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January Transfer Thread 2020

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Since Brands arrived at Everton there has been very little information leaked about who our genuine targets are.

I think the media are looking at areas we need strengthening and looking at players CA worked with previously and are creating links where there may be none.

On the other hand managers do often try to sign players they know well... so , by a happy coincidence the media may get something right.
 
blueblue said:
Since Brands arrived at Everton there has been very little information leaked about who our genuine targets are.

I think the media are looking at areas we need strengthening and looking at players CA worked with previously and are creating links where there may be none.

On the other hand managers do often try to sign players they know well... so , by a happy coincidence the media may get something right.
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I don't know where this comes from, it's really not true. We knew all about Delph, Gbamin, Kean etc weeks before we actually got them. In the end it was pretty anti-climactic when they did sign because everybody had already started counting them as part of the squad. Iwobi was the only one this year I think who came out of left field, and that was seemingly because we'd not got Zaha, who again everybody knew we were after.
 
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I think thats part of my problem with him, when i watch bournemouth (not every game of course) i dont see him being the commanding leader that someone like VVD is or Kompany was. Im not saying he is to blame because their are various factors, but i like someone who commands their box as a centre back. I feel we have been conned into this idea that all centre backs need to play out from the back. Give me Jags and Distin anyday.
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Most of the top managers in the world are going to want us to play out from the back more often than not. I don't think it's a con, it's just how football has developed
 

Lanolin said:
I don't know where this comes from, it's really not true. We knew all about Delph, Gbamin, Kean etc weeks before we actually got them. In the end it was pretty anti-climactic when they did sign because everybody had already started counting them as part of the squad. Iwobi was the only one this year I think who came out of left field, and that was seemingly because we'd not got Zaha, who again everybody knew we were after.
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Lossl, Digne,Sidibe,Gomes,Richarlison,Benard and Iwobi as far as I remember happened quickly where we only knew a day or two in advance.
I thought we had been strongly linked with a different midfielder and that Gbamin was not mentioned until shortly before he signed, but maybe I am wrong.
 

blueblue said:
Lossl, Digne,Sidibe,Gomes,Richarlison,Benard and Iwobi as far as I remember happened quickly where we only knew a day or two in advance.
I thought we had been strongly linked with a different midfielder and that Gbamin was not mentioned until shortly before he signed, but maybe I am wrong.
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Yes there have been some which happened quickly, but I think it's worth noting that most of those names you've been mentioned won't have been major targets. Gomes, Bernard, Iwobi and Sidibe were all signed on deadline day, it's quite normal for those ones to come out of the blue whoever's in charge, often because you've missed out on your actual targets and are moving down your list.

Just had a quick check on Gbamin in case I was getting confused but the first mention of him in the transfer round up was on 22 June, he was then mentioned regularly before we completed the signing on 2 August.
 
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