Hovagod Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 5 hours ago, Shak said: The most interesting part of the RW signing being Elanga would be that it’s basically a long term commitment to the idea of not having an inverted winger on both sides. Elanga as first choice and Murphy as backup for the foreseeable future, with Gordon/Barnes being used there occasionally too. Would explain us being so all in on Elanga, as the vast majority of RW options out there are left footed and would require a pivot away from something that was so incredibly effective last season with Murphy in the spot. It’s not what I was expecting to be honest but at this point Eddie has earned total buy in if this is who he wants. Given how productive Murphy was in the position last year, I’d expect some pretty good numbers from Elanga next year if he is the one we end up with. I personally do not come into ANY transfer based thread to read intelligent contributions like this. Please tone it down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 6 hours ago, Jinky Jim said: Forest just signed a Brazilian forward named Jesus….Perhaps that is their replacement for Elanga! Apparently he’s not meant to be very good at getting on the end of crosses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 27 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Apparently he’s not meant to be very good at getting on the end of crosses Nailed on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teslact Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 (edited) Can we let this topic die and then resurrect it in the Other Club's Transfers thread? Edited July 5, 2025 by Teslact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 18 minutes ago, Teslact said: Can we let this topic die and then resurrect it in the Other Club's Transfers thread? Aka the Chelsea thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieToon Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 Don't think we are even close with Elanga we upped our bid to 50 mil but forest want 60 so a long way off. And it seems Elanga is happy at forest so he is not going to demand a transfer anytime soon. We need to move on with plan D or wherever we are at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 Just now, GeordieToon said: Don't think we are even close with Elanga we upped our bid to 50 mil but forest want 60 so a long way off. And it seems Elanga is happy at forest so he is not going to demand a transfer anytime soon. We need to move on with plan D or wherever we are at the moment. We upped our bid to £55m and it hasn’t been rejected. They’re just working on finer details of the payment structure. And Elanga most definitely does want the move 👍🏻 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieToon Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 All Paper talk that he wants a move no one knows what his wishes are and forest dont have to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 Just now, GeordieToon said: All Paper talk that he wants a move no one knows what his wishes are and forest dont have to sell. There’s not a chance we’ve chased him for 12 months without knowing he wants the move like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 1 minute ago, GeordieToon said: All Paper talk that he wants a move no one knows what his wishes are and forest dont have to sell. You ok there lad? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 5 minutes ago, GeordieToon said: Don't think we are even close with Elanga we upped our bid to 50 mil but forest want 60 so a long way off. And it seems Elanga is happy at forest so he is not going to demand a transfer anytime soon. We need to move on with plan D or wherever we are at the moment. 2 minutes ago, GeordieToon said: All Paper talk that he wants a move no one knows what his wishes are and forest dont have to sell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieToon Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 How long did we chase Hugo Ekitike who was supposedly busting to move to the toon. then he snubbed us for PSG. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDog Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 Just now, GeordieToon said: How long did we chase Hugo Ekitike who was supposedly busting to move to PSG. Fixed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 We’re getting a double transfer agreement confirmation tomorrow, I can feel it in my bones. Trafford and Elanga up north for start of pre-season (that’s right lads, forego your holidays from being on international duty). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 8 minutes ago, lovejoy said: There’s not a chance we’ve chased him for 12 months without knowing he wants the move like. Totally. He’s friendly with two of our team, of course we’ll know whether he is into the idea or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 24 minutes ago, GeordieToon said: All Paper talk that he wants a move no one knows what his wishes are and forest dont have to sell. Osula does… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelinton7 Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 48 minutes ago, GeordieToon said: Don't think we are even close with Elanga we upped our bid to 50 mil but forest want 60 so a long way off. And it seems Elanga is happy at forest so he is not going to demand a transfer anytime soon. We need to move on with plan D or wherever we are at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 5, 2025 Share Posted July 5, 2025 10 hours ago, Shak said: The most interesting part of the RW signing being Elanga would be that it’s basically a long term commitment to the idea of not having an inverted winger on both sides. Elanga as first choice and Murphy as backup for the foreseeable future, with Gordon/Barnes being used there occasionally too. Would explain us being so all in on Elanga, as the vast majority of RW options out there are left footed and would require a pivot away from something that was so incredibly effective last season with Murphy in the spot. It’s not what I was expecting to be honest but at this point Eddie has earned total buy in if this is who he wants. Given how productive Murphy was in the position last year, I’d expect some pretty good numbers from Elanga next year if he is the one we end up with. He’s pretty good with his left mind. He’s not Perisic/Martins level of two footed but moreso than pretty much anyone else in our squad. Which I think is a major reason for us wanting him. If he was Isak level of right footed I don’t think we would be interested. From what I’ve seen Elanga, he’s more of a modern wide forward than a Murphy old school RW type. Elanga over performed his expected assists considerably so it will be interesting to see if he remains a primary assist threat. His underlying numbers didn’t suggest that as much it would look based on G/A. I see this similar to the Gordon transfer as I think it’s the profile Howe loves most. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 (edited) Shak's post made me realise our front 6 will all be right footed. As will all of our midfield. Would be nice to throw a leftie in to mix things up at times Edited July 6, 2025 by Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 Elanga did score a few goals with his left foot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki679 Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 42 minutes ago, Sean said: Shak's post made me realise our front 6 will all be right footed. As will all of our midfield. Would be nice to throw a leftie in to mix things up at times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergi1970 Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 I don't think he is worth more than 25M max, I really hope I'm wrong (again) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 40 minutes ago, Sergi1970 said: I don't think he is worth more than 25M max, I really hope I'm wrong (again) Have you posted this from the 2010s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 1 hour ago, healthyaddiction said: Have you posted this from the 2010s? More like 1970. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted July 6, 2025 Share Posted July 6, 2025 1 hour ago, healthyaddiction said: Have you posted this from the 2010s? So many live in the era of 2010s fees, just look at Sunderland’s transfer business so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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