Other Clubs' Transfer Rumours/Deals (Summer 16/17)

[Holystone...]

Not sure where I could have posted this but...

Unless Yaya Toure's agent apologises to Pep Guardiola, the midfielder will earn close to £10million without playing a single game for Manchester City in the final 10 months of his contract.

[Remember Colo]

Not sure where I could have posted this but...

Unless Yaya Toure's agent apologises to Pep Guardiola, the midfielder will earn close to £10million without playing a single game for Manchester City in the final 10 months of his contract.

Sounds like the agent has a lot of motivation to grovel

[beatski]

Pep said that the agent should apologise to the club, not him.

also:

Yaya Toure's agent: "If Pep Guardiola wants to prove himself as a great manager, he should go to Sunderland"

[Holystone...]

Southampton could move for Paris St-Germain forward Hatem Ben Arfa, 29, whose future at the French champions is in doubt despite only joining the club from Nice in the summer.(Daily Mirror)

[Blue & Maroon]

Southampton could move for Paris St-Germain forward Hatem Ben Arfa, 29, whose future at the French champions is in doubt despite only joining the club from Nice in the summer.(Daily Mirror)

Southampton is no place for the world's greatest player

[bodacious benny]

What a t*** HBA is

After bouncing around the likes of Hull and Nice you'd have thought he'd knuckle down at PSG.

[overseasTOON]

Adebayor turned up to meet the Lyon coach as he is a free agent and then asked for a whisky in his coffee and had a cigarette hanging out his mouth.

[Remember Colo]

Adebayor turned up to meet the Lyon coach as he is a free agent and then asked for a whisky in his coffee and had a cigarette hanging out his mouth.

Maybe they were meeting at a whiskey and cigar bar?

[Mifune]

What a t*** HBA is

After bouncing around the likes of Hull and Nice you'd have thought he'd knuckle down at PSG.

The Return of the Fatem

[Heisen]

He just can't help himself, Ben Arfa. One good season at Nice and he's let it all go to his head again, seemingly.

[Over The Line]

He just can't help himself, Ben Arfa. One good season at Nice and he's let it all go to his head again, seemingly.

I'm very sure he acted exactly the same at Nice. However he had a manager who was willing to let him do his thing as long as he delivered on the pitch. Same way Bobby Robson could handle Robert and even Bellamy to an extent, whilst souness failed with both straight away.

[Colly]

Robert and Bellamy tended not to turn up to training not fit enough to be a professional footballer though. You can't coddle a player who can't be arsed.

[Holystone...]

Robert and Bellamy tended not to turn up to training not fit enough to be a professional footballer though. You can't coddle a player who can't be arsed.

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Still remember Bellamy interview when I think we'd put a crazy bid in for Rooney and his response was he wouldn't be hanging around to play second fiddle. Massive ego too.

[bodacious benny]

Robert and Bellamy tended not to turn up to training not fit enough to be a professional footballer though. You can't coddle a player who can't be arsed.

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Still remember Bellamy interview when I think we'd put a crazy bid in for Rooney and his response was he wouldn't be hanging around to play second fiddle. Massive ego too.

I remember reading about our rooney bid on teletext

[Colly]

The Rooney bid was weird, it was obvious we weren't serious about getting him. Weakening Everton as more realistic rivals mebbe?

[bodacious benny]

The Rooney bid was weird, it was obvious we weren't serious about getting him. Weakening Everton as more realistic rivals mebbe?

Everton weren't really rivals back then were they? We were CL and they were probably relegation contenders. But yeah, he was never coming to us.

[overseasTOON]

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Still remember Bellamy interview when I think we'd put a crazy bid in for Rooney and his response was he wouldn't be hanging around to play second fiddle. Massive ego too.

I remember reading about our rooney bid on teletext

Teletext

[Colly]

The Rooney bid was weird, it was obvious we weren't serious about getting him. Weakening Everton as more realistic rivals mebbe?

Everyone weren't really rivals back then were they? We were CL and they were probably relegation contenders. But yeah, he was never coming to us.

That was definitely the end of our little glory period though, we were certainly more likely to be challenging Everton in midtable than Man Utd, Arsenal and emerging Chelsea at the top. That's pure guesswork, it was clear we only bid to prompt Man Utd to which makes barely any sense...

[ALF]

The Rooney bid was weird, it was obvious we weren't serious about getting him. Weakening Everton as more realistic rivals mebbe?

Everton weren't really rivals back then were they? We were CL and they were probably relegation contenders. But yeah, he was never coming to us.

We bid for Rooney in August 2004. Everton finished 4th that season.

[ALF]

He just can't help himself, Ben Arfa. One good season at Nice and he's let it all go to his head again, seemingly.

He's stated a desire to work harder on instagram so he's not given up just yet. Doesn't help that the manager is well out of his depth though.