Not Turkish but plays in Germany Leon Goretzka is a quality player has size mobility passing and an eye for goal 

Goretzka was great for Germany during the Confed Cup. He'd certainly fit Conte's style too. Works hard off the ball, positions himself cleverly, chips in with the occasional goal. He's off contract next year too. 

Problem with some of these guys is that they will want to be playing each week to get into their World Cup squads. Hard to convince a player to leave guaranteed first team football, and move to a different country in a World Cup year. 

Krychowiak from PSG is the guy for me. Told he can leave. Experienced and a leader. Great in the tackle, circulates the ball well. I could see him becoming a fan favourite. 

 

6 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

My money goes on Calhanoglu! Would love him, his free kicks are so good.

EDIT: Just realised he joined Milan. :(

lol where have you been all summer? That was months ago haha

8 hours ago, DarkMata said:

Probably nonsense but Arsenal are linked with Marco Asensio today,  I would take him in a heartbeat.

It's more realistic for him to be a straight swap for Hazard. This is just another Wenger PR exercise

Latest player we have been linked with is Cedric Soars from Southampton. Looking to bid around £15m according to a few papers. Are these journalists just throwing any potential name into the hat hoping they may get at least one right?

11 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

IMO - Ox and Cancelo are in the bag just not public.

Negotiations ongoing for Drinkwater and mystery Bundesliga attacking midfielder of Turkish origin.

Take with a pinch of salt just a feeling.......

OMG, 4real? I put my trust on you, do not disappoint me :(

4 hours ago, DELBY said:

Latest player we have been linked with is Cedric Soars from Southampton. Looking to bid around £15m according to a few papers. Are these journalists just throwing any potential name into the hat hoping they may get at least one right?

they do it every year, mate. 

21 hours ago, evissy said:

Carvalho is linked to WHU and I thought why not Chelsea. At WHU he'd be their main man. Apart from that I think we should go for him and he'd be interested.

He's a big pile of sh*te.

8 hours ago, Deino said:

It's more realistic for him to be a straight swap for Hazard. This is just another Wenger PR exercise

And even that isn’t going to happen. After ascensio’s goal against Barca they are never going to sell him. 

Our last signing, Morata was 24 days ago. Nearly a whole month. What the f*ck have we been doing?

I find the whole situation really bizarre, surely it's not difficult to wrap up signings considering we are the current champions and we also offer champions league football?

I keep saying it to be proved wrong by the board but we will start the season with the same squad we have now

35 minutes ago, Brutos said:

I keep saying it to be proved wrong by the board but we will start the season with the same squad we have now

Agree, I don't think we are getting anyone else. Hope I'm wrong.

2 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Our last signing, Morata was 24 days ago. Nearly a whole month. What the f*ck have we been doing?

I find the whole situation really bizarre, surely it's not difficult to wrap up signings considering we are the current champions and we also offer champions league football?

negotiations take time unless player wants to leave and club is willing to let go. from what i have seen, it seems our main targets' clubs are being stubborn and therefore it's going to take longer to negotiate. i am sure we will have a shortlist of players to get, but it's not as simple as people think. it isn't a case of throwing money at the club and the player gets let go, there's other things to consider like agent and club negotiations, and negotiations with the player themselves. it's strange how many people think signings can be complete super fast. 

19 minutes ago, enigma said:

negotiations take time unless player wants to leave and club is willing to let go. from what i have seen, it seems our main targets' clubs are being stubborn and therefore it's going to take longer to negotiate. i am sure we will have a shortlist of players to get, but it's not as simple as people think. it isn't a case of throwing money at the club and the player gets let go, there's other things to consider like agent and club negotiations, and negotiations with the player themselves. it's strange how many people think signings can be complete super fast. 

Negotiation take time I agree. But we have had several months time after the end of last season to finish these negotiations. Letting Matic, RLC, Chaloubah, Ake, Zouma etc. go we should have had these negotiations quite near to the end with lots of players. This situation we are facing now (lack of quantity) can not be a surprise to anyone.

1 minute ago, JPH said:

Negotiation take time I agree. But we have had several months time after the end of last season to finish these negotiations. Letting Matic, RLC, Chaloubah, Ake, Zouma etc. go we should have had these negotiations quite near to the end with lots of players. This situation we are facing now (lack of quantity) can not be a surprise to anyone.

Wasn’t it Conte that farmed out RLC, Chalobah, Zouma etc because he gave them no reassurance?

Fan keep blaming the board when it is Conte who has dropped the ball. Things wouldn’t  look this dire if he had kept RLC & Ake. We have spent big on 3 players which is close to the business City/Utd have done, I don’t think see how feasible it is to sign 6/7 players in one window. 

24 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Wasn’t it Conte that farmed out RLC, Chalobah, Zouma etc because he gave them no reassurance?

Fan keep blaming the board when it is Conte who has dropped the ball. Things wouldn’t  look this dire if he had kept RLC & Ake. We have spent big on 3 players which is close to the business City/Utd have done, I don’t think see how feasible it is to sign 6/7 players in one window. 

I was not only criticizing the board but the whole organization. And on the other hand you can only have eleven players to start the game. (And in our case even less to finish one :))

Crazy idea, Kevin Prince-Boateng has left Las Palmas
Certainly not a first team player, but we could get him for free! 

Edited August 16, 20178 yr by TomCFC85

Seen a few reports saying Andrea Bellotti is being targeted by Conte .

IMO - we now have Ox, Cancelo and Drinkwater in the bag just waiting on Turkish attacking midfielder, Tom thought this might be Nuri Sahin.

Take with a pinch of salt as I may be wrong.

Suspect the club wants one press unveiling.

Surely this is the worst transfer window we have gone through, ever? (So far)

The replacements we've signed are great players, but as you all can see our depth is shocking. I can't remember the last time we had such a lack of depth, and Scott is our only available midfielder aside from Kante.

The club fully knew we had tough games coming up early in the season, instead of making sure we're prepared for the crucial games we are left with what we've got now. The situation could have been avoided and I've never seen us look so unprepared! We knew Bakayoko and Hazard wouldn't be available so we should have signed another midfielder as soon as Matic and Chalobah left.

I could go on forever, I'm praying for no more injuries or suspension this weekend. We'll probably get something out of the match this weekend but it doesn't mask up the serious issues we've got.

Sort it out!

It's not even in the top 20 worst ever. 

@dansubrosa Keep calm and carry on, I'm sure they are on their way just obstacles or opportunities we cannot appreciate, IMO.

Wenger again today saying the Oxlaide Chamberlain is staying with the club this year...think he needs to put in a transfer request to get the ball rolling...

Can we just sign someone already???!!!!!