The Incoming Transfers Everywhere Thread: Summer 2023

[Kenny]

They wanted Nerves plus 30m for Fati? Fuck off

Thats been the story since the start of this saga.
Seems we said fuck off at the idea early on and Fati agreed with the sentiment

 

[WsWolf]

Good player (West Ham never know how to use strikers, they wasted Haller similarly).

But on this front we can't compete. European football and moving back home vs....what exactly. If it's a loan then he earns the same as he does now whatever happens.

I get that part but West Ham wouldn't loan him if we could offer them 3/4 of their money back and Roma won't do that imo.

 

[EdgeOfTheAlps]

Thats been the story since the start of this saga.
Seems we said fuck off at the idea early on and Fati agreed with the sentiment

I thought it was straight swap and neither Fati nor us fancied it. I'm gobsmacked the cheeky bastards want cash as well.

 

[Kenny]

I get that part but West Ham wouldn't loan him if we could offer them 3/4 of their money back and Roma won't do that imo.

Think he wants to go back to Italy. He binned his agent off a few months ago and got a new one with the intention of getting him back to Italy

 

[b3h]

I thought it was straight swap and neither Fati nor us fancied it. I'm gobsmacked the cheeky bastards want cash as well.

Yeah, been reported a few times but ridiculous if true

 

[Sedgley Wolf]

Er, in what world were we signing John Stones in 2020?

Probably not a very realistic one. It was just a rhetorical question IIRC.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Probably not a very realistic one. It was just a rhetorical question IIRC.

Oh, not a dig aimed in your direction. But if someone had linked him to us then, my answer wouldn't have been "don't need him bruv, Romain Saiss is obviously better", it would have been "that's ludicrous, we can't afford him and he wouldn't come here".

 

[HanDoJin]

Was it Antonio who basically called Scamacca lazy? His exact words were more polite, but the implication was pretty clear: can't be arsed fighting for the ball

 

[Alan]

I thought Scamacca looked really bad for them. Less skillful Podence. Think every time I saw him play he did at least three things that were blatantly dumb.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I think it was a bit kinder than that. Essentially if you want to play up front for Moyes then you have to run the channels relentlessly and be very adept at occupying the centre halves physically. He doesn't want to/can't do that but then don't sign him for £35m as he's never done that.

 

[Sedgley Wolf]

Oh, not a dig aimed in your direction. But if someone had linked him to us then, my answer wouldn't have been "don't need him bruv, Romain Saiss is obviously better", it would have been "that's ludicrous, we can't afford him and he wouldn't come here".

Wasn't taken as one! And yeah, I'd have said the same tbh, even if I did have my doubts about him at the time.

 

[Johnny75]

I thought Scamacca looked really bad for them. Less skillful Podence. Think every time I saw him play he did at least three things that were blatantly dumb.

Podence is one of the most skilful players we've had over the last half a dozen years.

 

[Alan]

Podence is one of the most skilful players we've had over the last half a dozen years.

Aye, and if you take that away what's left? Just the bad decisions, and IMO Scamacca looked addicted to making the same bad decisions Pod loves to make.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Podence is one of the most skilful players we've had over the last half a dozen years.

Yep, he just has no idea when or how to use it. Never going to either.

I imagine he's as good on the training ground as Steve Corica was in 1996 when McGhee insisted he was better than Georgi Kinkladze. We don't get points for mad skillz on a Wednesday morning though Mark.

 

[Johnny75]

Aye, and if you take that away what's left? Just the bad decisions, and IMO Scamacca looked addicted to making the same bad decisions Pod loves to make.

So you're saying Scamacca is just Podence without the technique/ skill?

 

[HanDoJin]

I think it was a bit kinder than that. Essentially if you want to play up front for Moyes then you have to run the channels relentlessly and be very adept at occupying the centre halves physically. He doesn't want to/can't do that but then don't sign him for £35m as he's never done that.

Seems to be a guilty pleasure across various clubs

 

[Alan]

So you're saying Scamacca is just Podence without the technique/ skill?

That's more or less what I judged as I saw him last season, yeah. Not an exact 1:1, of course.

 

[Lycan]

That's more or less what I judged as I saw him last season, yeah. Not an exact 1:1, of course.

You sure you're thinking of the right player? Scamacca is a full foot taller than Podence!

 

[Alan]

You sure you're thinking of the right player? Scamacca is a full foot taller than Podence!

Not an exact 1:1!

 

[Kenny]

Probably not a very realistic one. It was just a rhetorical question IIRC.

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