The January 2025 Transfer Thread

[NicholasG1973]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885801878627217853

Obviously still in the doghouse with Cunha.

Even Alex Crook knew before him and he, literally, knows fuck all.

 

[Lycan]

Well if we're halfway competent

Pahahahahaha good one

 

[Kenny]

Well if we're halfway competent

I can see the issue straight away

 

[Haggstone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885802077563109818

Deal wasn’t done then was it?

 

[Kenny]

Deal wasn’t done then was it?

He obviously means, fee agreed and player happy and everything on track. Probably already booked his flight to Brum as well.
Then he decided a bit of Angeball is perfect for him.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Deal wasn’t done then was it?

Yeah I hate the use of the term 'done deal' when it erm, isn't.

 

[Haggstone]

Fair enough.

 

[Jinky]

We’ve clearly wasted a large % of this transfer window on Danso and we have ended up missing out on him. Going to be difficult getting something done this late now and whoever we go for will know they weren’t a top target for us.

Poor situation with a day or two left.

 

[pagey]

All a bit Spursy innit? Wouldn't surprise me to hear he's off to Villa in 20 minutes.

 

[sycophantia]

For all we've been lambasting the club (they absolutely deserve it), the player, his agent and Lens have been real cunts with this transfer.

 

[wanderer89]

Weren't we linked with another CB from Udinese?

 

[Kenny]

We’ve clearly wasted a large % of this transfer window on Danso and we have ended up missing out on him. Going to be difficult getting something done this late now and whoever we go for will know they weren’t a top target for us.

Poor situation with a day or two left.

A degree of sympathy on this one. Our number 1 target and at the start of the window we got told no so went to Agbadou.

Got the nod last week he wants to leave. Couple of bids and then matched what Lens wanted...then done over by a late late bid by Spurs.

Sympathy ends if we now sit there saying "right,who next?" Should be down the road on secondary targets...but we won't be

 

[Haggstone]

We’ve clearly wasted a large % of this transfer window on Danso and we have ended up missing out on him. Going to be difficult getting something done this late now and whoever we go for will know they weren’t a top target for us.

Poor situation with a day or two left.

Meh….I’m going to go and watch a re-run of the bellegarde masterclass. Do the same mate, you know you want to.

 

[Tony Towner]

Obviously any deal can get hijacked and I can see the appeal of Spurs over us and we don't really knows what going on. All that said if we'd got the deal over the line a week ago then it would have been less likely to be hijacked by Spurs who at that point had other targets

 

[PuntsWolf]

Player agreed terms weeks ago (alledgedly). It was us and Lens who couldn’t agree a deal. There’s only one person to blame there…

Whether he was worth the overpayment isn’t for me to decide. Will depend who the alternative is (or isn’t!).

 

[Kenny]

Obviously any deal can get hijacked and I can see the appeal of Spurs over us and we don't really knows what going on. All that said if we'd got the deal over the line a week ago then it would have neem less likely to be hijacked by Spurs who at that point had other targets

I think Lens play a part in this though. They seemingly changed their stance numerous times, - not for sale, £30m or do one, loan with an obligation, loan with an option, just a loan
Had Rennes and Juve joining the fun and possibly Galatasaray as well.

 

[AndyWolves]

Weren't we linked with another CB from Udinese?

Mr 3 names I think

 

[MobNet Wolf]

A degree of sympathy on this one. Our number 1 target and at the start of the window we got told no so went to Agbadou.

Got the nod last week he wants to leave. Couple of bids and then matched what Lens wanted...then done over by a late late bid by Spurs.

Sympathy ends if we now sit there saying "right,who next?" Should be down the road on secondary targets...but we won't be

Disagree. The likelihood of getting hijacked increases with the time you take to do a deal and the modest nature of your bid. That’s fine - it’s a strategy - but there’s no sympathy when the foreseeable downside materialises.

 

[The Bear]

It was us and Lens who couldn’t agree a deal.

You mean apart from the fact we did, and he was coming to us. But the player changed his mind.

Scott Dann(so) Muthafucker.

 

[Kenny]

Disagree. The likelihood of getting hijacked increases with the time you take to do a deal and the modest nature of your bid. That’s fine - it’s a strategy - but there’s no sympathy when the foreseeable downside materialises.

Only been talks with Lens for the last week around a deal they like and they controlled the narrative on that and probably bounced us, Rennes and Juve off each other.
Juve pissed off and we got a deal agreed.

We now need to do what Juve have done....have another target and get it sorted in 2 days (Kelly from Newcastle for them)...but we probably won't