Yaya passes medical in London according to his agent but it's not believed to be a London club he's signing for.

I don’t think we have ever done a medical so far away so it probably rules us out, as does the start we have had.

Looking like out of Europe and 3rd relegation favourite won't attract players of his calibre I'm afraid, unless we paid way over the top wages.

I love an optimist

My guess is Watford

Spurs

Accrington Stanley?

Fulham

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Squads - English Premier League 2018/2019
Burnley
Official Name: Burnley Football Club
Formed: 1882 Ground: Turf Moor (21,944) Manager: Sean Dyche [ENG]
Number Name Nat Pos Height Weight Date of Birth Birth Place Previous Club
1 Thomas Heaton ENG G 1.88 85 15-04-86 Chester Bristol C
2 Matthew Lowton ENG D 1.80 78 09-06-89 Chesterfield Aston Villa
3 Charlie Taylor ENG D 1.75 70 18-09-93 York Leeds U
4 Jack Cork ENG M 1.85 69 25-06-89 Carshalton Swansea C
5 James Tarkowski ENG D 1.85 81 19-11-92 Manchester Brentford
6 Ben Mee ENG D 1.80 74 23-09-89 Sale Manchester C
7 Jóhann Guðmundsson ISL M 1.86 79 27-10-90 Reykjavík Charlton Ath
8
9 Sam Vokes WAL F 1.86 90 21-10-89 Lymington Wolverhampton W
10 Ashley Barnes AUT F 1.86 77 31-10-89 Bath Brighton & HA
11 Chris Wood NZL F 1.91 91 07-12-91 Auckland Leeds U
12 Robbie Brady IRL M 1.75 69 14-01-92 Dublin Norwich C
13 Jeff Hendrick IRL M 1.85 79 31-01-92 Dublin Derby Co
14 Ben Gibson ENG D 1.85 78 15-01-93 Nunthorpe Middlesbrough
15
16 Steven Defour BEL M 1.73 65 15-04-88 Mechelen Anderlecht
17
18 Ashley Westwood ENG M 1.70 81 01-04-90 Nantwich Aston Villa
19 Jonathan Walters IRL F 1.83 79 20-09-83 Birkenhead Stoke C
20 Joe Hart ENG G 1.96 91 19-04-87 Shrewsbury Manchester C
21
22 Anders Lindegaard DEN G 1.93 80 13-04-84 Odense Preston NE
23 Stephen Ward IRL D 1.84 82 20-08-85 Dublin Wolverhampton W
24
25 Aaron Lennon ENG M 1.65 63 16-04-87 Chapeltown Everton
26 Phillip Bardsley SCO D 1.80 78 28-06-85 Salford Stoke C
27 Matěj Vydra CZE F 1.80 73 01-05-92 Chotěboř Derby Co
28 Kevin Long IRL D 1.88 83 18-08-90 Cork Cork C
29 Nick Pope ENG G 1.91 76 19-04-92 Cambridge Charlton Ath
30 Adam Legzdins ENG G 1.83 78 28-11-86 Stafford Birmingham C
31 Dwight McNeil ENG F 22-11-99 Rochdale None
32 Daniel Agyei ENG F 1.83 77 01-06-97 Kingston upon Thames AFC Wimbledon
33

My guess would be West Ham

It's Arsenal.

boatshed bill wrote:Check this out!

Squads - English Premier League 2018/2019
Burnley
Official Name: Burnley Football Club
Formed: 1882 Ground: Turf Moor (21,944) Manager: Sean Dyche [ENG]
Number Name Nat Pos Height Weight Date of Birth Birth Place Previous Club
1 Thomas Heaton ENG G 1.88 85 15-04-86 Chester Bristol C
2 Matthew Lowton ENG D 1.80 78 09-06-89 Chesterfield Aston Villa
3 Charlie Taylor ENG D 1.75 70 18-09-93 York Leeds U
4 Jack Cork ENG M 1.85 69 25-06-89 Carshalton Swansea C
5 James Tarkowski ENG D 1.85 81 19-11-92 Manchester Brentford
6 Ben Mee ENG D 1.80 74 23-09-89 Sale Manchester C
7 Jóhann Guðmundsson ISL M 1.86 79 27-10-90 Reykjavík Charlton Ath
8
9 Sam Vokes WAL F 1.86 90 21-10-89 Lymington Wolverhampton W
10 Ashley Barnes AUT F 1.86 77 31-10-89 Bath Brighton & HA
11 Chris Wood NZL F 1.91 91 07-12-91 Auckland Leeds U
12 Robbie Brady IRL M 1.75 69 14-01-92 Dublin Norwich C
13 Jeff Hendrick IRL M 1.85 79 31-01-92 Dublin Derby Co
14 Ben Gibson ENG D 1.85 78 15-01-93 Nunthorpe Middlesbrough
15
16 Steven Defour BEL M 1.73 65 15-04-88 Mechelen Anderlecht
17
18 Ashley Westwood ENG M 1.70 81 01-04-90 Nantwich Aston Villa
19 Jonathan Walters IRL F 1.83 79 20-09-83 Birkenhead Stoke C
20 Joe Hart ENG G 1.96 91 19-04-87 Shrewsbury Manchester C
21
22 Anders Lindegaard DEN G 1.93 80 13-04-84 Odense Preston NE
23 Stephen Ward IRL D 1.84 82 20-08-85 Dublin Wolverhampton W
24
25 Aaron Lennon ENG M 1.65 63 16-04-87 Chapeltown Everton
26 Phillip Bardsley SCO D 1.80 78 28-06-85 Salford Stoke C
27 Matěj Vydra CZE F 1.80 73 01-05-92 Chotěboř Derby Co
28 Kevin Long IRL D 1.88 83 18-08-90 Cork Cork C
29 Nick Pope ENG G 1.91 76 19-04-92 Cambridge Charlton Ath
30 Adam Legzdins ENG G 1.83 78 28-11-86 Stafford Birmingham C
31 Dwight McNeil ENG F 22-11-99 Rochdale None
32 Daniel Agyei ENG F 1.83 77 01-06-97 Kingston upon Thames AFC Wimbledon
33

