I want a new CB in as much as anyone... but not whoever we can get in by the United match. It has to be the right guy. Otherwise we are stuck with a player we don't want and we can't sell.
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Transfers January Transfer Thread 2024
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Yeh; with one match between now and the window closing on 31st Jan...... The complexion of the matter is all about getting the right player(s) in...... Not that it wasn't always that way.
Yea this doesn’t sound that great really.
I sorta feared we’d get gazzumped should we not seal the deal fast enough… I’m into checking out Ko Itakura at Borussia Monchengladbach should we fail to sign him. Seems like he’d be able to cover at RB potentially too. Gives me Davies vibes as a very dependable understudy.
This transfer Dragusin saga is going from Dier to Bade.
But with Phillips on loan, Davies injured and Eric seemingly departing, we don’t have too much choice but to get the next best thing
What we don't do is throw out scouting criteria in the bin for the sake of one match.
So Bade doesn’t meet the scouting criteria when he’s on Ange’s list?
We’ll play VDV and Royal at CB and PEH as a break glass in case of emergency option.
Romero should be back for City and I’d imagine that Davies is as well considering he finished the match that he “did” his hammy in.
There is no need to sign someone in a panic because Dragusin snubbed us just to have a body.
It doesn’t sound like Bade is a panic signing though.
That’s fair enough if we’ve scouted and are happy with him coming in.
I just don’t like the idea of needing to get someone over the line by the weekend if Dragusin says no just to make up the numbers.
You have to question how a guy who couldn't get a single minute for Forest in a season where they ultimately shipped 68 goals is going to do anything other than make up the numbers for us. I'd rather take a punt on Kelly or Tosin, at least they are already accustomed to the PL, even if they too aren't the targets we wanted. Kelly and Tosin inevitably have resale value due to age and HG status as well, if Badé flops he'll be worth fuck all like Sanchez.
Tosin seems like one who wouldn’t pass the Ange personality assessment based on him being zeroed in on a move abroad from the summer.
Kelly has an unfortunate injury record but when I’ve watched him, I actually really like his game.
My guess is that, wages being about equal, Dragusin has the choice of:
1. Being our 3rd choice CB with no European football this year in the Premier League.
2. Being the (probable) 4th choice in a trophy winning team with European football (although he’s unlikely to start there) in the Bundesliga.
There are pros and cons to both.
Edited to add: Any agent worth his salt squeezes another 5% out of one of the teams.
1. Being our 3rd choice CB with no European football this year in the Premier League.
2. Being the (probable) 4th choice in a trophy winning team with European football (although he’s unlikely to start there) in the Bundesliga.
There are pros and cons to both.
Edited to add: Any agent worth his salt squeezes another 5% out of one of the teams.
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Yes fair enough. Also, on the money thing, I wonder if we’re being relatively conservative in January because we have a big fish planned for the summer, and if we spend too much now, FFP rules mean we can’t spend what we’d need to then
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I didn't say that.
I'm simply responding to the notion of "we get what we can get" and let the urgency for 1 game force us into a compromise.
Yeh, what we're obv. not gonna do is get dragged into a bidding war; be that in terms of fee or wages.
He’s theirs. It’s blatantly obvious. Jan 10th and we have embarked on a wild roller coaster ride/goose chase culminating in absolutely fuck all except some good ol public humiliation and reminder of our lowly place in the contemporary club football hierarchy.
On to the next one. Hope Emerson and Davies can keep United at bay.
On to the next one. Hope Emerson and Davies can keep United at bay.
Yes I didn’t mean we should get whoever, obviously they have to be someone Ange wants