Summer transfer window 2023 - rumours, links and discussion.

[ksrclaret]

Watching a game from a distance whilst you’re walking the dog doesn’t make you in the know. You reported facts about the games recently - however, everything else you’ve said is utter tripe.

And some of those “facts” have turned out to be utter tripe as well. He said Ekdal didn’t get on, only for an image of him playing to turn up, and said Al Dakhil started only for it to transpire O’Shea started.

Don’t criticise him too much though because he’ll throw his toys out again and refuse to post anything else “in the know”.

[Pickles]

Honestly, is anyone that arsed about who plays in preseason friendlies. Really? We lost against Newcastle last summer and all hell broke loose on this messageboard. Kompany out of his depth, players not fit enough... turned out kind of okay in the end.

[Juan Tanamera]

How the **** do you know what the starting line up will be
Making statements like that is just pure speculation.

He doesn't even know rovers squad.

[spt_claret]

Wouldn't rule out a last minute approach for Maatsen. Not claiming to be ITK, this is just a hunch. Poch is said to be wanting him around to look at him, but there's also the fact that Chelsea's executives have a massive overhaul job on their hands this summer, virtually as big as the one we had last year, and the window will be really busy for them, in's and out's. There are loads of things to consider for Chelsea so far as moulding and shaping the squad is concerned, and this naturally slows everything down because there are more moving parts to the machine so to speak. If they can't offload Cucurella (who wants to stay at Chelsea by some accounts) Maatsen will be 3rd choice behind him and Chilwell. Why would Chelsea pass up on money for a player they're clearly not 100% committed to? I can envisage a scenario towards the end of the window where Poch says 'seen enough now, sanction Maatsen to leave'.

Agreed. Having a look doesn't mean hes going to play him- it means just that, seeing if he thinks he's a suitable backup/starter (unlikely he's a starter for them) and if not, whether they want to cash in now or extend his contract and loan again to see if he progresses further. After all, Maatsen's not played in the Prem yet.

I say all this 100% trying to downplay his value to Chelsea out of wishful thinking because I want us to get him.

Glad to see Ekdal playing. Love the guy really want him to be first choice with Beyer this season. Hate the kit though. Last season's kit stood out at a glance- we're back in the Prem now, worldwide audience, and frankly we're a smaller profile club. Viewers in other countries, especially if it's on casually, might not pick us out from Villa or West Ham with that. Would much rather we'd gone for something jazzy again, was particularly holding out hope for the 96-98 quarters being modernised.

[thehistorylecturer62]

Agreed. Having a look doesn't mean hes going to play him- it means just that, seeing if he thinks he's a suitable backup/starter (unlikely he's a starter for them) and if not, whether they want to cash in now or extend his contract and loan again to see if he progresses further. After all, Maatsen's not played in the Prem yet.

I say all this 100% trying to downplay his value to Chelsea out of wishful thinking because I want us to get him.

Glad to see Ekdal playing. Love the guy really want him to be first choice with Beyer this season. Hate the kit though. Last season's kit stood out at a glance- we're back in the Prem now, worldwide audience, and frankly we're a smaller profile club. Viewers in other countries, especially if it's on casually, might not pick us out from Villa or West Ham with that. Would much rather we'd gone for something jazzy again, was particularly holding out hope for the 96-98 quarters being modernised.

On that basis we’d best go back to Green nobody else has a Green kit

[thehistorylecturer62]

Other new players will arrive soon enough .. sometimes we are only told well after the event

[Tricky Trevor]

Hate the kit though. Last season's kit stood out at a glance- we're back in the Prem now, worldwide audience, and frankly we're a smaller profile club. Viewers in other countries, especially if it's on casually, might not pick us out from Villa or West Ham with that.

I said on a kit thread last week most of the kits announced had gone back to plain. That’s the case and it looks fine to me.

[Cap]

Other new players will arrive soon enough .. sometimes we are only told well after the event

Do you think something is close?

[Stockbrokerbelt]

So close its touching cloth.

[ervi34]

Nixon says "bit going on" so hopefully someone's close.

