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January 2025 Transfer Thread


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I'm not sure if any of these names mentioned will be ready to step up to the level of a Premier League title contender.

 

It's difficult to say exactly what we need until the futures of Mo, VVD and Trent are confirmed, but if they stay, we don't need lots of new players.

 

I'd go all out for Kerkez as a Tsimikas replacement, Zubimendi as an Endo replacement and Antony Gordon to replace Chiesa. 

 

Mamardashvili can replace Kelleher and we may need a Gomez replacement if he wants to play regular first team football. 

 

We can cash in on Morton and Bajcetic too to raise some money as it feels like neither has a long term future here. 

 

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All the right wingers out there are fairly underwhelming. Dan James probably isn't far off being top 10 right now.

 

Players like Saka, Dembele, Yamal, Sane and Rodrygo we can forget about.....then it's pretty grim looking. 

 

Arne likes his quick, skillful, technical wingers. We might look to someone he'll know well in Bakayoko......we might have to take a punt on someone raw and develop them into a more productive player like Adingra. What we sure as hell aren't doing is spending 80m on a Kudus.

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27 minutes ago, Binomial said:

All the right wingers out there are fairly underwhelming. Dan James probably isn't far off being top 10 right now.

 

Players like Saka, Dembele, Yamal, Sane and Rodrygo we can forget about.....then it's pretty grim looking. 

 

Arne likes his quick, skillful, technical wingers. We might look to someone he'll know well in Bakayoko......we might have to take a punt on someone raw and develop them into a more productive player like Adingra. What we sure as hell aren't doing is spending 80m on a Kudus.

I've seen us linked to Sane several times through the years. Seems a little on the older side for our strategy, but there is always the exception that proves the rule (Thiago)

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20 minutes ago, Remmie said:

I've seen us linked to Sane several times through the years. Seems a little on the older side for our strategy, but there is always the exception that proves the rule (Thiago)

 

There are/have been but with the restructure in the hierarchy I think we'll go back to targeting the 22-26 year olds. We need to evaluate the squad we'll have next season, Ali Jota Diaz Chiesa Mo Virg Mac Robbo......we have enough by way of experience. 

 

As fine a player Sane is on his day.....high wages, prone to injuries, turning 29 next month. No thank you.

 

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1 minute ago, Trojan1892 said:

Lyon are fucked so we should be all over signing Cherki only 21 as well.

 

Feels like he's been around forever. 

 

He's had a number of seasons to put it all together, is it actually someone who's capable of scoring more than 5 goals a season or is he just another all style no substance type?

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1 hour ago, Binomial said:

All the right wingers out there are fairly underwhelming. Dan James probably isn't far off being top 10 right now.

 

Players like Saka, Dembele, Yamal, Sane and Rodrygo we can forget about.....then it's pretty grim looking. 

 

Arne likes his quick, skillful, technical wingers. We might look to someone he'll know well in Bakayoko......we might have to take a punt on someone raw and develop them into a more productive player like Adingra. What we sure as hell aren't doing is spending 80m on a Kudus.

The best case scenario now is that Salah stays, Doak is good enough to add to the mix and Diaz and Gakpo keep progressing. There was a point where wing could be seen as a big need, but the central positions are the clear need at this point because Nunez isn't making it and Jota is one of our biggest injury risks.

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9 minutes ago, Code said:

How is Doak good enough, based on what?

 

Is it his 1 goal and 5 assists in the Championship in 14 games?

 

Say hello to Tom Ince and Harry Wilson.

 

Tom Ince:

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Harry Wilson:

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Ben Doak:

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He's 19, getting a goal or an assist in every other game. He's not taking Salah's place. The perfect scenario for us next season is Salah stays and Doak plays the games he can't be arsed with.

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25 minutes ago, Code said:

How is Doak good enough, based on what?

 

Is it his 1 goal and 5 assists in the Championship in 14 games?

 

Say hello to Tom Ince and Harry Wilson.

 

Tom Ince:

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Harry Wilson:

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Ben Doak:

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Maybe it's based on people watching what he's capable of and how he could put that to better use if coached better/playing with better players etc than just looking at stats on a screen. Do we know for sure he won't be good enough? Were you looking at a 21 year old Salah at Chelsea thinking "you know what, that's our next record goalscorer"? Probably not right.

 

All well and good bringing up Ince and Wilson as examples who could only thrive at that level, one could bring up Olise, Rogers or Eze. Someone like Gordon didn't manage a single goal whilst on loan in the championship, I mean he hasn't set the world alight but he's done ok for himself, or maybe go have a look what Kane's scoring record was like there. Ultimately how can you tell now which path he'll go down? 

 

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18 minutes ago, Smell The Glove said:

He's 19, getting a goal or an assist in every other game. He's not taking Salah's place. The perfect scenario for us next season is Salah stays and Doak plays the games he can't be arsed with.


I have seen Doak play a few times, looks busy, but not much else. The Championship is not really a good league to draw any conclusions about anything from.

 

Doak will probably develop into a decent footballer, but it looks for me its more likely he will be a Harvey Barnes than a Mo Salah. 

 

Also Harry Wilson.


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and Harvey Elliott.

 

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Watched Doak for Scotland a few times. He's good but looks far from ready for us. Rarely made the right pass when he got into the box. He's currently like Traore, it's all brilliant when he can isolate a fullback but no end product. Hopefully that develops 

 

If Kelleher,Gomez and Morton leave some of you are going to be pissed off as we will habe to buy homegrown players. Even more if Trent goes. We already had to register Thomas Hill to fill out the squad. 

