markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
or just backing a manager especially a very good one
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January Transfer Thread - it couldn't open and close any quicker
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markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Manchester United are in interested in Brighton right-back Tariq Lamptey. Brighton want £40m for the 21-year-old, who has played for England U21s. (Mail)
The Old Trafford club have also made contact with representatives for Borussia Monchengladbach and Switzerland midfielder Denis Zakaria, 25. (Christian Falk - Sport Bild)
Arsenal have made contact with Juventus over a loan deal for Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo, 25. They are also targeting Leicester's Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans, 24. (Goal)
The Gunners are also still interested in Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21, but will struggle to finance a move for the Serb by the end of the month (Sky Sports)
Fiorentina want most of their 75m euro (£62.6m) asking price for Vlahovic up front but Arsenal want a compromise on the payment structure of the deal. (Independent)
Paris St-Germain are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, with the 28-year-old Frenchman also keen to move to the Ligue 1 club. (L'Equipe - subscription required)
Meanwhile PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino is still in contact with Manchester United over a move in the summer. Current interim manager Ralf Rangnick, however, is keen on Ajax boss Erik ten Hag. (Le Parisien, via Sun)
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger is now planning to stay at Stamford Bridge. The German, 28, is out of contract next season and had been linked with a move away. (Bild, via Teamtalk)
Aston Villa are chasing the signature of Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma, 25. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Ousmane Dembele is set to leave Barcelona at the end of the season and Manchester United are keen on the 24-year-old France international. (Mirror)
Burnley have held talks with Lens about signing Ivory Coast midfielder Seko Fofana from the French club. Leeds and Saudi Sportswashing Machine have also been linked with the 26-year-old. (Mail)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine are in talks to sign Reims striker Hugo Ekitike and the 19-year-old Frenchman is keen on a move to Tyneside. (Sky Sports)
Tottenham are hoping to sign Spain winger Adama Traore on a loan deal with an obligation to buy from Wolves, who are likely to prefer a straight £20m deal for the 25-year-old. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Leicester City and Filip Benkovic have agreed to cancel the 24-year-old Croatian defender's contract. (Leicester Mercury)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine are preparing a bid for 23-year-old RB Leipzig and Mali midfielder Amadou Haidara. (Mail)
Leeds are interested in Torino and Nigeria full-back Ola Aina, 25. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine have made a new £28m offer for Sevilla and Brazil defender Diego Carlos. The Magpies previously had a £25m bid for the 28-year-old turned down. (Talksport)
AC Milan are weighing up a move to sign Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly on loan from Manchester United but the Old Trafford club may be reluctant to let the 27-year-old leave. (Times - subscription required)
Juventus are interested in a loan move for Barcelona and Netherlands forward Memphis Depay, 27. (Di Marzio)
West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set to sign a one-year contract extension with the club. The 36-year-old retired from international duty with Poland last year. (Sun)
Brazil striker Gabriel Barbosa was the subject of an offer from West Ham earlier this month and the 25-year-old is set to tell Flamengo that he wants to leave the club to move to England. (Sky Sports)
Manchester United will prioritise a new contract for England striker Marcus Rashford. The 24-year-old's current deal runs out in June 2023. (ESPN)
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl says it will be difficult to ensure key players stay at the club, despite the recent takeover. (Independent)
The Old Trafford club have also made contact with representatives for Borussia Monchengladbach and Switzerland midfielder Denis Zakaria, 25. (Christian Falk - Sport Bild)
Arsenal have made contact with Juventus over a loan deal for Brazil midfielder Arthur Melo, 25. They are also targeting Leicester's Belgian midfielder Youri Tielemans, 24. (Goal)
The Gunners are also still interested in Fiorentina striker Dusan Vlahovic, 21, but will struggle to finance a move for the Serb by the end of the month (Sky Sports)
Fiorentina want most of their 75m euro (£62.6m) asking price for Vlahovic up front but Arsenal want a compromise on the payment structure of the deal. (Independent)
Paris St-Germain are interested in signing Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba, with the 28-year-old Frenchman also keen to move to the Ligue 1 club. (L'Equipe - subscription required)
Meanwhile PSG manager Mauricio Pochettino is still in contact with Manchester United over a move in the summer. Current interim manager Ralf Rangnick, however, is keen on Ajax boss Erik ten Hag. (Le Parisien, via Sun)
Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger is now planning to stay at Stamford Bridge. The German, 28, is out of contract next season and had been linked with a move away. (Bild, via Teamtalk)
Aston Villa are chasing the signature of Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma, 25. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Ousmane Dembele is set to leave Barcelona at the end of the season and Manchester United are keen on the 24-year-old France international. (Mirror)
Burnley have held talks with Lens about signing Ivory Coast midfielder Seko Fofana from the French club. Leeds and Saudi Sportswashing Machine have also been linked with the 26-year-old. (Mail)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine are in talks to sign Reims striker Hugo Ekitike and the 19-year-old Frenchman is keen on a move to Tyneside. (Sky Sports)
Tottenham are hoping to sign Spain winger Adama Traore on a loan deal with an obligation to buy from Wolves, who are likely to prefer a straight £20m deal for the 25-year-old. (Telegraph - subscription required)
Leicester City and Filip Benkovic have agreed to cancel the 24-year-old Croatian defender's contract. (Leicester Mercury)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine are preparing a bid for 23-year-old RB Leipzig and Mali midfielder Amadou Haidara. (Mail)
Leeds are interested in Torino and Nigeria full-back Ola Aina, 25. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine have made a new £28m offer for Sevilla and Brazil defender Diego Carlos. The Magpies previously had a £25m bid for the 28-year-old turned down. (Talksport)
AC Milan are weighing up a move to sign Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly on loan from Manchester United but the Old Trafford club may be reluctant to let the 27-year-old leave. (Times - subscription required)
Juventus are interested in a loan move for Barcelona and Netherlands forward Memphis Depay, 27. (Di Marzio)
West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set to sign a one-year contract extension with the club. The 36-year-old retired from international duty with Poland last year. (Sun)
Brazil striker Gabriel Barbosa was the subject of an offer from West Ham earlier this month and the 25-year-old is set to tell Flamengo that he wants to leave the club to move to England. (Sky Sports)
Manchester United will prioritise a new contract for England striker Marcus Rashford. The 24-year-old's current deal runs out in June 2023. (ESPN)
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl says it will be difficult to ensure key players stay at the club, despite the recent takeover. (Independent)
Diamond Lights
Gudni Bergsson
you have two options:
1) wait til Summer
2) make some serious play now when CL football is achievable - imagine that back into the coffers
Pointless though, we've been here before and Levy shat his pants.
