Dr Jinx

2 hours ago, gjohnson said:

This guy is not for us. He will never be totally committed, and will be looking for the 'bigger move' unless we win something pretty much immediately. 

 

 

If he’s that good there’s no reason why we couldn’t.

It would have been wrong if the first signing wasn’t Targett. So happy this club is being run properly now, keep half expecting to wake up and it all being some sort of lucid dream.

So who will be his backup? Dummett or will Lewis get another chance in the squad?

All of this exists in the imaginations of attention seeking wannabe twitter celebrities, these transfers that are dragging on are the new takeover threads. It’s all bullshit.

Ashworth has been in the job 2 days and he’s already moved on 1, potentially 2 of the deadwood players. Got a deal in place for Targett and possibly the young French lad.

When he switches attention to Botman it will play out quickly. We’re behind in the proceedings, Milan have been trying to woo him for over a year and Maldini has openly communicated with him on Instagram. They don’t seem to want to match our bid though so if there’s so agreement between Milan and Lille, he’s not going there.

5 minutes ago, Happinesstan said:

He does remind me a little bit of Dennis Wise, with a brain.

There’s a movie in the cinema at the moment called Men, one of the characters is definitely Dennis Wise

At least that goddamn 4 is gone. A change of sponsor would have been nice just for the obvious ties to the former regime but overall they haven’t been the worst, especially their social media posts.

For me it makes way more sense, we know he fits in here and he’s solid.

Delighted if this is true. 

The blue yellow looks tacky, the white is nice aside from the sponsor. Not sure about the home shirt yet.

“I just started yesterday but I’ve already had several conversations with Eddie” ? suuuuure 

21 minutes ago, Decky said:

Fuck sake I was hoping we could get Diaby but £85m? Nah, pass. 

He’ll go for less. We probably enquired at 45m and they come back with 100, he’ll go for 60/65.

Good solution overall. He did well for us on occasion, only very poor a handful of times.

Unhappy under Rafa, delighted under Bruce, it occurred to me that he wasn’t too committed to maintaining high levels or improving and I guess that’s what Eddie Howe saw as well.

Good to see Ashworth clearing the decks straight away.

15 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

Ake for 50 million seems like a good deal imo.

I don’t think he’s worth that much but he’s a very good player. Not worried about his height as he’s very aggressive in the air, same height as Coloccini iirc?

What would give to have a player like that on our books again.

12 minutes ago, Gaztoon said:

Remember when koulibaly was going to be our first signing.. what ever happened to that ?

Too old, too expensive for the profile of player we’re looking at.

Yep time to move on with this one but I suspect the club haven’t been in that much contact, it’s more us who wanted this one and journalists putting 2+2 together and coming up with 73 as we were previously interested.

The club for all those early leaks have been watertight so far this summer so to be honest, we don’t really know for sure who’s the number one target in the various positions we’re recruiting for.

25 minutes ago, Astroblack said:

Would love him here. 

 

 

 

Nope, never ever want us to sign a player again who’s more interested in playing golf than representing his club.

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

Fits with everything else being reported i.e we're still negotiating personal terms with his agent. 

No was reported he’d agreed in principal to join, I’d assume at that point there wouldn’t be much left to iron out.

The fact it hasn’t happened already is down to that tournament he’s playing. Once it’s over he’ll be announced.

3 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said:

I'm not sure Henderson is that much better than Dubs, and i don't think the outlay improves the position enough to justify £30m plus (if that is the price).

I believe the price is closer to 20m or just under. He’s definitely better than Dubs, not in the top keepers in the world but we’re also not quite there yet. He’s a good fit for where we are now, Dubs needs real competition for that place, and if he loses it and can’t regain it, well that will settle the argument of who is better surely?

Asslani fits the profile of player we’re going for. Young, potential to get much better while also still being good enough for the here and now.

Not the tallest, only 5’10. But that shouldn’t matter if he’s good enough.

1 minute ago, McDog said:

 

 

They are the gold standard of reporting!

 

 

 

I hope.

 

 

 

It’s looking like happening now in fairness. But again, I’ll stay reserved enough until I see pictures of him holding the shirt.

The original source which everyone is basing this update on is RMC Sport. How reputable are they?

Pleased with this, hopefully others start to pay attention!

Have a feeling this lad will make a mockery of the PL when he finds his feet.

2 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

That said, Ake is 27. Other left sided centre backs we've been linked with such as Botman, Bendashile, Ndicka and Inacio are all 22 or less, which suggests we are looking at someone a bit younger.

Why do you persist on spelling Benoît Badiashile‘s name wrong? 

It seems the ones who are procrastinating the most about coming here are the top younger talent.

Perhaps to get from A-B or H or whatever, we should be looking more at older players who are still at a high level as short term options.

Once we’re there, we won’t have as much trouble attracting any player.

2 hours ago, Unbelievable said:

 

And just as I say that he scores a scorcher vs Belgium...

Holland always look good before a tournament starts and then the wheels come off.

Who can afford Lewandowski? Can’t be that many clubs who could realistically take him on