Summer 2021 Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion

[NickBFC]

I read somewhere that Norwich pulled out of signing Carvalho due to his £82k a week wages.

[TheFamilyCat]

Carvalho would be a huge upgrade on Cork.

A defensive midfielder, in addition to wingers and wing back could see us changing formation.

[Jakubclaret]

You couldn’t logically argue that as we’ve factually signed more than one player.

If you weigh up the outgoings & incomings it’s 2, Lennon is a signing & BPF remains on the books but isn’t available for selection, in the grand scheme of things it’s ok not brilliant but ok.

[randomclaret2]

Carvalho would be decent, albeit not necessarily what we need.

He would be an enormous upgrade on what we have in there at present.

[Rileybobs]

Why do you put yourself through it?

I’m really not sure. Probably a mixture of boredom and fascination of the peculiar.

[LawsCanalJump]

Carvalho staying at betis... That one lasted 20 minutes

[KRBFC]

Bournemouth paying £1.5m for Christie

[NewClaret]

Carvalho staying at betis... That one lasted 20 minutes

Long enough for us to conclude he’s better than what we’ve got though

[Jakubclaret]

Seen Liverpool have given 31 yr old Henderson a new long term deal, weird all the teams ignoring players ages

Who are all the teams ignoring players ages? Certain teams have extended odd individual players who are nearing the 30s or over but are usually cushioned & well supported by a raft of a younger blend integrated within.

[joey13]

You could logically argue we’ve only signed 1 player anyway with Collins swapped for Gibson & Hennessy for BPF that leaves cornet, I’m not mentioning AL for obvious reasons.

I was just wondering, bearing in mind we’ve been told it would be madness to put the club into debt from the previous Boards sycophants who now seem to support the new approach.

[arise_sir_charge]

Long enough for us to conclude he’s better than what we’ve got though

To be fair, none of our midfielder have 60 plus international caps and a Euros winners medal so it wasn’t an hard conclusion to reach.

Still a long time to go between now and tonight so this could still be a possibility.

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Bellerin to Real Betis on loan, that's an odd one.

[TheFamilyCat]

Bellerin to Real Betis on loan, that's an odd one.

Rats deserting the sinking ship

[Quickenthetempo]

Just seen Curtis Jones linked on twitter for 15m. Not believable but it would be a great signing.

[dsr]

You could logically argue we’ve only signed 1 player anyway with Collins swapped for Gibson & Hennessy for BPF that leaves cornet, I’m not mentioning AL for obvious reasons.

You could certainly argue that Collins doesn't count as a new signing because he replaces a man who left the club in January 2020. I struggle to see how you could call it logical, though.

[Tall Paul]

Bellerin to Real Betis on loan, that's an odd one.

Not sure what's odd about it, they've been trying to ship him out all summer.

[Jakubclaret]

You could certainly argue that Collins doesn't count as a new signing because he replaces a man who left the club in January 2020. I struggle to see how you could call it logical, though.

If you take 1 television out of a room & leave the room empty for 10 years devoid of a television & then decide 10 years later to replace the television, you’ve only replaced something that was once there, you’ve not gained 2 televisions you’ve lost 1 & gained 1, in this case not 10 years but over a year.

[Superjohnnyfrancis]

Bournemouth paying £1.5m for Christie

Guys a bottle job dosen't want to test himself in prem, strange.

[RVclaret]

Just seen Curtis Jones linked on twitter for 15m. Not believable but it would be a great signing.

Haha the Twitter account is @TopShaggerDanbo with 76 followers. I’m all for rumours but come on.

[quoonbeatz]

He would be an enormous upgrade on what we have in there at present.

Absolutely. Would have been nice. Think we need more attacking midfielders than defensive ones though, seeing as we've got 4.

[Culmclaret]

If you take 1 television out of a room & leave the room empty for 10 years devoid of a television & then decide 10 years later to replace the television, you’ve only replaced something that was once there, you’ve not gained 2 televisions you’ve lost 1 & gained 1, in this case not 10 years but over a year.

What if the television you replaced didn’t work…..?

[KRBFC]

Guys a bottle job dosen't want to test himself in prem, strange.

his loss, I'm not too disappointed we've missed out on him, excited to see who our new number 10 target is, there's much better players than Christie out there.

[Quickenthetempo]

Haha the Twitter account is @TopShaggerDanbo with 76 followers. I’m all for rumours but come on.

It wasn't quite topshagger but probably as reliable. InsideTransfers or similar that a mate had responded to.

[Richardsbfc]

Interesting links today. Appreciate that mostly are agents drumming up interest and fan speculation but seems like we're wanting to strengthen the middle.

Points to a change of formation maybe now or in Jan when we lose a few?

