The generic transfer thread

[Who Moved The Goalposts?]

So it looks like Man City's spending continues then? How does that work with the new fair play rules coming into force at the end of this season? Lost £170m last year and still buying players?

Had to laugh (albeit with a tinge of sad irony) at all the Man City fans on 606 on Sunday. Basically saying they needed to spend big on a new striker now that Aguero looked like he was injured. This is despite still having Tevez on the pitch, Djecko and Ballotelli on the bench and Adebayour/Santa Cruz on the payroll. Total joke.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Michael Dawson to QPR. Great signing if he stays fit.

[TBM]

Michael Dawson to QPR. Great signing if he stays fit.

Is he the Spurs bloke?

[Pepe the Horseman]

Yeh

[cmonurz]

Yep. Great signing for them. Depressing career move for him, but I guess his options are limited with his injury problems.

Likewise Huddlestone who is apparently Stoke-bound.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Yep. Great signing for them. Depressing career move for him, but I guess his options are limited with his injury problems.

Yeah, still only 28 as well.

[cmonurz]

Alexander Buttner (lol) to United - probably ends Ferguson's interest in Baines.

[soggy biscuit]

Word is that Adebayor has cost Spurs £5M for the transfer and a £4M signing on fee to the player. He refused to lower his £175,000 a week wages so City have agreed to continue paying him £100,000 a week for the next 2 years while Spurs pay £75,000 a week and don't break their wage structure

So City signed him for £24M and sold him for -£5M

[6ft Kerplunk]

“For many years I have thought he (Diouf) was the gutter type - I was going to call him a sewer rat but that might be insulting to sewer rats.
“I think he is the lowest of the low and I can't see him being at Blackburn much longer because I can't see Steve Kean putting up with someone like that in the dressing room when he is trying to form a new image for Blackburn.

Anyone care to guess who he's signed this week.

[Wax Jacket]

lol he hasn't has he

[6ft Kerplunk]

Yep, now of course he's just a misunderstood loveable rogue. Leeds, Bates, Warnock & Diouf, thats some combination.

[Platypuss]

Are LOLeeds taking the piss now?

First Ken Bates, then Warnock and now El Hadji Diouf?

[Pepe the Horseman]

QPR agree a deal in principle for Carvalho on loan. That's gonna be a pretty decent centreback pairing!

[cmonurz]

QPR agree a deal in principle for Carvalho on loan. That's gonna be a pretty decent centreback pairing!

They are offering some salaries at QPR, aren't they. Decent squad they are building.

[cmonurz]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19342136

4th West Ham bid for Matt Jarvis. £10m in total this time.

[Stooper]

Michael Dawson to QPR. Great signing if he stays fit.

Fantastic signing.

Even with his previous injuries, and the price tag, I'd take him at Reading in a heartbeat

[sandman]

QPR agree a deal in principle for Carvalho on loan. That's gonna be a pretty decent centreback pairing!

Did you see Carvalho play last season?

[who are ya?]

QPR's wage bill will be quite impressive for a bottom half club

[Pepe the Horseman]

QPR agree a deal in principle for Carvalho on loan. That's gonna be a pretty decent centreback pairing!

Did you see Carvalho play last season?

No. Was he good?

[Mr Angry]

With all of these expensive signings coming in, 2 things are clear - if they are struggling by Xmas, Hughes will be gone; if they get relegated, they will be in financial meltdown.