Transfer Rumours Thread - NO FINANCIAL DISCUSSION

[UpTheClaretsFCBK]

He’s a winger anyway, not sure where he would fit into the squad. Can’t believe he’s on 130k, that’s mental money for him.

[Vegas Claret]

plenty of Villa fans saying he is on between 50-70K and nowhere near the 130. Still above our pay grade I would imagine

[AGENT_CLARET]

Mitrovic has a better goal scoring record in the Premier League than both Barnes and Jay-Rod

Premier league goals

Jay Rod - 23
Mitrovic - 24
Barnes - 45

He beats Jay Rod by one goal

[Suratclaret]

Goals to games ratio would be useful

[Grimsdale]

Minutes per goal (premier league):
Barnes 290
Jay Rod 305
Mitrovic 694

[RVclaret]

Belgian press suggesting Bart Verbruggen will be in England today to complete his medical / signing for us.

Deal worth 5m euros.

https://www.lesoir.be/455134/article/20 ... tterSports

[Nori1958]

Back to transfers..... Belgium press reporting Bart will travel to Burnley today to sign

[Nori1958]

Opps... A bit slow there

[RVclaret]

Wonder if they’ll try get him out to Portugal and play the full 90 on Saturday with a view to him starting at Huddersfield. Interesting.

[Nori1958]

Wonder if they’ll try get him out to Portugal and play the full 90 on Saturday with a view to him starting at Huddersfield. Interesting.

You would hope so if he's going to feature in that first game

This news appeared on twitter... Not appeared on Newsnow website yet

[Newcastleclaret93]

Minutes per goal (premier league):
Barnes 290
Jay Rod 305
Mitrovic 694

Caught a few people there.

Mitrovic minutes per goal is 289

[ClaretAL]

A bit more on Muric, seems unlikely if Bart Verbruggen is signing.

https://manchestercity.vitalfootball.co ... n-4-years/

[JR1882]

Big big investment that is! 4m ish on a young keeper - he must be good. Hopefully will come off like Meslier has for Leeds.

Not sure I’d throw him in to a Friday night away debut game next week however when he has barely met any of the team (assuming he speaks English relatively well they usually do)

[Lancasterclaret]

Thats a lot for a young keeper, especially if he's going to be starting a week on friday

Every set piece, against everyone, is going to be flinging balls into the box to see how he keeps

Very steep learning curve for him

I just can't see him starting that first game to be honest

[RVclaret]

Thats a lot for a young keeper, especially if he's going to be starting a week on friday

Every set piece, against everyone, is going to be flinging balls into the box to see how he keeps

Very steep learning curve for him

I just can't see him starting that first game to be honest

Yes I agree, perhaps he needs a period of time to experience the atmosphere / physicality from the sidelines at first

[Murger]

Agreed about Verbruggen. BPF to start next week would be the best bet.

[gandhisflipflop]

Agreed about Verbruggen. BPF to start next week would be the best bet.

Bloody hope not. I really do not rate him at all.

[Nori1958]

Big big investment that is! 4m ish on a young keeper - he must be good. Hopefully will come off like Meslier has for Leeds.

Not sure I’d throw him in to a Friday night away debut game next week however when he has barely met any of the team (assuming he speaks English relatively well they usually do)

I once saw a fantastic debut by a goalkeeper away at Huddersfield

[gandhisflipflop]

From up the clarets fb page so don’t shoot the messenger....

Burnley have been linked with a €5 million move for Croatian Hajduk Split centre back Mario Vušković. The Croatia U21 international has previously been linked with a move to Brentford, and is a year into a two-year loan spell with Bundesliga 2. side Hamburger SV. He made 24 appearances for them last season as they finished third in the table. He’s also previously has interest from Napoli, Celtic and Torino

[AGENT_CLARET]

Caught a few people there.

Mitrovic minutes per goal is 289

Jay-Rod goals per match 0.19 shot accuracy 36%

Barnes goals per match 0.21 shot accuracy 37%

Mitrovic goals per match 0.23 shot accuracy 37%

Nothing between them, back to the rumours

[Hedontplayforyou]

I’m sure Cornet is good friends with Bertrand Traore, may be another step to keep Maxwel around for the season.

[Devils_Advocate]

Premier league goals

Jay Rod - 23
Mitrovic - 24
Barnes - 45

He beats Jay Rod by one goal

I looked at their goals per games played ratio and Mitrovic was better than both of them. I wonder how people would view someone who came on here and told us both Barnes and Jay couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo when it comes to goal scoring in the Prem League. Im pretty sure the majority on here would not agree.

