Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION

[jedi_master]

Yeah i’m probably being a bit harsh but why would West Brom, who need a striker badly, be willing to part with him? And it appears some below average teams (Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol City) are in for him. Obafemi is a far better profile, younger and is used to playing a possession system.

Obafemi would suit us better in terms of profile, but they want £10m which is clearly way beyond our levels of affordability. I think signing a 27 year old who we know is proven at this level for £2.5m (which is the asking price apparently), and is a player that can play deeper, out wide or through the middle (as we know VK wants versatility) provides good options. We have loads of young talents in the door already so the odd 'old head' (though if 27 is old then I am sweating a bit at 35) is no big problem to me.

[123EasyasBFC]

People are taking Kompanys 1 or 2 incomings being close as to literal

[123EasyasBFC]

Wouldn’t spend anywhere near 10mil on obafemi

[claretspice]

Yeah i’m probably being a bit harsh but why would West Brom, who need a striker badly, be willing to part with him? And it appears some below average teams (Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol City) are in for him. Obafemi is a far better profile, younger and is used to playing a possession system.

Suspect WBA have a similar financial constraint to us, but the opposite problem- they still need to bring down the age and experience tariff of the squad and add youth, so need to sell to facilitate it - we're a lot further down the journey of selling established stars and we need a bit of proven quality at this level a bit after a lot of investment in promise.

Obafemi may be younger and better but if he's not viable, Robinson is a good plan B.

[FCBurnley]

I am way more concerned about us maybe selling Brownhill than signing more players. We still have Twine and Westwood to come back in. Squad is pretty strong now except for maybe at CH

[jedi_master]

Suspect WBA have a similar financial constraint to us, but the opposite problem- they still need to bring down the age and experience tariff of the squad and add youth, so need to sell to facilitate it - we're a lot further down the journey of selling established stars and we need a bit of proven quality at this level a bit after a lot of investment in promise.

Obafemi may be younger and better but if he's not viable, Robinson is a good plan B.

From what I have just been reading, they need to get Robinson out to be able to sign anyone - seem to be broke.

[dsr]

Suspect WBA have a similar financial constraint to us, but the opposite problem- they still need to bring down the age and experience tariff of the squad and add youth, so need to sell to facilitate it - we're a lot further down the journey of selling established stars and we need a bit of proven quality at this level a bit after a lot of investment in promise.

Obafemi may be younger and better but if he's not viable, Robinson is a good plan B.

Last year we'd have signed Robinson to bring the age of the squad down. How things change!

[Vegas Claret]

Jason O'Connor on Twitter:

John Egan & Michael Obafemi are Irish players to keep an eye on ahead of tomorrow

Egan has been heavily linked with Leeds

[Spijed]

Meanwhile:

"Wesley Fofana: Chelsea sign 21-year-old French defender from Leicester City for £70m".

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Meanwhile:

"Wesley Fofana: Chelsea sign 21-year-old French defender from Leicester City for £70m".

It's believed Rogers won't get even half of that to reinvest into the squad

[123EasyasBFC]

From what I have just been reading, they need to get Robinson out to be able to sign anyone - seem to be broke.

West Brom are after signing Asante from Salford who’s similar position to Robinson

[tiger76]

It's believed Rogers won't get even half of that to reinvest into the squad

I can see Rodgers walking soon, Leicester have had a dreadful window, and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they get sucked into the relegation scrap.

[Cheshireclaret]

I think Leicester are in for a very, very tough season. I agree that I see Rodgers walking soon, and cue Dyche coming in to salvage their season.

But this is off-topic now, so apologies all...........as you were.

[NRC]

The duality of man:

by claretspice » Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:41 pm
Good player is Robinson- always a bit of a surprise he's not stepped up to Premier League level because he has the ability and he's certainly the sort of central forward we could use. At 27 just coming into his prime and he's got bags of experience at this level and something to prove.

by RVclaret » Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:40 pm
He’s crap, hope not

and two posters whose views I pay attention to. One reflecting old school thinking, the other reflecting new school - assuming the negatives mean he's not a fit into our system today (sorry Spice, feel free to defend)

[PaintYorkClaretnBlue]

Obafemi would be an excellent signing but can’t see us going near the 10m asking price. Kompany said post match he won’t be doing deals where the selling club will be high fiving on the fee received, quite an interesting way of putting it.

That’s not how I heard it (although I wasn’t concentrating). I heard it as we won’t be selling anyone unless the fee has the whole club doing high fives and going on holiday!

I may be wrong mind.

[RVclaret]

That’s not how I heard it (although I wasn’t concentrating). I heard it as we won’t be selling anyone unless the fee has the whole club doing high fives and going on holiday!

I may be wrong mind.

He said it last night post match in the way I said re. incomings, then in the way you said in todays presser regarding outgoings

[UpTheClaretsFCBK]

Good player is Robinson- always a bit of a surprise he's not stepped up to Premier League level because he has the ability and he's certainly the sort of central forward we could use. At 27 just coming into his prime and he's got bags of experience at this level and something to prove. Certainly as a plan B to Obafemi he's a good option.

Still need that centre half though.

Robinson has played in the Premier League with Sheffield United and West Brom, doing nothing in the process.

He's one of those strikers who barely scores, and plays more out wide. Not really what we need at all.

[claretandy]

Meanwhile:

"Wesley Fofana: Chelsea sign 21-year-old French defender from Leicester City for £70m".

Previous club had a 25% sell on clause.

