Lokonga being binned off to Palace on loan?
Lokonga being binned off to Palace on loan?
Fair…I’ve had similar thoughts…but I was very impressed with him in the Euros (of course very different to playing in the league) but I would agree that I hope we don’t have to rely on him…and that actually we are able to use him to take the pressure off Partey (sub him on if we think the game is won etc) which is no worse really than how I expected we would utilise ElnenyOriginally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...
Jorginho.
Always rated him.
Nah I can't even pretend on this one, always thought he was the target in a big game and often was overrun.
Hopefully we don't have to use him much in those games.
Looks like it yes
Official now.
Chelsea fans seem frustrated at losing him but that’s probably more about selling to us and the fear of it helping us win the league, rather than losing a player that was of use to them.
Hopefully Vieira can sort him out.
Watching Jorginho's interview, where he talks about wanting to help the club, and reading Arteta's and Edu's comments about how he will 'contribute', I think everyone's got their eyes open here and there's no unrealistic expectations, it all seems fine to me, with all he's won it will surely help us keep a winning mentality in place if nothing else
Sure. Personally I didn't have any real expectation of us in this window. A couple of big deals fell through and that is disappointing but overall it exceeded my expectations and I think we've done pretty good business. Had we done nothing we'd have had no chance of the title, now I believe we've given ourselves a decent chance by adding a bit of depth.
Chelsea will be getting Fernandez over the line it seems.
£105 million.
Incredible amount spent in January.
I’m talking specifically about having the prospect of signing Caicedo dangled in front of us. For what it’s worth I do fully remember you saying you didn’t expect us to do much if anything in this window some time ago.
But my disappointment is of course contextual, that we bid for Caicedo raised the prospect of us signing him and that would have been a coup. At the beginning of the window I felt most of all we needed cover for Partey (mainly because I didn’t think Elneny was sufficient) and I guess to that end we’ve done that.
I think also there is this argument in regards to how effective we are at getting the big deals over the line, in regard to Mudryk and in regard to Caicedo.
I don’t know personally I feel it made sense to walk away from Mudryk, and for all the “money talks” stuff being mooted on here…I just don’t think Brighton were prepared to sell being unable to secure a replacement for him themselves.
But Edu looking at it objectively has seemed to be a bit hit and miss, whether that’s down to him, whether that’s down to the Kroenkes being controlling with the purse strings (we know that the self sustaining model is dead and buried and that KSE is financing our transfer business)
Looking back on where we were a month ago yeah we’ve improved the squad no doubt, but in the context of potentially bringing in an excellent young midfielder into our team under the noses of Chelsea and that not materialising…yeah that’s a disappointment
Is Financial fair play still a thing? FFS!
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