[dsr]

Premier league goals

Jay Rod - 23
Mitrovic - 24
Barnes - 45

He beats Jay Rod by one goal

Rodriguez has 44 PL goals. 26 for Southampton, 7 for West Brom, 11 for Burnley.

[SalisburyClaret]

Agreed about Verbruggen. BPF to start next week would be the best bet.

Verbruggen will be BPF’s understudy. One for the future

[claretandy]

BPF to start, until he messes up.

[AGENT_CLARET]

BPF to start, until he messes up.

It'll be nice to see the new keeper against Luton

[RVclaret]

Verbruggen will be BPF’s understudy. One for the future

I’d suggest it’s highly unlikely we will be making him our more expensive signing of the summer to be an understudy for a keeper who didn’t stand out in League one last season.

[dandeclaret]

I once saw a fantastic debut by a goalkeeper away at Huddersfield

Was that NiK The Greek? A mate of mine was convinced he was blind in his left eye given how he failed to react to shots from that side of the pitch frequently

[Andingle]

From up the clarets fb page so don’t shoot the messenger....

Burnley have been linked with a €5 million move for Croatian Hajduk Split centre back Mario Vušković. The Croatia U21 international has previously been linked with a move to Brentford, and is a year into a two-year loan spell with Bundesliga 2. side Hamburger SV. He made 24 appearances for them last season as they finished third in the table. He’s also previously has interest from Napoli, Celtic and Torino

Believe he has just signed a 3 year contract with Hamburger SV.

[tiger76]

From up the clarets fb page so don’t shoot the messenger....

Burnley have been linked with a €5 million move for Croatian Hajduk Split centre back Mario Vušković. The Croatia U21 international has previously been linked with a move to Brentford, and is a year into a two-year loan spell with Bundesliga 2. side Hamburger SV. He made 24 appearances for them last season as they finished third in the table. He’s also previously has interest from Napoli, Celtic and Torino

Surely the last thing we need is another CB, even with Colins going, we've got Egan-Riley, Long, McNally, THB and Thomas who can all play there if needed.

And if we have any disposal cash I'd far rather we put it towards a forward who might fire us to promotion, than yet another young CB.

[jedi_master]

We ain't spending between £4.25m-£6m (according to reports from last week) on a goalkeeper to get splinters on his backside. He will be thrown straight in. I find that concerning as he is 19 and has played 7 first team games in his entire career, but we have to back the decision and see what happens. The goalkeeping coach clearly rates him incredibly highly, and the fact the fee is so large shows that Anderlecht do too.

[northeastclaret]

Just checked and Verbruggen is 20 next month, a little bit more encouraging.
If VK thinks he is ready that good enough for me and hopefully from the first match , because BPF would be very much our weak link if he started.

[gandhisflipflop]

Surely the last thing we need is another CB, even with Colins going, we've got Egan-Riley, Long, McNally, THB and Thomas who can all play there if needed.

And if we have any disposal cash I'd far rather we put it towards a forward who might fire us to promotion, than yet another young CB.

I still feel that we need a bit of experience at the back. I don’t know anything about the player and someone said further up he had signed for Hamburg. I still think the best possible signing we could make would be Ben Davies at Liverpool.

[Top Claret]

BPF to start, until he messes up.

BDF must be given his chance in front of a 19 year old rookie.

We have 8 games in a month and we need an experienced goal keeper not a nervous kid

[RVclaret]

I still feel that we need a bit of experience at the back. I don’t know anything about the player and someone said further up he had signed for Hamburg. I still think the best possible signing we could make would be Ben Davies at Liverpool.

That would be tricky given he’s just signed for Rangers

[UpTheClaretsFCBK]

There’s no chance we’re paying a record fee for a keeper for him to be benched behind Peacock-Farrell.

[Nori1958]

Was that NiK The Greek? A mate of mine was convinced he was blind in his left eye given how he failed to react to shots from that side of the pitch frequently

It was.... Promised so much

[gandhisflipflop]

That would be tricky given he’s just signed for Rangers

I didn’t know that. Scrap that then! Going from recent links, I feel VK feels the same re the cb position. Jack Hendry was linked the other day. Again I know nothing about him but a few posters on here last month seemed to not rate him.

[AwayClaret]

Posters on here aren't the bench mark

[tiger76]

I still feel that we need a bit of experience at the back. I don’t know anything about the player and someone said further up he had signed for Hamburg. I still think the best possible signing we could make would be Ben Davies at Liverpool.

Forget about Ben Davies, he signed for Rangers yesterday.

I share your concerns about the lack of experience in the heart of our defence, and hopefully we'll be able to pick up a free agent as the window progresses if that's what Kompany wants.

