Transfer Rumours 2015/16

Well if he can pass the ball five yards, he'll be an improvement on the former winger.

Honestly - I've always liked Townsend. - but he really does seem to get a a hell of a stick from Spurs fans.

I reckon it's weird how everyone was so outraged at Spurs asking for £14m for Townsend, doesn't seem any worse than £7m for Gomis, £12m for Shelvey of £21-£25m we're apparenly quoted for Berahino.

Are people sure Doumbia is quick? He looks very old for a 28 year old.

Aside from the economics of the deal (which I don't think are that bad considering that all Premier League clubs are loaded these days) I don't really understand why Townsend's drawing so much abuse.

I mean @Based Jorge what are you trying to prove? No shit he's not as good as Hazard, if Newcastle could have bought a player that was as good as that they would have, but he's good enough to be playing in the Premier League, and better than what they've got already. If one of our clubs had bought him then by all means, but I think its a good move for both Newcastle and Townsend.

Proving the point that all he does for 90mins is shoot outside the box & not score and is the biggest waste of £14m I've possibly seen in a long time

He's worth about £5m max and that's including the trademarked English premium

I don't think there's a decent player in there at all. Don't think any of my Spurs mates think there's a decent player in there either

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We'd get £25m+ for Ox mainly because most people still believe he's a good player with huge potential, baffling to me as he hasn't improved since he's come here.

The market for English players is absurd, just because Newcastle's scouting team is horrific it doesn't mean they should buy shite English players when there's better options abroad

Townsend will definitely be better than Thauvin who cost the same amount of money - and will almost certainly be better than Cabella.

Are you surprised Oxlade-Chamberlain has regressed? Pretty much every Arsenal player has, Wilshere, Walcott and Welbeck all have, as well as the likes of Chambers and Szczesny. Bellerin only became good because he was an accident.