January transfer window rumors and gossip

irishmover

Definition of how unrealistic Football Manager is.

Lamela has 18 goals for me in the 14/15 season and its only January.

Hollister11

irishmover wrote: »

Definition of how unrealistic Football Manager is.

Lamela has 18 goals for me in the 14/15 season and its only January.

He is such a good player in the game, its ridiculous.

irishmover

Hollister11 wrote: »

He is such a good player in the game, its ridiculous.

I've been playing him in an advanced role on the right hand side. MaybeI should give Poch a call.

DubPerryman

Seeing how badly we were punished when we had nobody to hold the ball up up front when Kane went off over the weekend, I'd like to see us go and get Llorente. The formation we play, 4-2-3-1, depends on a number 9 holding the ball up and bringing the other players in to it - even if Llorente doesn't get us 20 goals a season, we need someone up there to relieve the pressure on the defence!

2nd Row Donkey

Sugarlumps wrote: »

The only hindrance is the African Nations cup, it couldn't come at a worse time in the season. Has he been cleared of Juju.

Ah hear. Don't tell me he's f**king off to that in the new year too? Is it time for that already. Bentaleb will be gone too. Maybe Ade will piss off and not come back.

OldMrBrennan83

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positivenote

hearing those that think they know about these things are wetting themselves about illarramendi for 20m or there abouts, this said I reckon hes liverpool bound. Would be great for us all the same.

Hatch99

Fazio to west brom 5m

2nd Row Donkey

Hatch99 wrote: »

Fazio to west brom 5m

Not sure how I feel about that.
I think he could do a job for us in certain games. Like up against Costa and the like.

Gone after 1 season and probably less than 20 games which begs the question. Who bought him in the first place.

Ormus

I'd have no problem with Fazio going, we're well covered there.

Really hope we don't sign Bolasie, he's a handful but not big on end product.

mushykeogh

Ormus wrote: »

Really hope we don't sign Bolasie, he's a handful but not big on end product.

Made for us!:D

Ormus

mushykeogh wrote: »

Made for us!:D

Ha, yeah he's like a big Townsend

SuprSi

Spotted this on the BBC site;

Saido Berahino: Tottenham bid rejected by West Brom

£15m, with Albion claiming they are, under no circumstances, selling Berahino. Nice work Mr. Levy, if this is the ace up your sleeve I think you're going to be found out.

Ormus

SuprSi wrote: »

Spotted this on the BBC site;

Saido Berahino: Tottenham bid rejected by West Brom

£15m, with Albion claiming they are, under no circumstances, selling Berahino. Nice work Mr. Levy, if this is the ace up your sleeve I think you're going to be found out.

Everyone is complaining we're not buying enough strikers, now you're giving out when we try to buy a striker?

SuprSi

Ormus wrote: »

Everyone is complaining we're not buying enough strikers, now you're giving out when we try to buy a striker?

Not at all, I'm complaining that Levy has only found out now that WBA have no intention of selling him. He could easily have bid this amount 2 - 3 weeks ago and been given the same information. This is about as emphatic as it gets and I can't imagine WBA letting him go now.

Ormus

SuprSi wrote: »

Not at all, I'm complaining that Levy has only found out now that WBA have no intention of selling him. He could easily have bid this amount 2 - 3 weeks ago and been given the same information. This is about as emphatic as it gets and I can't imagine WBA letting him go now.

I'm guessing you read the headline and not the actual quote?

What Jeremy Peace actually says is "selling him isn't on our agenda, but never say never".

Not quite as emphatic as it gets.

SuprSi

Well that's not really what he said;

"We have no interest in selling Saido which is what I have told Spurs chairman Daniel Levy," said Albion chairman Jeremy Peace. "I know we are living in an age where no club can say 'never' about the possibility of selling a player." He added: "However, the prospect of selling Saido is simply not on our agenda. "We are going forward with Saido very much in our plans and still striving to add players to improve the balance of our squad."

Perhaps not 100% emphatic but realistically what he means is that if Spurs come in with silly money, there's a tiny, tiny chance they'd go for it. Silly money & Spurs do not go hand-in-hand (thankfully in this case as I don't think he's worth any more than that). Spurs are not Chelsea who can/will bid £20m for a player, and increase that to £25m then £30m when the other bids are turned down.

Again though, my issue isn't with attempting to buy the player, it's the logic behind doing it now with the season already in progress (and still 2 weeks until the window closes) when he could have had this exact same response and more contingency time had he done it a few weeks ago.

