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

[ChicagoLion]

They do need a midfielder as well, they played Havertz there yesterday.

Playing a midfielder in midfield? That'll never catch on.

I am not sure where he plays, but as part of a midfield 3 ?
Not for me.

[Dave]

They do need a midfielder as well, they played Havertz there yesterday.

Playing a midfielder in midfield? That'll never catch on.

I am not sure where he plays, but as part of a midfield 3 ?
Not for me.

The performances for Leverkusen which made Chelsea spend £70m on him were basically him playing like Lampard, in front of two other midfielders and behind a centre-forward (Kevin Volland), getting into the box late.

Chelsea tried to then use him as a striker, and much as if you stuck Lampard up front, it didn't really work.

Probably helped having Diaby and Bailey either side of him in his Leverkusen seasons as well though.

[OCD]

I thought Diaby replaced Bailey?

[paul_e]

I thought Diaby replaced Bailey?

Nope, Diaby joined the year before Havertz left and bailey left another year later.

[ChicagoLion]

They do need a midfielder as well, they played Havertz there yesterday.

Playing a midfielder in midfield? That'll never catch on.

I am not sure where he plays, but as part of a midfield 3 ?
Not for me.

The performances for Leverkusen which made Chelsea spend £70m on him were basically him playing like Lampard, in front of two other midfielders and behind a centre-forward (Kevin Volland), getting into the box late.

Chelsea tried to then use him as a striker, and much as if you stuck Lampard up front, it didn't really work.

Probably helped having Diaby and Bailey either side of him in his Leverkusen seasons as well though.

Interesting, I have never been convinced by him, not quite a forward not quite a midfielder. I don’t think where Arsenal are playing him suits him either.

[tomd2103]

They do need a midfielder as well, they played Havertz there yesterday.

Playing a midfielder in midfield? That'll never catch on.

I am not sure where he plays, but as part of a midfield 3 ?
Not for me.

From what I could see when we played them, they go in to a 4-1-4-1 shape when they are defending, but then Zinchenko steps into central midfield when they have the ball and it becomes a 3-2-4-1 formation.  They keep two attackers out wide, which gives Odegaard and Havertz space in the central area. 

[pablo_picasso]

I'd say that they don't think much of the average reader to think they we would sell Luiz. But having seen how simple some of the Arsenal fans are, that must be who they're aiming stories like that at.

Or they're aiming it at Villa fans and banking on their outraged clicks. We're something approaching clickbait worthy now, you know. Sign of our success.

If we were Small Heathens, we might see that as a sign that we "have arrived"...

On a separate note, we have signed a new contract with & let 19 year old Scottish defender Kerr Smith leave on a loan to St. Johnstone.

At 19, I would imagine that going back to Scotland means that he has not impressed enough to go out on loan to a decent level, but just done enough to convince us that he still might grow enough to make some money from, in a year or twos time, for that FFP farce...

[Ian.]

They do need a midfielder as well, they played Havertz there yesterday.

Playing a midfielder in midfield? That'll never catch on.

Ha ha!

[Brazilian Villain]

On a separate note, we have signed a new contract with & let 19 year old Scottish defender Kerr Smith leave on a loan to St. Johnstone.

At 19, I would imagine that going back to Scotland means that he has not impressed enough to go out on loan to a decent level, but just done enough to convince us that he still might grow enough to make some money from, in a year or twos time, for that FFP farce...

Was thinking it had gone quiet on him so cheers for the update. Will be interesting to see how he fares at the Scottish Premiership level. He's still young and will be playing in Perth, so he'll be close to his family on the east coast of Scotland.

[pablo_picasso]

On a separate note, we have signed a new contract with & let 19 year old Scottish defender Kerr Smith leave on a loan to St. Johnstone.

At 19, I would imagine that going back to Scotland means that he has not impressed enough to go out on loan to a decent level, but just done enough to convince us that he still might grow enough to make some money from, in a year or twos time, for that FFP farce...

Was thinking it had gone quiet on him so cheers for the update. Will be interesting to see how he fares at the Scottish Premiership level. He's still young and will be playing in Perth, so he'll be close to his family on the east coast of Scotland.

Yeah, fingers crossed he shows a lot of his ability up there & we can look at further development next summer.

Im hoping that something similar happens with Josh Feeney, albeit, sending him to the Championship instead of Scotland.

[Steve67]

Yannick Eduardo, right back from RB Leipzig, John Percy linking us apparently.

[pablo_picasso]

Yannick Eduardo, right back from RB Leipzig, John Percy linking us apparently.

Isn't he a striker?

[PeterWithe]

TransferMarkt has him as a centre-forward, and at just 17yo, one for the future rather than now?

[pablo_picasso]

He is tall too. 6'4"...

I really want us to start looking at "wonderkids"...

[LeeB]

Textbook Champ Manager regen name that is.