January 2017 Transfer Speculation

alderz

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/580490/West-Ham-United-Andre-Ayew-malaria-Ghana-African-Cup-of-Nations-disease-BPL-news

Apparently Andre Ayew has Malaria

IronHerb

I'm with you on that Madcap ;ok

TheMadcapLaughs

Malaria!!! The Boleyn Curse has long and vengeful tendrils........... ;devil

McHammer

Im not fussed for Jenkinson

OldCastleSwift

For £3m he'd offer good competition for Brian. I'd definitely take him for that

Lukerz

Apparently wants 60,000 a week, which is his Arsenal wage.

Hence why Palace said no.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

If we are signing him as a RWB maybe worth the risk (not if he what's £60k per week though) but as a RB no way

Jenkinson just flat out isn't a good defender

He's great going forward but his challenges and positional awareness are so poor for a 'defender'

He was good in his first season with us but we often deployed a diamond with a midfield trio of Song, Kouyate and Noble which offered so much protection and narrowed the pitch so Cresswell and Jenkinson could bomb forward

If we go 3 at the back he could be a good asset, although I'd rather us go 4 at the back which is where he gets exposed

ASLEFshrugged

I've read that he's on £40k a week at Arsenal but wanted a pay rise to go to Palace and that Palace's offer was closer to £7m than £3m.

alderz

Did anyone ever see this? Fletcher doing quick fire questions on his team mates

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/angelo-ogbonna-is-the-angriest-player-ashley-fletcher-dishes-the-dirt-on-his-west-ham-teammates-a3427011.html

EXETERHAMMER

Jenkinson if true at £3million is a no brainer for me.

NEoldiron

Pengeman, that is a very thought-provoking post, I'm surprised nobody has remarked on it ;ok

http://www.whu606.com/discussion/comment/845321/#Comment_845321

Dodger58

Alderz, thanks for posting the link. I liked the reference to Adrian as a 'Leader' bearing in mind his form and being dropped, it says a lot about the guy and his mentality to me.

SuzanneClaret

Slaven_A_Laugh_Lukerz said:

Apparently wants 60,000 a week, which is his Arsenal wage.

Hence why Palace said no.

Silly boy, him not you, he's not going to play for Arsenal so what does he want with his life?

IronHerb

£60k?

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Struggle to believe he's on £60k at Arsenal

Arsenal have a wage structure which is pretty good and Jenkinson....who they don't really want wouldn't trust hes on that much

SuzanneClaret

It's the amount they were talking about on the guardian football podcast.

ASLEFshrugged

Talks have yet to yield a compromise on the 24-year-old’s wage demands. The right-back, who played on loan under Sam Allardyce at West Ham, earns around £40,000 a week and is contracted to the summer of 2018. Palace are understood to have been willing to match that salary but the player is seeking an improvement on terms to swap Arsenal for a relegation scrap at Selhurst Park.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/19/arsenal-arsene-wenger-premier-league-title-moment-of-truth

tomkinsworldclass

TheMadcapLaughs said:

TWC, do you think we should go for Jenkinson? At £3 million I think he is well worth the gamble. We know he can do it. Totally agree about Fonte. ;ok

I liked Jenkinson under BFS, he had a good season and did a solid job. However, under Bilic before he got injured for the season, he looked terrible and I believe its because of the different styles/philosophies of the managers; under BFS he received alot of protection and was in a set up that could compensate for him limitations; under Bilic, in a more open , technical and ambitious side I dont think he is good enough because the skill set is higher and more demanding, the individual is more scrutinised.

My advice for Jenkinson would be to cut out the silly wages requests, join CPFC under a manager who will do wonders for him and get back playing football because IMO he isnt a natural footballer and needs to play regularly to develop. As for us, I'd like us to only sign someone at RB if they do fit in long term, its abit pointless to sign someone we dont particularly want as a stop gap until the summer when the transfer market is much more open.

I like Joel Ward at Palace; good defender and tidy footballer. Tripper would be fantastic but would probably have to target him in the summer. Bacary Sagna could be a good signing in the summer on a free. Ryan Fredericks at fulham is having a good season in the championship as is the Barnsley RB who is getting a number of good reviews also. I suppose my position is just, we can afford to wait and be selecetive, whether it be in this window or the next. Me personanlly, I would like Glen Johnson or Joel Ward.

TheMadcapLaughs

TWC ;ok

Hamstew

Hogan not even on the bench today

SuzanneClaret

Ooooo ;hmm

OldCastleSwift

And with AC going off with an injury, surely we have to get him in now

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Wouldn't be surprised if Brentford have seen that so they hike up the price by a couple million

SuzanneClaret

Slav just said on Radio London that part of the reason we signed Fonte is that Ogbonna has had an injury all season & will have an operation on monday that will rule him out for the rest of the season.

jay_in_cpt

Suzanne ;ok thanks for that news...
Pity about Angelo , wonder what kind of injury he has then....

SuzanneClaret

We wondered that too, an injury you need an op for but you can still play?

jay_in_cpt

Suzanne, the standard reporting it's a knee injury ....

SuzanneClaret

;ok thanks Jay

Vorselaarhammer

Would explain some his performances this season....

IronHerb

Angelo, man of steel