Sky are reporting the other reports in Italy that Vlahovic is in talks with Juventus although they haven't agreed a fee yet?
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...not-considered
Different knock. :bow:
Looks like this one is done.
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Sky are reporting the other reports in Italy that Vlahovic is in talks with Juventus although they haven't agreed a fee yet?
https://www.skysports.com/football/n...not-considered
Different knock. :bow:
Looks like this one is done.
Think we have been played on this one. We were obviously given some encouragement somewhere along the line by either player or agent but looks like it was to draw Juve out.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Have to move on to other targets now but can't imagine many teams wanting to lose their best striker at this stage of the season.
I guess it’s only really a waste of our time if it turns out there were other strong options available? If not, and none of our other targets are budging until the summer, then the only people’s time we’re wasting are his, his agent’s and Fiorentina’s!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
How are Juve affording this with their debt? Is this another one of their 6-year loan proposals? Feels like they’re heading for a pretty major rebalancing at some point…Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Yep, Locatelli all over again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
No idea what kind of business we are going to do if any now.
Yeah, I'm at a loss now.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
I guess there's no great urgency to get a CM any more - I'd still like to bring another strong option in to give us a boost for the run-in, but we're already past the point where it would have been helpful to see us through our crisis period. I think the club would still like to bring a midfielder in, but by the same token there's no longer any pressure there to push them to take any deal they're not 100% happy with - wouldn't be surprised if this one comes to nothing now.
Striker is still critical, but I'm really struggling to come up with any names who are a) available now, and b) would have an immediate impact? A lot of the non-Vlahovic names we're being linked with are either summer moves, or don't look like they'd be much of a step-up from Laca and Eddie, or look like they could be potentially be something special... but in 6-12 months time.
Juve agree a deal for Vlahovic. 62m.
Us. :lol:
Sounds like Juve have agreed a fee, we do need a striker - Dominic CL could be one to go for 24, Everton are in a worse state than us and could perhaps do with raising funs to overhaul squad. He is a decent player and potentially allows us to play two ways with both height and pace. But he would be our main striker signing for that money. Isak had a good Euros but not been as useful this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
never seen that Canadian guy we have been linked with play.
DCL... of all the players we've been linked with I guess he's probably the most likely to come in and start getting us goals straight away, which is the immediate need. But £60m?!! Ngl, that would hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
Isak looks the complete opposite: very high ceiling with a bit of work, but can he come straight in and score enough goals to fire us to top 4 between now and May? Might take us 6-12 months to mould him into the kind of striker we want him to be. That being said, if he's actually prepared to shoot, can score more than nothing and can last for more than 60 minutes before he's puffing (and does little things like show up for training and NLDs) then he'll be an instant upgrade!
Jonathan David is probably my first choice for the 2nd striker signing that we'll need to make over the next couple of windows (if that makes sense?) - a real swiss army knife of a forward, who can use both feet (always high on my wishlist) and fill in anywhere, so he wouldn't just warm the bench behind whoever else we go for. Doesn't look like he'll be going anywhere until the summer though.
Yeah I agree with this. Of those 3 names Isak has the highest ceiling but I think he would take the longest to adapt. DCL is decent enough but he isn't going to take us to the next level, he'd be a similar kind of signing to Ben White in that he will do a job but i am not convinced he has star potential in him, same feeling i have with Ben White.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Jonathan David looks a decent player, kind of sitting on the fence with him, I think he would be a good buy as like the others....but I am not sure he has star potential. We are in a bit of a mess with our forwards now come the summer, we are going to need to spend a lot of money on most likely 2 strikers assuming Auba, Laca and Eddie leave.
I think they might just look at the situation now and leave it till the summer and spend then. It's going to be another big summer in terms of spending IMO, 2 strikers and a midfielder. If two of those signings are starting quality players it will set us back a minimum 100mill, if not more.Quote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Would take DCL if offered the chance. The money for any player now is going to be ridiculous so we will just have to bite the bullet if we want to give ourselves the best possible chance of staying competitive for the remainder of this season. He’s scored more goals than Lacazette in recent seasons and at 24 you’d think there’s more room from growth.
