Summer 2024 Transfer Window Discussion - Rumours and Links welcome

[RVclaret]

Is it still the consensus view that we're going go rake in some big bucks for Trafford ?
Or are people coming round to the view that we're going to have to take a biggish hit with this one?

Sorry what is this ‘biggish hit’? We’ve already rejected a bid offering the same amount we bought him for? All reports suggest we are asking for £25-30m. I hope he stays.

[BabylonClaret]

Can't see people wanting to shell big money for Traff, but who knows. Likewise Amdouni - how on earth do we value him at 18m?? I know we paid a fair wedge and want to make a profit but he's done pretty much nothing really to warrant that price tag- I mean we o ly pegged 20 for Sander who was streets ahead of him

[summitclaret]

Is it still the consensus view that we're going go rake in some big bucks for Trafford ?
Or are people coming round to the view that we're going to have to take a biggish hit with this one?

Neither atm. Play him, build up his confidence and sell him at some future date. Oh and stop zonal marking and get a Cork replacement as dcm,
someone 6 foot.

[Tall Paul]

Don't worry the Premier league won't let Everton get relegated to the Championship with a brand new multi multi million pound show stadium

I wonder why they had a penalty overturned when the score was 0-0. Surely a perfect opportunity for the PL to help them out.

[claretskeith]

Neither atm. Play him, build up his confidence and sell him at some future date. Oh and stop zonal marking and get a Cork replacement as dcm,
someone 6 foot.

It wouldn't surprise me if Trafford starts tomorrow. I think we either need to sell or give him a full season.

[wadeswondergoal]

How have you got that figure??

Sorry, really poor error from me there - that’s per month!

[roperclaret]

Shrewd bit of business to net over a million quid for a player that left at the end of his contract a couple of months ago.

I read that as being his wage

[Jakubclaret]

It wouldn't surprise me if Trafford starts tomorrow. I think we either need to sell or give him a full season.

You can only sell if you have a buyer & are realistic about the price. I think there'll have to be an acceptance that we paid over the odds & will lose out.

[summitclaret]

It wouldn't surprise me if Trafford starts tomorrow. I think we either need to sell or give him a full season.

His value is unlikely to increase if he sits on the bench all season. We have to play him. He'll be fine if the boo boys leave him alone and the rest get a song going for him. Like England's next nr 1.

[Blyclaret]

Oh someone with more money than sense will pay big money for Trafford.

[Hipper]

If the report on JBG is correct and we received 1.5M Euros then this must rank as a superb bit of business by Mr Pace.
Meets JBG on the plane back from Europe. Has a natter. Confirms that the nasty Mr Kompany has gone.
Persuades JBG to sign again for us. JBG scores a cracker against Cardiff but flies off to Saudi Arabia the next week.
Burnley trouser over a £1 million for their services.

Even Steve Cotterill never thought of this - did he? Much to our amazement he got £1.2 million for Wayne Thomas to Southampton, and even more amazingly, £50,000 from Leeds for Ian Moore. I don't think these can be bettered.

[BB4Claret]

The €1.5m could refer to his wages for 18 months, rather than a transfer fee.

You don’t uproot your family to Saudi for £16K per week. He’d easily have been on that here at Burnley.

£1.3 million for Johan is good business by the club.

[Colburn_Claret]

PRESENT SQUAD - STARTING XI NOW - CAPABLE OF STARTING XI WHEN FIT

1 James Trafford
2 Dara O’Shea
3 Shurandy Sambo
5 Maxime Estève
6 CJ Egan-Riley
8 Josh Brownhill
9 Jay Rodriguez
10 Manuel Benson
14 Connor Roberts
15 Nathan Redmond
17 Lyle Foster
18 Hjalmar Ekdal
20 Etienne Green
21 Aaron Ramsey
22 Vitinho
23 Lucas Pires
24 Josh Cullen
25 Zeki Amdouni
28 Ameen Al-Dakhil
29 Wout Weghorst
30 Luca Koleosho
31 Mike Trésor
32 Václav Hladký
34 Luke McNally
36 Jordan Beyer
37 Andréas Hountondji
39 Owen Dodgson
40 Charlie Casper
42 Han-Noah Massengo
44 Hannes Delcroix
48 Enock Agyei
Bashir Humphreys
Joe Worrall


