January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[bob]

We should make a bid for Maguire, £20m?

Him and Mings would be a brick wall and give us time to ease Carlos in.

[bob]

We could do with more of an aerial threat from set-pieces, too.

Imagine defending a corner from Dougie with Maguire in the box.

[andyh]

We should make a bid for Maguire, £20m?

Him and Mings would be a brick wall and give us time to ease Carlos in.

It would be one way to get Maguire dropped by Southgate.

Don’t start for Man UTD ? Shoe in for England
Regular for Villa ? You are shit and not even fit for the England squad.

[LeeB]

And his wages as captain of Man Utd would be easy match.

[N'ZMAV]

I'd rather re-sign Colin Calderwood.

[Rigadon]

It’s a lead weight now in hindsight, but at the time we signed a young, raw and promising Brazilian CF. Dreadful business were the deals we had Micah Richards or Shay Given.

Wesley wasn't "dreadful business", it was a £20m punt on a young player with potential who was doing "okay" six months into his English career.  He hadn't set the league alight, and he was never going to be Neymar, but we will never know how it might have turned out without his injury. We may well have outgrown him by now anyway - but he had 6 goals by this stage in the season, in a struggling side.  He would likely have got into double figures by the end of the season. Richarlison got 5 in his first season with Watford and got a £30m move off the back of it.

Players knackered by injury don't automatically become "dreadful bits of business".  Reserve that type of classification for the Ross McCormacks of this world. 

Correct.

Yes, that one can't be classed in the McCormack or... that bloke who ended up at the blues (I genuinely can't remember his name).  It was just bad luck for him and us.   Might've been OK might've been shite.  We will never know. 

[Rudy Can't Fail]

What's Steve Foster up to?

[villadelph]

We should make a bid for Maguire, £20m?

Him and Mings would be a brick wall and give us time to ease Carlos in.

 

ew, no.

After years of mistakes at the back, the last thing we need is a ManU reject trying to revive his career. Go let him fade away somewhere else.

[chrisw1]

It’s a lead weight now in hindsight, but at the time we signed a young, raw and promising Brazilian CF. Dreadful business were the deals we had Micah Richards or Shay Given.

Wesley wasn't "dreadful business", it was a £20m punt on a young player with potential who was doing "okay" six months into his English career.  He hadn't set the league alight, and he was never going to be Neymar, but we will never know how it might have turned out without his injury. We may well have outgrown him by now anyway - but he had 6 goals by this stage in the season, in a struggling side.  He would likely have got into double figures by the end of the season. Richarlison got 5 in his first season with Watford and got a £30m move off the back of it.

Players knackered by injury don't automatically become "dreadful bits of business".  Reserve that type of classification for the Ross McCormacks of this world. 

This argument has been well rehearsed, but in short I thought he was poor when we bought him and didn't see a single thing to change my mind in the period he played for us up to his injury.  He never looked like being the answer.

He was never particulalry quick so given he's running again now I would have thought if there was genuine significant underlying talent he would be able to get a game above pub team level now. 

[bob]

It’s a lead weight now in hindsight, but at the time we signed a young, raw and promising Brazilian CF. Dreadful business were the deals we had Micah Richards or Shay Given.

Wesley wasn't "dreadful business", it was a £20m punt on a young player with potential who was doing "okay" six months into his English career.  He hadn't set the league alight, and he was never going to be Neymar, but we will never know how it might have turned out without his injury. We may well have outgrown him by now anyway - but he had 6 goals by this stage in the season, in a struggling side.  He would likely have got into double figures by the end of the season. Richarlison got 5 in his first season with Watford and got a £30m move off the back of it.

Players knackered by injury don't automatically become "dreadful bits of business".  Reserve that type of classification for the Ross McCormacks of this world. 

Correct.

Yes, that one can't be classed in the McCormack or... that bloke who ended up at the blues (I genuinely can't remember his name).  It was just bad luck for him and us.   Might've been OK might've been shite.  We will never know.

Scott Hogan?

[Rigadon]

It’s a lead weight now in hindsight, but at the time we signed a young, raw and promising Brazilian CF. Dreadful business were the deals we had Micah Richards or Shay Given.

Wesley wasn't "dreadful business", it was a £20m punt on a young player with potential who was doing "okay" six months into his English career.  He hadn't set the league alight, and he was never going to be Neymar, but we will never know how it might have turned out without his injury. We may well have outgrown him by now anyway - but he had 6 goals by this stage in the season, in a struggling side.  He would likely have got into double figures by the end of the season. Richarlison got 5 in his first season with Watford and got a £30m move off the back of it.

Players knackered by injury don't automatically become "dreadful bits of business".  Reserve that type of classification for the Ross McCormacks of this world. 

Correct.

Yes, that one can't be classed in the McCormack or... that bloke who ended up at the blues (I genuinely can't remember his name).  It was just bad luck for him and us.   Might've been OK might've been shite.  We will never know.

Scott Hogan?

Yes!  That's him. Total shite that one. 

[LeeB]

As an assortment of cocktail sausages strung together he's done pretty well for himself I'd say

[pauliewalnuts]

Maguire is a Mings style “body on the line, throw him a brick and he’ll head it away” style defender.

We could use the opposite of that.

Also, imagine what his wages requirement would be like.

[SamTheMouse]

The only way you could make a central defence of Maguire and Mings any slower would be to go three at the back with the corpse of Bobby Moore.

[Malandro]

The only way you could make a central defence of Maguire and Mings any slower would be to go three at the back with the corpse of Bobby Moore.

Bobby Moore’s corpse would make fewer gaffes.