January 2018 transfer window thread.

[mightymoyes]

Lennon new contract inc.

Please no

 

[hktoffee]

Lennon fee accepted

Burnley was interested back in August.

His contract is up this summer. Maybe we would actually accept a fee for him?

 

[mightymoyes]

...Mirallas gone. That’s four professionals in 2 days which takes some doing.

About another 6 or 7 out hopefully and we'll be ready for a big summer

 

[Deulofeumygod]

Sandro can be great. Give him a chance

 

[uknightbreed]

Burnley was interested back in August.

His contract is up this summer. Maybe we would actually accept a fee for him?

there was a reporter for the mail who said last week that we would get cenk , mirallas would go to olympiacos , lennon would go to burnley and Walcott would come here.

50% right so far.

 

[hktoffee]

there was a reporter for the mail who said last week that we would get cenk , mirallas would go to olympiacos , lennon would go to burnley and Walcott would come here.

50% right so far.

Good deals there.

I can see we continue to get rid of the deadwoods.

Think the average age of the team is a bit low now which is a good thing.

 

[hktoffee]

Gone: Barkley, Mirallas.

Contracts up this summer and might sell: Lennon, Robles.

Not getting used to the PL and may go on loan (but Sam said we only do perm deals): Sandro, Klaassen.

Clearly do not have any role even on the bench: Besic, Garbutt, Tarashaj.

Can see these players leaving.

 

[Evertonized]

Think all this is a bit too random, for Walcott not to be joining

Journalist says Walcott is joining
Somebody places £5,000 bet on Walcott joining us
Kev is allowed to leave

Tbh I'd love to get Theo, very under-rated and can play either as a winger or a striker. And he's English which is an added bonus to our English quota.

 

[MACCA75]

there was a reporter for the mail who said last week that we would get cenk , mirallas would go to olympiacos , lennon would go to burnley and Walcott would come here.

50% right so far.

Hope so, but fairly obvious transfers so far.

 

[rochdaleblue]

Any guess what the fee is for Mirallas? Anything would be nice, 10 mill would be phenominal

Probably just plucked that figure out of thin air. But Greek clubs aren’t exactly awash with cash are they?

 

[rochdaleblue]

Think all this is a bit too random, for Walcott not to be joining

Journalist says Walcott is joining
Somebody places £5,000 bet on Walcott joining us
Kev is allowed to leave

Tbh I'd love to get Theo, very under-rated and can play either as a winger or a striker. And he's English which is an added bonus to our English quota.

Gana N’Zonzi
Walcott Siguarddson Lookman
Tosun
What an improvement that would be.

 

[Professor Toffee]

Probably just plucked that figure out of thin air. But Greek clubs aren’t exactly awash with cash are they?

4 million grains of sand

 

[LiamG]

We wont be selling Keane for a start
Sandro will be difficult due to his mega wages
Besic will be a cheap easy sell
Barkley and Mirallas already "gone"
We can probably punt Klaassen somewhere but we are gonna have to take a hefty loss

If we can get rid of the above thats around 250k a week in wages gone and around 50m in fees back.

Wouldnt be a bad start, the bulk of the work will needed to be done in the Summer.

How do you get 50m for that.

Mirallas and Barkley are a combined 19m. Klassen is also on big wages.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Makes sense to get a few off the books. Out of all cups so only 1 game a week now until the end of the season so dont need a big squad.

 

[PeregrineT]

I think the only way I see us going after Walcott is if we have a plan to part with Lennon now, potentially loan out at least Vlasic next season and, most importantly, we see Walcott as being our #2 striker option in addition to playing on the wing. I also think it would rule us out going after a striker in the summer.

The issue isnt that we have quality wingers(yet), its that we have too many for the young ones to develop if we bring Walcott in. Keep in mind that would mean next season Walcott and Bolasie would be the starters, with likely Onyekeru as the third man, with Lookman as #4 option. No sense in keeping 5 so that means Vlasic out on loan to hope he develops.