Confirmed Signing Orel Mangala

[knowing your history]

Been calling for another CM for the last month so happy with this.

Genuinely thought this guy was still at Forest, didn't realise they sold him to Lyon in January. So in/out at Forest and only been six months at Lyon and now they want to move him out on loan.

At least there's more depth in the CM area as to me this is the Onana replacement.

 

[Toffe3m4n]

Why are Lyon willing to loan him if they've just only just bought him?

 

[knowing your history]

Does seem a strange one but i guess we have been linked to calvin phillips a lot over the summer so dyche must ha e wanted reinforcement there.

It's not a strange one.

Andre Gomes left in the summer after featuring fairly regularly from December. With Onana gone the two have started the season with Gana + Tim so with Garner out in effective those are the only two CMs at the club.

Gana at his age will miss games with knocks. Good that Garner is fit again but you get the feeling he'll be playing some games at RB this season given how bad the options there are so you're still short in that area. Just moving Doucoure back into the pivot shouldn't be accepted either.

Another CM is needed, maybe not for right now but certainly the winter period when injuries/suspensions will hit.

 

[knowing your history]

Why are Lyon willing to loan him if they've just only just bought him?

John Textor involved with them isn't he? So probably a case of they signed him, stayed up, signed some more and rather than just have him warming the bench go to a club where he'll play more regularly and help a club Textor wants as future purchase stay up aswell.

 

[Groucho]

Premier league experience!

Oh It was at forest...

To be fair so was Janes Garner’s and he’s been mostly sound.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Let's hope he's decent. Maybe another who can learn from Gana as the season goes on. Gana is a worry, another of our ageing stalwarts, particularly given his game is about energy and getting in and around players quickly.

 

[tsubaki]

Hope that in exchange some of us will be loaned to OL, I know my life would be better if I lived on the Fourviere hill and walked into town every morning for baked goods and wine.

 

[GlosBlue]

To be fair so was Janes Garner’s and he’s been mostly sound.

Wasn't Garner there in the season they got promoted from Championship? May be wrong though!

 

[MikeH72]

Hope that in exchange some of us will be loaned to OL, I know my life would be better if I lived on the Fourviere hill and walked into town every morning for baked goods and wine.

Loan with an obligation to buy me for 45p please.

 

[flibbyflob]

Just get it done so he can be on bench Saturday.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

Does this mean our new best friends are Lyon?

Got bored of Villa, bit of leg shown by the french and we jumped straight in.

 

[Neiler]

Why are Lyon willing to loan him if they've just only just bought him?

Because their owner is trying to buy us and make himself 90 mill this year staying up.

 

[DanB90]

What was he like for Forest? I don’t recall seeing him.

Saying that, out of the 100 players they had I can only remember a few.

 

[HKContractDave]

Obligation with Textor's money I presume?

 

[blue to the bone]