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Transfers January Transfer Thread 24/25

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I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing its the same again here but its only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
 
Don Pedro said:
I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing its the same again here but its only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
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Yeah I agree with that but at the same time, you can’t really pull those tactics with higher profile players. Their agents and selling clubs won’t play ball and keep it quiet.

If we are on this RKM deal I wouldn’t be surprised if we learn later that Paratici played a part and then the noise would make perfect sense.
 
Don Pedro said:
I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing its the same again here but its only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
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Because of this approach I don't get my knickers in a twist when we are linked with a Sam Johnstone. ITK rumours are so hit and miss and so scatter gun that one will be right eventually.
Wait and see what actually happens before getting worked up about it all.
 
Don Pedro said:
I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing its the same again here but its only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
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I see Kravatskhelia going to PSG for 80m with Muani and Mendes going to Man Utd to offset
 
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Don Pedro said:
I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing it’s the same again here but it’s only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
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I do see what you’re saying it’s just Romano, Ali Gold and David Ornstein all reporting it gives it legs for me
 
SouthCoastSpur said:
Because of this approach I don't get my knickers in a twist when we are linked with a Sam Johnstone. ITK rumours are so hit and miss and so scatter gun that one will be right eventually.
Wait and see what actually happens before getting worked up about it all.
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Exactly. Thats why I'm trying to play down these RKM rumours because fans could be left very dissappointed if it doesn't materialise and we end up signing a lesser known player which I feel is the most likely outcome
 
Don Pedro said:
I still see this Kolo Muani signing as unlikely. I'm convinced its all smoke and mirrors while we are in the midst of finalising a deal for another attacker.

The Lange approach so far has been quite consistent. Tell all the canteen staff or whoever leaks info to ITK's that we are signing player A so that everyone is distracted on that while we finish a deal for Player B. We even saw it last week when all the ITKs were told that we were about to sign Sam Johnstone while all along Daniel Levy himself was finalising a deal for Kinsky! Not one person had even named Kinsky as a target before the deal was done! We saw the same with Odobert in the summer.

I'm guessing its the same again here but its only a guess. But I think my guess is just as good as any ITK account on recent form anyway! They seem to be running with the wrong stories every time!
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The other consistent thing about January is that we will look for an unwanted player on loan though . Most of the budget goes on the summer window.
 
Spursidol said:
Hmmmm, we may well have 3 CB's back from injury before the end of January, so if we talk to a new CB how do we explain where he is in the pecking order ? Do we say 'you are a starter for next 3 weeks but might be 4th choice by end of January ..... with Gray also able to play CB, and Spence looking surprisingly good at CB when he played v Newcastle.

And with Spence looking fantastic at LB (and Gray also able to play there), the urgency for a new LB when we were reliant upon Udogie with Davies as a back up, the urgency even for a LB seems to have got a lot less.

I can certainly see the advantage of getting another defender in, but where do we want them to play ? ATM I wonder if longer term another LB/RB able to cover both positions, giving us Porro, Udogie, Spence and 'newboy' might be the way forwards ? Then look at our CB's in the summer when we have Romero, Ven de Ven, Dragusin, Davies and returning loanees Phillips and Vuscovic to see who is staying and who is going before deciding what we need.

And with our CB's coming back, we suddenly have as CM's - Gray, Bissouma, Bentancur, Sarr and Bergvall (5 players) plus Kulusevski and Maddision ...... plus maybe Devine returning in summer. So do we need another DM now - unless say Bissouma is moving on ?

The case for another forward is a lot stronger with Werner's loan ending in summer and very unlikely to be made permanent on current performances, so we have Solanke, Johnson and Son only physically able to play once a week plus Richarison (will he return and show he can score goals as LW/CF ? ) and Odobert (will his injury have changed how he can play ?).

So worst case we might be looking at us having 2.5 forwards in the summer, best case 4,6 forwards (plus of course youngsters Moore, Lankshear and Yang who may contribute this and next season but not hold down a full time position).

So a forward able to cover any of the 3 forward positions (ability to rotate and rest any of them) could be ideal.
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Wait, what is this....someone talking sense, I won't have it
 
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