''Soccer'' 2017-2018

[John Ossie]

Hope you get the result you want tomorrow FluffySheep, and yeah like you say you've been busy in the last couple of days. McKay seems like a decent signing based on the little I've seen of him. Can't comment about Celina or Woods. Mawson seems a big loss for you even if it was inevitable due to relegation and well, with Burnley making it past Aberdeen they should have a bit more money to play with as well so maybe you can get a bit more for him at least? (you can dream lol)

As for Liverpool, outside of sending a few youngsters out on loan it seems to have gone quiet on our front. We do play in Dublin tomorrow against Napoli though so there's that to keep an eye out for and then we entertain Torino at Anfield, I think that's on Tuesday.

Oh, and just to get the first prediction of the season out of the way.

Reading 1-1 Derby.

[FluffySheep]

Hope you get the result you want tomorrow FluffySheep, and yeah like you say you've been busy in the last couple of days. McKay seems like a decent signing based on the little I've seen of him. Can't comment about Celina or Woods. Mawson seems a big loss for you even if it was inevitable due to relegation and well, with Burnley making it past Aberdeen they should have a bit more money to play with as well so maybe you can get a bit more for him at least? (you can dream lol)

As for Liverpool, outside of sending a few youngsters out on loan it seems to have gone quiet on our front. We do play in Dublin tomorrow against Napoli though so there's that to keep an eye out for and then we entertain Torino at Anfield, I think that's on Tuesday.

Oh, and just to get the first prediction of the season out of the way.

Reading 1-1 Derby.

You weren't far off with your prediction. Derby won 2-1 with a 94th minute winner.

I'm off to Sheffield shortly. We haven't won at Bramall Lane since 1939, but records are there to be broken!

[FluffySheep]

I had an amazing day at Bramall Lane yesterday. Atmosphere in amongst the Swansea fans was amazing, and winning after going behind was fantastic. When that second goal went in, we all celebrated like we'd won a cup! It was the best away day I've had for years. Can't wait for the next one. This was my view...

[John Ossie]

Nice view. That's similar to my view when I go to Anfield since I prefer looking at the Kop rather than being in it (get to see more of the action). And congrats on a good start Fluffy, though I'd avoid Sean Bean for the next couple of days if I were you, especially if he still has that big ass sword from his time in Game of Thrones but yeah, a dramatic win for Frank in his first game as manager and, for Friday night at least, he was top of the league as well LOL.

Liverpool won 5-0 against Napoli as well, Salah only got one LOL. Milner, Wijnaldum, Sturridge and Moreno got the others for anyone who cares LOL.

Besides that I did put a pound on the results yesterday and was one goal shy of winning 75 pounds. Damn you Hartlepool! LOL. Celtic, Kilmarnock, Hearts, Barrow and Lincoln all won at least. Just a pity that Hartlepool could only draw LOL.

[John Ossie]

Also, I see Aberdeen denied Stevie G a win in his first league game in charge, having said that I think he'd have taken a point when his team went down to ten men early on whilst it was still 0-0.

[DebkoX]

I had an amazing day at Bramall Lane yesterday. Atmosphere in amongst the Swansea fans was amazing, and winning after going behind was fantastic. When that second goal went in, we all celebrated like we'd won a cup! It was the best away day I've had for years. Can't wait for the next one. This was my view...

Your passing was beautiful! I caught the highlights and wow, Swansea look goooood.

[FluffySheep]

Your passing was beautiful! I caught the highlights and wow, Swansea look goooood.

Potter is bringing back the "Swansea Way". We weren't perfect on Saturday but there were glimpses of what we were doing a few years ago. I'm actually excited for this season to see what we can do!

[John Ossie]

Good luck for the season ahead FluffySheep. I'm sure you'll have at least one new manager by the end of it though

Having said that, I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn that Man City beat Chelsea 2-0 yesterday in the Community Shield.

[FluffySheep]

Good luck for the season ahead FluffySheep. I'm sure you'll have at least one new manager by the end of it though

Having said that, I don't think anyone will be surprised to learn that Man City beat Chelsea 2-0 yesterday in the Community Shield.

