Transfer Speculation (1st June onwards)
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Under the current autumn-spring calendar, the league takes a three-month winter break from mid-December until mid-March.
Article quotes ExWHU...interesting article
For those that don't want to open it, the jist is:
- Moyes is the reason why we havent bought anyone
- he likes to do his due diligence and wants to ensure we get the right people
- sullivan frustrated by lack of activity but doesn't want to interfere with Moyes
May not please those that are signing hungry but think Sullivan is doing what most of us would hope he would, keep his nose out and let Moyes, who's recent signings have been spot on, choose who he wants
A genuine alternative, or a way of pressuring Man Utd/Lingard 🤔
I'll be happy if he comes back. And equally, I'll he happy if we get Pereira instead.
Said Benhrama is now #S22B, and Michail Antonio has taken over the 9.
Does that mean he's our starting striker for the season? Are we signing someone to challenge him?
Probably means nothing, but I would have thought they might have reserved the No9 for the new striker, particularly if Abraham is the main target and wears 9 at Chelsea.
On the OS Antonio says he's decided to take #9 because he now views himself as a striker, and basically he didn't think he should #9 before as he sometimes played RB
Everton have made a loan approach according to a new Twitter ITK.
If it's a loan, I can see us being interested. If, as you say, it's £30m, we won't be.
Pereira is the new Dawson, take him on loan from a recently relegated club and see how he does.
However, I'd prefer to take Pereira as an outright purchase rather than no fixed option to buy, as otherwise we end up where we are with Lingard this season; it's all well and good having players on loan, but without an option to buy you're basically a player down the following season so you need to source and buy a player just to stay at the same level.
The added issue with this is that, like this season, given that the PL has reverted to a transfer window that closes after the start of the season, and given that we're always having to get fantastic (in the eyes of DS) value from any purchases, we inevitably end up starting the season and playing games before new players arrive and are bedded in as the purchases are completed right at the end of the window.
Has 10 goals in both of the last 2 seasons while playing average about 23 games, really good record plus he offers us so much other than just his goals, he's a one man front line
We say it so often....but if he wasn't so injury prone we'd be looking at 15 or even 20 goals a season and clubs would be after him
But hey football isn't always that kind...especially not to Hammers
Pereira was a star for WBA in the championship 19/20, easily as good as Benrahma, Beundia, Watkins, Eze, Bowen etc. and has backed it up in the Prem, arguably moreso than Benrahma/Bowen/Buendia.....I think £25mil/30mil is fair value given the values of those above which is just the going rate for attackers who excel at that level
Plus at 25 he has the upside of his value potentially increasing
Id be all for it, think he'd be a brilliant addition, but think with Benrahma (who didn't play much last year), Bowen, Fornals and arguably Lanzini competing for the 2/3 Attacking mid positions (as we could always go 343 or 4231 next year) I don't think it's worth the funds it would cost compared to a CF or CB
Wouldn't mind the winger to be a bit cheaper, around the £10mil to £15mil range
Joking aside I think if we take someone on in that position they have to be able to push Benrhama and Bowen and be on par with Lingard and I think Dianghana is a bit below that at this stage.
At the moment Ireland are playing a 19yo in goal who plays in League 1 for Portsmouth and was dropped to the bench at the end of March. Other than that its Bournemouth's 22yo back up keeper or the 22yo who played a few games for Liverpool last season when Adrian and Alisson were injured
Randolph was Ireland's No.1 until he got injured so he must fancy his chances for a call up but he's going to want at least cup games between the sticks if he's going to stay with us