On 31/07/2019 at 16:29, Slojo said:

Not worth the money we paid for obviously, but I was surprised to see him completely reserved under Sarri. 

I don't think he's a bad player either, but to spend £40M on him while letting Chalobah go for about £4M was the most head scratching move in that window. The others, while several didn't work out (Morata/Bakayoko) could at least be rationalized. 

Bakayoko and Drinkwater needs to go. I know it sounds harsh but there's no point keeping them around. Such a waste of 80m considering we could have gone for a World Class player.

Brighton supposedly interested.

Sean Dyche says deal for Drinkwater is a maybe... but looking increasingly likely that that's where DD is going this season. 

He has what? 3 years on his deal?

 

Never mind loan, if they are interested we should sell. Hear me out.

We are sitting pretty on FFP due to the ban. So establish a transfer to Burnley, say 10mill. Say Burnley can pay him 40k a week. That leaves 60k. Clearly he wont walk away from this.

Work out how much that 60k comes to for 3 years, pay than man and write it off now. Cause one way or another he is getting his money that is clear after last season.p

Gone on loan to Burnley now.

SSN just clarified that the move to Burnley is not confirmed yet.

32 minutes ago, In the Net said:

SSN just clarified that the move to Burnley is not confirmed yet.

Finally been confirmed as a done deal. 🤞

Apparently only a 6 month loan .... !

Most interested in who is paying his wages I doubt Burnley are footing the 100k 

8 minutes ago, WalterWhiteCFC said:

Most interested in who is paying his wages I doubt Burnley are footing the 100k 

They’re probably paying a percentage which is better than us paying full whack. I’d rather he stayed and Bakayoko left on s permanent deal mind.  

Only six months? Bizarre... Burnley cautious about committing to his wages for a full year? 

12 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Only six months? Bizarre... Burnley cautious about committing to his wages for a full year? 

Perhaps the club wants to see how the first half of the season with our teenagers will pan out. If things are dire: Danny Drinkwater to the rescue 

6 months with an option to buy... I hope.

A shame we still sent out a bunch of worthless players on loan isntead of finding permanent deals

2 minutes ago, ENygma said:

A shame we still sent out a bunch of worthless players on loan isntead of finding permanent deals

It’s still money for the club though - Burnley will be paying a loan fee and/or his wages for the 6 months so at least the balance sheet is being added to. If he does well for them then I would imagine we’d get more for him then than we would get now, considering his lack of game time.

2 minutes ago, Crem said:

It’s still money for the club though - Burnley will be paying a loan fee and/or his wages for the 6 months so at least the balance sheet is being added to. If he does well for them then I would imagine we’d get more for him then than we would get now, considering his lack of game time.

True that, at least we did manage to cleanse the club with a lot of deadwood... Im hoping the same will carry on in the next couple of windows. But for the moment we have done a pretty good job. Im just wondering whats happening to players like Piazon, Hector etc.. Who won't play for us this season, but as far as im aware they havent been sent out on loan either?

Apparently they are paying half of his wages, so we're still paying him 50k a week to not be here.

9 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Apparently they are paying half of his wages, so we're still paying him 50k a week to not be here.

Any other Joe Bloggs would be out of a job if they broke the law by drink driving, cant understand why the hell we cant sack him for it.

1 hour ago, coco said:

Any other Joe Bloggs would be out of a job if they broke the law by drink driving, cant understand why the hell we cant sack him for it.

That’s not true . If his job was dependent on him driving then he could be dismissed on the grounds he was unable to do his job. Also, if the conviction affected his employment in some other way like he managed a team of drivers then, again, he could be dismissed.  But you can’t simply dismiss someone because they have been done for drink driving.

3 hours ago, ENygma said:

True that, at least we did manage to cleanse the club with a lot of deadwood... Im hoping the same will carry on in the next couple of windows. But for the moment we have done a pretty good job. Im just wondering whats happening to players like Piazon, Hector etc.. Who won't play for us this season, but as far as im aware they havent been sent out on loan either?

I think there are 5 that are as yet not sorted .... Piazon, Hector, Omeruo, Rahman and Pantic. You could throw Blackman in there as well, who is currently down as being in our U23 squad ... and possibly the oldest player they have ever had, at nearly 26 .... 🙂

Hector was wanted at Sheffield Wednesday but they couldn't agree the fee with us. Fulham also interested, and I read somewhere that there is a possibility he will join them in January.

Omeruo and Rahman will probably be sold to European clubs, whose window closes later than ours.

Piazon and Pantic who knows ? Loans again ?

 

And fingers crossed that the elephant in the room also finds a new home ... dear old Bakayoko .... when you type his name on here it should come up as B******o like all the other swear words ....

2 hours ago, Crem said:

That’s not true . If his job was dependent on him driving then he could be dismissed on the grounds he was unable to do his job. Also, if the conviction affected his employment in some other way like he managed a team of drivers then, again, he could be dismissed.  But you can’t simply dismiss someone because they have been done for drink driving.

If you've worked in your job less than 2 years i thought you can't challenge through the courts for unfair dismissal

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

I think there are 5 that are as yet not sorted .... Piazon, Hector, Omeruo, Rahman and Pantic. You could throw Blackman in there as well, who is currently down as being in our U23 squad ... and possibly the oldest player they have ever had, at nearly 26 .... 🙂

Hector was wanted at Sheffield Wednesday but they couldn't agree the fee with us. Fulham also interested, and I read somewhere that there is a possibility he will join them in January.

Omeruo and Rahman will probably be sold to European clubs, whose window closes later than ours.

Piazon and Pantic who knows ? Loans again ?

 

And fingers crossed that the elephant in the room also finds a new home ... dear old Bakayoko .... when you type his name on here it should come up as B******o like all the other swear words ....

Fair point I suppose, how late do other countries windows close though? I saw somewhere it was as late as early september, which makes it all the more stupid that our closes so early!

On 08/08/2019 at 14:55, ForeverCarefree said:

Sean Dyche says deal for Drinkwater is a maybe... but looking increasingly likely that that's where DD is going this season. 

Steven Defour has been out with a long-term injury - I wonder whether it has something to do with Burnley expecting him back by the New Year. 

32 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

Steven Defour has been out with a long-term injury - I wonder whether it has something to do with Burnley expecting him back by the New Year. 

Depressing if true that our £35m investment is good for nothing more than the footballing equivalence of maternity cover.