I reckon Potter will last the season. The board have to give him the time he needs to rebuild and get us back to where we were, even if it means finishing mid table this season. They need to back him and bring in Woods from Brentford this week to give him the best chance of making his mark. I'm pretty optimistic, especially after Saturday's win.

[comicscollector]

Looking forward to the first match of the Champions League qualifications of Benfica tomorow.
Hopefully they can get a win right away in the first match,to make the second match away easier.
They will have to do much better that last year,Benfica last year was terrible in the Champions League.sigh.

[comicscollector]

And Benfica won yesterday the first match of the Champions Qualifications by a victory of one goal.
It´s not a great result,but still a win.Hopefully the next match of the qualifications will be another win to Benfica.

[John Ossie]

I reckon Potter will last the season. The board have to give him the time he needs to rebuild and get us back to where we were, even if it means finishing mid table this season. They need to back him and bring in Woods from Brentford this week to give him the best chance of making his mark. I'm pretty optimistic, especially after Saturday's win.

I'll remind you of this when they sack him before the end of the season

Just teasing. Good luck for the rest of the season I assume Brammall Lane was a nice place?

And Benfica won yesterday the first match of the Champions Qualifications by a victory of one goal.
It´s not a great result,but still a win.Hopefully the next match of the qualifications will be another win to Benfica.

Congrats on winning the first game. Technically you don't need to win the next game since a draw will be enough for you to qualify for the next phase of the Champions League

[comicscollector]

Congrats on winning the first game. Technically you don't need to win the next game since a draw will be enough for you to qualify for the next phase of the Champions League

Thank you.
Yeah,you are right.A draw will be enough to qualify to the next phase of Champions League.
Next match will be a away match,and those are always more difficult.And if Benfica win or draw that match,they still have two more matches against another team before qualifying to the Champions League.

[John Ossie]

Liverpool

In

Naby Keita - Leipzig, £52.75m
Fabinho - Monaco, £43.7m
Xherdan Shaqiri - Stoke, £13.5m
Alisson Becker - Roma, £67m
Isaac Christie-Davies - Chelsea, free

Out

Emre Can - Juventus, free
Ovie Ejaria - Rangers, loan
Jordan Williams - Rochdale, free
Jon Flanagan - Rangers, free
Yan Dhanda - Swansea, released
Toni Corrreira Gomes - released
Andrew Firth - released
Mich'El Parker - released
Adam Bodgan - Hibs, loan
Paulo Manuel Neves-Alves - released
Harry Wilson - Derby, loan
Taiwo Awoniyi - Gent, loan
Danny Ward - Leicester, £12.5m
Ryan Kent - Rangers, loan
Allan - Eintracht Frankfurt, loan
Ben Woodburn - Sheffield United, loan
Herbie Kane - Doncaster, loan

Manchester City

In

Riyad Mahrez - Leicester, £60m
Claudio Gomes - PSG, free
Philippe Sandler - PEC Zwolle, undisclosed
Daniel Arzani - Melbourne City, undisclosed

Out

Angus Gunn - Southampton, undisclosed
Yaya Toure - released
Pablo Maffeo - Stuttgart, undisclosed
Angelino - PSV Eindhoven, undisclosed
Ashley Smith-Brown - Plymouth, undisclosed
Rodney Kongolo - Heerenveen, £750,000
Javairo Dilrosun - Hertha Berlin, £200,000
Olarenwaju Kayode - Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed
Will Patching - Notts County, free
Pablo - Deportivo La Coruna, loan
Anthony Caceres - Melbourne City, loan
Divine Nash - AFC Tubize, permanent transfer
Sadou Diallo - released
Demeaco Duhaney - released
Erik Sarmiento Martinez - released
Pawel Kazimierz Sokol - released
Marcus Wood - released
Jacob Davenport - Blackburn Rovers, undisclosed
Matt Smith - Twente, loan
Ed Francis - Almere City, loan
Erik Palmer-Brown - NAC Breda, loan
Manu Garcia - Toulouse, loan
Isaac Buckley-Ricketts - Peterborough, undisclosed
Kean Bryan - Sheffield United, undisclosed
Tosin Adarabioyo - West Brom, loan
Joe Hart - Burnley, £3.5m
Brandon Barker - Preston, loan
Thomas Agyepong - Hibernian, loan
Lukas Nmecha - Preston, loan

