January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Toronto Villa]

I agree, suspect it’ll be Olsen time.

If you'd have said Santa doesnt exist you wouldn't have put a bigger downer on Xmas.

What? Santa doesn’t exist? For fucks sake. I have now deal with that and Olsen playing?

[ChicagoLion]

I agree, suspect it’ll be Olsen time.

If you'd have said Santa doesnt exist you wouldn't have put a bigger downer on Xmas.

What? Santa doesn’t exist? For fucks sake. I have now deal with that and Olsen playing?

Don't listen to him TV, I have met him, sat on his knee and told him I wanted a scalectric and it turned up as promised.
So he definitely exists.

[cdbearsfan]

Can you ask him to give Villa a Boxing Day win more than once a decade next time you see him, please?

[algy]

Can you ask him to give Villa a Boxing Day win more than once a decade next time you see him, please?

He's Father Christmas, not bloody Gandalf. He can't work them sort of miracles

[Dave P]

We have won 3 of the last 4 on Boxing Day?

[tomd2103]

Sounds obvious, but I think activity in this window will depend on what the ambition is really.  If the ambition is to really push and challenge to get into the European places, then we are going to need some reinforcements and upgrades in certain areas.

If the plan is to give Unai Emery more time to fully assess the current squad and start to put in place a solid starting XI to add to in the summer, then we might only need a couple.

Absolute priorities for me are 1 or possibly 2 quality wide players and a back up goalkeeper.  Bailey is the only real out and out wide player we have and Olsen is going to cost us games if he is called upon.  As above, I think our ambitions for the remainder of thecswason will dictate our other business.

[ChicagoLion]

For me we need a centre half who can play the ball out from the back and a centre forward.

[not3bad]

I understand defense is not a priority for Emery. That's what thingy from the Mail said on the Q&A anyway. Remember we have Carlos coming back anyway.

[coreyfeldman]

Defence isn't the issue imo, not with a properly functioning midfield in front of it. Longer term, a ball playing centre back is definitely needed.
Priority has to be wide attackers and a striker

[OCD]

January's usually a difficult market to do business in and we've still got quite a bloated squad. There's quite a few very average players and we've got some promising kids coming through who we need to clear the way for. It will be interesting to see if we try to move a few more on.

Raikhy and K Young seem to be in Emery's thoughts. Raikhy's a bit of a surprise as he struggled to get a decent loan move and then didn't get much playing time.

I think anyone we bring in will be very strategic. More interesting will be to see what Emery does next summer. I thought the same with Gerrard's first summer window and was disappointed tbh. I think that was a combination of needing to move players on but I also suspect the owners had their doubts about him. Emery's a different kettle of fish entirely. I think he'll get real backing with the kind of ambition that matches the appointment itself.

[OCD]

Defence isn't the issue imo, not with a properly functioning midfield in front of it. Longer term, a ball playing centre back is definitely needed.
Priority has to be wide attackers and a striker

Longer-term that could be Feeney.

I don't think Chambers or Bednarak will be part of Emery's long-term plans. Carlos will be and I wouldn't be surprised if he bought Pau Torres or someone of that ilk so then it's a question of what happens with Mings and Konsa.

[Brazilian Villain]

I understand defense is not a priority for Emery.

*raises eyebrow*

[Baldy]

You don't buy a Ferrari and not put any petrol in it.

I reckon our owners will be splashing the cash in January (where possible) and also next summer.

I always thought Leroy Sane never got a fair crack of the whip at Man City. We need a left winger, might be worth a phone call to Bayern Munich. If we had Bailey on the right and Sane on the left, I would be happy to give Ings a chance to impress with a proper supply line.

[Beard82]

I agree, suspect it’ll be Olsen time.

If you'd have said Santa doesnt exist you wouldn't have put a bigger downer on Xmas.

What? Santa doesn’t exist? For fucks sake. I have now deal with that and Olsen playing?

Feels like Olsen is the the ghost of xmas past - a reminder of just how shit we used to be

[not3bad]

I understand defense is not a priority for Emery.

*raises eyebrow*

He is happy with his defensive options at present, particularly with Carlos nearly ready to come back.