Transfer Window: The Final Two Weeks
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David Moyes on Paqueta: “I’ve lost count of how many players we've bid for. We've bid for a lot. If I told you who, you would burst out laughing”. 🚨⚒️ @RoshaneSport #WHUFC
Moyes also confirms: “We've made an improved bid for Vanaken”. €11m plus add-ons was rejected yesterday.
Paqueta and Vanaken would be, what, £45m between them? That would be a £150m+ transfer window.
If, and it's a huge if, we got Paqueta and Vanaken, I can see Lanzini being moved on. Coventry will almost certainly be loaned. Downes too, potentially.
If you look at net spend the past 5 seasons before this, it was -£11m, £78.42m, £57.89m, £8.36m and £63.24m.
2020/21 was low, but otherwise the average the past few years was about £60m odd. I think us having spend £109m suggests we've already caught up?
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both primarily defensive midfielders - but we don't appear to be linked with anyone of that ilk at the moment. Both Vanaken and Paqueta are attacking midfielders, and Gallagher is more box-to-box 🤔
Would be a good move imo as his G/A is low
Maybe why some of the players we are linked with and bid for eg Onana, Nunez end up elsewhere.
Arsenal are not expected to move for Paqueta despite reports they were interested. (Express)
West Ham have been offered the chance to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 24, in the closing weeks of the transfer window. (Mail)
Southampton and Bournemouth are also discussing a possible deal for Maitland-Niles, with Arsenal potentially open to a loan move with an option to buy. (TalkSport)
If true, could be another hint that Moyes is looking to play 3-5-2 in the long term.
He's into his last 12 months, all reports suggest he has no intention of renewing and Leicester would be happy to sell for a cut-price of around £20mil
25 years old, prem experience, Leicester 20/21 player of the season
Just seems odd as on paper he seems a really good player
He will have his pick of clubs next summer. If he has his mind set on Arsenal, they might be prepared to wait until next summer to get him for nothing, or may throw in a £15m bid next Wednesday that Leicester will either have to accept or lose him for nothing (in which case Arsenal may get him anyway).
I would imagine he's had plenty of suitors, but is in a position to sit tight for a year and wait for the club of his choice.
Coufal, Johnson, Ashby for a couple of seasons. Maybe Johnson, Ashby, Engles a few years down the line.
Seems to be a level of confidence on social media that it'll happen, which is a bit disconcerting. Instinctively I feel like it won't; I have a feeling that we'll be gazumped by one of the CL/EL league teams and we'll settle for Vanaken instead.
What do you reckon?
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