European summer transfer discussion thread

[HBTD22]

What the fridge has happened to Hulk?
Chelsea now going for Oscar but when will this happen?

are the the champions likely to sign one/both of these two soon?

maybe not Oscar till after the Olympics now

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/7904965/Chelsea-Oscar-deal-done

[Jukes]

Ridiculous how much teams pay for wunderkids because they're Brazilian...Neymar, Oscar and Moura shouldn't be worth 25mil+ since they've barely had time to prove themselves in just the Brazil league, which isn't that strong (a main criticism of Pele). Could argue Neymar is worth 30mil because of his 18 caps for 9 goals internationally, but not the 50mil he is being touted for. Oscar only has 6 caps ffs plus only 47 club top level games, not worth 25mil when you can get the Bundesliga player of the year (Kagawa) for that much.

Also, Ryan Giggs has been playing for United since before Neymar, Moura and Oscar were even born ahahhaha.

[Cicjose]

Ridiculous how much teams pay for wunderkids because they're Brazilian...Neymar, Oscar and Moura shouldn't be worth 25mil+ since they've barely had time to prove themselves in just the Brazil league, which isn't that strong (a main criticism of Pele). Could argue Neymar is worth 30mil because of his 18 caps for 9 goals internationally, but not the 50mil he is being touted for. Oscar only has 6 caps ffs plus only 47 club top level games, not worth 25mil when you can get the Bundesliga player of the year (Kagawa) for that much.

Also, Ryan Giggs has been playing for United since before Neymar, Moura and Oscar were even born ahahhaha.

haha tell that to FIFA 12 Neymar is worth 100 million

also the Bundesliga has strict guidelines on transfers by the way that is probably why Kagawa is only worth 25 million

[My Chumps]

100 million and he's always puffed half-way through the game  >:(

[HBTD22]

100 million and he's always puffed half-way through the game  >:(

TELL ME ABOUT IT. flowering hell, I thought I was the only one with that problem haha. I sold the barbie one year after I bought him and brought in Cavani... best decision ever haha.  8)

[Kellogscrunchynut]

Yeah it's the worst he would play about 1 in every 3 games.

[tbagrocks]

looks like Chelsea are gunning for Edinson Cavani, do we really need a striker?

this guy reportedly wants 150 000 pounds a week :P

my concern is with signing a top striker is what happens to Torres? he did top the Euro's scoring with limited game time!

[CrowsFan]

Apparently Chelsea could be getting the Hazard double with Thorgan apparently wanting to join his older bro in London...

[Cicjose]

Bayer Leverkusen have turned down an offer from Chelsea for 21-year-old striker Andre Schurrle.
Full story: The Guardian

Alan Pardew insists he is doing everything he can to keep striker Demba Ba, 27, at Newcastle.
Full story: talkSPORT

Spurs are considering making a £5m bid for 22-year-old Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge.
Full story: Footy Latest

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, 21, admits he and his team-mates have no idea how the situation with striker Robin van Persie will pan out. Van Persie, who has a year to go on his current deal, has told the Gunners he will not sign a new contract.
Full story: Daily Mail

Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup is trying to sign Bristol City's 24-year-old Ghanaian winger Albert Adomah, but it could cost around £3m to do so.
Full story: The Mirror

Roberto Mancini is very close to signing a new deal with Manchester City, despite the Russian FA lining up a mega-money deal to poach him.
Full story: The Sun

Liverpool are understood to have had a bid rejected for 25-year-old Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Granero.
Full story: Daily Mail

AC Milan are said to be considering a loan move rather than a permanent transfer for Liverpool striker Andy Carroll, 23.
Full story: The Sun

Fiorentina have made a fresh bid for 28-year-old striker Marouane Chamakh, who looks set to leave Arsenal after two unsuccessful seasons.
Full story: Daily Mail

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez wants Chicago Fire's Guatemalan winger Marco Pappa, 24, to replace Chelsea target Victor Moses.
Full story: The Mirror

But Arsenal are said to be poised to make a move for Moses, 21, after uncertainty over the winger's future.
Full story: The Metro

Norwich are offering striker James Vaughan, 23, to Birmingham to help land central defender Curtis Davies, 27.
Full story: The Mirror

Southampton want to sign Crystal Palace's highly-rated, 19-year-old winger Wilfried Zaha.
Full story: The Sun

[HBTD22]

Arsenal have agreed to the fees of highly rated 17 year old M’Baye Niang. Manchester City are still contesting the Gunners to win his signature.

Ibra has signed with PSG for around 23m pounds.

[Kellogscrunchynut]

Read several reports of the transfer saga of the young Brazilian international Neymar, some say that he is leaving Santos for Barcelona for a fee of 60 million Euros even though The president of Barcelona Joan Laporta had limited the transfer budget to 30 million Euros of which 14 million has already been used in the transfer of Jordi Alba. I find most of these reports of a Neymar transfer difficult to believe, and there are also reports that he will stay at Santos for this season and that he will leave for Barcelona by the 2013-14 season.

Also I have heard many rumors of a transfer of Robin Van Persie from Arsenal, starting with his decision to not resign for Arsenal for next season. The Clubs mainly linked with Van Persie are both Manchester United and City although I have also heard rumors of possible links to AC Milan, Barcelona, Juventus and Real Madrid but nothing major. New signing Lukas Podolski from FC Cologne has reportedly tried to convince Van Persie to stay at Arsenal, and Aaron Ramsey has stated that no one at the club knows what is going to happen with Van Persie. I have also read an article from the Bleacher report website that says that Arsenal Won't be selling Van Persie and will risk losing him for nothing at the end of next season.

Neymar links:

http://www.givemefootball.com/european-news/neymar-the-right-man-for-barca-

http://www.bigpondsport.com/barcelona-agree-71m-neymar-deal-reports/tabid/91/newsid/91429/default.aspx

http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/spanish-big-guns-barcelona-set-to-outlay-71-million-to-lure-brazilian-starlet-neymar-to-camp-nou/story-fn8uzjqx-1226427292254

Van Persie links:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1261525-arsenal-transfer-rumours-robin-van-persie-reportedly-wont-be-sold-by-gunners

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1262649-manchester-united-transfers-van-persie-would-rather-go-to-united-than-city

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/364081/20120717/van-persie-robin-transfer-rumors-manchester-united.htm

[BoredSaint]

Where do you guys think Michael Owen will end up? He's tweeted that hes had interest from several clubs and is just waiting to pick one.

I'm thinking West Ham or Southampton

[Kellogscrunchynut]

Where do you guys think Michael Owen will end up? He's tweeted that hes had interest from several clubs and is just waiting to pick one.

I'm thinking West Ham or Southampton

Heard that Stoke has showed interest in him but it's from an old source.

[Jukes]

Heard Paolo Di Canio was trying to get Harry Kewell to play for us (Swindon, my lower league team I inherited from my dad) so we can try for two successive promotions.

[Jukes]

Also, Melbourne Heart after Michael Owen. Heart are set to use the former England striker's love of horse-racing to try to lure him into agreeing a one-season deal.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/melbourne-heart-want-michael-owen-1145149