I think I am missing something.

His agent has said it is not West Ham or Crystal Palace and he still has ambition.

dpinsussex wrote:I think I am missing something.

Join the club!

Click bait

Just been on his Toure's agents twitter. Guy gives me the creeps. Wouldn't want the club to have anything to do with people like him.

dpinsussex wrote:I think I am missing something.

He's saying our 25 man squad is full.

Quickenthetempo wrote:Yaya passes medical in London according to his agent but it's not believed to be a London club he's signing for.

I don’t think we have ever done a medical so far away so it probably rules us out, as does the start we have had.

Looking like out of Europe and 3rd relegation favourite won't attract players of his calibre I'm afraid, unless we paid way over the top wages.

Laughable you think had we been higher in the league and possibly in the group stage you think that would swing him round to signing for a club like ours. This is the guy who felt unloved at City on 200k a week and said prove you love me by paying me more. Yep its our league position that will have ended this chance.

Well if we have named 5 keepers with one of them out until 2019 then that is madness. 20% of a squad of 25 as goalkeepers? Surely not.

mdd2 wrote:Well if we have named 5 keepers with one of them out until 2019 then that is madness. 20% of a squad of 25 as goalkeepers? Surely not.

Especially when you can bring in an emergency loan

I'm going for Havant and Waterlooville.

I'm pretty sure that if we had any sort of interest Hart would have been sounded out before now

colne-claret wrote:He's saying our 25 man squad is full.

Theres 27 players in that list?

McNeil will be one of our U21 players so no need to pick for the squad, i would imagine more like that too.

Wells has gone for the season. Not for a minute do I think toure is coming here but wouldn't that deal have opened a spot?

Signing for tomorrow night’s opponents according to recent reports.

It'll be for some far and distant club, maybe in China or Qatar but Yaya really doesn't fancy it.

Comes across as a last ditch attempt to force the hand of an English side may have already been in negotiations with.

We'd rather get relegated than pay Yaya's wages for 8 months, sad but true.

Foulthrow wrote:I'm going for Havant and Waterlooville.

In the football world there is the haves and the Havants.

Olympiakos!

Stringfellows

scouseclaret wrote:Olympiakos!

Correct. Resigned for them.

Imagine the excitement if it just mentioned it was one of this weeks Europa League sides. This board would have melted

he's no longer good enough for wearing the claret and blue, to old, only last 60 mins at the best, legs gone!!

mm on second thoughts sounds like a number of our players all be it they will be on much less money.

Hes goin to fulham

theroyaldyche wrote:Hes goin to fulham

Shopping?

KRBFC wrote:We'd rather get relegated than pay Yaya's wages for 8 months, sad but true.

Fact.

KRBFC wrote:We'd rather get relegated than pay Yaya's wages for 8 months, sad but true.

Fact but not sad, more like common sense to me

You get fed up with it in the end. According to the club's official site this is our nominated squad of 25 senior players, we can add our own u21s (or u23s, I'm not sure) We have 27 named players including Agyei and McNeil.
Unless this list is wrong there is no more room for senior players, so why do we waste time and effort on pointless speculation. What you see is what you get!

boatshed bill wrote:You get fed up with it in the end. According to the club's official site this is our nominated squad of 25 senior players, we can add our own u21s (or u23s, I'm not sure) We have 27 named players including Agyei and McNeil.
Unless this list is wrong there is no more room for senior players, so why do we waste time and effort on pointless speculation. What you see is what you get!

Although the squad lists have been submitted the indications were that the EPL board would listen to amendments to that list if changes are brought about due to transfers with leagues where the transfer windows haven't shut/injuries.

That's why the squads haven't been officially announced on the PL site https://www.premierleague.com/publications" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You'll note that last season they were out a day or two after the deadline.

There was no way we'd sign a player like him, wages aside. He'd need a free role, and there's no such thing in a Dyche side. Not a criticism of dyche, he's been brilliantly successful in forming an approach that's made us competitive.

boatshed bill wrote:Check this out!

