January Transfer Window Rumours

[CalamityClaret]

How is Shelvey supposed to get match fit when he’s not playing any u23 matches or making our bench?

Just leggit around. Be fit as a fiddle in no time

[Holtyclaret]

Agree. Can't think we have any money left to spend anyway after the blow out in Summer of 23.

We need to be far more adventurous at home. This includes letting Roberts loose, the back line much further up the pitch, Foster up top with Flemming behind him and Shelvey in for Laurent. I'd also play Brownhill wide left tucking in as well, with Pires at left back.

Plenty of money (relatively) for right players after the sales extravaganza of late summer 24. More a case of a sensible approach with promotion not guaranteed and the fact we already have a bloated squad.

Not sure about putting Brownhill wide. Pires I rate and I think SP has it right sharing the lb berth dependant on opposition.

[NickBFC]

Just read a news article linking us with WBA attacking midfielder Grady Diangana

I thought he had already rejected us. Out of contract in the summer.

[ArmchairDetective]

Maybe I'm in the minority but I won't be overly fussed if we don't sign anyone else. We have plenty of talent in the squad already. We should be focusing on getting more out of the players we have (and I'm sure we are) .

[jojomk1]

Maybe I'm in the minority but I won't be overly fussed if we don't sign anyone else. We have plenty of talent in the squad already. We should be focusing on getting more out of the players we have (and I'm sure we are) .

We could maybe get more out of them if we try and play them in other positions

Sounds crazy, but has Scotty ever thought about playing Foster up front with Flemming sat just behind

Maybe just the fact that it means two attackers starting brings him out in a panic

[louieollie]

Maybe I'm in the minority but I won't be overly fussed if we don't sign anyone else. We have plenty of talent in the squad already. We should be focusing on getting more out of the players we have (and I'm sure we are) .

I've been thinking the same and I'd much rather we didn't waste money like SU on bang average championship players disrupting the harmony in the squad. I don't honestly think that even if we did go up that we would do much better than last time with the squad we currently have and the fact we will lose a few with contracts running out and our better players getting snaffled up by the bigger fish......................oh crap it's just dawned on me I'm a Burnley fan 🫣‍

[warksclaret]

We could maybe get more out of them if we try and play them in other positions

Sounds crazy, but has Scotty ever thought about playing Foster up front with Flemming sat just behind

Maybe just the fact that it means two attackers starting brings him out in a panic

Lost count of how many people have suggested and posted this in the last few months. Why not try this in the Saints game-good opposition so a test for us and the pairing, and if we lose so what, we have gone out to a PL side.

[123EasyasBFC]

We could maybe get more out of them if we try and play them in other positions

Sounds crazy, but has Scotty ever thought about playing Foster up front with Flemming sat just behind

Maybe just the fact that it means two attackers starting brings him out in a panic

Yeah a proper 4-4-2 with two forwards and two proper wide players

[TPClaret]

We could maybe get more out of them if we try and play them in other positions

Sounds crazy, but has Scotty ever thought about playing Foster up front with Flemming sat just behind

Maybe just the fact that it means two attackers starting brings him out in a panic

Maybe Scotty who watches these players day in day out knows best

[summitclaret]

It needs to happen against Oxford. As I have said before, win 1 and lose 2 home games in a row gets the same points as 3 draws.
We only potentially need to be careful against SU now.

[summitclaret]

Maybe Scotty who watches these players day in day out knows best

He does away. He doesn't at home.

[Steddyman]

I've been thinking the same and I'd much rather we didn't waste money like SU on bang average championship players disrupting the harmony in the squad. I don't honestly think that even if we did go up that we would do much better than last time with the squad we currently have and the fact we will lose a few with contracts running out and our better players getting snaffled up by the bigger fish......................oh crap it's just dawned on me I'm a Burnley fan 🫣‍

Goodness, we have gone from the highs of VK transfer windows, to the lows of a Dyche type transfer window where we self justify not improving the team because the status quo is more important to maintain. Sad.

[JR1882]

I think any incoming would Depend on the fitness of Ramsay and Tresor. If they are ready shortly then that attacking line becomes pretty formidable.

But it’s anyone’s guess.

[kentonclaret]

I think any incoming would Depend on the fitness of Ramsay and Tresor. If they are ready shortly then that attacking line becomes pretty formidable.

But it’s anyone’s guess.

If the January window closes without at least one quality addition in forward areas then Tresor really will represent the last Resort.

