Dr Jinx

The kid would be mad to go there at present, maybe they are prepared to loan him back until MBappe joins Madrid in the summer though.

Makes you wonder just how good the kid is though

I’m surprised we haven’t been linked with Gareth Bale

Can this shite just be merged with other clubs transfers?

Could have a midfield of Cantwell, Shelvey and Haidara by end of window if the bullshit rumours ever came true.

Could actually see that balance work ok as the others would be able to do the leg work for Jonjo

We should go woke and get our cast offs gender reassigned.

Ciara Clark

Darina Gayle

Gemma Lascelles

Matilda Ritchie

Karen Darlow

They'd probably still get stuffed every week 

I think we’re stringing those clubs along, making a low ball bid and then just upping it slightly. We’re in for 2 of them, am sure of that but they aren’t making it obvious who the first choice players are. Clever. Once things heat up a bit we’ll come in with a proper offer for the ones we actually want.

2 minutes ago, madras said:

So they could pay in installments as well ?

True, clubs paying in instalments is pretty much the done thing. Only Mike Ashley used to do it the other way. Probably thinking he’d get a cheaper deal if a club was skint.

Rafa’s flown the cuckoos nest. It’s like one of those graphic drink drive videos.. you know it’s gruesome so the tendency is to look away until it’s over.

“Everything is AOK, coz I’m strong as an OAK..”

Am gonna go out on a limb here, I predict he’ll score 12+ goals for us between now and end of season.

That could be a few close 1-0’s if we manage to sort out the defence 

Good signing imho, proven scorer at PL level playing in a very poor side.

He’ll bring in others around him and add a bit of muscle up front.

My slight concern is that’s 2 players in with Burnley connections. I’d like to see the manager being able to attract a player who isn’t already aware of him

The deadline isn't Thursday like, would be great to have more in but give them time. It's important they aren't going to get mugged off financially in this window as other clubs are watching.

The summer will be a different kettle of fish once we manage to stay up.

1 central defender, 1 left back, 2 midfielders (one defensive and one creative) and a forward would be enough to get us there. There's loads of time

Take out the sell on fee and whatever bonus, but yes loan him back for the remainder of the season. We need to think about the here and now but also what's next. If this kid is as good as they say he can join in the summer and be prepared for it.

Prime Shola would cost about 40 million in todays market.

Anyone notice the absolute bellends who began posting regularly as soon as the takeover happened?

They mostly seem to have registered their accounts about a year ago, almost as if they were just waiting for the instruction to post absolute crap.

1 minute ago, Jackie Broon said:

 

Wasn't it strongly rumoured that McClaren was appointed on Carr's advice?

It was more a case of Carr mentioning him amongst many others to Lee Charnley, Mike Ashley didn't want him but Charnley went out on a limb to get him for some reason.

French clubs are shite to deal with at the best of times. Spain and Germany are where it's at for hassle free transactions.

Cisse was already on the flight over before we even found out about it.

Reading those quotes, it sounds like he could quite easily get homesick. The club would have to make sure there was a support network here with him.

He's definitely got self confidence though

Vlahovic ain't comin here in January, wouldn't rule it out in the summer if we stay up but not now. Chris Wood for the short term isn't that bad an idea, as long as he knows what he's getting himself into.

I had a look on the Derby forum and they are eyes open happily accepting of him if he comes in. Madness.

I’ve absolutely nothing against them as fans but honestly think any warning against it will just fall on deaf ears.

His team are one of if not the youngest squads in all of Europes main leagues, to score 8 is an achievement.

He does look rough around the edges though, definitely a case of buying potential 

Lille were always going to fuck us for payback over the Cabaye transfer. His release clause was not common knowledge and Carr was definitely up to shenanigans there. 4.5m?

We should take our medicine and pay a bit more than we would have been willing to spend. Make the figure undisclosed etc.

Don't think this one is over. No way the Saudis will appear like they couldn’t afford something 

I think after x amount of years of these stupid transfer windows, it's just shown not to work. Clubs, even the top ones make terrible mistakes in the judgement of how players will fit into a side. Negotiations are rushed, smaller clubs don't have the capacity to operate multiple deals at the same time. The whole thing is unnecessary.

All quiet on the western front compared to last week. I hope that’s a good thing.

I think an issue that won’t be lost on the new owners is that our manager may not be a big enough draw to land certain players.

This is why we’re being linked to players with clubs he’s had history with. Hopefully just a fall back option but..

I'm not sure it is, our first bid was around £25m or €30m, the way it's being quoted in euro and then pounds is muddying the waters.

I think a fee of £35m plus some add-ons get's this done. (€40m) seems to be the magic number for them.