''Soccer'' 2017-2018

[DebkoX]

i'll never hear the end of this at work. The whole "football's coming home" brigade will be out in force again.

it's com-

:d

[FluffySheep]

it's com-

:d

[John Ossie]

I'll never hear the end of this at work. The whole "football's coming home" brigade will be out in force again.

It's alright, England will get knocked out either in the Quarters like usual or at the Semis at best and then it'll be ''England Sucks! New Manager!'' ''Winter Break!'' etc, etc. You know the usual excuses by now I'm sure

[FluffySheep]

It's alright, England will get knocked out either in the Quarters like usual or at the Semis at best and then it'll be ''England Sucks! New Manager!'' ''Winter Break!'' etc, etc. You know the usual excuses by now I'm sure

I've got this feeling that they'll make the final. Compared to the teams on the other side of the draw, England shouldn't stand a chance at beating any of them, but weirder things have happened in this world cup. Being Welsh and living in England, I'll never hear the end of it!

[John Ossie]

I've got this feeling that they'll make the final. Compared to the teams on the other side of the draw, England shouldn't stand a chance at beating any of them, but weirder things have happened in this world cup. Being Welsh and living in England, I'll never hear the end of it!

Like I say, it's England so they'll fail as usual LOL. If they prove me wrong I'll be pleased for Henderson and Alexander-Arnold but I personally wouldn't be bothered as long as no Liverpool players get hurt in the World Cup. Still, I suppose they've got a decent chance of making the semis given that they've got Sweden in the quarters.

[John Ossie]

Bit of transfer news for anyone who's interested

Real Madrid have signed Alvaro Odriozola from Real Sociedad

Buffon will be ''unveiled'' by PSG on Monday as a new signing.

According to the Birmingham Mail, Tottenham are expected to complete a 20m deal for Aston Villa's Jack Grealish

Watford have signed Ken Sema from Ostersunds, so Arsenal fans might be a bit familiar with him due to last season's Europa League.

Burton have signed David Templeton from Hamilton Academicals.

According to the South Wales Post, Besiktas are trying to sign Bony from Swansea City.

Apparently Real Sociedad are close to signing Merino from Newcastle United after activating the 10m release clause. Newcastle have already signed his replacement, a South Korean called Ki Sung-Yeung.

Swansea and Hull are apparently competing to sign a Yeovil player by the name of Tom James who is apparently mostly a right-back.

Napoli have signed Fabian Ruiz from Real Betis.

Eintracht Frankfurt have signed two players, Lucas Torro from Real Madrid and Evan Obite N'Dicka from Auxerre.

According to the Daily Star Alex Sandro has agreed to join Man Utd from Juventus for a reported 53m. Also, according the S*n, Jose Mourinho is interested in signing Shaqiri from Stoke.

Fulham fans might be pleased (I'm assuming they would be from what I've heard of him) to know that Cairney has signed a new contract for five more years.

That's all I've got for now regarding transfers, in case anyone is wondering where I've heard all this it's from Sky Sports' transfer news page.

[John Ossie]

Bit more news on the transfer front. Toulouse have signed a former England youth international called John Bostock from Bursaspor on a 3-year deal.

Again, this was on the Sky Sports Transfer News page.

[FluffySheep]

It's been quite weird not having any football to watch yesterday and today. I'm looking forward to the World Cup coming back tomorrow.

Quite a bit of transfer gossip flying around then! Ronaldo to Juventus is a big one. I reckon that could happen this summer. Why he'd choose Juventus over Swansea is beyond me though

[John Ossie]

It's been quite weird not having any football to watch yesterday and today. I'm looking forward to the World Cup coming back tomorrow.

Quite a bit of transfer gossip flying around then! Ronaldo to Juventus is a big one. I reckon that could happen this summer. Why he'd choose Juventus over Swansea is beyond me though

LOL. I know right? His loss if he doesn't fancy trips to Blackburn or Wigan though

Speaking of transfer gossip, since I was back online I had another look and here's some more gossip LOL

Brighton have signed a defender from RB Leipzig called Bernardo Fernandes da Siiva jr for an ''undisclosed'' fee.

Ben Foster has joined Watford from West Brom

And according to the Daily Telegraph, Frank Lampard is interested in Harry Wilson from Liverpool as a loan signing as he prepares for the new season with Derby.


Also, Bala Town are unfortunately knocked out of the Europa League qualifiers despite winning 1-0 tonight as they lost the first game 3-0.

Also, here's the latest ins and outs transfer wise according to Sky, Premier League only LOL.

Arsenal

Ins

Leno from Bayer Leverkusen - undisclosed fee
Lichsteiner from Juventus for free
Papastathopoulos for an undisclosed fee from Arsenal? (I'm assuming it's the other club that's called Arsenal).

Outs

Cazorla to Villareal for free
Mertesacker who's retired.

Bournemouth
Ins

None as yet.

Outs

Afobe to Wolves for 12.5m
Gradel to Toulouse for Undisclosed fee.

Brighton

Ins

Balogun from Mainz for free
Andone from Deportivo La Coruna for undisclosed fee
Steele from Sunderland for an undisclosed fee.

Outs

Hall to Notts Co on loan
Huenemeier to Paderborn for free
Sidwell has been released
Murphy to Rangers for an undisclosed fee
Vose to Colchester for an undisclosed fee
Sanchez to Forest Green on a loan
Goldson to Rangers on an undisclosed fee
Walton to Wigan on loan

Burnley

Ins

None as yet.

Outs

Arfield to Rangers on a free
Marney has been released.

