ARTICLE: Amdouni goes Portuguese

[ClaretTony]

Loan confirmed at Benfica

See link
https://www.uptheclarets.com/amdouni-goes-portuguese

[ClaretTony]

And please let this be the last one of the day

[randomclaret2]

Dont understand why its only a loan.

[lakedistrictclaret]

And please let this be the last one of the day

Yes Tony, but what about tomorrow?

[Casper2]

And please let this be the last one of the day

And tomorrow

[beddie]

I was really hoping we’d keep him.

[Woodleyclaret]

At least he could have been a sale not loan

[lakedistrictclaret]

That's the scorers of four of our nine league goals gone.

[ClaretTony]

Yes Tony, but what about tomorrow?

Could be worse than today

[randomclaret2]

Great for Amdouni, great for Benfica...but how does this benefit Burnley ?

[tally]

Well he did not want to stay here any longer so good luck to him and hope he has a good season at Benfica

[Holtyclaret]

Great for Amdouni, great for Benfica...but how does this benefit Burnley ?

He’s in the shop window, loan fee and saves a wage

[randomclaret2]

He’s in the shop window, loan fee and saves a wage

All true, but in the meantime we're seriously proposing to go through a season with Foster and Rodriguez as our only strikers ?

[morninbob]

Reported as an obligation to buy at 20m Euros.

[Aclaret]

Reported as an obligation to buy at 20m Euros.

On Benficas website says Loan with option to buy ?

[Holtyclaret]

All true, but in the meantime we're seriously proposing to go through a season with Foster and Rodriguez as our only strikers ?

You’d like to hope we have irons in the fire, rumours of a €20m obligation too.

If he’s a bit sulky too probably best not to have around.

[summitclaret]

He’s in the shop window, loan fee and saves a wage

Plus if he does well we will probably get more from them than they offered now.

[ClaretTony]

Burnley made no reference to an option but I thought there had to be

[randomclaret2]

You’d like to hope we have irons in the fire, rumours of a €20m obligation too.

If he’s a bit sulky too probably best not to have around.

Aye let's hope so eh ?

[Buxtonclaret]

Could be worse than today

Do you think?

[BleedingClaret]

On Benficas website says Loan with option to buy ?

the new Wout

[summitclaret]

Potential departures in order of likelihood:-

Vitineo
Benson
McNally
Trafford
Koleosho
CJER
Brownhill

Hope it stops after Trafford, provided suitable replacements arrive. Although I don't rate CJER.

[Nonayforever]

I really don't get loans. Its absurd.
If they want him - then pay for him
If we want rid - then sell him.
It's just another way for football to cook the books.

[fidelcastro]

He's obviously got some ability, but there were times last season that I'd forgotten he was playing.

I'm guessing this is the last we'll see of him in a Burnley shirt, even if we're promoted.

[randomclaret2]

I really don't get loans. Its absurd.
If they want him - then pay for him
If we want rid - then sell him.
It's just another way for football to cook the books.

Spot on...and in the meantime we have Rodriguez and Foster to score the goals...madness

[fidelcastro]

Potential departures in order of likelihood:-

Vitineo
Benson
McNally
Trafford
Koleosho
CJER
Brownhill

Hope it stops after Trafford, provided suitable replacements arrive. Although I don't rate CJER.

Tresor and Delcroix too?

[Elizabeth]

Likely he would have scored lots of goals for us in the Championship but if a player doesn’t want to be here it’s best to let them go for the sake of team spirit

[summitclaret]

Tresor and Delcroix too?

I suspect both are too 'injured' for anyone to take on. I forgot Foster and think he may go. He'd be on my stay list because I don't think we can better I'm the time left without massive risk.

[claret2018]

No great loss but we desperately need some signings who can score goals.

[fidelcastro]

I suspect both are too 'injured' for anyone to take on. I forgot Foster and think he may go. He'd be on my stay list because I don't think we can better I'm the time left without massive risk.

