Winter Transfer Wishlist

[dontcallme]

Really can’t see Sessegnon leaving in Jan.

 

[dtxspurs]

Knowing our transfer policy, (money in means money can go out), would you all prefer if Llorente were sold for maybe 4 or 5 mil in January to Bilbao who are currently in the relegation zone, or keep him and let him go for free in the summer? Can't imagine we would be able to replace him in January.

 

[Shadydan]

Knowing our transfer policy, (money in means money can go out), would you all prefer if Llorente were sold for maybe 4 or 5 mil in January to Bilbao who are currently in the relegation zone, or keep him and let him go for free in the summer? Can't imagine we would be able to replace him in January.

Pointless selling him now, we'll still need him for some FA Cup matches and possibly Europa.

 

[wirE]

Tottenham being linked to Gent's Sander Berge again. A replacement for Dembele. 20 yrs old Norwegian
He's being linked with Sevilla in the past and Arsenal amongst other top clubs have him on their radar

 

[dtxspurs]

Tottenham being linked to Gent's Sander Berge again. A replacement for Dembele. 20 yrs old Norwegian
He's being linked with Sevilla in the past and Arsenal amongst other top clubs have him on their radar

Where there's smoke there's fire, right? There's a ton of papers/websites running with this rumor. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if it comes to fruition. ITK did say we were looking at the deal late in the summer window.

 

[dtxspurs]

Pointless selling him now, we'll still need him for some FA Cup matches and possibly Europa.

I tend to agree at this point. My only reason to sell would be if Poch is just going to continue to not use him. He's only played 136 minutes so far this season with 77 of those coming in one game. If Poch is only going to start him once every 4 months the transfer fee may be more valuable than that.

 

[Japhet]

I tend to agree at this point. My only reason to sell would be if Poch is just going to continue to not use him. He's only played 136 minutes so far this season with 77 of those coming in one game. If Poch is only going to start him once every 4 months the transfer fee may be more valuable than that.

He'd have played more if we'd had injury problems. That's the whole point of having him. I think he's done well for us considering the amount of time on the pitch he's been given and our inability to play to his strengths.

 

[dtxspurs]

He'd have played more if we'd had injury problems. That's the whole point of having him. I think he's done well for us considering the amount of time on the pitch he's been given and our inability to play to his strengths.

We've had injuries to Eriksen, Dele plus Son and Kane exhaustion from international duties (yes I fully realize some of those are AM but it would have allowed us to fit Llorente into a 2 striker system to accommodate those guys). I agree he's played better this year than last, but I'm just not convinced Poch is going to use him enough to offset a potential transfer fee we could use towards something else.

 

[DogsOfWar]

Knowing our transfer policy, (money in means money can go out), would you all prefer if Llorente were sold for maybe 4 or 5 mil in January to Bilbao who are currently in the relegation zone, or keep him and let him go for free in the summer? Can't imagine we would be able to replace him in January.

Not convinced it's just money in/money out but players out/players in.

For all the talk of needing new Cms in the Summer we had 5 internationals for those two spots so there was no justification for adding a new one until one was moved on. Indeed, we were unable to shift anyone we didn't want out the door.

As a result, if we can get Llorente out the door early it's a bonus irrespective of a few million. And then if there is an opportunity to bring someone in there's a space in the squad for them already.

 

[dtxspurs]

Not convinced it's just money in/money out but players out/players in.

For all the talk of needing new Cms in the Summer we had 5 internationals for those two spots so there was no justification for adding a new one until one was moved on. Indeed, we were unable to shift anyone we didn't want out the door.

As a result, if we can get Llorente out the door early it's a bonus irrespective of a few million. And then if there is an opportunity to bring someone in there's a space in the squad for them already.

I think thats a part of it as well.

We were clearly looking at moving Sissoko, Dembele and theres been reports we were looking to move Wanyama as well this summer.

I'm still skeptical that we won't be operating on a net spend basis but I guess all we can do is wait and see.

 

[Lighty64]

He's only been at chelsea a couple of months. Some players need time to adapt. Son wasn't very good on his first season

Son did okay before he got injured, and the rumour was when he returned he hadn't fully recovered and might need an op.