Cardiff

Ins

Reid from Bristol City for an undisclosed fee
Cunningham from Preston for an undisclosed fee
Josh Murphy from Norwich for an undisclosed fee
Smithies from QPR for an undisclosed fee.

Outs

None as of yet

Chelsea

Ins

None as of yet

Outs

Chalobah to Ipswich on a loan
James to Wigan on a loan
Dujon Sterling to Coventry on a loan
Baxter to Yeovil on a loan
Baker to Leeds on a loan.

Crystal Palace

Ins

Guaita from Getafe for a free.

Outs

None as of yet
Everton

Ins

None as of yet.

Outs

Funes Mori to Villareal for an undisclosed fee
Baxter to Oldham for a free
Grant to Plymouth for a free
Dyson to Plymouth for a free
Rooney to DC United for a free
Garbutt to Oxford on a loan


Fulham

Ins

None as of yet.

Outs

Williams to Forest Green on a free.

Huddersfield

Ins

Hamer from Leicester on a free
Sobhi from Stoke for an undisclosed fee.
Kongolo from Monaco for 17.5m
Bacuna from Groningen for an undisclosed fee.

Outs

Whitehead has retired
Rob Green has been released.

Leicester

Ins

Maddison from Norwich for 22m
Pereira from Porto for an undisclosed fee
Evans from West Brom for an undisclosed fee.

Outs

Hamer to Huddersfield for free
Wood to Bradford for an undisclosed fee.

Liverpool

Ins

Fabinho from Monaco for 43.7m.

Outs

Can to Juventus for free
Ejaria to Rangers on a loan
Williams to Rochdale on a free
Flanagan to Rangers on a free.

Man City

Ins

None as of yet.

Outs

Toure has been released
Maffeo to Stuttgart for an undisclosed fee
Angelino to PSV Eindhoven for an undisclosed fee
Smith-Brown to Plymouth for an undisclosed fee.

Man Utd

Ins

Fred from Shakhtar Donesk for an undisclosed fee
Dalot from Porto for an undisclosed fee.

Outs

Carrick has retired
Riley to Bradford for an undisclosed fee
Henderson to Sheffield United on a loan

Newcastle

Ins

Dubravka from Sparta Prague for an undisclosed fee
Ki Sung-Yeung for a free (doesn't say who his former club was)

Outs

None as of yet (Merino's deal hasn't been completed, assuming it goes ahead that is)

Southampton

Ins

Armstrong from Celtic for 7m
Elyounnoussi from Basel for 16m.

Outs

Wood to Accrington Stanley on a free
Olomola to Scunthorpe on a free
Tadic to Ajax for an undisclosed fee.

Tottenham

Ins

None as of yet.

Outs

Bennetts to Borussia Monchengladbach for an undisclosed fee.

Watford

Ins

Fredericks from Fulham on a free
Fabianski from Swansea for 7m.

Outs

None as of yet.

Wolves

Ins

Patricio from Sporting Lisbon for an undisclosed fee
Afobe from Bournemouth for 12.5m
Boly from Porto for 10m
Jimenez from Benfica on a loan.

Outs

Collins to Colchester on a loan
Afobe to Stoke on a loan
Burgoyne to Plymouth on a loan
Seedorf to Bradford on a loan
Marshall to Norwich for an undisclosed fee.

Edit: Just editing to add that I got all this information from Sky Sports' News Website. Also, this list of transfers was only up-to-date from the 4th July. Doesn't take into account the transfers made on the 5th July.

[John Ossie]

An update on Ronaldo. According to Sky Sources, Juventus have met the 100m Euros release clause for Ronaldo and are waiting for Real Madrid to accept. Apparently Juventus would prefer to get this done by Saturday so they can do the announcement on the 7th of July as part of their plan to have the announcement on the 7th month to go with CR7. Apparently Juventus are ''optimistic'' about the deal.

And that's that for tonight LOL.

[DebkoX]

Not sure if I want Grealish tbh

[John Ossie]

Not sure if I want Grealish tbh

Well, assuming the Birmingham Mail is correct and Spurs do get Grealish, I'm not sure who he'd start ahead of myself personally. But I guess it'd be interesting to see how he got on.

[John Ossie]

Early morning transfer gossip before I head off to work.

West Ham are apparently closing in on a deal with Wilshere who is a free agent after leaving Arsenal.

Robles, former Everton goalkeeper who was released at the end of the season, has signed for Real Betis.

If I get the chance, I'll be back on later

[John Ossie]

Swansea have signed a 19-year old from Real Madrid by the name of Jordi Govea, just need his work permit to be completed now. Zarate has left Watford for Boca Juniors, Grabban has joined Nottm Forest from Bournemouth. And that's the latest I've heard in terms of confirmed moves LOL.

In other news, France have beaten Uruguay 2-0 to move to the semis.

Not bad for a lunchbreak update LOL.

[FluffySheep]

Swansea have signed a 19-year old from Real Madrid by the name of Jordi Govea, just need his work permit to be completed now. Zarate has left Watford for Boca Juniors, Grabban has joined Nottm Forest from Bournemouth. And that's the latest I've heard in terms of confirmed moves LOL.

In other news, France have beaten Uruguay 2-0 to move to the semis.

Not bad for a lunchbreak update LOL.

There was a barbers in Swansea that ended up announcing Govea before the club did. He was in there getting his hair cut and that's how we found out we'd signed him. Swansea City FC the PROFESSIONAL football club ladies and gentleman lol.

Looks like Uruguay missed Cavani today. Keeper had a shocker for the 2nd goal as well.

I'm really hoping Belgium knock Brazil out tonight. 1-0 up at the mo. Can't be doing with Neymar anymore.