January 2019 Transfer Thread

[magicrat]

I can't get the least bit excited about transfers. Ploughing through the mountain of rumours, lies , fake news and utter bullshit churned out by the press and social media is not worth the effort. Sign some decent players , we need a couple more, and tell me when it's done.

[3 Stacks]

Koulibaly would cost at least 100m. 

[joe_fishfish]

Koulibaly is amazing. With him and Van Dijk we'd practically never concede.

[TheHowieLama]

Salah left Koulibaly on his ass, then scored  -- just saying

[aRdja]

The money we’d need to spend to get Koulibaly, I’d probably look somewhere closer to home, with PL experience. 

[TheHowieLama]

When does his contract run out?

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, Boss said:

In other news Guardiola has come out and said City can't compete in the transfer market after losing out on Frankie De Jong to Barcelona. 

Soft cunt. They could buy Canada if they wanted. 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

6 minutes ago, aRdja said:

The money we’d need to spend to get Koulibaly, I’d probably look somewhere closer to home, with PL experience. 

Leicester by any chance.

[Red House]

We are not signing a new centre-back unless one of our current ones leave. We all in all likeliness will have to replace all of Moreno, Clyne and Mignolet this summer (unless we decide to promote Lewis, Camacho and Grabaha/Kelleher).

But, in anticipation of where this discussion might be heading, may I already just say: 100m on Koulibaly > 50m on Maguire.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

6 minutes ago, Red House said:

We are not signing a new centre-back unless one of our current ones leave. We all in all likeliness will have to replace all of Moreno, Clyne and Mignolet this summer (unless we decide to promote Lewis, Camacho and Grabaha/Kelleher).

But, in anticipation of where this discussion might be heading, may I already just say: 100m on Koulibaly > 50m on Maguire.

We all know where this is going. 

[aRdja]

5 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Leicester by any chance.

Lol, no.. he’d be too expensive now. I reckon if we need someone for a month or two until Gomez returns, we want someone experienced and wouldn’t mind being rotated. Maybe someone like Nathan Ake.

[an tha]

47 minutes ago, Red House said:

We are not signing a new centre-back unless one of our current ones leave. We all in all likeliness will have to replace all of Moreno, Clyne and Mignolet this summer (unless we decide to promote Lewis, Camacho and Grabaha/Kelleher).

But, in anticipation of where this discussion might be heading, may I already just say: 100m on Koulibaly > 50m on Maguire.

We have some pretty major spending to do in summer.

 

As you say Mig, Moreno, Clyne...and i would suggest possibly Milner and Lallana - plus Sturridge, Origi and Solanke 

 

OK some of those will be youth stepping up but surely we are looking at 4/5 needed in too.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 minutes ago, an tha said:

We have some pretty major spending to do in summer.

 

As you say Mig, Moreno, Clyne...and i would suggest possibly Milner and Lallana - plus Sturridge, Origi and Solanke 

 

OK some of those will be youth stepping up but surely we are looking at 4/5 needed in too.

Back-up keeper, left back and back-up/ starting right back. 

Starting attacking mid, back-up striker/winger.

In my opinion.

 

 

[an tha]

2 minutes ago, VERBAL DIARRHEA said:

Back-up keeper, left back and back-up/ starting right back. 

Starting attacking mid, back-up striker/winger.

In my opinion.

 

 

Quite a lot really.

 

Surprised with such a shopping list we haven't moved for one in this window - just to offer cover/get bedded i - although of course if the right player isn't available...

[TheHowieLama]

Here are the last 4 windows

 

Summer 2018

Alison

Keita

Fabinho

Shaqiri

 

Winter 2017

Van Dijk

 

Summer 2017

Salah

Chamberlain

Robertson

 

Winter 2016

Nada

 

 

 

Two things seem apparent -- 

 

Klopper has an eye for a player

 

This window we will not get anyone

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Can Nada play rb?

[3 Stacks]

4 hours ago, Boss said:

Someone like Asensio would be a much better fit for us.

He's had a bizarre season. At an age when he should be confirming that he's a future world class player, he's been absolutely terrible and plays less. I doubt Madrid will give up on him, but it's an interesting situation. That said, I agree that he'd be a better fit than Isco. 

[Guest]

Controversial former Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says Brescia have been contacted by Liverpool over a move for midfielder Sandro Tonali.

 

Tonali, who has been labelled ‘the next Andrea Pirlo’, has been attracting plenty of interest this season and was recently called into Roberto Mancini’s senior Italian squad.

 

It was recently reported that Chelsea and Manchester City are likely to be the only two clubs willing to meet the new €40million asking price for Tonali.

 

The two Premier League clubs, along with Inter Milan and Juventus, have been strongly linked with the midfielder, with Gazzetta dello Sport claiming that both the Blues and Inter watched the player during a 2-1 defeat to Venezia in Serie B on December.

 

Roma and Napoli are also thought to have shown an interest in Tonali who has emerged as one of the brightest prospects in Italian football.

 

Now though in an interview with Corriere dello Sport, Brescia president Cellino says “Liverpool have called me” in reference to the midfielder.

 

“Yes, Roma have asked me about Tonali. I’ve talked about him to [Roma director Mauro] Baldissoni several times, but I want to keep the lad as long as possible. Is he ready? I don’t know, he’s 18. But Liverpool also contacted me a little while ago,” said Cellino.

[dandyman]

57 minutes ago, Shooter in the Motor said:

Controversial former Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says Brescia have been contacted by Liverpool over a move for midfielder Sandro Tonali.

 

Tonali, who has been labelled ‘the next Andrea Pirlo’, has been attracting plenty of interest this season and was recently called into Roberto Mancini’s senior Italian squad.

 

It was recently reported that Chelsea and Manchester City are likely to be the only two clubs willing to meet the new €40million asking price for Tonali.

 

The two Premier League clubs, along with Inter Milan and Juventus, have been strongly linked with the midfielder, with Gazzetta dello Sport claiming that both the Blues and Inter watched the player during a 2-1 defeat to Venezia in Serie B on December.

 

Roma and Napoli are also thought to have shown an interest in Tonali who has emerged as one of the brightest prospects in Italian football.

 

Now though in an interview with Corriere dello Sport, Brescia president Cellino says “Liverpool have called me” in reference to the midfielder.

 

“Yes, Roma have asked me about Tonali. I’ve talked about him to [Roma director Mauro] Baldissoni several times, but I want to keep the lad as long as possible. Is he ready? I don’t know, he’s 18. But Liverpool also contacted me a little while ago,” said Cellino.

Agent in drumming up fake interest news

 

centre mid is the one area we have enough of

[Funkasy]

Only one is good enough in the long run and thats Fabinho. 

[dandyman]

That may be the case, but there are other priority areas in the next window for us

[Anubis]

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[Barrington Womble]

2 hours ago, dandyman said:

That may be the case, but there are other priority areas in the next window for us

If lallana and milner go, midfield will need addressing. 

[Bjornebye]

Messi is in the Liffey 

[an tha]

Going to need to be careful with our forward options start of next season.

 

Mane and Salah will both be stuck out in fucking Africa during summer with this AFCON shite.

 

Will kill their pre seasons at a minimum.