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An alternative prospect to Charles De Ketelaere https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/charles-de-ketelaere/profil/spieler/435772 who I mentioned yesterday from Club Brugge is Christoph Baumgartner from Hoffenheim. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/christoph-baumgartner/profil/spieler/324278 Both play similar positions and obtainable IMO and an upgrade on Hourihane. Suat Serdar from schalke is another name worth monitoring as a long term option. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/suat-serdar/profil/spieler/261905 I’d like us to sign Kristoffer Ajer from Celtic @ CB who could be our next Laursen or Mellberg.

Noah Katterbach young LB from FC Köln caught my eye through trawling through online scout reports - again through T4 lockdown boredom... Was named best U19 German player last season . https://totalfootballanalysis.com/player-analysis/noah-katterbach-2019-20-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics ... Or how about cheeky bid for Rúben Vinagre- not getting game time at Olympiacos, unwanted by Wolves and gets around the whole WP scenario I guess being a domestic transfer?!

With Samatta being linked with Club Brugge today... out of T4 boredom I’ve been checking out their squad and one player stood out as someone we should be pursuing was Charles De Ketelaere https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/charles-de-ketelaere/profil/spieler/435772 Been a while since we saw a Juliper Pro league obligatory YouTube compilation... Looks a great prospect and the sort of signing (though more difficult now) I expect Lange & McKenzie have lined up... Young, versatile, technically gifted, with huge potential to improve & increase in value.

See Watford are doing a Watford and looking for coach number #5 now is it in a year...?! Hopefully that could lead to Hughes, Sarr, becoming disillusioned & available...

We will be at the stage of paying £40mill + on a FB when we have spent that on a striker and midfielder and we have a squad that just needs tweaking. Then I can see that sort of expenditure on a FB. Loved to be prove wrong though as he’s class and would be great here. As you said Saka & Jack could cement England left Flank for years to come. Lasser Larouci as I mentioned earlier would be the more realistic signing though and one I hope for.

Would have to be a huge offer of £40 million plus imo. We are not at stage yet. I do agree he is gunna be a star and already a great player. We need to be smart like Brighton were with Tariq Lamptey and try and pick up youngsters on the periphery of the sky 6 squads. Yasser Larouci is a talented Algerian LB at the bin dippers and been linked with Brighton & contract is up in the summer.

After the collapse of the French TV deal a lot of clubs will no doubt have to cut costs and there will be a lot of talent available at a discount in January from Ligue 1. Marseille, Lille, and co are gunna have to sacrifice players so a bargain could be had... Also, FC Schalke are currently mired in shit and have a few talents worth a look at. Suat Sedar being the one I like the look of most to challenge Luiz / McGinn. Technically gifted 6ft box to box midfielder.

Defo need a striker next month ... !

A couple of names I’ve heard we have scouted are Jann Fiete-ARP from Bayern II. Ismaila Soro From Celtic & Sven Botmam from Lille ... No doubt ones of hundreds we are looking at perhaps and could all be BS ... just passing on

Hope we get linked with Amadou Diawara as he is reportedly available for £15mill and wanted by Leicester and Wet Spam.. we were linked to him under DiMatteo and still only 23. He would be a huge upgrade on Nakamba and good competition for Luiz.

Their production line of talented CB is ridiculous ... Laporte has never been capped at senior level !

That’s sort of where I’m at ... I’d guess both will be similar in costs. Both have gone off the boil somewhat these past 2 seasons or so, both are massively talented. I know Alli is accused of being lazy in the Amazon documentary but poch is a known hard taskmaster and he thrived under him so not so sure to that would be a reason not to go for Alli if the option arose.

Dele Alli or Ross Barkley ... Thoughts ?!

Expecting the same names to be regurgitated. Rashica, Sarr, Edouard by the press. I know we cannot keep raiding Brentford but I do like the look of Marcus Forrs. Will Hughes is a name I expect to be linked, I’d throw Harry winks name into the hat also. always rated Kristoffer Ajer at Celtic. A January window of Ajer, Hughes and a striker would be nice...

I wonder what Edouard’s fee would be now and if we still hold an interest?

I was told in the summer by someone within the game that we were either offered or made enquiries for Uros Racic at Valencia. Looks a fine player for sure and what we neEd to support and compete with McGinn and Luiz ... I used to work for OUFC so still hear occasional snippets though nothing since then.

When he signed he was the main man record signing, but also new to the league, country and somewhat untested. I’m now very intrigued to see how he comes back and competes with Watkins for the main role, he is now settled into the squad with less pressure on him. The added competition will hopefully help elevate his game to the next level as he has the potential to be a good player... IF he can find consistency when fully fit and up to speed. He will also push Watkins on hopefully and the two could compliment each other’s game well.

Winks IMO opinion would be a great signing who would add much needed depth in quality & a further option to add & mix things up in midfield. His ball retention is class and can pick a pass. Luiz is class but until start of season 21/22 when the clause expires. Barkley with no option yet to buy. A loan to buy in January would make a lot of sense for me.... A somewhat lazy opinion based on Lange’s links I can see us going for the CB Nelsson at Copenhagen again and poss the young RW Daramy as well but loan him back. Very interested to see Mckenzie’s and Lange’s targets & direction!

Harry winks as an upgrade for Nakamba and competition for luiz ?!

After my earlier comment regarding a cheeky swop with Isco if Madrid came calling... I’ve just read he’s linked to the Everton for £18mill ... How his star has fallen and may, actually, be realistic - hypothetically speaking...

Have a suspicion some may be pleasantly surprised when he returns. With 18 months in the uk now under his belt, a settled and more balanced squad. Add Watkins into the mix to take the pressure off him I believe he will come back and thrive.

So if Madrid do indeed come calling cheeky Isco PX plus €80mill for Jack acceptable ?

I think over the next two windows we need to upgrade the following positions and squad places, in no particular order and with some random names. CM/DM - We were reportedly interested in Uros Racic from Valencia in the summer and I’d like us to go back in for him as completion for Luiz as Nakamba isn’t near the same class. ST - Josh Sargent is a striker I really like the look of from Bremen and would compliment Watkins & Wesley. Edouard at Celtic is another obvious name but not so sure now. LW - Let’s forget Rashica my LW dream signing would be the lad from RB Salzburg Dominik Szoboszlai, but he is unrealistic at this stage - next summer perhaps? Antonio Marin is another one to keep tabs on. CM/AM - Christoph Baumgartner is a talent we should be keeping an eye on especially if Barkley is a no go permanently next summer. Michael Olise from Reading is also one we are hopefully monitoring. LB - Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth fits the mould. I also wonder if Robert Skov could be a LB version of Cash at RB? Owen Wijndal is another fantastic young LB from AZ Alkmaar. CB - I wonder if our reported interest in CB Victor Nelsson from FC Copenhagen was for real or simple clickbait lazy link journalism? A really like the look of Kristoffer Ajer at Celtic & Djule Caleta-Car from Marseille.

They have a lot better tactician of a manager which shows...

We should have gone to 3 at the back at HT with Engels on for Trez and I would have also gone Traore for Barkley who said he has been carrying a knee niggle, with Grealish roaming behind. Poor I’m game tactics today sadly, but as I said in the match thread, it was alway gunna happen. Gutting as it is, it was against Leeds, the important thing now is the reaction in the next game.