The Summer 2018 Transfer Window Rumours and Deals

[der Berliner 3,743]

The Summer 2018 Transfer Window Rumours and Deals - Thread

 

 

SIGNED:

 

IN - Steven Gerrard (born ) - manager from June 1st onwards, contract till 2022

IN - Gary McAllister ( born - ) assistant manager from June 1st onwards, contract till 2022

IN - Michael Beale (born) - First Team Coach LINK -> confirmation of Beale, Culshaw & Milsom on June 7th

IN - Tom Culshaw (born) - Technical Coach

IN - Jordan Milsom (born) -  Head of Performance

 

IN - Scott Arfield  (born 01.11.1988) - Burnley FC, LMF, contract till 2018 - Contract signed, and delivered 14th May 2018 - RFC, 4-year deal

IN - Allan McGregor (born 31.01.1982) - Hull City, GK, contract till 2018, two-year deal signed 17th May 2018

IN - Ovie Ejaria (19) - Liverpool u23s, AM, contract till 2020 (?) season-long loan confirmed June 7th

IN - Nikola Katic - Slaven Belupo (Croatia), centre-half, 21, contract till summer 2021 - signed on a four-year deal June 12th

IN - Connor Goldson (25) - Brighton, centre half, contract till 2020 - signed on a four-year deal June 13th

IN - Jon Flannigan (25) - Liverpool, right-back, freebie - signed on a two year deal June 21st

IN - Lassana Coulibaly (22) - SCO Angers, defensive midfield, contract till 2021 - signed on season-long loan on 10th July

IN - Umar Sadiq - AS Roma, striker, Nigerian, 21, contract till 2020 - signed on a season-long loan on July 10th

IN - Ryan Kent (21) - Liverpool FC, forward, contract till 2019 - signed on a season-long loan on July 22nd

IN - Borna Barisic (25) - NK Osijek, left fullback - signed on a four-year deal on August 7th

IN - Kyle Lafferty (30) - Heart of Midlothian, striker, contract till 2019 - signed on a two-year deal on August 22nd

IN - Joe Worrall (21) - Nottingham Forest, centre-half - loan deal till summer 2019 signed August 31st

IN - Eros Grezda (23) - NK Osijek, right-winger - signed four year deal on August 31st

IN - Gareth McAuley (38) - WBA, freebie, centre-half, signed a one-year deal on September 2nd

 

GONE:

 

Russell Martin (born 04.01.1985) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to Norwich city

David Bates (born 05.10.1996) – contract till 2018 - will move to Hamburger SV

Dálcio (born 22.05.1996) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to Benfica B
Sean Goss (born 01.10.1995) – loan contract till 2018 - loan return to QPR

Jordan Thompson (born 03.01.1997) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Livingston FC)

Jason Cummings (born 01.08.1995) – loan contract till 2018

Kenny Miller (born 23.12.1979) – contract till 2018 - expired

Liam Kelly (born 23.01.1996) – contract till 2019 - signed by Livingston FC

Joe Dodoo (born 29.06.1995) – contract till 2020 - ON LOAN for a season to Blackpool FC (till summer 2019)

Michael O'Halloran - interest from Melbounre City, signed a two-year deal June 18th

Jason Holt - contract till 2020; Fleetwood Town (managed by Barton & Hill) - season-long loan signed June 18th

Carlos Alberto Peña Rodríguez (born 29.03.1990) – contract till 2020 - (On loan with CD Cruz Azul / Necaxa till Januar 2019 or shorter)

Bruno Alves - interest from Parma - contract terminated and gone; July 11th LINK (has since signed for Parma)

Harry Forrester (born 02.01. 1991) contract till 2019 - contract terminated by mutual consent on July 18

Eduardo Herrera (born 25.07.1988) – contract till 2020 - season-long loan to Santos Laguna   LINK

Fábio Cardoso (born 19.04.1994) – contract till 2020 - contract terminated by mutual consent on July 30th

Ryan Hardie () - contract till 2019 - loaned to Livingston FC till summer 2019

Josh Windass - interest from Cardiff City, 3m (ITK); Swansea City, 1.5m+ (June 22nd) - joined Wigan for 2.2m plus add-ons

