Soccer Summer Transfer Thread...

[C47]

Money wise it looks a little high for Madrid, but that's just looking at it from a purely football standpoint and not what he brings you in marketing and shirt sales....

[Boltergeist]

Apparently Napoli's asking price for Edinson Cavani is 63m€. They've rejected a Chelsea offer for 50M

[C47]

Yeah Napoli aren't sellers, they're going to make any club that wants him activate the buyout clause of 63....

[Ja Rhule]

Seria A is no Spanish La Liga or BPL...  No way someone worth that much from Seria A.

[Ja Rhule]

DP

[Raskle]

Rumor going around right now that actually started from FIFA agent Francois Gallardo that Real Madrid has bought Gareth Bale for 90 million Euros!!  If true then WOW on the money but as a Madrid (Ozil) fan I look forward to seeing him playing RW in Spain....

 

Rumor started by Francois Guillardo... an agent who released that Drogba was heading to Barca, Terry to Valencia, and other  ridiculous crap just to put his name out there in the news.

 

On the other hand, we have Bale, who has stated in the London Times that he loves playing at Tottenham, and especially loves playing for Andres Villa-Boas. Even named his kid with the initials AVB. That makes it more likely, to me, that he'll be staying for a little bit longer, as he continues to improve his game. Next year, or the year after? Possible he goes... but that's then, this is now.

[C47]

I don't think Tottenham is going to turn down an 85 million euro offer for Gareth Bale which is the number that's been mentioned the most.  It's not like Bale hasn't given indications before he would like to go to Spain, and his agent just two weeks ago let it be known it would be an honor for them to receive an offer from Real Madrid.  I honestly don't think it's happening till next year, but with Zidane's obsession it's only a matter of time till Gareth Bale is playing for Real....

[Ja Rhule]

Fox reporting that Higuin to Arsenal is very close to being done.

[C47]

Be interested to see what the final amount is....

[C47]

Looks like the transfer amount for Higuin is around 20 mil.  Pretty good value for Arsenal....

[Ja Rhule]

Yea, Higuin said he wants to play for Arsenal so there is a mutual interest. This will be very interesting transfer window.

[C47]

Real Madrid are also offering Napoli cash and Higuin for Cavani.  Don't expect it to get done, but if the 20-25 million figure from Arsenal is accurate they could probably just turn around and add that to the cash they're already offering to trigger the release clause.  Cavani is the player Madrid needs most after Falcao is now gone.  They need someone to take some of the scoring load off of Ronaldo.  I would be thrilled with a transfer window of Cavani, some midfield help, and some help at CB/RB.  Then you go after Gareth Bale down the road if di Maria doesn't make incredible strides this year....

[C47]

I've gotta say I earned a lot of respect for Dortmund today.  Their CEO said Robert Lewandowski absolutely will not be sold to Bayern.  Honestly it probably means he just plays out his contract and goes there for free next year, but I thought it was a big stance, and one that was needed by Dortmund.  Teams that are reportedly looking at him now are Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid..... 

[C47]

Rumor is that Arsenal is also trying to acquire Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan, and possibly using Lucas Poldolski to do so.  Dortmund is interested in Poldolski to replace Lewandowski who looks to be headed to United, Chelsea or Madrid....