Summer 2021 Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion

[Burnley Ace]

As with Young we have somehow been too open about this

Have the club actually mentioned Cornet? Are any transfers secret?

[Local cricketer]

wow! nearly 80,000 views on this thread in the last 7 days imagine if we had a a major signing or two

Alan pace would have wet dreams if he could attract them numbers

[mybloodisclaret]

A couple of things.....90 mins is click bait, no quotes not even "sources" mentioned. However West Ham do have a habit of getting involved in anyone we are involved in of any quality.

[Stevie Morgan]

If this is the case then maybe we should all come to accept that this is exactly where we are.
Can we attract Champs League standard players? Can we afford them?
If we can't get better than we already have we just go with our squad and hope there are 3 teams worse than we are.

I do wonder at times like this whether we'd be better off using our current status to buy players who are mid to top end champ standard who we can actually attract and are a decent age . At least then we'd be well placed when the inevitable comes and wages would be less.

[Spijed]

If this is the case then maybe we should all come to accept that this is exactly where we are.
Can we attract Champs League standard players? Can we afford them?
If we can't get better than we already have we just go with our squad and hope there are 3 teams worse than we are.

We are always going to be fighting relegation I suppose.

Even with Leicester winning the league our 7th place and thus European football must go down as one of the great achievements in modern football.

[Spijed]

I do wonder at times like this whether we'd be better off using our current status to buy players who are mid to top end champ standard who we can actually attract and are a decent age . At least then we'd be well placed when the inevitable comes and wages would be less.

We did with Chris Wood. But then that's now gone out of reach with the best strikers in the Championship commanding fees of £25-30 million

[tiger76]

If this is the case then maybe we should all come to accept that this is exactly where we are.
Can we attract Champs League standard players? Can we afford them?
If we can't get better than we already have we just go with our squad and hope there are 3 teams worse than we are.

Well! if we can't afford the likes or Cornet, then fine I can accept that, however maybe we should be concentrating on players who we can afford in that case, we're only 2 games in, and already our threadbare squad is struggling to cope, so if we're going to go with what we have we're playing a dangerous game of russian roulette regarding our hard-earned PL status.

Demarai Gray has already merited a mention on this thread, as have Ryan Christie & Jed Walalce, any of those 3 would surely improve us, and should be within our budget if we've seemingly bid £15m for Cornet, and wages shouldn't be a problem with the latter 2 anyway.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Am I alone in thinking Newcastleclaret relishes finding and posting stories which suggest we might miss out on a target or stories about the transfer successes of other clubs?

I can’t win with some posters, I’m sharing links relating to our players.

I praised the owners earlier on saying if they bring these lads in they have played a blinder

[Stevie Morgan]

We did with Chris Wood. But then that's now gone out of reach with the best strikers in the Championship commanding fees of £25-30 million

I get that. Maybe set our sights even lower. Our point of difference is our style of play and team ethic etc anyway.

I'd worry for us if we went down with current squad minus inevitable departures.

[agreenwood]

I can’t win with some posters, I’m sharing links relating to our players.

I praised the owners earlier on saying if they bring these lads in they have played a blinder

You’re sharing clickbait.

[Rileybobs]

Well! if we can't afford the likes or Cornet, then fine I can accept that, however maybe we should be concentrating on players who we can afford in that case, we're only 2 games in, and already our threadbare squad is struggling to cope, so if we're going to go with what we have we're playing a dangerous game of russian roulette regarding our hard-earned PL status.

Demarai Gray has already merited a mention on this thread, as have Ryan Christie & Jed Walalce, any of those 3 would surely improve us, and should be within our budget if we've seemingly bid £15m for Cornet, and wages shouldn't be a problem with the latter 2 anyway.

Demarai Gray signed for Everton.

[tiger76]

I get that. Maybe set our sights even lower. Our point of difference is our style of play and team ethic etc anyway.

I'd worry for us if we went down with current squad minus inevitable departures.

Sheff Utd floundering at the foot of the Championship is a worrying prospect fir us in 12 months time should we eventually drop, with our present squad minus inevitably Tarks, and possibly McNeil and Pope we'd struggle I'm afraid to say.

[boatshed bill]

Well! if we can't afford the likes or Cornet, then fine I can accept that, however maybe we should be concentrating on players who we can afford in that case, we're only 2 games in, and already our threadbare squad is struggling to cope, so if we're going to go with what we have we're playing a dangerous game of russian roulette regarding our hard-earned PL status.

Demarai Gray has already merited a mention on this thread, as have Ryan Christie & Jed Walalce, any of those 3 would surely improve us, and should be within our budget if we've seemingly bid £15m for Cornet, and wages shouldn't be a problem with the latter 2 anyway.

That may be a better market for us to buy in.

[martin_p]

There’s some top quality drama queenery on this thread.

[Spijed]

There’s some top quality drama queenery on this thread.

You won't be able to get on the message board if we end up with just Lennon next Tuesday evening

[tiger76]

That may be a better market for us to buy in.

