January Transfer Thread 2020

[KaiserEFC]

What happened to Baningime???? Surely he can't be any worse than Davies

We all got a bit excited over one appearance. Turns out he’s massively injury prone and not that good

 

[Glasshalffull]

Did I write the rest of my post in invisible ink, or did you just stop reading when you came across a word you didn't like?

Not even read back far enough to see who is right or wrong, but this is an excellent snippet of writing and made me properly laugh. Excellent work, regardless of right or wrongness.

 

[blueblue]

The age is a concern but if we could get 3-4 decent years out of him it would be totally worth it,
Davies I don't know what to do with that lad.
Morgan = garbage
Delph can be okay but very inconsistent AND injury prone.
Gomes = Rolls Royce
Gbamin = unknown
This signings feels like Ancelotti is getting someone he has seen and trust to do the job he specifically wants his midfielders to do which our current ones can't which is why this deal might happen.

The manager of the England under 21 team suggested that Tom Davies could play as a defensive midfielder but Marco Silva disagreed and felt that Davies was more an attacking type. I think MS was probably right and Tom Davies has been asked to do a job that doesn't suit him.
Let's wait until central midfield is occupied by players who know how to play that position before we judge anybody was shoved in there just to fill a gap.

 

[dixiesdisciple]

I wonder where Iwobi fits into Carlo’s plans? Not played for him yet and would certainly offer more drive/speed/energy in midfield, not sure defensively he’d be up to it against the top teams though? I’d love to see us bring in a right sided player in the mould of Landon Donovan - creative, clever, scores goals and always positive... perhaps a Mertens/Carrasco type?

 

[sharkey1001]

Come on mate, think how hyper and mega irritating that shouty Scots blurt would be on Sky if he had to cram the entire event into one day? Plus that Darmesh gobshite takes longer than a day to say the word rewind, the talentless meff!

This is why football is dead.

 

[Goat]

Didnt we get linked with him?

 

[Efcjake]

Didnt we get linked with him?

Last year and the year before I think.

He's a pace merchant and that's about it.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Didnt we get linked with him?

Yes, pre Kean we did apparently watch him and were very interested along with Villa and West Ham but he seems to have a bit of an attitude by all accounts, shame as he is a pretty well rounded striker.

 

[KaiserEFC]

Didnt we get linked with him?

Weren’t a lot of people on here who “watched him regularly” going on about how good he was?

 

[Lelouch]

The manager of the England under 21 team suggested that Tom Davies could play as a defensive midfielder but Marco Silva disagreed and felt that Davies was more an attacking type. I think MS was probably right and Tom Davies has been asked to do a job that doesn't suit him.
Let's wait until central midfield is occupied by players who know how to play that position before we judge anybody was shoved in there just to fill a gap.

It's not about where he plays its the footballer himself, He's like a yo-yo. I can't quite work out if he's worth keeping, He looks perfectly fine one game, Next game he looks like belongs to a league one side, Puts in a reasonably good performance one game next game he can't control a ball for his life add to the fact that he doesn't fit a midfield archetype at all it makes things even more confusing on the lad.

 

[AmericasToffee]

Didnt we get linked with him?

Just about every window

 

[Eggs]

Didnt we get linked with him?

...yesterday it was reported he’d been offered to us but we weren’t interested, so he‘s gone to Leeds.

 

[Yarrgh]

Uruguays answer to Tom Cleverley

I hope we manage to find Uruguay's answer to Watford to eventually bin him off to then.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

So Nothing?

OK...

 

[ToothPlucker]

Yes, pre Kean we did apparently watch him and were very interested along with Villa and West Ham but he seems to have a bit of an attitude by all accounts, shame as he is a pretty well rounded striker.

Jean-Kevin Augustin's international future with France is in doubt after the RB Leipzig striker sent a text message to under-21 coach Sylvain Ripoll saying he was rejecting a call-up. Augustin was excluded from the squad a year ago after a heated exchange during a game with Ripoll. He returned in March and scored twice in UEFA Under-21 Euro 2019 qualifying wins over Kazakhstan and Montenegro, and was selected for upcoming games against Bulgaria and Luxembourg.

However, Ripoll told L'Equipe former Paris Saint-Germain forward sent him a text message on Sunday, the day before he was due to report, saying he would not be coming, claiming "muscle fatigue" meant he could not play.

"I take note and I will draw the necessary sporting conclusions, they're not acceptable excuses," Ripoll said. "It doesn't fit with the attitude I want to give this team. I have repeated from the start that I want to go forward with players who want to be here, who have the desire to commit themselves to the national team."

Augustin scored his second goal in as many Bundesliga games in Leipzig's 1-1 draw with Fortuna Dusseldorf on Sunday. France are 11 points clear in their group and on the verge of qualifying for a U21 Euro for the first time since 2006.Should Ripoll successfully qualify for the tournament, Augustin will most likely have to watch his former teammates from the sidelines.

Ripoll said that in the wake of Adrien Rabiot's decision to reject the chance to be on standby for France's World Cup squad, he is not worried Augustin will not be the only one to take such a move. "I'm just saying he told me of his decision, that's his choice, and I don't think the reasons are acceptable," Ripoll said. "I just take note. I'll draw conclusions from there. We'll see what happens. I haven't really analysed that. I'm focused on the days to come."