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

[Risso]

Man I've never heard of in, hugely promising striker out? That would look like the kind of deal Everton would be looking for to avoid further FFP sanctions to me.

Or to put it another way, a player identified by Monchi and Emery in, somebody signed by Lange, out. In any case, Duran really does need to go on a loan to learn to play 90 minutes every week. His 10 minute blunderbuss impressions aren't going to do him or us much good in the long run.

[Clark W Griswold]

Buying him stops him scoring against us when that horrible lot come back up, I suppose.

The lad turns into Gerd Muller when he's surrounded by claret and blue shirts so it's worth a shot.

Not sure prime Gerd Muller would get in our team at the moment,prime Marco Van Basten might get a few minutes.

So contented i am with our squad at the moment i hadn't really given it any thought until i came on here just, and then i remembered we need a Goalkeeper.

Cyrille Ngonge then, never heard of him until now. Last Cyrille to play for us i'm guessing was Regis?

[LeeB]

He effectively won us the last game.

Anyway, Man Who I've Never Heard Of is only random speculation at present.

[Somniloquism]

Nice one Cyrille, Nice one......

[Sexual Ealing]

We can't have too many Cyrilles.

[Dogtanian]

He's too young to be a Cyril. Although I want him to marry a Cybil. Cyril n Cybil Ngonge.

[VillaTim]

Man I've never heard of in, hugely promising striker out? That would look like the kind of deal Everton would be looking for to avoid further FFP sanctions to me.

Or to put it another way, a player identified by Monchi and Emery in, somebody signed by Lange, out. In any case, Duran really does need to go on a loan to learn to play 90 minutes every week. His 10 minute blunderbuss impressions aren't going to do him or us much good in the long run.

I can't wait until we have a proper option for Watkins on the bench.

[Risso]

This kid seems more of a Diaby/Bailey type though.

[Dante Lavelli]

Regarding a striker, would you prefer a back-up to Watkins now, or a really ambitious purchase in the summer?

I reckon in the summer we could bag a £75m striker whereas I doubt that’s feasible in the January window.

[pablo_picasso]

This kid seems more of a Diaby/Bailey type though.

That was my first thought.

Pacy? Check.
Dribbler? Check.
Prefers the RW? Check.
Left footed? Check.

We already have three of these. Four if you count Zaniolo...

Nothing similar for the left side though, other than Ramsey.

Seems odd to stack that attacking right hand side with talent & not balance out the other side.

And up front too...

[Dogtanian]

Well, according to the boffins at Transfermarkt, Ngonge has played centre forward five times and has one goal there this season.

Pos.	Played	Goals	Assistio
SS	8	2	2
RW	6	2	0
CF	5	1	0

Across his whole career;

Pos.	Played	Goals	Assistio
RW	66	23	7
CF	35	7	1
SS	15	4	3

[olaftab]

He effectively won us the last game.

And the Palace game.

[olaftab]

Ngonge in / Duran out would be a class start to the window

No. Duran is becoming more and more effective. We don’t want to waste a year of good work by the coaching team.

[Dave]

Regarding a striker, would you prefer a back-up to Watkins now, or a really ambitious purchase in the summer?

I reckon in the summer we could bag a £75m striker whereas I doubt that’s feasible in the January window.

The problem is though that given the paucity of strikers at the moment, I still think it's more likely that someone else might end up seeing Watkins as their £80-£100m striker. That's not a "oh no, we always sell our players" point, more a "we're shopping in the market place where we already own one of the attractive assets" point.

Assuming we're not about to spend £130m on Osimhen (and we're not), you're looking at that £50m-£100m striker who could be amazing or could be not-as-good-as-Watkins is.

[DrGonzo]

Azaz to Boro, permanent £2m