Bluearmyfox28

My dream signing at left back he is…. There’s multiple options at left back. - Quilindschy Hartman - Alfie Doughty - Adrian Truffet - Melvin Bard - Bradley Locko - Archie Brown - Harry Amass (Loan) - Ben Chilwell (Loan) Uploading error, apologies for the double post.

My dream signing at left back he is…. There’s multiple options at left back. - Quilindschy Hartman - Alfie Doughty - Adrian Truffet - Melvin Bard - Bradley Locko - Archie Brown - Harry Amass (Loan) - Ben Chilwell (Loan)

Find it hard to believe we would bid less than offer they’ve already rejected. Respect to Panathinaikos for trying to keep their best player but that’s silly money to turn down if I’m being honest.

Yeah I’ve literally broken down the deal to show it’s literally the same outcome, really struggling to understand how people aren’t getting it?

From a upfront fee yes it looks horrible for a loan deal but if you break it down it’s not that bad. So the fee we are paying works out around £8.5m after conversation rates. For a player of Zaha’s quality you are talking around £4 - £5m in loan fee regardless of where you go. Plus if you was to pay a players full wages of around £70k a week which I think is low in today’s market for a player of the calibre of Zaha then you’ll be looking at paying £3.6m across the year. Add that to the loan fee your looking at £7.5 - £8.5m for the year, which works out the exact same cost as Zaha.

I will say if Panathinaikos have turned down our offer then they’ve lost their minds. That’s a great offer for a Greek team.

Good question, which I don’t know the answer to in all fairness. Like Ric has said if he doesn’t technically Zaha meets the homegrown criteria too. I genuinely believe we are in for all 3.

Alves ain’t playing this year.

Could you imagine a world in which Rudkin finishes the window having additionally brought in Zaha Fotis Hzolek Keita or Hamer Doughty Give him a lifetime contract if he could pull that off!

The key word is register, hence why it gets confusing with regards to U21 players on loan. Players under the age of 21 do not need to be registered as they don’t count towards the finalised 25 man squad.

Couldn’t agree more, I’ve been shot down a few times on here saying VK isn’t the answer. Alfie Doughty seems to make too much sense for the way we play. My dream signing there though would be Hartman from Feyenoord, there’s no way that’ll happen though.

Yeah I’ve made a mistake, I’ve realised myself it’s possible, so now I’m believing it’s happening . Now wait for only one of the three to happen!!! Hahaha.

Whilst I agree with you I am stuck on two ways of thinking regarding this. 1) Rudkin was being typical Rudkin, faffed about earlier in the window thinking he’s a master negotiator and losing deals as a result of it then hitting the panic button and trying to get several deals completed at once. 2) Either the deals for the likes of Zaha and Hlozek weren’t available at the beginning of the window or they wanted too much money initially and have since lowered their demands. With regards to Fatawu whilst I’m not keen on the idea and would rather we sign an actual attacking left back, could you imagine whilst attacking a front line of Fotis Fatawau, Mav/Hlozek, Buonanotte, Zaha That’s filthy.

Because currently we need Thomas and Ward as back ups. Thomas is the only back up option to VK and Ward is currently back up to Mads with Storlarczyk being injured.

This would be naughty. I haven’t even seen anyone linked with Doughty, so not sure what fee they would want for him.

Definitely need an attacking left back, said on a different thread I’m very surprised they didn’t go for Sessegnon on a free transfer would have been ideal.

Even though it seems to good to be true, I honestly think we are in for all three of Fotis, Hlozek and Zaha. Throughout all of Pre-season Cooper has said he wants two players competing for every position. Both McAteer and Cannon have been linked with several loan moves to the championship which would indicate they don’t think they are good enough for the prem. Buonanotte does not count towards the max loan restriction due to his age, meaning we can have two more loans as well as Buonanotte. Which would leave us with the following: Wingers - Mav, Fatawau, BDR, 1x needed CAM - Buonanotte, 1x needed Striker - Vards, Daka, 1x needed Zaha, Fotis and Hlozek fill all those gaps. It may be wishful thinking from me but I think this is the clubs way of going for it but utilising the loan market smartly to lower the cost.

I will say though if this guy can make it click in the prem within a year or two he will be worth £50/£60m, got so many traits that the top 6 would love.

Very surprised we didn’t go for Sessegnon on a free.

Fotis was my dream striker signing on my list, refusing to allow myself to get excited since @moore_94 said to get excited last time around

He wouldn’t get the touch of the ball with this style of play. Ball will go straight over his head.

Don’t want to sound like a broken record but every game I’ve watched, it’s got me thinking afterwards of how much I wish we got Corberan in.

Absolutely awful first half and worryingly the worse I’ve seen us this pre-season. No identity whatsoever punting it long over the top hoping the speed will get us in but no one’s even making a run, 11 men behind a ball against a mid table French side. No idea if Wilf is playing as a second striker or CAM but he’s absolutely useless in that role. Most concerning, the players look frustrated and I’ve seen bickering with each other on several occasions. Players are trying to instruct each other what they need to do with Cooper stood on the sideline doing nothing. Wilf - Useless. Kristensen - Poor. Fatawu - Looks like the kid that was rapid at school but couldn’t kick a ball to save his life. Daka - couldn’t hold off a fly. Justin - Has he touched the ball or made a single run forward? Only positives I’ve seen is Okoli has looked commanding and a good physical presences Hamza trying his hardest to set the tempo of the press but no one engaging in the press with him, he’s appeared frustrated with the lack of support multiple times. Concerning. Bet those wishing for Maresca out would be secretly happy to have him back now

Wouldn’t be shocked if we tried to get Chilwell back on loan.

Seems a bit too similar to winks but more forward thinking with his passing, can’t see them working together in a 2.