[Archived] Potential Summer Transfers (2010)

[JAL]

What would people rather have:

Guti & a cheap option like Benjani?

or A striker like Dindane & a cheap midfielder?

Guti and a quality forward, no mix and match, both have to be of the highest quality otherwise its FALSE ECONOMY.

[des]

if we has fans do not know how much money we have, then how can we judge who to or should be signed sign. By the way where has all the money gone

[nicko]

I'm not sure Chelsea would let us have Sturridge after it went sour with Di Santo.

Sturridge is on over £60,000-a-week at Chelsea...and enjoying his place in their plans for now.

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Is Guti dead in the water or still looking possible?

[nicko]

Is Guti dead in the water or still looking possible?

Very much alive.

Guti has been told he can go by Real. I don't think Jose will change that plan.

He is clear to talk to other clubs, so Rovers are there pitching - via Salgado - and will want an answer soon.

Hopefully that happens fast.

[Iceman]

Schevchenko and Guti!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

For me, this next season will see Rovers add at least £9m EXTRA into the coffers. Now please, you cannot tell me that our own operating costs have gone up that much. That is aside to the money from sales, wages saved and other sundries.

Our % outgoings for next season will be similar to this past season if not lower, so again do the maths and you will see extra cash in the pot.

Its called the black hole of Ewood...appears at the end of every season.You should know that by now Roverite!

[Anti-Dingle-Brigade]

Very much alive.

Guti has been told he can go by Real. I don't think Jose will change that plan.

He is clear to talk to other clubs, so Rovers are there pitching - via Salgado - and will want an answer soon.

Hopefully that happens fast.

If the Zenit interest is real, surely he'll choose the money and Champions League over us and Sally?

[Majiball]

1. We did try to sign Dindane but Lens wanted £4 million in January and Sam chose not to invest the Benni once this became clear. I also remember Beattie being available but Sam chose not to sign him as he would have cost too much. We need to see who we sign by the end of the window but Benjani is not a bad player, especially on a free transfer.

Dindane, Benjani et al, are not the only strikers in the world. If Sam wanted Dindane that badly he'd be here by now. But if the fee was 4M, why oh why are we bringing him up here for a medical, did we not ask how much he costs before hand? Because as far as I know we needed Lens permission to give him that medical, otherwise we've been rather naughty. We knew the fee.

Benjani is god damm awful he has the technique of a dead frog. We already have a strong striker who can't hit the back door of a barn, we don't need to waste 30-40K a week on a worse one.

2. Signing a striker was plan A but at that time it was £2 million, now I think we can safely assume we have a lot more to spend as we have been looking at the Pole (over £4 million) and the Argentinian (£6 million plus), I hope to be right- I think that IF we sign Guti we will still spend money on a striker but that will be Plan A again.

Hang on, you've just basically repeated what I said.

Boseilli was nothing more than a pipe dream if we can't stretch to the 5M for the pole. If the plan is sign a striker, and we end up with more money, we change it and sign a midfielder? surely it means you do plan A, and see whats left and sign an extra one, plan B. Guti is a great player and would be a welcome addition but if it means you don't sign the quality of player for plan A, then well is that a good thing.

3. 6 players on your list are over 30 years old, I think we need players who are between 25-30, players with enough experience but would have a resale value too- you could argue that the blend is about right too- in that case it doesnt really matter what the age of the player is, it would be about what they could bring to the table.

4. Cant disagree with what you say here, we'll have to see (and hope) we sign the right players by the end of the window.

So players over 30 don't have experience? I'd say they have more. Your saying that we need to sign more players in their prime, and yet we all know we don't have the money to do it.

5. Hughes signed top strikers but those gems are few and far between. Looking at EVERY club in the premier club- they are ALL struggling to sign strikers Robinho and Berbatov to name but two players who have been flops and cost £60 million plus. I personally dont think we need a goal scoring striker (controversial!), what we need is a striker who can hold the ball up and bring others into play, e.g. Frederic. P.

Adriano is a wonderful dream, there is more chance of Rooney joining Blackburn Rovers than Adriano. As an example Cacau (a very average Brazilian) was looking for £75K a week, Adriano is on about double that, even if Rovers offer that, would he join us having played most of his career at the biggest clubs in the world, he is not even 30 so no way near past it! Henry would be better, may accept £75K a week!!

What on earth do 30M strikers have to do with us? Every signing is a risk. Its about asessing all the angles as much as possible and making the best signing you can. There is a very high correlation between teams that don't have a 10 goal a season striker and flirting with and being relegated. Dunn this year has played out of skin goals wise, but yet you want to rely on him staying fit? I think its madness to gamble on that, will he score 10 goals again? Has he done it every year?

Every club in the league maybe struggling to sign strikers, but that doesn't mean we have to.

Not two weeks ago you all said Guti was a dream, now its a reality.

Just so your aware I doubt any team in the whole of South America can pay any player the 150K you seem to think he's on (he plays for Flamengo not Inter Milan). His contract expired in may, his time in Italy was not the best and perhaps he could be persuaded to come here. If a striker is the priority (as per JW and Sam) then we should be trying to sign the best one we can. NO FEE, 60K a week is no different to the 2.7M and 30K a week odd Dindane wants. Adriano's situation is very different to that of Cacau, given his turbulent past. He's dragging his heels over the roma move so where's the harm in asking, Roma are skint so can't exactly be offering him a huge salary and we no fee, we might be able to match/beat them, with a little of Sam's renowned patter. I'd far rather us take a punt on someone from abroad than some washed up waste of wages like Benjani or even Beattie, Dindane or Piquionne. Benni McCarthy was a top striker comparable to Adriano, he came here. RSC was a highly though of striker, just like Adriano. Bellamy was a top striker just like adriano. Christ Sam persuaded Anelka to sign for Bolton, so don't tell me its not possible, history both ours and Sam's shows signings like this are.

