More transfer rumours

[Zero]

3 minutes ago, NWMag said:

 

This looks like his agent is trying to drumming up interest. Probably Milan has changed their plan and no longer after him 

[Guest]

I hope Hatem bigged us up to him.

[SUPERTOON]

Would assume we have already agreed everything with Botman since January, hopefully we can do a deal with lille

[Tsunami]

Didn’t Botman say he’d prefer Milan. I can’t see how we sign him if Milan really want him.

 

I’ll be gutted if we end up with Mings, we already have his twin in Lascelles.

[Keegans Export]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Would assume we have already agreed everything with Botman since January, hopefully we can do a deal with lille

That's my theory. If he was keen to come in January, he'll definitely be keen to come now.

[Guest]

Utterly perplexed by this Dean Henderson transfer

[SUPERTOON]

1 minute ago, Tsunami said:

Didn’t Botman say he’d prefer Milan. I can’t see how we sign him if Milan really want him.

 

I’ll be gutted if we end up with Mings, we already have his twin in Lascelles.

Don’t think he’s ever said that. The Italian media have said it a few times without any actual quotes 

[Geogaddi]

Don’t understand why we don’t buy Nick Pope , better option than Henderson.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Just now, Geogaddi said:

Don’t understand why we don’t buy Nick Pope , better option than Henderson.

 

Probably because they're both much of a muchness, but Henderson is 25, Pope is 30.

[STM]

I reckon we have Botman wrapped up. Didn't Staveley name check him in Caulkins piece?

 

First signing IMO.

[SteV]

2 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

Don’t understand why we don’t buy Nick Pope , better option than Henderson.

Because his distribution is Sunday league standard, which will hold him back from getting a top team unfortunately 

[TRon]

18 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Oh and I’d still rather that Badiashaile bloke or however it is spelled over Botman, who looks slow to me. But I wouldn’t complain if we signed either. 

 

Was just going to say, either one would make me forget about losing out to Carlos very quickly.

[MickMack]

12 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Didn’t Botman say he’d prefer Milan. I can’t see how we sign him if Milan really want him.

 

I’ll be gutted if we end up with Mings, we already have his twin in Lascelles.

As much as it’s popular to slag off Lascelles, I’ve never thought he’s looked as much of a liability as Mings does 

[Minhosa]

9 minutes ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

 

Probably because they're both much of a muchness, but Henderson is 25, Pope is 30.

Pope reported to have a release clause of only £12m though.

[Comegetasample]

Henderson is 25, and by all accounts a very good distributor. It makes perfect sense for him to compete with Dubravka over the next 2/3 years so as Dubs wains with age (33+), Henderson comes into prime GK form (28+).

 

Anyone advocating going for pope or others who are 30 or over are clueless I'm sorry. And you can't complain about price, thanks to Kepa and Pickford the precedent has been set. 30/40 m for a keeper is normal.

[Holmesy]

People turning their noses up at a current England international goalkeeper?! 

[Cronky]

Not sure if his link has been posted before - https://vimeo.com/714011292?ref=em-share

 

A real emotional self-indulgence.

[The Prophet]

19 minutes ago, Tsunami said:

Didn’t Botman say he’d prefer Milan. I can’t see how we sign him if Milan really want him.

 

I’ll be gutted if we end up with Mings, we already have his twin in Lascelles.

 

He pretty much kept is options up. Said we were a really interesting project and Milan were historic and what not.

[The Prophet]

I watched quite a bit of Botman after we were heavily linked in January. He looks very accomplished for his age, comfortable on the ball, strong and a good reader of the game. My only slight concern is that he's not the quickest, which could be a problem in recovery or if he gets dragged out of position.

 

I'm nitpicking though, he was in the Ligue 1 team of the season for a reason and he would be a big statement signing. The fact Milan have distanced themselves from signing him in recent days is promising.

[Nucasol]

Just now, The Prophet said:

I watched quite a bit of Botman after we were heavily linked in January. He looks very accomplished for his age, comfortable on the ball, strong and a good reader of the game. My only slight concern is that he's not the quickest, which could be a problem in recovery or if he gets dragged out of position.

 

I'm nitpicking though, he was in the Ligue 1 team of the season for a reason and he would be a big statement signing. The fact Milan have distanced themselves from signing him in recent days is promising.

I agree - Milan fans also seem happy that Kalulu is coming through and say they have other positions to prioritise with him, Kjaer, Tomori and Romagnoli already there.

[ponsaelius]

Romagnoli is probably leaving on a free and Kjaer is coming back from injury. They still probably need a CB - but true that Kalulu has thrived since being moved centrally so probably opens up other opportunities in the market for competition rather than first choice.

 

[Sean]

After the January window had long closed, the Athletic also reported a club source (which we all took to be Staveley/Ghodoussi) as stating "Botman wanted to come, he still wants to come".

[gdm]

 

[KDT]

Botman & Diaby would take it beyond £75m you would have to think.

[sushimonster85]

1 minute ago, KDT said:

Botman & Diaby would take it beyond £75m you would have to think.

 

Comfortably. I know Scott Wilson mentions in his tweet we will go close to our transfer record for Diaby, but in reality we will need to break it to get him. £50m at least.