Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION

[SalisburyClaret]

I assume Egan -Riley could be ideal in that position?

Probably, I believe he can play anywhere across the back line

[Belgianclaret]

There was another poster on this thread who lives in Belgium, can’t remember the username, not Belgianclaret this time, who said he’s a very good player and just the type of striker we need. He said he’d watched him a fair bit and was impressed, can create chances from nothing, bit of pace and has that natural scoring ability.

Cohiba?

[RVclaret]

Cohiba?

Yeah that’s it

Maybe he can pop back on this thread

[Goody1975]

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Post by CohibaClaret » Sun Aug 07, 2022 12:18 pm

I saw on insta that we’re linked with Mikautadze, striker from Metz who spent last 2 seasons on loan at Seraing. He is exactly what is missing. Clinical finisher and someone who can make chances on his own. Technically superb, goes past defenders with ease and scored easily.

[kaptin1]

Roberts made up a back 3 when we were attacking - not his natural game but he did ok.

Thought he played a slightly different role yesterday. When we were in possession we had THB and Taylor as the two deepest lying players. Cullen moved over to the left and Robert’s pushed into midfield alongside Cork to make a three. Maatsen and Vitinho them offered width higher up the the pitch with Tella and Brownhill as inside forwards and Jay up top. It was more of a 2-3-5 formation in possession and 4-4-2 out of possession.

[Quicknick]

I’ve yet to see any championship team offer space and time like that.

Ours does.

[RVclaret]

Thought he played a slightly different role yesterday. When we were in possession we had THB and Taylor as the two deepest lying players. Cullen moved over to the left and Robert’s pushed into midfield alongside Cork to make a three. Maatsen and Vitinho them offered width higher up the the pitch with Tella and Brownhill as inside forwards and Jay up top. It was more of a 2-3-5 formation in possession and 4-4-2 out of possession.

Yep noticed this first half myself, I posted it on the match thread at half time.

Cullen was very much playing from almost LCB in the build up phase, quite interesting. At Anderlecht he dropped into RCB quite frequently.

[Goalposts]

In the first halve and until we took tells and Vitinho we hugged the touch line and kept the pitch wide, when they came of the shape changed and we narrowed tha pitch a lot more

[Vegas Claret]

Sarr having his medical at Villa - 27 million

[Goody1975]

Mikautadze played as a number nine at RFC Seraing and is currently playing at Metz in the role occupied by Tella yesterday.

If he did come to us and played the number nine role instead of Jay or Barnes the height of our side in both boxes diminishes further.

City are the team we are compared to because of the obvious links but the big thing they have/had is Fernandinho and Rodri protecting the back four and giving presence in both boxes.

[Goody1975]

Sarr having his medical at Villa - 27 million

Wow, their transfer dealings at Villa Park are very meh.

Meh but very expensive.

[Vegas Claret]

Wow, their transfer dealings at Villa Park are very meh.

Meh but very expensive.

the mind boggles, Watford have plenty of money to play with now after selling Dennis and Sarr - Pedro looks to be on his way too

[bumba]

Agree with that, Costelloe and Richardson might be raw but at least they'd be capable of dragging the centre backs around a bit, which would create space for other players.

They'd actually be going out to impress too, I love Barnes he's been one of my favourite players to watch at his best but I can't even see what game he's trying to play anymore he looks miles off it

[Vegas Claret]

Mikautadze played as a number nine at RFC Seraing and is currently playing at Metz in the role occupied by Tella yesterday.

If he did come to us and played the number nine role instead of Jay or Barnes the height of our side in both boxes diminishes further.

City are the team we are compared to because of the obvious links but the big thing they have/had is Fernandinho and Rodri protecting the back four and giving presence in both boxes.

the lack of height and physicality will cost us a lot of points in this league unfortunately

[Belgianclaret]

Repeat: I think Onuachu is our man

[Goody1975]

Repeat: I think Onuachu is our man

It seems we are very unwilling to look at players over the age of 26 and would prefer players younger than this.

Except for his goal scoring record, height (6ft 7in) and his age (28), I know nothing about him.

Can you give us some insight?

[123EasyasBFC]

I know it’s not this simple but offer Metz £12mil for the pair, £3mil add ons based on promotion and 20% sell on clauses for each

If only real life transfers where as easy as football manager

[Steddyman]

the mind boggles, Watford have plenty of money to play with now after selling Dennis and Sarr - Pedro looks to be on his way too

Hopefully they come in with a bid for Barnes.

[Vegas Claret]

Hopefully they come in with a bid for Barnes.

