2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[VillaTim]

If there were a clause and he had any interest in going anywhere else, I'm pretty sure its existence would have been whispered to a friendly journalist at some point in the last twelve months.

Did that happen with Grealish though ? I think it was kept very concealed for a long time

[AV84]

Who was the player we were linked with in the summer that had some kind of sexual assault charges hanging over him?

[VillaTim]

Who was the player we were linked with in the summer that had some kind of sexual assault charges hanging over him?

Bissouma

[AV84]

Who was the player we were linked with in the summer that had some kind of sexual assault charges hanging over him?

Bissouma

No, he was at one of the Spanish teams. Think he might be Argentinan himself.

Edit - Gonzalo Montiel, and he's on loan at Forrest now, so we won't be going back in for him.

[pablo_picasso]

That was the guy.  Seen a few links to him in the past few months.  From the cursory YouTube highlight packages, he looks just the type of attacking full-back who would fit in to the system we play (though I think Matty Cash has been doing fine recently).

Fair enough.

My error regarding the other player at LB.

I will look out for Molina... 👍

[eamonn]

If there were a clause and he had any interest in going anywhere else, I'm pretty sure its existence would have been whispered to a friendly journalist at some point in the last twelve months.

Did that happen with Grealish though ? I think it was kept very concealed for a long time

It was kept hidden until the move. I remember big arguments on here with certain people convinced that he didn't have one in his contract.

[DrGonzo]

If there were a clause and he had any interest in going anywhere else, I'm pretty sure its existence would have been whispered to a friendly journalist at some point in the last twelve months.

Did that happen with Grealish though ? I think it was kept very concealed for a long time

It was kept hidden until the move. I remember big arguments on here with certain people convinced that he didn't have one in his contract.

Yes, but they'll argue about wind direction and speed on here XD

[Holy Trinity]

Anybody think Dumfries would be a good option for RB?

We also need to go and find an aging striker to support Ollie I think, a Cavani type of signing who would only be a stop gap for a year or two but would be happy to sit in the bench and be used as an impact player but not kick up a fuss if they don't. We put in some spectacular crosses nowerdays and don't seem to ever have anyone on the end of them.

[OCD]

There's a lot of talk today that we've made Duran available for a loan move for the second half of the season. Surely we would only do that if we had another forward coming in?

[Mister E]

There's a lot of talk today that we've made Duran available for a loan move for the second half of the season. Surely we would only do that if we had another forward coming in?

or if he's fallen out with Emery (which would necessitate bringing someone in ...).

[AV84]

I'm sure when Zaniolo and Diaby were brought in there was talk about how they could also play as a striker, especially Zaniolo. Maybe with Ramsey back in midfield we'll see Zaniolo deployed as a striker rather than whatever he's doing now.

[Somniloquism]

There's a lot of talk today that we've made Duran available for a loan move for the second half of the season. Surely we would only do that if we had another forward coming in?

Quick google seems to be TeamTalk and Football Insider is the "lot of talk".

[DrGonzo]

I'm sure when Zaniolo and Diaby were brought in there was talk about how they could also play as a striker, especially Zaniolo. Maybe with Ramsey back in midfield we'll see Zaniolo deployed as a striker rather than whatever he's doing now.

Zaniolo struggles in his favoured position...there's no way we would go into the 2nd half of the season with those players making up our strike force.

[Monty]

I'm sure when Zaniolo and Diaby were brought in there was talk about how they could also play as a striker, especially Zaniolo. Maybe with Ramsey back in midfield we'll see Zaniolo deployed as a striker rather than whatever he's doing now.

Zaniolo struggles in his favoured position...there's no way we would go into the 2nd half of the season with those players making up our strike force.

He's not been playing in his favoured position.

[coreyfeldman]

I'm sure when Zaniolo and Diaby were brought in there was talk about how they could also play as a striker, especially Zaniolo. Maybe with Ramsey back in midfield we'll see Zaniolo deployed as a striker rather than whatever he's doing now.

I think when JJ is back we'll see Zaniolo and Diaby swapping and Diaby in Watkins position sometimes too