Manchester United

In

Fred - Shakhtar Donetsk, undisclosed
Diogo Dalot - Porto, undisclosed
Lee Grant - Stoke, undisclosed

Out

Michael Carrick - retired
Joe Riley - Bradford, undisclosed
Dean Henderson - Sheffield United, loan
Daley Blind - Ajax, £14.1m
Indy Boonen - KV Oostende, released
Max Johnstone - released
Jake Kenyon - released
Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui - Anderlecht, free
Devonte Redmond - released
Theo Richardson - released
Charlie Scott - released
Sam Johnstone - West Brom, £5m
Matt Willock - St Mirren, loan
Joel Pereira - Vitoria Setubal, loan
Axel Tuanzebe - Aston Villa, loan

Newcastle United

In

Martin Dubravka - Sparta Prague, undisclosed
Ki Sung-yueng - Free
Kenedy - Chelsea, loan
Fabian Schar - Deportivo, £3m
Yoshinori Muto - Mainz, undisclosed
Salomon Rondon - West Brom, loan

Out

Ivan Toney - Peterborough, undisclosed
Macauley Gillesphey, Carlisle, free
Yannick Aziakonou - released
Kyle Cameron - released
Yasin Ben Elmahanni - released
Owen Gallagher - released
Jesus Gamez - released
Curtis Good - released
Massadio Haidara - Lens, free
Mackenzie Heaney - released
Tom Heardman - released
Jack Hunter - Gateshaed, free
Ben Kitchen - free
Oliver Long - free
Lewis McNall - free
Brendan Pearson - free
Callum Smith - Hull, free
Liam Smith - free
Craig Spooner - free
Dan Ward - released
Paul Woolston - free
Callum Williams - Spennymoor Town, free
Stuart Findlay - Kilmarnock, free
Alex Gilliead - Shrewsbury, free
Mikel Merino - Real Sociedad - undisclosed
Jack Colback - Nottingham Forest, loan
Chancel Mbemba - Schalke, undisclosed
Matz Sels - Strasbourg, £3.5m
Adam Armstrong - Blackburn, £1.75m

Southampton

In

Stuart Armstrong - Celtic, £7m
Mohamed Elyounoussi - Basel, £16m
Angus Gunn - Manchester City, undisclosed
Jannik Vestergaard - Borussia Monchengladbach - £18m

Out

Jordy Clasie - Feyenoord, loan
Guido Carrillo - Leganes, loan
Sofiane Boufal - Celta Vigo, loan
Will Wood - Accrington Stanley, free
Olufela Olomola - Scunthorpe, free
Dusan Tadic - Ajax, £15m
Ryan Seager - SC Telstar, loan
Florin Gardos - Universitatae Craiova, free
Armani Little - Oxord United, free
Stuart Taylor - released
Mohamed Bakary - released
Ollie Cook - released
Jeremy Pied - released
Lewis Banks - released

Tottenham Hotspur

In

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Out

Keanan Bennetts - Borussia Monchengladbach, undisclosed
Joel Pritchard - Bolton, free
Christian Maghoma - Arka Gdynia, free
Ryan Loft - free
Luke O'Reilly - free
Nick Tsaroulla - free
Anton Walkes - Portsmouth, undisclosed

Watford

In

Ben Wilmot - Stevenage, undisclosed
Marc Navarro - Espanyol, undisclosed
Gerard Deulofeu - Barcelona, £11.5m
Ben Foster - West Brom, undisclosed
Ken Sema - Ostersunds, undisclosed
Adam Masina - Bologna, £3.5m

Out

Tommie Hoban - Aberdeen, loan
Nathan Gartside - released
Dennon Lewis - released
Louis Rogers - released
Charles Rowan - released
Max Ryan - released
Connor Stevens - released
Carl Stewart - released
Costel Pantilimon - Nottingham Forest, undisclosed
Mauro Zarate - Boca Juniors, undisclosed
Brandon Mason - Coventry, free
Luis Javier Suarez - Gimnastic de Tarragona, loan
Nordin Amrabat - Al-Nassr, undisclosed
Richarlison - Everton, £40m
Jerome Sinclair - Sunderland, loan
Randell Williams - Wycombe, loan
Dodi Lukebakio - Fortuna Dusseldorf, loan
Harvey Bradbury - Oxford United, free
Daniel Bachmann - Kilmarnock, loan

