The Transfer Wishlist Thread

BringBack_leGin said:

Was the club whispering that? Or was it itk which as you know needs to be taken with a pinch of salt?

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I think you understood what I mean...

dtxspurs said:

Even Lille have a backup forward, our situation is completely inexcusable.

I said in the winter that we should have just jumped on Willian Jose because Spurs weren't going to bring in anyone of higher quality than that.

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I disagree that we can't get anyone better than the likes of Willian Jose. Perhaps that may be true for a like-for-like Kane replacement who plays a traditional CF role, but Kane's presence shouldn't prevent us from bringing in another WF who can slot in up top like Son. If we transition to a 4-3-3 setup as many expect will be the case, there'd be plenty of opportunity for a quality young singing to come in and stake a place in the team.

The real problem we've had, IMO, is that we've only had two options of the requisite quality which means that whenever Kane gets injured we're totally reliant on Son to play every single match, which inevitably leads to Son being run into the ground and injured himself. Another WF who is adept at playing up top would give us the third option we need.

It's true enough that our choices for out-and-out CFs will be limited to the Janssens, Llorentes, and Willian Joses of the world but we can bolster the squad without settling for mediocrity.

JayB said:

I disagree that we can't get anyone better than the likes of Willian Jose. Perhaps that may be true for a like-for-like Kane replacement who plays a traditional CF role, but Kane's presence shouldn't prevent us from bringing in another WF who can slot in up top like Son. If we transition to a 4-3-3 setup as many expect will be the case, there'd be plenty of opportunity for a quality young singing to come in and stake a place in the team.

The real problem we've had, IMO, is that we've only had two options of the requisite quality which means that whenever Kane gets injured we're totally reliant on Son to play every single match, which inevitably leads to Son being run into the ground and injured himself. Another WF who is adept at playing up top would give us the third option we need.

It's true enough that our choices for out-and-out CFs will be limited to the Janssens, Llorentes, and Willian Joses of the world but we can bolster the squad without settling for mediocrity.

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An alternative would be to pick up a promising championship striker, someone with talent and no expectation to be 1st choice. Alternatively there’s the Albanian striker who plays for Fenerbache who’s constantly linked with us. He looks a decent target-man.

TEESSIDE1 said:

An alternative would be to pick up a promising championship striker, someone with talent and no expectation to be 1st choice. Alternatively there’s the Albanian striker who plays for Fenerbache who’s constantly linked with us. He looks a decent target-man.

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Ollie Watkins at Brentford might be that player.
My only concern is that, whilst we were once the team that could afford to take the risk on a championship player, we’ve now got the pressure of qualifying for the champions league/winning a trophy.
Maybe we need to be looking at the likes of Danny Ings (if Southampton are desperate for cash), or another proven premier league player.
Either that or Muriqi, international looking to make the step up to the next level.
I’d support a move for either of these.
In fact, I’d do anything to avoid the state we got ourselves in over Jan/feb, with no fit attackers.

Japhet said:

We should have hung onto Llorente for another season IMO (and at least tried to play to his strengths when called upon).

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I was actually happy to see him go I'm not gonna lie, I remember being annoyed at seeing him ready to come on with it being a sign of us abandoning playing football on the deck. Despite that, I was delighted because I thought it was a sure sign that we would be getting someone else in instead... I think I forgot the team I supported in that moment I absolutely would have wanted to have held on to him if I knew we weren't getting anyone else.

mr ashley said:

Ollie Watkins at Brentford might be that player.
My only concern is that, whilst we were once the team that could afford to take the risk on a championship player, we’ve now got the pressure of qualifying for the champions league/winning a trophy.
Maybe we need to be looking at the likes of Danny Ings (if Southampton are desperate for cash), or another proven premier league player.
Either that or Muriqi, international looking to make the step up to the next level.
I’d support a move for either of these.
In fact, I’d do anything to avoid the state we got ourselves in over Jan/feb, with no fit attackers.

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I like Watkins and that’s who I would go for.

