30 Jan 2015 15:54:56
If Remy is leaving, he has to go abroad. Already played for two PL clubs this season - QPR and Chelsea. Not allowed to play for a third.
{Ed002's Note - That was changed in the most recent updates of the FIFA rules which now allow a player to represent three teams in one season (world-wide).}
Would he leave this window? Didn't have a clue
{Ed002's Note - It is a possibility that a deal can be done with West Ham that would involve Remy and Valencia switching clubs - the idea is being looked at.}
Daaaayum totally unexpected! I saw the earlier post regarding Remy and the interest in Valencia, but I thought that was about the summer transfer window.
Thanks for the clarification, Ed. Let's see how this one pans out.
Enner Valencia!? I just do not understand chelsea sometimes. Would be a crazy transfer!
30 Jan 2015 23:09:54
Interesting choice. He's obviously versatile and would offer depth at winger if both schurrle and salah go. All I'm going to say is for people who are questioning things, since Joses been back we've been knocking it out of the park with transfers.
Enner Valencia?!? What is going on in this world. Sounds like a rumour twitter would make. Lol
Tk hmm not sure I agree. To name a few: Salah, Schurrle, Filipe Luis, Willian have not been good enough! Missing out on Sanchez was a big mistake. Only great transfers we have made are Matic, Fabregas and Costa.
Zouma IMO was an excellent signing as well. And Luis wasn't a bad signing per se, he's only been here for half a season and has started playing more recently (and playing pretty well).
Willian is an integral part of our team every week. He may not be flashy and of course he's got some things to improve upon, but clearly Jose values him so that was a good signing.
Salah was a mistake, I'll give you that.
30 Jan 2015 20:11:49
Ed, I read that Hatem Ben Arfa willl not be allowed to represent Nice this season beacuse he has already appearances for newcastle and hull. what is different in Remy's case?
{Ed002's Note - It is a good point - FIFA must have changed their rules again. I'll check.}
31 Jan 2015 13:37:48
Ed, I did some reading and from what I understand, the rule states that a player can represent 3 clubs but only play for 2.
{Ed002's Note - I am not sure what that means.}
31 Jan 2015 13:50:33
Ed, Ben arfa was registered with nufc, hull and nice this season. It turns out he represented nufc in one game and hull for a few games. Hence he cannot play for nice this season. If he hadnt played for nufc, then he would have been able to play for nice. So, it turns out he could sign with nice but not play for them
{Ed002's Note - Ok.}
FIFA are being extremely cruel in regards to Ben Arfa imo. The game he played for NUFC was an under 21 match. Hardly seems fair.
31 Jan 2015 18:11:01
To say schurrle was a poor signing is ignorant for me. In a year and a half his value jumped 5mil at the very least. Felipe Luis hasn't had much time (it's tough displacing two of the top 8 fullbacks in the world) but when he has he's looked good. I'll give you that Willian was overpriced but even with salah we will probably sell him for right about the same amount of money so renting a guy for a year and only paying his wages is a decent return. Now look at his successes; matic, Fabregas, costa, zouma are all incredible successes. As for Sanchez we had schurrle coming off a great world cup and willian was coming off her first year.
Also I believe our interest in Schurrle preceded Mourinho no? Schurrle had a pretty good first season imo, it's just in the end he doesn't really suit the style of play JM wants. Salah was a last minute purchase to make up the numbers due to Mata and De bruyne leaving. Luis it's too early to tell, but I do think he'll come good and we'll see him as our starting LB in the future. Willian's been integral for us. He may not be the best but he has ended up being a pretty solid player. let's not forget that he's actually not a winger.
{Ed018's Note - if he requires a work permit it shouldn't be a problem. I'm sure he meets all of the requirements}