The £3 million signing of Jason Shackell for Derby takes their summer spending over £11 million, not to mention signing on-fees/wages of Alex Pearce and Darren Bent. Minus the £250k they got from Sky that they so desperately needed , of course.
Absolutely insane.
Nacional in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, scored 17 in 33 last year and was fourth top goalscorer in the league.
Seems last season was his only productive one though. Only managed 6 in two seasons and 42 apps at Vitoria Guimarães before that and didn't score many in the division below for...
Cabaye having a medical at Palace within the next 48 hours apparently. Fee of £10 million rising to £13 million with add-ons. Believed to have been offered around £100k a week :mad:
He's a very good player admittedly but those sums seem a tad excessive for a player turning 30 in January.
Derby now apparently 'close' to signing Tom Ince for £4.5 million and Jason Shackell for £2 million.. They've already spent an 'undisclosed fee' on Scott Carson, £2 million on Weimann and undoubtedly some big wages/signing on fees on Bent et al. With no parachute payments, how are they planning...
How much longer are we supposed to wait? If we had a half-decent squad it wouldn't be as much of an issue that no business has been done yet, but the fact we've lost one of the 3 or 4 that weren't shit last season (Teixeira) and look set to lose another (Dunk), we need 4 or 5 quality players...
I love Russell Slade for his general demeanour and of course for how he kept us up in dire circumstances, but he is well out of his depth there and I can't imagine that someone playing under a manager like Mick McCarthy- who has good experience of managing at the top and got a...