[KefkaClaret]

We really need a tall centre-half and striker so we atleast pose some form of threat from set-pieces.

[KRBFC]

He isn't playing as a wing back, not really a full back either. He's playing as a third centre back with Maatsen the one pushing up on the other side. Roberts sometimes even joins Cork and Cullen as a deep midfield three. The furthest he got forward yesterday wasn't from an overlapping position but from an underlap through the middle chasing a through ball.

I'm not saying this is good or bad. But a lot of the criticism, I feel, is because people are expecting things from him which are at odds to how we're set up.

The right side altogether is a weak part of the eleven so far though. Not convinced with Vitinho yet.

Spot on

[KRBFC]

Mikautadze played as a number nine at RFC Seraing and is currently playing at Metz in the role occupied by Tella yesterday.

If he did come to us and played the number nine role instead of Jay or Barnes the height of our side in both boxes diminishes further.

City are the team we are compared to because of the obvious links but the big thing they have/had is Fernandinho and Rodri protecting the back four and giving presence in both boxes.

City only play with 1 defensive mid at a time though, they narrow Walker like we do Roberts. I wonder if we really need both Cork and Cullen in there, does the team need 2 sitters with Roberts inside? Can Brownhill not play the Gundogan role, free to roam and score goals.

[KRBFC]

Repeat: I think Onuachu is our man

There's no chance we're paying proper money for a proper striker. Gambling again with peanuts as currency.

[claretandy]

City only play with 1 defensive mid at a time though, they narrow Walker like we do Roberts. I wonder if we really need both Cork and Cullen in there, does the team need 2 sitters with Roberts inside? Can Brownhill not play the Gundogan role, free to roam and score goals.

When everyone's fit i think it will be Cork or Cullen with Brownhill and Twine as two number 10's.

[ClaretAL]

From what I can see, Egan Riley is CB/RB so fits the role that Roberts is trying to play, which is not his natural position. I presume he is not pulling up trees at the moment in training, for VK not playing him in that role, but would be interested to see what he is like if he gets an outing tomorrow night in the cup match.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Not sure how selling your best player for £17.5m, replacing him with a loan player and taking the cash out of the club to pay for ALK shares can be considered excellent business. Excellent business for who? certainly not the club.

Give it a rest you constant bore

Everyone has heard your constant whinge shame your moral compass when you are stealing access to games for free taking potential money out the club

[Newcastleclaret93]

When everyone's fit i think it will be Cork or Cullen with Brownhill and Twine as two number 10's.

Not sure we will ever play with Twine and Brownhill in them roles.

I think it’s one of the other.

I am pretty certain Brownhill will drop deeper as the season progresses

[Colburn_Claret]

Not sure we will ever play with Twine and Brownhill in them roles.

I think it’s one of the other.

I am pretty certain Brownhill will drop deeper as the season progresses

With the intensity we have to play, I think the team will change all the time. Vk won't pick his 'best' XI, because he sees us as a squad team. A few roles will be more fixed, but up top will be any 3 from 6.
I can't see Brownhill dropping back, he is just too good at what he does, and although Twine can also play that role, he can't play it without a good rest and stay fit.

[Newcastleclaret93]

With the intensity we have to play, I think the team will change all the time. Vk won't pick his 'best' XI, because he sees us as a squad team. A few roles will be more fixed, but up top will be any 3 from 6.
I can't see Brownhill dropping back, he is just too good at what he does, and although Twine can also play that role, he can't play it without a good rest and stay fit.

Potentially but I see us trying to play with width moving forward.

I honestly see our team looking something like this when everyone is fit (however I do think Brownhill will be more of an 8 than someone that sits like cullen).

Brownhill, Cullen
Chulinov, Twine, Tella
Jay

[clarethomer]

Sarr having his medical at Villa - 27 million

Looks like it’s not going ahead

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[NewClaret]

#BurnleyFC interested in the striker International from #FCMetz, Georges #Mikautadze ! First bid of 2,5M€ sent and rejected by the french club of #Ligue2. Vincent #Kompany like Mikautadze and already talked to him. To be continued. #twitterclarets

https://mobile.twitter.com/sachatavolie ... 2795725824

[RVclaret]

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Journo that reported the Benson deal is suggesting we’ve had a 2.5m bid for Mikautadze rejected

[Newcastleclaret93]

Not sure what to think of this guy.

Is he up to it at this level?

[RVclaret]

Not sure what to think of this guy.

Is he up to it at this level?

Goalscoring record for someone so young is pretty impressive.

19 in 21 games in Belgian 2nd division, probably equivalent to League One

9 in 28 in the Belgian 1st division for a relegated team, around Champ standard.

