Summer Transfer Window 2017

[EastleighHammer16]

So this is apparently Sporting's director or something?

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Worth a read if you can translate it. Basically calling out David Sullivan and telling everyone that he's lying.

[Frankie Macs Mullet]

WTF?

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So the last minute acceptance thing was bull**** too?

[steps]

Quelle surprise.

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[jastons]

Sulivan says in his statement that we managed to sign the top four players on the wish list Bilic had drawn up.

1) Joe Hart. Only a loan signing and its debatable wether he is better than Adrian.

2) Hernandez. A no brainer, although we should have signed him before he went to Germany

3) Zabeleta. Has performed well for Man City for years but is obviously coming to the end of his career.

4) Arnautovich. A club record signing. Did we really need him? I'm not convinced that he is worth £24m. Is it coincidence that his agent is related to Bilic?

Hernandez is the only one that I believe was in the top four of the wish list.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Sporting's president says no bid was received, while an ITK who many believe can do no wrong said fee agreed and flying in for medical.

Something doesn't add up. Which parties were supposed to have agreed the fee? Does Sporting's president differentiate between an informal bid/enquiry and an 'official', board to board offer?

[The Truth]

and yet and August 13th this was posted...

Carvalho fee agreed

Player arrives on Monday to iron out his contract all being well medical to follow after

Stranger and stranger...

[MadMart]

gonna need some clarity on this Mr Sullivan... :lol: wow

[Aceface]

Who knows what to believe, but if Sporting are required to give him a multi-million bonus for offers rejected over a certain figure, which was what seemed to be speculated, then they have their own reasons for muddying the waters for their own ends.

[traxop]

With Carvalho being a key player identified by Bilic and Sporting meeting our valuation in the end, we'll be putting a deal in place to pick up the player in January?????

Carvalho's fee, if we do decide to pursue him in the winter will probably rise and fall depending on Sporting's and his performances in the Champion's League. I would not be surprised if Sporting resets the bar come January and tack on a premium for a January window sale.

As for the Spurs and how they are run, the real test will be how they handle/manage their playing staff in the next couple of seasons Sure, the business side seem to be run impeccably. Budget are balanced and wage expenditure and structure reigned in tight, but football can hardly be considered a normal business. The product can't be templated, and getting the best players doesn't ensure their expertise are institutionalised with the club. Their expertise disappears as soon as the player leaves the club.

The pundits, their fans and players might be singing a different song once the issue of pay parity and wage structure comes to a head in the next season or two. More players will be tempted away if they insists on not breaking their wage structure.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

[smuts]

Any response from Mr Sullivan I wonder? Someone is bullshitting and we all know our chairman has form for it.....

[Aceface]

Shots fired.

[steps]

Publicly outed!

[Aztec Hammer]

That is brilliant.

Even the Portguese recognise that he is a parasite.

[dodger]

Come on now, who are we gonna believe?

Our chairman who has put lots of his hard earned dough into the club he loves while working 24/7 to get us the very best players, although understandably not always being successful? Or some Portuguese bloke who none of us know and runs some club that wear shirts that look like Celtic's?





















Yeah I believe the Portuguese bloke too.

[Beavis Danzig]

did chalks ghostwrite that?

brings a tear to the eye honestly.

[bubbles500]

I'd believe jay from inbetweeners over Sullivan :lol:

[PrinceH]

You can fool some people sometimes, but you cant fool all the people all the time!

Trapped!

By the way, an ITK can say the fee is/was agreed and is something he has heard from OUR club, not Sporting's, so no contradictory there. Its just Mr On Holiday Sullivan who really thinks he can say whatever he wants...

Maybe he's just trying to keep up with a certain President?

[MB]

That is brilliant!

[Beavis Danzig]

do we have any portuguese speakers on here who can translate that post with more accuracy than google translate?

want to make sure it's right before i print it out and frame it.