Transfer Gossip

[tomski]

19 hours ago, Sweep said:

That's fine by me, as long as we have a club to support - I think it's pretty much a given we'll be going down anyway, so I'd rather we just get through the season, and then pretty much start from scratch at the end of next season and start building again. if we have to play our kids, then so be it, it'll be a baptism of fire for them, but we might uncover a gem or two, that ordinarily would never get near the first team, that we can sell.

 

If we do have to play with kids and flids, then hopefully the fans will realise the reasoning, and stick with it

Crazy when if the sale had gone through in jan/feb they could of had a championship club!

Pretty much agree with you though.

Edited July 24, 2019 by tomski

[Carlos]

Remember when Lookman went to Everton for £10m and people saying we should get that for Zach Clough? He's got to Leipzig for £22.5m. (Lookman, not Clough).

[Sweep]

8 minutes ago, Carlos said:

Remember when Lookman went to Everton for £10m and people saying we should get that for Zach Clough? He's got to Leipzig for £22.5m. (Lookman, not Clough).

Crazy isn't it, he's not even played all that many times for Everton. I didn't know he'd been over there on loan last year, and scored 5 goals in 11 games. I've just looked, and didn't realise how much younger than Clough he is, I'd always assumed they were the same age

From when they were both transferred, how their careers have changed. 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, Carlos said:

Remember when Lookman went to Everton for £10m and people saying we should get that for Zach Clough? He's got to Leipzig for £22.5m. (Lookman, not Clough).

Everton after Zaha

[Duck Egg]

Kyle Lafferty is available on a free. Could be the big lump we're probably looking for if the takeover goes ahead?

[Biggish Dave]

Can’t see us going after players who are used to being on big money. Bargain basement, promising kids and loanees for us

[burnden]

 

[Take Hunt Off]

1 hour ago, burnden said:

 

Really seems to give the scottish twat a buzz everytime he has something negative to tweet.

Anyway whose arsed.

Edited July 27, 2019 by Take Hunt Off

[Eavesy]

I’m arsed.

one of the brightest prospects in the clubs history. Gone for free.

how much did Sunderland get for Pickford? £25m? 

That covers the clubs losses for 5 years.

this is why the club is on its arse. We are dogshit at selling youth players for decent money.

[birch-chorley]

Pickford wasn’t a youth player though 

Our bottle neck is bringing kids through that end up playing at a decent level

[darrener]

48 minutes ago, Eavesy said:

I’m arsed.

one of the brightest prospects in the clubs history. Gone for free.

how much did Sunderland get for Pickford? £25m? 

That covers the clubs losses for 5 years.

this is why the club is on its arse. We are dogshit at selling youth players for decent money.

Totally agree, some of our transfer business over the last few years has been rubbish. 

[Morizio]

1 hour ago, Eavesy said:

I’m arsed.

one of the brightest prospects in the clubs history. Gone for free.

how much did Sunderland get for Pickford? £25m? 

That covers the clubs losses for 5 years.

this is why the club is on its arse. We are dogshit at selling youth players for decent money.

It’s Ken’s fault. Happened on his watch. 

[Matt Lofthouse]

4 hours ago, burnden said:

 

Death by a thousand paper cuts. 😔

[Sweep]

2 hours ago, birch-chorley said:

Pickford wasn’t a youth player though

He joined Sunderland when he was 8yrs old, that's fairly youthful

[birch-chorley]

Just now, Sweep said:

He joined Sunderland when he was 8yrs old, that's fairly youthful

I meant he wasn’t a youth player when he was sold, he’d broken through at Sunderland 

Our issue is we aren’t bringing them through, when we are we can worry about making sure we get the right money for them 

Pickford is a world away from one of our kids who hasn’t kicked a ball for the 1st team going to another academy where he probably won’t kick a ball for their 1st team 

 

[Mannyroader]

Chris Eagles has signed for Oldham. Only 33, he spent 5 months last season at Ross County, signed by Owen Coyle.

[Leyther_Matt]

We fill plenty of youth squads but that doesn’t mean they’re going to make a living as a professional. Based on his recent loan spells, there’s absolutely no telling that Turner will suddenly turn in to a world beater. 

[jmjhb]

Turner signed for Newcastle

[TrickyTrotter]

Wish Turner the best but never broke through here, we had the keeper coach on the bench for half a season rather than JT.  Loads of time as a keeper for him to come good though.

[Farrelli]

1 minute ago, TrickyTrotter said:

Wish Turner the best but never broke through here, we had the keeper coach on the bench for half a season rather than JT.  Loads of time as a keeper for him to come good though.

I think he was injured at that time ?

[passmosster]

2 hours ago, Farrelli said:

I think he was injured at that time ?

Turner has always looked useful when I have seen him. Very good on crosses.

I thought that he was now behind Aspinall in the pecking order. What's happened to him?

[Farrelli]

Signed for Newcastle.

[birch-chorley]

3 hours ago, Farrelli said:

Signed for Newcastle.

Aspinall as well? 

[Farrelli]

7 minutes ago, birch-chorley said:

Aspinall as well? 

Ah sorry misread that😀

[Newton White]

18 hours ago, passmosster said:

Turner has always looked useful when I have seen him. Very good on crosses.

I thought that he was now behind Aspinall in the pecking order. What's happened to him?

My lad was a keeper in the academy group below Turner (or stretch as hes known because hes fookin huge). Turner was in the same year as Jaaskeleinan and miles better than him. You can never tell for sure but he was the best youth keeper in the club by some way with all the tools to be a very good keeper. The keepers train (and sometimes play) up a year so my lad worked with both Turner and Will. Turner was a good lad so good luck to him. He didnt have much time for junior.