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

[brontebilly]

Out of those with contracts running down, Jorginho I think would suit the football Emery likes. Arsenal will hardly sell to us mid season, mind.

[pauliewalnuts]

John Percy says we have strong interest in Jonathan Rowe from Norwich…another that gets lauded most weeks on Sky Soccer Saturday.

Seems we are going for the young prospects, all good with me

Though…he better be better than that diving idiot Cantwell who was raved about a few years back :-)

Looking at his Twitter timeline, he's really fond of his imaginary friend.

[N'ZMAV]

we should go for Juninho

[VILLA MOLE]

we should go for Juninho

only if we cant get McCarthy

[OCD]

There's been stuff about us liking Rowe all season.

[Risso]

I wonder if this is what Monchi had in mind, looking around the likes of Boro and Norwich for promising kids. We seemed to be well catered in that department already.

[curiousorange]

It does seem that because of this infernal FFP, mid tier clubs are being forced back to the 70s and 80s, raiding the likes of Norwich and Boro.

[PeterWithesShin]

FFP seems to have everyone running scared, hardly any money has been spent so far. Last year over £800m was spent in Jan, sure I saw that it's about £50m so far this one. So we're hardly alone in not flashing the cash. It's frustrating but I think the Everton punishment as well as the Everton (again), Forest and Man City charges has clubs more wary than before.

[pablo_picasso]

Percy linking us with Jon Rowe of Norwich. https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1750589133658165449

Good player.

All depends on the price tbh.

Cant imagine Norwich would sell him for cheap though.

He's no better than Philogene-Bidace, in my opinion.

Rowe has a goal involvement once every three games, with Philogene-Bidace a goal involvement nearly once every game.

Admittedly, Philogene-Bidace has played half the amount of games as Rowe though.

Personally, I would rather see Philogene-Bidace back over both Rogers or Rowe.

[AV84]

We were linked with Rowe a while back but there was some catch. Can't remember what it was now. Either they didn't want to sell until the summer, or they wanted to do like we've done with Nedeljkovic and keep him on loan for the rest of the season.

Also, apparently Wolves had a 15mil bid turned down at the end of the summer window.

[paul_e]

Percy linking us with Jon Rowe of Norwich. https://twitter.com/JPercyTelegraph/status/1750589133658165449

Good player.

All depends on the price tbh.

Cant imagine Norwich would sell him for cheap though.

He's no better than Philogene-Bidace, in my opinion.

Rowe has a goal involvement once every three games, with Philogene-Bidace a goal involvement nearly once every game.

Admittedly, Philogene-Bidace has played half the amount of games as Rowe though.

Personally, I would rather see Philogene-Bidace back over both Rogers or Rowe.

I think Rogers is a very different player to Philogene and wouldn't be competing with him despite them having played in the same position recently. Rowe is more of a direct comparison and I agree with you there.

For Rogers I suspect they're looking at him developing in a similar way to Watkins and becoming more of a centre forward over the next year or 2.

[PaulWinch again]

Yep the very limited stuff I’ve seen of Rogers I can see him becoming a striker.

[ROBBO]

Never understood letting Philogene go, from the little I saw of him he bought a different dimention to the team.

[eamonn]

He pushed for a move by all accounts, hard to manage that situation when he wouldn't have been promised starts like he wanted.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

So we can’t really sign anyone because of our FFP situation despite being 4th in the league with, arguably, our best chance of champions league football for yonks?

How would it sit for FFP purposes if we were to take the risk and sign a player or two to strengthen the first team with the aim of securing a top 4/5 finish. If we did, then had the extra income from Champs League would that cover it?