West Ham United

In

Lucas Perez - Arsenal, £4m
Felipe Anderson - Lazio, £35m
Andriy Yarmolenko - Borussia Dortmund, £17.5m
Jack Wilshere - Free
Ryan Fredericks - Fulham, free
Lukasz Fabianski - Swansea City, £7m
Carlos Sanchez - Fiorentina, undisclosed
Fabian Balbuena - Corinthians, undisclosed
Issa Diop - Toulouse, £21.9m
Xande Silva - Vitoria de Guimaraes, undisclosed

Out

James Collins - released
Patrice Evra - released
Korrey Henry - Yeovil, free
Rosaire Longelo - released
Rihards Matrevics - released
Ben Wells - QPR, free
Reece Burke - Hull City, undisclosed
Marcus Browne - Oxford, loan
Cheikh Kouyate - Crystal Palace, undisclosed
Sead Haksabanovic - Malaga, loan
Jordan Hugill - Middlesbrough, loan


Wolverhampton Wanderers

In

Adama Traore - Middlesbrough, £18m
Rui Patricio - Sporting Lisbon, undisclosed
Benik Afobe - Bournemouth, £12.5m
Willy Boly - Porto, £10m
Raul Jimenez - Benfica, loan
Diogo Jota - Atletico Madrid, £12.6m
Leo Bonatini - Al-Hilal, undisclosed
Ruben Vinagre - Monaco, undisclosed
Roderick Miranda - Olympiakos, loan
Joao Moutinho - Monaco, undisclosed
Jonny Castro - Atletico Madrid, loan
Leander Dendoncker - Anderlecht, loan

Out

Barry Douglas - Leeds, undisclosed
Benik Afobe - Stoke, loan
Aaron Collins - Colchester, loan
Harry Burgoyne - Plymouth, loan
Sherwin Seedorf - Bradford, loan
Ben Marshall - Norwich, undisclosed
Roderick Miranda - Olympiacos, loan
Jordan Allan - released
Dan Armstrong - released
Anthony Breslin - released
Nicu Carnat - DAC Dunajska Streda - released
Ross Finnie - released
Conor Levingston - released
Tomas Nogueira - released
Adam Osbourne - released
Ryan Rainey - released
Jose Xavier - released
Hakeem Odofin - Northampton, free
Jon Flatt - Scunthorpe, free
Carl Ikeme - retired
Prince Oniangue - Caen, undisclosed
Rafa Mir - Las Palmas, loan

[John Ossie]

Arsenal

In

Bernd Leno - Bayer Leverkusen, undisclosed
Stephan Lichtsteiner - Juventus, free
Sokratis Papastathopoulos - Borussia Dortmund, undisclosed
Lucas Torreira - Sampdoria, undisclosed
Matteo Guendouzi - Loreint, £8m

Out

Santi Cazorla - Villarreal, free
Per Mertesacker - retired
Jack Wilshere - West Ham, free
Chiori Johnson - Bolton, free
Vlad Dragomir - released
Takuma Asano, Hannover 96, loan
Alex Crean - released
Ryan Huddart - released
Tafari Moore - Plymouth, free
Aaron Eyoma - Derby, free
Hugo Keto - Brighton, free
Marc Bola - Blackpool, free
Kelechi Nwakali - Porto, loan
Jeff Reine-Adelaide - Angers, undisclosed
Matt Macey - Plymouth, loan
Chuba Akpom - PAOK, undisclosed
Calum Chambers - Fulham, loan
Lucas Perez - West Ham, £4m

Bournemouth

In

David Brooks - Sheffield United, undisclosed
Diego Rico - Leganes, £10.7m
Jefferson Lerma - Levante, £25m

Out

Benik Afobe - Wolves, £12.5m
Max Gradel - Toulouse, undisclosed
Lewis Grabban - Nottingham Forest, undisclosed
Sam Matthews - Bristol Rovers, free
Ryan Allsop - Wycombe, free
Baily Cargill - released
Ollie Harfield - Dagenham & Redbridge, free
Patrick O'Flaherty - released
Joe Quigley - released
Rhoys Wiggins - retired
Adam Federici - Stoke, undisclosed
Mikael Ndjoli - Kilmarnock, loan
Connor Mahoney - Birmingham, loan
Brad Smith - Seattle Sounders, loan