1) wait til Summer
2) make some serious play now when CL football is achievable - imagine that back into the coffers
Pointless though, we've been here before and Levy shat his pants.
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
I have a theory that we want to see the next 10 days out and see where we are at in the league
If come then we’re bang up there (as I expect) the club can twist on a few players
If not they make other calls …
Bit of course it’s just my logic
AjaxDeSuperYids
Drama queen
No because we have no money for obvious reasons.
To spend it requires investment from our owner. Unfortunately however, Lewis absolutely will not offer any financial support on player recruitment under any circumstances whatsoever.
This is because he has no love for our club or its fans.
Bedfordspurs
Gary Lineker
Copy and paste again
I remember saying how bad the summer window was and I was told on here that it was amazing.
One marquee signing that is long term injured.
A competent RB being asked to play an attacking role (0 goals and 1 assist in 13 starts).
An 18 year old that cost in the region of 25/30m that can’t impact games.
A sub GK who appears to be a dud according to most.
A youngster that we won’t see for a couple of seasons.
How are we in a position that the last really decent signing was about 6 years ago. The above are the actions of a bottom half team which is exactly what we will become unless money is invested or Paractici and Hichen can come up with some nuggets.
One marquee signing that is long term injured.
A competent RB being asked to play an attacking role (0 goals and 1 assist in 13 starts).
An 18 year old that cost in the region of 25/30m that can’t impact games.
A sub GK who appears to be a dud according to most.
A youngster that we won’t see for a couple of seasons.
How are we in a position that the last really decent signing was about 6 years ago. The above are the actions of a bottom half team which is exactly what we will become unless money is invested or Paractici and Hichen can come up with some nuggets.
Lemonade Money
Luka Modric
Good point. These are our recent PL proven buys:
Doherty
Hojbjerg
Rodon
Hart
Bale (2nd time)
Llorente
Sissoko
Wanyama
So you need to go back to 2016 and Wanyama for our last PL proven buy that was an undisputed success.
Lemonade Money
Luka Modric
Whether we've got £60m or not is another matter, but that doesn't sound extravagant for a top striker. If only we'd saved the Ndombele money.
When you look at that it’s scary. Five seasons since we made a decent buy from the prem.
Our recruitment is toilet. Remember being linked with Bowen for a while and then it went cold . Turned up down the road and looks a player. Sad times. Think a lot of frustration over past couple games is that it’s landed just how wasteful we have been with the money that we have spent.
Take Tanguy for instance there were story’s about his application before we signed him. Did we not do our due diligence or did we think we could get a song out of him .
I was going to raise the Bowen thing. Badly needed a RF who could come inside for several seasons. We went with Bale for the short term angle. We now have Moura who is deemed by many to be playing his best stuff for us. He has 5 combined goals/assists in the league this season, Bowen has 12.
Should be easy for a DoF to earn his salary then. And Paratici has done ok so far, and certainly better than our deals before
Romero looks class
Gil has bags of potential
Sarr - TBC
Royal - looks less likely to be a success, unless as a RCB, but debatable he'd have been signed had Conte been in charge given requirements of his system
Gollini - only a loan so whilst he looks like failing, its not really costing us much
I’m sure it was under Poch that we were linked . Decent player. I like Moura but he’s very hit and miss . Bit like Son , love him but he goes through streaks
There’s a fair bit of context needed on some of those.
eg. Llorente, Sissoko, and Hojbjerg have all filled their remit. Bale had the best goals to mins ratio of any player in the Prem last season, and was stupidly frozen out of key games against Saudi Sportswashing Machine and Everton. That’s on Jose.
Thats just it. He is on a streak at the moment. 3 goals and 2 assists in 14 starts. Don’t get me wrong, I think he’s playing well but…..
glasgowspur
Chris Jones
On bowen, if we had signed him how long would it have been before accusations of cheap and unambitious were thrown around?
I reckon minutes.
The job of the scouts and recruitment team is to identify players that will perform on the pitch, not to worry about what Joe Bloggs and his mates think on a forum or Twitter.
Like signing Clark , Rodon , Doherty . Except Bowen was already looking to be a talent.
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Comments on players above
I wonder if it’s the decision process itself considering it’s all Poch era onward. Even Keane after his 6 month loan came back a different player, Pienaar another one I recall being a bit of a non entity having been a success at Everton.
Lemonade Money
Luka Modric
...but not fans expectations or aspirations.