Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION

[Guller Bull]

Any chance of some striker links rather than centre halves.

Think it might be off now though

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-62251696

[Claret Toni]

Has the Jack Hendry from Club Brugges rumour been kicked out?

[RVclaret]

Boubacar Kouyate has certainly dived in value then if we think we can get him for £2.5m.

Alan Nixon wrote this story (link) in January saying that Leicester were trying to buy him for £16m.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... yate-mali/

Metz were relegated which could explain it?

[claretbob]

Surely O’Hare will only be signed if Cornet goes and since most of us want the latter to stay no news is surely good news? With Delap out in the States no new striker links hopefully means he signs on loan with us when he returns. The goalkeeper is a concern but BPF is perfectly competent at Championship level. Norris does worry me however.For me the window has tipped now to worrying more about players leaving than players coming in. Delap and a keeper with no outgoings would leave me very happy.
It’s over to VK then.

[Nori1958]

Is this lad not the Chair of the Clarets Trust? Sure that comment is going to go down a storm with the club. If it's too expensive for a 19 yo, move on, find another. We'll be fine.

Probably says more about the Clarets Trust than our transfer dealings

[ClaretTony]

For me the window has tipped now to worrying more about players leaving than players coming in. Delap and a keeper with no outgoings would leave me very happy.
It’s over to VK then.

I'll be astonished if there are no more outgoings

[boatshed bill]

Pope
Wout
Collins
Tarky
Mee
Stephens
Bardsley
Pieters
Lennon
Hennessey

Only 3 on that list who I'd have kept on.

[boatshed bill]

It's looking likely that BPF will be starting vs Huddersfield. In an ideal world we'd be starting with VK's #1 keeper for the season.

Is it not just possible that BPF has impressed VK enough to get kept on?

[whiffa]

Only 3 on that list who I'd have kept on.

Yeah true, I was more referring to the original point of "how many in?" vs "how many out?", we don't need to start panicking yet.

We all want more numbers in and greater squad depth.

[fatboy47]

Only 3 on that list who I'd have kept on.

Pope, Hennessy, Tarks, Pieters, Lennon and Collins would all have been very valuable assets

[Colburn_Claret]

It seems odd that with the experience and nous we've bought from Belgium, we are being held to ransom for a 19 year old keeper, with little experience.
I haven't a clue what he's worth, or how good he is, I trust the club for that. I just hope we have a back up because Muric looks dead in the water as well.

[TickTock]

Boubacar Kouyate has certainly dived in value then if we think we can get him for £2.5m.

Alan Nixon wrote this story (link) in January saying that Leicester were trying to buy him for £16m.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football ... yate-mali/

Metz got relegated hence his value dropping still a good player like and Im sure he will be happy to come

[louieollie]

Wonder if we'll go for the lad from Plymouth now .

[TickTock]

Wonder if we'll go for the lad from Plymouth now .

we won't.

[Nori1958]

Wonder if we'll go for the lad from Plymouth now .

There's only really Boden saying the deal is off. The Belgium press all very quiet apart from one saying Anderlecht want more money.... Perhaps Burnley are using the local press to push things along.

[nyclaret]

Is it not just possible that BPF has impressed VK enough to get kept on?

Possibly, although bidding 5m for the Belgian lad suggests otherwise.

[boatshed bill]

Possibly, although bidding 5m for the Belgian lad suggests otherwise.

I was hoping for Muric. I believe BPF would have sought a move if not first choice.
Verb, verb..oh never mind... the Belgian lad, may be more long term as he's so young.

[morpheus2]

I presume some cheeky chap has edited Callum O'Hare's Wikipedia page as he is a Burnley player on there, or am I stupid?

[Belgianclaret]

Belgian press reporting deal for Verbruggen is far from completed and VK may look for an alternative. Hope we are not being held for randsom as 5M for an unproven GK is already very steep. considering we only got 10 M for a class act as Pope

[clarethomer]

Pure speculation but I wonder if we are needing to sell/reduce wage bill before others come in now?