[Grimsdale]

Göztepe have terminated the loan of David Datro Fofana. Would you have him back here?

[louieollie]

Goodness, we have gone from the highs of VK transfer windows, to the lows of a Dyche type transfer window where we self justify not improving the team because the status quo is more important to maintain. Sad.

Not really what I meant but I'd STILL rather we didn't spunk the limited resources on the same calibre the other promotion contenders are doing this transfer period.

[Goliath]

If the January window closes without at least one quality addition in forward areas then Tresor really will represent the last Resort.

It beats having to stick Michael Duff up front as a last resort tbf

[FeedTheArf]

Göztepe have terminated the loan of David Datro Fofana. Would you have him back here?

No. Scored a couple but in the main he couldn’t be arsed.

[kentonclaret]

It beats having to stick Michael Duff up front as a last resort tbf

You can’t make the word Resort out of Duff so he wouldn’t be a good fit.

[TsarBomba]

I think any incoming would Depend on the fitness of Ramsay and Tresor. If they are ready shortly then that attacking line becomes pretty formidable.

But it’s anyone’s guess.

Unfortunately, we learnt a long time ago that we can’t depend on Tresor in any capacity, regardless of fitness.

[warksclaret]

Göztepe have terminated the loan of David Datro Fofana. Would you have him back here?

Was a strange one, but he knew where the net was. Sadly he was never a "team" man

[Stonehouse]

Göztepe have terminated the loan of David Datro Fofana. Would you have him back here?

Nooooo ,lazy bugger

[BleedingClaret]

Göztepe have terminated the loan of David Datro Fofana. Would you have him back here?

Yep

[Woodleyclaret]

Fofana OK on a short loan but not on an agreement to buy.

[Taffy on the wing]

You have to assume Mr Pace would be happy being in the play-offs if it remains quiet, as I suspect the majority of fans are 50/50 whether we get auto promotion, or a play-offs, particularly with Sheff Utd's incomings.

I think we need to go up this year.....next will be harder. Even if we don't spend & get clobbered every week. 100million is nowt to be sneezed at...it might take a couple of seasons of yo-yoing to build a squad capable of staying up.

[Claretkid78]

Dara Costello to Northampton.

[LaLigaClaret]

So another knock back on an attacking player. Not getting a decent forward in during this window could be a catastrophic mistake if we suffer any long term injury to Flemming, Brownhill or Foster (even though he is not actually scoring goals) because resorting to Barnes or Jayrod is not likely to be enough to get us into the automatic places at the end of the season. I had posted previously that Houtondji should not have been loaned out until a replacement had been brought in. It would seem at the time this was done it was assumed Whittaker would be coming in and I'm glad he wasn't as I didn't think he was the right player for us however not getting someone in before that Houtondji loan now looks a poor decision indeed. I shudder to think how this Board will react if we fail to get someone and we fail to get promoted. Here's hoping we bring in some quality before the window shuts.

[Dark Cloud]

People keep giving me lots of reasons not to want to go up and I agree with all of them (losing much of the time, games being uncompetitive, VAR, big team bias etc, etc etc), but £125 million simply blows all contrary arguments out of the water. We need that money and without it we could disappear into the fog and start the decline to treading water in the Championship, or worse, like countless clubs I could name (Stoke, West Brom, Norwich, Watford... loads) It doesn't matter how it's achieved, but promotion is an absolute must and Pace knows it.

[fidelcastro]

So another knock back on an attacking player. Not getting a decent forward in during this window could be a catastrophic mistake if we suffer any long term injury to Flemming, Brownhill or Foster (even though he is not actually scoring goals) because resorting to Barnes or Jayrod is not likely to be enough to get us into the automatic places at the end of the season. I had posted previously that Houtondji should not have been loaned out until a replacement had been brought in. It would seem at the time this was done it was assumed Whittaker would be coming in and I'm glad he wasn't as I didn't think he was the right player for us however not getting someone in before that Houtondji loan now looks a poor decision indeed. I shudder to think how this Board will react if we fail to get someone and we fail to get promoted. Here's hoping we bring in some quality before the window shuts.

I haven't heard one person say that we're missing Hountondji or that we will end up doing.

[billyhamilton82]

Dara Costello to Northampton.

Great move for him going up a division.

Now competing with Owen Dodgson in the League One relegation battle.

[LaLigaClaret]

I haven't heard one person say that we're missing Hountondji or that we will end up doing.

