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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread

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BF3 said:
The Ndombele-Mourinho shit in this thread is amusing for two reasons:

1) Ndombele is injured, but when he's been on the pitch he's been good. It's like the same shit that was floating around Lo Celso. When he was injured he was shit, now he's playing and shocker, he's good. Ndombele is good. Let's just hope his injury isn't a misdiagnosed sports hernia that needs surgery. Regardless, players take time to acclimate to the league and get up fitness levels.

2) Mourinho's comments about Ndombele have been taken WILDLY out of context multiple times. I would encourage everyone to read the Ali Gold transcripts of the questions and FULL answers. Mourinho is frustrated that Ndombele is injured but the implication is that (maybe) Poch overworked him prior to his arrival and broke his hip and groin.

So until Ndombele is fully fit and still not starting for some reason, let's just chill a bit on this.
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Absolutely not. The guy does need to toughen up. It was apparant in the Norwich game where we needed a bit of fight.

Get him to buddy up with Lamela for a bit.
 
BangkokSpud said:
Ah I see where you're going ... not sure Jose will play a high defensive line with Gazza in goal, he's not a sweeper keeper ... with Hugo back maybe they will push up a few yards ...

We've got a bad habit of allowing aimless flick-ons to turn into defence splitting passes when our back line pushed up and couldn't recover ... having a bit more pace at the back might give us more confidence in a higher line. Jose has played with a high line before so anything is possible.
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You might be right.

Despite Sanchez having a bit of a off night, I think him and Tanganga as our CB pairing would at least allow us to push up, if that was something we wanted to try
 
Clynelish said:


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Waste of a flight, the answer is 15 million.
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Gatsby said:
This is only my own thoughts and speculation.

The reason for only loan signings and only giving Mourinho a short term (ish) contract is because ENIC are looking to sell.

The club are in its most financially sound position it’s ever been in, the new stadium is built, the naming right are rumoured to be almost agreed for over £400m and we have our best players tied down to long contracts. It just makes sense that ENIC aren’t committing to new signings as they don’t want to pay the big bucks if they are moving on.

I might be wrong, but it just seems to add up.
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I’ve been mulling this over.

It certainly does seem to make sense although that’s not necessarily indicative.

Levy has always disliked loans so this new direction is unusual. And presumably Joe Lewis needs to cash in at some point.
 
VoiceOfThePoshSeats said:
So my Portuguese mate from Lisbon who supports Benfica says Gedson is a good player and will do well. He says Ze Luis is also good but not as consistent as Gedson.

Sounds like good signings bearing in mind price and availability of alternatives.
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Shockingly, Nabil Bentaleb Nabil Bentaleb said the exact opposite.

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Gatsby said:
This is only my own thoughts and speculation.

The reason for only loan signings and only giving Mourinho a short term (ish) contract is because ENIC are looking to sell.

The club are in its most financially sound position it’s ever been in, the new stadium is built, the naming right are rumoured to be almost agreed for over £400m and we have our best players tied down to long contracts. It just makes sense that ENIC aren’t committing to new signings as they don’t want to pay the big bucks if they are moving on.

I might be wrong, but it just seems to add up.
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No I dont believe this at all. These people are rich enough already. The football club gives them worldwide press and status. Theres no way they will sell this club after all they have been through. They (Levy and Joe) are on the edge of the elite, with coat tales in sight.

The reason we are loaning is because the value is better. We have found a way to de risk signings and push back payment. If we are expecting our revenues to increase alot over a 3 year term it makes sense to push back payment as far as you can. Its just good business sense.

Id also say that cashflow is tight at the moment and will clear up over the next 3 years.

Its like getting a promotion. You get a bigger salary but you need to wait a few months to enjoy the new cash flow.
 
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