LEFT PERMANENT

Wilson Odobert
Anass Zaroury
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

LEFT ON LOAN

Dara Costelloe
Darko Churlinov
Michael Obafemi


For the bed wetters, we still have a massive pool of players, all capable of playing for top teams at this level. When players get back to fitness the pool gets even bigger. The likes of Sambo and Agyei could be added to that pool when we see them on the pitch.
If fans really think we have a problem, I can guarantee there are 21 teams in this league that would love our 'problem'.

[warksclaret]

Scotty will have several big decisions to make tomorrow, but I hope Amdouini still starts despite the gossip. The big decisions will be Oshea or Worrall, and does Trafford start. If Oshea does not or is supposedly "suffering a niggle" !!, that will tell us something

[EarbyClaret]

Things may have changed but I assumed bringing in a 'keeper of Hladky's calibre - ever-present for Ipswich last season - we intended or maybe still intend to sell Trafford

Wouldn't be surprised to see him go to a top-end PL club as back-up and play in domestic cups and early round European fixtures - as others have said he'd also help with the home-grown quota

[Burnley87]

As poor as Amdouni was last season he will get 20 goals this season and personally I think it’s important we keep hold of him if we want to win the league.

[MarkGreen]

PRESENT SQUAD - STARTING XI NOW - CAPABLE OF STARTING XI WHEN FIT

1 James Trafford
2 Dara O’Shea
3 Shurandy Sambo
5 Maxime Estève
6 CJ Egan-Riley
8 Josh Brownhill
9 Jay Rodriguez
10 Manuel Benson
14 Connor Roberts
15 Nathan Redmond
17 Lyle Foster
18 Hjalmar Ekdal
20 Etienne Green
21 Aaron Ramsey
22 Vitinho
23 Lucas Pires
24 Josh Cullen
25 Zeki Amdouni
28 Ameen Al-Dakhil
29 Wout Weghorst
30 Luca Koleosho
31 Mike Trésor
32 Václav Hladký
34 Luke McNally
36 Jordan Beyer
37 Andréas Hountondji
39 Owen Dodgson
40 Charlie Casper
42 Han-Noah Massengo
44 Hannes Delcroix
48 Enock Agyei
Bashir Humphreys
Joe Worrall


LEFT PERMANENT

Wilson Odobert
Anass Zaroury
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

LEFT ON LOAN

Dara Costelloe
Darko Churlinov
Michael Obafemi


For the bed wetters, we still have a massive pool of players, all capable of playing for top teams at this level. When players get back to fitness the pool gets even bigger. The likes of Sambo and Agyei could be added to that pool when we see them on the pitch.
If fans really think we have a problem, I can guarantee there are 21 teams in this league that would love our 'problem'.

Some big absentees from the LEFT list.

Scott Twine
Sander Berge
Charlie Taylor
Samuel Bastien
Bailey Peacock-Farrell

[warksclaret]

As poor as Amdouni was last season he will get 20 goals this season and personally I think it’s important we keep hold of him if we want to win the league.

Totally agree- with Odobert, JBG and Zaroury having all gone who would all have chipped in with a number of goals .Add to that Wout going, and I hate to say it, we all desperately hope and pray that Lyle will have no re-occurrence of the issues he has faced this past season.That of course unless Scotty has someone up his sleeve who can score. Amdouini has the skills to produce this seasons "Tella" for us

[matttheclaret]

Some big absentees from the LEFT list.

Scott Twine
Sander Berge
Charlie Taylor
Samuel Bastien
Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Muric too

[wadeswondergoal]

Trafford
Roberts O’Shea Esteve Pires
Vitinho Cullen Brownhill Koleosho
Amdouni Foster

Hladky
Worrall
Benson
Jay
Wout
Houtondji
HNM
Sambo
Humphreys

[Firthy]

Still not convinced that O'Shea will be going anywhere. I don't think PL clubs want to pay the asking price for a basically unproven PL player. Similar with Amdouni, sounds like he's being priced out of a move. Hope the club continue to play hardball and we keep these two for the season.

