Firthy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:43 pm

Why, have we signed someone today?

I believe so according to reports from Belgium

Look to be signing Enoch Agiey from Anderlecht and sending him out to Mechelen (Defour) for the rest of the season

Spijed wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:38 pm

Btw, are you in the Turks and Caicos Islands islands?

Been back a few years now Spijed - hope you are well?

Firthy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:43 pm

Why, have we signed someone today?

yes - Enock!

NRC wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:58 pm

yes - Enock!

so, that's a NO then?

Marney&Mee wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 4:50 pm

More chance of us signing Axl Rose…

Can he play centre mid?

ayrshireclaret83 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:39 pm

Nice cast had me searching

you only had to search 2 posts above !

Another tweeted photo of Deji, looks like a new Twitter account though

https://twitter.com/deji_sotona/status/ ... 3618102272

helmclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:56 pm

Been back a few years now Spijed - hope you are well?

Yes, am doing very well. Still in London since 1997.

looks like Rovers are after O'Bien from Forest, can we sign him just to **** them over

Have we not signed anyone else FFS

What a great January window for Burnley fans. Thank you Mr Pace and well done Vincent Kompany and staff . Things only continue to get better

whiffa wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:18 pm

Another tweeted photo of Deji, looks like a new Twitter account though

https://twitter.com/deji_sotona/status/ ... 3618102272

He was annouced last night.

Boxy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:44 pm

He was annouced last night.

Yeah I know, but the first time I'd seen those photos. Been posted on his Instagram story too. Thought others might like to see

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 6:22 pm

looks like Rovers are after O'Bien from Forest, can we sign him just to **** them over

SSN saying 'in a deal worth £10m if they are promoted this season'. Hope for Forest's sake that the basic is £9.99m.

Hipper wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:10 pm

They might be. Remove the Ternents and add the Oversons. They actually played together in the same side.

I though Ray and Stan Ternent were at the club together in the late 60' but just googled and although from the NE they were not related

tattsbfc wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:24 pm

Looks like Agyei has been signed on a 4 and a half year contract then loaned to Mechelen to play games so that he'll qualify for a work permit next season

https://m.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20230131 ... rce=google

Ah that makes sense why we’ve spent 350k to bring him in now as opposed to a free in summer. Accelerates the work permit. Defour doing his old club a favour or vice versa?

With the amount of signings we’re sourcing from Belgium it would make sense to get a proper partnership with a Belgian club and once you take the big clubs out of the equation we could do a lot worse than Mechelen

SSN reporting Southampton in for 2 strikers, totalling £40m (one from Genk) and Bournemouth in for 2 players, totalling £45m. Huge sums for clubs staring over the PL precipice.

Duffer_ wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:30 pm

SSN reporting Southampton in for 2 strikers, totalling £40m (one from Genk) and Bournemouth in for 2 players, totalling £45m. Huge sums for clubs staring over the PL precipice.

Yep, feels like clubs even near the bottom have gone big. Bournemouth are at almost 70m this window alone I think. Saints won’t be far off the same amount.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:37 pm

Yep, feels like clubs even near the bottom have gone big. Bournemouth are at almost 70m this window alone I think. Saints won’t be far off the same amount.

The spending by those smaller clubs has been crazy and does make me wonder how we’ll survive in that kind of environment, if promoted. It seems to have gone up a whole new level.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:37 pm

Yep, feels like clubs even near the bottom have gone big. Bournemouth are at almost 70m this window alone I think. Saints won’t be far off the same amount.

The Premier League have just taken spending beyond anything ever seen/expected this season

this was from yesterday

https://twitter.com/vysyble/status/1620 ... aV5_ssAAAA
One day to go before 2022-23 #transferdeadline.

In 2020-21 season, just one PL club had a net spend of £100m+.

In 2021-22, it was 3 clubs.

