Didn’t Dyche say nothing was imminent? Who is telling porkies here?
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BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
Maybe he was playing it down while the final details were being sorted
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £35m
Yeah I agree with this. I know we have said we wanted us to identify youngsters so we can develop them, but the two areas of doubt in my mind around this particular purchase is…
1) we do really need someone for right now, so if this is meant to be an investment for the future, it may turn out to be a decent buy only if he a) turns out good and b) we do buy someone for right now, and…
2) their purchase of Gyokeres indicates to me they wanted someone for right now, and they didn’t think this kid could deliver on what they wanted. For these two reasons, whilst this is the type of our chase we have broadly said we wanted, I have some reservations about the rationale of buying this kid.
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £35m
Dyche is the only noise coming direct from the club, so I would think he is managing fan expectations and not alerting any others who may want to compete for any signings we are trying to make. I suspect Dyche is being cautious with his words.
TheFinnFan
Finners
Yup. They absolutely are working hard behind the scenes and his talk is smoke screen. We could have had three announcements 5mins after that interview
toffee66
Player Valuation: £8m
We are buying Chermiti because he has attributes like DCL
We also bought DCL age 19
season 1 some sub minutes
season 2 some starts out of position, some subs, few goals
season 3 more starts, some in position, a couple more goals
season 4, 5 core starter in position, double digit goals both years
then the injury bug!
If we have more managerial stability and a clearer plan than we initially had with DCL we might shave 12-18 months off this trajectory best case with Chermiti but we do need to have realistic expectations this year and next.
Obviously we need a bridging solution who is not expensive, happy to rotate off bench but able to hold down some starts if DCL is out but we also need to use Chermiti off the bench when circumstances permit. It is a tricky balance.
We also bought DCL age 19
season 1 some sub minutes
season 2 some starts out of position, some subs, few goals
season 3 more starts, some in position, a couple more goals
season 4, 5 core starter in position, double digit goals both years
then the injury bug!
If we have more managerial stability and a clearer plan than we initially had with DCL we might shave 12-18 months off this trajectory best case with Chermiti but we do need to have realistic expectations this year and next.
Obviously we need a bridging solution who is not expensive, happy to rotate off bench but able to hold down some starts if DCL is out but we also need to use Chermiti off the bench when circumstances permit. It is a tricky balance.
davids
Player Valuation: £70m
As I said I can't disagree with the idea but all I can say again is that we aren't in the position to have the time to develop young players. Any striker is a gamble we bought a dud in Maupay. The lad Día could be the same or score 15+ it's a real game with real players not FM. How many strikers would guarantee 15+ per season and what would they cost? Can we shop in that market?
blueblueskies
Player Valuation: £5m
Managers rarely give anything away re transfers before they are over the line
Imminent is a very subjective word
Hopefully
Some absolute joy vacuums on here at the min who outright refuse to see a positive in anything. They were at it in the stadium thread last time I ventured in.
Must be a tiresome existence.
diggerdestroyer
Player Valuation: £40m
1.other clubs can come in as they have done previously.
2. we went 5 matches in the hardest league in the world without a recognised forward last year. insanity.
mccole
Player Valuation: £35m
We have some movement on Chermiti this week which will give us a boost to the squad especially with McNeil out for a period and Danjuma still with a niggle.
Gray transfer will surely be sorted after we play Fulham plus we have recent links in Grotto or Sulemana who are excellent attacking options plus a defensive midfielder in Martinez.
We still have Gbamin, Gomes, Holgate and possibly Maupay to ship out but if we are honest they don't directly effect out starting XI.
It's not ideal window but we all know the restrictions and budget we are working with especially with the new stadium.
The likelihood is we are going to be wheeling and dealing until the end of the window unless we can ship out one of our duds for big Saudi money.
Gray transfer will surely be sorted after we play Fulham plus we have recent links in Grotto or Sulemana who are excellent attacking options plus a defensive midfielder in Martinez.
We still have Gbamin, Gomes, Holgate and possibly Maupay to ship out but if we are honest they don't directly effect out starting XI.
It's not ideal window but we all know the restrictions and budget we are working with especially with the new stadium.
The likelihood is we are going to be wheeling and dealing until the end of the window unless we can ship out one of our duds for big Saudi money.
Grotto 
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