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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2280 on: January 20, 2026, 11:06:29 AM »
Need to try and get Onana AND McGinn back playing ASAP.

The Kamara news undoubtedly changes our transfer window plans.

Obviously continue chasing Tammy Abraham, but now we need to bring in  a midfielder  - Gallagher would have been good (but we got outbid), so - either somebody similar for a small fee (one that doesn't screw us via UEFA's sanctions) or on a loan.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2281 on: January 20, 2026, 11:10:36 AM »
Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2282 on: January 20, 2026, 11:11:37 AM »
Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

yep put it on the credit card

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2283 on: January 20, 2026, 11:12:52 AM »
Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

And just hope that the people we're negotiating with don't ask too many questions about how Harvey Elliott is getting on.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2284 on: January 20, 2026, 11:14:03 AM »
Loan to buy style deal must be the way we will go.

And just hope that the people we're negotiating with don't ask too many questions about how Harvey Elliott is getting on.

who ?? ::)

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2285 on: January 20, 2026, 11:15:27 AM »
I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.



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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2286 on: January 20, 2026, 11:18:25 AM »
I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2287 on: January 20, 2026, 11:19:29 AM »
Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2288 on: January 20, 2026, 11:24:54 AM »
Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.


Pretty sure it’s not have a negative transfer spend and keep within agreed plan for wages.

Plus we can’t do anything in terms of domestic loans unless Elliott goes, which I can’t see.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2289 on: January 20, 2026, 11:25:48 AM »
I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

The Sancho and Elliot deals look terrible now. Elliot could actually be very useful at the moment.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2290 on: January 20, 2026, 11:29:39 AM »
Once again, it comes down to what we are going to be allowed to do under the UEFA sanctions, and no one seems to be clear what that actually means.


Pretty sure it’s not have a negative transfer spend and keep within agreed plan for wages.

Plus we can’t do anything in terms of domestic loans unless Elliott goes, which I can’t see.

We'll we've already spent £15m or so on 2 more kids that aren't going to contribute. If that's the case it has to be loans. Our transfer business really is shit masked over by Unai.
« Last Edit: January 20, 2026, 11:32:46 AM by aj2k77 »

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2291 on: January 20, 2026, 11:32:46 AM »
Well this has gone to shit a bit hasn't it?

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2292 on: January 20, 2026, 11:32:50 AM »
Not domestic loans, because we can’t do them.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2293 on: January 20, 2026, 11:33:43 AM »
Over to the transfer guys now, it's about time they pulled something out the bag instead of living off Emery's abilities.

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Re: Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.
« Reply #2294 on: January 20, 2026, 11:34:54 AM »
I mentioned Manioo a a couple weeks back. See he walked straight back into their side under Carrick. Would have been ideal.

Maybe, but even if he wasn't playing - we couldn't sign him on loan, and we couldn't afford to spend tens of millions buying him.

The Sancho and Elliot deals look terrible now. Elliot could actually be very useful at the moment.

The way we've treated him, Elliott would have to be very fair minded to be interested in playing for us.

He's made 5 appearances thus far so we can only play him 4 more times otherwise the purchase obligation is triggered.

Guess we could try and renegotiate with Liverpool and get the buy obligation removed? Then we could play him and  he would then go back to them in the summer as a more saleable asset - certainly more so than somebody who's only made 5 appearances in a whole season.

 


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