You clearly missed me then. If we get no-one in and we suffer along term injury to our main goalscorers / forwards we are taking a huge gamble because the cover is inadequat. Hountindji hadn't been given much of a chance to show his qualities but we loaned him out when Flemming wasn't firing at that point, Foster wasn't and still isn't scoring and Barnes and Jayrod may be able to contribute but no-one can surely believe that they will get us over the line if required for a lot of games. Even if they played we would still be short of cover during a game if they needed substituting with Flemming or Foster injured. Houtondji at least was cover and did have some ability and after all we didn't release him or sell him we have only loaned him. Surely you can see that to loan him out with no-one coming in is a poor state of affairs.

[Claretkid78]

Great move for him going up a division.

Now competing with Owen Dodgson in the League One relegation battle.

According to Nixon I should add.

[warksclaret]

Dara Costello to Northampton.

Be playing with Sean's son

[dougcollins]

Sounds crazy, but has Scotty ever thought about playing Foster up front with Flemming sat just behind

Play them both in their correct positions?

You really are crazy.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Was about to post that I support not rushing to panic buy, on the basis that I feel Tella is sure to sign in the summer if not in the next few days which I still regard as possible. I suspect he realises he will only be a regular PL starter with us, even if he is good enough to get some games elsewhere - with “better” teams, players like Nathan end up as squad players like at Beyer. We could name a dozen players recently at that level who have had that experience (Mee, Westwood, Heaton, Ings). Heck, even Chris Wood will probably look back in years to come and say his time at Burnley was the highlight of his career. Of our multi-year players Trippier and Pope are rare exceptions.

I then realised that having that thought process meant I automatically assumed we are going to be promoted and haven’t even considered we won’t be.

Weird how the brain works. In my experience it tends to be right when it works instinctively like that

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Spurs striker Will Lankshear linked with a loan move to us and a host of other championship clubs.

[123EasyasBFC]

Spurs striker Will Lankshear linked with a loan move to us and a host of other championship clubs.

Would be great for us but can see him going to Boro to replace latth

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Parker did coach at Spurs academy so must still have a few contacts you’d think.

[Darnhill Claret]

I think there are clear signs that Chris Wood is more likely to say that his time at Forest was the highlight of his career.

[billyhamilton82]

Yes, farcical. The fact we have had so many long term injuries needs to be looked at.

I'm sure we employ people to do that.

[fidelcastro]

You clearly missed me then. If we get no-one in and we suffer along term injury to our main goalscorers / forwards we are taking a huge gamble because the cover is inadequat. Hountindji hadn't been given much of a chance to show his qualities but we loaned him out when Flemming wasn't firing at that point, Foster wasn't and still isn't scoring and Barnes and Jayrod may be able to contribute but no-one can surely believe that they will get us over the line if required for a lot of games. Even if they played we would still be short of cover during a game if they needed substituting with Flemming or Foster injured. Houtondji at least was cover and did have some ability and after all we didn't release him or sell him we have only loaned him. Surely you can see that to loan him out with no-one coming in is a poor state of affairs.

No, I don't see it that way because Hountondji doesn't look up to the standard we require.

A loan out was the best thing for him and the club.

[Tricky Trevor]

Pace keeping his powder dry until Summer. Pay big bucks now for the poacher we need and NOT get promoted we have taken a massive step back. Get up with current squad, plus a possible loan, and look to buy better quality using the PL as an enticer.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Surprised we aren’t interested in Kone at Wycombe. Thought he might be the type of player we would be interested in.

[123EasyasBFC]

Surprised we aren’t interested in Kone at Wycombe. Thought he might be the type of player we would be interested in.

We might of been but if they have turned down 6m from Luton it’s certainly not a risk I’d want us to take at that price

[Woodleyclaret]

In the past we baulked at paying £1m for Vardy and we all know how that turned out
We need a striker in 0 -0 against dross teams is not a choice we should be making

[agreenwood]

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[louieollie]

Crystal Palace and Everton looking at him too

[randomclaret2]

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Parker would presumably know him from his time as the Spurs U18 coach

[gandhisflipflop]

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Yes please. Very good player.

[gandhisflipflop]

In the past we baulked at paying £1m for Vardy and we all know how that turned out
We need a striker in 0 -0 against dross teams is not a choice we should be making

I remember people saying that the money Peterborough was asking for Toney wasn’t worth it.