January Transfer Thread 2020

[matty1878]

Liverpool - Minamino
Villa - Reina, Drinkwater
Sheff Utd - Rodwell
Norwich - Duda, Rupp
Spurs - Fernandes
Watford - Pusetto
West Ham - Randolph
Newcastle - Bentaleb having medical

They’re all poo

 

[Eggs]

@Eggs you going to give up after yet again Carlo says.. “ Everything Eggs has said is wrong” or you going to carry on the brilliant job your doing?

....Ancelotti and I had a few Guinness on Saturday night, this is all part of the plan.

 

[blulouie]

Don Carlo says he has targets and the ones in the press & on Sky are wrong.

Mmmm....Interesting.

 

[Zatara]

Any young English left footed centre backs or centre mids worth looking at?

 

[Nymzee]

Any young English left footed centre backs or centre mids worth looking at?

No. Let's stop overspending.

 

[DanB90]

Any young English left footed centre backs or centre mids worth looking at?

Why English specifically?

 

[Azza]

Cavani in!

 

[Glasshalffull]

Any young English left footed centre backs or centre mids worth looking at?

....Ancelotti and I had a few Guinness on Saturday night, this is all part of the plan.

A few Guinness?

A few Guinness'

A few Guinness's?

Tricky. That'll keep me awake at night for a good while.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Boris in!

 

[Benedict]

Yeah I understand the theory but i'm suggesting there may not be players in that bracket which we want.

I've done a quick google - in order of Transfermarkt value, these players have expiring contracts:

Eriksen
Willian
Fraser
Menuier
Mertes
Cavani
Matic
Gotze
Callejon
Bonavenutra
Vertonghen
Matuidi
Pedro
Dzyuba
Kurzawa
Aranguiz
Ilicic
Nacho
David Silva
Luka Modric
Ever Banega


2 questions here:

1 - which players would be better than players for us than those in their respective positions already at the club? All of them probably.
2 - which players, considering their wages, sell-on value, age etc make sense for the club?

We were operating pre-Brands very much with the "if the question to answer 1 is yes then let's go get them" strategy. Money notwithstanding, Tosun was better than Calvert-Lewin and Niasse at the time. Walcott was better than...well...no-one.

The point is though that when these expensive signings flop, we are left in a state where the club is haemorrhaging cash for no real benefit.

We need to be clever now. Throwing £150,000 a week at Gotze because of his CV, for instance, wouldn't be clever. Even if he is a success, he's not enough to bridge the gap to the top 4.

Ryan Fraser is the only one from the above list i'd be looking at and i'm not sure we need a LM. We have Iwobi and Bernard. Plus Bournemouth wouldn't even be tempted to deal given how perilously close they are to dropping out of the league.

You'd only take Ryan Fraser out of all them?, i think i"ve been spiked.

 

[riddick]

What about Jovic loan from Rea? Hardly setting the world on fire there..

 

[Nymzee]

What about Jovic loan from Rea? Hardly setting the world on fire there..

Surely that’s a reason not sign him?

 

[Toffe3m4n]

I thought that's because he was talking to Sky.

Indeed. He was talking to Vinny O'Connor, after which O'Connor said "thanks for that!" and laughed.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Yeah I understand the theory but i'm suggesting there may not be players in that bracket which we want.

I've done a quick google - in order of Transfermarkt value, these players have expiring contracts:

Eriksen
Willian
Fraser
Menuier
Mertes
Cavani
Matic
Gotze
Callejon
Bonavenutra
Vertonghen
Matuidi
Pedro
Dzyuba
Kurzawa
Aranguiz
Ilicic
Nacho
David Silva
Luka Modric
Ever Banega


2 questions here:

1 - which players would be better than players for us than those in their respective positions already at the club? All of them probably.
2 - which players, considering their wages, sell-on value, age etc make sense for the club?

We were operating pre-Brands very much with the "if the question to answer 1 is yes then let's go get them" strategy. Money notwithstanding, Tosun was better than Calvert-Lewin and Niasse at the time. Walcott was better than...well...no-one.

The point is though that when these expensive signings flop, we are left in a state where the club is haemorrhaging cash for no real benefit.

We need to be clever now. Throwing £150,000 a week at Gotze because of his CV, for instance, wouldn't be clever. Even if he is a success, he's not enough to bridge the gap to the top 4.

Ryan Fraser is the only one from the above list i'd be looking at and i'm not sure we need a LM. We have Iwobi and Bernard. Plus Bournemouth wouldn't even be tempted to deal given how perilously close they are to dropping out of the league.

Bring me the head of Luca Modric!

 

[carlos21]

Nothing is happening in this window.