Summer Transfer Window 2023

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  • Ravel49Ravel49
    West Ham are set to miss out on Ajax's 25-year-old Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez, but will press ahead with a move for 27-year-old Fulham and Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha. (Guardian
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    edited June 2023
    Brentford are in talks to sign 18-year-old Dutch defender Rav van den Berg from PEC Zwolle. (Mail)

    We should be all over…
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    Will we keep Vlasic?
  • alderzalderz
    There’s some reports that Felipe Anderson might be off to Saudi Arabia, and that we have a 50% sell on clause, so we might be getting a surprise windfall from that.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    EXETERHAMMER said:

    Will we keep Vlasic?

    Doubt it. Think we're just waiting for Torino, or anyone, to make a decent offer.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    I thought Torino had an obligation to buy but are now baulking at the agreed price.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited June 2023
    IronHerb said:

    I thought Torino had an obligation to buy but are now baulking at the agreed price.

    I kind of assumed that with an obligation clause the fee would be agreed and form part of the contract. Otherwise it effectively becomes a loan with an option, no?
  • Ravel49Ravel49
    edited June 2023
    https://www.whufc.com/news/nikola-vlasic-joins-torino-loan

    It is indeed a loan with an Option
  • ScotHammerScotHammer
    OldCastleSwift said:

    EXETERHAMMER said:

    Will we keep Vlasic?

    Doubt it. Think we're just waiting for Torino, or anyone, to make a decent offer.
    A real shame.He never had a chance in his favoured position IMO, and could have been good for us.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    ScotHammer said:

    OldCastleSwift said:

    EXETERHAMMER said:

    Will we keep Vlasic?

    Doubt it. Think we're just waiting for Torino, or anyone, to make a decent offer.
    A real shame.He never had a chance in his favoured position IMO, and could have been good for us.
    I might be wrong. Just not sure where he'd get a chance. At best, I think he'd take Lanzini's place on the bench.

    Just don't see Moyes giving him much of a run.
  • alderzalderz
    So, I've seen something today about how Chelsea's majority owners are a company named Clearlake Capital, who have received "billions" in investment from Saudi Arabia. Separately, Saudi clubs have now signed Kante and Ziyech, and there are rumours that Koulibaly, Mendy and even Hudson-Odoi might be heading the same direction. Obviously Chelsea have some FFP issues, and selling these players helps them a lot. Which also helps their owners. Which the Saudi's are investors in.

    ;hmm
  • LukerzLukerz
    🤔
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    alderz said:

    So, I've seen something today about how Chelsea's majority owners are a company named Clearlake Capital, who have received "billions" in investment from Saudi Arabia. Separately, Saudi clubs have now signed Kante and Ziyech, and there are rumours that Koulibaly, Mendy and even Hudson-Odoi might be heading the same direction. Obviously Chelsea have some FFP issues, and selling these players helps them a lot. Which also helps their owners. Which the Saudi's are investors in.

    ;hmm

    Yeah, this has been running round on KUMB for a couple of days. Chelsea get to offload any mistakes they make consequence free whilst still getting around FFP rules.

  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
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  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Sauderz
  • Ravel49Ravel49
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Just buy him. He’s the real deal.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Seems to be some talk of Downes to Southampton on loan. That would be Rice, Downes and Lanzini gone from last season's squad.

    We must have a couple of midfielders lined up if this is true.
  • stevesteve
    Another Jordan Hugall if you ask me ,But then again guess your not asking me =)
  • alderzalderz
    Maybe as a Ward-Prowse sweetener
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    steve said:

    Another Jordan Hugall if you ask me ,But then again guess your not asking me =)

    40 in 110 Championship games. Far superior stats than Hugill.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    alderz said:

    Maybe as a Ward-Prowse sweetener

    Maybe. But it's probably more likely to be that Southampton's new manager was in charge of Swansea when Downes was there.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    Instead of trying for players who are happy at big clubs (as in dont care if they play much or not. Or deluding themselves they will play) or overly expensive Ward Prowse. I think we should take a chance on Alex Scott at Bristol City. Happy to go for the Coventry boy too. Younger and hungry with plenty of resale.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bazshuayi said:

    Instead of trying for players who are happy at big clubs (as in dont care if they play much or not. Or deluding themselves they will play) or overly expensive Ward Prowse. I think we should take a chance on Alex Scott at Bristol City. Happy to go for the Coventry boy too. Younger and hungry with plenty of resale.

    Alex Scott is very well regarded, and has been mentioned in previous windows. I'm definitely in favour, but we'd have to make sure he gets a decent amount of game-time otherwise his development could be stunted.

    I'm not convinced by Gyokeres tbh, although that's only on the basis of the play-off games. If he's been properly scouted then fair enough, and, let's be honest, the downside should he not work out is considerably smaller than a lot of our other purchases. Although not old, he is 25 so it's possible there's not huge amounts of improvement ahead of him.
  • SlackerSlacker
    Pops head in- nothing to see here, goes back to the cricket.
  • Ravel49Ravel49
  • LukerzLukerz
    Mail reports James Ward-Prowse prefers a move to Fulham, over Brentford & West Ham.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    @Lukerz, Due to their style of play?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Be interesting to see how soon we bring in a replacement when Rice finally goes.

    The assumption (hope) is that we've been working on a deal in the background for weeks, if not months, knowing that he was likely to go this summer, so we'll have someone in pretty much straight away.

    But I guess we'll find out soon enough.
  • BazshuayiBazshuayi
    If JWP truly prefers Fulham then there really is no accounting for taste (or smarts). Fulham will not sustain what they did last season (IMO)
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