January 2022 Burnley Transfer Window Rumours - Links - Discussion

[Newcastleclaret93]

An upgraded position I would say. But yes, I do think we need more than that in reality.

Difficult to say if it’s an upgraded position or not.

Wood was proven in this league, to date Weghorst isn’t. I would say at best we are in the exact same spot.

[Papabendi]

Difficult to say if it’s an upgraded position or not.

Wood was proven in this league, to date Weghorst isn’t. I would say at best we are in the exact same spot.

it's a punt - albeit on paper a promising one.

[ClaretTony]

An upgraded position I would say. But yes, I do think we need more than that in reality.

Hopefully it will be but it is easier to score goals in the Bundesliga than it is in the Premier League, just ask Timo Werner.

There is a lot of positivity around Weghorst and hopefully he will become a really good signing for us.

[Jakubclaret]

Difficult to say if it’s an upgraded position or not.

Wood was proven in this league, to date Weghorst isn’t. I would say at best we are in the exact same spot.

Isn’t that much difference in terms of age about 8 mths as well.

[Andreshotboots]

Let's see what's happened by Monday night but this news is very disappointing. It just felt like the two probables, and then one maybe would give us a real shot in the arm for Watford and beyond.

Now it feels like being 1 -0 up with 2 minutes left and losing 2-1

[Indecisive]

There is still the possibility that the club wanted him for Sunday and this is a smokescreen, until after the game, but it’s unlikely.

The team over there must be pulling theit hair out with frustration, but if it’s dead, there is no time to morn; we still need another to fill the same gap.

I’ve been quiet on this but really expected this one to happen after getting so close. Next.

Think we are clutching at straws if we think there’s any chance he’ll be pulling on a Burnley shirt at some stage.

[quoonbeatz]

Weghorst looks like he might take the sort of chances that Wood spurned with increasing regularity. And with Cornet back, this squad has enough about it to stay up.

It will be difficult, no doubt, but it's in our hands. Writing the season off at this stage does nobody any favours.

[JohnDearyMe]

The club missed a trick in not bringing back Clive Holt on retainer to get this deal over the line. I'm led to believe he's fluent in Croatian which would have helped no end

[Jakubclaret]

By all accounts he would have received higher wages at Burnley, so what this is down to I don't think it's purely about money.

And it appears AP did everything he could to get this one over the line, these things happen time to move onto other targets.

We don’t know that for sure 100%, none of it seems to make any logical sense it seems to be a pattern of us not getting deals completed but strangely the board never seem to be at
fault despite that same pattern continuing.

[ClaretTony]

The club missed a trick in not bringing back Clive Holt on retainer to get this deal over the line. I'm led to believe he's fluent in Croatian which would have helped no end

He definitely isn’t part of the team in Croatia. I saw him last night at the U23 game.

[minnieclaret]

the player had a change of heart

You keep repeating this but I’d think it far more likely that his club, owners of his contract, have had a change of heart. He could well be as peeved as we are.

[Indecisive]

Let's see what's happened by Monday night but this news is very disappointing. It just felt like the two probables, and then one maybe would give us a real shot in the arm for Watford and beyond.

Now it feels like being 1 -0 up with 2 minutes left and losing 2-1

100% it feels like this as a fan.

However for the players they hopefully will feel they’ve got the opportunity to prove that they can still cut it at this level.

I want to see the commitment we saw at the emirates. If we replicate that for the next few months, we would stay up without any new additions… and have a summer to strengthen properly.

[ClaretAL]

Beat Watford next week and game on

[RVclaret]

Weghorst looks like he might take the sort of chances that Wood spurned with increasing regularity. And with Cornet back, this squad has enough about it to stay up.

It will be difficult, no doubt, but it's in our hands. Writing the season off at this stage does nobody any favours.

You think? Newcastle have strengthened whereas we haven’t. Who are we finishing above? What happens if Cornet gets injured again (quite likely given the sheer amount of games we have). I think it will be very very very difficult for us to stay up if we don’t add more quality.

[ClaretTony]

You keep repeating this but I’d think it far more likely that his club, owners of his contract, have had a change of heart. He could well be as peeved as we are.

I’m still far from convinced it was a change of heart from the player

[ClaretPete001]

Pretty much what we already know but more on Ramsey

https://insidefutbol.com/2022/01/29/bur ... on/546672/

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

[Papabendi]

I’m still far from convinced it was a change of heart from the player

then the negotiating team have been naive and misread the situation based on the time it was taking to complete.

[HahaYeah]

Fabrizio Romano has some credibility and he has linked us to AR on his twitter account.

Although granted he might not want to take a wage cut

[ElectroClaret]

Beat Watford next week and game on

That now has become a must, if it wasn't before.