What concerns me about Ings is that he recently missed 2 years of football due to two serious injuries and given he’s now 29 how much has he got left in him before his knees finally pack in?

Muriqi seems to be mainly agent driven but having watched his highlights and yes I know it’s hard to judge by watching occasional footage but he’s a brute of a player and really gets stuck in. He’s also very good in the air and a decent finisher. He’s a no brainer for the rumoured price.

ajspurs said:

I was actually happy to see him go I'm not gonna lie, I remember being annoyed at seeing him ready to come on with it being a sign of us abandoning playing football on the deck. Despite that, I was delighted because I thought it was a sure sign that we would be getting someone else in instead... I think I forgot the team I supported in that moment I absolutely would have wanted to have held on to him if I knew we weren't getting anyone else.

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Llorente scored some key goals but in the league he was a waste of space. We didn’t play to his strengths and he looked disinterested.

With regard to holding onto him, I was under the impression he turned down a new contract offer? which did include a reduction in wages. No way was he worth 100k per week and especially not for a few appearances here and there.

mr ashley said:

Maybe we need to be looking at the likes of Danny Ings (if Southampton are desperate for cash), or another proven premier league player.

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Not that I think this may happen or anything as there's been no link but I would love a signing like this. Someone who is not considered top quality, but will work hard, knows where the goal is and will hassle defenders if he plays. I think you can do a lot worst than having someone like Ings come on to be a nuisance in latter stages of games or fill in from time to time. He is a confidence player though and I think his level massively benefits from playing every week.

TEESSIDE1 said:

Llorente scored some key goals but in the league he was a waste of space. We didn’t play to his strengths and he looked disinterested.

With regard to holding onto him, I was under the impression he turned down a new contract offer? which did include a reduction in wages. No way was he worth 100k per week and especially not for a few appearances here and there.

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Yeah, I couldn't stand him at times despite his goals if I'm completely honest. I'm not really sure of the exact circumstances surrounding his departure to be honest!

TEESSIDE1 said:

I like Watkins and that’s who I would go for.

What concerns me about Ings is that he recently missed 2 years of football due to two serious injuries and given he’s now 29 how much has he got left in him before his knees finally pack in?

Muriqi seems to be mainly agent driven but having watched his highlights and yes I know it’s hard to judge by watching occasional footage but he’s a brute of a player and really gets stuck in. He’s also very good in the air and a decent finisher. He’s a no brainer for the rumoured price.

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It comes back to the usual problem- will we spend the money to maintain our place at the top table? Getting into the CL is one thing, staying there consistently is a totally different thing. I hope that our record-breaking profit from the last season might put us in a place to make that step, and take advantage of others weaknesses. In reality I’m sure our budget will be as small as ( if not smaller than) everyone else’s. I’d go for one of: osimhen, ings, Watkins, muriqi in that order.
God I’m missing the glorious snippets of ITK

So, I really don't think we are going to have basically any additional funds to play with. I think we are realistically looking at a pretty even Transfer Fees Out/In and Wages Out/In situation, given the circumstances. Anyone thinking we have a shit ton of money just lying around, I think is sorely mistaken.

We truthfully do not have a ton of players to just get rid of. We've got maybe 4-5 (Aurier, Lamela, KWP, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Dier) that are probably up for sale, and then 3 players who are just going to see their contracts expire. Unless across the board all clubs are hacking off millions from their asking prices, we aren't going to be able to appropriately fill the obvious voids we have in this squad.

I'm actually really concerned. We could sell those few players, but if we did, how are we actually going to fill the glaring holes? All of the sudden we have an aging squad that I think obviously has talent but some serious issues.

mr ashley said:

Ollie Watkins at Brentford might be that player.
My only concern is that, whilst we were once the team that could afford to take the risk on a championship player, we’ve now got the pressure of qualifying for the champions league/winning a trophy.
Maybe we need to be looking at the likes of Danny Ings (if Southampton are desperate for cash), or another proven premier league player.
Either that or Muriqi, international looking to make the step up to the next level.
I’d support a move for either of these.
In fact, I’d do anything to avoid the state we got ourselves in over Jan/feb, with no fit attackers.