[spt_claret]

On that basis we’d best go back to Green nobody else has a Green kit

To be honest I wouldn't mind us doing something like that for our away kit- or the black & gold stripes/blue and white.
It'd be more interesting than the usual away kits which never really catch my eye.

[Boss Hogg]

Nixon says "bit going on" so hopefully someone's close.

He’s stuck his neck out there again.

[northeastclaret]

He’s stuck his neck out there again.

I bit going on for six weeks now, he’s definitely on the ball.

[CoolClaret]

Can’t believe people hang on to Nixon’s every word and even worse subscribe to his Patreon on the back of getting a few transfers correct 14 years ago

[Pearcey]

Nixon says "bit going on" so hopefully someone's close.

I’m pretty sure there’s been a ‘bit going on’ from the moment we were promoted. He’s not breaking much news there to be fair.

[ksrclaret]

Nixon tweeted that Burnley are looking to sign footballers with two arms, two legs, and a pair of b0llocks.

When asked who he might be referring to, he blocked the other user and called them a fud.

All in a day's work for the rotund recluse.

[ervi34]

I love the fact that people are constantly complaining there are no rumours in this thread and when someone finally links something it's not good either because they don't trust the source.

I personally think Nixon gets a lot of things wrong but I'd rather trust him than people who are constantly "told" or "understanding" we are signing someone today.

[thehistorylecturer62]

To be honest I wouldn't mind us doing something like that for our away kit- or the black & gold stripes/blue and white.
It'd be more interesting than the usual away kits which never really catch my eye.

I liked the black and gold one I must admit

[thehistorylecturer62]

Do you think something is close?

Without a doubt

[louieollie]

I cringe every time someone quotes the obvious from Nixon, he's evidently reeled some into paying for his "snippets of useless info" .............

[thehistorylecturer62]

I cringe every time someone quotes the obvious from Nixon, he's evidently reeled some into paying for his "snippets of useless info" .............

Couldn’t agree more he knows nothing

[Quicknick]

Couldn’t agree more he knows nothing

But you do? How?

[CoolClaret]

I love the fact that people are constantly complaining there are no rumours in this thread and when someone finally links something it's not good either because they don't trust the source.

I personally think Nixon gets a lot of things wrong but I'd rather trust him than people who are constantly "told" or "understanding" we are signing someone today.

Nixon has been accurate with like two signings during one transfer window literally 14 years ago.

All he has to do is dangle his proverbial carrot a bit and rehash links made from other journos and still still convince some of the gullible ones on here that he’s ‘ITK’

Your last paragraph is literally a logical fallacy.

[Lancasterclaret]

Nixon isn't always right, not even close, but he's a sports journalist with enough experience to see through the s**t

I'd rather people retweeted him as a source than the likes of Football League World, the various Burnley Bantz accounts and "independent sports journalists"

[Goobs]

But you do? How?

Pretty sure he has said before his son is involved with the club somehow, possibly something to do with the medicals?

Does seem to have been reasonably reliable I seem to recall, although he (understandably) is fairly vague about things.

[RVclaret]

Couldn’t agree more he knows nothing

Was ahead of the game recently for Jack Clarke, Bart Verbruggen and James Trafford - but knows nothing?

Certainly seems to know a lot more than the ‘itk’ posters on here.

[CoolClaret]

Nixon isn't always right, not even close, but he's a sports journalist with enough experience to see through the s**t

I'd rather people retweeted him as a source than the likes of Football League World, the various Burnley Bantz accounts and "independent sports journalists"

Like anyone with half a brain can?

Classic Nixon - Burnley have a ‘bit going on’

So when we undoubtedly sign someone within the next few weeks he can say ‘told you all’

Absolutely anyone can do that

[RVclaret]

Nixon has been accurate with like two signings during one transfer window literally 14 years ago.

All he has to do is dangle his proverbial carrot a bit and rehash links made from other journos and still still convince some of the gullible ones on here that he’s ‘ITK’

Your last paragraph is literally a logical fallacy.

