The Summer Transfer Window (Press Submit)

[Angry_Pirate]

16 minutes ago, unleaded said:

Ryo Germain playing tonight so deal not close …. Rovers gone back into shell …last weeks action must have tired them out …..

Awww poor Steve and Suhail. Must be time to retire then if you can't handle 2 days of "honest" work.

Over/under on how many goals/points Pears is going to cost us vs Derby, Norwich, Oxford and Burnley before we get this (any?) proper GK bought/loaned or involved? 

[Mercer]

Reports de Lange in Marseille for medical.

Feckin sh1te Rovers.

[MarkBRFC]

23 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

If Nixon is linking us to another keeper it tells me that De Lange isn't going to happen.

As above, obvious this one was too good to be true.

[BankEnd Rover]

Absolute shocker about De Lange!! Always too good to be true despite brining in 30mill…Owners and the board are an utter shambles!! 

[Angry_Pirate]

3 hours ago, RoryRoversIreland said:

De Lange to Marseille. L’equipe. 

Can't make it up.

Miss out on the GK you really want because you can't find neutral ground in a week of negotiations over £400,000 difference when you've made (or will make) £40m on outgoings in 6 months - or 1% of your net income.

Waggott and Suhail out.

Edited August 7 by Angry_Pirate

[Bethnal]

Remember, guys… they never refuse to sign a check.

[robbojohnno]

Appalling but not surprising. Improved communication? Give over, we need to get these owners and all the clingers on far and away from this club to end this nightmare.

[BankEnd Rover]

It’s exactly why we won’t be getting players like Dembele, we are on the hunt for Loans and frees.

[TheRevAshton]

I mean... are we even surprised at this point?

If there's a seven-figure fee involved, it simply won't happen.

[Gamst]

Sounds like the lad wanted to come initially but we dragged our feet over a few hundred K and a better offer came in. I really thought the asking price was very reasonable. He’s going to a good club and it shows he is probably very decent if Marseille are interested. You’d think if you are in a position where a player you really rate is willing to sign and they are not far apart on the asking price, then you move heaven and earth to get it over the line. If the player is actually decent then a bigger team will always come in. Complete mismanagement as usual. 

[Crimpshrine]

5 hours ago, Ricceh said:

People are comparing last seasons squad including loans against our current squad before the loan market kicks off? Sort of skewing the data to match your anger there. 

I'm not overjoyed with the current way the club is being run, but if you're really going to argue that we are no better off at this stage of the transfer window than last year, you're just being obstinate.

I prefer comparing the current squad to the squad from 14 years ago. No skewing of data, no arguments but plenty of justified anger. 

[TommyRovers]

He's off to be the number two at Marseille while their current number 2 is out injured. Some ambition from the lad.

[Angry_Pirate]

September 2nd: "We tried to sign a renowned GK from abroad for good money, but he ultimately chose to sign for a European football chasing team in France instead. This happens in football.... anyway, have you met our new 19yr old loanee from (PL Club), we think you'll like this one better, he should provide good backup competition to Aynsley! We'll keep our powder dry until January."

Edited August 7 by Angry_Pirate

[jim mk2]

De Lange fallen through because Rovers were haggling over a few hundred thousand quid? 

Steve Waggott strikes again

Pears is still No 1 then, with all that entails

 

 

[Makrover]

10 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Reports de Lange in Marseille for medical.

Feckin sh1te Rovers.

Drommel to Ajax as well

[Polky]

It’s laughable when this should have been wrapped up after haggling over such a small fee (in football terms).

Marseille have agreed €2m + bonuses so it was always going to be higher than our bid.

[Angry_Pirate]

[Old Codger]

7 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Remember, guys… they never refuse to sign a check.

Aye but the checkbook is in India under Madam's mattress and no-one is allowed in there, not even Mr Madam these days

 

[Mercer]

On 06/08/2024 at 08:48, Mercer said:

Think it's time for Rovers to stop pissing about with SS and de Lange deals.

Reportedly, we now have differences of £500k and £400k respectively.  In the overall scheme of things, these amounts are chicken shit.  Our season kicks-off in 3 days and JE, our group and the individuals themselves need clarity and to know where they stand.  When you are so close you just find a feckin way through accepting very rarely will you get the price you want for a sale and, conversely, you end up paying a bit for a purchase.

 

On 06/08/2024 at 09:39, Mercer said:

No one is saying we immediately accept £500k less for SS or pay £400k more for de Lange - it's a negotiation but my goodness it always seems at a snail's pace by Rovers.  Where two parties are minded to do a deal, as they are in these two transfers, then you sit down, hammer it out and get the feckin deal closed.

With SS - clearly, the lad wants to go and almost certainly wont play for us again.  Not only is this unsettling for the lad but for the group as a whole.  He needs to be out the building.

With de Lange, all protracted negotiations do is alert other potential suitors and you risk losing the player.  Who can ever forget us losing Roy Keane to United because Rovers' offices were closed on a Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snooze and you lose - it's that simple.

 

5 minutes ago, Gamst said:

Sounds like the lad wanted to come initially but we dragged our feet over a few hundred K and a better offer came in. I really thought the asking price was very reasonable. He’s going to a good club and it shows he is probably very decent if Marseille are interested. You’d think if you are in a position where a player you really rate is willing to sign and they are not far apart on the asking price, then you move heaven and earth to get it over the line. If the player is actually decent then a bigger team will always come in. Complete mismanagement as usual. 

This is what happens when you p1ss about.

Snooze and you lose.

[CambridgeRover]

Right so which freebie / loaner will be looking for now 

[Ruaney]

I remember the good old days when we used to put value in to having a top drawer keeper.

Not under these bozo’s though 

[JHRover]

6 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

He's off to be the number two at Marseille while their current number 2 is out injured. Some ambition from the lad.

Joining any club over Rovers is the more ambitious move.

 

[JHRover]

Just now, Ruaney said:

I remember the good old days when we used to put value in to having a top drawer keeper.

Not under these bozo’s though 

It's happened once - when we signed Kaminski. Other than that struggling to think of another occasion in the last 10 years where we have gone out and signed a proven quality goalkeeper.

[London blue]

Rovers saw the opportunity of a loan or freebie and put the brakes on. OM took advantage. Shame.

[BRFC4EVA]

No surprise whatsoever. As I said, unless they are doing media with the club waving our shirt around, it's best not to get your hopes up.