James McCarthy M Celtic b.1990

**geysir** · 19/06/2013, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Somebody should tell Owen Coyle he had 68 pages of comments before he'd even made his international debut, his value would shoot through the roof.

There's about 80 pages on James 'will he or won't he be baptised in a competitve game'. That's not real transfer value foot.ie discussion.
I'd say there's about £16m worth.

**Crosby87** · 21/06/2013, 11:10 PM

Spurs are said to be back in for James.

**tricky_colour** · 22/06/2013, 2:46 AM

Originally Posted by geysir

James' price tag has increased in increments of £4m since January when £8m was bandied about. £12m in the spring, £16m before the cup final and his Ireland appearance, now a figure of £20m just raises a slight blush. Go for it Wigan.

Back to £10m special half price offer.

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football...thy_89840.html

The 22-year-old is believed to deemed worthy of a £10m price tag by Wigan.

**tetsujin1979** · 22/06/2013, 8:37 AM

Spurs are reported to have completed a deal to sign Paulinho, so the deal for McCarthy might be dead

**ArdeeBhoy** · 22/06/2013, 9:00 AM

Reckon someone like Everton would be ideal for him, if they sell Fellani.
Anyone higher/bigger, James is likely to 'just' end up being a squad player...

**tetsujin1979** · 24/06/2013, 9:50 AM

possibly grasping at straws, but it appears that the Paulinho deal to Spurs isn't complete yet, although it should be after the Confederations Cup is complete

**tommy_c12000** · 24/06/2013, 10:00 AM

Parker and Huddlestone both rumored to be leaving this summer, so Spurs will need two midfielders. Even if they get Paulinho, they may still go for McCarthy

**Serb** · 24/06/2013, 10:57 AM

It's been very common in recent years that Irish players get linked with big clubs, but the move never materializes. There was Kevin Doyle to Arsenal / Everton, Shay Given to Arsenal, Alex Pearce to Liverpool, James McCarthy to Barcelona, plus a load more I'm sure I can't remember. The only Irish player I can think of that actually made a decent move in the last few years is Gibson to Everton (mostly because it earned him first team football). That's not to blame the player, it's the way football transfer reporting works now (e.g. Liverpool need a centre back, let's link every defender under the age of 35, they're bound to sign one of them), but my point really is to pay no attention to any of the transfer rumour crap, because 99% of the time, it's rubbish.

**Junior** · 24/06/2013, 2:35 PM

McGeady to Spartak as well (3 years ago admittedly).

**tricky_colour** · 25/06/2013, 1:17 AM

Agreed, I tend to treat the rumours with a pinch of salt.
Even with McGeady, was it rumoured for long he was going to Spartak?
I can't really remember but I think it was more the case he was rumoured to be going to elsewhere, and Spartak are hardly Barcelona.

**Dunners** · 26/06/2013, 4:08 PM

McCarthy , Gibson , McGeady , Coleman - all in the same team next season mouth watering stuff
Could be a possible

**ArdeeBhoy** · 26/06/2013, 4:28 PM

As Everton battle v.relegation...

Joking, can see them being more disjointed and erratic with Martinez. Though he should play more 'exciting' football than Moyes.

**BonnieShels** · 27/06/2013, 9:35 AM

Originally Posted by Dunners

McCarthy , Gibson , McGeady , Coleman - all in the same team next season mouth watering stuff
Could be a possible

Ireland...?

**ArdeeBhoy** · 27/06/2013, 11:38 AM

Not with Trapp...

**BonnieShels** · 27/06/2013, 1:11 PM

Ah but he'll be gone by 15th October...

**Junior** · 27/06/2013, 1:49 PM

Originally Posted by BonnieShels

Ah but he'll be gone by 15th October...

Dont be silly, he'll still have the play off games in November to lead us through....

**Charlie Darwin** · 27/06/2013, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by Junior

Dont be silly, he'll still have the play off games in November to lead us through....

... Junior said as he crossed his fingers as tightly as could be.

**Junior** · 28/06/2013, 5:00 PM

Makes for a lovely fairytale doesnt it?

**paul_oshea** · 01/07/2013, 1:03 PM

I wanted to go travelling around South America and use the world cup as an excuse. How dare Ireland ruin my plans and inconvenience me by not qualifying.

**back of the net** · 19/07/2013, 11:00 AM

http://www.football365.com/f365-feat...iago-Alcantara...

"As another player that has been linked to some of the Premier League's big hitters in the past, an apparent lack of concrete interest in James McCarthy seems bizarre up to now, following Wigan's relegation from the top-flight. If United are looking for a quality young passer of the ball, there's one on their doorstep, with only players from last season's top 6 averaging more passes per game than the Ireland international (57.6).

His accuracy of 87.3% from those attempts is extremely encouraging and the 22-year old completed 4.7 long balls and 0.9 key passes per game to boot. During his time under Roberto Martinez he's developed a real understanding of the game and also shown that he enjoys the battle, averaging 2.6 tackles per game, whilst reading play well to make 2 interceptions per match."