Are they injured? We never get told these days.

As for Foster, the way he's playing, I doubt there'd be many takers at the moment, plus his well publicised mental health problems would surely put some teams off.

[randomclaret2]

Likely he would have scored lots of goals for us in the Championship but if a player doesn’t want to be here it’s best to let them go for the sake of team spirit

Quite possibly so, but where are the goals going to come from ?

[fidelcastro]

Quite possibly so, but where are the goals going to come from ?

Wait until tomorrow.

[Colburn_Claret]

Madness
I can understand that he might want out, but being down to the bones with goal scorers, how can he go before a replacement is confirmed.
I can understand we might need the money, but what benefit is a loan to us. The only winners are Benfica and Zeki.

I've always supported AP, and I'll continue to do so, but this last week has been uncontrolled carnage. We appear to be drifting like a rudderless ship, and Alan needs to show that he is in control.
Still letting players go, after all the money we have already made makes no sense.
Undermining our chances of automatic promotion makes no sense.
Get a grip Alan.

[randomclaret2]

Wait until tomorrow.

Have we got some strikers coming in ?

[fidelcastro]

Have we got some strikers coming in ?

If we haven't, we're in trouble.

[Paul Waine]

I really don't get loans. Its absurd.
If they want him - then pay for him
If we want rid - then sell him.
It's just another way for football to cook the books.

But, which team's books are being cooked?

[randomclaret2]

If we haven't, we're in trouble.

I assumed your reply suggested you knew we had

[fidelcastro]

I assumed your reply suggested you knew we had

No. I'm not one of these posters who pretends to be in the know.

I know we've been linked with the lad from Plymouth, but there may be others.

Put it this way, to just think we can make do with the remaining strikers we have would be suicide, in my opinion.

[randomclaret2]

No. I'm not one of these posters who pretends to be in the know.

I know we've been linked with the lad from Plymouth, but there may be others.

Put it this way, to just think we can make do with the remaining strikers we have would be suicide, in my opinion.

I agree with you completely.

[dvalley69]

Kompany's quotes are brilliant!

[JohnMac]

Quite possibly so, but where are the goals going to come from ?

Not from Foster if we have aspirations of promotion, he is too inconsistent to be regarded as a decent Goal scorer.
I doubt we have anyone capable of bagging anywhere near 15 goals now.

Someone needs to find a couple of players with 12+ goals in them as I don't see the squad contributing like 2022/23 and we don't have a Tella anywhere in sight.

[FCBurnley]

Not quite PL quality but excellent in Championship if used correctly

[Elizabeth]

Quite possibly so, but where are the goals going to come from ?

That’s what we are all asking. I think this is one occasion when I can speak for everybody without anybody saying speak for yourself.
I predicted weeks ago we could sneak into the play offs because we would struggle to score in the first half of the season. In other words playing catch up.
24 hours to find that forward player to get those goals otherwise it’s the January window. In the meantime it’s going to be a handful from each of Brownhill, Anthony, Foster, Koleosho and Sarmiento. I don’t think Hannibal scores many and there will be another handful from Jay and the defenders.
With clean sheets and goals at the right time we should have enough in the first half of the season to allow us to push on in the second half.
That goalscorer though would be great news

[Greenmile]

Speak for yourself.

[Elizabeth]

Speak for yourself.

Do you ever post about football?

[Greenmile]

Do you ever post about football?

Only occasionally.

[Elizabeth]

Oh just got it. Have never put you down as humorous ,

[Greenmile]

Oh just got it. Have never put you down as humorous ,

I mostly just try to amuse myself.

[Elizabeth]

I mostly just try to amuse myself.

I suspected you were that type. Don’t let me stop you while I continue with football issues

[Greenmile]

I suspected you were that type. Don’t let me stop you while I continue with football issues

Oh, you won’t stop me. You’ll have to take my unfunny quips out of my cold dead hands. Even if they ban me, I’ll just rise again like Lazarus, or Muchacho.