Best transfer of the summer so far? (Halfway)

teamanarchy wrote:How is Suarez not in the running for worst?
88ME for a player that can't even enter a stadium for 4 months...

Yeah but he's in his prime and gonna be there for the next 4 years.

Bénin wrote:Yeah but he's in his prime and gonna be there for the next 4 years.

Only if he doesn't bite again

teamanarchy wrote:How is Suarez not in the running for worst?
88ME for a player that can't even enter a stadium for 4 months...

People have short memories

If he comes in when that period is over and plays really well and helps barca win titles then nobody will care about the ban. And I'm sure he will play well, definitely the best player moved in the window. The high price and his history of bans does make it a risk but it's worth it. Don't think any team despite all his problems would turn him down if they had a chance to sign him.

teamanarchy wrote:How is Suarez not in the running for worst?
88ME for a player that can't even enter a stadium for 4 months...

That is pretty short sighted don't you think? To not sign someone to a 4-5 year deal because there going to miss 8-9 games max is the ruling holds up.

Does anyone really remember or care at all that Suarez missed the first part of the season for Liverpool last year as well and the team and he had a great season?

The ruling came down on June 26th and will end October 25th. La Liga starts on the 24th of August and he will really miss two months of the season and a couple group Champions League games in which Barca really doesn't need him as they always progress past the group stage.

And if you think he doesn't already have a personal trainer directly from Barcelona and is doing almost everything there doing in training then you are sorely mistaken.

Suarez is missing 4 months, Still expecting him to finish third in the scoring charts comfortably.

Best: Sanchez to Arsenal

Worst: Luiz. Still gobsmacked that PSG paid 50mill for him. Thanks also for giving Chelsea that much money PSG, you ****!

rwo power wrote:

Bénin wrote:Yeah but he's in his prime and gonna be there for the next 4 years.

Only if he doesn't bite again

There's 30 odd goals between bites .

I don't think Lewandowski on a free can be beaten to be honest

Lewandowski was a top signing, no doubt. He will easilly top BuLi scoring charts... I wouldn't be suprised to see him get 10 or so goals in the CL either...
I'm very worried about James ending up the flop of the summer. It's very possible, considering he may not even be a starter, but hopefully he proves me wrong.
Another candidate for worst is Diego Costa... I really think he's gonna have his work cut out for him in the EPL. Now Gil will come and use some ridiculous rationalisation to say otherwise... but 6 months into the season, you'll see why I said this.

The hate Costa gets is ridiculous I know people always want to see Gil fail but he has done great thing..
i feel like unless he gets top scorer in the league people here will come around saying he flopped, which is a pretty high standard from a player.

teamanarchy wrote:Lewandowski was a top signing, no doubt. He will easilly top BuLi scoring charts... I wouldn't be suprised to see him get 10 or so goals in the CL either...
I'm very worried about James ending up the flop of the summer. It's very possible, considering he may not even be a starter, but hopefully he proves me wrong.
Another candidate for worst is Diego Costa... I really think he's gonna have his work cut out for him in the EPL. Now Gil will come and use some ridiculous rationalisation to say otherwise... but 6 months into the season, you'll see why I said this.

How is Costa a candidate for worst when Lukaku went for 4m less than him?

That is a far worse transfer in terms of quality and price.

Lewandowski transfer had been pretty much done and dusted before the window itself. so albeit the fact that it falls theoretically as a summer transfer, practically i wish to overlook it for other deals. yea for me sanchez to arsenal has been the clearly the deal of the window so far. He was being wasted at Barca. He is gonna rule the epl i have a feeling.
So top 3 so far
1. Sanchez to ars
2. Kroos to GOATdrid
3. Fernando to City

worst
1. Luiz (obvious)
2. Shaw
if we include the wages that is.
3. Rodriguez

best: Lewa, Rakitic
worst: Luiz, Shaw

Kick wrote:

teamanarchy wrote:Lewandowski was a top signing, no doubt. He will easilly top BuLi scoring charts... I wouldn't be suprised to see him get 10 or so goals in the CL either...
I'm very worried about James ending up the flop of the summer. It's very possible, considering he may not even be a starter, but hopefully he proves me wrong.
Another candidate for worst is Diego Costa... I really think he's gonna have his work cut out for him in the EPL. Now Gil will come and use some ridiculous rationalisation to say otherwise... but 6 months into the season, you'll see why I said this.

How is Costa a candidate for worst when Lukaku went for 4m less than him?

That is a far worse transfer in terms of quality and price.

Because Lukaku was the best young striker in the EPL for 2 seasons and Costa has not proven himself against no nonsense defenders. The way he bullied defenders in la Liga was why he scored all those girls. Not gonna happen in England.
On the flip side, it will say that I think him and Cesc will combine well, which could make me eat my words...

not proven himself? he won la liga while not playing for Barca or Real Madrid..
scored second most goals in the league
and reached the champions finals contributing most of the goals for his team.

I understand he came from your rival team but to say stupid things like these just seem silly.

and if one more person starts using the world cup excuse then the same applies to ronaldo who flopped massively hard.. i guess he must not be worth 30m either.

Not proven in the EPL where defenders are way stronger, faster, organized and just better. 4 goals against Getafe is different to doing so against Stoke or Norwich or QPR

yeah i'm sure suarez struggled so hard to score against norwich.. but excelled in the big matches huh..
EPL defenders are overrated
if costa did fine in champions league he'll do fine in any league.

For example...
Fernando Morientes
A true RM great... Reached CL final with Monaco... Failed hard at Liverpool.
Very similar playing styles, IMO

Donuts wrote:yeah i'm sure suarez struggled so hard to score against norwich.. but excelled in the big matches huh..
EPL defenders are overrated
if costa did fine in champions league he'll do fine in any league.

They're not comparable at all... League football and CL football are entirely different tactically.
Suarez and Costa are entirely different strikers.

Believe whatever you want, you're not prepared to listen, so I'm done trying.

in todays modern world where bale, james, suarez, neymar all go for 80m++

or cavanni is 60m
or torres was 50m

30m for Diego Costa is far from flop, your comparing a huge profit in lukaku to a very low price of costa.

paying low for a current top striker is by no means a flop transfer, he can score only 10 league goals, and still no flop given his price.
i don't see your argument as sane

Monaco bought James 1 year ago for 45 mil, he had 5 good matches in a tournament and sold him for twice that price a year later. Dat business

You're going to have to troll better to get a reaction outta me mate.

Bramble to Barca IMO.

Morientes was way better than Costa

morientes was what now? he was as common a poacher as you can find today imo. but he had some clutch moments. a good, even very good player in his time, no more.

Mr Nick09 wrote:morientes was what now? he was as common a poacher as you can find today imo. but he had some clutch moments. a good, even very good player in his time, no more.

did I say that he was Ronaldo ? I said that he was better than Costa