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by Flying Without Ings » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:32 pm
Says online he’s another winger…
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by Guller Bull » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:33 pm
Yup misread the above article
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by RVclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:34 pm
Yeah just double checked and he played 17 times on the right wing last season, 10 at attacking mid and 7 on the left.
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by Newcastleclaret93 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:36 pm
RVclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:27 pm
Where did you see that? The article didn’t mention a fee.
Edit - ignore me I see it in the actual tweet now
Another winger.
Someone has to be on the way out
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by CoolClaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:37 pm
It’s worth mentioning that JBG will not be playing as a winger and can be counted out of our ‘number of wingers’ list.
VK sees him very much as an eight/attacking midfielder
I don’t think we will see him play wide at all.
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by Newcastleclaret93 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:40 pm
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:37 pm
It’s worth mentioning that JBG will not be playing as a winger and can be counted out of our ‘number of wingers’ list.
VK sees him very much as an eight/attacking midfielder
I don’t think we will see him play wide at all.
I honestly think some have got to be on the way out
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by taio » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:41 pm
Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:40 pm
I honestly think some have got to be on the way out
That would of course make sense and be an obvious thing to happen
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by CoolClaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:42 pm
Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:40 pm
I honestly think some have got to be on the way out
Such as?
I also think a lot of the ‘links’ are probably ********
There’s no way Kompany goes into a season with 8 wingers and one left back, at least imo
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by Taffy on the wing » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:43 pm
I don't see anything worth 11 million on those highlights.
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by Newcastleclaret93 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:45 pm
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:42 pm
Such as?
I also think a lot of the ‘links’ are probably ********
There’s no way Kompany goes into a season with 8 wingers and one left back, at least imo
I am not sure but I am assuming this gentleman is being brought in to play that Flemming role.
I just can’t see the club having so many players on the books.
Taking money etc… out of the equation this lad looks like a really promising youngster
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by Newcastleclaret93 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:47 pm
This lad actually plays similar to Alex Scott (similar age as well).
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by RVclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:48 pm
Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:43 pm
I don't see anything worth 11 million on those highlights.
Likely be a total fee of €11m euros with future bonuses etc.
So approx £9.4m.
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by Rowls » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:53 pm
€11 = £9.45
Edit -posted at same time as rvclaret
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by jedi_master » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:53 pm
There was a guy on here a week or so ago who said Benson had done his ACL. We all said it was rubbish, me included, but the continued absence of Benny and then the insane volume of wide player links just made it pop back into my head.
Surely we’d know though?
(Sorry to speculate on this, just something that occurred to me…).
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by RVclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:55 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:53 pm
There was a guy on here a week or so ago who said Benson had done his ACL. We all said it was rubbish, me included, but the continued absence of Benny and then the insane volume of wide player links just made it pop back into my head.
Surely we’d know though?
(Sorry to speculate on this, just something that occurred to me…).
Benson has been on videos put out by the club over the past week playing basketball
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by arise_sir_charge » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:56 pm
Taffy on the wing wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:43 pm
I don't see anything worth 11 million on those highlights.
I suspect that those making the decisions will be basing said decisions on more than that YouTube video.
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by jedi_master » Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:59 pm
RVclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:55 pm
Benson has been on videos put out by the club over the past week playing basketball
Thanks, hadn’t seen that.
As an ACL sufferer that is all I needed to hear as I could barely walk 20 steps without buckling whilst I was waiting on surgery

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by Hedontplayforyou » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:13 pm

Wouldn’t be registered in the 25 man squad being 18
But wow if this is true we are being relentless in search of the next big players clearly, or players who fit the buy low sell high model.
Where do we stop with the wingers?
Not too long ago we only had McNeil an injured JBG and an ageing Aaron Lennon
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by Firthy » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:14 pm
RVclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:55 pm
Benson has been on videos put out by the club over the past week playing basketball
Could be the next Muggsy Bogues

Maybe his career is going in a different direction

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by Tricky Trevor » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:21 pm
Can we drop this panic about signing wingers. They are all footballers.
When England won the World Cup with Ramseys wingless wonders wingers all over the country became MFs. At our club alone Ralph Coates and Willie Morgan, although after his move. Some fantastic MFs came out of this batch of former wingers.
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by jedi_master » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:33 pm
The right back from Galatasaray looks a fabulous player to me. Fast, athletic, skilful and strong. Really hope there is some truth to the link/bid for him.
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by Rowls » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:39 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:33 pm
The right back from Galatasaray looks a fabulous player to me. Fast, athletic, skilful and strong. Really hope there is some truth to the link/bid for him.
Obviously it's only YouTube clips but he looks world class.
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by Nori1958 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:39 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:33 pm
The right back from Galatasaray looks a fabulous player to me. Fast, athletic, skilful and strong. Really hope there is some truth to the link/bid for him.
Seems a strange one at 20+mil..
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by AGENT_CLARET » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:50 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:33 pm
The right back from Galatasaray looks a fabulous player to me. Fast, athletic, skilful and strong. Really hope there is some truth to the link/bid for him.
Not a chance we're buying him
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by taio » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:52 pm
Nori1958 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:39 pm
Seems a strange one at 20+mil..
Same here - surely we don't spend that sort of money on a fullback
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by Goalposts » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:57 pm
Seriously where is all this money coming from…

