Summer Transfer Thread

[DCHeather]

I guess it's never too early to start these threads?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... iguez.html?

Fulham want Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, 22, who is expected to be sold in the summer if Burnley fail to secure promotion.

He was the subject of a £4m bid from Southampton last year and has also interested Newcastle, Bolton and Everton.

[AggieMatt]

You should rename this the We Need Strikers But Won't Buy Any thread. Not unless we lose some first.

Rodriguez (22) isn't a bad prospect with 26 goals in 73 matches this year and last in the Championship. However, since he's the first name to come out, I'd put the chances of Fulham signing him at 0%.

[jumpkutz]

Just out of curiosity, are there any RELIABLE sources for transfer news, i.e., someone who gets it right more often than not? I realize there are broadsheets and tabloids and what not, but does anybody really know what's going on? Or are there just too many bases to cover?

[DCHeather]

My take on transfer rumors...they usually don't happen for multiple reasons. 1. They can be complete BS. 2. Sometimes when someone is mentioned as available suddenly a bunch of other teams become interested. 3. Coming to agreement with the team and player is a challenge. For these reasons, it's difficult to gauge which paper is more reliable than another. There's just too many players, teams, and other tangibles in play to really understand what the heck is really going on behind the scene. Papers try to keep up out of interest to sell newspapers...they will try to be as accurate as possible, because nobody is going to read you if you're wrong all the time.

Your question has given me an idea though. We could use this thread to track the rumors...add each rumor to a post (where it accumulates line by line of rumors)

For instance:

Fulham want Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, 22, who is expected to be sold in the summer...
Andrew Johnson being pursued by Houston Dynamo?

Then move each rumor into a category such as confirmed, unconfirmed, etc.

[HatterDon]

Jumpkutz, the short answer is "no." There is no reliable source.

What we have here is a classic case of "There's a young Championship striker who's doing well. Who needs a striker in the Prem? Okay, that's who we're linking him to. Now we can say 'he's been linked with' etc. etc." You must remember that the English press is under no pressure to tell the truth, and it takes some work to actually find out what's what.

[VegasJustin]

The Premier League needs its own Adam Schefter. The English press are notoriously bad at this stuff and it's frustrating because American sports writers know everything about every team. A player can have a hangnail and it will be reported by Buster Olney. That being said, we were linked to Pogrebnyak back in October so I guess rumors this early can happen.

[jumpkutz]

Sounds like there is an opportunity for real journalists in this field.

[jumpkutz]

The Premier League needs its own Adam Schefter. The English press are notoriously bad at this stuff and it's frustrating because American sports writers know everything about every team. A player can have a hangnail and it will be reported by Buster Olney. That being said, we were linked to Pogrebnyak back in October so I guess rumors this early can happen.

Who linked him to us in October?

[VegasJustin]

It was the Daily Mail.

[DCHeather]

Rumored to be IN:
Fulham want Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, 22, who is expected to be sold in the summer...
Fulham keeping tabs on Ghana defender Isacc Vorsah
ZAMBIA striker Emmanuel Mayuka being monitored by Arsenal, Newcastle and Fulham
Wigan striker Rakish Bingham, 18, is being monitored by Manchester City, Newcastle and Fulham.
Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham still want to sign the Wigan Athletic forward Hugo Rodallega


Rumored to be OUT:
Andrew Johnson being pursued by Houston Dynamo?

[jumpkutz]

Guardian says we're "keeping tabs" Hoffenheim's Ghanian defender Isaac Vorsah. Since they're usually one of the top sides in Africa, I assume he's pretty good.

[DCHeather]

Rumored to be IN:
Fulham want Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, 22, who is expected to be sold in the summer...
Fulham keeping tabs on Ghana defender Isacc Vorsah
ZAMBIA striker Emmanuel Mayuka being monitored by Arsenal, Newcastle and Fulham
Wigan striker Rakish Bingham, 18, is being monitored by Manchester City, Newcastle and Fulham.
Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham still want to sign the Wigan Athletic forward Hugo Rodallega
Fulham target Dieumerci Mbokani is wanted by Genoa.
Fulham's hopes of adding Real Madrid youngster Jese Rodriguez to their ranks have been scuppered by Jose Mourinho.
club sent representatives to watch 22 year-old midfielder Edgar Prib and centre forward Sercan Sararer

Rumored to be OUT:
Andrew Johnson being pursued by Houston Dynamo?

[DCHeather]

Rumored to be IN:
Fulham want Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, 22, who is expected to be sold in the summer...
Fulham keeping tabs on Ghana defender Isacc Vorsah
ZAMBIA striker Emmanuel Mayuka being monitored by Arsenal, Newcastle and Fulham
Wigan striker Rakish Bingham, 18, is being monitored by Manchester City, Newcastle and Fulham.
Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham still want to sign the Wigan Athletic forward Hugo Rodallega
Fulham target Dieumerci Mbokani is wanted by Genoa.
Fulham's hopes of adding Real Madrid youngster Jese Rodriguez to their ranks have been scuppered by Jose Mourinho.
club sent representatives to watch 22 year-old midfielder Edgar Prib and centre forward Sercan Sararer
Newcastle and Fulham will face fierce competition from a host of European clubs if they move for Kayserispor winger Nordin Amrabat.

Rumored to be OUT:
Andrew Johnson being pursued by Houston Dynamo?
Skipper Danny Murphy, 34, fellow midfielder Damien Duff, 33, striker Andy ­Johnson, 31, and defender Aaron Hughes, 32, are among the club’s thirty-­something ­brigade set to leave at the end of the ­season.

[HatterDon]

I love that we're looking at a guy named Norden Bombsight [check your WWII aviation history] and also Rakish Bingham. I like a man who can wear a bingham with a rakish air.

[jumpkutz]

I love that we're looking at a guy named Norden Bombsight [check your WWII aviation history] and also Rakish Bingham. I like a man who can wear a bingham with a rakish air.

LOL! NB sounds like a propaganda cartoon character! Rakish Bingham sounds like someone wearing an ascot, a smoking jacket and some comfy house slippers.