Ernie
Player Valuation: £15m
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What if the strikers we want aren't available in this window
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
There was a certain inevitability I think to how Moshiri's first two windows have panned out.
No need to regurgitate the details but the summer is the acid test for me.
We still need numbers and a run of decent results in the context of our season being finished competitively barely makes a difference to me.
Moshiri did speak of a bid for Koulibaly in the summer to Jim White and Esk has said on Twitter that our interest in VVD is genuine.
That implies at least that we have the resources to spend £50m or more on a single player. I assume they have planned to an extent that such an outlay if it was possible would not constitute an entire windows budget, so by that yardstick there is money available.
It's one thing being broke and quite another not being able to spend when we have money. The net spend to date should be comfortably accommodated by TV revenue.
Need to spend and see clear intent in the summer. No stories about attracting players,prices, the time of year etc. Just get it done. Deliver.
No need to regurgitate the details but the summer is the acid test for me.
We still need numbers and a run of decent results in the context of our season being finished competitively barely makes a difference to me.
Moshiri did speak of a bid for Koulibaly in the summer to Jim White and Esk has said on Twitter that our interest in VVD is genuine.
That implies at least that we have the resources to spend £50m or more on a single player. I assume they have planned to an extent that such an outlay if it was possible would not constitute an entire windows budget, so by that yardstick there is money available.
It's one thing being broke and quite another not being able to spend when we have money. The net spend to date should be comfortably accommodated by TV revenue.
Need to spend and see clear intent in the summer. No stories about attracting players,prices, the time of year etc. Just get it done. Deliver.
ijjysmith
Calm
Koeman alluded to that in an interview today.
No point going out and getting any old crap if it's not who we really want.
Librarian
Player Valuation: £70m
Financial FairPlay will be the summer get out of jail card.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
Except Mata ain't for sale.
BornBlue76
Player Valuation: £35m
Think I said why.. but yeah it would tempting to pull in a real world class talent, just don't see one available in January. We are too far behind top 4 so use this time to work on our team and give more kids a real go and see what we have before the summer.
No one here from what I can see doesn't think Walsh shouldn't be given a chance.. so there needs to be gaps for that to happen.
Who do you reckon we should sign mate ?
Ernie
Player Valuation: £15m
All guess work but you would presume since the summer Koeman and Walsh have been mulling over targets, Arguing the toss and finally after 4 months of talks have a list of players they agree to go for
Now, The players on that list unless playing for a mid table team like Stoke/WBA who can't get into Europe or get relegated will be involved in Relegation/European/Cup battle, This includes players abroad
Its going to be very hard to get them from those sides unless they are fringe players like Morgs (In his case frozen out) in this window
The fact that with 3 days to go we have spent the most money and have the top signing (spend) shows what little to no movement there is in this window
It's generally teams around the bottom panic buying in a last ditch attempt to stay up, Or Liverpool blowing the 50m they got for Torres on Carrol
Now, The players on that list unless playing for a mid table team like Stoke/WBA who can't get into Europe or get relegated will be involved in Relegation/European/Cup battle, This includes players abroad
Its going to be very hard to get them from those sides unless they are fringe players like Morgs (In his case frozen out) in this window
The fact that with 3 days to go we have spent the most money and have the top signing (spend) shows what little to no movement there is in this window
It's generally teams around the bottom panic buying in a last ditch attempt to stay up, Or Liverpool blowing the 50m they got for Torres on Carrol
Ernie
Player Valuation: £15m
Name me a world class talent Liverpool or Spurs have signed in the last 5 years, And I'm on about proven world class talent when they signed them
Which is fine Ijjy but we don't know for a fact that's the case. We might well look back from the end of their 3rd transfer window and think well done overall but if we stop at the business we have done so far then the choices made in signings and the business done in general is open to fair and reasoned criticism.
Librarian
Player Valuation: £70m
I don't see any bids being made though, most clubs say their players are unavailable, doesn't stop those with money bidding.
brieverton
Player Valuation: £50m
You are probably right. FFP serves the interests of the elite clubs only, so far ahead as they are of the rest of the pack.
It would need a club in our position to challenge its legality, or alternatively, just carry on regardless but that will not happen. If we or another club outside the current cartel really have serious cash to throw about, I don't think the likes of Moshiri would be all that bothered about the consequences of sidestepping FFP. It's like paying tax, there are ways to avoid it.
roydo
in memoriam - 1965-2024
Quite.
Folk lobbing "World Class" around should just actually be concerned with getting players who actually improve the team/squad. By and large, Koeman/Walsh have done that. Be it from the youth already here, gems like Gana, or bigger fee players. Its a blend. Not a Supermarket Sweep.
Warlordperforming
Player Valuation: £750k
Spot on, just like it was in summer, 'we can't buy anyone until stones is sold' haaha
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