Well we need to buy from somewhere that's for certain. And that's how we operated for a few seasons, nabbing the top Championship talent in the likes of Brady, Hendrick, Taylor & Wood, and I'm sure there's others I've omitted, but even that market has now gone bananas, and well we could no doubt easily afford the wages, it's the initial transfer outlay that might be an issue for us, although if we've got £15m to burn on Cornet, you'd hope we could pick up a few bargains from the Champ, especially with players who are out of contract in a year.

[Newcastleclaret93]

You’re sharing clickbait.

This is literally a transfer discussion page

[boatshed bill]

You won't be able to get on the message board if we end up with just Lennon next Tuesday evening

Imagine

[Spijed]

Imagine

Old tired jokes for old tired players

[kentonclaret]

Unlike ASM at Newcastle he's one player who we are able to shut out with ease.

Since Tottenham scored 9 goals against us without reply in our last 2 visits it's keeping the rest of the Spurs strikers out that we need to concentrate on first perhaps?

[CFS]

Thursday....... I'm hearing noises.

[martin_p]

Thursday....... I'm hearing noises.

You should see a doctor, could be tinnitus.

[ewanrob]

I'm that bored with this thread, I've just watched Katie Price make Toad in the Hole on Masterchef, with the words as she put it in the oven

"Rise for me baby "

[Lancasterclaret]

You’re sharing clickbait.

This

You clearly know how twitter works, and yet you are happy to share a lot of the stuff that a quick glance can tell you that its click bait

[Devils_Advocate]

Its a transfer rumours thread. If you can't resist the urge to keep reminding people about click bait websites just give it a miss or skim over and ignore what you think is rubbish

[Jakubclaret]

I do wonder at times like this whether we'd be better off using our current status to buy players who are mid to top end champ standard who we can actually attract and are a decent age . At least then we'd be well placed when the inevitable comes and wages would be less.

That wouldn’t be a bad idea actually, effectively accepting relegation as a trade off to more stability in the championship & financially well positioned to push for promotion with less worry, even failure to hit objectives you aren’t lumbered with high earners & life would be stress free, you seem to lose sight of what’s really important because staying is up is the be all & end all to everything to some people.

[Wokingclaret]

made it onto the BBC gossip

Plus Wolves interested on Kiefer Moore

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/58301224

[boatshed bill]

That wouldn’t be a bad idea actually, effectively accepting relegation as a trade off to more stability in the championship & financially well positioned to push for promotion with less worry, even failure to hit objectives you aren’t lumbered with high earners & life would be stress free, you seem to lose sight of what’s really important because staying is up is the be all & end all to everything to some people.

And the parachute money could well be the first real cash injection since the takeover

[Steddyman]

I miss the days we had Frank McParland at the club. The evening we got a sniff we might be interested in a bid for Andre Grey, and the very next morning he was signed.

This ******* around with 1 million here and there and slightly increasing terms will always mean we miss out on any quality players. The story of the last 3 years.

[Newcastleclaret93]

made it onto the BBC gossip

Plus Wolves interested on Kiefer Moore

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/58301224

Apparently it’s click bait and not worth sharing on a transfer discussion page

[Targetman]

Apparently it’s click bait and not worth sharing on a transfer discussion page

At times you post things on this forum that you know full well just aren't true.
Thats why you get a bit of stick.

[CFS]

No one is bigger than the Club - not even me !

If this Cornet guy, and his agent, are trying to have us over a barrel with their antics/ tactics, then I'd be more than happy to file it in the waste paper bin.

He isn't doing nothing just wants to join another club instead of us but been pushed here with his medical due Wednesday. He's not to blame here the club are pursuing and pushing for a guy who doesn't want to be here.

[RalphCoatesComb]

He isn't doing nothing just wants to join another club instead of us but been pushed here with his medical due Wednesday. He's not to blame here the club are pursuing and pushing for a guy who doesn't want to be here.

If that's the case, it's a recipe for disaster. As stated earlier, we don't want anyone at the Club who doesn't want to wear the colours.

Give me a team of Ben Mee's who is prepared to put his neck on the line for his team, literally !

[Iloveyoubrady]

He isn't doing nothing just wants to join another club instead of us but been pushed here with his medical due Wednesday. He's not to blame here the club are pursuing and pushing for a guy who doesn't want to be here.

The club wouldn’t want someone who doesn’t want to be here. We have heard today that sources close to the player (ie the agent) said he has always dreamed of playing in the premier league...

Yes he may prefer elsewhere, but if we offer him good money and premier league challenge then it’s premature to say “he doesn’t want to be here” given what we have heard.

[martin_p]

Never in the field of Burnley history has so much opinion been spouted by so many about so few facts.

[CFS]

The club wouldn’t want someone who doesn’t want to be here. We have heard today that sources close to the player (ie the agent) said he has always dreamed of playing in the premier league...

Yes he may prefer elsewhere, but if we offer him good money and premier league challenge then it’s premature to say “he doesn’t want to be here” given what we have heard.

That's the story now the money has been shown to him it was Berlin all night long.