 

We need to find a older home grown keeper for our 3rd keeper spot as its a easy fill, that or a academy lad needs to be good enough but that's dangerous. Danny Ward is out of contract at Leicester and if he is looking for semi retirement could fill that role for the next 5 years

 

 

Semenyo,Frimpong to replace Chiesa for me. Both homegrown by EPL rules. 

 

Chris Rigg another to watch,though he's young enough he doesn't need to be listed. 

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4 hours ago, Lee909 said:

Watched Doak for Scotland a few times. He's good but looks far from ready for us. Rarely made the right pass when he got into the box. He's currently like Traore, it's all brilliant when he can isolate a fullback but no end product. Hopefully that develops 

 

If Kelleher,Gomez and Morton leave some of you are going to be pissed off as we will habe to buy homegrown players. Even more if Trent goes. We already had to register Thomas Hill to fill out the squad. 

 

We need to find a older home grown keeper for our 3rd keeper spot as its a easy fill, that or a academy lad needs to be good enough but that's dangerous. Danny Ward is out of contract at Leicester and if he is looking for semi retirement could fill that role for the next 5 years

 

 

Semenyo,Frimpong to replace Chiesa for me. Both homegrown by EPL rules. 

 

Chris Rigg another to watch,though he's young enough he doesn't need to be listed. 

 

The home grown thing is a bit misleading.

 

Essentially you can only have 17 players over the age of 21 that aren't homegrown.

 

Worst case scenario next season we'll have Bradley, Quansah, Jones and Elliott plus 17 non HG, plus players that are under 21 so we'll be fine anyway.

 

For accounting reasons I think we'll try and cash in on the likes of Kelleher, Gomez, Morton and Bajcetic as we are predicted to make losses of over £100m on the next set of accounts.

 

We more or less broke even the two years before so it should revert back to a break even figure as we haven't signed anyone and have got Champions League football back.

 

If Trent ends up leaving on a free then it's terrible negligence on our part. We really need to change this part of our strategy and ensure that we always cash in on players when they get to the last year irrespective of who they are.

 

Chelsea have done this incredibly well and got close to £100m for bang average players like Mount and Gallagher!

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1.Alisson

 

2. van Dyke

3. Konate

4. Robertson

5. Tsimikas 

 

6. Endo

7. Mac Allister 

8. Gravenberch 

9. Szoboszlai 

 

10. Gakpo

11  Diaz

12. Nunez

13. Salah

14. Jota

15. Chiesa

 

16. Mamardashvili 

 

Even if Endo and Tsimikas are replaced with like for like we are pretty close to the wire on bringing players in. If we lose Kelleher,Gomez,Trent you'd need home grown players or a smaller squad

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15 hours ago, Binomial said:

All the right wingers out there are fairly underwhelming. Dan James probably isn't far off being top 10 right now.

 

Players like Saka, Dembele, Yamal, Sane and Rodrygo we can forget about.....then it's pretty grim looking. 

 

Arne likes his quick, skillful, technical wingers. We might look to someone he'll know well in Bakayoko......we might have to take a punt on someone raw and develop them into a more productive player like Adingra. What we sure as hell aren't doing is spending 80m on a Kudus.

 

I'm actually not sure about this. Last time Edwards was in charge he wasn't afraid to spend huge money on a player if they could have a huge impact (Alisson, van Dijk).

 

Obviously it would require some big sales to make it possible, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like Nunez and Kelleher sold for £100m and then we spend that on a big difference-maker up front. I mean, we're not getting Yamal/Mbappe/Haaland, but someone like Musiala or Rodrygo wouldn't be that crazy to imagine, I wouldn't think?

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Left back is pressing given Robbo’s slight decline but given that he’s still a decent standard and Tsimakis is decent we can afford to be a bit more pragmatic there. If Trent fucks off then Frimpong is a no brainer, if Slot wants that type of full back. Could be a no brainer if Slot wants that type of winger as well though. A first team quality body in midfield and a bonafide reliable starting centre forward is where I’d be looking. Get the midfielder done in Jan then do something clever with the full backs and go big in the forward in the summer. Nunez is what he is at this point. I don’t foresee him ‘coming good’ at this stage. He is basically the new Origi. He can do a lot of things good some of the time. I think the other forwards like him because even when he’s missing sitters and laying it off in to defenders feet he’s always a handful. Good to have off the bench but not good enough to be leading the line at Liverpool. Someone like Muisala is the dream signing but he’s the suoerstar in waiting and that’s what his fee and wages will reflect. More likely to see big money go on Wirtz if they spend big on anyone. I still think we’ll go for that Baba Ganoush for a modest-medium fee and worry about the AFCON when they happen.

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3 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

 

I'm actually not sure about this. Last time Edwards was in charge he wasn't afraid to spend huge money on a player if they could have a huge impact (Alisson, van Dijk).

 

Obviously it would require some big sales to make it possible, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like Nunez and Kelleher sold for £100m and then we spend that on a big difference-maker up front. I mean, we're not getting Yamal/Mbappe/Haaland, but someone like Musiala or Rodrygo wouldn't be that crazy to imagine, I wouldn't think?

 

We will be lucky to clear 50ml on them two. Nobody is paying big money for Nunez and Kelleher only has 12 months on his deal. Reckon Ali would need to leave to generate that sort of money and that shouldn't be happening 

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