Brighton

In

Alireza Jahanbakhsh - AZ Alkmaar, undisclosed
Leon Balogun - Mainz, free
Florin Andone - Deportivo La Coruna, undisclosed
Jason Steele - Sunderland, undisclosed
Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior - RB Leipzig, undisclosed
David Button - Fulham, undisclosed
Yves Bissouma - Lille, undisclosed
Percy Tau - Mamelodi Sundowns, undisclosed
Billy Arce - Independiente del Valle, undisclosed fee
Dan Burn - Wigan, undisclosed
Peter Gwargis - Jonkopings Sodra IF, undisclosed

Out

Ben Hall - Notts County, loan
Uwe Huenemeier - SC Paderborn, free
Steve Sidwell - released
Jamie Murphy - Rangers, undisclosed
Bailey Vose - Colchester, undisclosed
Robert Sanchez - Forest Green, loan
Conor Goldson - Rangers, undisclosed
Christian Walton - Wigan, loan
Henrik Rorvik Bjordal - SV Zulte Waregem, undisclosed
Tom Dallison - Falkirk, free
Rohan Ince - released
Niki Maenpaa - released
David Ajiboye - released
Jonah Ayunga - released
Tyler Hornby-Forbes - Newport, free
Des Hutchinson - Waterford, free
Mamadou Saliou Kone - released
Tim Krul - released
Reece Myles Meekums - released
Rian O'Sullivan - released
Liam Rosenior - released
Steven Alzate - Swindon, loan
Jiri Skalak - Millwall, undisclosed
Sam Baldock - Reading, £5m

Burnley

[U]In[/U]

Ben Gibson - Middlesbrough, £15m
Joe Hart - Man City, £3.5m
Matej Vydra - Derby, undisclosed

Out

Scott Arfield - Rangers, free
Dean Marney - released
Josh Ginnelly - Walsall, free
Tom Anderson - Doncaster, free
Rahis Nabi - released
Jordan Barnett - released
Arlen Birch - released
Brad Jackson - released
Samuel Layton - released
Harry Limb - Kings Lynn, free
Chris Long - released
Khius Metz - released
Jamie Thomas - released
Conor Mitchell - St Johnstone, loan

Cardiff City

In

Bobby Reid - Bristol City, undisclosed
Greg Cunningham - Preston, undisclosed
Josh Murphy - Norwich, undisclosed
Alex Smithies - QPR, undisclosed
Victor Camarasa - Real Betis, loan

Out

Omar Bogle - Birmingham City, loan
Lee Camp - Birmingham, free

Chelsea

In

Jorginho - Napoli, undisclosed
Rob Green - free
Kepa Arrizabalaga - Athletic Bilbao, £71.6m
Mateo Kovacic - Real Madrid, loan

Out

Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid, £35m
Jay Dasilva - Bristol City, loan
Trevor Chalobah - Ipswich, loan
Reece James - Wigan, loan
Dujon Sterling - Coventry, loan
Nathan Baxter - Yeovil, loan
Lewis Baker - Leeds, loan
Jordan Houghton - MK Dons, free
Kenedy - Newcastle, loan
Jamal Blackman - Leeds, loan
Mitchell Beeney - Sligo Rovers, free
Ruben Sammutt - Falkirk, loan
Harvey St Clair - Unione Venezia, free
Cole DaSilva - released
Matej Delac - AC Horsens, free
Eduardo - Vitesse, loan
Renedi Masampu - released
Wallace - released
Tushuan Tyrese Walters - released
Isaac Christie-Davies - Liverpool, free
Jake Clarke-Salter - Vitesse, loan
Joao Rodriguez - Tenerife, loan
Todd Kane - Hull, loan
Mason Mount - Derby, loan
Boga - Sassuolo, undisclosed
Charlie Colkett - Shrewsbury, loan
Mario Pasalic - Atalanta, loan
Jacob Maddox - Cheltenham, loan
Fikayo Tomori - Derby, loan
Matt Miazga - Nantes, loan
Nathan - Atletico Mineiro, loan
Victorien Angban - Metz, loan
Kasey Palmer, Birmingham, loan
Kyle Scott - Telstar, loan