He got 4/5 last summer? Collins and Cornet the one before… what’s this bizarre thing against him?

[RVclaret]

Like anyone with half a brain can?

Classic Nixon - Burnley have a ‘bit going on’

So when we undoubtedly sign someone within the next few weeks he can say ‘told you all’

Absolutely anyone can do that

You are miles off it here tbf. He replied to someone who questioned why there’s now a story on us tomorrow when he’d said he didn’t have one. So tomorrow there will be a story. He’s not just saying ‘bit going on’ for the craic.

[Lancasterclaret]

Like anyone with half a brain can?

Classic Nixon - Burnley have a ‘bit going on’

So when we undoubtedly sign someone within the next few weeks he can say ‘told you all’

Absolutely anyone can do that

And people on here are quite happy to retweet the accounts who have blatantly taken it from an actual source

I follow him because he's a vaguely reliable source on us, which is not the case for (unfortunately) a lot of the stuff on twitter these days

[CoolClaret]

He got 4/5 last summer? Collins and Cornet the one before… what’s this bizarre thing against him?

They were reported everywhere, no? Pretty certain L’équipe broke Cornet first.

I don’t think Nixon is breaking exclusive information at all and it’s a bit cringe seeing people hang on to his every word

[thehistorylecturer62]

Was ahead of the game recently for Jack Clarke, Bart Verbruggen and James Trafford - but knows nothing?

Certainly seems to know a lot more than the ‘itk’ posters on here.

No he really doesn’t .. I’ve said it before the genuinely ITK cannot post until the club announces x,y or z or they would soon end up jobless .. and from the club’s viewpoint that is fair enough.

[davideyresleftear]

Nixon and other well-intentioned journos are on a bit of a hiding to nothing. They wait until something is 100% and they’re seen as being too slow, or just piggybacking on someone else’s news. If they talk about a deal that has maybe 25% chance of going through and subsequently doesnt, their reputation takes a hit. Even though there must be dozens of factors that all need to go right for a deal to happen.

*by the way, I’m talking about actual journalists. Not click bait merchants who throw 500 names out there

[RVclaret]

They were reported everywhere, no? Pretty certain L’équipe broke Cornet first.

I don’t think Nixon is breaking exclusive information at all and it’s a bit cringe seeing people hang on to his every word

He reported those ones first. Same with Muric, McNally, Twine, THB and Egan Riley last summer.

Have you got an example of people hanging onto his every word? All I see are rumours and discussion *checks thread title*.

[CoolClaret]

Nixon and other well-intentioned journos are on a bit of a hiding to nothing. They wait until something is 100% and they’re seen as being too slow, or just piggybacking on someone else’s news. If they talk about a deal that has maybe 25% chance of going through and subsequently doesnt, their reputation takes a hit. Even though there must be dozens of factors that all need to go right for a deal to happen.

*by the way, I’m talking about actual journalists. Not click bait merchants who throw 500 names out there

Fabrizio Romano breaks things before anyone and is pretty much always spot on

[RVclaret]

Fabrizio Romano breaks things before anyone and is pretty much always spot on

Wait till you find out Nixon broke Verbruggen and Trafford before him

[davideyresleftear]

Fabrizio Romano breaks things before anyone and is pretty much always spot on

Be fair though, he seems to be top tier. Not every journalist can be like that or build his kinds of connections. Some of them might have a 6/10 hit rate. They might try their best but still fail on some stories, maybe through duff information, believing the wrong person, or just being given a load of gubbins by a club looking to create a smoke screen. They can have their failures and leads that dont pan out, but ultimately still do a decent job. I think there’s a lot of pressure these days to be 100% successful in your job, or you’re doing a bad one. People are allowed to get things wrong.

[Jakubs Tash]

Nixon was definitely the first person to break our interest in Cornet - not L’equipe.

Don’t forget, all Nixon does is tell people who teams are interested in or who they have enquired about - not always that teams are definitely signing a certain player.

Don’t take everything as ‘it’s definitely happening’ and you won’t be disappointed or saying a journo got it wrong.

