January Transfer Speculation (or lack of) Thread

[JUAN PABLO]

Hoilet would be a brilliant signing....


Spanish paper marca being reported as claiming we are interested in David Villa.  I wish.

Only if the Qatari royal family buyout rumour was true and probably not even then. Alas.

Is the ones who offered 1.5 billion for Manure . How much would Villa cost?   The team and not the player

[Concrete John]

Any move for Clyne is dependent of what the manager's opinion of Lichaj is.

And whether he has the balls to accept that his summer signing is not quite cutting it.

Maybe, but if we're thinking 'squad' then A N Other rightback is needed anyway.  And to be fair it also takes balls to stick with him if he thinks he'll improve, which I'm guessing he does.

[Ryu]

I'm just not sure about lichaj. When I first saw him play I thought he was ok but would never make it in the PL. But some of his performances last season made me think he could have a future here. I suppose it is all down to whether the manager rates him at all as he's at an age noW where he either needs to establish himself or move on.

But either way I think clyne could be an improvement.  My palace supporting mate reckons he's their best player and he's younger than Eric. 

[SoccerHQ]

Lichaj played left back when on loan at Leeds so wouldn't surprised me if he got a chance there when he comes back from injury.

Pretty sure McLeish was after Clyne at SHA. That's usually a guide to who he might be after.

[Rick_avfc]

Players like Lichaj need a good run of games (10+) to see if they are good enough.  Its no good playing them 1 week and then dropping them for a number of games.  Their development is then stop start.  I'd like him to play regularly as I think he will become a really good PL player.

[Mazrim]

Clyne does look a good player so I'd be fine with that. And I like Lichaj. He's a solid player who gives his all as a lot of our younger players do and it would be good to see him have a run of games. The two of them would be decent options for the right back slot along with Herd. I also cant see McLeish abandoning Hutton any time soon though.

[JUAN PABLO]

Still cant believe we bought Hutton , when we could have probably got 20 year old Clyne for under half the price .     

Herd , Cuellar and Lichaj could have filled the spot until Clyne was back to fitness .   

[JUAN PABLO]

from summer 2010

Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish is ready to seal a £2 million deal for Crystal Palace right back Nathan Clyne by the end of the week.

McLeish had a new £1.5 million offer rejected by George Burley's club last night, but he will come back in with an increased package.

The Blues have been after Clyne for weeks and see him as cover and competition for veteran skipper Stephen Carr as McLeish improves his options.

[Shrek]

Does anybody reckon we'd have a chance of getting Tiote from Newcastle?
Talk of Ashley might be willing to sell.

[Concrete John]

Still cant believe we bought Hutton , when we could have probably got 20 year old Clyne for under half the price .     

Herd , Cuellar and Lichaj could have filled the spot until Clyne was back to fitness.

Could we?  With a year left, part of which he would be injured for, the player may well have wanted to wait for the Bosman and then have his pick.  Plus Cuellar was also injured at the time, as was I think Lichaj?

[SoccerHQ]

No.

I always thought Makoun would turn into our "Tiote" anyway.

[Ryu]

Tiote could be a replacement for fletcher at man ure or essien at chelsea. He won't be coming here, sadly.

[Vanilla]

Still cant believe we bought Hutton , when we could have probably got 20 year old Clyne for under half the price .     

Herd , Cuellar and Lichaj could have filled the spot until Clyne was back to fitness .

Regardless of the fact he wanted to move back to London, I still can't understand the selling of Luke Young from Villa's point of view.

You lose a reliable first team regular; you bring in a squad player new to the team; you pay £4 million from a diminished transfer budget!

All to save Villa £10 grand a week?

[Merv]

I thought we bought Hutton because Luke Young wanted out, Cuellar and Lichaj were both injured.

Herd has always been a midfield player, albeit with the attitude and ability to fill in at RB when needed.

[darren woolley]

I wouldn't mind us going in for Zaha from Palace tricky player who I reckon could do a good job for us.