[claretskeith]

Still not convinced that O'Shea will be going anywhere. I don't think PL clubs want to pay the asking price for a basically unproven PL player. Similar with Amdouni, sounds like he's being priced out of a move. Hope the club continue to play hardball and we keep these two for the season.

Could EASILY be the difference between going up and staying down.

[BB4Claret]

You don’t uproot your family to Saudi for £16K per week. He’d easily have been on that here at Burnley.

£1.3 million for Johan is good business by the club.

Doh !
€1.5 million over a year works out at around £25K per week. Still not worth it, though.
The €1.5 million has to be a transfer fee.

[Colburn_Claret]

I've always been an Amdouni fan, like a lot of others he was hung out last season. His efforts for Switzerland show he is a quality player, if used right. At this level he is capable of ripping it up, so I hope we can convince him to stay, if his head has been turned, or reject the calls to sell him, as the business model has been met already.

Either way, I'd like to remind some of the many posters on here who claimed he wasn't good enough for Burnley, should never get near our first team, needs to be got rid of asap, lazy disinterested sod....
You can't have it both ways. One minute he's a waste of space, the next minute he's indispensable. You need to make your minds up and stick to it, or even, Heaven forbid, give the lad a chance before jumping on his back.

[Colburn_Claret]

Some big absentees from the LEFT list.

Scott Twine
Sander Berge
Charlie Taylor
Samuel Bastien
Bailey Peacock-Farrell

I know, I was using the squad list on the site, and I couldn't be bothered to trawl through my memory for the missing links. I'd have ended up posting tomorrow. By then the list might well have changed again.

[FeedTheArf]

Scotty will have several big decisions to make tomorrow, but I hope Amdouini still starts despite the gossip. The big decisions will be Oshea or Worrall, and does Trafford start. If Oshea does not or is supposedly "suffering a niggle" !!, that will tell us something

I think he can get around the Worrall decision by saying it's too early for him having not had much (if any) training with the squad. Fully expect him to start against Wolves in the cup and then who knows! Largely depends on O'Shea being sold elsewhere.

[Steddyman]

I read that as being his wage

He wouldn't leave Burnley for Saudi for a pay cut. That is less than £25k per week.

[Wokingclaret]

Amdouni: Great penalty taker and as people have said, will get a lot of goals at this level, which will do him good

[Burnley1989]

Do you live in Saudi?

I was stating that the 1.5m wont be his wages for 18 months in Saudi, it would be a lot more as hes likely already earning that here.

I don't live there but my brother in law lives in the middle east and earns more in a year than most do in 20

[Blyclaret]

That’s a strong team and a strong bench.

[claretskeith]

What's the latest with Vitinho, is he looking more likely to stay now?
As I think he could be very important for us attacking-right, with Odobert gone.

[roperclaret]

He wouldn't leave Burnley for Saudi for a pay cut. That is less than £25k per week.

I could’ve misread- I had it as his monthly wage ( maybe got carried away with Ronaldo earning £173 million per year)

[Blyclaret]

Very impressed with Worrall interview. Sounds like a guy you need in the trenches with you. I’d have no problem starting him. You know he will give 100%.

[AGENT_CLARET]

Looking at the amount of player's we've lost and what sort of starting eleven and bench we still have to go with just shows how strong of a squad we have, no other team in the championship could lose that amount of player's and still be this strong and that's before we even bring in more player's

[BigBadBarnes]

I wasn't a fan of Amdouni last season and I can't see him making it as a Premier league player despite his technical quality. But I don't think there is any point in selling him either. He will get goals in this league and if we want to sell him we can get much more money next summer for him

[randomclaret2]

I wasn't a fan of Amdouni last season and I can't see him making it as a Premier league player despite his technical quality. But I don't think there is any point in selling him either. He will get goals in this league and if we want to sell him we can get much more money next summer for him

If Amdouni does go, and I'm assuming Weghorst will too...are we seriously going to try and go through a Championship season with Foster and Rodriguez as our striking options ?

[claretskeith]

If Amdouni does go, and I'm assuming Weghorst will too...are we seriously going to try and go through a Championship season with Foster and Rodriguez as our striking options ?