[NewClaret]

Without a doubt

This is good news

[Jakubs Tash]

Football Insider even had the Trafford interest way before the great Fabrizio Romano.

[123EasyasBFC]

Nixon and Romano are both the same, they post that must stuff and say that many teams are interested in certain players that they do get stuff right, even when they get stuff right it can still collapse as Coulibaly has proved

[northeastclaret]

With Burnley’s transfer tactic to approach a large number of players and subsequently put in a lot of bids and then even pull out at the medical stage or close to the end of the process. Rumours are becoming a waste of time and we might as well just wait for the announcement video. But like most of us this thread is so addictive I still can’t stop checking in several times a day.

[ervi34]

Nixon has been accurate with like two signings during one transfer window literally 14 years ago.

All he has to do is dangle his proverbial carrot a bit and rehash links made from other journos and still still convince some of the gullible ones on here that he’s ‘ITK’

Your last paragraph is literally a logical fallacy.

I didn't know we signed Cornet, Collins, Muric, Twine, THB and Egan-Riley 14 years ago.

So far this summer, he said we bid for Verbruggen (later confirmed by Tavolieri and Romano), that we are trying for Clarke but are not close (confirmed by Keith Downie) and that we will try to sign Lokonga (as many other have suggested).

Fabrizio Romano breaks things before anyone and is pretty much always spot on

You talk to me about "logical fallacy" and then write that Romano breaks things. He is almost never the first one to report a story but over the years he managed to build a brand and gain massive audience on Twitter. Most of big name transfers were broken by Ornstein and Romano quoted him a few minutes later.

He also tweeted that Coulibaly was a done deal about three times and look what happened.

[thehistorylecturer62]

With Burnley’s transfer tactic to approach a large number of players and subsequently put in a lot of bids and then even pull out at the medical stage or close to the end of the process.

Palpably untrue and beyond contempt.

[Big Vinny K]

What does it matter who breaks what ?
As someone said above nobody hangs on to every word Nixon or anyone else says - that’s such a pathetic comment to make.

The reason why this thread has so many views and posts is because many of us are interested in rumours and links about potential players coming in. If it’s from Nixon or Romano or someone of that ilk then it is more likely that there’s something in the rumour than from someone without their reputation.

As long as everybody accepts that most rumours don’t end up as signings then it’s fine. Even the ones that break down does not necessarily mean they are a fabricated as it’s been confirmed many times that we were interested in a player and submitted enquires or bids and they just never happen for a whole host of reasons.

[ClaretAL]

I know for some reason some posters like to try and holes in the very limited what I call ITK which on this board is think there are only 3 ( I won’t go in to who), but i would rather go off that than some of the other stuff out there. Either way round there is nothing what so ever you can do about the outcome, so just enjoy the ride and at least the 3 I am talking about get it right a lot more than the bloody weather forecasters who publish their ******** 4 times a day backed up by triiions of pounds of equipment lol

[NewClaret]

I know for some reason some posters like to try and holes in the very limited what I call ITK which on this board is think there are only 3 ( I won’t go in to who), but i would rather go off that than some of the other stuff out there. Either way round there is nothing what so ever you can do about the outcome, so just enjoy the ride and at least the 3 I am talking about get it right a lot more than the bloody weather forecasters who publish their ******** 4 times a day backed up by triiions of pounds of equipment lol

I can definitely guess two of them.

[louieollie]

He reported those ones first. Same with Muric, McNally, Twine, THB and Egan Riley last summer.

Have you got an example of people hanging onto his every word? All I see are rumours and discussion *checks thread title*.

With all due respect RV but you do come across as the main poster hanging off his every word fella.........I did begin to think you and Nixon were indeed the same

[Wokingclaret]

I like your posts RV

[roperclaret]

With Burnley’s transfer tactic to approach a large number of players and subsequently put in a lot of bids and then even pull out at the medical stage or close to the end of the process. Rumours are becoming a waste of time and we might as well just wait for the announcement video. But like most of us this thread is so addictive I still can’t stop checking in several times a day.

Are you still banging this broken drum??