Silly Season Summer 2012

We should buy Caroll, even if he looks a bit expensive. He is a quality striker, better than anything else we have. He will suit the BFS style of football, it’s a no brainer for me.

Berba is the latest in the very very long list

I would say we have more chance of getting berbatov then we do getting Carroll tbh , I would much rather BFS tryed get Berbatov on lone for the season then getting Carroll as at least in berbatov you know you will get at least 15 goals a season out of him maybe more and the fact he wants more football means we could get him

we aint gonna get Carroll if he goes anywhere it will be back to the barcodes, and we couldnt afford berbatov's wages.

so why are we wasting time on them ? or are we ??? hmmm hehe :?:

ID I think its more a case of the british redtops making things up as they go along

mottinghammer wrote:we aint gonna get Carroll if he goes anywhere it will be back to the barcodes, and we couldnt afford berbatov's wages.

100% Agree with both points there. It's a real shame about berbatov though, always liked watchin him play and he can score. I herd Man U have offered him a 1 year extension to his contract so they can get a fee for him & would want 5million and no loan.
I say go for him and his wages will be paid back by staying in the prem .Not only that he far better than Carroll. Pls if there's a god then make this happen .

Lets just get it done, I would be happy with either, but would prefer Berba.

West Ham are weighing up a move for out-of-favour Hamburg winger Gökhan Töre.

Töre has been told he is free to quit the Bundesliga outfit this summer, despite a number of impressive displays, after falling out with new manager Thorsten Fink.

The quicksilver winger, who moved to Hamburg from Chelsea just 12 months ago, turned out 22 times in the league last term, but he has been omitted from Fink's first-team plans ahead of the new season.

Russian outfit Spartak Moscow have been strongly linked with a move, but it appears the 20-year-old is keen to return to the Premier League, where his agent has offered his services to newly-promoted West Ham.

Töre would bring an injection of pace, power and genuine width to the Hammers line-up, and while boss Sam Allardyce is keen, he has requested a trial run out first, something Hamburg have rejected.

The news of Töre's switch away will be good news for Chelsea, who will earn 50% of the fee Hamburg receive, after including a hefty sell-on clause in the deal to sell him to Germany.
 

Here is the latest gossip from the back pages of the papers...

Brazilian starlet Oscar arrived in London for a medical on Tuesday ahead of a £25million move to Chelsea. (Daily Mail)

Andy Carroll has been told he can leave Liverpool and his former club Newcastle are preparing a second bid of £16million. (The Sun)

Brendan Rodgers, meanwhile, is on the brink of bolstering his Liverpool attack after agreeing a £10million fee with Fulham for Clint Dempsey. (Daily Mail)

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is ready to fight former club Chelsea for the signature of Porto striker Hulk. (Daily Mail)

Rafael Van Der Vaart has told Tottenham fans he is going nowhere and is targeting a title challenge. (The Sun)

Lokomotiv Moscow are ready to scupper Tottenham’s efforts to sign Emmanuel Adebayor after making an £8 million move for the Manchester City forward. (Daily Telegraph)

Robin Van Persie will discover this weekend whether he will be forced to go on Arsenal's pre-season tour of the Far East. The Gunners have receieved a number of offers for their wanaway captain but all have fallen short of his £25million valuation. (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal have still yet to open new contract talks with reported Chelsea and Liverpool target Theo Walcott, despite the forward being in the final 12 months of his contract. (Guardian)

Fulham manager Martin Jol has made a loan bid for Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku. (Daily Mirror)

Wigan have knocked back a third bid – believed to be £5million - from Chelsea for forward Victor Moses. (The Sun)

Sochaux striker Modibo Maiga is poised to join West Ham after undergoing a medical on Tuesday night. (Daily Mail)

Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuain has urged the club to wrap up their move for Luka Modric quickly. (The Sun)

Aston Villa hope to offload James Collins to Sunderland when they bring in fellow defender Ron Vlaar. (Daily Mirror)

Reading boss Brian Mcdermott is not planning on making any more signings after sealing deals for Watford’s Adrian Mariappa and Chris Gunter from Forest. (The Sun)

New Watford boss Gianfranco Zola has lined up fellow Italian legends Filippo Inzaghi and Alessandro Del Piero as two sensational summer signings. (Daily Mirror)

MAIGA to be announced this aternoon so it is said

also we have asked about Carrol , player is in limbo at the moment

young jack tweeted

Jack Sullivan ‏@jsullivanwhu

Maiga deal just concluded, great signing. MORE TO COME SHORTLY !

Aston Villa hope to offload James Collins to Sunderland when they bring in fellow defender Ron Vlaar. (Daily Mirror)

I'd have him back if he wanted to come.

On the West ham site.

there was talk about an ex hammer coming home .. collins i would have thought would be up there

Could be a good signing seeing as they have gave him a 4 yr contract , lets hope he fits in and helps us out in our 1st year back in the Prem , still need a couple more at least

Just seen it dude , Campo posted on the wrong forum

I wonder why the Barcodes didn't sign him when they were so keen last season? Apparently L'Equipe said he failed the medical - I hope not. And Wikipedia tells me he's had malaria since then......
Anyway, he's ours now so let's hope he's one of BFS's wonder signings - if he can score 15 goals again this season I don't care if he's got leprosy and a wooden leg.

Another decent signing by BFS It feels strange going into the transfer markets knowing we have a manager who will only buy decent players for once

I read in the papers we are linked with James Collins , Fingers crossed BFS brings Collins back to Upton Park as he would boost our defence big time - I never wanted him to leave in the first place tbh

I think we are going to have a very good season this year under BFS

One of the big names in Ligue 1 according to Wikipedia. Good finally we get a striker. Let's hope we can keep Vaz Te and get him enthusiastic about playing for us.

Would,mt mind him back , he gets stuck in , did,nt want him to leave way back when

Two of our earlier 'targets' have signed for other clubs - Burak Yilmaz has joined Galatasaray for £3.9m, turning down Lokomotiv Moscow, while Eljero Elia has signed for Werder Bremen for £4.3m.