Transfer Rumours 2013/14

He was a tremendous player. Apparently he's still good when he actually plays.

Norwich have apparently put in a bid for Steve Morison from Leeds.

He was a tremendous player. Apparently he's still good when he actually plays.

Norwich have apparently put in a bid for Steve Morison from Leeds.

Did he?

Didn't think he'd ever played long enough of a season to get into a team of the year!

Samba is very good though. Weren't Arsenal looking for him before he moved to Russialand?

On SSN this morning there was a football financial analyst, and he said that currently clubs got 45 million last year each in tv money, but next season it will be more like 60-70 million. Compared with the comparative pittance they would get in the Championship (plus parachute payments) then if their spending keeps them in the division then you have to say that it would be worth it.

If QPR stay up you would have to assume that there would be a massive clearout in the summer. The problem is not paying people like Samba 110,000 p/w, who are going to play hard and earn their money; its paying the people like Anton Ferdinand and Bosingwa 40,50 or 60,000 per week to sit on the bench and generally be shite. QPR have far too many players in the latter category.

Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think potentially bankrupting a club in an attempt to stay in the division is a clever move to make. I'm not saying QPR shouldn't spend, I just find it staggering they're willing to hand out 4 1/2 year contracts to 28-year-olds worth 100k p/w - there needs to be some middle ground. I agree with you about guys like Bosingwa though.

They won't bankrupt the club provided they can sell these players who are coming in if they do get relegated.

I'm surprised Danny Graham has joined Sunderland in this window given that he would have most likely be picking a cup winners medal next month and thus a place in Europe next season.

That's a big if though - there's plenty of mercenaries at QPR who might be happy to stay with them in the Championship and collect their massive pay packets rather than leave for another side who aren't stupid enough to pay them the same as what they're earning now. QPR might well survive this season and good luck to them, but I'm not an advocate of risking the long-term future of the club in order to secure short-term success.

Stoke have bid £4M for Jack Butland. BBC

I dont blame Harry, he's just trying to rescue the club from a bad situation. I blame Mark Hughes, he was signing players like I was playing Championship Manager 10 years ago!

It's not a risk if Tony Fernandes stays comitted. And he's the one making the decisions.

It's not a risk if Tony Fernandes stays comitted. And he's the one making the decisions.


Anyway Swansea don't seem to be linked with a striker, surely they're not going to just go with Itay Shechter and Luke Moore for the rest of the season. Although £5.5m for Danny Graham seems a touch overpriced.

I reckon Pulis wants Butland for the publicity of having an England squad regular.

Anyway Swansea don't seem to be linked with a striker, surely they're not going to just go with Itay Shechter and Luke Moore for the rest of the season. Although £5.5m for Danny Graham seems a touch overpriced.

I thought he only offered to resign as Chairman? Rather than liquidating the club.

I'd have loved him at Arsenal, but that's not the point. I just find it incredible that a club like QPR are acting so aggressively in the market, which in my eyes is pretty reckless when you look at how relegation can ruin clubs that overspend (i.e. Portsmouth). QPR seems to be taking it to a next level, and if they do go down, 'Arry can walk away claiming they were already relegated before he came in and that he can't be held accountable for the coming shitstorm.

Amazing - seems like there's virtually nothing Arsenal-related.

MON WENGER FFS