2 in 4 so far this season in Ligue 2, probably somewhere between Champ and L1 standard.

[NewClaret]

No idea Newcastle.

We’ve not signed him yet but would argue we’ve not made any “dead cert” signings all summer. All have been risks, but done well so far imo. Same recruitment team so have to trust them, even if they won’t get every one right.

[agreenwood]

Interestingly the L’Equipe article also appears to suggest we’ve enquired about Ludovic Ajorca of Strasbourg. He’s a big lad looking at his Wiki page.

[RVclaret]

Interestingly the L’Equipe article also appears to suggest we’ve enquired about Ludovic Ajorca of Strasbourg. He’s a big lad looking at his Wiki page.

Think Nixon linked Wolves to him but they want 18m for him

[123EasyasBFC]

Interestingly the L’Equipe article also appears to suggest we’ve enquired about Ludovic Ajorca of Strasbourg. He’s a big lad looking at his Wiki page.

Number of clubs after him, including wolves, don’t think we would stand a chance

[Denno97]

Interestingly the L’Equipe article also appears to suggest we’ve enquired about Ludovic Ajorca of Strasbourg. He’s a big lad looking at his Wiki page.

Think the Strasbourg player has been linked with a fair few PL clubs this window. No chance he comes here.

[BigChaCha]

Is he up to it at this level?

This level being bang-average from what I've seen so far.

[Newcastleclaret93]

No idea Newcastle.

We’ve not signed him yet but would argue we’ve not made any “dead cert” signings all summer. All have been risks, but done well so far imo. Same recruitment team so have to trust them, even if they won’t get every one right.

Yes I just really thought our striker and CB signings would be experienced quality. This very much looks like a gamble.

I guess like you say we have to trust the recruitment team

[agreenwood]

Think Nixon linked Wolves to him but they want 18m for him

What clubs leak to the media that they want and what they will actually accept tend to be two very different things.

[Spijed]

One thing replacing Barnes, but the lack of height is a bit of a worry if we are going for smaller players, especially defending corners and free kicks.

[123EasyasBFC]

Burnley have once again opened talks to try and sign Rotherham United ace Ben Wiles. #twitterclarets #UTC #EFL #RUFC

(Football League World)

[tiger76]

Burnley have once again opened talks to try and sign Rotherham United ace Ben Wiles. #twitterclarets #UTC #EFL #RUFC

(Football League World)

Hmm! another CM, although he can play left and right also, OOC next year, so we might be able to snap him up relatively cheaply you'd hope.

23 so again fits the profile Kompany and pace are looking for. However another on the short side, he's only 5'7/5'8 according to his profile.

[123EasyasBFC]

I do think another Cm is needed if Kompany thinks Brownhill is solely to play higher up the field, cork and Cullen will get burnt out playing every week and it’s going to take Westwood some time to be able to be at the levels

[tiger76]

I do think another Cm is needed if Kompany thinks Brownhill is solely to play higher up the field, cork and Cullen will get burnt out playing every week and it’s going to take Westwood some time to be able to be at the levels

I've no problem getting the Rotherham lad in, I only hope it doesn't mean Brownhill might be on his way out.

Cork will have to be managed through a long season, VK has already stressed that.

Cullen if fit will likely play most if not all of our 46 league games, he's too integral to the system to be dropped or rested.

Westwood I highly doubt we'll see competitively this side of the WC, and who knows how he'll recover from his serious injury.

[123EasyasBFC]

I've no problem getting the Rotherham lad in, I only hope it doesn't mean Brownhill might be on his way out.

Cork will have to be managed through a long season, VK has already stressed that.

Cullen if fit will likely play most if not all of our 46 league games, he's too integral to the system to be dropped or rested.

Westwood I highly doubt we'll see competitively this side of the WC, and who knows how he'll recover from his serious injury.

Would have to be 20+ mill for them to even think about selling Brownhill, if a bid around that game in I think it would be hard to turn down

[Newcastleclaret93]

Would have to be 20+ mill for them to even think about selling Brownhill, if a bid around that game in I think it would be hard to turn down

I don’t think Brownhill will be going anywhere. Think it’s more just Kompany filling out the positions.

[CohibaClaret]

There was another poster on this thread who lives in Belgium, can’t remember the username, not Belgianclaret this time, who said he’s a very good player and just the type of striker we need. He said he’d watched him a fair bit and was impressed, can create chances from nothing, bit of pace and has that natural scoring ability.

Yes we need to get Mikautadze over the line. He’s a real goal scorer with technical skills.