Transfer Madness

Hello people! Well on Tuesday evening, the transfer window closed and quite frankly there were some ridiculous prices going around this summer!

So let's kick off with Anthony Martial, the 19 year old who has become the most expensive teenager in history after Man United paid Monaco £36 million for his services. Man United have been linked with pretty much every player in football over the summer and more often than not, failed to their man. This transfer has touched a nerve with me because not only is it a ludicrous amount of money for a player who is uncapped for France and only has scored 11 goals but the fact that James Wilson , who is a promising youngster at United and has impressed when appeared will now fall further down the pecking order. I have said before that Louis Van Gaal is under massive pressure this year but now he is under even more this year. He has got to win a trophy otherwise his job must come under threat, he has spent over £350 million in 2 years and he changed the whole squad from top to bottom. The whole David De Gea situation is probably the biggest joke of all.

Manchester City have also spent a stupid amount of money on Raheem Sterling, who is an ok player but never in a month of Sundays is he worth £49 million but being English makes his price treble even though in my opinion he is not worth a quarter of that. Kevin De Bruyne is another one that I am stunned by, he couldn't cut it at Chelsea so went off to Wolfsburg and had a pretty good record BUT is he really going to improve Man City or play every single game? no.

Chelsea are another side who just annoy me, they have 28 players out on loan across Europe and the total cost of them all, £73 million. That is just wrong and it should be banned, they have all these young players and just loan them straight out like Reading defender Michael Hector which is the most pointless transfer because he is never going to get a game and a massive fair play to Everton for sticking to their guns and not selling John Stones.

As an Arsenal fan, I am quite happy with the squad and seeing the money floating about for players who are way overpriced, I am glad we didn't buy anyone, take Saido Berinho for example who is a decent striker and will score goals but is he worth £25 million? Of course not, English players are way overpriced and I am sick of hearing that there are too many foreign players and the English players don't get a chance, let's get real, would you trade a David Silva for a Jordan Henderson? would you swap Alexis Sanchez for Andros Townsend? if your answer was yes then you need help, the truth is, English players are just not that good.

My overall opinion of the transfer window is that it should be closed before the season starts, as much as I enjoy watching Jim White and the lovely Natalie Sawyer. If a manager cannot improve his team from June until August and has to wait until the last day then he shouldn't be in the job.