January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[Matt C]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

[Risso]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

Utterly pointless signing.

[Monty]

Yeah that move did nothing for anyone.

[KevinGage]

Or it could be that Diego Carlos is nearing full fitness (or at least able to make the bench by Feb) so the deal has served its purpose.

He didn't look a total disaster in his few outings with us.

But Saints fans don't seem too enamoured with him, by the looks of it.

[Gareth]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

Excellent news….was a very odd signing, never looked good enough for this league in all his time there…just glad we haven’t had to see much of him

Feels like true deadwood shifting is going on

[Rigadon]

Or it could be that Diego Carlos is nearing full fitness (or at least able to make the bench by Feb) so the deal has served its purpose.

He didn't look a total disaster in his few outings with us.

But Saints fans don't seem too enamoured with him, by the looks of it.

Agreed and that's probably quite likely. 

[pablo_picasso]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

Good. He is shit. Slower than my nan & she has been in the ground for five years...

[London Villan]

He'll always have Stevenage.

[chrisw1]

He was just additional cover because Carlos got injured.  Fortunately we didn't really need to use him, which is a good thing.

[algy]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

Excellent news….was a very odd signing, never looked good enough for this league in all his time there…just glad we haven’t had to see much of him

Feels like true deadwood shifting is going on

Yeah, it's as good to see that as us buying new players to my mind.  Getting players off the books, hopefully for the most part for FFP-friendly fees (e.g. we've lost money on Danny Ings, but FFP-wise I think we're slightly up since he'd amortised* half his 3yr contract).  They've mostly done their job of getting us back as a pretty steady Premier League side, now we need a slightly different set of players to push us towards inevitable UEFA Cup (or should that be UNAI Cup?  Eh?  Eh?) glory under Emery.


* not sure if that's the right wording for it, but you know what I mean!!

[ozzjim]

Only one that's odd is Sanson. He clearly wants to play, but with no buy clause he comes back this summer. I hope he's brilliant and we get some money in.

Bednarek has been crap.

Feel a bit sorry for Nakamba, always done a job for us.

[SoccerHQ]

Think Kyle Walker Peters would be a decent pick up in the summer.
Only saw the highlights so don't know how he looked other than the tap in offside goal but I've been impressed by him previously.
He now has 3-4 years of regular prem football, can play at both sides at full back and if they go down could surely get him for 10-15m so think that would be a good long term replacement for Young.

Yep I liked him when he was at Spurs, although I think he's possibly a bit like Cash in that he likes getting forward but his final ball isn't up to much.

Isn't this what we already have with KKH?

Kesler Hayden hasn't started CL games away to Barcelona to best of my knowledge. He hasn't been getting regular starts at a bottom 3 championship side for most of the season so don't think he's as close to Tim to playing regularly in prem next season.

That said wouldn't be against seeing how he looks in early rounds of league cup.

[SoccerHQ]

They signed Edomite from Man City in the summer didn’t they?

They signed 2-3 from Man City I think. No idea what they paid but they have a decent foundation for a good team but it will take time. May have to drop and come back up, test will be if they get cherry picked off.

They remind me so much of us in 12/13. Some good play at times but really struggle to score and they give away so many cheap goals from lax marking at set pieces. Can see why they've recalled Bednarek as he'll at least give them some more height.

[KevinGage]

With Fred, Ings, Bednarak and (as looks likely) Sanson out the door this Jan there prob isn't a drastic need to move Nakamba on as well.

As one of our early PL signings I doubt he is on killer wages.

He could still be an option to cover injury or suspension.

[frank black]

Bednarek being recalled by Southampton it seems

Utterly pointless signing.

With the power of hindsight, indeed.