So far in 2022-23, 8 PL clubs can boast of a net spend of £100m+.


this is at 7.15pm today

https://twitter.com/vysyble/status/1620506222528188416

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:43 pm

The spending by those smaller clubs has been crazy and does make me wonder how we’ll survive in that kind of environment, if promoted. It seems to have gone up a whole new level.

I suspect our owners will make the Premier League work for us and in some ways I’m more excited by our forthcoming promotion that I was following our other promotions.
We already have exciting players that will test defences and there are clear signs we are already planning for the challenge.
I remember looking at players like Dunk at Brighton who I thought would be eaten up but weren’t. There are loads of other examples.
Good teamwork and spirit is the key for survival and we have both in abundance. It’s difficult to see Kompany walking away any time soon from what he’s created

Obviously nothing new but the PL gets further away from anything resembling a football league every year. Obscene expenditure and it really should be stopped if we want to keep what little semblance of competition there is. It can't/ won't be though.

Really highlights the importance of spending intelligently, and not just throwing bucket loads at it. I reckon if you're spending £40m+ in January while hovering around the relegation places you're just throwing good money at bad.

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:43 pm

The Premier League have just taken spending beyond anything ever seen/expected this season

this was from yesterday

https://twitter.com/vysyble/status/1620 ... aV5_ssAAAA
One day to go before 2022-23 #transferdeadline.

In 2020-21 season, just one PL club had a net spend of £100m+.

In 2021-22, it was 3 clubs.

So far in 2022-23, 8 PL clubs can boast of a net spend of £100m+.


this is at 7.15pm today

https://twitter.com/vysyble/status/1620506222528188416

Chelsea have *

FFP is a joke.

Elizabeth wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:52 pm

I suspect our owners will make the Premier League work for us and in some ways I’m more excited by our forthcoming promotion that I was following our other promotions.
We already have exciting players that will test defences and there are clear signs we are already planning for the challenge.
I remember looking at players like Dunk at Brighton who I thought would be eaten up but weren’t. There are loads of other examples.
Good teamwork and spirit is the key for survival and we have both in abundance. It’s difficult to see Kompany walking away any time soon from what he’s created

Agree about the teamwork and spirit point.

I was more alluding to the sustainability of a club like ours operating in an environment where the minimum cost of incoming players seems to be £20m…! And we’d clearly need a few of those to strengthen the team from what we have now. But hopefully they have a plan for that, as you say.

Duffer_ wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 7:30 pm

SSN reporting Southampton in for 2 strikers, totalling £40m (one from Genk) and Bournemouth in for 2 players, totalling £45m. Huge sums for clubs staring over the PL precipice.

Good anything which means we can keep hold of Tella is fine by me.

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:00 pm

Agree about the teamwork and spirit point.

I was more alluding to the sustainability of a club like ours operating in an environment where the minimum cost of incoming players seems to be £20m…! And we’d clearly need a few of those to strengthen the team from what we have now. But hopefully they have a plan for that, as you say.

I know people don't like bringing these two clubs up for various reasons but Brentford/Brighton have to be our model. Brighton's entire team that beat Liverpool 3-0 the other week was a total 31m in cost. They got 25m for Potter when he went to Chelsea and hired a better coach for free.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:02 pm

I know people don't like bringing these two clubs up for various reasons but Brentford/Brighton have to be our model. Brighton's entire team that beat Liverpool 3-0 the other week was a total 31m in cost. They got 25m for Potter when he went to Chelsea and hired a better coach for free.

Didn’t Brighton spend about £500m or something? Although I agree, they seem to have picked up absolute bargains of late for €5m and discussing selling them for £70m!!! Staggering.

Hadn’t realised about Potter. That’s more unbelievable business.

NewClaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:08 pm

Didn’t Brighton spend about £500m or something? Although I agree, they seem to have picked up absolute bargains of late for €5m and discussing selling them for £70m!!! Staggering.

Hadn’t realised about Potter. That’s more unbelievable business.

