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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #540 on: April 29, 2022, 10:21:36 PM »
He has the same amount of contract left as Salah, I reckon Liverpool want to keep him.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #541 on: April 29, 2022, 10:23:34 PM »
Is it not more that they're not allowed to sign anyone? Or is that all sorted now? This isn't rhetorical, I haven't been paying much attention to football lately as the baddies keep winning.

They're not allowed to sign anyone *right now*, but they've known how long his contract runs for since he signed it. Clubs that want to keep a player don't let it get to the last year.

It’s weird what’s happened at Chelsea.  Rudiger, Christiansen and Azpilagueta (sp?) can all leave on a free this summer, possibly Silva too.  That’s 3/4 of their defence.

Kante would be amazing.  Definitely worth asking agents etc to see if there’s the remotest possibility.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #542 on: April 29, 2022, 10:26:29 PM »
He has the same amount of contract left as Salah, I reckon Liverpool want to keep him.

Salah is looking for budget-breakingly astronomical wages. I doubt Kante is (by Chelsea standards).

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #543 on: April 29, 2022, 10:29:34 PM »
Maybe. You've won me over. He will do as backup to Kalvin Phillips.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #544 on: April 29, 2022, 10:30:04 PM »
He has the same amount of contract left as Salah, I reckon Liverpool want to keep him.

Salah is looking for budget-breakingly astronomical wages. I doubt Kante is (by Chelsea standards).

Say it's half a million a week, so two years would cost £52m.

Tell him we'll pay it.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #545 on: April 29, 2022, 10:31:42 PM »
Give him ten grand a week and make the rest up in vouchers for local attractions like Warwick Castle and the back to backs. Then keep calling him in for extra training so he never gets the time to use the vouchers.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #546 on: April 29, 2022, 10:45:27 PM »
That's the kind of hard nosed nous this club has been missing for too long.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #547 on: April 29, 2022, 11:19:02 PM »
That's the kind of hard nosed nous this club has been missing for too long.

Indeed, CDBF certainly knows the art of the deal.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #548 on: April 29, 2022, 11:34:52 PM »
Gerrard looking for leaders and possibly a new captain
Henderson perhaps? James Tavernier of Rangers ?
On captaincy SG said
"We are still working that out. I still won’t rule out the option of someone coming in, who I know, who is also capable of being in the running. It is something I am analysing really closely now and I will make a decision some time during pre-season.”

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #549 on: April 30, 2022, 07:57:41 AM »
Give him ten grand a week and make the rest up in vouchers for local attractions like Warwick Castle and the back to backs. Then keep calling him in for extra training so he never gets the time to use the vouchers.
This is an excellent idea. We could get the vouchers so they were for him and a friend. Then get either Elmo or Trez to befriend him & show an interest in going to Dudley Zoo or Cadbury World with him. Then, boom, we get them to phone us whenever he has a plan to go & we can arrange the extra training sessions to clash.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #550 on: April 30, 2022, 08:24:16 AM »
If he wants to go to the Black Country Living Museum it’s just over the road from me and as a member I have vouchers for mates’ rates for him.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #551 on: April 30, 2022, 08:42:35 AM »
If he wants to go to the Black Country Living Museum it’s just over the road from me and as a member I have vouchers for mates’ rates for him.

A walk round Dudley outdoor market would definatley swing it I reckon.
« Last Edit: April 30, 2022, 08:44:55 AM by Clampy »

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #552 on: April 30, 2022, 08:45:34 AM »
If someone offered 50 million, I assume they would see him as better than someone they already had
How many teams have that money to spend on a player that a few on here want to ditch ?
Certainly not the cause or root of all of our problems
For much of this season he has had problems retaining the football or managing to pass to a Villa shirt.

Not a problem with Scotland. I don't know why.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #553 on: April 30, 2022, 08:49:58 AM »
First out the door for me would be McGinn as for the last 3-4 seasons he has defined our midfield and every configuration has had him in it somewhere - to varying effect and in latter seasons that effect has been quite negatively.

It is time we looked at something else

What has defined our midfield is a lack of a DM and our repeated failure to address it.  Lets see what this team is capable of once we plug that huge hole.

That's my take on it too. Yes, McGinn has been disappointing this season, but he's still shown flashes of what he's capable of and I do not want us writing off players until we've seen them playing with eleven square pegs in eleven square holes. I'm also accutely aware that form is temporary, and he is in bad form. He's not a bad player. 

I'm not certain he will be able to step up a significant level with a proper DM behind him, but you know damn well that if he moves somewhere that plays a bit more to his strengths he'll make our decision to let him go look foolish. 

I suspect Gerrard knows full well what McGinn would be capable of in a team of his choosing, so if he stays this summer I'd expect him to play a big part next season.  He's British, reasonably successful at International level, and now well established in the premier league - if we're looking to move people on to create space and generate funds for a rebuild, he'll be one of the first to go if Gerrard doesn't 100% fancy him.
McGinn has not looked anywhere near his best since his big buddy, Jack (Splinters) Grealish, departed the scene.

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Re: Summer 2022 Transfer Thread
« Reply #554 on: April 30, 2022, 08:51:16 AM »
Maybe a swift pint in the Saracens head too. Not been in for years but I definitely remember it being a classy establishment and not somewhere where it’s recommended to mostly stare down at your shoes whilst you’re in there.

 


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