Groundhog summer transfer window thread

[officepest]

We definitely need to keep Giroud fit for the next six weeks and then dip into the market for some competition for him. I'm not sure, however, whether Wenger will as he is notoriously reticent to spend in Jan and may well decide to go with Wally or Poldi instead.

[SteveO 35]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news ... al-striker

Wow, do you really think so Ivan ?

We needed to fucking buy one in the Summer and you had 3 months to do it......so how are you going to do it within a month at a time when nobody wants to sell their top players ?

[King Henry]

Is there any way QPR can recall Remy in January and sell him? I think he'd be a good back up option as he provides some pace and is decent at finishing and he wouldn't cost too much either.

[SteveO 35]

Dzeko is even further behind the first team now that Negredo has been scoring and Aguero isn't droppable

Need a striker capable of holding up the ball and bringing our midfielders into play and think he could do it for us

[GranadaJoe]

I'd love us to buy a superstar striker, but I'd settle for a good loan. Cavani, Hernandez, Ba, Remy etc, any of them would be a distinct improvement on our current options.

[wibble]

The only problem with a lot of these options is that our rivals won't loan to us and probably won't sell either, especially if we're still at or near the top in January.

So that rules out Hernandez, Ba, Dzeko. Think we may go abroad for our striking options-don't see it being a superstar but shouldn't be hard to at least get better back-up than we currently have-whether or not that will be enough is another question.
My knowledge of foreign game isn't great tbh-if as i'm assuming we don't go for world class like Cavani, what realistic options are there?

[g88ner]

I'd love us to buy a superstar striker, but I'd settle for a good loan. Cavani, Hernandez, Ba, Remy etc, any of them would be a distinct improvement on our current options.

Have I missed something? why would Cavani be available on loan? didn't PSG spend £50m on him a few months ago?

[northbank123]

Dzeko is even further behind the first team now that Negredo has been scoring and Aguero isn't droppable

Need a striker capable of holding up the ball and bringing our midfielders into play and think he could do it for us

Really rate Dzeko - play him regularly and not only will he score goals, his all-round play is fantastic. City wouldn't be stupid enough to sell him to us though - not in Jan and not in the summer. They'll eventually let him go to Italy where somebody will happily pay him stupid wages because they'll get him on the cheap - like Tevez, like de Jong.

[Rosie_titters]

save the club £25m, instead of going for Suarez, go for his mini me, Diego Costa, the bloke has been immense at Athletico,

This bloke is going to be a Superstar, and won't be Athletico for too long,

[topgoon]

save the club £25m, instead of going for Suarez, go for his mini me, Diego Costa, the bloke has been immense at Athletico,

This bloke is going to be a Superstar, and won't be Athletico for too long,

Bastard you beat me to it, was reading about him on one of those Spanish football blogs. Atletico will actually accept offers for him in January.His release clause is 35million pounds. If the board are serious about spending all the money they've been hoarding, then this guy is the real deal. Him up front and defensive back up and I would actually start to buy into our early season hype being built on serious foundations, not the usual sand.

[Red Gunner]

I'd love us to buy a superstar striker, but I'd settle for a good loan. Cavani, Hernandez, Ba, Remy etc, any of them would be a distinct improvement on our current options.

Have I missed something? why would Cavani be available on loan? didn't PSG spend £50m on him a few months ago?

When it comes to transfers, people say some bizarre things on this forum

[GranadaJoe]

I'd love us to buy a superstar striker, but I'd settle for a good loan. Cavani, Hernandez, Ba, Remy etc, any of them would be a distinct improvement on our current options.

Have I missed something? why would Cavani be available on loan? didn't PSG spend £50m on him a few months ago?

When it comes to transfers, people say some bizarre things on this forum

I know Cavani is left field, but it was being reported that he was looking for a move because he's behind Zlatan Ibrxxxx.

I'd be very surprised if Costa was available, or interested. He's just got into the Spanish squad and Atletico are a big club and doing brilliantly.

I like to dream though.

[1989]

Today proved again that we need a new striker, and not any new striker, someone who will bench Giroud.

[SteveO 35]

Today proved again that we need a new striker, and not any new striker, someone who will bench Giroud.

Nobody is coming

[1989]

I like your optimism.