TheCunningStunt

I wasn't sure whether to create its own thread or put it in the English football thread. I went for its own thread.. As the season's drawing to a close and the transfer market imminent, who would you like your club to sign? Say what club you support followed by your predicted budget for your club, who would you sell (if anyone) and who would you bring in and why.

Supports: Manchester United
Budget: £60mil

Ins:
Jack Rodwell £20mil
Luca Modric £20mil
Joe Cole (Free)
Either.. Dzeko £15 or Benzema (loan, long shot but you never know.)

Why? I think Jack Rodwell is one for the future, versatile, quick, good reading of the game for someone so young, Luca Mordic is just brilliant, from his touch to his passing to his eye for goal. Joe Cole would be a great asset especially since he's free. Dzeko would score goals, Nani/Valencia/Cole with the service, Rooney and Dzeko up front poaching. If not Dzeko I'd be happy with Benzema, I feel he's more unproven than other strikers but if anyone can get the best out of him it'll be SAF.


Out:

Michael Owen
Darren Gibson

Why? Unfortunately I don't think Mickey Owen is good enough for this team, which is a real shame, Coming from a relegated side into competing for the championship is a big stretch. One of the best English centre fowards we've seen but I think yet another injury is just one too many. As For Darren, it's a matter of if he wants to leave and feels he won't get regular enough football with the two midfielders that have been signed. I don't feel like he's good enough at the moment, brilliant shot not much else. But then again when Fletcher was his age he wasn't good enough either..

That would be my perfect summer.

Bulldog

Good idea for a thread this. My thoughts on the matter;

Supports: Wigan Athletic
Budget: £10-15million (we've still got plenty left from the Palacios and Valencia transfers, so maybe even more than that).

Ins:
Ryan Shawcross
Papa Bouba Diop
Joe Ledley
Aiden McGeady
Nathan Ellington

There's no denying the team needs a lot of investment in the summer. The above are players I can see Martinez at least going for. Ryan Shawcross, apart from being able to scare the shit out of opposition attackers since the 'Ramsey incident', is a fairly reliable and tough centre half, and it'd be great having him in contention when Emerson Boyce and Gary Caldwell are unavailable (as they are now, which is one reason why Wigan aren't exactly doing great at the minute). Papa Bouba Diop's not getting any younger, but our midfield lacks agood old-fashioned tough tackler, and I think he'd do the business. Joe Ledley of Cardiff's a good young midfielder, should be able to add a bit more to te midfield. Nathan Ellington's career's gone down the shitter ever since he left Wigan, and he's proven he can be a handful for defences in this league before, so he really should come back home. Aiden McGeady's a good, tricky winger and can score goals too, and if we can pluck him from Celtic he'll fit superbly into Martinez's system here.

Those are the ones I'll sign when I get a copy of Football Manager 2011 this summer anyway.

Outs:

Vladimir Stojkovic
Erik Edman
Paul Scharner
Jordi Gomez
Jason Scotland

Paul Scharner used to be one of my favourite players here, but either he's completely lost the plot this last season or he just can't function under Martinez's system. On he goes then. Jordi Gomez serves no purpose here other than to disrupt our flow when he comes off the bench and as such, along with Scharner, has cost us a lot of games this season. Jason Scotland and Erik Edman are definitive dead wood - they simply have to go, no matter what the price. Vladimir Stojkovic is simply no Premier League goalkeeper as well, so he really should go too.

TheCunningStunt

Ryan Shawcross
Papa Bouba Diop
Joe Ledley
Aiden McGeady
Nathan Ellington

How much for each player though? No disrespect to Wigan but I thought Shawcross was being targeted for a big club. I heard a rumour a while back about a return to United. probably nothing, or I hope it's nothing anyway.

If you're selling I'd take Rodallega off your hands as a useful squad player.

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Bulldog

Targeted by United is he? I don't really keep my ears to the ground about the transfer gossip anyway, as most of it's tosh. If Shawcross does leave Stoke this summer though, you're right, it probably will be to a bigger club than Wigan.

Also (this one's for the Villa too) hands off Rodallega - get your own Honduran genius I'm not just saying this because I'd hate for him to go, but I don't think he's quite good enough for bigger sides just yet - he's only really just started to emerge this season, and he's not exactly consistently dangerous anyway. My lot haven't had one of those strikers since Roberts and Ellington left.

How much for each one then...

TheCunningStunt

It was just one thing I read on the rumour mill, like you said - tosh. But I think I read Liverpool wouldn't mind Shawcross as well.

Rodallega is probably best where he is at the moment, sitting on a bench at United or Villa wouldn't help his development at all. Maybe in a couple of years he'll make the jump. I feel for teams like Wigan, they produce/find good players - Valencia, McCarthy (another one who's being linked with a big club, well when I say 'big' I mean Liverpool), Palacios, Rodallega.

I like the cost cutting there. My wishes won't come true, we'll get Smalling Hernandez and someone else and that'll be it. I hope the someone else is Modric or Gourcuff or someone like that.

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zeppy111

Well at the moment it looks like we are in the race for Rodallega, and were willing to dish out 15 million or something ridiculous like that for him. No disrespect to him, but he is not 15 worth 15 million, he is a really good player, but lacks much consistency and i just don't think he would cut it at Villa/most bigger clubs(Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Spurts ect...)

Maybe in a few years, especially considering we have a perfectly decent talent in nathan Delfouneso. Will chip in with what i hope Villa do later when I got some more time.

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Shawcross actually has a clause in his Stoke contract saying that Man Utd get first refusal on him seeing as they sold him to them in the first place.

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Mojo

20m for Rodwell? Really?

Thats not meant to be sarcastic or anything, i'm just wondering if he's really worth that large a price tag.

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TheCunningStunt

Oh really? I hadn't heard anything about that, I heard a rumour and an apparently Shawcross said he didn't want to come back. Sounded like the rumour and the 'statement' were bollocks but I dunno. If he came back I'd welcome him with open arms, but I feel there would be better options out there should Vidic decide to leave.

Aye. I remember when the Rooney transfer went through, there was a bit of outrage - 25million for a unproven kid, I mean we signed him because of a goal against a big side (THAT Arsenal goal) and a couple of other good performances, Rodwell scored a goal against us as well as a few solid performances, on the United fan forum people bumped a thread from 2004 regarding the Rooney transfer and some of the comments were laughable.

I think 20million would be an investment, well worth it IMO. Versatile as well which is always a plus. How come you don't think he's worth it? When you consider the market today, English U21.. you're looking at 16 million for James Milner, decent player but no where near worth that.

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2 years earlier Villa could have got him for £4 million but they screwed up the transfer.

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