Spend the dosh...

[Buddha]

A bit of fun to start the week.

There's been noises that a move for Benteke isn't dependent on a Sterling sale (difficult as I find that to believe).

Anyway, with Sterling gone and us likely pocketing around 37m (after QPR cut) what would you spend our remaining kitty on?

Say we've got the 37m + a Benteke sized Striker purchase in us...65m....What would you do?

Lets hear your 1st choice targets and back-ups, if any.

I'd go all out for Lacazette (though wonder if we've already been put off that) and a top DM type, such as Illaremendi ( I would have gone for Imbula). Any money left over kept in reserve for January.

 

[Skullflower]

We've got three strikers to sell first.

 

[redhorizon2]

We've spent around £50m already though

 

[Squiggles]

Throw 35M and 200k a week at Lacazette

 

[ibromurph]

Throw 35M and 200k a week at Lacazette

Yeah, people talk about Lacazette like we have no chance because of no CL.

The PL talks. Money talks.

He's on about £15,000 a wk at Lyon. Give him a sniff of 100k a week that was offered to Raheem and believe me, him and his agent will be knocking on Aulas's door handing in a transfer request.

 

[Ryan]

Balotelli will go on loan somewhere.
Borini we'll get 5M for.
Lambert will be sold for 1.5M to some lower table shite.

 

[DHSC]

We probably can get rid of Enrique for 3m or so too.

 

[Ryan]

We probably can get rid of Enrique for 3m or so too.

He'll go for 1M or something, and we'll end up paying a chunk of his wages.

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

We probably can get rid of Enrique for 3m or so too.

Final year of contract, has been largely inactive for about two seasons. This one is an unfortunate case of injuries wrecking any residual value of the player. He's done in the top flight I think; maybe a loan to a Championship team beckons for this season and then leaves on a free. Or maybe a loan back to a lowly club back in the La Liga.

We'll be lucky to get 1m from anyone under these circumstances.

 

[DHSC]

Final year of contract, has been largely inactive for about two seasons. This one is an unfortunate case of injuries wrecking any residual value of the player. He's done in the top flight I think; maybe a loan to a Championship team beckons for this season and then leaves on a free. Or maybe a loan back to a lowly club back in the La Liga.

We'll be lucky to get 1m from anyone under the circumstances.

Thanks studsup, didnt know his contract was in its final year. Pity cos he seemed pretty good when he first joined.

Didnt Crystal Palace want him in January?

 

[hamstrung_pigeon]

Thanks studsup, didnt know his contract was in its final year. Pity cos he seemed pretty good when he first joined.

Didnt Crystal Palace want him in January?

No idea about the Palace link. Would've been really odd if they did, given he's been a sicknote for so long. Unless they fancied that they could actually tweak him and get him to appear in more games. Martin Kelly, for example, managed to play 31 (!!!) league games for them.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

15 million for Illarmendi
30 million for Lacazette

 

[gkmacca]

We'll need most of it for the wage bill.

 

[Silver Sean]

Er, we already spent it on Firmino.
Has nobody noticed this?

 

[Mystic]

Er, we already spent it on Firmino.
Has nobody noticed this?

I'm pretty sure that was independent of the Sterling sale, we wouldn't have been linked with Benteke at £20million plus otherwise.

 

[Oliver Twist]

15 million for Illarmendi
30 million for Lacazette

Exactly.

Now watch us spend £32.5m on a lump with a big head and two feet.

 

[Mystic]

Balotelli will go on loan somewhere.
Borini we'll get 5M for.
Lambert will be sold for 1.5M to some lower table shite.

Depressingly, id take that right now.

 

[RedStar]

Exactly.

Now watch us spend £32.5m on a lump with a big head and two feet.

For that sort of money you would think we could get a guy with a regular size head

 

[cloggypop]

Happy with the number of feet.

 

[superchimp]

If we are lining up like this at Stoke I won't be complaining

Mignolet

Clyne
Sakho
Skrtel
Moreno

Illaramendi
Henderson
Coutinho

Firmino
Sturridge
Lazcazette (Or however you spell it)

Thats pretty godamm strong IMO.

 

[Silver Sean]

If we are lining up like this at Stoke I won't be complaining

Mignolet

Clyne
Sakho
Skrtel
Moreno

Illaramendi
Henderson
Coutinho

Firmino
Sturridge
Lazcazette (Or however you spell it)

Thats pretty godamm strong IMO.

Apart from the fact Sturridge is out until about October it looks decent.

 

[Markeh]

is this the stage of the season where we try for some top player, fans get excited, then he fucks off to Arsenal, Chelsea or elsewhere?

 

[Oliver Twist]

For that sort of money you would think we could get a guy with a regular size head

You'd think.

But it's the committee we're talking about here.

 

[Best Believe It]

If we are lining up like this at Stoke I won't be complaining

Mignolet

Clyne
Sakho
Skrtel
Moreno

Illaramendi
Henderson
Coutinho

Firmino
Sturridge
Lazcazette (Or however you spell it)

Thats pretty godamm strong IMO.

There's no way we won't play Milner against Stoke. Well, if he's injured we won't.

 

[scousemouse]

why spend huge amounts? i like the idea of us getting gomez and balo going the other way as has been reported.
unless its 50min on higuain...

 

[Frogfish]

If we are lining up like this at Stoke I won't be complaining

Mignolet

Clyne
Sakho
Skrtel
Moreno

Illaramendi
Henderson
Coutinho

Firmino
Sturridge
Lazcazette (Or however you spell it)

Thats pretty godamm strong IMO.

Milner is an absolute cert to start virtually every game he's fit for.

 

[keniget]

why spend huge amounts? i like the idea of us getting gomez and balo going the other way as has been reported.

Why do you want Gomez?

 

[Mors]

I think with Sterling now gone, there will be 2 players coming in. A striker for sure, and probably another wing forward. Wouldn't be surprised to see us go for someone like Benteke and Walcott. I'd rather swap out the wing forward for a dedicated DM myself though.
We've got to get rid of borini, mario and lambert sharpish. I can see mario digging his heels in a refusing.

 

[MaBigTip]

If we can't get Lacazette, Ben Yedder seems a good option for what we want to do in attack.

 

[scousemouse]

Why do you want Gomez?

1. balo goes the other way
2. we get a proven goalscorer in return.
3. cost relatively little.

and the downsides are??????