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by Hedontplayforyou » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:57 pm
What a difference to a few windows ago . The amount of names and numbers we are seeing is crazy.
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by Hedontplayforyou » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:58 pm
Goalposts wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:57 pm
Seriously where is all this money coming from…
Been wondering this myself
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by Nori1958 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:58 pm
Bid of 8m for Muric incoming from fenabache
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by NewClaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:00 pm
Nori1958 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:58 pm
Bid of 8m for Muric incoming from fenabache
My god if we sell Muric full stop, never mind for €8m, we need our heads examining!
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by Nori1958 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:04 pm
NewClaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:00 pm
My god if we sell Muric full stop, never mind for €8m, we need our heads examining!
Fenerbahçe, 24 yaşındaki Kosovalı kaleci Arijanet Muric için Burnley kulübüne €8M resmi teklif yaptı.
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by 123EasyasBFC » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:15 pm
Current wingers
Benson
Zaroury
Churlinov - loan or sold
Larsen
Redmond - might play more as a 10
Koleosho - in and out of first team
Linked
Townsend
Tella
Clarke
Odobert
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by Flying Without Ings » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:22 pm
Loan deal close for Lokonga - according to Sacha.
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by RVclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:24 pm
Flying Without Ings wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:22 pm
Loan deal close for Lokonga - according to Sacha.
Great news
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by andyh » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:29 pm
One observation is that we would probably play 4 each game. Kompany nearly always subs his wide players. So maybe we need a pool of 6-7.
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by randomclaret2 » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:30 pm
andyh wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:29 pm
One observation is that we would probably play 4 each game. Kompany nearly always subs his wide players. So maybe we need a pool of 6-7.
And 9 subs this season
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by 123EasyasBFC » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:37 pm
There will be nobody playing out wide this season unless they are on it, with the amount of options we have
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by FeedTheArf » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:41 pm
NewClaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:00 pm
My god if we sell Muric full stop, never mind for €8m, we need our heads examining!
Turkish clubs always seem like the pawn shop of football clubs. They always end up underpaying for players (usually the ones clubs are happy to get rid of).
Muric will have a rep in Turkey from his loan spell there but we’ve got to be looking for more than 8m. Though if you’d have asked me after the Blackpool home game I’d have bitten your hand off. Most improved player last year by a country mile and deserves the chance to start the season as number 1, even considering the fee for Trafford.
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by daveisaclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:41 pm
I'm a huge Muric fan but if it's a case of selling our back-up goalie for more than twice what we paid a year ago, it's a bit of a no brainer.
It isn't happening yet but I do think some people are going to really overreact when we start selling our better players.
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by jedi_master » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:41 pm
Flying Without Ings wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:22 pm
Loan deal close for Lokonga - according to Sacha.
Praying we have an option in this!
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by RVclaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:43 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:41 pm
Praying we have an option in this!
Sacha said the final discussions ongoing are around option to buy or obligation if x amount of games are played
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by colne-claret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:44 pm
Option to buy apparently.
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by taio » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:46 pm
RVclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:43 pm
Sacha said the final discussions ongoing are around option to buy or obligation if x amount of games are played
Hopefully any obligation to buy would only apply if we stay up.
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by jedi_master » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:47 pm
RVclaret wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:43 pm
Sacha said the final discussions ongoing are around option to buy or obligation if x amount of games are played
Perfect.
Assuming VK gets Lokonga performing as he was pre-Arsenal then we need a decent price inserting now as the risk of him suddenly becoming a £30m+ player in a year which would be a shame for us.
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by ClaretInLeeds » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:55 pm
Newcastleclaret93 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:36 pm
Another winger.
Someone has to be on the way out
If you throw enough ****, one day some will stick.
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by ClaretInLeeds » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:56 pm
taio wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:46 pm
Hopefully any obligation to buy would only apply if we stay up.
The post literally states after a set amount of games.
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by Darnhill Claret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:56 pm
Does anyone seriously think we are going to be involved in a relegation scrap?
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by CoolClaret » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:57 pm
Be beyond stupid to sell Muric for €8 mill
I still don’t think people realise how talented that lad is.
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by ClaretInLeeds » Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:58 pm
jedi_master wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:59 pm
Thanks, hadn’t seen that.
As an ACL sufferer that is all I needed to hear as I could barely walk 20 steps without buckling whilst I was waiting on surgery
Must’ve been bad/worse than any other ACL as you can still walk once you’ve done it. Maybe you’ve got a funny walk?
