January transfer window rumours.

[RVclaret]

BURNLEY WANT £12M ANTOINE SEMENYO AS BRISTOL CITY BOSS MAKES BID CLAIM

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/01/23/b ... bid-claim/

This was a while ago, we are signing Foster

[randomclaret2]

BURNLEY WANT £12M ANTOINE SEMENYO AS BRISTOL CITY BOSS MAKES BID CLAIM

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/01/23/b ... bid-claim/

The quotes from Pearson in that article are from last week

[ArmchairDetective]

BURNLEY WANT £12M ANTOINE SEMENYO AS BRISTOL CITY BOSS MAKES BID CLAIM

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/01/23/b ... bid-claim/

Think this was released to local press initially last week bait Westerlo into accepting the Foster deal. Seems to have worked.

[Tricky Trevor]

He didnt go to college in the US dunno where he got that from at all tbh didnt play or go to school there.

I posted higher up he started with Orlando Pirates, in Joburg. Orlando might have thrown some?

[Lancasterclaret]

HITC are click bait

All they do is what we can do with a simple google search

[boatshed bill]

Dzeko is almost 37 and Milner is 37. We've got a manager with plenty of PL experience if you think that really matters. I don't think paying a high wage on players way past their best is a good idea.

Agreed. And if we think it's such a good idea why not get a few who have already retired to hang around the group... much cheaper.

[HiThere]

BURNLEY WANT £12M ANTOINE SEMENYO AS BRISTOL CITY BOSS MAKES BID CLAIM

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2023/01/23/b ... bid-claim/

Probably a back up in the event Foster fell through.

Did he study at a US college?

[NRC]

Did he study at a US college?

Nope - we haven’t figured out how to tap that system yet

[Stayingup]

Chelsea reportedly spending again after laready spending more £200 million. They have some really good accountants to avoid the FFP fate of QPR, Bkackburn etc.

[Lancasterclaret]

Chelsea reportedly spending again after laready spending more £200 million. They have some really good accountants to avoid the FFP fate of QPR, Bkackburn etc.

Not sure, but their academy set up and loan system really helps offset it

[jedi_master]

Not sure, but their academy set up and loan system really helps offset it

We can help them further with that when they sell us Maatsen in the summer.

[Newcastleclaret93]

Chelsea reportedly spending again after laready spending more £200 million. They have some really good accountants to avoid the FFP fate of QPR, Bkackburn etc.

Arnt they in the unique position where the previous owner wrote off all their debt? Making them effectively a clean slate for spending

[AfloatinClaret]

... some really good accountants to avoid the FFP fate of QPR, Bkackburn etc.

As my grandfather often remarked: For a business to be successful it needs a really sharp Accountant, so it's worth waiting a few months for the right one to get out of Strangeways if needs be.

[Bfc]

While this is not a rumour, I wonder if we’ve approached Bristol City with a Barnes plus cash transfer deal for Semenyo?.

[dibraidio]

Might depend whether Saints recall Tella, if they do then I can see us snapping up Obafemi especially if the £3m fee is accurate.

If Tella goes surely Twine would be the main beneficiary? I thought Obafemi would have been in competition with Jay and Barnes?

Tella may well be pricing himself out of a permanent move which makes it even more important for us to get minutes into the likes of Twine and Churlinov to see if they really can cut at this level and see how they fit into the team.

[Colburn_Claret]

Shame as he seems a steal at £3M. Not much to lose at that price.

It was mentioned somewhere yesterday, about 10 pages ago, that one expected signing, stopped because the selling club upped the price at the last minute. This could well have been Swansea, if indeed it was true.

[Ric_C]

Surely if Saints were going to recall Tella they'd have done so by now?

[HistoricalClaret]

It was mentioned somewhere yesterday, about 10 pages ago, that one expected signing, stopped because the selling club upped the price at the last minute. This could well have been Swansea, if indeed it was true.

That was Foster we agreed 7 mil euros total they upped it to 10 so we are now paying 7 upfront with 3 on promotion

[Boxy]

It was mentioned somewhere yesterday, about 10 pages ago, that one expected signing, stopped because the selling club upped the price at the last minute. This could well have been Swansea, if indeed it was true.

That was foster I believe. Asked for 10m at the final stage

[Boxy]

Surely if Saints were going to recall Tella they'd have done so by now?

Can recall any time until the window shuts so no need for them to rush. Can see them recalling if they don't bring enough in

[Firthy]

Surely if Saints were going to recall Tella they'd have done so by now?

Doubt they'll recall him now anyway with the siging of Orsic. The one big plus about our 4 loanees is that each one of them will want to sign for us on a permanent deal and be guaranteed game time in the Premier League. Something they might not get if they return to their old clubs.

[Chester Perry]

Arnt they in the unique position where the previous owner wrote off all their debt? Making them effectively a clean slate for spending

that has no bearing on FFP, they were not paying interest on the loans

as has been pointed out the thing that helps Chelsea the most is their ability to sell players for a profit - over 11% of transfer revenues in Premier League history have been accumulated by Chelsea - that is 30 years, 50 teams and they account for over a £1.1bn of it

https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/statu ... zAyfIsAAAA

[Chester Perry]

that has no bearing on FFP, they were not paying interest on the loans

as has been pointed out the thing that helps Chelsea the most is their ability to sell players for a profit - over 11% of transfer revenues in Premier League history have been accumulated by Chelsea - that is 30 years, 50 teams and they account for over a £1.1bn of it

https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/statu ... zAyfIsAAAA

Chelsea's lead over the rest is rather significant

[NRC]

yes, but let's see the corresponding spending and only then can we begin to judge player trading success

[NewClaret]

Chelsea's lead over the rest is rather significant

Let’s hope they want to add to that by selling Maatsen for a reasonable fee!

