January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Hillbilly]

Seeing internet Liverpool fans convinced that Bellingham is on his way to them is quite funny. Bless their silly little hearts.

[cdbearsfan]

I wouldn't be surprised if he was.

[eamonn]

Hope he stays outside the UK and has a great career on the continent.

Unless he realises he was in love with the wrong Birmingham club all along.

[Axl Rose]

He's surely Man City bound, no? Linking up with Haaland again and all that.

It's a shame that them or Liverpool appear to be where he'll end up. Or Man Utd. It'll be almost impossible to like him.

[nigel]

BBC gossip page has us linked with Franck Kessie, from Barcelona, according to Mundo Deportivo
Don’t know how reliable they are.

[cdbearsfan]

He seems a proper player based on who he has played for (AC Milan and Barcelona) but only signed for Barcelona last summer so not sure why they would be wanting to let him go already? Also they signed him on a free transfer so he is likely on insane wages.

[frank black]

BBC gossip page has us linked with Franck Kessie, from Barcelona, according to Mundo Deportivo
Don’t know how reliable they are.

I believe that rumour has been around a while, swap for Douglas Luis

[Dave]

He seems a proper player based on who he has played for (AC Milan and Barcelona) but only signed for Barcelona last summer so not sure why they would be wanting to let him go already? Also they signed him on a free transfer so he is likely on insane wages.

He's very good. Him and Kamara would be a wall, but one that could also play a bit too.

I imagine that (it being Barcelona) if they have their eye on something new and shiny they have to free up wage space elsewhere. Also, they were expecting to push De Jong out in the summer but he dug in, so there isn't really a space for Kessie in the first-choice midfield. 

But given he was signed during Barcelona's summer of pleading poverty, I don't think he's on anything that a well-paying Premier League club couldn't match. Internet suggests anywhere from £125k - £180k per week is his current apparently, depending on who you choose to believe.

[LeeB]

He seems a proper player based on who he has played for (AC Milan and Barcelona) but only signed for Barcelona last summer so not sure why they would be wanting to let him go already? Also they signed him on a free transfer so he is likely on insane wages.

He's very good. Him and Kamara would be a wall, but one that could also play a bit too.

I imagine that (it being Barcelona) if they have their eye on something new and shiny they have to free up wage space elsewhere. Also, they were expecting to push De Jong out in the summer but he dug in, so there isn't really a space for Kessie in the first-choice midfield. 

But given he was signed during Barcelona's summer of pleading poverty, I don't think he's on anything that a well-paying Premier League club couldn't match. Internet suggests anywhere from £125k - £180k per week is his current apparently, depending on who you choose to believe.

Could be one of those deals where you get some value due to circumstances conspiring against the player involved, seems to be the kind of thing we like to explore.

[cdbearsfan]

I'm hoping he's the Ivorian Martin Laursen, minus the injuries. Based purely on his having played for AC Milan. Don't think we have ever had an ex-Barcelona defender, unless you count De La Cruz.

[LeeB]

I'm hoping he's the Ivorian Martin Laursen, minus the injuries. Based purely on his having played for AC Milan. Don't think we have ever had an ex-Barcelona defender, unless you count De La Cruz.

Aly Cissokho would've played for AC Milan but for the medical showing a problem with his teeth that could mean he'd have a bad back.

[Dave]

I'm hoping he's the Ivorian Martin Laursen, minus the injuries. Based purely on his having played for AC Milan. Don't think we have ever had an ex-Barcelona defender, unless you count De La Cruz.

[LeeB]

Hiding in plain sight

[cdbearsfan]

I never knew he played for Barcelona. Thanks Dave.

[eamonn]

Digne has scored from a Messi assist...imagine that...

He must be disappointed he didn't make the French squad, he's in his prime now and this was realistically his last chance. He'll be 32 and 11/12ths at the next World Cup and probably back in Ligue Une for Bordeaux.