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Watkins is an interesting player agreed. Will do well in Prem IMO

dtxspurs said:

I agree hence why I thought it was stupid that we didn't sign Willian Jose or Piatek and that the club was whispering out stupid stuff like it was because they had a big target for the Summer.

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Piatek can't even get in the Herta side, that was a dodged bullet

I see no reason why we can save our money for other areas and give Troy a trial run as the second string striker bearing in mind we have other options such as Sonny and Lucas who have done it for us.
The likelihood is we will not have CL so less money to spend anyway. Concentrate on CD, DM and RB.
mid we do somehow manage to get European football I think the EL would be another good stage for Troy to develop

Little Troy just had appendix surgery and won't be available until the end June.

Snarfalicious said:

So, I really don't think we are going to have basically any additional funds to play with. I think we are realistically looking at a pretty even Transfer Fees Out/In and Wages Out/In situation, given the circumstances. Anyone thinking we have a shit ton of money just lying around, I think is sorely mistaken.

We truthfully do not have a ton of players to just get rid of. We've got maybe 4-5 (Aurier, Lamela, KWP, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Dier) that are probably up for sale, and then 3 players who are just going to see their contracts expire. Unless across the board all clubs are hacking off millions from their asking prices, we aren't going to be able to appropriately fill the obvious voids we have in this squad.

I'm actually really concerned. We could sell those few players, but if we did, how are we actually going to fill the glaring holes? All of the sudden we have an aging squad that I think obviously has talent but some serious issues.

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Agree with this. I think a lot of clubs are going to be in the same position, there’ll be very little money about, and this will either see the market values drop, or at the very least an increase in the loans /player trades you see. We’re going to have to get creative, but then so is everybody else. It may well be that we skim cash from certain positions, selling a player for cash and replacing on a free, moving the funds to a more critical positions. For example, I see it that we need a RB, LCB, DM, CF as priorities, but I would place higher importance on CB or DM to improve our control of central areas, but other may see RB upgrade as more important.
RB - We can raise money from Aurier, Walker-Peters and Foyth, then get Meunier on a free, then we have cash to get someone like Aarons, or else go after a cheaper less experienced championship fullback but with equally high potential, Bogle, Spence, Ferguson etc, and still be in credit. At least one should be EQ for quota. Going leftfield, Fosu-Mensah at Utd coming into last year of contract, know to Jose, can play RB, CB and DM, plus despite being a dutch international, is classed as homegrown.
LCB - We’ll lose Jan on a free, but could recoup some cash on Carter-Vickers.. So one option is to go after a Koulibaly, Dias or Magalhaes who are higher profile and would be costly, or Umtiti knowing Barca want rid and may strike a deal. Mid range (cost wise) options we’ve been linked with, Todibo and Kumbulla maybe cheaper, but do have potential. The lower cost option could be Malang Sarr of Nice, 21yrs old already over 100 games for Nice, out of contract this summer. Natural LCB who also plays at LB. That would give us Toby, Sanchez and Dier as frontline, with Tanganga and Sarr backing up, both able to get minutes as fullback cover if needed too
DM - This is where I’d place most focus, as a truly top class DM, someone who combines athleticism with game reading, and technique could transform our squad. Someone who in a 433 can allow Lo Celso and Ndombele to unleash their skills going forward, and also work with the CB’s to flex and cover as the fullbacks provide width. Florentino Luis at Benfica looks a beast, maybe we can utilise the Portuguese connection and get a long loan with option like Gedson. Alternatives, Sangare at Toulouse, relegation may force a sale. Soumare at Lille perhaps not as specifically defensive, but technique and athleticism in bundles, and known to Sacramento. The other option doing the media rounds is obviously Hojberg, and may be the cheapest given his contract only has one year, and could work a deal with KWP.
CF - Much discussed this week, how do you get someone to understudy Kane. Well, you either buy someone young or old who has less expectation, or you buy someone like Son who can get minutes as a wider forward aswell as be a CF option. Option 1, Giroud or Dzyuba are down to one year and out of contract respectively, Giroud would be a better option for me, no settling in required, couple of seasons for Parrott to be ready. Other route would be someone who’s a bit less proven like Muriqi, but unless our scouting has improved, there’s as much chance of getting another Janssen as there is getting another Berbatov. Option 2, we’ve been linked in the media with Schick and Plea this week, who could play wide or central, and as others have mentioned, someone like Watkins could be a useful option.

