Transfer Talk 2014 (General)

[Gibbo]

Hull city have bought two midfielders, one from PL one from another, neither are Cleverley

They're also very close to signing Abel Hernandez.

Just call me Jim White

Edit; one eyes George Boyd apparently also off to Burnley

[marcus50bucks]

Manchester City offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for £55m

• Champions try to make deal work within financial fair play
• City could sell Negredo, Richards, Nastasic and/or Sinclair

Jamie Jackson
The Guardian, Sunday 31 August 2014 17.44 BST

Manchester City have been offered Monaco’s Radamel Falcao for around €70m (£55m) and are trying to make the deal happen within the constraints of Uefa’s financial fair play system before the transfer window closes at 11pm on Monday night.

Manuel Pellegrini wants to sign the striker but the sense at the club is that time could run out. City are allowed a net spend of £49m and have around £24m at the moment after Jack Rodwell, Javi García and Gareth Barry departed.

City would need to more than double the money available to them and would be willing to sell Álvaro Negredo, Micah Richards, Matija Nastasic and Scott Sinclair to raise the money. There is interest in Richards from Sunderland but his wages may be an issue.

Negredo is the prime asset among those and has been interesting Real Madrid and their neighbours Atlético. He is valued by City at £25m but has just taken the cast off his injured metatarsal, meaning potential suitors may try to reduce his price. It is unclear whether the Spaniard could pass a medical. The prognosis is that he can return to action at the turn of the month.

One option that may be explored by City is a loan deal for Falcao, 28, with the option of buying him in January or next summer. He has been available for loan at about £20m, covering a fee to Monaco and wages. It is thought that Txiki Begiristain, the City director of football, discussed the potential transfer with Monaco during Thursday’s Champions League draw in the principality.

Falcao’s camp have been pushing to get him to Real Madrid but have encountered unexpected resistance from the decision-makers at the Bernabéu, although they have not given up hope of concluding that transfer. Falcao deleted a tweet on Saturday that indicated he was moving to the club. He claimed his account had been hacked.

Madrid, as well as having Negredo and Falcao as options, are understood to be keen on the Manchester United striker Javier Hernández and Tottenham Hotspur’s Roberto Soldado. The Mexico international,who is also being tracked by Juventus, is one of several players whose futures at Old Trafford are in the balance. Shinji Kagawa rejoined Borussia Dortmund on Sunday and Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverley could follow him out of the club.

Tottenham are the favourites to sign Welbeck, with Arsenal’s need for a striker following Olivier Giroud’s long-term injury potentially tempting them to also consider the 24-year-old. However Welbeck may remain at United, as could Cleverley, who is wanted by Aston Villa. The midfielder’s contract expires in May and although he earns a basic £30,000 a week, considerable add-ons make his United deal lucrative. He is considering whether to stay and leave as a free agent in May, should he still be out of favour.

United’s manager, Louis van Gaal, has not ruled out a late move for Juventus’s Arturo Vidal or any further strengthening before the deadline despite high-ranking sources at United claiming there is a “very low probability” of more signings.

Daley Blind’s confirmation as a United player, assuming he passes a medical and agrees personal terms, for around £15m from Ajax will take United’s summer spend to £145.7m, with Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo and Angel di María having already joined. Van Gaal is already working on targets to sign in January as the manager believes the squad still requires further rebuilding.

As reported by the Guardian in June Kevin Strootman, who is recovering from a serious knee injury, is the manager’s prime target for the winter window, with the Roma midfielder keen on a move to United.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/aug/31/manchester-city-offered-radamel-falcao-monaco?CMP=twt_gu

Let's see how they get around ffp

[Gibbo]

Hull city have bought two midfielders, one from PL one from another, neither are Cleverley

They're also very close to signing Abel Hernandez.

Just call me Jim White

Edit; one eyes George Boyd apparently also off to Burnley

Foreign midfielder is Andre Ayew

[Alex]

Falcao to either of the Manchester sides today will be huge. If he proves fitness and starts firing early, he could have a massive impact on the title.

[Reece]

Why did you steal my thread title? Now it's just confusing again.

[Alex]

I like uniformity.

[Reece]

Okay I can't argue with that. I've un-capitalised it though, to make it easier to tell the two apart at a glance on Real-Time. Plus, it doesn't involve us so doesn't deserve all capital letters.

[Muddled]

[Assassin]

[Muddled]

Football agent Rachel Anderson: "The club with the most money will sign Radamel Falcao, as long as they play Champions League football. We don't know where he will go, we just know he will.

"Personally, I have one player left who doesn't have a club but there is no rush for him. He can still go after the transfer window.

"I don't like transfer deadline day and I don't know why they have messed it up, it was fine the way it was before. It was meant to stop the big clubs from spending too much money but that hasn't happened."

[Muddled]

Phil McNulty:

"Everton manager Roberto Martinez is expected to be trying to do some business today.

"Martinez is a huge admirer of Tom Cleverley, having worked with the Manchester United midfield man when he was on loan at Wigan. Will he make a late bid to steal him away from Aston Villa, who have had a bid accepted? He is also wanted by Hull City.

"Not much cash floating around at Goodison Park after the club's record £28m signing of Romelu Lukaku so there may be more of the imaginative work in the loan market that has become something of a Martinez trademark."

[john316]

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Could Swansea be any more desperate in trying to flog Bony?

[Muddled]

Defoe to QPR.

If 'Arry could sign Johnson and Carrick he will complete the set.

[elrichio86]

Falcao is 29 and has had three knee operations in his career. And will no doubt want huge wages. Sounds a bit of a gamble at the prices being mentioned.

On loan is a no-brainer, but £50m plus on a player you'll only get a couple of seasons from, with no resale value is very risky IMO. Especially as neither of the Manc teams are weak up front.

[baronvonskidmark]

Posted this in the Utd thread, but seems more relevant here:

mephobia @mephobia8 · 1m
According to Italian media, Manchester United signed Falcao