12 minutes ago, BordeauxBlue said:

He's a top talent but still v raw. 

Not sure what the proposed price is though, 

 

The rumours are saying €30-35m.  Lyon don’t want to sell in January so there’s obviously winter window tax on top.

Might Potter turn to his old club and nab Evan Ferguson before the Jan window closes? We need a striker, and this lad looks like he could be the real deal...

47 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

The rumours are saying €30-35m.  Lyon don’t want to sell in January so there’s obviously winter window tax on top.

If we have money left we should be aiming for a midfielder and giving Jmes regular time off to be ready for the CL.

Why don't we try to sign Elyes Skhiri from Koln as a DM? 

Cheap, class with the ball and tall. 

He's the best DM in German League imo. 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

If we have money left we should be aiming for a midfielder and giving Jmes regular time off to be ready for the CL.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we had money for both.🤑

I trust Vivell and Winstanley to come up with the goods. Mudryk, Felix and Badiashile have all been good debutants with huge potential on their side. 

 

21 minutes ago, Deino said:

I trust Vivell and Winstanley to come up with the goods. Mudryk, Felix and Badiashile have all been good debutants with huge potential on their side. 

 

Not going to jump the gun, but I have a better feeling about this window that I did the last.

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Not going to jump the gun, but I have a better feeling about this window that I did the last.

Yep, at least now we have better football people advising Todd than just him buying anyone randomly

Some rumours that we might be open to a deal with Barcelona with Ziyech going there and Kessie coming to us. If Ziyech leaves I would rather he went outside Premier League, and Kessie would provide us with more physical presence in midfield. Thoughts?

20 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Some rumours that we might be open to a deal with Barcelona with Ziyech going there and Kessie coming to us. If Ziyech leaves I would rather he went outside Premier League, and Kessie would provide us with more physical presence in midfield. Thoughts?

He only joined them in the summer. This lot will try to do a loan swap only,  presumably with us paying Kessie's wages and Ziyech's. I also would rather he didn't stay in England and whilst I thought the Spuds rumour was bogus a swap for Bissouma would be appealing. 

Just now, WhiteWall said:

He only joined them in the summer. This lot will try to do a loan swap only,  presumably with us paying Kessie's wages and Ziyech's. I also would rather he didn't stay in England and whilst I thought the Spuds rumour was bogus a swap for Bissouma would be appealing. 

I would consider a Bissouma swap too. It is odd that Spuds have used Bissouma so sparingly. 

On 21/01/2023 at 20:27, DarkMata said:

Anyone know anything about this Lyon right back Malo Gusto we’re getting linked with?

Personally I would rather we went for Jeremie Frimpong who we have previously been interested in apparently 

Not the greatest sources of this bit we have apparently offered Zyiech to Barca in a straight swap for Franck Kiesse. This coming after it is reported we failed with the same offer to Spurs for Bissouma.

Gotta rumour those trades American sports love right?

I’m wondering what the background of the Felix loan is.

it doesn’t make sense for 6 months imo.

I think come the end of the season there will be a swap option to make the loan permanent. Maybe Havertz? I think he’d do well in Spain and he seems more of a Simeone type than Felix is.

If we sign Enzo then there isn’t a chance we pay a transfer fee for Felix no matter how well he does.

I’d be miffed if we give him game time and he ends up at a rival next season

 

Its gonna be a wild last week of the window by the looks of it.

1 hour ago, timetowaste said:

 

Its gonna be a wild last week of the window by the looks of it.

Everton links will be BS. No way they let players go in the dogfight they are in, nor would we go for Gordon now we have Felix, Madueke and Mudryk on board.

UEFA close the ability to defer transfers over long contracts from this summer.

Fees can only be deferred over a maximum of 5 years.

It doesn’t affect Chelsea’s business up to now but will have a negative effect on future windows.

I thought it likely this would happen. I hope the board saw it coming too

 

We don’t even get time to post “it’s happening” or “48 hours” with our transfers anymore!

On 18/01/2023 at 10:00, RIP Mourinho said:

£64m over a 7.5 year contract is £8.5m per year for FFP, drop in the ocean. £97k a week contract too. Boehly making some fantastic moves at the moment.

I hope you're right.

13 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

I hope you're right.

i am, Boehly worked wonders these last two windows.

Uefa have sh*t themselves so much they're changing the rules from Summer.

With Arsenal tying Trossard up for 2.5 years it means they're paying the same for him as we are for Mudryk for FFP 😂

Edited January 24, 20233 yr by RIP Mourinho

3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

i am, Boehly worked wonders these last two windows.

Uefa have sh*t themselves so much they're changing the rules from Summer.

With Arsenal tying Trossard up for 2.5 years it means they're paying the same for him as we are for Mudryk for FFP 😂

Kind of. Its still a double edged sword though.

Just imagine if we had Lukaku on a 7 or 8 year deal on his wages. This is good if the players end up good, whcih is always a bit of a risk with younger players that are still developing.

3 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

With Arsenal tying Trossard up for 2.5 years it means they're paying the same for him as we are for Mudryk for FFP 😂

 

I read that it was a three-and-a-half year contract at £27m.

I confess to not knowing much about financial stuff.   I do know that Mudryk is a much better player though.

 

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

 

I read that it was a three-and-a-half year contract at £27m.

I confess to not knowing much about financial stuff.   I do know that Mudryk is a much better player though.

 

If that's the case they're paying £7.7m per year in transfer fee.

We're paying £8.2m per year for Mudryk.

We're also paying £7k a week more in wages (£97k/£90k) to Mudryk, like you say though he's head and shoulders the better player. Best bit of business we've done since the Fabregas/Costa window.

I'm wondering why are we not in for Tielemans. Seems like a perfect stopgap signing with huge potential upside. He'd be an upgrade on Jorgi and he can score from midfield. 

Then bring on Enzo/Caicedo or whatever and we'd have decent options in the middle

14 minutes ago, Deino said:

I'm wondering why are we not in for Tielemans. Seems like a perfect stopgap signing with huge potential upside. He'd be an upgrade on Jorgi and he can score from midfield. 

Then bring on Enzo/Caicedo or whatever and we'd have decent options in the middle

I liked Tielemans up until halfway through last season. He seems to be one of those players that only plays well when the team is in full flow. When things get tough, he goes missing and doesn't seem to put in anywhere near as much effort.