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

[Rigadon]

Anything that gives us a potential new dimension up front for the rest of the season we should pursue imo.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

I was hoping Emery/Monchi had a couple of unknown diamonds from the Spanish league like Moreno up their sleeve for this window.

[PaulWinch again]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

[Gareth]

I was hoping Emery/Monchi had a couple of unknown diamonds from the Spanish league like Moreno up their sleeve for this window.

Suspect that might be more the summer, picking up a couple more Kamara’s would be handy :-)

[Brazilian Villain]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

Exactly, can't believe people are second-guessing Unai. I have a feeling he might know what he's doing.

[chrisw1]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

Exactly, can't believe people are second-guessing Unai. I have a feeling he might know what he's doing.

Of course he does.  I've read this sort of sort of comment a lot, but if you take that attitude then a forum becomes pretty redundant if we can't discuss transfers, selection, tactics etc. 

Do people really think Emery & Monchi have never made a bad decision or a bad transfer?  If we sign Rogers hopefully he'll be sensational, but I'm not sure we need to stifle opinions just because it's Emery signing him.  Surely there's a pretty reasonable body of work for Rogers from which people can draw opinions on value and quality etc if they want?  Particularly when we've just seen a handful of youngsters we had high hopes for go out the door for peanuts.

[Dave]

It's also not really Emery. He's not the one scouting and identifying players. We obviously wouldn't be signing anyone without Emery being happy with it, but picking Rogers as a potential signing isn't his job.

And while Emery has to do a lot wrong before his credit-in-the-bank begins to drop, Monchi doesn't yet have a track record of success with us to mean his choices are infallible.

[robleflaneur]

I was hoping Emery/Monchi had a couple of unknown diamonds from the Spanish league like Moreno up their sleeve for this window.

Suspect that might be more the summer, picking up a couple more Kamara’s would be handy :-)

Monchi likes Mario Hermoso and it appears we have contacted his agent.He has played a few times for Spain and will be out of contract in the summer at Atlectico Madrid.He's a central defender who can also play at left back.

[OCD]

I was hoping Emery/Monchi had a couple of unknown diamonds from the Spanish league like Moreno up their sleeve for this window.

Suspect that might be more the summer, picking up a couple more Kamara’s would be handy :-)

Monchi likes Mario Hermoso and it appears we have contacted his agent.He has played a few times for Spain and will be out of contract in the summer at Atlectico Madrid.He's a central defender who can also play at left back.

You would have to worry about Mings' future if we went for him.

[pablo_picasso]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

Exactly, can't believe people are second-guessing Unai. I have a feeling he might know what he's doing.

I think that people are entitled to have a different opinion to the manager on one subject, yet still feel like he knows what he is doing overall.

The thoughts that there are question marks about a transfer or two & we are 4th in the table are not mutually exclusive.

Not everything has to be all doom & gloom. And not everything has to be all peaches & cream.

[Gareth]

I was hoping Emery/Monchi had a couple of unknown diamonds from the Spanish league like Moreno up their sleeve for this window.

Suspect that might be more the summer, picking up a couple more Kamara’s would be handy :-)

Monchi likes Mario Hermoso and it appears we have contacted his agent.He has played a few times for Spain and will be out of contract in the summer at Atlectico Madrid.He's a central defender who can also play at left back.

You would have to worry about Mings' future if we went for him.

As much as I love Mings if he is back in the squad for the start of the season it’s a bonus not something to be relied upon.  Seems a lot of players returning from such a nasty injury need that first few months to get up to speed and they pick up other knocks.

[pablo_picasso]

I'd rather we just leave Rogers now.  I'm sure we can make better use of £15m in the summer.

If we were talking about a player who would likely be straight up to speed and help us secure top 5 I'd probably be for it.  But it seems to me he's very much a work in progress.  Unless Ramsey has had a major setback I hope we just move on.

The fact that Boro appear to be looking towards a world class potential fee for a player who I doubt will ever be world class means that we should move on.

Don't get me wrong, that is Boros prerogative, but we should not be entertaining the idea for much longer.

I don't mind paying £15M+ for Roony Bardghji, for example, but Rogers is a squad filler type player in my humble opinion.

[Chris Smith]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

Exactly, can't believe people are second-guessing Unai. I have a feeling he might know what he's doing.

I think that people are entitled to have a different opinion to the manager on one subject, yet still feel like he knows what he is doing overall.

The thoughts that there are question marks about a transfer or two & we are 4th in the table are not mutually exclusive.

Not everything has to be all doom & gloom. And not everything has to be all peaches & cream.

So what are you saying is things are doom and cream or peaches and gloom.

[pablo_picasso]

If Emery wants Rogers, and we feel there’s value in the deal, then we should do it.

Exactly, can't believe people are second-guessing Unai. I have a feeling he might know what he's doing.

I think that people are entitled to have a different opinion to the manager on one subject, yet still feel like he knows what he is doing overall.

The thoughts that there are question marks about a transfer or two & we are 4th in the table are not mutually exclusive.

Not everything has to be all doom & gloom. And not everything has to be all peaches & cream.

So what are you saying is things are doom and cream or peaches and gloom.

And things may appear more grumpy than they are... 😉

[PaulWinch again]

I'd rather we just leave Rogers now.  I'm sure we can make better use of £15m in the summer.

If we were talking about a player who would likely be straight up to speed and help us secure top 5 I'd probably be for it.  But it seems to me he's very much a work in progress.  Unless Ramsey has had a major setback I hope we just move on.

The fact that Boro appear to be looking towards a world class potential fee for a player who I doubt will ever be world class means that we should move on.

Don't get me wrong, that is Boros prerogative, but we should not be entertaining the idea for much longer.

I don't mind paying £15M+ for Roony Bardghji, for example, but Rogers is a squad filler type player in my humble opinion.

I’m not sure what a world class fee is, but £15m isn’t that big. If he went onto be a reasonable premier league player we would comfortably recoup that.