Season 2013/14 & Summer Window
 

Seasons finally over and I'm expecting a big window, the last few have ended up as damp squibs but given our top clubs poor champions league performance, three out of four having new managers and a bumper TV deal I can see big things happening.

My own teams publicly going for two out of three strikers, Carroll, lukaku or boney which will be potent, can't wait.

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'& summer window' :erm: thanks for directing us :angel:

100million avialable to Wenger if he wants it.

Monaco are moving early. Barca have done Neymar. Real will want to get Bale done.

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Lukaku will surely be a loan deal if it happens but Chelsea might want to keep him this season, especially if they sell Torres.

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It doesn't look like they will keep hold of Lukaku. Schurrle is joining Chelsea. They already have Ba. And theres noises of them going big for another striker, Cavani may be?

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Originally it was a loan with option to buy but as time drags even a loan deal might prove tricky.

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Pleasure, in some ways I prefer the summer window to the actual season, well when there's.a world cup on perhaps.

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Lukaku is attracting too much interest. I would be very surprised if Chelsea let him go, he is very highly regarded.

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thoughts Utd fans?

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I'll be watching what Stevenage do over the summer, hopefully they can strengthen their squad to push on for promotion. As long as they don't do what they did last season, start great then fail later in the season and end up nearly in the relegation scrap.

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Isco wants to follow 'football father' Manuel Pellegrini.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22681855

Now he would be a good signing for City.

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Roberto Martinez leaves Wigan.

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Basel’s Cabral lined up for Sunderland move

SUNDERLAND are believed to have clinched the signing of Swiss midfielder Cabral.


Reports coming out of Switzerland suggest the 24-year-old – who has been a key figure for leading Swiss Super League side Basel in recent seasons – has agreed a four-year deal with the Black Cats.

Cabral, full name Adilson Tavares Varela, joined Basel from Lausanne in 2007 but has allowed his contract to run down and is now available on a Bosman free transfer.

Should the deal be confirmed, the defensive midfielder will become Sunderland’s second signing of the close season with Altrincham’s teenage striker Duncan Whatmore having agreed a move to the Stadium of Light last week.

Cabral was born in the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of West Africa but took up an option to play his international football for Switzerland and has been capped at Swiss U18, U19, U20 and U21 levels.

He is the cousin of ex-Manchester City midfielder Gelson Fernandes.

Sunderland are staying tight-lipped over Cabral but have confirmed to the Echo that so far he is yet to officially join the club.

That does not mean, though, that Cabral might not have signed a pre-contract agreement with Sunderland.

His contract with Basel does not expire until the end of June, which means he can not sign before July 1 anyway. But he can agree a pre-contract, which to all intents and purposes makes him a Sunderland player-in-waiting.

Should Cabral’s move go ahead, it will be another sign of the road manager Paolo Di Canio and owner Ellis Short plan to take Sunderland down now.

Both Cabral, and French defender Valentin Roberge who plays for Portuguese side Maritimo and is also available on a Bosman, appear to be deals which are all but done behind the scenes.

And when added to the acquisition of Whatmore, it is clear that part of Sunderland’s new strategy is to recruit and develop promising young players.

Di Canio wants to add athleticism and pace to the squad, with younger and less injury-prone players.

Short clearly wants his money spent shrewdly – though, of course, it does not rule out bigger transfer fees for other players this summer.

It certainly suggest that Sunderland want to hoover up some of the best Bosmans around and young prospects at bargain prices – before turning their attention to adding one or two more substantial names.

Short does not want to spend big this summer and is looking at a restructuring aimed at getting the best possible value for money.

But he will also appreciate that Martin O’Neill was correct when he said his squad was “short of genuine quality” – and the American will know that it will be a struggle to tackle that issue on the cheap.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/...move-1-5714815

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Keep your hands off Wanyama, Hooper and Forster :mad:

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Well if Celtic need the money Henke they might not have any choice in the matter.

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We don't Den, netted about £20 million from Europe and we have 40k season ticket holders, tbh think Wanyama and Hooper will go to the Premiership, it's always been the way. Liverpool could do worse than go for both.

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This. He looks like the type of player that can replicate Drogba and if he's scored that many at West Brom, god only knows what he'll do for Chelsea.