January Transfer Thread 2020

[Zezti]

It makes it better buisines getting 6-10 million for a crap player then a 1.9 mill.

Fair play Wigan.

You don't get 6-10 million for a crap player who never makes a senior appearance.

 

[Neiler]

Because he's crap and at the time we decided to sell wasn't worth a world-shattering £6m quid. He also would never have been worth £6m here because he'd not have played.

Yeah, no.

 

[Tubey]

Yeah the club are writing off the season. So be it.

It's nice of them to confirm what we all knew - the complete lack of real ambition.

 

[Oasis1878]

No one good being available for loan probably answers that

No one better than Michael Keane?

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Yeah the club are writing off the season. So be it.

It's nice of them to confirm what we all knew - the complete lack of real ambition.

As evidenced by hiring Carlo Ancelotti a month ago.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

No one better than Michael Keane?

Ancelotti said in the presser that he's impressed by some of our players he didn't really know much about before like Holgate, DCl and... Michael Keane.

 

[Nymzee]

Yeah, no.

Baines has played 243 mins this season. I'd love to know your logical behind Robinson going from £2m to £6m on 243 minutes of action.

I'd also love to know why you care about £4m pounds.

 

[Tubey]

As evidenced by hiring Carlo Ancelotti a month ago.

True, but then follow that up with absolutely nothing. Like hiring Rommel to lead the boy scouts - pointless.

 

[Zatara]

@Neiler on Robinson...

Are you saying we should have released Baines last summer and kept Robinson because:

A: His value would have increased while he was in his last 12 months sat on the bench

B: We should have got more than (£1.9mil upfront + £1.2mil sell on) £3.1mil for him

C: He would have made a better bench player than Baines


Im a bit lost as if his contract was expiring after 12 months and he wanted to leave then what could we have done apart from hope he turned out a good backup (with limited games) and signed an extension.

If he didnt want to extend then we were always on the back foot.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Don't think we should be surprised really.

January is an awful window to operate in and after the clubs accounts, it all but sealed that movement was going to be kept to a minimum.

We could have dipped into the loan market

I think that could come back to bite us

 

[Neiler]

You don't get 6-10 million for a crap player who never makes a senior appearance.

There are a lot of things you can do, we've just done it with Gibson, loan out, with the reassurance of player pathway, sign a new contract etc. Simples.

Lads, it ok to acknowledge we dropped a clanger here.

 

[chippy1722]

Yeah the club are writing off the season. So be it.

It's nice of them to confirm what we all knew - the complete lack of real ambition.

Same as the summer.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

True, but then follow that up with absolutely nothing. Like hiring Rommel to lead the boy scouts - pointless.

If Ancelotti is satisfied there isn't value to be had in the market now then who are we to argue?

What's the point in overpaying in January for average players if the ones you really want aren't available?

 

[Nymzee]

There are a lot of things you can do, we've just done it with Gibson, loan out, with the reassurance of player pathway, sign a new contract etc. Simples.

Lads, it ok to acknowledge we dropped a clanger here.

I think you've dropped a clanger waking up today.

 

[evertonarntwe]

1 team is spending £20m on a player with 6 months left on his current contract instead of waiting till summer while the other got rejected by the player after having a £35-45m bid accepted by his club

No I mean in general though, both of them spent money in the summer as well didn't they

Just wondering why we are close to the FFP and they can still spend