No - their net spend since Potter took over is one of the lowest in the league. They spent a fair bit at first, weirdly, under Hughton, mainly on rubbish. Regardless, more to the point they have shown you can build good quality teams through good recruitment and stay in the league with good quality managers. Between Caicedo and MacAllister they’ve got another 100-130m of sales if they needed to.

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:11 pm

No - their net spend since Potter took over is one of the lowest in the league. They spent a fair bit at first, weirdly, under Hughton, mainly on rubbish. Regardless, more to the point they have shown you can build good quality teams through good recruitment and stay in the league with good quality managers. Between Caicedo and MacAllister they’ve got another 100-130m of sales if they needed to.

recent outgoings from Brighton and the profit they have made



as you pointed out there are other reasons for Brighton's success - posted this earlier on the MMT

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:32 pm

I have been pointing this out for years but few seem to actually listen - but now Brighton have become - The model club (which used to be ourselves, West Brom before us and Charlton before them - so god help Brighton and Brentford). It is also worth noting that Brentford owner Mathew Benham help produce the original models for Bloom before starting out on his own

btw no football club has or could even afford the set-up Bloom has at Starlizard

The 200 maths prodigies who help Brighton conquer the transfer market
Albion's owner Tony Bloom founded a sports analytics company that gives the Premier League's model club the edge in talent identification
https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fw ... ransfer%2F

this is an interesting thread on what good ownership is perceived to be when fans are actually surveyed

https://twitter.com/sportingintel/statu ... 0915667970

Am I missing something here or has this changed to a thread on how much clubs have spent????

tom210 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:31 pm

Am I missing something here or has this changed to a thread on how much clubs have spent????

I'm guessing there's nowt interesting going on...

West Brom throwing everything at it, Marc Albrighton on loan for them by the looks of it

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:34 pm

West Brom throwing everything at it, Marc Albrighton on loan for them by the looks of it

Wow! That’d be a good signing for them.

O'Brien is a brilliant signing for Rovers if that goes through. I wanted him for us.

tom210 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:31 pm

Am I missing something here or has this changed to a thread on how much clubs have spent????

Well looks like our business has finished and it’s the only Jan transfer window thread going. May as well discuss it.

Here’s an interesting one, Bournemouth signing a lad on loan with an obligation to buy for €30m. What if they go down?

https://twitter.com/afcbournemouth/stat ... 6etdA&s=19

Bournemouths announcement video
In an earlier tweet they asked Football Manager if they knew of any wonderkids worth signing

RVclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:39 pm

Well looks like our business has finished and it’s the only Jan transfer window thread going. May as well discuss it.

Here’s an interesting one, Bournemouth signing a lad on loan with an obligation to buy for €30m. What if they go down?

perhaps the obligation is conditional on them staying up

Chester Perry wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:44 pm

perhaps the obligation is conditional on them staying up

Possible, though Romano’s tweet doesn’t include that detail

https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/stat ... PRn3bwHlpQ

This is amusing from PaddyPower re approach at Brighton and (probably Chelsea though it is Arsenal in the direct play)

https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1 ... GdlP0sAAAA

Were we even looking at any signings today?

I'm surprised we didn't even try for a CM. Where did that Bosnian end up?

burnley007 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:30 pm

Were we even looking at any signings today?

I'm surprised we didn't even try for a CM. Where did that Bosnian end up?

Besiktas I think.

burnley007 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:30 pm

Were we even looking at any signings today?

I'm surprised we didn't even try for a CM. Where did that Bosnian end up?

He never moved, still at Konyaspor.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:49 pm

He never moved, still at Konyaspor.

bit odd really.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:49 pm

He never moved, still at Konyaspor.

He hasn't gone anywhere yet but the window in Turkey is open until 8th February.

Incoming

dan black reporting news of an incoming incoming?

https://twitter.com/DanBlack84

This is going to be a that young lad isn’t it

Probably but Im hoping we have a CM being signed.