Now Jack Butlands price dropped to 8mill. Wonder if we still hold any interest.

14 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Now Jack Butlands price dropped to 8mill. Wonder if we still hold any interest.

Beat me to it...

Championship side Stoke City have cut their asking price for England goalkeeper Jack Butland, 27, to about £8-10m. (Sky Sports)

37 minutes ago, fester said:

Beat me to it...

Championship side Stoke City have cut their asking price for England goalkeeper Jack Butland, 27, to about £8-10m. (Sky Sports)

Stoke fans saying he never fully recovered from the angle injury on England duty. Confidence shot and distribution iffy. Doesn't sound like something we should consider.

2 hours ago, Andy North said:

Stoke fans saying he never fully recovered from the angle injury on England duty. Confidence shot and distribution iffy. Doesn't sound like something we should consider.

For 8 mil could be a good no.2 Cab's isnt going to get younger

1 hour ago, Bonzodog29 said:

For 8 mil could be a good no.2 Cab's isnt going to get younger

He's only 27 though. Would he want to be a backup at that point of his career? Would be a solid number two and he's homegrown.

I agree on Willie getting older and frankly, I'd prefer a better backup. While Kepa stays frozen Caballero is actually coming for crosses but he flops at them at least once every match.

Too soon for a Messi to Chelsea rumour? 😇 What about the Bourmouth GK? He looked a pretty good shot stopper, should have a relegation clause,  probably better than what we got at moment, and a home grown

13 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Too soon for a Messi to Chelsea rumour? 😇 What about the Bourmouth GK? He looked a pretty good shot stopper, should have a relegation clause,  probably better than what we got at moment, and a home grown

Sounds like Ramsdale is heading to Sheffield United

2 minutes ago, mwblue10 said:

Sounds like Ramsdale is heading to Sheffield United

If hes going to Sheff United will Man Utd loan us Dean Henderson for a season?.

On 14/08/2020 at 17:10, abramovich said:

He's only 27 though. Would he want to be a backup at that point of his career? Would be a solid number two and he's homegrown.

I agree on Willie getting older and frankly, I'd prefer a better backup. While Kepa stays frozen Caballero is actually coming for crosses but he flops at them at least once every match.

Michele Vorm has left Spuds and is a decent back up available for free

Edited August 15, 20205 yr by WhiteWall

On 15/08/2020 at 13:59, jack_super_class said:

If hes going to Sheff United will Man Utd loan us Dean Henderson for a season?.

No.

10 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

No.

Because?

1 hour ago, jack_super_class said:

Because?

Why would they want to strengthen one of their rivals?

2 hours ago, abramovich said:

Why would they want to strengthen one of their rivals?

But what are they going to do with him? loan him out for another 4 years?. He's not going to sit on the bench.

1 hour ago, jack_super_class said:

But what are they going to do with him? loan him out for another 4 years?. He's not going to sit on the bench.

I'd imagine they'll either a) give him a raise and loan him out for another year with the guarantee he's coming back to take over as the first choice starting 2021-22 season, or b) sell De Gea (or inform him he's not an automatic starter anymore) and bring Henderson back for this coming season.

In any case, I just don't see them selling, let alone loaning Henderson to us. He's a young English talent coming off a fantastic season at Sheffield. Given De Gea's recent struggles they're probably already planning to move forward with Henderson as their new starting goalkeeper, it's just a question of when.

If I'm wrong though and he's somehow becomes available, we're definitely should be interested.

Edited August 16, 20205 yr by abramovich

On 14/08/2020 at 17:10, abramovich said:

He's only 27 though. Would he want to be a backup at that point of his career? Would be a solid number two and he's homegrown.

I agree on Willie getting older and frankly, I'd prefer a better backup. While Kepa stays frozen Caballero is actually coming for crosses but he flops at them at least once every match.

I was thinking along the lines of assuming we cant get one of the worldie keepers out there, we have to assume Kepa stays for 8 mil and say to him show your form and you will be number one, prove you are better than kepa and you will be the choice hopefully he will raise his game as, like you say at 27 he should be able to get form back and also it could push Kepa to show whatever it is that made him so highly rated before we bought him.

Just read the rumour that we are also interested in Ben Foster as a replacement for Kepa....This can't be real...As a back up it would work, but we need a world class goalie. Also 40m for Dunk is insane....

On 14/08/2020 at 11:04, fester said:

Beat me to it...

Championship side Stoke City have cut their asking price for England goalkeeper Jack Butland, 27, to about £8-10m. (Sky Sports)

Wouldn't mind him as a Caballero replacement, but as first choice? Not sure about that.

7 hours ago, Bonzodog29 said:

I was thinking along the lines of assuming we cant get one of the worldie keepers out there, we have to assume Kepa stays for 8 mil and say to him show your form and you will be number one, prove you are better than kepa and you will be the choice hopefully he will raise his game as, like you say at 27 he should be able to get form back and also it could push Kepa to show whatever it is that made him so highly rated before we bought him.

I followed it up after I posted about this and it turned out Butland's been struggling and performing very poorly as of late, that's the reason they want to sell him relatively cheap. Apparently he had a save percentage in the fifties and made a number of howlers that led to Stoke dropping points.

Wonder if we are looking at Nick Pope or Dubravak (sp)? Both had pretty good seasons and would cost nowhere near Oblak. I do not seriously believe we are going to pay 120mill for him.

I jokingly suggested Joe Hart to a mate the other day, he rebutted said he's better than Kepa or Willy, looks like Spuds have signed him on  a free, can't be paying him that much either 

Interestingly it seems like Ilkay Gundogan has inadvertently confirmed that Claudio Bravo is leaving Man City. Anyone? May I suggest a back 5 of Bravo, Moses, Christensen, Rudiger and Emerson for next season? 

29 minutes ago, sabin6912 said:

Interestingly it seems like Ilkay Gundogan has inadvertently confirmed that Claudio Bravo is leaving Man City. Anyone? May I suggest a back 5 of Bravo, Moses, Christensen, Rudiger and Emerson for next season? 

I think the idea is to improve our defence not make it worse.

So I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Messi anyone?

7 hours ago, Frawdulant said:

So I’m gonna go ahead and say it. Messi anyone?

Who is he and does he have a YouTube clip?

1 hour ago, PhilH930 said:

Who is he and does he have a YouTube clip?

Do we really need more players on the attack? He also has never played in the PL, how do we know his game will translate 😂🤣