[Iloveyoubrady]

That's the story now the money has been shown to him it was Berlin all night long.

Maybe but that was based of a dodgy Twitter source. At the end of the day - we know next to nothing...

If he signs - I’ll be happy because he’s a good player and he simply wouldn’t join us at all if really he didn’t want to. I don’t care if he preferred somewhere else - I would prefer somewhere else if I weren’t a Burnley fan.
I actually think he’d probably end up liking it here as he can live in a typical footballer type area reasonably close, and will be adored by the fans if he does anything remotely good!!! Look how defour ended up loving his time here.

[elwaclaret]

I find it quite amazing the interpretations being taken by some of our fans on routine journalist throwing a couple of ‘the usual suspects’ into the mix. I really don’t know how some of our fans ever dare leave their houses.

[Blyclaret]

Medical Wednesday ??? Where have you heard this ?

[OrientMascot]

It seems we have a chance with Cornet…that said we seem to have moved from targeting players from clubs who don’t want to sell (eg. Dorans, Dawson, Lansbury, Bryson, Hughes, Worrall etc) to targeting players that don’t want to come to Burnley (Cornet, Young, Albrighton, Lookman).
In both scenarios it comes down to paying over and above what we feel to be fair…unfortunately for us, most other clubs will pay more.
It shows how tough it is for Burnley, but we either pay up or go down…I’ve always advocated our financial prudence under Garlick (until last summer) but it’s now or never. It’s been proven that we can’t operate profitably in the championship for any length of time (without parachute payments). With our new debt obligations, a manager that has 9 months left on his contract and new owners that we know nothing about…I’m worried.
As my username suggests, I’ve seen worse, I’ll still renew my ST regardless but it’s such a shame to see us squander our position as an established PL team that we probably won’t regain.
I really hope we get some players in that will give us a chance to stay up and enjoy the good times. Come on Burnley. UTC

[elwaclaret]

It seems we have a chance with Cornet…that said we seem to have moved from targeting players from clubs who don’t want to sell (eg. Dorans, Dawson, Lansbury, Bryson, Hughes, Worrall etc) to targeting players that don’t want to come to Burnley (Cornet, Young, Albrighton, Lookman).
In both scenarios it comes down to paying over and above what we feel to be fair…unfortunately for us, most other clubs will pay more.
It shows how tough it is for Burnley, but we either pay up or go down…I’ve always advocated our financial prudence under Garlick (until last summer) but it’s now or never. It’s been proven that we can’t operate profitably in the championship for any length of time (without parachute payments). With our new debt obligations, a manager that has 9 months left on his contract and new owners that we know nothing about…I’m worried.
As my username suggests, I’ve seen worse, I’ll still renew my ST regardless but it’s such a shame to see us squander our position as an established PL team that we probably won’t regain.
I really hope we get some players in that will give us a chance to stay up and enjoy the good times. Come on Burnley. UTC

Really don’t think you need worry. There is no panic within the club, everything seems to be going on quietly behind the scenes… none of the links suggest a Burnley source. I fully believe there is no issue between SD and the board either over the contract or signings. The rustle in the bushes tells us Burnley are actively seeking to strengthen, which is really all they can be asked to do.

At the end of the day, if little else there is enough know-how in the club already to make us not worth talking about. Give it a few more bad results and Alan Shearer will have to once again have to appease nervous Burnley fans, but no one seriously outside of Burnley fans, who know football expect us to be in any serious trouble again this season… even before any more signings.

[Taffy on the wing]

OFFICIALLY!...........This thread is DROSS!

[box_of_frogs]

OFFICIALLY!...........This thread is DROSS!

I could have told you that on page 1.

[Woodleyclaret]

At least we didnt sign Dross, he went to Everton

[ClaretMov]

Can we please close this subject off to the Cornet rumour and leave it to just the rest of the window, I think Maxwell Cornet should have a whole rumour subject link to himself

[claretonthecoast1882]

Let’s not sign someone due to him only coming for the money is high up on the dumb stakes.

Seems some think the others are all here for the love of the club.

[Lancasterclaret]

Medical Wednesday ??? Where have you heard this ?

Judging by some on here, down the pub from a bloke who knows the cousin of the window cleaner of Cornets neighbour

[Lancasterclaret]

Let’s not sign someone due to him only coming for the money is high up on the dumb stakes.

Seems some think the others are all here for the love of the club.

There are so many saying close to this I'm starting to wonder if there is a far more sinister reason they don't want him to come

[RicardoMontalban]

Some stunning logic in here. To improve on what we have means we will have to sign some players for whom a move to Burnley may not necessarily be a step up, or even sideways. How do we do that? Money, for a start. Wistful tales of the long side and Jimmy Mac probably won’t cut it. Yet some on here would tell those players to do one at the slightest sign of them mulling over their career move.

[Tall Paul]

There are so many saying close to this I'm starting to wonder if there is a far more sinister reason they don't want him to come

I don't think that's it. A certain section of posters just have to see the negative in everything we do.