Transfer Talk

He's been pretty awful.

484 minutes of football at Barnsley without a goal or an assist.

214 minutes of football at Stoke with a goal or an assist.

Toronto seem to be showing an interest in bringing him back to the US, he's been a flop in England. Over 1 year at Stoke with that amount of game time says it all.

 

Fidel Martinez - Left winger/attacking midfielder.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFN0TFYqbI"]FIDEL MARTÃ￾NEZ | Goals, Skills, Assists | Tijuana | 2012/2013 (HD) - YouTube[/ame]

 

No, Wiki says he has never played in Brazil so no idea really. He doesn't even have a Portuguese Wiki page. Only Wallyson I know really is this guy.

[ame="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallyson"]Wallyson – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre[/ame]

Nothing special.

 

There are two Wallysons believe it or not. The one i'm talking about is playing for Sporting Lisbon B. Barcelona and Spurs were weighing up moves for him back in the Summer, he signed for City and he's been loaned back and they're buying out the rest of his contract, so he's staying in Portugal and moving up to the first team next season.

 

I've just posted this in the Europa League thread, but, watching the Sevilla v Porto match, I've been really impressed by Sevilla's keeper, Beto. Might be a decent replacement for Forster, if we could afford him. At 31, he's not exactly of the age range we generally aim for, but, for a goalkeeper he's still near the start of his prime years.

 

If FIFA's anything to go by, these guys are absolute bargains: :smiley-laughing002:

Élber - Cruzeiro - CAM - 21
Victor Andrade - Santos - CF - 18
Jamaal Lascelles - Nottingham Forest - CB - 20
Liam Moore - Leicester City - CB - 21
Jordan Veretout - FC Nantes - CM - 21
Bryan Carrasco - Audax Italiano - RM - 22
Henri Lansbury - Nottingham Forest - CM - 23
Aymeric Laporte - Athletic Club - CB - 20
Guilherme - Corinthians - CM - 23
Nicola Murru - Cagliari - LB - 19
Magomed Ozdoev - Lokomotiv Moskva - CM - 21
Wellington - São Paulo - CM - 23
Josh Murphy - Norwich - LM - 19

 

Stats don't tell the full story... He suffered an injury not long after joining Stoke in January of 2013 and then after getting fully fit for preseason, he suffered another injury meaning he missed the start of this season, consequently he was sent out on loan to Barnsley in January of this year. Its always going to be hard to get an assist or score when you're playing in a relegation battle with clearly some of the worst players in the championship playing along side you... So I think it's a bit harsh saying he's been "pretty awful." As I said though, I haven't seen him play this season but from what I seen of him in the MLS I think he could do a job for us... Maybe a good place to resurrect his career!?

 

Stuttgart's Ibrahima Traore is out of contract in the Summer according to Transfermarkt. Would be a quality addition for us!

Would love us to sign Stuttgart's Alexandru Maxim too. I think there'll be a lot of interest for him in the Summer though so we'd probably be priced out of a move.

 

I think Traore has maybe signed a pre-contract with another German team

 

Scotland striker Steven Fletcher, who looks likely to miss the rest of the season through injury, will be sold by Sunderland in the summer should they fail to avoid relegation from the Premier League in England.
Full story: The Sun (print edition)

 

Neil Taylor at Swansea. Was a cracking left back until he got injured and lost his place to Ben Davies few seasons back, still at a good age and would be good cover for Izzy.

 

If Getafe go down,we should poach Pablo Sarabia spain u21 international and is 21

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/pablo-sarabia/profil/spieler_74230.html

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Sarabia"]Pablo Sarabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

Camilo Mayada, Uruguayan attacking midfielder, silky and absolutely rapid. For Europe this is what you want. Skip the first 2 minutes.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LcOu3K85E"]Camilo Mayada - Uruguayan Attacking Midfielder - Part 1 of 2 - YouTube[/ame]

 

Yerp signed a 4 year deal with Borussia Monchengladbach today. Would have loved him here.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27023345

 

Him and Hahn next season will be brilliant for them

 

Marco Fabian

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGwb3OCdX2c"]Marco Fabian goals&skills - YouTube[/ame]

 

Two quality signings. I'm sure they've signed Yann Sommer as well as a replacement for Ter Stegen. They're building a very good team.

Talking of the Bundesliga, I'd be taking a look at these few too for us...

Hiroshi Kiyotake from Nuremberg- a tricky and creative attacking midfielder with a decent amount of pace who can play on either wing. Exactly what we need. Could be a wee bit out of our price range, especially if he has a good world cup with Japan. Would expect him to be looking for a move though if Nuremberg get relegated at the end of the season. Maybe Nakamura's success here and a shot at the Champions League would give us an edge over other teams looking at him.

Tobias Werner from Augsburg- Turns 29 in the summer but theres nothing wrong with having a couple of older and more experienced heads in the squad. Still has a good amount of pace and is a real hardworker. Chipped in with 11 goals and 8 assists this season which is very impressive for a left winger at a modest club. Not sure what sort of price he'd be available for though.

Mame Biram Diouf from Hannover- Proven striker in the Bundesliga and the Europa League. Could be the European quality striker we're in need of. Out of contract in the Summer but there'll be a lot of interest in him and we probably wouldn't be able to compete with wages others could offer... but a hefty signing on bonus and the champions league carrot could be tempting!

What do you think?

 

Kiyotake is good on Football Manager, never heard of Werner, Diouf has a terrible first touch, possibly the worst I've ever seen. I can't believe he's been scoring goals in the Bundesliga.

 

Patrick Bamford and Jeff Hendrick.

 

Julian Speroni is out of contract at the end of the season. Would take him if Forster leaves, despite his age. Wages could be a stumbling block though.