*Transfer Window 2014/15 Season Rumours/Signings *AKA Man U fans listing every player under the Sun
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Seems to make more sense for Madrid than Bayern for sure. I do love how we dither for weeks over transfers and Bayern identify a target and get him within a few days it seems. Benatia didn't take long and nor did Alonso.
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You really have no idea how long it took, both could have been going on for months. Alonso's time was up at Real and that looked clear for months, weeks ago at start or preseason they were doing stories about him looking underweight and lacking energy. He was also pap last year and they spent 30-40mil on Mendi as his long term replacement, but also have Modric and bought Kroos. It's very likely Real/Alonso have been looking for a new team for him since the end of last season.
Normally you would have a situation where a player in Alonso's condition(slow, lacking pace and now crap to go with it) would end up at Bolton, not Bayern.....
Okay sounds like Martinez has his second serious injury in two years and might miss a huge portion of the season, but with his pushing Lahm into central midfield last season and buying a CB, which leaves more room to play Boateng as a fullback rather than CB... it's just odd to get probably higher wage and well past it cover.
No brainer for Alonso, big pay cheque, won't need to play that much.. simple life. Had he been a stop gap signing for Utd he'd be playing almost every game and under a lot more pressure.
£1.5m for season long loan not bad for both parties
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I'd imagine Alonso has dropped his wage to join Bayern. He gets to play at the highest level still, adds a Bundesliga and possibly another champions league medal to his name. Worth it over going to some lower level team for what would be at best the same wage he's on now, which i imagine isn't top bracket anyways.
Diego Costa out with a hamstring injury 
No word yet on how long - Telegraph says "could be up to six weeks" but that's just guesswork based on the type of injury. I don't think any amount of horse placenta will get him fit for the Everton game (and we don't want to "do an Atletico" and bring him back too quickly).
I suppose we need to push through the Torres transfer now, and bring someone else in. Destro seems to be the chosen target, though some places are mentioning a one-year loan for Falcao (seems unlikely given the Real Madrid connection).
No word yet on how long - Telegraph says "could be up to six weeks" but that's just guesswork based on the type of injury. I don't think any amount of horse placenta will get him fit for the Everton game (and we don't want to "do an Atletico" and bring him back too quickly).
I suppose we need to push through the Torres transfer now, and bring someone else in. Destro seems to be the chosen target, though some places are mentioning a one-year loan for Falcao (seems unlikely given the Real Madrid connection).
Diego Costa out with a hamstring injury
No word yet on how long - Telegraph says "could be up to six weeks" but that's just guesswork based on the type of injury. I don't think any amount of horse placenta will get him fit for the Everton game (and we don't want to "do an Atletico" and bring him back too quickly).
I suppose we need to push through the Torres transfer now, and bring someone else in. Destro seems to be the chosen target, though some places are mentioning a one-year loan for Falcao (seems unlikely given the Real Madrid connection).
In the Chelsea press have you seen anything about Torres insisting on that massive payout to leave?
Diego Costa out with a hamstring injury
Club saying it's minor but still to assess:
http://www1.skysports.com/football/...league-chelsea-to-monitor-striker-diego-costa
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Got to treat those injuries carefully as it can follow him all season. What was costas injury record at atletico?
Just saw that - glad it's not more serious
Not so much - just the reports that have been in the national papers (e.g. Daily Mail).
The last I read, there was a deal in negotiation and the two sides were "2.5 million euros apart".
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Good but hamstrings seem to reoccur very very often once you get one.
Look at guys like Smalling, Fabregas had the issue for over a season at Arsenal before he left and got over it shortly after being at Barca. Messi did his sometime last Feb/march or so and it troubled him and effected his game right through to the world cup final. He finally at the weekend looked like the old Messi, not the goals but the movement throughout. He was involved over 90 minutes which he hasn't been since the injury, he was chasing players down and sprinting much much more frequently.
Ronaldo did his hamstring and like Messi it's hurting his overall performances and causing him to miss games aswell.
Costa did his hamstring in what April or so, they rushed him back and he broke down in the final games of the season, was no where near ready. Managed to play for Spain and last the games but looked no where near as mobile or energetic as usual, same as Messi/Ronaldo.
It seems to take anything from 6-18 months for a hamstring to get to the point that you aren't constantly reinjuring it and it's not effecting your game while you aren't playing.
Costa was a risk in that sense, he looked to have good movement in preseason/first two games, but they probably should have rested him more. I think it's where after it reoccurs 2-3 times you get the player starting to play more carefully which makes them play worse... then they get reinjured anyway.
In that sense Chelsea needed a quality back up, though I think Fabregas could be a great option there. Good goals/shots ratio for Barca,(excellent in two seasons, decent last season), the only thing stopping him scoring 20+ a year in each season was that he only took 45-55 shots, his job was still primarily to give the ball to others. He can do the same role though, bring in all of Chelsea's wide/central attacking players and set them up with chance after chance, or take more chances himself.
Just saw that - glad it's not more serious
As dm touches on, it's the fact that he's picked up his 3rd hamstring injury in 4 months that should concern you rather than the actual severity of this injury.
The way he was rushed back (twice) last season could have serious long terms problems.
This is just people putting 2 and 2 together, but it wouldn't surprise me.
I think his knee problems (and Juventus being stubborn) are going to put us off, sadly. We'd want a good deal at the very least, due to his knee, and we're unlikely to get that.
Also hope the rumours that Villa have had a bid for Cleverley accepted are true. I'd pay them to take him, just get rid of him.
Dortmund interested in Kagawa again, too.
Give them £25m + Hernandez and we have done some good business. Not the end of the world if his knee is still shady at that price.
We need to get rid of Cleverley because if he is there, the temptation to play him will remain. Kagawa has never been as good as he was at Dortmund and Mata is much better in that position and we have Januzaj who should be backup.
Welbeck should be shipped out because he is never going to come good. Wilson looks like a cracking prospect and I would rather see him given a chance than Welbeck constantly disappointing.
We need to get rid of Cleverley because if he is there, the temptation to play him will remain. Kagawa has never been as good as he was at Dortmund and Mata is much better in that position and we have Januzaj who should be backup.
Welbeck should be shipped out because he is never going to come good. Wilson looks like a cracking prospect and I would rather see him given a chance than Welbeck constantly disappointing.
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