Summer Transfer Thread and Gustavo Cisneros Type Rumours.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Whispers is wrong all the time isn’t he.

No seems to get it mostly right this window, albeit always vague like a fortune teller.

[Risso]

Whispers is wrong all the time isn’t he.

No seems to get it mostly right this window, albeit always vague like a fortune teller.

You're joking, he's very obviously making it up as he goes along and can't even be bothered to delete the stuff which is wrong, which is rule 1.0 for online saddoes pretending to be ITK.

[villadelph]

Whispers is wrong all the time isn’t he.

No seems to get it mostly right this window, albeit always vague like a fortune teller.

ESR is going to pull a Delph special. Wink, weird click noise and all!

[Nii Lamptey]

Anguissa is ok but not a massive upgrade on Nakamba in my opinion. He's the sort of signing I'd have been happy with if Grealish had stayed but now we've got £100m in the bank and more pressure to make a 'statement' signing I'd be underwhelmed by him.

Can Messi play DM?

[ASHTONVILLA]

Whispers is wrong all the time isn’t he.

No seems to get it mostly right this window, albeit always vague like a fortune teller.

ESR is going to pull a Delph special. Wink, weird click noise and all!

Now that would be funny.

Delph himself is available!

[paul_e]

Looking at the current squad, it's pretty clear where the gaps are:

Goalkeepers Martinez Steer *** Defenders Cash Targett Young Guilbert Konsa Hause Mings Central MF Nakamba *** MF 8 McGinn Sanson Ramsey Luiz Attacking MF Buendia *** Wingers Bailey Traore Trez AEG Forwards Wesley Davis Watkins Ings And, with Wes and Davis being the way they are, there's a case for another striker. But the needs are obvious and explain perhaps why the rumours for Tuanzebe and Cantwell persist. Question is whether the CMF role is being recruited, and  - if so - who is the acquisition-target?

Squad size is 25, so there are only two spaces left in your list above, assuming Hourihane moves on.  If Davis or Wesley move too, then there is room for another 3.


Aso, it's been quite a while since I paid any real attention to Ashley Young, but are we sure his days of playing further forward are definitely over?

That's not quite true, Ramsey is young enough to not be counted so that's 22 players we'd have to name in the squad. On top of that Trez won't play before January so no need to register him now.


That means Keeper, CB, DM and AM could all come in pretty easily.

[jwarry]

So if we are now on plan B because he’s gone, what are we expecting? A marquee do you think?

[cdbearsfan]

Would rather sign a young goalkeeper and defender, they're not likely to play much anyway so better that they don't take up a squad space. Leave a slot or two available for January in case we have bad injuries or loss of form and need to strengthen again.

[OCD]

Would rather sign a young goalkeeper and defender, they're not likely to play much anyway so better that they don't take up a squad space. Leave a slot or two available for January in case we have bad injuries or loss of form and need to strengthen again.

We've got a young keeper in Sinisalo. We're probably looking to get him more experience so just need someone who can act as a stand-in if we needed it, given that Steer has had his injury issues too.

[cdbearsfan]

Can we loan Sinisalo but include a return clause so we can bring him back if need be?

[Richard E]

So if we are now on plan B because he’s gone, what are we expecting? A marquee do you think?

A decent sized tent at least, if not a full marquee.

[paul_e]

Would rather sign a young goalkeeper and defender, they're not likely to play much anyway so better that they don't take up a squad space. Leave a slot or two available for January in case we have bad injuries or loss of form and need to strengthen again.

We've got a young keeper in Sinisalo. We're probably looking to get him more experience so just need someone who can act as a stand-in if we needed it, given that Steer has had his injury issues too.

I can't decide on the keepers. Sinisalo is young but has played a season of senior football (and did very well by all accounts) so really should be ready to be 3rd choice which means Steer is the issue. He has the ability to be a solid backup keeper but his fitness is a concern and I suspect that's why we might see someone come in.

Can we loan Sinisalo but include a return clause so we can bring him back if need be?

Are you allowed to have loans like that any more?

[colin69]

So if we are now on plan B because he’s gone, what are we expecting? A marquee do you think?

A decent sized tent at least, if not a full marquee.

Just choked on my tea…😂😂😂

[Ian.]

Whispers is wrong all the time isn’t he.

I deleted him, just seems to say enough to get you interested but not enough to actually be proved wrong. I reckon he used to work for Club Call back in the day.

[LeonW]

In terms of the DM position, i’d take Renato Sanches 100%. There is an absolute diamond of a player there. Still needs some work doing but Deano has shown he can improve a player. He’s apparently available from Lille as well.