Squads - English Premier League 2018/2019
Burnley
Official Name: Burnley Football Club
Formed: 1882 Ground: Turf Moor (21,944) Manager: Sean Dyche [ENG]
Number Name Nat Pos Height Weight Date of Birth Birth Place Previous Club
1 Thomas Heaton ENG G 1.88 85 15-04-86 Chester Bristol C
2 Matthew Lowton ENG D 1.80 78 09-06-89 Chesterfield Aston Villa
3 Charlie Taylor ENG D 1.75 70 18-09-93 York Leeds U
4 Jack Cork ENG M 1.85 69 25-06-89 Carshalton Swansea C
5 James Tarkowski ENG D 1.85 81 19-11-92 Manchester Brentford
6 Ben Mee ENG D 1.80 74 23-09-89 Sale Manchester C
7 Jóhann Guðmundsson ISL M 1.86 79 27-10-90 Reykjavík Charlton Ath
8
9 Sam Vokes WAL F 1.86 90 21-10-89 Lymington Wolverhampton W
10 Ashley Barnes AUT F 1.86 77 31-10-89 Bath Brighton & HA
11 Chris Wood NZL F 1.91 91 07-12-91 Auckland Leeds U
12 Robbie Brady IRL M 1.75 69 14-01-92 Dublin Norwich C
13 Jeff Hendrick IRL M 1.85 79 31-01-92 Dublin Derby Co
14 Ben Gibson ENG D 1.85 78 15-01-93 Nunthorpe Middlesbrough
15
16 Steven Defour BEL M 1.73 65 15-04-88 Mechelen Anderlecht
17
18 Ashley Westwood ENG M 1.70 81 01-04-90 Nantwich Aston Villa
19 Jonathan Walters IRL F 1.83 79 20-09-83 Birkenhead Stoke C
20 Joe Hart ENG G 1.96 91 19-04-87 Shrewsbury Manchester C
21
22 Anders Lindegaard DEN G 1.93 80 13-04-84 Odense Preston NE
23 Stephen Ward IRL D 1.84 82 20-08-85 Dublin Wolverhampton W
24
25 Aaron Lennon ENG M 1.65 63 16-04-87 Chapeltown Everton
26 Phillip Bardsley SCO D 1.80 78 28-06-85 Salford Stoke C
27 Matěj Vydra CZE F 1.80 73 01-05-92 Chotěboř Derby Co
28 Kevin Long IRL D 1.88 83 18-08-90 Cork Cork C
29 Nick Pope ENG G 1.91 76 19-04-92 Cambridge Charlton Ath
30 Adam Legzdins ENG G 1.83 78 28-11-86 Stafford Birmingham C
31 Dwight McNeil ENG F 22-11-99 Rochdale None
32 Daniel Agyei ENG F 1.83 77 01-06-97 Kingston upon Thames AFC Wimbledon
33

Very surprised to see Joe Hart is taller than Nick Pope!

clarets1978 wrote:Fact but not sad, more like common sense to me

In what sense would it be commonsense?. I'm not advocating signing him, nor do I think he would have come, but if having him on loan and paying his wages for 8 months made the difference between staying up and going down, then it would make total financial sense to sign him.

nil_desperandum wrote:In what sense would it be commonsense?. I'm not advocating signing him, nor do I think he would have come, but if having him on loan and paying his wages for 8 months made the difference between staying up and going down, then it would make total financial sense to sign him.

Yes but it's impossible to know for certain if we would retain our PL status or get relegated with or without there lies the risk & it represents too much of a financial one, also it's worth considering his age, fitness & an array of other factors to make it overall viable.

I would have him tomorrow even if he only played 45 minutes.a game. He would create a number of chances, which is not happening at the moment. from which the strikers should be able to score goals

Apparently signed for Olympiakos according to todays Times.

Anywhere as long as its not to Burnley.

Jakubclaret wrote:Yes but it's impossible to know for certain if we would retain our PL status or get relegated with or without there lies the risk & it represents too much of a financial one, also it's worth considering his age, fitness & an array of other factors to make it overall viable.

Totally agree, but my response was in reply to someone who effectively said - as a fact - that it was commonsense to be relegated rather than pay 8 months wages to YaYa and stay up.
Financially that would be nonsensical, but in reality - as you suggest - it would just be a gamble, (and not one that I would take).

Hasn't he accused Pep Guardiola of having a problem with Africans?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... break-myth" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Seems to be stirring up trouble.

It seems a strange complaint that Guardiola has never named a team with 5 non-naturalised Africans in it. I'm not aware of how common it is in Europe to play a side with 5 non-naturalised Africans - has it ever happened?

claptrappers_union wrote:Theres 27 players in that list?

Agyei & McNeil don't have to be named due to age.

Carport wrote:Very surprised to see Joe Hart is taller than Nick Pope!

There's no way that is right. Pope must surely be 6"5. Hart has never seen 6"4.