Declan John (born 30.06.1995) – contract till 2021 (in Spain) - joined Cardiff City

Greg Docherty - (contract till 2022) - season-long loan to Shrewsbury Town confirmed on August 8th

Jamie Barjonas (born 24.01.1999) – contract till 2020 - loaned to Bury FC till January 2019

Lee Hodson (born 02.10.1991) – contract till 2019 (in Spain) - loaned to St. Mirren FC till end of the season

Myles Beerman (born 13.03.1999) – contract till 2018 -> extension till 2019 signed May 7th 2018 - loaned to Birkirkara (Malta) till the end of season

Liam Burt () - contract till 20xx - loaned to Alloa Athletic till summer 2019

Jak Alnwick () - contract till 2020 - loaned to Scunthorpe United till  January 2019

Zak Rudden () - contract till 20xx - loaned to Falkirk till January 2019

 

RETURNING:

Liam Burt (born 01.02.1999) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Dumbarton FC) - see above

Ryan Hardie (born 17.03.1997) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Livingston FC) - contract extented till summer 2019 - see above

Ross Lyon (born 26.03.1998) – contract till 2018 (On loan with Stranraer FC)
Harry Forrester (born 02.01.1991) – contract till 2019 (On loan with AFC Wimbledon) - yet, see above
Robbie McCrorie (born 18.03.1998) – contract till 2022 (On loan with Berwick Rangers FC)

 

RUMOURS:

 

IN - James McArthur (07.10.1987) - Crytsal Palace, CMF, contract till 2018 (or 2020)

IN - Sonny Bradley (26) - Plymouth Argyle, CH, freebie this summer LINK

IN - Adam Lewis (18) - Liverpool u18s, leftback, contract unknown

IN - Lucas Leiva (31) - Lazio, defensive MF / centre half, contract till 2020 LINK

IN - Jermaine Defoe (35) - Bournemouth, striker, contract till 2020 - one-season long loan suggested LINK (same as Lucas above)

IN - Dominic Solanke (20) - Liverpool, striker, contract til 2022 - one-season long loan suggested LINK

IN - Brandon Barker - Man City, left-winger, 21, contract till 2020 LINK

IN - Jake Cooper () - Millwall FC, centre-half, contract till 2019 LINK

IN - Curtis Tilt (26) - Blackpool FC, centre-half, contract till 2019 LINK

 

IN - Ryland Morgan () - fitness coach

 

OUT - James Tavernier - interest from Swansea City, Everton, and Burnley; Crystal Palace 4m (ITK)

 

 

NON-STARTERS:

IN - Martin Skrtel (31) - Fenerbahce, centre half, contract till 2019, deal for 2.7m seemingly close May 18th

IN - Thomas Isherwood (28.01.1998) - Bayern Munich II, CH, contract till 2018 (supposedly training with us) signed for Bradford City June 12th

IN - Jason Cummings (born 01.08.1995) – loan contract till 2018 – signed one-season loan deal with Peterborough United

IN - Kyle Bartley (26) - Swansea City, centre half, contract till 2021 - signed 3-year deal with West Bromwich Albion

IN - Harry Wilson (21) - Liverpool u23s/Hull City, right winger, contract unknown - signed a season-long loan with Derby County

IN - Kean Bryan - Manchester City, centre-half - SG confirmed he won't be signing

IN - Jack Marriott (23) - Peterbororugh United, striker, contract til 2022 LINK has signed for Derby County

 

SQUAD as of May 2018

 

(Squad listed in order of length of contract)

 

Goal:
Wesley Foderingham (born 14.01.1991) – contract till 2020 (in Spain)
IN - Allan McGregor (born 31.01.1982) - Hull City, GK – contract till 2020 (in Spain)

 

Defence

Aiden Wilson (born 02.01.1999) – contract till 2019 (in Spain)
Lee Wallace (born 21.08.1987) – contract till 2019
James Tavernier (born 31.10.1991) – contract till 2021 (in Spain)

Ross McCrorie (born 18.03.1998) – contract till 2022 (in Spain)

IN - Nikola Katic - centre-half, 21 - contract till 2022 (in Spain)

IN - Connor Goldson (25) - centre half, contract till 2022 (in Spain)

