Summer 2023 Transfer Thread

[dave u]

17 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Simon Jones of the Mail saying we’re looking at the lad Brighton are looking at, Baleba.

 

That's all well and good for us to be saying as throwaway comments, but if our policy is really going to become "let's see who Brighton want and go for them" then we're every bit as clueless as many of us think we are now, and then some.

[CapeRed]

6 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Oh, hello. 

 

Kind of seems like an easy link to make at this point in time, though, 

Have you seen much of Baleba at all ?

[Lee909]

17 minutes ago, Anubis said:

Simon Jones of the Mail saying we’re looking at the lad Brighton are looking at, Baleba.

 

6 months later everyone screaming for us to do a Brighton will be screaming he isn't ready yet

[Colonel Bumcunt]

2 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

That's all well and good for us to be saying as throwaway comments, but if our policy is really going to become "let's see who Brighton want and go for them" then we're every bit as clueless as many of us think we now, and then some.

Yep. 

We may be that stupid though. 

[joe_fishfish]

Joao Gomes of Wolves has been linked, his numbers look outstanding on fbref. Get it done.

[Carra_is_legend]

So we don't have any scouts or the data analytics team anymore?

[clockspeed]

Something we not discussing is the level of investment we made in youth players in support of an aging squad .  Not one has secured a first team spot since Trent .  Therefore we have had to purchase for practically every position on the pitch . Disappointing return .  Worse they are not consistently deemed usable / trusted as back ups or subs . 

[Grinch]

12 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

That's all well and good for us to be saying as throwaway comments, but if our policy is really going to become "let's see who Brighton want and go for them" then we're every bit as clueless as many of us think we are now, and then some.

Aiming to become a side that’s even worse then we are isn’t all that smart either.

[3 Stacks]

16 minutes ago, CapeRed said:

Have you seen much of Baleba at all ?

A decent bit. Lille were the most attractive team in France last year and I saw a lot of their games. 

 

The thing with him is he is a classic Ligue 1 talent in the sense that he is one of those players that emerges and comes out of nowhere and then he just jumps off the screen. He hasnt actually played that much yet, much like Lesley, the player Chelsea signed hadnt, but when he will become a regular it will probably become obvious how good he is. 

 

He will obviously be fashionable because Brighton are linked with him, and they buy these sorts of players. We probably cant afford to take the risk, and we never do this sort of signing anyway. 

[SasaS]

The 111 million we are apparently sitting on should get us at least two new players. Even if ask Alexa do it.

[No2]

18 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

A decent bit. Lille were the most attractive team in France last year and I saw a lot of their games. 

 

The thing with him is he is a classic Ligue 1 talent in the sense that he is one of those players that emerges and comes out of nowhere and then he just jumps off the screen. He hasnt actually played that much yet, much like Lesley, the player Chelsea signed hadnt, but when he will become a regular it will probably become obvious how good he is. 

 

He will obviously be fashionable because Brighton are linked with him, and they buy these sorts of players. We probably cant afford to take the risk, and we never do this sort of signing anyway. 

We've probably been left with no choice but to take a risk. The list of names are all either unavailable, shite, old or inexperienced. Inexperienced it is.

[Remmie]

Didn't someone on here say that Brighton's recruitment team went to Chelsea with Potter?

[3 Stacks]

1 minute ago, No2 said:

We've probably been left with no choice but to take a risk. The list of names are all either unavailable, shite, old or inexperienced. Inexperienced it is.

I would be excited if we signed him, but he is really inexperienced. Hes played like 500 minutes of top flight football. We tend to buy 16 year olds like Doak and Elliott, if we want to do that. 

 

 

 

 

[TheHowieLama]

6 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Didn't someone on here say that Brighton's recruitment team went to Chelsea with Potter?

 

Head of I think , not the whole team.

[Strontium]

47 minutes ago, CapeRed said:

Have you seen much of Baleba at all ?

 

Just his face. Now I'm a Baleba.

[Strontium]

Baleba's idols growing up: Pogba, De Bruyne and... Thiago.

Quand tu étais petit, qui étaient tes idoles, tes modèles ?
J’avais beaucoup d’idoles que j’observais à la télé, surtout au poste de milieu de terrain : Paul Pogba en un, Kevin De Bruyne en deux et Thiago Alcântara en trois.

[Brownie]

1 hour ago, joe_fishfish said:

Joao Gomes of Wolves has been linked, his numbers look outstanding on fbref. Get it done.

 

[Remmie]

19 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

Just his face. Now I'm a Baleba.

A simultaneous Monkees and Beiber reference. I can see you pun skills are only matched by your musical influences...

[bizzle10]

The good news for us is that we do have money only problem is there is plenty time left for Big Jorg to bungle a few more deals

[3 Stacks]

Theres no chance Gomes is for sale, is there. Wolves signed him this year. 

[KevieG]

Never seen him play but Doucoure seems like the best of whats out there. Probably 70 million but thats the hole we've dug ourselves into. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

Kone seems like good value for money on paper but I think he has a weird profile. I know he has been injured but I find it odd that a player at a club that could use some money, that is available for 30-40m, hasnt been touched, especially in a summer where the midfield market has gone crazy. I think clubs are a bit weary of him for whatever reason. I would say its because it isnt clear where he should play. He seems almost too much of a hybrid 6/8, that isnt enough of a 6 and isnt enough of an 8, if that makes sense. 

 

Yeah, that makes sense.

 

I think we're at the stage of the window though where we need to just focus on attributes that the coaching staff can work with. We're too late to the party to pick up a top 6, at least at any sane price; so it's either a journeyman, a total youngster, or a Kone type we can mould. I think there's enough there for Klopp to work with.

 

If, however, Doucoure was available that'd be a solid solution. 

[El Rojo]

1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

Kone seems like good value for money on paper but I think he has a weird profile. I know he has been injured but I find it odd that a player at a club that could use some money, that is available for 30-40m, hasnt been touched, especially in a summer where the midfield market has gone crazy. I think clubs are a bit weary of him for whatever reason. I would say its because it isnt clear where he should play. He seems almost too much of a hybrid 6/8, that isnt enough of a 6 and isnt enough of an 8, if that makes sense. 

 

Would the injury be a factor though? There's a definite 6 in there from the clips I've seen.

 

Still odd the way it went very quiet on him after a lot of initial heat. 

[Megadrive Man]

8 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

Theres no chance Gomes is for sale, is there. Wolves signed him this year. 

 

Wolves have financial problems though, they will sell for the right price.  

[Brownie]

Are we just ignoring the fact that those numbers are grim?