Deadline Day: Bring Out The Transfer Gimp!

Oat23

Blatter wrote: »

Bild claiming Javi Martinez off to Bayern for €40m.

Crazy money, fair play to Bilbao for holding out for it.

Seems the report originates from Mundo Deportivo, who claim Bayern announced the deal via their facebook page - Not true.

Lawrence1895

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Crazy money, fair play to Bilbao for holding out for it.

Heard, he took a paycut of 2 million as well. Athletic must be a dive, since himself anf probably Llorente are leaving :mad:

batistuta9

Lars1916 wrote: »

Heard, he took a paycut of 2 million as well. Athletic must be a dive, since himself anf probably Llorente are leaving :mad:

people reckon their leaving as they've no hope of winning anything in spain because of real & barca

LiamoSail

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Crazy money, fair play to Bilbao for holding out for it.

Seems the report originates from Mundo Deportivo, who claim Bayern announced the deal via their facebook page - Not true.

I don't think there's a hope in hell of any Bayern fan believing any official club facebook announcement regarding a major signing after the debacle last year

DubDani

A lot of German sources now reporting it based on SID (Sport-Informationsdienstes) reports, and seems very credible.

Would be a great signing IMO, if a bit on the expensive side. But he is young, and was willing to sacrifice a good chunk of his Salary to move to Bayern.

Nuri Sahin

Lars1916 wrote: »

Heard, he took a paycut of 2 million as well. Athletic must be a dive, since himself anf probably Llorente are leaving :mad:

Or they just want to compete for the highest honours, and unless Real or Barca want them, they aren't going to achieve that in La Liga.

Vanbis

Javi Martinez is a great signing for Bayern if the reports are true.

Lawrence1895

-Ade- wrote: »

Or they just want to compete for the highest honours, and unless Real or Barca want them, they aren't going to achieve that in La Liga.

Let's put it this way, they are Basques and should be proud, playing for Athletic. Some people see them as traitors. A mate of mine from Germany, who is a Basque himself, burnt his Athletic jersey after Martinez left.

Captain Morgan Freeman

Not sure if it's true or not but one of my friends told me they did a poll asking the Athletic fans would they rather buy the best talent from around the world and win the league or only use players from the basque region and get relegated, over 70% said they would rather use only Basque players and get relegated.

everdead.ie

From the Gaurdian

Arsenal confirm deal has been agreed with Manchester United for transfer of Robin van Persie. Story to follow …

All heating up in the transfer market

Lawrence1895

Captain Morgan Freeman wrote: »

Not sure if it's true or not but one of my friends told me they did a poll asking the Athletic fans would they rather buy the best talent from around the world and win the league or only use players from the basque region and get relegated, over 70% said they would rather use only Basque players and get relegated.

It is true. I heard about the same poll.

SteelyDanJalapeno

"Manchester United agrees £24m deal to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal. Dutch striker will sign a 4 year contract with Red Devils after passing the medical."

-Soccerway

Gbear

That just seems incredibly stupid by Arsenal. I can't believe they couldn't get Barca or some other team in another country to take RVP. It'd be worth getting 10% less cash to not strengthen a direct rival.

MUSEIST

It's official now, arsenal are a full feeder club for manchester and spanish clubs. Selling your best players is ridiculous if you want to compete at the top, selling to direct rivals is basically saying that you have no intention of competing for trophies.

Nuri Sahin

Awkward..

Dempsey

£24m for an injury prone 29 y/o with 1 year left on his contract and has no intention of renewing his contract despite investing in players. Arsenal will be better off in the long run imo

KaiserGunner

MUSEIST wrote: »

It's official now, arsenal are a full feeder club for manchester and spanish clubs. Selling your best players is ridiculous if you want to compete at the top, selling to direct rivals is basically saying that you have no intention of competing for trophies.

As an Arsenal fan that is sadly looking to be the case. This deal is sickening, they better have somebody else lined up before August 31st or I can see a lot of unrest with the fans.

LiamoSail

I wonder what the chances of City doing a last minute Utd/Berba-esq swoop for RvP are. Would certainly make the Utd thread cracking read :pac:

everdead.ie

Piers Morgan meltdown is the best thing about this transfer.

batistuta9

Lars1916 wrote: »

Let's put it this way, they are Basques and should be proud, playing for Athletic. Some people see them as traitors. A mate of mine from Germany, who is a Basque himself, burnt his Athletic jersey after Martinez left.

there's other clubs/fans in the basque region that hate athletic club

martinez is from navarre & signed from osasuna

Lawrence1895

batistuta9 wrote: »

there's other clubs/fans in the basque region that hate athletic club

martinez is from navarre & signed from osasuna

From what I heard, there is some rivalry in the Basque region, but no real hatred against Athletic. The 'Franco-clubs' (especially Athletico Madrid) get all the hatred, so I was told by my mate.

Oat23

Blatter wrote: »

Official: Juventus have signed Fernando Llorente for €35m.

http://www.juventus.host22.com/fernando+llorente+juventus+eng+news+15agosto2012.html

Fake site is fake.

Blatter

Oatesy23 wrote: »

Fake site is fake.

Ha, one of the more reliable transfer feeds got roped in by it, which in turn roped me in:pac: Never again...:p

LiamoSail

Lars1916 wrote: »

From what I heard, there is some rivalry in the Basque region, but no real hatred against Athletic. The 'Franco-clubs' (especially Athletico Madrid) get all the hatred, so I was told by my mate.

You mean Real?

Red Crow

LiamoSail wrote: »

You mean Real?

No Atletico were a military team at one stage.

killwill

-Ade- wrote: »

Awkward..

Praying he is a man of his word.

batistuta9

Lars1916 wrote: »

From what I heard, there is some rivalry in the Basque region, but no real hatred against Athletic. The 'Franco-clubs' (especially Athletico Madrid) get all the hatred, so I was told by my mate.

i was under the impression that because athletic club regularly take the best young players from the other clubs in the region they're not liked at all by the fans of the others, that coupled with the fact they are the biggest/most successful club

also because of this they're not supposed to be the representation of the basque's as a whole, as is often made out.

did Franco not support real?

Red Crow

Don't know how reliable this is but Sahin is off to Liverpool because Mourinho was happy for him to develop under Rodgers for a year and Liverpool were the only club prepared to take him without an option to buy.

It's a good move for Sahin because he'll play week in week out and he's obviously going to get his chance at Real Madrid next season. Some Turkish paper reported that he favours a move to Arsenal but Liverpool are willing to cover most of €80,000 p/w salary.

On twitter I saw that this whole Sahin to Liverpool deal stems from Mourinho talking about Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers today.

In other words everybody is just guessing.

Xavi6

How many of the Sahin droolers have actually seen him play I wonder.

amiable

Xavi6 wrote: »

How many of the Sahin droolers have actually seen him play I wonder.

Is that the best you have?
It seems a common argument you use.
I've seen him plays lots because I like watching The Bundesliga.
Liverpool seem to be signing a really good player for what seems a good deal and you still try to have a dig.
Change the fcukin record