Have we broadly broken even in net spend so far this window but benefitted from a likely smaller wage bill?

If we have been expecting bids for Cornet to have gone by now for £17m and to use that, perhaps that explains it?

[KRBFC]

Pure speculation but I wonder if we are needing to sell/reduce wage bill before others come in now?

Have we broadly broken even in net spend so far this window but benefitted from a likely smaller wage bill?

If we have been expecting bids for Cornet to have gone by now for £17m and to use that, perhaps that explains it?

Broken even? we haven't even started with the Collins money yet.

[TickTock]

Pure speculation but I wonder if we are needing to sell/reduce wage bill before others come in now?

Have we broadly broken even in net spend so far this window but benefitted from a likely smaller wage bill?

If we have been expecting bids for Cornet to have gone by now for £17m and to use that, perhaps that explains it?

Not true at all we have 20 mil from collins we have yet to touch and the biggest earners are already gone so wage bill has been split open club are now working on targets for the right money we were working on the first batch for a month b4 Kompany was confirmed behind the scenes once we sorted the current lot we began with the next batch who will start drip feeding in now.

[AGENT_CLARET]

Pure speculation but I wonder if we are needing to sell/reduce wage bill before others come in now?

Have we broadly broken even in net spend so far this window but benefitted from a likely smaller wage bill?

If we have been expecting bids for Cornet to have gone by now for £17m and to use that, perhaps that explains it?

Don't forget the 10+ million left over from the Chris Wood sale and the 3+ million in wages saved each month

[Claret Alfie]

We could do with signing O’Hare and assume Cornet stays. We don’t want someone coming in for Cornet on deadline day and we can’t replace him. Same with McNeill too.

[clarethomer]

Broken even? we haven't even started with the Collins money yet.

Not true at all we have 20 mil from collins we have yet to touch and the biggest earners are already gone so wage bill has been split open club are now working on targets for the right money we were working on the first batch for a month b4 Kompany was confirmed behind the scenes once we sorted the current lot we began with the next batch who will start drip feeding in now.

You're right re the collins money. It must have been after the Pope sale that I had seen a post that we had spent on incomings roughly what we got for him.

[boatshed bill]

Don't forget the 10+ million left over from the Chris Wood sale and the 3+ million in wages saved each month

That's assuming it's all paid up.
Also we owed money (apparently) to Stoke for Collins, so not much extra money there.

[Raggus]

I'll be astonished if there are no more outgoings

And in your opinion, which player or players do you most likely see leaving?

[ClaretTony]

And in your opinion, which player or players do you most likely see leaving?

No idea but if offers come in that are acceptable for players then they will go.

[NRC]

Delap has been linked. Ugbo too. Kompany doesn’t play with wingers hence no winger links.

I'd go a little bit further than this. Assuming we keep both McNeil and Cornet, I'd not be surprised if VK views them both as false 9s or inside 10s. If that's the case I'm not convinced we need a new 9

[northeastclaret]

If you believe the narrative City didn’t want to send out Muric again on loan but sell for £4m, which is what we are hoping to buy Verbruggen for.

On that basis, surprisingly we were assuming VK believes Verbruggen is better and has more potential.

Unfortunately it appears though our negotiations are not working out so far.

Going off BPF’s performance for us he completely bottled it, was dropped for Norris who was even worse , ending up with every shot on target going in at Sheffield United. Hence BPF replaced by Hennessy.

A problem in VKs assessment of BFK , he may well look good in training, but it’s the game time where he bottles it.

With so many exciting new signings it would be a real shame if either BPF or Norris start the season with the high risk of them letting the team down .

Hopefully we can continue with the success we have had to date in the market and fill this critical gap , the other outstanding signings are not critical at this stage unlike the keeper position.

[boatshed bill]

If you believe the narrative City didn’t want to send out Muric again on loan but sell for £4m, which is what we are hoping to buy Verbruggen for.