IN - Jon Flannigan (25) - right-back - contract till 2020

IN - Borna Barisic (25) - left-back - contract till 2022

IN - Joe Worrall (21) - Nottingham Forest, centre-half contract till 2019

IN - Gareth McAuley (38) - centre-half, contract till summer 2019

 

Midfield

Jamie Murphy (born 28.08.1989) loan contract till 2018 – buy option at 1.2m; three-year deal confirmed May 18th 2018 (in Spain)

Daniel Candeias (born 23.02.1988) – contract till 2020 (in Spain)

Jordan Rossiter (born 24.03.1997) – contract till 2020 (in Spain)

Ryan Jack (born 27.02.1992) – contract till 2020 (in Spain)
Graham Dorrans (born 05.05.1987) – contract till 2020 (in Spain and return home for scheduled scan)

Andrew Halliday (born 11.10.1991) – contract till 2020 (in Spain)

IN - Scott Arfield  (born 01.11.1988) - Burnley FC, LMF (in Spain)

IN - Ovie Ejaria (19) - Liverpool u23s, AM, contract till 2020 (?) season-long loan confirmed June 7th  (in Spain)

IN - Lassana Coulibaly (22) -  defensive midfield - season-long loan from Angers

IN - Ryan Kent (21) - Liverpool FC, forward, - season-long loan from Liverpool

IN - Eros Grezda (23) - NK Osijek, right-winger, contract till 2022

 

Strikers
Alfredo Morelos (born 21.06.1996) – contract till 2021 (in Spain)

IN - Umar Sadiq - AS Roma, striker, Nigerian, 21

IN - Kyle Lafferty (30) - Heart of Midlothian, striker, contract till 2020

 

Coaching Staff
Jimmy Nicholl (born 28.12.1956) – contract till 2018 - contract expired
Jonatan Johansson (born 16.08.1975) – contract till 2020

 

Also in Spain: Zak Rudden, Serge Atakayi, Stephen Kelly, Shiels and Middleton.

Edited September 5, 2018 by der Berliner

[buster. 5,185]

We need more players with their careers in front of them instead of too many experienced 30+ years old players.

If we want to be an energetic side with 'legs', we can't keep buying relative oldtimers.

 

We need a core that has a couple of real leaders, especially central defence and central midfield.

[pete 2,499]

So many defenders and not a good one amongst them. I would also let Murphy, Martin and Cummings go back unless he(C) shines in the last 3 games. We really need better. Is Murphy that much better than Forrester?

[buster. 5,185]

Candeias signed an extension which takes him up to 2020.

 

edit to insert link

https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/daniel-candeias-signs-new-deal/

 

Edited May 3, 2018 by buster.

[Dave M609 100]

I thought Murphy was an obligation to buy rather than an option to buy. Did Windass, Tavernier and Morelos not just sign 3 year extensions or am I making that up

[DMAA 3,658]

James McArthur has apparently confirmed his existing contract runs for another 2 years, so he's not going anywhere. He's a £10m player, I guess it was always too good to be true.

[Darthter 542]

9 minutes ago, DMAA said:

James McArthur has apparently confirmed his existing contract runs for another 2 years, so he's not going anywhere. He's a £10m player, I guess it was always too good to be true.

https://fypfanzine.uk/news/6935-james-mcarthur-contract-crystal-palace

[craig 5,199]

2 hours ago, pete said:

So many defenders and not a good one amongst them. I would also let Murphy, Martin and Cummings go back unless he(C) shines in the last 3 games. We really need better. Is Murphy that much better than Forrester?

I would keep Murphy - I think he could shine for us with better players around him.

 

Thanks for this dB

 

I was unaware of the interest in Tavernier - those are some good clubs looking to sign him - would he get a game ahead of Coleman for Everton ?  Or Lowton at Burnley ?

[Rousseau 10,602]

When you see @der Berliner has posted the Summer Transfer Thread...

 

[der Berliner 3,743]

Contracts adjusted.