[minnieclaret]

As for dropping back and playing for a draw being Howestyle, we have been playing this way pretty much ever since Dyche came in

Spot on. The difference being previously if we went one up we won now who knows.

[claptrappers_union]

If you take 1 television out of a room & leave the room empty for 10 years devoid of a television & then decide 10 years later to replace the television, you’ve only replaced something that was once there, you’ve not gained 2 televisions you’ve lost 1 & gained 1, in this case not 10 years but over a year.

But what if it's a bigger, better television?

[minnieclaret]

Villa in for Curtis Jones so forget him.

[Jakubclaret]

What if the television you replaced didn’t work…..?

Or decided to sprout legs & go up teeside
The point I was making is you can't count anything as a extra when something is 1 in & 1 out.

[dsr]

If you take 1 television out of a room & leave the room empty for 10 years devoid of a television & then decide 10 years later to replace the television, you’ve only replaced something that was once there, you’ve not gained 2 televisions you’ve lost 1 & gained 1, in this case not 10 years but over a year.

Well, that's one way of looking at it. So does that mean Cornet is a replacement for John Connelly, and not a new player after all?

[Conroy92]

Can see us going back in for O'Brien or Knight now we've missed out on Christie although hopefully we've something else up our sleeve. I can envisage a few attempts to bring a centre mid in today as its clearly on the priority list.
That being said I think Roberts may end up as the last signing we complete.
One frustration is that we let Christie go as close to the wire as we have, if we'd have stumped the money up a month or two ago who knows, it's clear he was one of our main targets.

All in all though it's been a good window. A centre midfielder today could make it excellent.

[KRBFC]

Can see us going back in for O'Brien or Knight now we've missed out on Christie although hopefully we've something else up our sleeve. I can envisage a few attempts to bring a centre mid in today as its clearly on the priority list.
That being said I think Roberts may end up as the last signing we complete.
One frustration is that we let Christie go as close to the wire as we have, if we'd have stumped the money up a month or two ago who knows, it's clear he was one of our main targets.

All in all though it's been a good window. A centre midfielder today could make it excellent.

Christie isn't a central midfielder though, he's an attacking player

[Commy]

I thought Sky were doing deadline day. Should have been advertised as Ronaldo day!

[Guller Bull]

Just trying to catch up - Has Roberts signed or just expected to?

[minnieclaret]

Just trying to catch up - Has Roberts signed or just expected to?

Nothing official yet.

[TheFamilyCat]

Just trying to catch up - Has Roberts signed or just expected to?

No, but he has bought a new telly.

[claretonthecoast1882]

No, but he has bought a new telly.

That doesn't count as he already one

[Spijed]

If you take 1 television out of a room & leave the room empty for 10 years devoid of a television & then decide 10 years later to replace the television, you’ve only replaced something that was once there, you’ve not gained 2 televisions you’ve lost 1 & gained 1, in this case not 10 years but over a year.

Can you watch the test card on your telly?

[Jakubclaret]

Well, that's one way of looking at it. So does that mean Cornet is a replacement for John Connelly, and not a new player after all?

I know as a club we are pretty slow at doing certain things but I think somewhere over 50 years+ we’ve replaced him with somebody else does a Trevor Meredith ring any bells?

[mkmel]

With a name like Roberts I would have thought he would have bought a new radio

[Newcastleclaret93]

Apparently Robert’s is finalised

[1HappyClaret]

Suggestion Robert’s is done

[Conroy92]

Christie isn't a central midfielder though, he's an attacking player

Which is supposedly the rumour on why he turned us down.

[RVclaret]

If the fee of £2.5m is correct then we’ve potentially got a real bargain here. Also it gives us the rest of the day to try and secure an attacking player.

[Conroy92]

How many articles left CT?

[Spijed]

When time is of the essence how do clubs manage to sort out the medicals when they seem to take quite a bit of time and effort to get them completed?

[AfloatinClaret]

Or decided to sprout legs & go up teeside...

It wouldn't work there either until the Bilsdale TV mast's fixed

[willsclarets]

Which is supposedly the rumour on why he turned us down.

I can't blame him for that, he can only play in different versions of a midfield 5, and we nearly always play 442. On top of that Dyches selection is consistent. It might be difficult to persuade him he'd play regularly.

[Rileybobs]

When time is of the essence how do clubs manage to sort out the medicals when they seem to take quite a bit of time and effort to get them completed?

I would expect contracts to be signed conditional on a satisfactory medical examination.

[AfloatinClaret]

No, but he has bought a new telly.

Thank you, that's the best laugh I've enjoyed today.

[bfcjg]

Apparently Robert’s is finalised

Yaki dar.