Going off BPF’s performance for us he completely bottled it, was dropped for Norris who was even worse , ending up with every shot on target going in at Sheffield United. Hence BPF replaced by Hennessy.

A problem in VKs assessment of BFK , he may well look good in training, but it’s the game time where he bottles it.

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Are you seriously doubting Vincent Kompany's, and his chosen goalkeeping coach's, ability to judge a goalkeeper's ability?
I'm not saying that either of our current GKs are guaranteed good enough BTW.

[Matt_Whalley]

I'd go a little bit further than this. Assuming we keep both McNeil and Cornet, I'd not be surprised if VK views them both as false 9s or inside 10s. If that's the case I'm not convinced we need a new 9

Exactly. VK has expressed the desire for two players in every position. If we’re playing 4-2-2-2 then the furthest forward two could be filled by Barnes, JayRod, Twine, and Cornet. (Plus McNeil and Richardson potentially.)

[northeastclaret]

Are you seriously doubting Vincent Kompany's, and his chosen goalkeeping coach's, ability to judge a goalkeeper's ability?
I'm not saying that either of our current GKs are guaranteed good enough BTW.

He obviously knows enough about them to be rumoured to be after keepers ever since he was appointed as manager.

I am sure he will be as disappointed as us if he has to start the season with our previous third and fourth choice keepers.

[timscoot]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport ... e-24556622

[Zlatan]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport ... e-24556622

That appears fairly final… but who knows

[KRBFC]

cheapskates so predictable

[Newcastleclaret93]

That appears fairly final… but who knows

Perhaps we have opted to keep cornet? Instead

[nyclaret]

So not a positive day then on the transfer front! Oh well, I'm sure we've got other targets lined up!

[Milltown1882]

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport ... e-24556622

Orsic and O’Hare in back to back windows. We’re getting good at bottling this signing our main target thing.

[Slurpy]

If we keep Cornet does it matter?

[NewClaret]

Orsic and O’Hare in back to back windows. We’re getting good at bottling this signing our main target thing.

Main target? Very much doubt that in a season we’ve signed 7 players prior.

Personally wasn’t bothered on this one, mainly because I’ve seen very little of him and his stats aren’t great. If it happens, so be it, but the money being mentioned at £10m is ludicrous in our situation.

[NewClaret]

Perhaps we have opted to keep cornet? Instead

Or perhaps Cornet has opted to stay?? Even better.

[northeastclaret]

cheapskates so predictable

Just because we sold Pope and Collins on the cheap doesn’t entitle us to buy on the cheap

[clarethomer]

Orsic and O’Hare in back to back windows. We’re getting good at bottling this signing our main target thing.

Read a lot of things on here but this has to be up there ha ha ha.

[RVclaret]

I’d still be very surprised if Cornet stays, shocked in fact

[claptrappers_union]

He has a point, there was the fella from Arsenal too who we missed out on, the guy who went to Sunderland.

[RVclaret]

He has a point, there was the fella from Arsenal too who we missed out on, the guy who went to Sunderland.

Didn’t miss out, we agreed a fee, decided to get McNally instead.

[KRBFC]

Just because we sold Pope and Collins on the cheap doesn’t entitle us to buy on the cheap

Happily sell but wont spend, just typical. Oh well maybe we can get another 3 loan players in

[Vegas Claret]

cheapskates so predictable

so are Coventry asking 9 million or 15 as you seem to have the inside track ? There's a big difference at this stage, maybe if Cornet goes we go back with more but then run the risk of the price going up even further. Not sure it's plausible to point fingers at the cub for being cheapskates with the info we have.

[KRBFC]

so are Coventry asking 9 million or 15 as you seem to have the inside track ? There's a big difference at this stage, maybe if Cornet goes we go back with more but then run the risk of the price going up even further. Not sure it's plausible to point fingers at the cub for being cheapskates with the info we have.

they've brought in like 7 players for less than £10m, no way were they gonna reinvest £8-10m on O'Hare regardless of how many millions we bring in.