CosbehFox Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 We aren't spending major dollar. I read yesterday that Southampton still owe £32 million. Therefore it's not the ideal club to follow or the gravy train it appears. Add to that a substantial amount of promotion bonuses to be paid out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 RB - Hibbert CB - Lescott Central Midfielder - Hoolahan/ Osman Left Winger - Thorgan Hazard (loan) Goal Keeper - Wes Foderingham Striker - Haven't the foggiest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Mulumbu is a great shout whoever said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJB-fox Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Cresswell/Haidara (loan)/Izaguirre Cattermole (yes, lee cattermole!) / mulumbu Finnbogason Van Djik Adam Matthews Jedinak Nathan Redmond Adam Johnson Leroy Fer Snodgrass Lambert Jamie Patterson Caulker Papiss Cisse Bertrand Bamford Livermore just to name a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Can we have a whip round for Marco Reus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 I think good signings would be: Neil Taylor-£4m Adam Johnson-£10-12m Steven Caulkur-£5m Liam Bridcutt-£3-4m Jay Rodriguez-£8m Charlie Austin-£4m Kieran Westwood-£2m So around £35-40m spent in total, thoughts?? Edit: just thought of Charlie Adam from Stoke-he'd be decent at £6 or 7m. No chance of Rodriguez at that price the way he's been producing the goods at Saints. Not sure if Austin would cut it and I don't think anyone would pay £10m for Johnson, especially as his wages are sky high (Sunderland broke their wage cap to get him). I'd take Taylor or Caulker but I wouldn't spend £2m on a back-up keeper as Kasper will sign a new deal. Bridcutt is decent but isn't value for money and I'd imagine he'll stay with Sunderland given he's not been there long. Charlie Adam has no reason to leave Stoke for us & he'll be on a fair whack given he joined them from Liverpool. Most our business will be done abroad I'd assume. We have an interesting summer ahead and we'll probably sign players we've never heard of. Wouldn't mind nicking someone like Livermore from Spurs. I think we're an attractive proposition given our relatively young squad. Should be ambitious in the market. Unlikely signing but given Spurs will probably have a clear out I'd love us to try and nick Gylfi Sigurdsson. Unrealistic but you never know I guess, don't think Spurs would hold out for big money and he can be absolute quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 We aren't spending major dollar. I read yesterday that Southampton still owe £32 million. Therefore it's not the ideal club to follow or the gravy train it appears. Add to that a substantial amount of promotion bonuses to be paid out. They'll sell Shaw for £30m and they'll get another £10m or so for Osvaldo. Easy to cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 TBH I've not even thought about it. The good news for us is we've got a good core. Our midfielders all have the potential to be first choice, frankly they're much better players than some that are at quite a few Premiership sides. Of course there are other areas where we might need first teamers, at the back and up front. There is a list as long as your arm for who that could be, our potential targets list is obviously going to be bigger than it has been as a Premiership club. It's all very exciting but I'm actually more excited about some of our current players. If my faith in Nigel is not misplaced he'll find some good talent to compliment them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsfoxes Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Didnt southampton pay 15M for that lad from argentina, cant remember his name Gaston something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callabinho Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Some of the suggestions on here are strange... Papis Cisse? he's utter shite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonfox1884 Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Why on earth would he want to leave Southampton? Very true. Im suggesting possibilities, if we offered him double what he is on now, he would have some serious thinking to do. To be fair, i agree with you in the sense that he's probably the most unrealistic of the players i have suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonfox1884 Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 No chance of Rodriguez at that price the way he's been producing the goods at Saints. Not sure if Austin would cut it and I don't think anyone would pay £10m for Johnson, especially as his wages are sky high (Sunderland broke their wage cap to get him). I'd take Taylor or Caulker but I wouldn't spend £2m on a back-up keeper as Kasper will sign a new deal. Bridcutt is decent but isn't value for money and I'd imagine he'll stay with Sunderland given he's not been there long. Charlie Adam has no reason to leave Stoke for us & he'll be on a fair whack given he joined them from Liverpool. Most our business will be done abroad I'd assume. We have an interesting summer ahead and we'll probably sign players we've never heard of. Wouldn't mind nicking someone like Livermore from Spurs. I think we're an attractive proposition given our relatively young squad. Should be ambitious in the market. Unlikely signing but given Spurs will probably have a clear out I'd love us to try and nick Gylfi Sigurdsson. Unrealistic but you never know I guess, don't think Spurs would hold out for big money and he can be absolute quality. Fair enough mate. It's refreshing to see someone properly explain their argument! On Sigurdsson, he'd be quality, but he'll probably go abroad if he leaves spurs, but he's been playing for them quite a bit recently if im not mistaken??On the back-up keeper situation, i can't see us spending less than £2m on one, the best keepers in the championship will want to stay where they will play regularly, and league 1 keepers are generally league 1 standard, so they wouldn't cut it, so i think we'd be looking to sign someone who is already a back-up keeper at a good team, aka: Westwood at sunderland or Camp at Norwich. Who would you be wanting to sign?