January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[ROBBO]

It showed clearly against Leeds that we need another option besided Ings. Can't say I know anything about Danjuma, is he right for us if so why are they trading him?

[Clampy]

It showed clearly against Leeds that we need another option besided Ings. Can't say I know anything about Danjuma, is he right for us if so why are they trading him?

That's like asking why did Moreno's club let him go.

[ROBBO]

I suppose, but in Moreno's case he won awards and their supporters didn't want him to leave.

[Risso]

I don't know if there's any truth in it, but a player whose record isn't exactly world beating, and who is currently interesting Everton and Bournemouth doesn't scream "top quality" to me.

[Baldy]

Who scouts the scouts?

[Rigadon]

I don't know if there's any truth in it, but a player whose record isn't exactly world beating, and who is currently interesting Everton and Bournemouth doesn't scream "top quality" to me.

Agree, but maybe it's 'stop gap' than anything else.  Emery will know him, so if there is any truth you'd hope he'd fit in.   

[Dave]

It showed clearly against Leeds that we need another option besided Ings. Can't say I know anything about Danjuma, is he right for us if so why are they trading him?

Because 99% of clubs aren't set up with the intention of keeping their best players. They're set up with the intention of turning a big profit on players to fund the running of the club. Danjuma has three years left on his contract, so this summer is their only real opportunity to get big money for him.

They're hoping that he looks brilliant in the second half of the season and somebody chucks £35m at them for him in the summer. They then spend £10m of it on the next version, rinse and repeat.

[frank black]

I don't know if there's any truth in it, but a player whose record isn't exactly world beating, and who is currently interesting Everton and Bournemouth doesn't scream "top quality" to me.

Who’s also come over the the UK to talk to various clubs (apparently). Seems a strange one and not how we typically operate

[Footy-Vill]

We really do need a striker.  Ollie Watkins has played most of the games but only has 4 goals this season.  Danny Ings seems to have come off the bench much more but has 7 goals.  Upgrade, or something different is needed.

We do, but it might be tough to get a quality one overt he line in this window.  We might be better off adding a couple in other areas and then go big in the summer.

I would take Antonio on loan from West Ham he would be great fit till end of season and seems like he's not first choice striker there this season after a £30m signing of Scamacca in the summer and they are looking to spend on another striker.

Proven , handful, capable of goals Antonio has a presence about him.

[eamonn]

Would rather his mate from the inside number nine footballer podcast they do, Callum Wilson. Not gonna happen while he gets Champions League football with the Jawdies though.

[Footy-Vill]

I've included some extraxts from Jason Steinberg interview with Danjuma last season. (Source Guardian) and exactly why he would be a great for use as he's capable in the attacking sense

I don't know if there's any truth in it, but a player whose record isn't exactly world beating, and who is currently interesting Everton and Bournemouth doesn't scream "top quality" to me.

Who’s also come over the the UK to talk to various clubs (apparently). Seems a strange one and not how we typically operate

Arnaut Danjuma ‘It’s fair and factual to say I’m among the best wingers in the world’


"Confidence is not something lacking in Danjuma, whose performances have played a big part in Villarreal’s latest European adventure. He scored twice when Emery’s side reached the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 3-2 away win over Atalanta in December. He was man of the match when Villarreal lost undeservedly to Manchester United at Old Trafford in September and scored a late penalty when the Europa League winners upset the odds against Juventus in the last 16, making light of drawing the first leg 1-1 at home by winning 3-0 in Turin last month.

“I don’t think a lot of people expected it, but we expected it,” Danjuma says. “We’ve got Unai Emery as the captain leading the ship and he always comes up with a masterplan. When you play Juventus in the away leg you know if you don’t concede they will get a bit impatient. We knew an opportunity would present itself. That’s what happened – what Unai predicted.”

Danjuma speaks glowingly about Emery. It was a conversation with the former Arsenal manager that convinced him to sign for Villarreal. Danjuma had excelled in the Championship with Bournemouth, who lost to Brentford in the semi-finals of the playoffs, and he was not short of offers.

Unai was very clear when he explained how I could learn from him,” he says. “With my mentality of trying to be the best every day I am very eager to make sure I get the most out of my career. I knew working under Unai would give me a boost because I could understand the game better. He is busy with me on a daily basis and I have a lot of conversations with him about how to better myself. He is a strategy mastermind.”

Danjuma studies his game closely and regularly talks to his coaches. “Every manager has their own way of coaching the team and you should respect that as a player,” he says. “But speaking to a manager can really help. What’s the strategy, how do you want me to play in certain situations, where do you think my qualities come out the best? I’m very eager to learn everything about the game.

“There are so many aspects in my game that I’ve improved. A lot of people who watch the game will say: ‘He’s got this ability, he’s got that ability, he scores goals.’ But they don’t see the work in training: the movement I do, the videos I watch.

“I work with the striker coach on a daily basis. He sends me clips of every training session. I look into my movement, the way I run, how I pop the ball off. I look into my shape, where I stand in the formation. After the game we go through it and see there’s a lot of stuff I can do better.”

You want to have goals, goals and goals,” Danjuma says. “At Bournemouth I was the top scorer and I played as a winger. You should be able to play in multiple ways. In La Liga I have played a lot of games as a striker because Unai thinks I can be more than just a winger.”

[Footy-Vill]

Would rather his mate from the inside number nine footballer podcast they do, Callum Wilson. Not gonna happen while he gets Champions League football with the Jawdies though.

I'm now convinced we'll sign Danjuma as he's Emery's man

[Ger Regan]

I don't know if there's any truth in it, but a player whose record isn't exactly world beating, and who is currently interesting Everton and Bournemouth doesn't scream "top quality" to me.

Agree, but maybe it's 'stop gap' than anything else.  Emery will know him, so if there is any truth you'd hope he'd fit in.   

If Emery wants him, that's good enough for me. It's not Emery's Heskey moment.

[Risso]

What's his injury record like, I can't see that he's ever played a full season anywhere? 10 league games this season so far, 23 last season, 33 for Bournemouth in the Championship the year before, 14 in the Premier League the year before that.

[john e]

Who scouts the scouts?

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