[RVclaret]

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

It’s a loan. We’d cover a fraction of his wages. Juventus just want him out as he won’t be playing at all. They get 50k a week they wouldn’t have had from us. Player gets regular football with his international qualifiers coming in march and World Cup later in the year. Puts himself in the shop window for a bigger move in the summer. I think it’s unlikely but if he’s zero other offers by late tomorrow, he has to decide if he wants to play football in the PL or sit in the stands at Juve.

[arise_sir_charge]

I’m heartened by the fact we’ve been linked with loads of payers this window, which makes me think that it’s more probable we have a plan B this time unlike the other instances.

I don’t expect us to sign Ramsey but simply saying “he’s on £400k per week” takes no account of the multiple ways such deals are structured. It’s highly likely, wherever he goes he will still pull £400k per week until his contract expires.

[RVclaret]

Fabrizio Romano has some credibility and he has linked us to AR on his twitter account.

Although granted he might not want to take a wage cut

See my post above, there is no wage cut. He still gets his full wages from Juve, we contribute an amount to it.

[Spijed]

Difficult to say if it’s an upgraded position or not.

Wood was proven in this league, to date Weghorst isn’t. I would say at best we are in the exact same spot.

For whatever reason Wood wasn't happy as he said as much being in a comfort zone. At least a new striker should have something to prove at the very least.

[duncandisorderly]

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

One way or another, Ramsey will still get his £400k a week. It's whether he wants to collect it by playing for six months or sitting in the italian sun for six months.

[kentonclaret]

100 pages approaching without a confirmed signing but one major outgoing.

[NewClaret]

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

The more I read that he’s reluctant to join, wants a move to Palace, etc. the less I want him anyway.

I’d rather we go with players who want to be here. It could be toxic to introduce some who don’t.

[minnieclaret]

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

As said earlier we would not be picking up the £400k/week contract. Juve, I suspect, would be happy to get him off their books to save half of that. For the quality of the player and the possibility of staying in the PL I would snatch their hands off for him.
£200k x 17 weeks = £3.4m. He gets to play and in Summer we say thank you very much.

[Dark Cloud]

Went to bed extremely hopeful and almost buoyant for the first time in ages last night and then this. We've no idea who is to blame right now, but my gut feelings are it's not AP as he has done everything possible and it's probably not the player as he apparently fancied giving it a go. It's smacks so much of Lansbury all over again and stupid, deceitful, two faced owners not doing "gentlemanly" business. Gutted and angry right now tbh.

[elwaclaret]

Again it doesn't seem like a credible story. Why would one of the highest earners at a Seria A club move to a relegation dog fight when he could sit out his contract and move for free at some point. According to reports he's on £400,000 a week.

Because he’s desperate to return, but no one will take a punt on a player who has be en out in the cold for much of his astronomic contract. A few months saving Burnley would, one would assume mitigate against other clubs attitude to signing him and make the next deal far more attractive to buying clubs in the summer.

[Jakubclaret]

It’s a loan. We’d cover a fraction of his wages. Juventus just want him out as he won’t be playing at all. They get 50k a week they wouldn’t have had from us. Player gets regular football with his international qualifiers coming in march and World Cup later in the year. Puts himself in the shop window for a bigger move in the summer. I think it’s unlikely but if he’s zero other offers by late tomorrow, he has to decide if he wants to play football in the PL or sit in the stands at Juve.

Do you not think other more attractive clubs have offered that same proposition, other clubs with more clout than us have backed out because he’s on too much & if there’s any reduction before February he’ll go somewhere else that’s a closer match to his current deal.

[kendalianclaret]

I just hope Weghorst isn't already reading some of the comments on here about is possible inclusion in the Burnley squad, ie not an improvement on Wood, not good enough, (maybe you mean the clubs business isn't) but remember he isn't English and might not understand the meaning exactly, or we may discourage him from signing then we will really be back at square one minus Wood.
I think the negativity towards the club by some posters is terrible, but in fairness if we signed Ronaldo the same posters would be complaining that we hadn't signed Sane and Mane as well.
I am sure if the moaners want to invest there own money in these signings i'm sure the club would be happy to accept, lets let them get on with their business and understand that these disappointments do happen onwards and upwards with the Clarets.

[jojomk1]

If any foreign players get linked to BFC they will likely never have even heard much of us
In which case their first move will be to look at the current table where they will see us bottom of the league with just one win
Not exactly a ringing endorsement for anyone to move here
More money may be an incentive but not when relegation reductions of the same come into the transfer negotiations
As for the English market it gets even harder as all players clearly know the problems we have
Would be delighted/amazed if we get any deals done over this weekend
Pace may be trying his best but, at this minute in time, we are a hard sell to anyone

[Top Claret]

Any update on the Dutch lad, is it or isn't it a goer?. The longer this drags on the more I think that we are all going to be disappointed

[Top Claret]

Nearly 5000 posts, 100 pages and not one signing, amazing

[RVclaret]

Any update on the Dutch lad, is it or isn't it a goer?. The longer this drags on the more I think that we are all going to be disappointed

CT highlighted before he is very confident we will get him. But as we have just seen, until we see the player holding up a scarf on the Turf there will always be doubt.

