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

[Risso]

Lenglet was a Monchi last minute jobbie.
Diaby was known by Unai during their time at PSG.
Moreno never played for Unai and was a great bit of business.
Duran is the obvious one, nobody knew him, not even Unai.

A little bit of Jessica in the sun.

[algy]

I like how we have a manager who is so detail obsessed that he could ream off a list of Italian Serie C teams who he likes specific elements of their tactics, what that specific element is, and why it will work perfectly in such-and-such a situation ... but he's also only capable of signings players who he's worked with before or have scored against us.

[Gareth]

Gallagher and Hwang would do me in January

Gallagher….shudders! Massively overrated for me…all he does is run into people…

Hwang looks decent in a v v dull side though

[LukeJames]

The only player I'd want from Wolves is Neto, but he's made of tissue paper.

[VillaTim]

Lot of chatter on X re Sancho

[Smithy]

Lot of chatter on X re Sancho

I've no idea why people think we're in the market for players being paid £300k a week and who have 2.5 years left on their contracts.  The only way I'd even be remotely interested in Sancho is if he was willing to take a 60% pay cut, which is never, ever, going to happen.  Even then I'd be concerned on the impact he'd have in the dressing room (which right now, seems excellent).

It just doesn't feel like something we'd do.

[Steve67]

Sancho?  Not good enough to get into the Man United side but good enough to get into ours?  Hmmm, really??

[Smithy]

Sancho?  Not good enough to get into the Man United side but good enough to get into ours?  Hmmm, really??

I don't think he's failing to get in the Man U side because of his ability, I think it's because the manager thinks he's a prick and bad for morale.  Which makes him an even less attractive option for us.  I don't think talent is his issue, he has plenty of it.  He just appears to have an attitude problem and is on absolutely massive wages.  Two huge red flags.

[Toronto Villa]

Gallagher and Hwang would do me in January

Gallagher….shudders! Massively overrated for me…all he does is run into people…

Hwang looks decent in a v v dull side though

This isn’t me advocating for Gallagher, although I think he’s better than he’s shown in that team, but I bet fans of every other team would have said that about all our players 12 months ago.

[VillaTim]

Lot of chatter on X re Sancho

I've no idea why people think we're in the market for players being paid £300k a week and who have 2.5 years left on their contracts.  The only way I'd even be remotely interested in Sancho is if he was willing to take a 60% pay cut, which is never, ever, going to happen.  Even then I'd be concerned on the impact he'd have in the dressing room (which right now, seems excellent).

It just doesn't feel like something we'd do.

No not at all, I thought he must be at the end of his contract when I read the link.

[Dave]

Sancho?  Not good enough to get into the Man United side but good enough to get into ours?  Hmmm, really??

I don't think he's failing to get in the Man U side because of his ability, I think it's because the manager thinks he's a prick and bad for morale.  Which makes him an even less attractive option for us.  I don't think talent is his issue, he has plenty of it.  He just appears to have an attitude problem and is on absolutely massive wages.  Two huge red flags.

There's also the possibility that he is Ten Hag's sacrificial lamb. I can't imagine they would be doing much worse if he were playing in place of alleged-sex criminal Antony.

Gerrard decided that Mings needed be cast out in a silly ego battle, it's quite possible than Sancho has done nothing wrong here.

Nothing about him before he ended up at Man Utd suggested that there is anything problematic about him.

[Steve67]

He wasn’t getting in with or without Ten Hag. This is a failed transfer for Man Yoo chaps. If Sancho came on a free and cut his wages, he’d still have to be content with sitting on our bench.  Yet to see the hype for Man Yoo or England, but, I’d support him if he came.

[Ian.]

Gallagher and Hwang would do me in January

Gallagher….shudders! Massively overrated for me…all he does is run into people…

Hwang looks decent in a v v dull side though

Hwnag has been excellent since Wolves moved him from the wing to striker. He’s got a great touch, intelligent and seems to know where the back of the net is. I’ve been impressed with him.

[Toronto Villa]

Sancho?  Not good enough to get into the Man United side but good enough to get into ours?  Hmmm, really??

I don't think he's failing to get in the Man U side because of his ability, I think it's because the manager thinks he's a prick and bad for morale.  Which makes him an even less attractive option for us.  I don't think talent is his issue, he has plenty of it.  He just appears to have an attitude problem and is on absolutely massive wages.  Two huge red flags.

There's also the possibility that he is Ten Hag's sacrificial lamb. I can't imagine they would be doing much worse if he were playing in place of alleged-sex criminal Antony.

Gerrard decided that Mings needed be cast out in a silly ego battle, it's quite possible than Sancho has done nothing wrong here.

Nothing about him before he ended up at Man Utd suggested that there is anything problematic about him.

Right now I’d trust Jordan Bowery or Scott Hogan in the hands of Emery and this coaching staff. Plenty of players look lost elsewhere where the environment doesn’t help them flourish. There was nothing to suggest Sancho was a problem before. The Man U manager has created a situation that he didn’t need to, or at minimum made it worse than it needs to be.

[ChicagoLion]

He wasn’t getting in with or without Ten Hag. This is a failed transfer for Man Yoo chaps. If Sancho came on a free and cut his wages, he’d still have to be content with sitting on our bench.  Yet to see the hype for Man Yoo or England, but, I’d support him if he came.

Not backing Sancho here but Ten Haag said he dropped him because he was not working hard enough in training during a TV interview, Sancho responded on X, saying it was not true and claiming he was a scapegoat.
Ten Haag wrong to call him out in public in my view.
Word is a number of players have sympathy with Sancho including his mate Rashford.
Of course not one for us but I think he will go out on loan in Jan if Ten Haag survives.