Only one week on from the end of the Premier League season, and we've already been linked with over a dozen players by the media.
This year I've decided to keep track of the rumours, to try and figure out a pattern for which sources are most reliable and which are garbage. Obviously we all know the Sun and Mirror etc. are a waste of everyone's time, but it might be interesting to see just how low their success rate is over a whole summer.
Anyway, here's the round-up of the players we've been linked with since Sunday:
LB:
Ryan Sessegnon (Sun, Daily Mail, Standard, Guardian, BBC, SkyBet) - £25m
Arthur Masuaku (Sun) - ?
Lucas Digne (Daily Sport) - Swap w/Rose
RB:
Youcef Atal (Telegraph) - £34m
CB:
Harry Maguire (Sun) - £60m
CM:
Nicolo Zaniolo (FootballLondon, Sun) - £40-50m
Andre Gomes (Sun, Marca, SkyBet) - £20-35m
Nabil Fekir (HITC, L'Equipe) - ?
Youri Tielemans (SkyBet) - ?
Agustin Almendra (HITC, Sport Witness) - £22m
Tanguy Ndombele (L'Equipe) - ?
FWD:
Gareth Bale (Sun, Daily Mail, Marca) - £10m loan
Julian Brandt (Bild, Daily Mail) - £21.5m
Wilfred Zaha (Daily Mail, BBC) - £80m
So just the 14 players over the last 7 days
Looking at the number of reports, it seems like Sessegnon is perhaps the only one close to a transfer. For £25m I'd happily see him develop at the club as a long term successor to Rose.
To be quite honest, from that list only Bale, Zaha and Ndombele really excite me as players who could take us to the next level. Who would you take?
Transfer Window: Week 1
posted on 18/5/19
I think players from the outside can see how far this side has come with Poch and that they'd want to be a part of it whether we win the CL or not. Whereas for someone like Eriksen, I think if we don't win the CL, he'll feel like it's another case of so near yet so far, and after 7 years and in his late 20's, it's time to move on to a team with a better chance of winning something.
posted on 18/5/19
What’s the 3 players out of the list in the op you want?
Mine would be
Ndombele
Zaha
Tielemans
posted on 18/5/19
Don't forget Grealish.
Also Zaniolo is a winger, though I would imagine he'll end up in midfield eventually considering how tall and strong he is.
I've also seen Isaac Hayden linked
Oh and Maxi Gomez from Celta
posted on 18/5/19
I’d be delighted with Sessegnon, Tielemans and AWB.
Op, like the idea of keeping track of this bs; don’t forget about all the Ajax players we’ve been linked with too 🙈
posted on 18/5/19
comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
What’s the 3 players out of the list in the op you want?
Mine would be
Ndombele
Zaha
Tielemans
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Go on......
posted on 18/5/19
Thought Ziyech looked quality. £25m looks a good deal.
posted on 18/5/19
Oh and Van De Beek has been heavily linked.
posted on 18/5/19
comment by A Ginger Tottenham Tinge (U10525)
posted 6 minutes ago
Thought Ziyech looked quality. £25m looks a good deal.
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Can see him going Bayern
posted on 18/5/19
comment by A Ginger Tottenham Tinge (U10525)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
I’d be delighted with Sessegnon, Tielemans and AWB.
Op, like the idea of keeping track of this bs; don’t forget about all the Ajax players we’ve been linked with too 🙈
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This is just since Sunday
I do remember lots of links to van de Beek before the season finished. He’d be a fantastic addition.
posted on 18/5/19
comment by MKspur (U9129)
posted 3 hours, 44 minutes ago
What’s the 3 players out of the list in the op you want?
Mine would be
Ndombele
Zaha
Tielemans
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I would say those 4 plus Bale are the best on the list. Ndombele especially is exactly what we need and would be the most exciting transfer since van der Vaart IMO