January 2021 Transfer Thread

[Shooter in the Motor 7,708]

1 hour ago, MegadriveMan said:

In all honesty I've given up trying to predict who we are going to sign now at it's all data driven, so it will probably be somebody I never would have predicted. 

 

Could anybody on here have predicted we'd have signed Thiago, Diogo Jota or Tsimikas towards the back end of last season?

I'm beginning to wonder if @El Rojo doesn't predict what happens - he makes it happen.

[Arnaud 645]

Upamecano is an interesting one. He’s pretty smart, honest , hard working, very ambitious. He’s good obviously but a bit sensitive, emotional but still very young.

 

French media always point out dream club or favourite one when young. For Upa, never heard of any. He’s pretty silent. 

[Einch 376]

26 minutes ago, Arnaud said:

Upamecano is an interesting one. He’s pretty smart, honest , hard working, very ambitious. He’s good obviously but a bit sensitive, emotional but still very young.

 

French media always point out dream club or favourite one when young. For Upa, never heard of any. He’s pretty silent. 

What about that Croatian lad at Marseille. My nephew thinks he is very good. I’ve never seen him play. 

[Lee909 11,556]

3 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

This is a list of centre backs out of contract in 2021. This is the 1st page of 4, but I decided it was probably worth stopping at this point with names like Luiz, Rojo and Sokratis at the bottom of it. I'm assuming we'll be shooting above them. 

 

Age	Nat.	Current club	Market value	Rumours
David Alaba Centre-Back	28		Bayern Munich  Bundesliga	£58.50m	-
Eric García Centre-Back	19		Man City  Premier League	£18.00m	-
Nikola Maksimovic Centre-Back	28		SSC Napoli  Serie A	£16.20m	-
Sergio Ramos Centre-Back	34		Real Madrid  LaLiga	£12.60m	-
Fabian Schär Centre-Back	28		Newcastle  Premier League	£11.70m	-
Shkodran Mustafi Centre-Back	28		Arsenal  Premier League	£10.80m	-
Jérôme Boateng Centre-Back	32		Bayern Munich  Bundesliga	£10.80m	-
Romain Saïss Centre-Back	30		Wolves  Premier League	£9.00m	-
Aïssa Mandi Centre-Back	29		Real Betis  LaLiga	£9.00m	-
Nicolas N'Koulou Centre-Back	30		Torino  Serie A	£9.00m	-
Jonny Evans Centre-Back	32		Leicester  Premier League	£9.00m	-
Mamadou Sakho Centre-Back	30		Crystal Palace  Premier League	£8.55m	-
Mykola Matvienko Centre-Back	24		Shakhtar D.  Premier Liga	£8.10m	-
Fabián Balbuena Centre-Back	29		West Ham  Premier League	£7.20m	-
Pablo Centre-Back	29		G. Bordeaux  Ligue 1	£7.20m	-
Steve Cook Centre-Back	29		Bournemouth  Championship	£6.30m	-
Mateo Musacchio Centre-Back	30		AC Milan  Serie A	£6.30m	-
Sven Bender Centre-Back	31		Bay. Leverkusen  Bundesliga	£6.30m	-
Luis Abram Centre-Back	24		Vélez Sarsfield  Argentina	£6.12m	-
Andrea Cistana   Centre-Back	23		Brescia  Serie B	£5.40m	-
Marcos Rojo Centre-Back	30		Man Utd  Premier League	£5.40m	-
Pedro Mendes Centre-Back	30		Montpellier  Ligue 1	£5.40m	-
David Luiz Centre-Back	33		Arsenal  Premier League	£5.40m	-
Sokratis Centre-Back	32		Arsenal  Premier League	£5.40m	-
Christian Kabasele Centre-Back	29		Watford  Championship	£4.95m

Scenes when Sakho and  Sergio Ramos are leaning on things at the new training ground on Jan 1st

[Lee909 11,556]

3 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

 

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[Ronnie Whelan 861]

Would like Declan Rice but he would cost a bomb and I reckon he has Chelsea 2021 written all over him. Seems like a good lad and can play centre half and midfield.

 

Would never have thought we would go for an Alaba, but after signing Thiago, I reckon there is a chance. World class player and can play in multiple positions.