Room to move elsewhere to raise funds - Rose being sold, no need for a replacement when we have Davies, Sessegnon and further back Cirkin. Lamela could be sold, and either Willian or Fraser bought in on a free. Maybe sell Sissoko and use Skipp more. If we can bring in a bit more than we pay out, there’s maybe room for some squad investment like Eze.

Goobers said:

I see no reason why we can save our money for other areas and give Troy a trial run as the second string striker bearing in mind we have other options such as Sonny and Lucas who have done it for us.
The likelihood is we will not have CL so less money to spend anyway. Concentrate on CD, DM and RB.
mid we do somehow manage to get European football I think the EL would be another good stage for Troy to develop

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Yeah, I totally agree. I also think we've got to show some faith in Sessegnon, too. He was a large transfer purchase, and I think his development needs to be at fullback, given our options up top, and see if he can really make that position his for the foreseeable future. Skipp in midfield is another one. These three players (all incredibly young) could really be the ones to benefit from the current transfer situation, and quite honestly, if they all take full advantage, the club will, too. I still believe Skipp can sit behind a duo of Ndombele and Lo Celso and give us that all-action, harrier type.

Snarfalicious said:

Yeah, I totally agree. I also think we've got to show some faith in Sessegnon, too. He was a large transfer purchase, and I think his development needs to be at fullback, given our options up top, and see if he can really make that position his for the foreseeable future. Skipp in midfield is another one. These three players (all incredibly young) could really be the ones to benefit from the current transfer situation, and quite honestly, if they all take full advantage, the club will, too. I still believe Skipp can sit behind a duo of Ndombele and Lo Celso and give us that all-action, harrier type.

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I like the idea of more homegrown players being brought through. Add Aarons and Watkins and trade Eze for Amos and Clarke (Loan), and we really have an exciting bunch of youngsters. If we were to supplement with some smart frees like meunier and either Fraser or willian. Finally, trade KWP for hojbjerg.
If we can recoup some money by finding buyers for lamela, Aurier, Sissoko and foyth, that would be great. Personally I’d still keep Foyth. He’s good all the features of a top player, apart from a brain. He could certainly improve us at RB. If Jose doesn’t fancy him then so be it, but I can see him going into be a success somewhere else.
5 in/6 out maybe be wildly optimistic in the current climate of course.

mr ashley said:

I like the idea of more homegrown players being brought through. Add Aarons and Watkins and trade Eze for Amos and Clarke (Loan), and we really have an exciting bunch of youngsters. If we were to supplement with some smart frees like meunier and either Fraser or willian. Finally, trade KWP for hojbjerg.
If we can recoup some money by finding buyers for lamela, Aurier, Sissoko and foyth, that would be great. Personally I’d still keep Foyth. He’s good all the features of a top player, apart from a brain. He could certainly improve us at RB. If Jose doesn’t fancy him then so be it, but I can see him going into be a success somewhere else.
5 in/6 out maybe be wildly optimistic in the current climate of course.

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Definitely would be great to have all that young talent throughout the squad. The one thing that will be really hard to figure out (from a rosterbation standpoint) will be those 2-year loan situations.

If you're interested we can't sign Fraser for pre-agreement contract yet and Todo Fichajes which earlier said we are interested in Aubameyang is horrible source

Apparently Origi will be allowed to leave Liverpool this summer. He would be a decent back up striker.