 

We are supposedly having Thomas Isherwood training with uis for a while, a Swedish CH playing for Bayern Munich II. Was a target for the Yahoos in January, from which we got this low-down:

 

Profiling Celtic target Thomas Isherwood
April 25th
• by James Nalton

Celtic are looking to bolster their defence this summer and have their eye on a young Bayern Munich centre-back who has considerable potential


Jozo Simunovic and Erik Sviatchenko, who is currently on loan at FC Midtjylland, could both leave the club at the end of this season and the league champions will be looking for reinforcements.

Thomas Isherwood would provide the club with a project — a player they can develop free from the weight of a hefty transfer fee and one whose value could rise drastically should other sides become interested further down the line.

Celtic have been monitoring the 20-year-old throughout the season in his games for Bayern’s second team, who play in the Regionalliga, the fourth tier of German football, and could make an offer this summer.

The Swede has a lot going for him despite not having made the breakthrough at first team level at his current club, and he could be a
good fit for the Scottish league despite his relative youth.

Who is Thomas Isherwood?
Born in Sweden, Isherwood is also eligible to play for the England national team and was linked with a move to Manchester City prior to joining Bayern Munich in 2015.

He played his youth football for a number of clubs in Sweden before being snapped up by the German giants from Stockholm based side IF
Brommapojkarna.

He has represented Sweden’s national youth sides from under-15 to under-19 level and will have his sights set on the senior squad in the
coming years.

Prior to joining the Bundesiga side, he had been monitored for some time by Bayern’s former player, and then youth coach and scout, Björn
Andersson. After being invited for trials he was signed to a youth contract in a move which the player described as “a boyhood dream.”

He appeared for the Bayern first team in two low profile pre-season friendlies against Landshut and Lippstadt at the start of the 2016/17
season, just after Carlo Ancelotti had joined the club, but has struggled to work his way into the first team squad and is yet to make
his debut in a competitive fixture.

He is very down to earth about his future and realises it will be difficult to force his way in at Bayern. However, he appreciates he is
learning his craft at one of the best academies around.

“What I know is that if I do not get into the team, it does not mean that my trip ends, but it starts in another club instead,” he said.

“What I am convinced of is that I have taken the right steps. What I have managed with this first year in Bayern Munich is one thing I can
not buy anywhere. It’s a school that’s incredible.”

What are his strengths?
One immediate advantage is that he’s left footed and slots naturally onto the left side of a centre-back pairing. This can be a valuable
asset as clubs seek balance at the back and could provide him with a way into a first team.

At 6ft 4ins (195cm) he is naturally good in the air and will provide a threat at attacking set pieces as well as being an asset when defending
them.

It’s difficult to gauge a player’s quality who hasn’t yet featured at the highest level but judging him from the games he has played, he
appears to have the ability to make the next step, even if he’s not yet considered good enough for Bayern.

He’s quick enough to cover and is decent on the ball with his left foot. He’ll occasionally carry possession out of defence should gaps appear and if a passing option isn’t immediately available.

He also has good anticipation and a reading of the game which is vital in his position.

Does he have weaknesses?
If he has them they will soon become apparent as he makes his next step.

Celtic scouts are satisfied that he has the quality to play in the Scottish top flight and they will be looking to improve his passing on his weaker foot, as well as his positioning and ability to direct his headers as well as win them.

There are a number of areas which defenders can often struggle with at a young age, as many aspects of the art of defending are learnt on the job, but Isherwood has all the tools to be a good defender once given the opportunity to hone his skills.

He might struggle against the quickest of opponents but there aren’t many defenders who don’t, and he could compensate for this through other areas of the game.

How much will he cost?
Isherwood’s current deal at Bayern Munich runs out this summer so he could be available for next to nothing, though some form of compensation will have to be paid to his youth sides.

Bayern will get some return on the player they’ve developed for three years, as will his clubs in Sweden, but this shouldn’t make too big an
impact on the transfer funds of the buying club, especially one in the Champions League as Celtic should be.

Why should he be signed?
The player needs first team football to help his development and Celtic could be the ideal fit.

He’s unlikely to be given too many chances at the European giants, who often prefer to sign tried and tested stars from other Bundesliga sides rather than develop their own.

For Celtic, his signing could prove to be a shrewd investment, and given his height and ability on the ball, he could become a first-team
regular after a season or two of first team football under his belt.

footballwhispers.com/blog/thomas-isherwood-scout-report

Edited May 3, 2018 by der Berliner