The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[Phil from the upper holte]

£2.5m on Sinclar isn't that much in the current market

[ozzjim]

I would prefer Puncheon but Palace would never sell. Still wish we could go get a central midfielder and send Cleverley back.

[Goldie.7]

I'd prefer Salah on loan out of everyone coming in or linked with. Why isn't clueless Lambert on the phone the guy wants to play more and is proper quality.....smh.

[olaftab]

£2.5m on Sinclar isn't that much in the current market

Yes but still a burden if he turns into an Ireland/Adams/Rodwell etc who have not pulled up any trees since leaving city.

[Goldie.7]

£2.5m on Sinclar isn't that much in the current market

Yes but still a burden if he turns into an Ireland/Adams/Rodwell etc who have not pulled up any trees since leaving city.

Johnson didn't do too bad last season, he scored one less goal than his entire tally for City, I still wouldn't want him though.

[Damo70]

Sinclair would be a decent loan gamble but I'm not sure I would commit to signing him straight off.

[Ads]

The Twitter guy who mentioned Carles Gil has suggested we have had a bid rejected for Dembele.

[PaulWinch again]

The Twitter guy who mentioned Carles Gil has suggested we have had a bid rejected for Dembele.

Now he's a player I'd love to have in the team.

[ozzjim]

A Dembele/ Delph swap would be a good move for us. Buying Dembele would be a very good move. Much better than our current lot in midfield.

[Boz]

A Dembele/ Delph swap would be a good move for us. Buying Dembele would be a very good move. Much better than our current lot in midfield.

Should fit right in at B6 according to Les Ferdinand and Gordan Strachan -

'We used to watch him in (Tottenham's) training - every time he gets the ball he wants someone to challenge him and he gets past them but just passes it sideways.
'He's got great ability you just don't see enough of it. He leaves you frustrated because you know he's got more and you want to see it.

'We used to say to him: "You're the next person to go to Real Madrid, you're the next guy to go to Real Madrid from this club".
'He can get forward. He's got a great shot on him you just never see it.'
Former Celtic boss Gordon Strachan also agreed that although Dembele possessed talent, he was often a frustrating figure to watch.
He said: 'The game looks like it's so easy for him. He's big and strong, he's got everything.
'He should be a guy who you're saying is man of the match maybe 20 per cent of the time he plays, but he doesn't even get a game every week'

Has the talent but not the desire it would seem. Can't see Lambert motivating him.

[KevinGage]

Dembele has playing regularly for Tottingham recently, so don't see that one.

57 year old Jermaine Defoe would improve our options up top.  He could play off Benteke,and  is still a better player than Gabby or Wiemann. With Kozak no nearer to returning, on a short-term deal, we could do far worse.

[placeforparks]

dembele was great at fulham when he was starting week in/week out.

he's not the only player has gone to spurs and struggled.

[Toronto Villa]

When you go to a team with 7000 midfielders, and who have a desire to keep buying more, unless you are sensational every week you are going to start to struggle simply because you won't play enough. Any midfielder being courted by Spurs should be warned of that by their agent.

[JUAN PABLO]

Maybe its the Fulham dembele and not the spurs one 😃

[dekko]

Maybe its the Fulham dembele and not the spurs one 😃

This would be more our style these days