If the club wants to push on next year we must improve the goals for column, and that means a man who can put the goal in the net, as all the chances in the world won't matter if we can't finish them.

[Commondore]

I have no idea where the Kameni thing has come from...if that's been stuck at the end of a story of mine that's someone else's problem.

Total nonsense as far as I am aware.

They actually do that? Adding stuff to articles you write, I mean?

How real is the Bancé rumour? He has looked very impressive "under the radar" playing for a smaller team in Germany, exactly the type of player we should pursue IMO.

[MeanGreenMachine]

If the Zenit interest is real, surely he'll choose the money and Champions League over us and Sally?

Though our weather isn't great, im sure Guti would love it in St.Petersburg playing in a tin pot league.

The fact Rovers play in the 'best league in the world' and have the trump card in salgado holds the key.

[John]

Suppose we got spoilt, especially under Sparky, but how great would it be to sign someone of real quality (like in recent years e.g. Santa Cruz or Bellamy). Remember being quite excited at the time, when we signed Bellamy in particular...

[ewoodpo]

Schevchenko and Guti!

You feeling alright , we couldn't aford Schvechenko's right boot. Guti may happen and hopefully it's resolved quickly then we can then move onto our next target.

[LeChuck]

If the Zenit interest is real, surely he'll choose the money and Champions League over us and Sally?

Depends whether he wants a crack at the Premier League, that counts for a lot.

He's spent his whole career in the Champions League, it's probably not going to be a huge draw to him.

The money is the biggest problem, but if Salgado sells us and the Premier League well enough that could swing it in our favour.

[alexanders]

I've read an article that Genoa are also among the clubs after Guti Haz. After what I've read from our italian Nicko Roberto Policano Genoa is a very rich club.

Have you have heard anything about the interest Roberto ?

[Veevs]

Personally I reckon Sam has the money for a Boselli level player, but how do you attract such a player with a midfield that has Keith andrews.. a signing like Guti will attract a better class of player up front who knows he will get the supply (I could imagine allot of strikers looking at our midfield and simply running away.. why because if you dont score your rep/career falls like a stone.. even if its down to the fact you simply dont have the supply).

Personally I reckon Kalinic has the ability to knock them in provided he gets a better supply line and isnt expected to spend his game with his back to the goal, and we know Sam can play those sort of tactics from the Aneleka days.

We also need to know just how much wage budget we will have left should we sign Guti..

[Tris]

Personally I reckon Sam has the money for a Boselli level player, but how do you attract such a player with a midfield that has Keith andrews..

Is global warming his fault as well?

[MeanGreenMachine]

To be fair he has a point. A striker before making a move will look at our midfield and wonder where the assists will come from.

And to be honest i dont agree with the Kalanic stuff, square peg in a round hole with this formation, and i dont see why we should change our set up to make a young croat score an average amount.

[AspRover]

Because we invested £6m in him, and he looks like he could do a job as our main striker for a few seasons to come?

[Roberto Policano]

I've read an article that Genoa are also among the clubs after Guti Haz. After what I've read from our italian Nicko Roberto Policano Genoa is a very rich club.

Have you have heard anything about the interest Roberto ?

Funny you should say that Genoa president Enrico Preziosi was sat behind Massimo Moratti last night during the cup final.No idea why he was there,other than to watch the game.

Guti doesn't fit in with Genoa's wage structure(£39 million last season) or with what they are trying to do.

[AJW]

Striker wise, ideally, Sam wants someone with Premier League experience. He suggested he would not enter the loan market again and the aim is to buy someone who can make an immediate impact.

Also, we only have £2/3 million to spend.

Narrows the field a bit...

john carew? ...just gonna put the name out there see what people think, he would fit the criteria , is often played as a lone front man , the fee would be "affordable" the wages would be high but not completely out of our range , and he is a proven goal scorere in PL , i agree his age would'nt suit everyone but....?

[67splitscreen]

john carew? ...just gonna put the name out there see what people think, he would fit the criteria , is often played as a lone front man , the fee would be "affordable" the wages would be high but not completely out of our range , and he is a proven goal scorere in PL , i agree his age would'nt suit everyone but....?

On the back of the reported bid by Villa for Zigic, it could well be on the cards.

[XLM]

On the back of the reported bid by Villa for Zigic, it could well be on the cards.

If anything that would be to replace Heskey. I'd love Carew though, remember watching him play for rover's youth team (or the reserves not sure) in the 90s. Class act.

[AJW]

30 years old 10 PL goals in 22 starts + 11 as sub ....not bad is it , signed for villa in 2007 could be approaching his last year of contact

[1864roverite]

Forgive me but this figure, £2-3m where has it come from ?

we know Rovers sold Fatty for £2m - that money is SAFE.

we know that Rovers finished 10th, 3 places above the budget spot of 13th, increase of prize money is £2.1m and we know from the horses mouth that MONEY is SAFE also.

That makes a minimum cash pot of approx £4.1m MINIMUM.

Now then, add wages saved, higher tv money, increased gate revenue, increased shirt sales, bar revenue, corporate (I know Rovers have been voted in the top 3 corporate value wise) sales/income, added tv bonus money, money from Bentley (final installments) and I fail to see how a transfer budget for Rovers cannot be a mimimum of around £8m.

I know we are BRFC and I know the hole previously swallowed cash but now that hole is filled there isnt anywhere else for the money to go.