The Official Summer 2011 Silly Season Thread

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Originally Posted by valo403

That's actually exactly what it was. Hopefully Hargreaves can find a way to stay healthy, a great player when he is.

yep, and if he is healthy he should be able to absolutely dominate that league

he's still top division quality

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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

yep, and if he is healthy he should be able to absolutely dominate that league

he's still top division quality

For sure. There are a lot of players who would have packed their kit bag and sat back counting dollars on the ebach after his injury woes. The fact he's battling back shows just how much playing means to him. I'll definitely be rooting for him.

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Woody signs with Stoke

really hope he can stay fit for them and have a great season

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Gervinho signing is official as well, think that's a good bit of business

and Sky say that Chelsea are coming back with a 30m + Sturridge bid for Modric

[Locke]

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Woody signs with Stoke

really hope he can stay fit for them and have a great season

Thats a good gamble for Stoke, if he can stay fit he'll really help them.

Realistically, he cant expect top clubs to pay top dollar for a player who never plays. United cut Hargreaves loose, Spurs have to do the same with Woodgate.

Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Gervinho signing is official as well, think that's a good bit of business

and Sky say that Chelsea are coming back with a 30m + Sturridge bid for Modric

The whole Modric fiasco could conceivably turn ugly, but this is what the Champions League does. Liverpool went through the exact same phase when they went out of the CL, the big players cut and run to the clubs that are in it.

What to do though, if Levy holds his ground theres little sense having a disgruntled playmaker around the rest of the team.

I posted before that I have respect for Levy in the way he does business, and I do, but I have that respect because at the moment I think players just have too much leverage and power in their bargaining situations and managers cant manage when the players have all the power.

Unfortunately, gone are the days when manager ruled like tyrants and players got what they got and were glad for it.

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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

Woody signs with Stoke

really hope he can stay fit for them and have a great season

If he stays fit he could bring a bit of class to their Rugby team. Good signing by Stoke.

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Originally Posted by Locke

The whole Modric fiasco could conceivably turn ugly, but this is what the Champions League does. Liverpool went through the exact same phase when they went out of the CL, the big players cut and run to the clubs that are in it.

This is what really irks me. What happens if he moves to Chelsea and then next season they don't make the CL, but Spurs do? Does he go crawling back? Like hell he does; Man City buy him, give him £200,000 a week and he sits on the bench. I hate when players use the Champions League as a ruse for a pay-raise.

Edit: Oops, sorry for the double post.

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Essien out for at least 6 months official

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some great quotes about 3 months ago

JWTelegraph Jeremy Wilson
Interested to know what #spurs fans think of Modric..don't remember him complaining last yr when he agreed contract until 2016 worth £12.5m

JWTelegraph Jeremy Wilson
Modric speaking in April: "It doesn’t matter if we qualify or don’t qualify for the Champions League, the team will stay together."

JWTelegraph Jeremy Wilson
More Modric in April: "No one is thinking of leaving Tottenham. We are happy here. Tottenham are a big club.” #thfc #fb


He has obviously had his head turned and been tapped up by Roman, it's clear he sees $$$$ or he would be asking for a move to an actual big club that isn't about 4-5 years away from being a mid-table club.

I would offer him abroad to Italy or Spain, has to be teams interested there he would be an upgrade at CM on any of those teams outside of Barca's

even if he does go to Chelsea, which I still don't see happening because Levy/Joe Lewis/Spurs are not in dire straights needing money, there are deals that do make sense

30m + Sturridge + Drogba makes sense for Spurs

the reason why I don't see it happening is because Levy has backed himself in to a corner with his "he will not be sold" and like I said above he doesn't need to sell him

unless they can pull of something like the above and all ready have someone like Javi Martinez signed or Luka comes out and says those words came from his agent etc. I hope he rots him on the bench for the next 6 years

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That deal would certainly make sense for Spurs. One for now in Drogba (even though he is a shadow of himself 3 years ago), and one for the future in Sturridge.

I think with Essien out for 6 months now, and their rickety old squad falling to pieces, Roman starts to just throw money at the problem. I could see something more like £45-50m being offered because they get desperate.

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DuckerTheTimes James Ducker
Fergie on Wenger vowing not to sell SN. 'if he stands by that decision it's a brave one. I don't know the directors will enjoy that one


OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
No need for a guessing game. Fergie is 100% referring to #MCFC when he suggests "somewhere else" as Nasri destination if he leaves Arsenal

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I hear Modric's offer is up to £27M now.

That Essien injury is really going to suck if they dont replace him with someone.

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ya sky said they understand that Chelsea are willing to offer it

they said that 6 hours after it was reported

it should also show Luka how little they value him

Levy all ready rejected it

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2 points from the last few days:

1) I knew the tabloids were bad, but I am surprised how bad Sky has been in this window (I probably shouldn't be, but I am not well versed in British media).

They reported an Arsenal bid of 18M pounds for Downing, but Villa has come out point blank and said Arsenal never made the bid.

2) Chelsea is stupid, but did they really counter with 27M? Perhaps with their arrogance they did, or sky got it wrong.

Teams like Barca and Chelsea should not be able to rely on unsettling players to force a price they want. I hope Tottenham holds firm.

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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf

DuckerTheTimes James Ducker
Fergie on Wenger vowing not to sell SN. 'if he stands by that decision it's a brave one. I don't know the directors will enjoy that one


OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
No need for a guessing game. Fergie is 100% referring to #MCFC when he suggests "somewhere else" as Nasri destination if he leaves Arsenal

Sounds like Fergie is unhappy we will not let Nasri go there. I mean he didn't have to throw in the directors comment after.

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Apparently Carlos Tevez and his agent are now in talks with Corinthians. I don't know what it is about Tevez, but he seems to have a compulsion to cause drama everywhere he goes.

Are Corinthians really a better club than Man City, and are they really a better club then Man Utd? I don't understand what goes through his head.

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I think it's his wife/kids

they dont want to live in Manchester and they basically refuse to go, so he gets homesick

not making excuses for him because he did sign the contract, but I do think that is his reasoning

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100% tapping up

Cesc Fabregas has told Xavi he is "suffering" and is desperate to quit Arsenal, according to the Barcelona midfielder.

The Nou Camp star says he ran into his potential new team-mate during the summer and told Barca's official website: "I spoke to Cesc in Ibiza and he said he was suffering because he wanted to come. It's more like, he did everything he could to come and wants to leave Arsenal - although he made it clear that now everything depends on the selling club."

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the sun had a story today that Michael Dawson was unhappy at Spurs and wanted out

Dawson came out 4 hours later and called the story complete crap

wish more players did that when rumors and crap like that gets out

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I'm sick to death of this Cesc saga. If you wanted to play in Barcelona so badly, you shouldn't have left and signed a contract with someone else. Tough it out, son.