The January Transfer Window
So, a LB/LWB, a CM and a ST it is then.
The 'no value in January' line that's been spun in the past is pretty redundant now having brought in Soucek and Bowen on decent deals last time round, so it'll be interesting to see what happens. Will probably depend on where we are in table, but I'm not expecting much business at all (although if the Benrahma money is coming from next summer's budget, does Moyes have £20m available 🤔)
Mods, feel free to close down the other transfer thread as the summer window is such old news.
The 'no value in January' line that's been spun in the past is pretty redundant now having brought in Soucek and Bowen on decent deals last time round, so it'll be interesting to see what happens. Will probably depend on where we are in table, but I'm not expecting much business at all (although if the Benrahma money is coming from next summer's budget, does Moyes have £20m available 🤔)
Mods, feel free to close down the other transfer thread as the summer window is such old news.
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I guess we're gonna be needing a CB, LB, LWB, DM, ST and training facilities.
Can I add new owners to that list please
But I'd be very disappointed if Moyes wasn't here next year
I agree with IBL, think he's been a breath of fresh air
He isn't the best manager in the world, and his use of subs literally has me pulling out my hair....but what he's done and how he's transformed us from a team with no spine and no legs to one who work as a unit is fantastic
The team has never looked fitter and more organised the it does under Moyes, and so far the players he has brought in have been top top picks
He has done enough imo to pick the players he wants and mould the squad in his image, even if I (we) won't personally agree with every decision he makes
I've enjoyed his interviews were he tells it how it is and hopefully this time next year COVID won't be as big a deal and we will be able to back him more
Dawson, Snodgrass, Benrahma not even making the bench based on the current 11. I assume Benrahma, next week, will come in for one of Lanzini/Yarmo.
“We didn’t quite get the centre-halves because we bid for some good ones.
“The club did a brilliant job in trying to make offers for what I thought were really good centre-halves. But (we) just couldn’t get them for different reasons.
“Then, on deadline day we lost Felipe Anderson so that changed a bit of the balance of the squad. We didn’t expect to lose Felipe and it gave us a bit of an opening to decide if we wanted to go for somebody else.
“We decided to go for Said Benrahma and it came off.”
From Moyes, doesnt sound like someone who is unhappy
Does indicate to me that he was picking the players we targeted, and also indicates that we will be after Tarkowski again either in Jan or next summer
There’s little in what he says which gives an indication one way or another.
And also it may not be known for sure why all the various c-b bids did not yield a result.
My own view is that although a figure of £30-£40m may have been reported as a budget, this may have been a gross dealing figure. The actual cash available may have been considerably less so many offers might have been backloaded.
Who knows though?
But £20mil is a big commitment to a player who has been out of form for a long while
Never played 30 league games in his career and often hasn't even played 20.