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Sep 01, 2016 08:04

( transfer round up and some pictures - what has been the most surprising summer signing so far? This post is about deals crossing the line on the last day )

club: leicester city, club: afc bournemouth, nt: republic of ireland, club: tottenham hotspur, club: stoke city fc, nt: germany, picspam, club: chelsea, club: arsenal, club: manchester city, robbie keane, club: hull city, club: valencia, retirement, bastian schweinsteiger

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the4thjuliek September 1 2016, 13:32:27 UTC

HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THIS TRANSFER WINDOW

DID NOT THINK SIDESHOW BOB WOULD BE BACK

OR JOE HART WOULD GO TO ITALY

AND JACK TO BOURNEMOUTH (!)

AND LMAO SPURS GOT SISSOKO AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WANTING TO COME TO ARSENAL OR GO TO REAL MADRID ALL SUMMER

SPEAKING OF WHICH, DID WE GET MUSTAFI AND A STRIKER

CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED BASTI'S FAREWELL MATCH. FML AND DISSERTATION

lied_ohne_worte September 1 2016, 15:07:17 UTC

There's a new Captain. Who now has a license to go complain to the referee about supposed offsides after goals, oh dear.

Torhüter @Manuel_Neuer ist neuer Kapitän. Mehr gleich auf https://t.co/TThxdWhKGZ. #DieMannschaft pic.twitter.com/jRQDk17AsU
- Die Mannschaft (@DFB_Team) 1. September 2016

Why would you make a goalkeeper a captain? jazzypom September 1 2016, 15:09:45 UTC

I don't understand that at all. Why not a CB or a CM?

Re: Why would you make a goalkeeper a captain? lied_ohne_worte September 1 2016, 15:16:10 UTC

Well, we've had that before. Kahn was a captain too, so were Schumacher and Sepp Maier a few times, and Neuer has captained the team before (in fact he has almost as many matches as Captain as Schweinsteiger did, what with the injuries). And he's not precisely a keeper who stays attached to his goal.

A lot of the internet and some of the media is crying out for Boateng though, partly it would have been "symbolic". I wonder if that's not the reason why Löw didn't go with Boateng, so there wouldn't be a second round of "do you want him to be your neighbour?", combined with people going on about him only being chosen for symbolism - at some point, Boateng seemed understandably fed up with the whole recent discussion.

Re: Why would you make a goalkeeper a captain? jazzypom September 1 2016, 15:24:30 UTC

And he's not precisely a keeper who stays attached to his goal.

True, half the time he's in the midfield, etc.

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funhouse September 1 2016, 20:25:21 UTC

luis looks like death in those photos