Chuba Akpom - "dropped out of the race"

[coolhandfox]

6 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Rather buy no one if thats the case. They improve us or we dont sign them

6'1" with physicality he give us something different.

 

I wouldn't be against a loan with an option.

[ealingfox]

Ffs

[damolcfc]

Wow, he had a good season in the highlights reel.

RVN has probably had a chat with Carrick 🫡

[Viva]

12 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

Downgrade on Tom cannon imo

Cannon wouldn’t get 28 Championship goals in a season. 

 

[Pliskin]

I’d rather have Weghorst!

[DJ Barry Hammond]

11 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

6'1" with physicality he give us something different.

 

I wouldn't be against a loan with an option.

The article does suggest it’s an initial loan with potential purchase - doesn’t clarify whether that’s an option or obligation m, but definitely muted as a loan deal.

[Tuna]

Typical us. Bargain bin.

[South Shire Fox]

17 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

6'1" with physicality he give us something different.

 

I wouldn't be against a loan with an option.

Hes shite. One season wonder in 10 years

[Tielemans63]

[Pliskin]

January is a bargain bin….. it’s never been any different…. You’ll only ever get the odd gem through the door. 

[coolhandfox]

11 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Typical us. Bargain bin.

I would assume we are still tight on PSR.

[coolhandfox]

11 minutes ago, South Shire Fox said:

Hes shite. One season wonder in 10 years.

I know, but I think we have limited options, we do need a different sort of forward one we can hit.

 

We don't have a lot to spend so it's going to be difficult.

Edited 28 January 2025 by coolhandfox

[winteriscoming]

To think we’ve got players like Tielemans, Mahrez and Huth in this window previously. 
Really is depressing stuff who we are linked with. 

[Claridge]

55 minutes ago, RizLCFC said:

Worse than Edouard?

not if he can breathe

 

[LCFCCKEANO]

Scored bunch for Boro, went to an Ajax who were quite dysfunctional and scored a few, different profile to our current strikers, all for it in a cheap deal

[Finnegan]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

I think people need to realise we are shopping in the bargain bin.

 

 

 

But we don't need to. 

 

He's no better than Daka and probably not even a great deal better than Ayew and we only need him if Vardy is injured anyway. 

 

He's 29 and the problem isn't his fee, as ever, it would be the years he's then contracted stinking out the place doing nothing. 

 

If this is the market we're shopping in for strikers then quite frankly all the money should go on loan fees and other positions. 

 

The money would be better spent in the summer, whatever league we're in. 

 

Akpom doesn't save us either way. 

 

[Ric Flair]

20 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

I would assume we are still tight on PSR.

The Cannon sale generates a potential £10-15m purchase but regardless it was always likely we needed a June sale to prevent any possibility of a PSR breach. Our main concern is trying to stay up, spending £20-30m shouldn't be too much of a challenge to meet.

[DJ Barry Hammond]

2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

But we don't need to. 

 

He's no better than Daka and probably not even a great deal better than Ayew and we only need him if Vardy is injured anyway. 

 

He's 29 and the problem isn't his fee, as ever, it would be the years he's then contracted stinking out the place doing nothing. 

 

If this is the market we're shopping in for strikers then quite frankly all the money should go on loan fees and other positions. 

 

The money would be better spent in the summer, whatever league we're in. 

 

Akpom doesn't save us either way. 

 

It’s been reported as a loan deal.

[filbertway]

1 minute ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

It’s been reported as a loan deal.

2 loan strikers struggling to make the bench! Living the dream

[Mickyblueeyes]

Might just be agent talk but if it is true and we are tight, in times of adversity, your scouts earn their corn. 
 

Decent for a season at Boro and im

not sure how he’s developed at Ajax

But this is surely not what Glover is paid for ? He’s had the easiest scouting job for over a year! 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

4 minutes ago, filbertway said:

2 loan strikers struggling to make the bench! Living the dream

I think it’s accepted we could do with bringing in a striker.

 

I think it unlikely we’d be able to get a striker of the calibre that would replace Vardy’s position as primary striker in this window.

 

So yeah, we’re looking to sign a striker that could take the load off Vardy - contribute 20 minutes from the bench, maybe come in for tougher away fixtures where we might need more of a hold up striker.

 

This windows goal is about getting us what we need to survive; so it’s going to be a case of looking at solid pro’s with a solid mentality that contribute now, not signing wonder kids for years to come.

Edited 28 January 2025 by DJ Barry Hammond

[enmac]

 

[Finnegan]

9 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

It’s been reported as a loan deal.

 

Ah, my bad, I missed that bit. 

 

To be honest that makes it almost more baffling though really. 

 

[coolhandfox]

13 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

The Cannon sale generates a potential £10-15m purchase but regardless it was always likely we needed a June sale to prevent any possibility of a PSR breach. Our main concern is trying to stay up, spending £20-30m shouldn't be too much of a challenge to meet.

I agree, but we probably need to spread that over 3 players.

[coolhandfox]

15 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

But we don't need to. 

 

He's no better than Daka and probably not even a great deal better than Ayew and we only need him if Vardy is injured anyway. 

 

He's 29 and the problem isn't his fee, as ever, it would be the years he's then contracted stinking out the place doing nothing. 

 

If this is the market we're shopping in for strikers then quite frankly all the money should go on loan fees and other positions. 

 

The money would be better spent in the summer, whatever league we're in. 

 

Akpom doesn't save us either way. 

 

He wouldn't be my choice, but I think we are looking for a different striker to Daka and Vardy.

 

Just trying to make sense of the link.