[Colburn_Claret]

I don't know how good or poor Robinson is, I do know that footballers are like gloves, some fit, some don't. United have had loads of great players that haven't fit in their team.

So the question shouldn't be about Robinsons historical ability, but will he fit our team, and VKs system.

[Mala591]

Kiki Kouyate
6’3” tall

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kiki-ko ... rainer_id=

[Stayingup]

Previous club had a 25% sell on clause.

Thats Chelsea's spend up to almost 300 million and they haven't finished yet. I just wonder what FFP.does actually mean and stand for?

[Jakubs Tash]

Not sure if I’ve missed it or not but the below was tweeted by Graeme Bailey (journo) late morning. Personally don’t think Hendry is the centre half we need anyway.


Believe Scottish international Jack Hendry is undergoing medical in Italy ahead of move to Serie A outfit Cremonese - who have agreed a loan with an obligation with Club Brugge.

Burnley failed to agree a deal with Brugge for the former Celtic centre-half.

[Pearcey]

Will Lancaster has just tweeted that our chances of signing Kouyate are all but over.

[Goody1975]

Will Lancaster has just tweeted that our chances of signing Kouyate are all but over.

Think him starting for them last night just about confirmed it.

[RVclaret]

Alex James reporting Kompany hopeful on 1 or 2 with Dervisoglu progressing positively

[CohibaClaret]

1 striker and 1 big center half (Egan?) signing and you must say it was a great window. Promotion favourites I say.

[123EasyasBFC]

Where’s this Egan from shef United come from, no chance they sell to a rival

[Spijed]

With regards to Dervisoglu, why has he not featured much for Brentford?

[CoolClaret]

Meanwhile:

"Wesley Fofana: Chelsea sign 21-year-old French defender from Leicester City for £70m".

Absolutely mental money

They have 0 strikers but have whiffed 130 million on a rotation left back & a kid who did his ACL last year?

[IanMcL]

Meanwhile:

"Wesley Fofana: Chelsea sign 21-year-old French defender from Leicester City for £70m".

It always amazes me that Leicester can sell their players for huge fees and yet we have had better and never got valuations of such magnitude.

[Tinribs]

Fofana is absolute quality and worth every penny

[SalisburyClaret]

That’s a ridiculous amount of money for Fofana - but he is a superb player

[Conroy92]

Obafemi would suit us better in terms of profile, but they want £10m which is clearly way beyond our levels of affordability. I think signing a 27 year old who we know is proven at this level for £2.5m (which is the asking price apparently), and is a player that can play deeper, out wide or through the middle (as we know VK wants versatility) provides good options. We have loads of young talents in the door already so the odd 'old head' (though if 27 is old then I am sweating a bit at 35) is no big problem to me.

10m for one or two of the right players should not be out of our price range. We signed AG nearly 8 seasons ago for around 9m.

[NewClaret]

10m for one or two of the right players should not be out of our price range. We signed AG nearly 8 seasons ago for around 9m.

Tbf, we didn’t have £33m of debt, a further reduction of which will be due in “a continuing relegation scenario” them though

[Stalbansclaret]

With regards to Dervisoglu, why has he not featured much for Brentford?

I'd imagine it's because Toney and Mbeumo have been pulling up trees most of the last two and a bit seasons

[summitclaret]

That’s a ridiculous amount of money for Fofana - but he is a superb player

That's 3 1/2 times as good as Collins. Ridiculous.

[Conroy92]

Tbf, we didn’t have £33m of debt, a further reduction of which will be due in “a continuing relegation scenario” them though

Agreed but we've also raked a hell of a lot back with outgoings.

[agreenwood]

Will Lancaster has just tweeted that our chances of signing Kouyate are all but over.

Who is Will Lancaster?

[boatshed bill]

Robinson has played in the Premier League with Sheffield United and West Brom, doing nothing in the process.

He's one of those strikers who barely scores, and plays more out wide. Not really what we need at all.

To be honest I've never really noticed him, apart from the hair

[Vegas Claret]

lots of talk about Callum Styles leaving Barnsley, Blackburn and Luton are rumoured to be in for him - anyone know if we have a % sell on ?

[burnley007]

Will Lancaster has just tweeted that our chances of signing Kouyate are all but over.

Shame, he looks like the perfect signing for us atm.

[RVclaret]

Obafemi on the bench for Swans tonight.

[burnley007]

Obafemi on the bench for Swans tonight.

Is that a good sign, or a bad sign??

[gandhisflipflop]

Obafemi on the bench for Swans tonight.

Is he normally a starter?

[RVclaret]

Is he normally a starter?

Yes

[Bordeauxclaret]

Is he normally a starter?

Yep.

[jedi_master]

That surely implies there is a chance of him being sold to us.

I wonder if we have the Brentford loan/Robinson deal lined up as plan B options in case we cannot agree a few with Swansea?

[thehistorylecturer1]

lots of talk about Callum Styles leaving Barnsley, Blackburn and Luton are rumoured to be in for him - anyone know if we have a % sell on ?

No - he was never signed on a professional contract and
released in 2016

[RVclaret]

That surely implies there is a chance of him being sold to us.

I wonder if we have the Brentford loan/Robinson deal lined up as plan B options in case we cannot agree a few with Swansea?

Swansea fans seem to think it suggests he’s off. I’m not too sure, surely he wouldn’t be in the squad at all if that was the case.

[Vegas Claret]

No - he was never signed on a professional contract and
released in 2016

doesn't look a smart deal from us then