[Bjornebye 25,805]

8 minutes ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Would like Declan Rice but he would cost a bomb and I reckon he has Chelsea 2021 written all over him. Seems like a good lad and can play centre half and midfield.

 

Would never have thought we would go for an Alaba, but after signing Thiago, I reckon there is a chance. World class player and can play in multiple positions.

I don’t rate Rice at all 

[liverpoolsno9 1,340]

16 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I don’t rate Rice at all 

Try Bulgur wheat instead, not bad. 

[El Rojo 8,834]

1 hour ago, Einch said:

What about that Croatian lad at Marseille. My nephew thinks he is very good. I’ve never seen him play. 

That sounds like something one of our chief scouts might say pre-Edwards, judging by some of our transfer calamities. 

[Ronnie Whelan 861]

30 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

I don’t rate Rice at all 

I like him a lot. When you think of his age, he's very good. Having said that probably could get someone as good or better on the continent for half the price.

[Arnaud 645]

1 hour ago, Einch said:

What about that Croatian lad at Marseille. My nephew thinks he is very good. I’ve never seen him play. 

He’s about to get dropped . Just good enough for ligue 1. 

[El Dangerous 2,635]

It’s Upamecano. 
 

Yah mo be there

Upamecano

Yah mo be there 

Upamecano

 

 

[andyj 207]

3 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

I don’t rate Rice at all 

add egg with some chicken and mushrooms 

[Remmie 5,654]

[Lee909 11,556]

6 hours ago, Ronnie Whelan said:

Would like Declan Rice but he would cost a bomb and I reckon he has Chelsea 2021 written all over him. Seems like a good lad and can play centre half and midfield.

 

Would never have thought we would go for an Alaba, but after signing Thiago, I reckon there is a chance. World class player and can play in multiple positions.

Not sure if he is really good enough at least at the momemt but I've not watched him much. 

 

He would make some sense though as we are very close to the limited with numbers for home grown players. 

We end up having to register youth players as homegrown when they could be left out the squad and still play

[Ronnie Whelan 861]

9 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Not sure if he is really good enough at least at the momemt but I've not watched him much. 

 

He would make some sense though as we are very close to the limited with numbers for home grown players. 

We end up having to register youth players as homegrown when they could be left out the squad and still play

Fair point. He's very good but isn't good enough to start right now. In a few years, he could be really top class though imo. 

 

His versatility is something that really appeals to me though, especially with the amount of injuries we are having. 

[Barrington Womble 8,981]

Every time I watch rice, I think he's fucking shit. People keep saying how versatile he is, but he'd join us and become our worst midfielder and worst defender. He'd be fit more often than most of the squad (certainly Gomez, matip, Henderson, fabinho, thiago and keita) and Gini is likely to move on in the summer, but aside from not getting injured much and being English, I can't see what's going for him. 

[3 Stacks 2,482]

I think Rice is pretty good, but he's no value for money. And do we even know how good he is in defense? Good midfielder, but little proof at centre back. 

[El Rojo 8,834]

17 hours ago, andyj said:

add egg with some chicken and mushrooms 

 

[Barnesey 283]

Interesting article in The Times today. Looks at an AI player recruitment tool and suggests Tah is our best option for CB.

 

Also suggests Sanchez's best move (for him) is to Liverpool.

[Colonel Bumcunt 464]

The answer to our problem looks like Edmond Tapsoba.  However, he's not even a year into his Leverkeusen contract, and following the sale of Havertz they won't be in a hurry to need sales but could be wrong. 

 

 

[El Rojo 8,834]

I don’t give a shite who we get in, once we bring someone in. Let’s face it, it’s unlikely Edwards and co will get it wrong, whether we’ve heard of the player or not. 

[Shooter in the Motor 7,708]

1 hour ago, Barnesey said:

Interesting article in The Times today. Looks at an AI player recruitment tool and suggests Tah is our best option for CB.

 

Also suggests Sanchez's best move (for him) is to Liverpool.

Sanchez? As in Alexis Sanchez?

[Bad Red Bull 417]

1 hour ago, Barnesey said:

Interesting article in The Times today. Looks at an AI player recruitment tool and suggests Tah is our best option for CB.

 

Also suggests Sanchez's best move (for him) is to Liverpool.

Which Sanchez?

 

Edit: beaten to the question by 17 seconds

[Bjornebye 25,805]

Renato?