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKCJ Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Gylfi Sigurdsson would be the perfect Nugent upgrade. However, we'd have to shell out loads for him and I don't think we'd get him anyway. Would love it to happen though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stb1996 Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 I know people are mentioning a hard man in the midfield, and I know he's not 6ft 4 our whatever but how about Gary Medel? Been solid for Cardiff and is a Chilean International Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcsnow Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Do you think Pearson could try and tame Ravel Morrison? I doubt it but it had crossed my mind. Wonder if James & Drinkwater get on with him? Afterall they'd have grown up together in the same youth team and already have a great understanding, that could be even greater if you added Ravel just ahead of them in the Nugent role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munshi Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Wouldn't mind Ravel Morrison tbh, looks like a player who will definitely improve and if he sorts out his attitude, could become an England player in the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callabinho Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Definitely need a presence in midfield, look at all of the successful teams in England and they have that! I think there is a lad at Le Havre who is in that type of mould, Distel Zola? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonfox1884 Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 Just seen that julian speroni's contract is up at palace at the end of the season. He would be a quality understudy to kasper, especially when you consider he would cost nothing in transfer fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 How much for Jordi Gomez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copunk Posted 1 April 2014 Share Posted 1 April 2014 if city could make one realistic signing from a prem club next season, who would you want it to be?? a player who I would love to see at city is Darren bent, always scored goals wherever hes gone and has been messed around at villa, depending on wages would obviously be a loan move, over to you lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddylcfc Posted 2 April 2014 Share Posted 2 April 2014 Just browsing some European leagues and teams that are probably going to be relegated. Hamburg for example really struggling and they have some serious players. Would the likes of Van der Vaart and Westermann be unrealistic? 2 experienced internationals surely won't want to play 2nd tier football. Maybe Pedro Leon a stand out player in a poor Getafe side. He has lots of pace and could be awesome in a 4-3-3 away from home. I'm sure Pearson and Walsh will have their ideas but it's just so exciting knowing that when the inevitable happens and we go up we will be able to attract these kind of players. I'd love us to sign Valentin Stocker from Basel who plays left side. Young and a real player. A team of Kasper De laet Morgan Moore Taylor DD James Pedro Leon Knockaert Stocker Vardy That would be immense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackneyfox Posted 2 April 2014 Share Posted 2 April 2014 Unfortunately Barca are now under a transfer embargo so Messi is off the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayne7 Posted 2 April 2014 Share Posted 2 April 2014 Just browsing some European leagues and teams that are probably going to be relegated. Hamburg for example really struggling and they have some serious players. Would the likes of Van der Vaart and Westermann be unrealistic? 2 experienced internationals surely won't want to play 2nd tier football. Maybe Pedro Leon a stand out player in a poor Getafe side. He has lots of pace and could be awesome in a 4-3-3 away from home. I'm sure Pearson and Walsh will have their ideas but it's just so exciting knowing that when the inevitable happens and we go up we will be able to attract these kind of players. I'd love us to sign Valentin Stocker from Basel who plays left side. Young and a real player. A team of Kasper De laet Morgan Moore Taylor DD James Pedro Leon Knockaert Stocker Vardy That would be immense He's an excellent player but one thing he does not have, is bags of pace. Its the reason Real got rid because he didn't fit into their style Unfortunately Barca are now under a transfer embargo so Messi is off the list. They can still sell players though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddylcfc Posted 2 April 2014 Share Posted 2 April 2014 He's an excellent player but one thing he does not have, is bags of pace. Its the reason Real got rid because he didn't fit into their style My mistake. Wouldn't be a bad signing at all tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 2 April 2014 Share Posted 2 April 2014 if city could make one realistic signing from a prem club next season, who would you want it to be?? a player who I would love to see at city is Darren bent, always scored goals wherever hes gone and has been messed around at villa, depending on wages would obviously be a loan move, over to you lot Saido berahino is feeling let Down and unsupported by west brom over the Morrison punch. He'd be a typical Pearson signing too. Young and with potential.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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