Transfer Rumour Wilfried Gnonto

[bluestevon]

I'm concerned that we will waste a lot of time on this again with no prospect of him signing.

We just had a big sale so if we can't afford him now, or if Leeds aren't willing to sell, then the deal isn't going to happen. So we need a quick decision one way or another.

My take is we are maybe talking with him, but it's not the front burner negotiation (Lindstrom arriving kind of shows it was the priority)

I agree fully we can't get 'hung up' on one single transfer ignoring other business we have to do as well.

 

[bluestevon]

Thats not how book value works.

Yeah Tim already mentioned my mistake on that

 

[14_dollars]

I'm concerned that we will waste a lot of time on this again with no prospect of him signing.

We just had a big sale so if we can't afford him now, or if Leeds aren't willing to sell, then the deal isn't going to happen. So we need a quick decision one way or another.

This.

If the Gnonto boat has sailed or Leeds are playing silly buggers, it’s time to move on.

 

[Pabbers]

Someone at the club loves this fella.

 

[oglop44]

It might just be that we wanted Lindstrom sorted before going for Gnonto. If we hadn't signed Lindstrom, there might not be another good loan option out there, at which point we'd need to make 2 permanent transfers and split the "Gnonto money".

 

[Aries]

I heard a fee was already agreed a week or so ago, and we were just waiting to sell Onana

That was before the Friedkin takeover collapsed. Yes, the spin from the club sources are saying that hasn’t affected transfer business but from a negotiating point of view you wouldn’t expect them to say anything else.

In reality, you have to wonder whether the club was expecting the day to day general running of the club in the near future to be funded by the new owners and so earmarked the incoming Onana transfer fee to be reinvested in new signings, but now the takeover has collapsed that 50 million is now better being kept back as security for the day to day operations in the months ahead.

Hope I’m wrong obviously, but that does make sense.

 

[gedefc]

That was before the Friedkin takeover collapsed. Yes, the spin from the club sources are saying that hasn’t affected transfer business but from a negotiating point of view you wouldn’t expect them to say anything else.

In reality, you have to wonder whether the club was expecting the day to day general running of the club in the near future to be funded by the new owners and so earmarked the incoming Onana transfer fee to be reinvested in new signings, but now the takeover has collapsed that 50 million is now better being kept back as security for the day to day operations in the months ahead.

Hope I’m wrong obviously, but that does make sense.

Yeah it certainly won't have helped, time will tell

 

[Michaelcoyb]

Yeah this is the profile we need and will be disappointed if we don’t end up with a similar player at the end of the window. We need pace, end of.

 

[Nyhus]

We need pace, end of.

What we need is some skill in addition to speed.

 

[The Nature Boy]

Is this one back on, or not? Can’t see anything reliable on this since it was mentioned a few weeks ago….

 

[FTY]

Really really hope we can get this one over the line, hopefully there's a break through in the next couple of days

Brings so much of what we're lacking

 

[mahermi1]

What we need is some skill in addition to speed.

With Lindstrom, N'diaye we have that, but to get it in one player is sadly out of our price/ status stage, them players are £60m and above.

 

[jamieni]

Is this one back on, or not? Can’t see anything reliable on this since it was mentioned a few weeks ago….

Hard to know Naitch.

Suspect it could be bubbling away beneath the surface.

 

[kimonthemac_efc]

I am going to be honest. I don’t like the idea of Gnoto. 9 goals in the championship ain’t very good isn’t it. I’d say we go for Jack Clarke, cheaper and nearly double the amount of goals

 

[pfim]

I am going to be honest. I don’t like the idea of Gnoto. 9 goals in the championship ain’t very good isn’t it. I’d say we go for Jack Clarke, cheaper and nearly double the amount of goals

Clarke scored 9 goals in the Championship last year when he was 22...

Gnonto is 20. He's played 13 times for Italy.

Clarke was in League one at the same age.

Gnonto is well ahead of the curve and offers much more potential.