January Transfer Window 2019

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  • McHammerMcHammer
    Lots of Goss across multi sites of us in for Belotti
  • HammerwombatHammerwombat
    Mario Balotelli anyone? According to Twitter Pelle has asked about his availability.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Wash your mouth out, Wombat. It's a Sunday.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited January 2019
    Can't be any worse than Carroll

    Gonna be a huge clear out this summer up top

    Wouldn't be surprised to see all of Arnie, Carroll, Hernandez & Perez gone by the start of next season
  • imagelostimagelost
    McHammer said:

    Lots of Goss across multi sites of us in for Belotti

    Drunk
  • Cuz1Cuz1
    Sky sports saying Carroll 2 million to spurs
  • TheMadcapLaughsTheMadcapLaughs
    Cuz1 said:

    Sky sports saying Carroll 2 million to spurs

    "2 miilion to FIX HIS BONEspurs"

    surely.............
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    edited January 2019
    A comment in the Sun to that rumour made me chuckle, cruel mind:

    "A cheaper and better option would be to scour a local beach and buy a donkey"

    ;lol

    Should also add, I saw this online, I do not read the Sun. ;biggrin
  • stevesteve
    Don't see why we should pay Spurs 2 mill to take Carroll off our hands ,but that's just me ;biggrin
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Watching the Fulham spurs game yesterday I think he’d have had a hat trick. He wouldn’t have missed the chances Llorente had with headers.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I wouldn't have a problem with that at present as I don't think Pelle's way of playing suits him and unfortunately for Carroll referee's are making his way of playing virtually impossible nowadays. The greatest modern day example of what Carroll is was Duncan Ferguson, who likely would have barely seen a game out without two yellows nowadays.
  • Colchester_IronColchester_Iron
    "........Carroll rounded off his 57th start of the season by scoring his team's fifth goal against his former employers at the London Stadium in the last league game of the season on Saturday ahead of the Cup Final......"
  • BubblesNeverDiesBubblesNeverDies
    Thorn, he missed from a yard out against B'mouth - maybe he should have tried to head it ;biggrin
  • HamstewHamstew
    Terrible news about the new Cardiff player. Let's hope something positive happens.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    I have it from someone who works at Billi Mucklow's yoga studio in Loughton that she is looking for someone to take it over. Sounds like AC and family are preparing to leave London.
  • Tomw85Tomw85
    Yes, I read that they have put their house up for sale as well so certainly looking that way.
  • alderzalderz
    edited January 2019
    BBC reporting that we are considering paying Maxi Gomez's releast clause, £43.3m ;nonono

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47006168
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Could tie in with Arnie's Instagram story...
  • TheMadcapLaughsTheMadcapLaughs
    Having watched Maxi Gomez on Youtube (I know) all I can say is, yes please. Seems to have everything you would want in a striker. ;wahoo ;footie
  • adecokeradecoker
    Tomw85 said:

    Yes, I read that they have put their house up for sale as well so certainly looking that way.

    I'm not sure that I'll be bidding for the house but I would be very interested in the replica Angel of the North to stand in front of the the gazebo in my allotment.



  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    Does this mean the transfer window that has been a virtual snooze fest is actually going to wake up? ;whistle
  • LukerzLukerz
    Close to signing Gomez according to Sky Sources.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    Could be a good bit of business that. Sign him with a (relatively) small deposit and a promise of the rest in the summer (when Arnie goes) and the sweetener of letting Celta keep him for the rest of the season.

    Arnie stays til the summer, and then we have a replacement to come straight in in June.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    edited January 2019
    If we are triggering the release clause, it makes no sense to loan him back for the rest of the season.

    What Celta want is irrelevant once the release clause is triggered.

    Unless we are trying to get him for a few million less, and are sweetening it by offering to let him stay there. But I'd rather we pay the release clause and have him now, to be honest.

    A bit odd at the moment.
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2019
    I suspect if anything we're getting Celta to agree to us triggering the clause in the summer, with the understanding that Gomez will stay to help them fight relegation and the club getting a percentage of the money now to maybe help them buy someone else to help their cause.

    Win win, in many respects.

    If someone else triggered it and insisted that Gomez join straight away, Celta have lost their best player at a time they need him the most with no guarantee of being able to find a suitable replacement, even with £43m in their pocket.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited January 2019
    Keeps his wages off the books for a while (until AC leaves) - FFP?
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    edited January 2019
    And maybe we can't afford to buy him now, in terms of available cash and how close we are to our FFP wage limit (don't forget we've recently added Nasri's reported £80k a week to the wage bill)

    Come the summer, when Carroll, Perez and (probably) Arnie are gone that problem goes away.
  • Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_MoyesJorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes
    OCS,

    Sorry, still makes no sense to me ;hmm

    Once the clause is triggered, Celta are out of the equation. It isn't up to them to decide whether to accept or not, or to make demands, or to defer until the summer.

    My understanding is that the clause means the club are obligated to sell if personal terms are agreed.
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes said:

    If we are triggering the release clause, it makes no sense to loan him back for the rest of the season.

    What Celta want is irrelevant once the release clause is triggered.

    Unless we are trying to get him for a few million less, and are sweetening it by offering to let him stay there. But I'd rather we pay the release clause and have him now, to be honest.

    A bit odd at the moment.

    I agree. The only reason could be we’re arranging a lay-away payment schedule. Deposit down now and pay the rest in the summer once we get more funds.
    Also, means we don’t pay his wages until we get AC off our wage bill.
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    MIAHammer said:



    I agree. The only reason could be ...

    Well, it's ONE reason, but as you say - our wage bill/FFP could be an issue. So it's not the ONLY reason.
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