Transfer Talk 2014 (General)

[Rich]

Yeah a weird one from his point of view, going to sit on the bench at a club in the CL you can 'sort of' understand.

Unless he has been told Lloris is off and he will be number one.

Lloris has just signed a bumper contract so he'll not be going anywhere. Vorm will be number 2 and no doubt can enjoy spending his enhanced wage packet in London rather than on the South Coast of Wales.

He was likely to start on the bench for Swansea too this coming season.

[Maxiedge]

omfg...

PSG might be looking to sell Pastore now. Maybe he'll be our OMFG.

[Fosterbloke]

I don't think there are that many OMFG players out there to be honest.

Of course I don't know every player but apart from the impossibles like Ronaldo, Messi etc, who would genuinely make us drop our jaws and start prematurely celebrating league success?

[Gibbo]

It depends really.

Reus, Draxler, Hummels, DiMaria, Fabregas probably would've been, and Sanchez. Cavani would be by some, Benzema, Vidal, Pogba. Theres a long list man.

[Fosterbloke]

It depends really.

Reus, Draxler, Hummels, DiMaria, Fabregas probably would've been, and Sanchez. Cavani would be by some, Benzema, Vidal, Pogba. Theres a long list man.

I don't really think any of those excite me that much to be honest. Perhaps I don't watch enough football?

[Chazza]

Eliaquim Mangala: Manchester City website shows 'signing' video

Manchester City have released a video that appears to show Porto defender Eliaquim Mangala signing for the club.

The France international, 23, has been linked with a £32m move to City and was spotted in Manchester this month but no official announcement has been made.

However, a clip on the club's website - which has since been taken down - shows the player having a medical.

City say their system was hacked, that the video should not have gone out and that the deal has not been completed.

A spokesman said: "Our video storage system for City TV has been hacked and the video was leaked. The deal is not done or officially confirmed on our website."

The footage, shot for City TV, shows a private jet touching down at Manchester Airport accompanied by the caption "9am: French international defender Eliaquim Mangala arrives in Manchester."

The player then disembarks and is met by club officials. "City's newest signing en route to his medical," proclaims the next caption.

Mangala, dressed in a black leather jacket, black jeans and a white shirt, is then taken in a chauffeur-driven Mercedes to the club's Carrington training ground where he is shown the gym.

He is asked to give a message to City fans.

"I am here to help the team win titles, the league, the cup and the Champions League," he says. "I am ambitious and this is why I am here."
He is then asked what his ambition is with City.

"To play as many games as possible and to help the team the best I can to be champions of England."

Mangala, who was in the France squad for the recent 2014 Fifa World Cup but remained an unused substitute throughout the tournament, came close to joining City in January.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28476691

[john316]

I don't really think any of those excite me that much to be honest. Perhaps I don't watch enough football?

Some absolutely fantastic players in that list.

[Fosterbloke]

Some absolutely fantastic players in that list.

I didn't say they weren't, just that they don't excite me.

Markovic and Lallana did and we signed them!

[Gibbo]

How can you get excited about Markovic who is a very unknown quantity and value which is based completely on potential which he may or may not reach, and not Reus who is already one of the brightest footballers in Europe and would've been a main player in a German World Cup winning side?!

[Fosterbloke]

How can you get excited about Markovic who is a very unknown quantity and value which is based completely on potential which he may or may not reach, and not Reus who is already one of the brightest footballers in Europe and would've been a main player in a German World Cup winning side?!

Because I haven't seen Reus play a single minute of football.

[Fierce]

Because I haven't seen Reus play a single minute of football.

Are you new here?

[Fosterbloke]

Are you new here?

I don't watch any European football.

[Fivex]

I don't watch any European football.

So why do you rate Markovic then?

[Reece]

So why do you rate Markovic then?

Youtube like the majority of us I'd guess

[Fosterbloke]

Youtube like the majority of us I'd guess

Yup!