McCormick

Oh ffs. Wake me up in February.

We’ll probably be back in for around 15m which I should think they’d accept. Still a reasonable fee for him.

Burn is such a weird player (in a good way) looks like he’d be your standard, sluggish, big-man center-back but plays almost as a lwb for Brighton. Deceptively quick too. Not super exciting but seems sensible enough for the prices being quoted.

Has Cabaye vibes, this guy.

I think the issue will be convincing this lad to come. Looking like he wants to hold out until a better prospect come knocking. Just have to hope Arsenal or another ‘bigger’ team don’t have a 30 million need for a cm.

Oh cool, so this’ll be the one where the bid is actually accepted but the player doesn’t want to come. In all seriousness, I really really hope this doesn’t fall through.

Webster’s great.

“You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. You run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.”

My friend really wanted him at Barca as the heir to Busquets. For that alone, I’m very excited (knowing full well how this ends).

Oh yes, please be true. Please.

Another big L for Mandy and Gerds. Starting to worry now; if they thought we were being ripped off before, try going into the last week of a transfer window with everyone knowing you’re gasping for a center-back.

I quite like Nat Phillips (not enough to go back and forth with posters and get roasted for it ) but there’s no getting away from the fact that he’d be a massive downgrade on Botman and Carlos. Loved this from him though.

Linked under Ashley iirc. Not sure how good he is but that fact alone makes this not particularly exciting.

As much as I like Carlos, they’ve seemingly fucked us about or at the very least wasted our time. Hope we don’t deal with them again. Petty? You bet.

Could be, but I don’t think it’s fair to use the fact that he’s forged a great relationship with his cb partner as a stick to beat him with. He’s a very classy defender, a calming presence at the back and a good leader from what I’ve seen. Also, in our position there’s something to be said for a guy who can just show up and do a job immediately with a limited settling-in period. Not sure why people here don’t seem to rate him .

He’s very good; reads the game very well, a capable passer and a good pro. Top class might be a bit overboard on my part though, apologies.

As someone who’s watched him a lot, Carlos is very, very good.

Top class is probably a bit of an exaggeration but I’ve seen enough of him to suggest he’s a very very adept PL defender. Hoping that Burnley’s financial situation and the fact that his contract is up soon means we can get him for 20-25m.

No idea but I’d certainly hope so, with his contract running out in the summer.

I like DC too to be fair, so there.

And that is?

Known quantity and a top class defender, leaves us more money to buy another cb too.

I like Nat Phillips

Might be a bit less exciting but I’d rather Tarkowski for half the amount anyway.

Christ.