Nymzee
Player Valuation: £150m
Didn't he cost Chelsea £33m??
He's barely played and was mooted with a loan to Swansea so could happen.
Didn't he cost Chelsea £33m??
Agree mate.
But the point is that the players we want (e.g. Keane) are much more likely to be available in the summer rather than now.
Think of it from the selling club's P.O.V
What need do they have to sell in the middle of the season?
None.
And that's because players who could improve us are either 'cast offs' - like Schneiderlin, or the best players from teams who aren't as good as us (e.g. Keane) but those clubs aren't going to sell their best players in the middle of the season.
So it's not acting like 'leave it until summer for the sake of it'. It's just that there's no point buying a player who 'may' improve us now but then we miss out on our primary target in six months time...
Burnley have not exactly said no in their hands off warning.
Just that they are trying to build something there.
But they are miles off competing with the top 7 sides in this league.
He will go, hopefully to us, today.
Dunno mate. I can't argue really with any player he has got rid of so far even if he doesn't replace them with signings. The squad for me wouldn't be weaker in tangible terms if both McCarthy and Kone left and weren't replaced today either. Jagielka probably can't go.
Bless your little cotton socks for proving me right when you think you're proving me wrong. God loves a trier and all that.WTF are you on about, we played a system with the players we have/had and didn't do very well. We then changed the system and it suits the players that we have and things significantly improved, squad went from looking terrible to looking pretty good. Simple enough?
Really don't think he'll be going today mate.
He'll be off. Just not yet.
July, and things will be different.
Lookman is covering both wing and second striker. I think he's surprised everyone how good he has been. You can only trust the manager's judgement on that.
No, centre-back was not vital. It is needed, but only when Jags moves. That will now be in the summer, and we will get a player in. That player looks to be Keane. We may well have been in for him this window, but realistically it was always going to be tough. And there's no need to buy a stop-gap in that position atm, especially since the switch to 3 at the back.
Striker, I agree. But please stop acting like getting a reliable back-up is easy. It isn't. There isn't enough game time to go around mate. So I question why any good player would willingly come and sit on our bench? The best we could have hoped for is a Valencia-standard player (Belfodil) who could improve, or a youngster, realistically.
If we were in the cups, that would be different.
Really don't think he'll be going today mate.
He'll be off. Just not yet.
August deadline day, and things will be different.
Nailed it mate. I'd add in short of getting lads who aren't wanted at their clubs, it's hard to buy quality in January.