[Newcastleclaret93]

Chelsea's lead over the rest is rather significant

That has actually really surprised me. Can’t really remember many high profile sales.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Tanmy Abraham Tomori Zouma Hazard Courtois Ake Morata Costa

Just a few who all fetched big money

[Boxy]

Its a lot of small sales from their insane amount of squad and youth players

[OffTheBar]

Tanmy Abraham Tomori Zouma Hazard Courtois Ake Morata Costa

Just a few who all fetched big money

Even de Bruyne was about £20mill

[ClaretAL]

Burnley Target Amir Hadziahmetovic Meets Club Officials To Emphasis Exit Request

https://insidefutbol.com/2023/01/23/bur ... st/592213/

[Taffy on the wing]

This is the one that excites me most^
He looks the business.

[Claretnick]

This is the one that excites me most^
He looks the business.

I agree totally. However I have lowered my expectations on him deciding to move here.

[agreenwood]

Probably best just to see what happens with Hadziahmetovic. There’s been so many conflicting stories from the Turkish press.

Even today they can’t make up their minds on whether he’s in Istanbul to talk to Galatasaray or not, with some reporting a deal is close and others denying Galatasaray are even interested.

For all of the recent reports of him wanting to stay in Turkey, there were reports only last week that he fancies a move abroad.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Even de Bruyne was about £20mill

Forgot about him and probably loads of others, you saying him made me think of Salah I am sure they will have got something for him too

[brunlea99]

Burnley and Brentford apparently targeting Emil Holm possibly in the summer:

https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a ... ey-1782825

[Socrates]

Tanmy Abraham Tomori Zouma Hazard Courtois Ake Morata Costa

Just a few who all fetched big money

They got £50 million for David Luiz the first time they sold him to PSG.

They got big money selling Diego Costa back to Atletico Madrid too.

They also sold Oscar to a Chinese club at the height of the Chinese football boom.

[jedi_master]

Burnley and Brentford apparently targeting Emil Holm possibly in the summer:

https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a ... ey-1782825

Well, if Brentford have scouted him and want him it's probably worth us wanting him, they're rarely wrong.

[Bordeauxclaret]

List of Chelsea deals here.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-chel ... verein/631

Not heard of some of them that have gone for big money.
Pasalic -£14m, Aina - £9m

Not sure how accurate the prices are.

[NewClaret]

Not to mention a crazy fee for Hazard!

[HitchinClaret]

Well, if Brentford have scouted him and want him it's probably worth us wanting him, they're rarely wrong.

Wiki has him as a right back. Looks about 12 years old, very much a baby face.

[NewClaret]

Wiki has him as a right back. Looks about 12 years old, very much a baby face.

191 cm tall though so big lad!

[Taffy on the wing]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTN_3buiPQk

Baby faced killer more like........he looks good.

[clarethomer]

Burnley Target Amir Hadziahmetovic Meets Club Officials To Emphasis Exit Request

https://insidefutbol.com/2023/01/23/bur ... st/592213/

Maybe he is featuring on the next sky documentary about transfer deadlines. In the current documentary it follows 4 players and their transfer journeys over last summer.

1 player was asked by his agent to meet with the club to express his desire to move to a club. This was after the club indicated to the agent they were open to offers. However, because of a 1st international call up, it changed the clubs thinking which led them to say that they would now be looking for bigger fee at the same time as the player had found a place they wanted to play. As a result the player was forced to say I want to leave and I want to go to this specific club to develop further. All the club were bothered about was increasing the price on him so he made it clear he wouldn't just go to the highest bidder where he wouldn't get the playing time potentially.

1 player told the club he wanted to leave without the knowledge of his agent. The player grew frustrated by the lack of progression and felt it was his club causing delays and barriers to his future.

1 player was told he could be sold but then wasn't because of other factors - mainly because of an injury to another player and it said he had hardly featured so far in the season. It didn't help because the buying clubs all wanted loans with an option.

1 player said to the club that he didn't want to renew his contract when it expired with 1 year left to run. It came across that the club had given the agent permission to see if they could get a fee, would that be considered rather than have him leave on a free.

Having done that and being told he could leave, it appeared that he was messed about by the club - even got to the point where the Manager stoked it up by making some dig at the player no longer wanting to play for the club or shirt. When he would have seen his contract out by the sounds of it. He did eventually move but the club dragged it out.

What was a common theme about the transfers was all the data being used by clubs and agents to find the right fit both from doing a job needed at the club and providing the right next step to that player. The process for the player, agent and club to engineer the pieces of the jigsaw to get it to work was something that wasn't easy or straight forward. They would say one thing, do another etc.

[Boxy]

Southampton close to spending 25m on a new forward. Surley a good sign for us keeping tella

[Goalposts]

Probably best just to see what happens with Hadziahmetovic. There’s been so many conflicting stories from the Turkish press.

Even today they can’t make up their minds on whether he’s in Istanbul to talk to Galatasaray or not, with some reporting a deal is close and others denying Galatasaray are even interested.

For all of the recent reports of him wanting to stay in Turkey, there were reports only last week that he fancies a move abroad.

Agree, but having seen clips on YouTube his ability to spot a forward killer pass to speedy wingers, you can see what VK sees him fitting into the team a heads up forward playing midfielder , two footed who can lay a pass on a plate…. Hopefully it will happen

[AGENT_CLARET]

One for us ?? We've been linked before

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[Lancasterclaret]

One for us ?? We've been linked before



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Surely you know already?

[HiThere]

One for us ?? We've been linked before

We're signing Nigel Farage?

[Ampth7]

We're signing Nigel Farage?

[NewClaret]

We're signing Nigel Farage?

Nah that’s the type of age profile we’d have signed a few years back