The Gylfi thread.

[Maguire]

LOL @ Maguire's bitching on the Arafat thread

Hello mate, nice to see you back

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

well thats a damn shame that we wont be signing gylfi. however, since he is going to either liverpool or the spurs i will have my chance to see him play for the first time live since liverpool and tottenham are coming to the states to play a friendly. unfortunately this will not make up for the fact that he didnt sign for reading.

[akranes]

This GIF represents my feelings better now.

Now we can move on................

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Jonny Fordham is going to be reporting some news in the Reading Post tomorrow.

Very predictable outcome here.

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

it sucks a lot to have your heart broken like this 2 summers in a row (at least for me). selling shane long last year and missing on the chance to resign gylfi this year. i wonder how they will break my heart next year...

[MouldyRoyal]

Can't say I'm not disappointed. With Gylfi, we would genuinely be looking at finishing comfortably midtable.

As our squad stands? I can understand why we're favourites for relegation.

Trusting in Brian to unearth some hidden gems however.

(The negative cynic in me is wondering whether the ability and intent of signing such decent players is worth anything if those players don't want to play for us.)

[Bring Back The SB]

it sucks a lot to have your heart broken like this 2 summers in a row (at least for me). selling shane long last year and missing on the chance to resign gylfi this year. i wonder how they will break my heart next year...

OH FFS man up. This isn't a boy band mate it's football. Players come and go, thats life.

Deal with it.

[Elm Park Pasty]

Jonny Fordham is going to be reporting some news in the Reading Post tomorrow.

Very predictable outcome here.

Yes, very predictable, he is at his desk cutting and pasting from HNA at this very second.

[Tilehurst End]

1. Sadly I have been told Reading are out of the race to sign Sigurdsson. The club has been notified of this and has withdrawn from the race.

If we had a bid accepted then the only way we can be out of the race is if the player has said he doesn't want to come here.

I trust he will be roundly booed on his appearance at the mad stad.

[RoyalX]

Spurs fan at work seems to think VDV will leave this summer, so Gylfi would be a natural replacement in that position.

Makes more sense than sitting on the bench behind Gerrard if that happens.

[muddyfeet]

it sucks a lot to have your heart broken like this 2 summers in a row (at least for me). selling shane long last year and missing on the chance to resign gylfi this year. i wonder how they will break my heart next year...

I know

its heartbreaking

[winchester_royal]

'Greed. Along with Robin Friday one of the most overrated RFC players ever.

How very dare you?

Wash your mouth out with soap and water.

Friday is King and always will be.

Oh dear

[Libertine]

I hope all of our potential signings will not take as long as this to get sorted. Our first friendly is a little more than 2 weeks away. Maybe it is just me but wouldn't be a good thing if we have the majority of our 2012-2013 squad together before we hit camp? It might allow the new players maximum time to get familiar with how the system works and their fellow players. To me the longer the process of getting "4 or 5 new players" drags on the better chance we will get off to a slow start in the Premier League...where every single point is like gold.

i agree, but then again i trust BM to know what he is doing. i fully believe that we could pull off a mid-table finish this season. we just need to get a few quality signings in needed positions.

Yes, in Brian I trust also. And very much so. But he is just a man and not able to walk on water. So a little help for him would be nice...

[Libertine]

I never had any realistic hope we would be able to sign him so I am not completely torn up over this.

[ZacNaloen]

I never had any realistic hope we would be able to sign him so I am not completely torn up over this.

This

[bracksroyal10]

does anyone actually know what the percentage of any sell on fee we get is?

[robinsfriday]

Hold on....Robin's Friday - what did you mean before you deleted that post?

Error on my part. Saying that in the space of five minutes there were conflicting stories. Some saying that he hasn't even spoken to Spurs... etc. Decided to delete purely because it's obvious that there are conflicting stories which all can see by reading the updates on here.

[urzmikep]

How do we know that this isn't a double bluff and then suddendly the club reveal that he's actually signed for us after all.............maybe this is the HNA melt down that Big Mike has been predicting for the past 3 weeks!!!!

[LoyalRoyal13]

Hold on....Robin's Friday - what did you mean before you deleted that post?

Error on my part. Saying that in the space of five minutes there were conflicting stories. Some saying that he hasn't even spoken to Spurs... etc. Decided to delete purely because it's obvious that there are conflicting stories which all can see by reading the updates on here.

Damn, I thought there was some other news.

[SCIAG]

New information!!!!

1. Sadly I have been told Reading are out of the race to sign Sigurdsson. The club has been notified of this and has withdrawn from the race.

2. Gylfi has not agreed to join Spurs

3. Spurs have the best offer but Liverpool has a big appeal because of BR and could raise their offer this week.

Its down to Spurs and Liverpool now.

Well your track record is excellent so I am gutted.

His track record isn't that great tbh. Gylfi's transfer to Hoffenheim was reported in Iceland before here. Stokie has got several things wrong since then related to Gunnarsson and young Icelandic players, and in every thread people say "oh, you said Gylfi was going to Hoffenheim so you get everything right".