[SalisburyClaret]

Isn’t Ramsey a long way from being fit and hasn’t he already said no to us.

[elwaclaret]

I just hope Weghorst isn't already reading some of the comments on here about is possible inclusion in the Burnley squad, ie not an improvement on Wood, not good enough, (maybe you mean the clubs business isn't) but remember he isn't English and might not understand the meaning exactly, or we may discourage him from signing then we will really be back at square one minus Wood.
I think the negativity towards the club by some posters is terrible, but in fairness if we signed Ronaldo the same posters would be complaining that we hadn't signed Sane and Mane as well.
I am sure if the moaners want to invest there own money in these signings i'm sure the club would be happy to accept, lets let them get on with their business and understand that these disappointments do happen onwards and upwards with the Clarets.

I think Twitter is a far more likely candidate for causing any changes of heart, rather than him being aware of ‘Up the Clarets’, popular as it is, we are unofficial and generally off the radar for most Burnley fans, let alone non-Burnley fans.

[Top Claret]

Isn’t Ramsey a long way from being fit and hasn’t he already said no to us.

It would be ridiculous signing a player who isn't fit and paying him 400k a week with our finances

[ClaretTony]

For whatever reason Wood wasn't happy as he said as much being in a comfort zone. At least a new striker should have something to prove at the very least.

Don’t read too much into an interview a player has done internally for his new club

[Jakubclaret]

The level of delusion is astounding if we can’t broker a deal with Andy Carroll’s wage demands how the hell are any terms going to be acceptable to whatever Ramsey wants.

[RVclaret]

It would be ridiculous signing a player who isn't fit and paying him 400k a week with our finances

For the millionth time we wouldn’t be paying him anywhere near 400k a week. Probably a 10th of that.

[Firthy]

We could do a lot worse than getting Knight and Lawrence from Derby. They wouldn't cost the earth and at least give us some options.

[elwaclaret]

This reminds me of the noise around Cornet, and then it was suddenly sorted out and he was on his way…
Well, it’s still a possibility and those over there will have a clearer idea, and hopefully the return flight can be delayed/diverted to sort out “a player” before they return.

[Top Claret]

For the millionth time we wouldn’t be paying him anywhere near 400k a week. Probably a 10th of that.

I know that.. I am just trying to get to 100 pages

[kendalianclaret]

I think Twitter is a far more likely candidate for causing any changes of heart, rather than him being aware of ‘Up the Clarets’, popular as it is, we are unofficial and generally off the radar for most Burnley fans, let alone non-Burnley fans.

I agree regarding Twitter, and yes this isn't the club's site, but this is still a Burnley fans/supporters site, and don't be fooled into thinking players don't read it, because they do.

[quoonbeatz]

You think? Newcastle have strengthened whereas we haven’t. Who are we finishing above? What happens if Cornet gets injured again (quite likely given the sheer amount of games we have). I think it will be very very very difficult for us to stay up if we don’t add more quality.

Yep, we've got half a season to play yet. Not bothered about what anyone else has done or is doing, it's in our hands. If we can play most games at full strength, the points are there to be won.

[Papabendi]

CT highlighted before he is very confident we will get him. But as we have just seen, until we see the player holding up a scarf on the Turf there will always be doubt.

Holding up a scarf at Turf Moor isn't a rubber stamp either...

[ClaretPete001]

Isn’t Ramsey a long way from being fit and hasn’t he already said no to us.

Well any proportion of £400k is a lot for a player who would have to come into a relegation dog fight after not playing and be better than what we have.

In terms of Weghorst he is valued at £18 million on some sites, which is also a lot and Wolfsburg are in a relegation battle themselves.

I think at this point I'm just going to wait until Monday because I can't see the Wood for the Weghorsts at the moment.....!

[Mala591]

It’s a loan. We’d cover a fraction of his wages. Juventus just want him out as he won’t be playing at all. They get 50k a week they wouldn’t have had from us. Player gets regular football with his international qualifiers coming in march and World Cup later in the year. Puts himself in the shop window for a bigger move in the summer. I think it’s unlikely but if he’s zero other offers by late tomorrow, he has to decide if he wants to play football in the PL or sit in the stands at Juve.

Dear ClaretTony, Could you please forward this message to Aaron Ramsey’s e-mail address. Thank you.

[Rombald]

And with our games piling up from here on its a guarantee we pick up a few knocks from being unable to rotate. We also know another injury to Cornet makes us look like a league one team. It’s now desperate that we bring in at least 1, ideally 2 as well as Wood’s replacement.

League one team? Really?