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Transfers January 2020 transfer thread

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LeeMcl said:
It’s not just goals though. Think back to the hoofing of the balls up to Moura and try not to hide your eyes....it’s a desperate situation when a top team cannot get up the field quickly and or hold the ball. it’s affecting everyone and everything. A focal point was the most pressing bit of business as of 2 January. Here we are 29 days later and nothing of note in the key area. And supporters justifying Levy by now saying it would be a last minute panic buy....it’s not. This should have been sorted weeks ago.

Bergwijn is a winger, and Gedson is certainly no striker, ones replaced Eriksen, one Sissoko. So that gap up top is still there. I don’t particularly see this squad as “stronger” from our business so far.

At the start of this process it was claimed signing someone of quality in January is really difficult. Then yesterday I was reading how signing someone late in January is almost impossible. Blah blah fucking blah. Excuses. You Pay the money, you get someone. Would it really be that hard to get say Edouard from Celtic ? Sadly, anyone claiming you can’t buy good strikers in January needs to have that uncomfortable look down the road at the wankers....

I accept Football is not as easy as we think, but it’s not as complicated either. Always seems money talks.

assuming no one comes today, which would be my bet, don’t expect to see anything in the summer until end of August, and then it’s going to be “difficult” because we are not in Champions league, again excuses at the ready.


obviously I am down on the club as this has been a rotten season, which was totally avoidable, but to seemingly fail to back the manager and indeed the fans yet again is indefensible. Here’s hoping we get someone, if not don’t expect to feel those eye widening prices are justified on match day.
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Have you thought that maybe “hoofing the balls” up to Moura and Son is the problem rather than who the striker is?

People who genuinely think bringing in one of these second rate strikers will solve our problems are deluded. We are leaky at the back, lack a settled and established MF partnership, have a no.10 who is vacant for 80% of the games we play and we’ve resorted to long ball tactics.

Getting someone in to “flick the ball on” is short-termism at its finest.
 
Media announcing we’ve made a break through in talks for Bale is just a classic way to drive up interest in deadline day.

If we agree a deal, you can bet United, City and probably Chelsea will bid the same and blow us out the water with wages.
 
Tomo said:
Its not how many goals they’d score it’s how we play. With a target man who can hold up a ball you can play off them and Son, Lucas and Bergwijn can play more in in their natural positions giving us a better chance of winning games as we would have a better balanced team and over the season even though it’s a long shot a better chance of top 4.
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Change the way you play. How is it that long ball is the only way we can play now?

I remember us fairing exceptionally well with Kane injured in seasons gone by with Sonny as the focal point of our attack. How has that suddenly become a non-option?

What I can guarantee is that if fans on here had watched Son play as a 9 for another team and we were linked with buying him this window they would cream their pants.
 
Odd timing but I just had a MMS saying "don't have a heart-attack but Bale may be a go" ... not ITK but the source sleeps with somebody who certainly is ... probably nothing but I opened a beer just in case ....
 
Loans with an option to buy is the way forward. I would also pay slightly over the odds based on this sort of deal and i'll tell you why.

We've seen it time and again, players not adapting to the league, training, country or style of play. They become and massive drain on the club and everything they touch. It ends us costing a load in wages and we take a long time to move them on... If only there was a way to try before you buy???

If a player has a market value of £40m close to their peak (stick with me). Based on a four year contract and their value after this being £20m we should offer a quarter of the resale value for a season loan, in this instance £5m. At the end of the season the loan fee is deducted from the transfer fee (£35m).

For this sort of deal I feel rather then 'penny pinching' we could go in with strong bids. If a player flops then it's better to write off £5m, take it on the chin and move on. If the player succeeds £40 is a snip for a proven player. Le Celso is the case in point, I know this structure was put in place to avoid sell-on fees but it validates this strategy.

The key is for us to have an option to buy. It would also show that the selling club believe their player isn't shite
 
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