January 2023 Transfer Rumours, Discussions and Done Deals Thread

[LeeB]

I like Gallagher but...

Imagine cleaning out Newcastle for £45m on a player who has about 10-15 decent performances in his career and thinking the best way use that big ol' sack of cash is to throw every penny at Chelsea for a player that does very little to address the fundamental problems that are behind you being in 19th place. This screams of stupidity masked as ambition.

Add to that Chelsea are pretty motivated sellers with their 33man senior squad and £45m is pure desperation to be seen as backing the manager.

I agree Paul, what they need is some pace and power going forward. They were shite last year and got away with it, and that was with Richarlison and Lady Di in the team.

[Mister E]

Not for £45 million.

When you consider that OM have just signed the Moroccan for €8-10m, Gallacher looks well over-priced (but then all English players seem to have a natural inflation level attached to their sell-price).

Talking of Moroccans, has Anrabat moved on this window? - he looked excellent in the WC (yes, I know, tournaments are not always the best places to judge players ... ).

[ozzjim]

Ramsey is £70m then!

No he's not. He's not for sale.

Quite... Just the madness of Gallagher being £45 million. Mind you the weird clone of Diana/ George Michael going to Saudi Arabia for £45m sets a new bar.

[kippaxvilla2]

Everton fans boo their existing and good players.  Just imagine the pelters Gordon is going to get when he goes back.

[algy]

Not for £45 million.

That seems to be the new baseline figure for good young Premier League players. I think he's excellent, if he's available we should be all over it.

No ... £45m is the base level for a good young Premier League player if you're panic buying.  We're not, so it isn't.

To me, that's the thing.  We could do with another striker, but let's not get ahead of ourselves ... we don't need to buy a player for a vastly over-inflated fee just because a few people on the internet are getting a bit jittery.  We've done some decent business this window IMO - brought in a couple of highly rated players, got a load of players off the books who haven't played much under 2 consecutive managers, and looked shit against Stevenage Borough.  We really, really don't need shit squad players and we definitely shouldn't be spending huge sums of money on players who we'll not want in 12 months time (e.g. Digne, Coutinho).

[Clark W Griswold]

I'd see Gallagher as an alternative to Ramsey or McGinn and i'm not sure he'd be enough of an improvement to warrant £40m plus. What we need is a perfect player to play in there with Kamara and either Ramsey or McGinn. That frizzy haired geezer at Marseille looks a decent bet.

Even more important though is an attacking player, maybe even a couple if we can get a couple of the right calibre.

[paul_e]

Not for £45 million.

When you consider that OM have just signed the Moroccan for €8-10m, Gallacher looks well over-priced (but then all English players seem to have a natural inflation level attached to their sell-price).

Talking of Moroccans, has Anrabat moved on this window? - he looked excellent in the WC (yes, I know, tournaments are not always the best places to judge players ... ).

Domestic players have always come at a premium but the homegrown rules and the post-brexit changes to signing youth players have already started a squeeze on the prices for them and it's going to get a lot worse over the next few years.

[ozzjim]

Southampton had £3m accepted for Dembele.

[algy]

Football Insider (yeah, I know) reckon that the stripey lot from down the road have been asking about Marvellous Nakamba.

[paul_e]

Southampton had £3m accepted for Dembele.

We'll soon see if Emery was ever interested then I guess.

[murgsy]

Look we sell Ings and he gets injured in 20 minutes. These things happen we will survive. We need our midfield to chip in with goals, JJ, Kamara and Luis need to add goals and maybe Bailey and Watkins could score a few more of the chances created. We have a strong first team. We have a bench of Olsen, Digne, Cash, Chambers(?), Couthino, McGinn, Duran and Dendonker before the kids. With Carlos available soon stop worrying!

Genuine question (although I know it's not your problem to solve!!) - what happens if Watkins goes down after 20 minutes on Saturday and is out for 4-5 weeks or longer?   Can you see how we would line up in that eventuality?

terrible prospect... What's the deal with Archer's loan - can he be recalled?

[Toronto Villa]

Southampton had £3m accepted for Dembele.

We'll soon see if Emery was ever interested then I guess.

That's the thing. We all get a bit fired up over links. Mostly in this case out of a bit of desperation because in that position specifically we are very light. But in the end that's what it boils down to. Was the manager ever interested? Because at 3m it seems an easy punt.

[Lescottstweets]

A bid from Inter for Maguire has apparently been made. Personally I like the guy and think he’d be an improvement.

[placeforparks]

Football Insider (yeah, I know) reckon that the stripey lot from down the road have been asking about Marvellous Nakamba.

loan or permanent?

[brontebilly]

Gallagher would do well at Everton but I'd say that bid will only flesh out other clubs monitoring that situation. With Shelvey off, he will probably follow Gordon up to Newcastle. I think Ramsey has a lot more potential, Gallagher is very limited with the ball in midfield.