came in?
Even with the comment by TTT that seems a lot of money for a guy who has spent most of his career playing Championship football, and hasn’t established himself as a PL midfielder yet.
That’s a shit argument from TTT. Of course it’s different for a commercially successful club to spend 40 million on a player vs a club who has missed out on 25 years of comparable commercial revenue. And that’s even before pointing out they have already bought an entire first team of new players this summer.
Wolves laughing their heads off right now.
All of a sudden selling Solanke and Brewster for 20m goes from being great business to standard business.
If that deal goes through it will take their spending to £150m.
Chelsea: £167m
West Ham: £112m
Arsenal: £107m
Cheaty and Spurs: £105m
Is that net spend?
No, it’s just purchases. Forest’s sales is around £5m.