The squad is horribly thin and I guess it’s a case of whether we want to just let the season run it’s course and finish in no man’s land again and address the issues in the summer, or actually try to do something worthwhile right now for a change.
I think he'd improve us but can't see much chance of Everton selling in January, even for silly money.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d take DCL in a cold minute right now! He’d walk into our starting XI. It’s just the fee being mentioned that’s making my eyes water. Like G23, it’s another one I can’t see happening until the summer, though.
We should pay what it takes, he's genuine class and i think would love playing with ppl like ESR, Odegaard, Saka etcQuote:
Originally Posted by I am invisible
Forget those guys - what about Tierney!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mac76
Yeah, I really wouldn't be surprised if we left it until the summer now. I certainly don't think we're going to be pressured into signing someone for the sake of it, especially now we're out of both cups and have players returning from injury / suspension / AFCON. The time when signings would have helped has been and gone - damage already done - and we now have 7-14 day rest periods between all of our games between now and May. An extra option or two would still be welcome, but our thin squad can probably cope if they have to (esp. after a nice long break in Dubai to recharge).Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
I guess the unknown factor is what the club's target's were at the start of the year? If it was immediate top 4 then we might still make a final push for a signing or two, but if it was top 6 then we're probably on target.
Done and dusted in 48 hours, no less :coffee:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Newcastle have agreed a £30m deal for Guimaraes too - just announced on sky sports
And we all used to moan about Wenger and his false promises ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang
"We are waiting for top, top, quality players in the waiting period"! :sarcy:
"We might buy Messi, it depends on the price"Quote:
Originally Posted by Chippy
:haha:
Lyon have said that nothing has been agreed yet and it's the media getting ahead of themselves :blah:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aubameyang's Wang
Lol, Aulas just finding out who Newcastle's new owners are!
Before I get worked up about this, do we even have a midfield budget for this window? Not sure we've (credibly) been linked with anyone other than loan signings so far - get the feeling the only money that's been freed up is for a striker.
Auba hasn’t travelled with the squad to Dubai. Think we’ve definitely seen the last of him if Arteta isn’t prepared to involve him despite being short of numbers.
Wheelchair has gone though. At this point we might as well offer him a contract for the remainder of the season.
Apparantly Isak (the desperation move we have been linked with after Vlahovic) doesn't want to come to us either.
What a total shambles we are
We are waiting for Sue Gray’s report until we decide whether to strengthen our squad
:haha:Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
Barca are in talks for Traore apparently.
Good news for the Spuds really.
Chambers has been sold to Villa.
Surely we are going to get someone in? Even if it’s just for the sake of numbers. The squad is wafer thin.
Arteta maybe thinks he can do a job for us....by playing
Maybe Douglas Luiz coming the other way? yeah I know a long shot.
Maybe the fact lately we like to play with 10 players. Means less slots to fill in the squad.
I know we’re thin right now, but I’m kind of glad that the owners have vetoed the Melo loan - shows that there’s oversight going on now. That was starting to sound like a pretty shit deal for us…
Maybe Saliba is coming home early?Quote:
Originally Posted by dazthegooner
Gutted, massively underrated player, wait for him to come back to the Emirates and show us upQuote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
And of course we'll keep that fucking cunt Xhaka come hell or high water
Is having players important?
Not if you can cancel games it isn’t. Can just imagine us trying to cancel our next game because we don’t have enough players. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
The transfer guy on talksport yestesrday, said we are only trying to sign the backup goalkeeper and no one else.
If that is the case then the rest of this season is a write off as well.
We desperately need a striker and another midfielder.
This fucking club - every.... fucking.... time.... :sulk:
Talksport :lol: