The January 2018 transfer window thread

[strawb 4378]

Has anyone else bought anybody yet?

[Andrew 4857]

13 minutes ago, strawb said:

Has anyone else bought anybody yet?

 

Hudderfield have signed a defender, no one else around us has done anything

[trooper 940]

25 minutes ago, strawb said:

Has anyone else bought anybody yet?

1 January 2018

Viktor Gyokeres [IF Brommapojkarna – Brighton] Undisclosed

Adrien Silva [Sporting Lisbon – Leicester] £22m

Virgil van Dijk [Southampton – Liverpool] £75m

2 January

Terence Kongolo [Monaco – Huddersfield] Loan

4 January

Konstantinos Mavropanos [PAS Giannina – Arsenal] Undisclosed

5 January

Ross Barkley [Everton – Chelsea] £15m

Cenk Tosun [Besiktas – Everton] £27m

[trophyshy 7084]

Has the world-class borehole in our state-of-the-art academy not turned up any talent yet?  

 

Mike just fucking sell up man, you're like the pube I can't swallow.

[TheGingerQuiff 2412]

1 minute ago, trophyshy said:

Has the world-class borehole in our state-of-the-art academy not turned up any talent yet?  

 

Mike just fucking sell up man, you're like the pube I can't swallow.

 

Nah his disciplinary is today I think

[adios 717]

32 minutes ago, strawb said:

Has anyone else bought anybody yet?

I'd usually be the one saying this but we all know what this window looks like now from experience and we're looking at a very different situation to most other clubs.

 

Would also be interesting to see what other clubs haven't been linked to a single player yet.

[adios 717]

3 hours ago, trooper said:

I'm already there i'm a step ahead of Ashley im waitihg for Rafa's reaction when he realises he's been taken for a mug again.

It doesn't really matter anyway; Rafa's gone if the takeover doesn't happen and likely will be kept on if it does happen.

[trooper 940]

If we still haven't got anyone in by Friday Rafa's presser will be really interesting. 

[wykikitoon 20713]

He will just give the standard answer.

I cant see him walking though.

[adios 717]

5 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

He will just give the standard answer.

I cant see him walking though.

I mean at the end of the season.  I can't imagine it not happening then if Ashley's still in charge.

[wykikitoon 20713]

Oh 100% 

[adios 717]

We could be in Man City dreamland or a Sunderland hellscape next season.  Fucking insanity.

[trooper 940]

Ashley must know if Rafa walks the deals off unless he's had second thoughts about selling up or never intended in the first place. He would then try to use Rafa as a scapegoat. Ashley "he walked away i dont know why the deals off"

[Dr Gloom 22143]

rafa won't go before the end of the season troops, chill

[Rayvin 5295]

There is no way Ashley cares that much about what any of us think. His mindset for this window will 100% be the same as the last, he doesn't need a scapegoat.

 

If we're not buying, it will be because we don't have the funds. He's not putting his hands into his pockets for this, he's said it before. I don't think his strategy has changed at all. If the money is there, we'll spend it. If it isn't, we won't. We may need to sell before anything happens. Maybe we've got about £15m to spend but they figure if they can sell Mitro then they can get a striker worth about £25m instead. Who knows.

 

But it definitely isn't Ashley trying to establish a narrative about the club sale not going through (he doesn't need to justify that to anyone, what can any of us possibly say?) or trying to force Rafa out on the sly when he's only got 6 months left on his contract anyway.

[trooper 940]

Rafa was expecting the £30 million shortfall that wasn't spent in the summer window. I think whatever he gets or doesnt get he'll be dissapointed.

[strawb 4378]

1 hour ago, adios said:

I'd usually be the one saying this but we all know what this window looks like now from experience and we're looking at a very different situation to most other clubs.

 

Would also be interesting to see what other clubs haven't been linked to a single player yet.

I just think it’s a bit early to be shitting knickers. Nobody around us has strengthened, and the January window is usually started by one team doing something then others following.

 

Also think being linked with someone means fuck all tbh. We were linked with Turkish lad Everton bough for £27 million (lol) for example.

 

Definately think we need strengthening, but also of the opinion that unless teams around us strengthen significantly we probably have a manager who can keep us, regardless of the team.

[Andrew 4857]

6 minutes ago, trooper said:

Rafa was expecting the £30 million shortfall that wasn't spent in the summer window. I think whatever he gets or doesnt get he'll be dissapointed.

 

Considering what we expected (ie not 30 million at all) you must really think rafa is dumb as fuck

[adios 717]

11 minutes ago, strawb said:

I just think it’s a bit early to be shitting knickers. Nobody around us has strengthened, and the January window is usually started by one team doing something then others following.

 

Also think being linked with someone means fuck all tbh. We were linked with Turkish lad Everton bough for £27 million (lol) for example.

 

Definately think we need strengthening, but also of the opinion that unless teams around us strengthen significantly we probably have a manager who can keep us, regardless of the team.

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I'm not sure many of us are shitting knickers, I've said I think we'll get a couple in and probably fly to safety by the seat of our pants. 

 

I'm just turbosick of how Ashley does things and he appears to be doing it again (hopefully for the last time) when so much is at stake (for him too, the daft cunt).

[trooper 940]

20 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

Considering what we expected (ie not 30 million at all) you must really think rafa is dumb as fuck

So Andrew my bad it's £20 million. 

This from The Mirror on Dec 4th

Rafa Benitez will demand at least £20m to boost his Newcastle squad in January.

The United boss is unsettled by the club’s run of five defeats in six games, with a relegation struggle ahead.

Benitez reckons he needs £20m to buy a new striker, No10 and left back, with goalkeeping options also being looked at.

Benitez was promised a kitty of around £70m last summer for the following three windows, and he’s not got near spending it.

 

[ewerk 31195]

Being linked with Joe Hart...

[trooper 940]

11 minutes ago, ewerk said:

Being linked with Joe Hart...

Yeah right he's on £120k a week i can see Ashley going for that 

[wykikitoon 20713]

I saw that yesterday and was a little sick in my mouth

[Dr Gloom 22143]

So Rafa wants £20m...for three players. So we know which end of the market he’ll be browsing in....if any funds are even released 

[adios 717]

I'd assume he's going to try and offload a couple too to increase the kitty.