We have Hountondji too, but yes, we need 4 at least.

[randomclaret2]

We have Hountondji too, but yes, we need 4 at least.

We do to be fair , but we've seen virtually nothing of him so have no way of knowing if he'll be good enough

[BigBadBarnes]

We will certainly need to sign several attacking players if Weghorst, Amdouni, and Benson are all to leave as the rumours currently suggest. We would certainly be looking much lighter in options if not!
Vitinho, Redmond, Tresor, Koleosho
Rodriguez, Foster, Hountondj

[Blyclaret]

Any news on the French guy Keppal ?

[randomclaret2]

We will certainly need to sign several attacking players if Weghorst, Amdouni, and Benson are all to leave as the rumours currently suggest. We would certainly be looking much lighter in options if not!
Vitinho, Redmond, Tresor, Koleosho
Rodriguez, Foster, Hountondj

Redmond is out with a long term injury and Tresor is nowhere to be seen

[Guller Bull]

If Amdouni does go, and I'm assuming Weghorst will too...are we seriously going to try and go through a Championship season with Foster and Rodriguez as our striking options ?

I wouldn't have though so. I am sure we will bring in a striker. Don't forget Houtonji (sp?) as well even though largely untried yet.

[wadeswondergoal]

It all seems to have gone quiet with the links into the club, such as Johnston, Sarmiento and Hannibal

[Blyclaret]

If United buy Ugarte .. that will free up Hannibal.

[AGENT_CLARET]

It all seems to have gone quiet with the links into the club, such as Johnston, Sarmiento and Hannibal

Sheff Utd in talks will Celtic for Johnson, Celtic want a defender that Sheffield utd are willing to let go, so this player part exchange and cash will possibly see us miss out

[AGENT_CLARET]

Redmond is out with a long term injury and Tresor is nowhere to be seen

Tresor is ill/injured why would he be seen ??

[Quicknick]

Sheff Utd in talks will Celtic for Johnson, Celtic want a defender that Sheffield utd are willing to let go, so this player part exchange and cash will possibly see us miss out

Assuming we're interested.

[Longsider]

PRESENT SQUAD - STARTING XI NOW - CAPABLE OF STARTING XI WHEN FIT

1 James Trafford
2 Dara O’Shea
3 Shurandy Sambo
5 Maxime Estève
6 CJ Egan-Riley
8 Josh Brownhill
9 Jay Rodriguez
10 Manuel Benson
14 Connor Roberts
15 Nathan Redmond
17 Lyle Foster
18 Hjalmar Ekdal
20 Etienne Green
21 Aaron Ramsey
22 Vitinho
23 Lucas Pires
24 Josh Cullen
25 Zeki Amdouni
28 Ameen Al-Dakhil
29 Wout Weghorst
30 Luca Koleosho
31 Mike Trésor
32 Václav Hladký
34 Luke McNally
36 Jordan Beyer
37 Andréas Hountondji
39 Owen Dodgson
40 Charlie Casper
42 Han-Noah Massengo
44 Hannes Delcroix
48 Enock Agyei
Bashir Humphreys
Joe Worrall


LEFT PERMANENT

Wilson Odobert
Anass Zaroury
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson

LEFT ON LOAN

Dara Costelloe
Darko Churlinov
Michael Obafemi


For the bed wetters, we still have a massive pool of players, all capable of playing for top teams at this level. When players get back to fitness the pool gets even bigger. The likes of Sambo and Agyei could be added to that pool when we see them on the pitch.
If fans really think we have a problem, I can guarantee there are 21 teams in this league that would love our 'problem'.

Thanks for that. Tena Men now removed

[Casper2]

I’m surprised the term bedwetters is still allowed

[AfloatinClaret]

I think he can get around the Worrall decision by saying it's too early for him having not had much (if any) training with the squad. Fully expect him to start against Wolves in the cup and then who knows! Largely depends on O'Shea being sold elsewhere.

I hope so; CT's article suggests that historically Worrall's debuts have ended in 2 - 0 defeats for him, so I'd rather we lose in the cup than at Sunderland.