Charliebull

SuprSi wrote: »

Not at all, I'm complaining that Levy has only found out now that WBA have no intention of selling him. He could easily have bid this amount 2 - 3 weeks ago and been given the same information. This is about as emphatic as it gets and I can't imagine WBA letting him go now.

i would doubt that transfers are as simple as

"howdy jeremy, daniel here, listen 15m for the lad, response " no problem daniel il draw up the paperwork"

its a game of cat and mouse and will go on until the deal is complete, which it will be by end of window
my only problem is i dont think he will be enough

Ormus

SuprSi wrote: »

Well that's not really what he said;

"We have no interest in selling Saido which is what I have told Spurs chairman Daniel Levy," said Albion chairman Jeremy Peace. "I know we are living in an age where no club can say 'never' about the possibility of selling a player." He added: "However, the prospect of selling Saido is simply not on our agenda. "We are going forward with Saido very much in our plans and still striving to add players to improve the balance of our squad."

Perhaps not 100% emphatic but realistically what he means is that if Spurs come in with silly money, there's a tiny, tiny chance they'd go for it. Silly money & Spurs do not go hand-in-hand (thankfully in this case as I don't think he's worth any more than that). Spurs are not Chelsea who can/will bid £20m for a player, and increase that to £25m then £30m when the other bids are turned down.

Again though, my issue isn't with attempting to buy the player, it's the logic behind doing it now with the season already in progress (and still 2 weeks until the window closes) when he could have had this exact same response and more contingency time had he done it a few weeks ago.

I agree that it would've been better to have this all sorted by now, but surely you don't think he just shouldn't bother even trying to buy a striker now?

I'm guessing Spurs bid £15m. In an era where Ross McCormack is an 11m player, Bristol City have just had a 9m bid accepted for a Brentford striker, and Jordan Rhodes is being touted for 14m, I think Berahino should be at least 20m. Whether he turns out to be worth it is another question, but he's a proven scorer in the Premiership, and is young and English.

Spurs certainly won't go to 30m, but they may well go to 20, or even a bit more. If Berahino decides he wants to go, this will almost definitely happen before the deadline.

mushykeogh

18m + add ons + Fazio for 5m.

pleasant Co.

mushykeogh wrote: »

18m + add ons + Fazio for 5m.

I was saying £17m plus the above but why argue over a mil :P

OldMrBrennan83

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Sugarlumps

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/saido-berahino-to-tottenham-spurs-told-to-increase-bid-to-25m-after-west-brom-reject-18m-offer-10461271.html

WB value him at 25 million. Saga will drag on.

mushykeogh

Patww79 wrote: »

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Not if spurs value Fazio at 10m! Considering Kaboul went for 6m and he is a crock. 5m for Fazio is a sweetener!
just saw spurs only paid 8mill for Fazio but you get the idea!

2nd Row Donkey

Sky sports are saying it was 20M sterling.

So much for it already been a done deal. I genuinely thought Levy was squirrelling away in the back ground and was just waiting to announce the deal after Soldado had left and N'jie was wrapped up.

Sounds like the process is only getting started. Risky business. He'll either end up with egg on his face, paying over the odds at the last minute or some sort of panic buy on the last day.

OldMrBrennan83

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Martin567

Ormus wrote: »

I agree that it would've been better to have this all sorted by now, but surely you don't think he just shouldn't bother even trying to buy a striker now?

I'm guessing Spurs bid £15m. In an era where Ross McCormack is an 11m player, Bristol City have just had a 9m bid accepted for a Brentford striker, and Jordan Rhodes is being touted for 14m, I think Berahino should be at least 20m. Whether he turns out to be worth it is another question, but he's a proven scorer in the Premiership, and is young and English.

Spurs certainly won't go to 30m, but they may well go to 20, or even a bit more. If Berahino decides he wants to go, this will almost definitely happen before the deadline.

I'm amazed that Charlie Austin is still at QPR. The figure being quoted for him is only £15m which seems very good value when compared to all of the above, including Berahino.

He had a great season last year, in a poor team. I think he would be a far less risky signing than Berahino and he's only 26 so should be in his prime. He also looks capable of playing up front on his own which would allow Kane to sit out the odd game.

Ormus

Martin567 wrote: »

I'm amazed that Charlie Austin is still at QPR. The figure being quoted for him is only £15m which seems very good value when compared to all of the above, including Berahino.

He had a great season last year, in a poor team. I think he would be a far less risky signing than Berahino and he's only 26 so should be in his prime. He also looks capable of playing up front on his own which would allow Kane to sit out the odd game.

I totally agree. Austin seems like a no brainer really, I thought about 8 clubs would have bid for him this summer. Strange one.

mass_debater

I'd take Charlie Austin and Alex Song

positivenote

Berahino is a younger palyer, he scored more goals last year and is a different type of player than Austin. He's worth 20million in todays market, just sign him and get on with it, so we can get ourselves a decent experienced cen midfielder