January 2017 Transfer Speculation

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  • LukerzLukerz
    I think Ayew is best deployed off a striker.

    Somebody with his scoring record is wasted as a winger, and he got most of his goals for Swansea when up front.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Ayew. Winger? Striker? No10?

    Not sure any of us really know.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Not sure the club know either, or Slav, which is probably why he's not worked out yet.

    Sums up our business.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    In regards to the need to replace the players we signed and are now leaving, we should remember they would bought in to help us cope with the demands of Europe.

    As such we don't need to replace them in Jan, if we make Europe next season we can look to get in players in the summer.

    Tore, Zaza, Feghouli and Calleri if they do leave then I would say 2 in, a winger and a striker if possible.

    But a RB we didn't buy in the summer and let one go as such it's the position we are the most depleted.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    I think Hogan would be a good addition and think if we sign him RB should be next priority . Snodgrass would be a good replacement for Feghouli if he goes, he knows the league and scores goals
  • baracks_a_hammerbaracks_a_hammer
    Ayew has massively underwhelmed - whatever his exact position is, he has shown nowhere near the quality to justify his price tag

    For me, pound for pound one of the biggest let downs of our summer additions.
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    I think Feghouli and Ayew have been written off too quickly. They've come in at a time when the team is seriously disjointed. Feghouli, IMO, has shown more than Ayew but both of them are good players, they've shown it over several years on big stages. Part of the problem, I believe has been the uncertainty over where we're playing people. I think the failed Antonio RB project plays a role in that. If we play with wing-backs, where do we play Feghouli? He's not really a wing-back, he needs to be further forward. Then who do we drop if we want to play Ayew off a striker?

    Trying to shape things around Zaza didn't help either IMO, neither did the injuries.

    I'd rather we keep both of them and hope by fixing the RB and ST positions we can start the season anew. I really don't see why Snodgrass wouldn't be victim to the same problems and I don't think he's close to the player Feghouli could be if everything was working better. Unless Feghouli is sold for a significant enough amount that we make a profit.

    I really would prefer we didn't start over. I think not fitting in all the players we brought in was the problem in the first place, why do that again? Fix the problem positions.
  • alderzalderz
    Regarding the balance of the team, I think we always look best with a 4-2-3-1, and I think that's what we should get back to as regularly as possible. Feghouli's natural position is on the right of that 3, Ayew's is probably in the middle of the three, maybe the left.

    Randolph

    ? - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Kouyate - Obiang / Noble
    Antonio / Feghouli - Lanzini - Payet / Ayew
    Carroll / Hogan
  • alderzalderz
    If we were to sell him, we could fund moves for Trippier and Hogan quite comfortably, with change to spare I should think.

    Randolph
    Trippier - Reid - Ogbonna - Cresswell
    Kouyate - Noble/Obiang
    Antonio - Lanzini - Ayew
    Carroll/Hogan

    Looks like a pretty good, balanced side to me, tbh.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited January 2017
    ;wave

    The Payet discussion had spread across threads, so I've tried to consolidate all the Payet-specific comments on his own, and retain here only those that are linked with new transfers in.

    Let me know if one of your comments has gone astray, and I'll fix it.
  • YeoldhammerYeoldhammer
    edited January 2017
    Spurs will not sell Trippier to us so that's a non-starter.

    RB should have been priority way before a striker, we have a striker at the moment, we don't have a RB at all.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Sell Payet for £30/35 mil and start with Tripper for £10mil and £15mil for Hogan

    Keep Ayew and Feghouli, hoping one of them can up it up and make up for the loss of Payet

    Randy
    Trippier Reid Ogbonna Cressy
    Antonio Obiang Kouyate Lanzini
    Carroll Hogan

    Or maybe Kouyate at CB for Ogbonna who's been woeful which hill allow Noble to come in
  • OutcastLondonerOutcastLondoner
    We have to keep Feghouli and Ayew now. And can someone please steal Snodgrass's car and bus pass just to make sure that doesn't happen?
  • LukerzLukerz
    Snodgrass bid of £5m rejected
  • LukerzLukerz
    Sell Payet and give Swansea what they want for Sigurdsson.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Apparently Watford hijacking Hogan as we won't pay the asking price. ;hmm
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Lukerz - have an agree. he's not going to be there much longer. Plus he's only 27 so DG can't complain there's no re-sale value
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited January 2017
    Watford have Jerome Sinclair, Brentford had made enquires about him as a replacement if we bought Hogan but now Watford could do a part ex. Hogan's scored 14 this season, after him the next top scorer is a CB with 3 so its easy to see why the Watford deal is more attractive to the Bees.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    That would just about sum things up, wouldn’t it

    Just pay the £15m.

    Please.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    OCS - £15m isn't much use if you can't spend it, if we were to offer the Bees someone on loan to replace Hogan they might be more receptive. Martinez or Fletcher maybe although not sure if Fletcher would want a loan deal after last time.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    any links for this Watford story there is nothing on newsnow that I can see ;hmm
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2017
    ASLEF - maybe, but all this haggling has opened the door for other clubs. If we offer £15m now, with a take it or leave it ultimatum, it will force Brentford's hand. Sure, they could say no and hope Watford come up with a suitable offer, but risk losing £15m, which would be a big deal for a club that size.

    I would just hate to think that we’d lose out on one of our main targets for the sake of £2m
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    It might explain the Man City debacle.....
  • McHammerMcHammer
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  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Have. We. Signed. Hogan. Yet.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    No
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    How about now?
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Errrrm. Still no.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    Google search for 'news' by 'most recent' deliver a few hits - both the Daily Star and some blog thingy have articles (from earlier this morning, nothing more recent) but all link back to the Sun report from yesterday.

    Which claims ... initial fee of £9m agreed, but wrangling over add-ons still going on - could be a £15m deal in total. Nothing signed and sealed yet.

    https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/2591568/west-ham-transfer-news-scott-hogan-set-to-move-to-london-stadium-after-15m-fee-agreed-with-brentford/
  • McHammerMcHammer
    Premier League leaders Chelsea will move for 29-year-old West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet, who Hammers boss Slaven Bilic says is refusing to play for the club. (Sun)

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