[northeastclaret]

BDF must be given his chance in front of a 19 year old rookie.

We have 8 games in a month and we need an experienced goal keeper not a nervous kid

The problem is BPF often plays like a nervous kid. The Wednesday fans say that his his major weakness and why Leeds got rid and we have seen it when he has played for our first team .

[SalisburyClaret]

I’d suggest it’s highly unlikely we will be making him our more expensive signing of the summer to be an understudy for a keeper who didn’t stand out in League one last season.

BFP has played successfully in the Championship and League 1. He’s done well internationally. Bart may be great but it’s going to take time for him to get anywhere near up to speed and no way is he going to start until BFP screws up.

[NewClaret]

We ain't spending between £4.25m-£6m (according to reports from last week) on a goalkeeper to get splinters on his backside. He will be thrown straight in. I find that concerning as he is 19 and has played 7 first team games in his entire career, but we have to back the decision and see what happens. The goalkeeping coach clearly rates him incredibly highly, and the fact the fee is so large shows that Anderlecht do too.

Having thought about this, he was benched at Anderlecht. I’m not sure what will have changed to make him go straight in to our team unless they mistakenly believe the Championship is a much lower standard than the Belgian Pro League?

My expectation/hope would be that the up front contribution is very small, the guaranteed payment quite reasonable over a long period & the total potential value being the €5-6m reported, with those coming when he starts playing games.

Having said that he’ll probably be first choice!!

[northeastclaret]

BFP has played successfully in the Championship and League 1. He’s done well internationally. Bart may be great but it’s going to take time for him to get anywhere near up to speed and no way is he going to start until BFP screws up.

As said above that will be Luton at the latest then

[Darnhill Claret]

I’m sure VK has looked at the ‘character’ of his young defensive signings and decided that they are all strong minded enough for the rigours of the championship. Cork, Brownhill, Rodriquez and Barnes will help them on the pitch if required but to me Cullen and Bastien will ensure that no experienced opposition forward will exploit their seeming ‘inexperience. I think they will all prove themselves in that department.

[jedi_master]

Having thought about this, he was benched at Anderlecht. I’m not sure what will have changed to make him go straight in to our team unless they mistakenly believe the Championship is a much lower standard than the Belgian Pro League?

My expectation/hope would be that the up front contribution is very small, the guaranteed payment quite reasonable over a long period & the total potential value being the €5-6m reported, with those coming when he starts playing games.

Having said that he’ll probably be first choice!!

Perhaps Kompany was planning to play him as first choice this season before he left? We will have to wait and see but I'd be shocked (and concerned) if we are planning on having Peacock-Farrell as our Number 1 after a disappointing loan in League One with Sheff Weds.

I hasten to add, it's not my preference this - I'd have kept Hennessey 100% and been very happy with him as our first choice. I think when you have such a young central defence, it stands to reason that some experience in goal behind them would be hugely beneficial. It's asking for trouble IMO having a 19 year old keeper behind a 20 year old and a 19 year old (if we are to assume that it would be Harwood-Bellis and Egan-Riley at centre back from the off - and I believe it will be) pair of centre backs. I suppose the thing I am not mentioning there is that one of Cork or Cullen will be dropping in to support them, and possibly both will be screening them too.

[SkiptonClaret]

I’m sure VK has looked at the ‘character’ of his young defensive signings and decided that they are all strong minded enough for the rigours of the championship. Cork, Brownhill, Rodriquez and Barnes will help them on the pitch if required but to me Cullen and Bastien will ensure that no experienced opposition forward will exploit their seeming ‘inexperience. I think they will all prove themselves in that department.

I sincerely hope Barnes isn't spending too long on the pitch for us this season. Transfer window a part failure if he does.

[bpgburn]

Posters on here aren't the bench mark

How dare you!!

As this thread shows, we are blessed to have some of the finest footballing brains on this MB and I for one hope that VK refers to it on a daily basis to pick those brains.

I mean where else could you find out who is likely to leave the club purely by someone being able to interpret photos/videos of a players facial expressions?

[Quicknick]

Just checked and Verbruggen is 20 next month, a little bit more encouraging.
If VK thinks he is ready that good enough for me and hopefully from the first match , because BPF would be very much our weak link if he started.

Peter Shilton was 16 when he made his debut in the top flight.

[It Is What It Is]

Just checked and Verbruggen is 20 next month, a little bit more encouraging.
If VK thinks he is ready that good enough for me and hopefully from the first match , because BPF would be very much our weak link if he started.

....Norris is an even weaker link.
The goal he conceded at Shrewsbury was schoolboy.