I agree with the time to settle though

 

[dtxspurs]

Calcio Mercato running a story saying we've enquired about Ndombele, whatever the hell that means, and that Juventus don't want to get in a bidding war for Ndombele. Us, City, Barca & Juve were named the as the teams who have enquired Lyon about him.

 

[bubble07]

Rabbiot and dembele

 

[Univarn]

Calcio Mercato running a story saying we've enquired about Ndombele, whatever the hell that means, and that Juventus don't want to get in a bidding war for Ndombele. Us, City, Barca & Juve were named the as the teams who have enquired Lyon about him.

I always take European news outlets with the largest pinch of salt imaginable because 1) They tend to write a lot about PL teams buying players that are neither the nationality of the paper or play in the country the paper covers (e.g. an Italian outlet writing a story about an English team bidding for a French player). 2) What is not in category 1 is a lot of the time just musings or thought pieces with throw away sentences that twitter news aggregators or sites like sportwitness somehow manage to churn a story out of.

Ndombele is near peak on my want list and I'm refusing to even consider that we've so much as passed wind in his general direction until a site more credible than that perks up with something concrete.

 

[dtxspurs]

I always take European news outlets with the largest pinch of salt imaginable because 1) They tend to write a lot about PL teams buying players that are neither the nationality of the paper or play in the country the paper covers (e.g. an Italian outlet writing a story about an English team bidding for a French player). 2) What is not in category 1 is a lot of the time just musings or thought pieces with throw away sentences that twitter news aggregators or sites like sportwitness somehow manage to churn a story out of.

Ndombele is near peak on my want list and I'm refusing to even consider that we've so much as passed wind in his general direction until a site more credible than that perks up with something concrete.

I read the actual article rather than just the tweet from Ricky Sacks. It was from Fabrizio Romano, who I think is decent for Juve news (could be wrong). It was from the perspective of what Juve were up against to get the player.

 

[coys200]

A few questions about Sessegnon;
Does he want to be a LB or an AM?
Is he good enough defensively to be our LB?
Why would Fulham let him go in Jan when they're in a dog fight?
If we free up some HG places aren't we better going for Grimaldo, Telles or similar?

The reason Fulham may let him go is -
1. His stock may have peaked, if they did get relegated they wouldn’t hold the cards and would need a fire sale.

2. Raineri may be thinking about the here and now and not 3 years down the line. They need experienced defenders and if they can get £25-30m it may help them stay up.

 

[vegassd]

Knowing our transfer policy, (money in means money can go out), would you all prefer if Llorente were sold for maybe 4 or 5 mil in January to Bilbao who are currently in the relegation zone, or keep him and let him go for free in the summer? Can't imagine we would be able to replace him in January.

I think a lot of this decision will rely on what the club reckon about Janssen as and when he gets over his injury. Janssen is on half the money and has longer left on his contract so in an ideal world we can shift Llorente to free up the non-HG spot for Janssen and free up some wage bill as well.

Clearly Janssen has been pretty shit, but for the amount of play we get out of Llorente I can't see much of a drop in productivity going with Janssen as a temporary backup striker. But it will depend on his fitness and if Poch thinks he has any chance of training some performance into him.

It will also depend on the status of Vorm and GKN. I wouldn't mind seeing three of those four leave (FL, VJ, MV, GKN) and we move for the likes of Berge and see if we could snag a Josh King or Andre Gray type to play as a backup striker. Lots of moving parts in that whole equation though.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Cc

Cheers

Sounds like Roma are trying to get him to extend his contract. Maybe these links to Man U are just part of that negation.

Could very well be. But if he is available for so cheap I would expect a number of big clubs to be interested so Roma might get forced into stumping up the cash for a big budget.

 

[daryl hannah]

I think Berge could be good for us. It'd be an interesting signing. Another physically imposing player who can spread the play. But I wouldn't want that to put us off pursuing Ndombele - a statement of intent who could solidify our central midfield for years.

It would also be good to have competition for places in CM/DM - Poch is rotating often.

 

[$hoguN]

We need to add a LB and a CM. I wideforward/back up striker would be a Brucie.

Don’t think we will get anyone though. Stadium issues are clearly swallowing our cash. Osumane Dembele would be a nifty loan signing if we could convince Barca to part