Summer Transfer Thread

Anyone hear anything on Pod resigning yet. I heard Dembele isn't going to sign the extension. What about Demps????

 

Premier League Free Transfer List

All the teams are on the link but here is Fulham's list of free agents:

Fulham
Barroilhet, Richard Michael
Cosgrove, Jonathan Graham
Grygera, Zdenek
Harris, Courtney
Johnson, Andrew
Murphy, Daniel Ben
Pogrebnyak, Pavel Viktorovich
Riise, Bjorn Helge Semundseth

 

So I read that Pog is going to resign and that Dembele is not taking the contract offered to him. Does this mean we are more likely to lose Dempsey, or can Jol conveince him that Fulham can make a run this year at a possible Champions berth soon. And what does everyone think of Rhodes is he really worth the 8 mil I read teu want for him. And what transfer targets are realistic for fulham and the financies Jol has?

 

I think we will lose Dempsey, but possibly keep Dembele. That's not so bad as we might already have a replacement in Ruiz if he can learn how to play in this league. If he does, he can be better than Dempsey.

As for who we can target, we need a winger, a forward and a RB. I believe we can get three quality players with our finances. Obviously, we aren't signing anybody for over £10m, but there's plenty of players out there for much cheaper. I wouldn't be mad if we signed Nacer Chadli, Jermaine Defoe and Nathaniel Clyne. Do that and keep Dembele and we can make a run next year. I wouldn't sign Rhodes for anywhere near that.

 

Underwhelming, but economical. More interested in the name in the last sentence. Rodallega on the free is worth a punt.

 

I'd take Robinson over re-signing AJ. Imo, he's one of the better young striker prospects in the lower leagues and well worth a shot at 1.5M. I wouldn't expect much of a contribution from him immediately, rather view the signing more in the vein of Frei, Kasami, Gecov, Sa, etc. He's a buy for the future and in all likelihood spends most of his first year or two in the Rezzies or out on loan.

Wigan hoping he'd replace Rodallega now sounds like a bit of a reach. Then again, they do play Conor Sammon up front at times.

 

Apparently we can't agree to terms with Pogrebnyak. The club can't be cheap here. If we lose him and Dempsey, after already released AJ, that would mean we would have exactly zero forwards worth a shit in the squad. Sign him and then get another forward in here to play up top with him.

 

I wouldn't be too concerned about Pog. I think it's the club stating they won't overpay for him. As limited as he is, that's a good thing. I also suspect he's holding out til after Euro 2012 in case he can get on the pitch and drive his value up. Slim chance there, but there is a chance.

 

There was a rumor going around a couple days ago that we were in advanced talks with Rodallega and very close to signing him. Haven't heard anything else about that though.