January Transfer Thread 2020

[toffeejack]

Manager arrived late Dec and needs time to assess the squad and you want Brands to have a list of players ready to go
Doesn’t work like that

Isn't the whole point of a DoF to mean it should work exactly like that? We're in this mess becsuse we've had about 7 different people buying different players since moshiri came in. I thought the whole point of brands was to scout and buy the same type of player regardless of if its Silva or ancelotti.

 

[TheSecondComing]

Can’t imagine Ancelotti is too happy with not improving the squad. Looking very unlikely we’ll have any incomings over the next couple of days.

typical we’ve back Big Sam and Marco Silva and here comes our first world class manager in donkey years and we can’t back him.

If thats simply FFP fair enough.

 

[toffeejack]

If they

They would want their money back... so around 35M

When our signings flop we sell for a massively reduced fee, we should treat other teams with the same contempt. It's very similar to Klaassen, so we should offer them £15m take it or leave it.

 

[witchdoc187]

But nowhere near all of it. Chances are we’re paying at least 50% of Sandro’s wage.

What's he on £100000k? Complete guess but I bet they aren't paying a 1/4 of that. Whoever sanctioned that signing is mental

 

[mightymoyes]

Plays on the left mainly by all accounts
By all accounts I mean Google

that and there are no rumours linking us to him

 

[MikeH72]

What's he on £100000k? Complete guess but I bet they aren't paying a 1/4 of that. Whoever sanctioned that signing is mental

 

[witchdoc187]

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He looks like this plasterer who lives down the road from me. Coincidentally he came to Spain round the same time as this guy was sacked. Also said he'd been a plasterer for years but he's not really very good at it. I wonder....

 

[ForeverBlue92]

Gutted Utd have Fernandes - the sort of little magician we could do with in the centre of the park.

I even had a song ready for him.

 

[CalebEFC]

Wish we went for Sander Berge, fee is going to be 20-25M. Great business by SU, well worth it

 

[Tiny Timmy]

Leaving things late is how we ended up paying a bucket for Iwobi. Can't wait for Phil Jones and Wanyama to come in and take us to 8th.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Wish we went for Sander Berge, fee is going to be 20-25M. Great business by SU, well worth it

Keep saying it, but I really rate that lad.

 

[CalebEFC]

Keep saying it, but I really rate that lad.

Why’s that? I think he’ll be chased by bigger clubs in a season or two. Replaced Ndidi and some would say he was even better for them. Big and strong, good technique, calm on the ball, deceptively quick and a good dribbler even if it looks funny because of his size. Screens the defence well but also capable of driving forward with it. Think he’ll be a player, upgrade on a lot of what we have and he’s young with room for growth

 

[mccole]

So the realistic option for us is 1 bought and a loan.

I still think we'll bring in 2 and shift 3 more out:
Outs:
Gibson
Niasse
Feeney

Sadly I'd love us to go out and spend £100m on strengthening the team but we know deep down that the FFP and our "spending" hasn't helped.

Despite this I'm more happy this January than previous January's under Fat Sam, Silva or Koeman because we have Carlo Ancelotti.

He is our best signing and yes it's crap that we can't give him millions and millions but he is getting a tune out of a squad which for a number of games has been mute.

In Carlo We Trust.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Why’s that? I think he’ll be chased by bigger clubs in a season or two. Replaced Ndidi and some would say he was even better for them. Big and strong, good technique, calm on the ball, deceptively quick and a good dribbler even if it looks funny because of his size. Screens the defence well but also capable of driving forward with it. Think he’ll be a player, upgrade on a lot of what we have and he’s young with room for growth

Yes, hence why I rate him.

Watched him with Genk fairly regularly for a couple of years now and I think he's excellent.

 

[CalebEFC]

Yes, hence why I rate him.

Watched him with Genk fairly regularly for a couple of years now and I think he's excellent.

Sorry I misread your comment as hate that lad. Carry on