Crystal Palace

In

Vicente Guaita - Getafe, free
Cheikh Kouyate - West Ham, undisclosed
Max Meyer - free

Out

Andre Coker - Maidstone, free
Damien Delaney - Cork, free
Jacok Kwame Berkeley-Agyepong - released
Diego Cavalieri - released
Victor Fundi - released
Lee Chung-yong - released
Bakary Sako - released
Yohan Cabaye - Al-Nasr, free

Everton

In

Richarlison - Watford, £40m
Lucas Digne - Barcelona, £18m
Bernard - Shakhtar Donetsk, free

Out

Ramiro Funes Mori - Villarreal, undisclosed
Jose Baxter - Oldham, free
Conor Grant - Plymouth, free
Calum Dyson - Plymouth, free
Wayne Rooney - DC United, free
Luke Garbutt - Oxford United, loan
Sam Byrne - released
Louis Gray - released
David Henen - released
Joel Robles - Real Betis, free
Stephen Duke-McKenna - Bolton, free
Tom Scully - Norwich, free
Henry Onyekuru - Galatasaray, loan
Shani Tarashaj - Grasshoppers, loan
Ashley Williams - Stoke, loan
Antonee Robinson - Wigan, loan
Kevin Mirallas - Fiorentina, loan
Callum Connolly - Wigan, loan

Fulham

In

Maxime le Marchand - Nice, undisclosed
Jean Michael Seri - Nice, undisclosed
Fabri - Besiktas, undisclosed
Andre Schurrle - Borussia Dortmund, loan
Alfie Mawson - Swansea, £15m
Calum Chambers - Arsenal, loan
Sergio Rico - Sevilla, loan
Joe Bryan - Bristol City, undisclosed

Out

Ryan Fredericks - West Ham, free
George Williams - Forest Green, free
Stephen Humphrys - Scunthorpe, loan
David Button - Brighton, undisclosed
Isaac Pearce, Forest Green, free
Daniel Martin - Leeds, released
Djed Spence - Middlesbrough, released
Joe Felix - QPR, released
Elijah Adebayo - Swindon, loan
Marek Rodak - Rotherham, loan
Tayo Edun - Ipswich, loan

Huddersfield Town

In

Isaac Mbenza - Montpellier, loan
Ben Hamer - Leicester, free
Ramadan Sobhi - Stoke, undisclosed
Terence Kongolo - Monaco, £17.5m
Juninho Bacuna - FC Groningen, undisclosed
Erik Durm - Dortmund, undisclosed
Florent Hadergjonaj - Ingolstadt, £4.5m
Jonas Lossl - Mainz, undisclosed
Adama Diakhaby - Monaco, undisclosed

Out

Tom Ince - Stoke, £12m
Dean Whitehead - retired
Rob Green - released
Luca Colville - released
Dylan Cogill - Clyde, free
Denilson Carvalho - released
Jack Boyle - Clyde, free
Regan Booty - Aldershot, loan
Jack Payne - Bradford, loan
Sean Scannell - Bradford, undisclosed
Jordan Hiwula - Coventry, undisclosed
Scott Malone - Derby, undisclosed
Jordan Williams - Barnsley, undisclosed
Michael Hefele - Nottingham Forest, undisclosed

Leicester City

In

James Maddison - Norwich, £22m
Ricardo Pereira - Porto, undisclosed
Jonny Evans - West Brom, undisclosed
Danny Ward - Liverpool, £12.5m
Rachid Ghezzal - Monaco, undisclosed
Filip Benkovic - Dinamo Zagreb, £13m

Out

Riyad Mahrez - Manchester City, £60m
Ben Hamer - Huddersfield, free
Connor Wood - Bradford, undisclosed
Robert Huth - released
Sammie McCleod - released
Cameron Yates - released
Dylan Watts - Shamrock Rovers, released
Josh Debayo - Cheltenham, free
Harvey Barnes - West Brom, loan
Daniel Iversen - Oldham, loan
Ahmed Musa - Al-Nassr, undisclosed
George Thomas - Scunthorpe, loan
Josh Gordon - Walsall, undisclosed