Vive_La_Villa Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Has there been any top flight signings this month ? I mean in general? Difficult time to be signing players, especially ones from abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Think United have signed a player but think that was actually arranged back in October. Snodgrass to WBA is the only one I can think of so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Has there been any top flight signings this month ? I mean in general? Difficult time to be signing players, especially ones from abroad. Yeah very slow, Approaching half way in the window and hardly anything in Europe worth talking about. Two weeks on Monday it will all be over till the summer. Edited January 13, 2021 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillanousOne Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I find all this Ross Barkley guff hilarious. 1. Why would we want to pay 30-40 million for a player who though hugely talented has a fairly dubious injury record and has so far for us spent more games out injured than playing. 2. He wasn't a regular starter for Chelsea even before they made a load of new signings, they will inevitably make another load of signings in the summer, so he will again not be a regular starter and want regular football, particularly as I imagine he wants to play for England and being a sub for Chelsea won't cut it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman22 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 14 minutes ago, Kingman said: Yeah very slow, Approaching half way in the window and hardly anything in Europe worth talking about. Two weeks on Monday it will all be over till the summer. There will be a lot of teams that won't sign a player in this window. I think we may be one of them.... and I'm ok with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philosopher Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, VillanousOne said: I find all this Ross Barkley guff hilarious. 1. Why would we want to pay 30-40 million for a player who though hugely talented has a fairly dubious injury record and has so far for us spent more games out injured than playing. 2. He wasn't a regular starter for Chelsea even before they made a load of new signings, they will inevitably make another load of signings in the summer, so he will again not be a regular starter and want regular football, particularly as I imagine he wants to play for England and being a sub for Chelsea won't cut it. Yeah I agree. I think the transfer fee won't be more than 30m with probably 10m of that performance related add ons. Probably less if he gets injured a couple more times. The problem with a Barkley deal is the player himself. He wants to be in the champs league. He will want to bide his time as if things go well any move will become more lucrative and if things go badly he still has a fat Chelsea deal. He can't really lose out. Also Everton are on the rise and he may be hoping to go back there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Anyone else got that Wednesday feeling....?? Nah, me neither. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Has there been any top flight signings this month ? I mean in general? Difficult time to be signing players, especially ones from abroad. Snodgrass thats it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 31 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: Anyone else got that Wednesday feeling....?? Nah, me neither. Only 2 more Wednesday's till deadline day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 7 minutes ago, Kingman said: Only 2 more Wednesday's till deadline day! Wonder how Sky will spin the deadline day this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steero113 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Zatman said: Wonder how Sky will spin the deadline day this year Darmesh Sheth's best moments 2010-2020.............. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okonokos Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Zatman said: Wonder how Sky will spin the deadline day this year I actually might tune in. It will be hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsub Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 16 minutes ago, Zatman said: Wonder how Sky will spin the deadline day this year A double wammy for Sky as they won't have any pics or quote of 'arry leaving the training ground in his Range Rover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 13, 2021 Moderator Share Posted January 13, 2021 22 minutes ago, Zatman said: Wonder how Sky will spin the deadline day this year It'll be the usual blend of bullshit they've fished off Twitter and the requisite SkyBet odds on that deal coming off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Smith said that we'd see how things looked at the end of the window, or words to that affect, makes more sense to wait, you don't want to buy a player in one position and then a player in another position gets injured and you find you would have been better off using the money/squad place differently, probably waiting to see how likely it is that the season will actually be competed as well. I still think there's a good chance we will sign a striker, might not be an exciting name, maybe just someone on loan until the end of the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Time to reduce the length of the transfer window. Nothing happens for 95% of it anyway, apart from sky manipulating the betting market with fake news. Let's just pick a day in January, call that the transfer window and be done with it. Am also totally open to introducing a takeshi's castle assault course element to it also, with a contract as the prize at the end 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, VillanousOne said: I find all this Ross Barkley guff hilarious. 1. Why would we want to pay 30-40 million for a player who though hugely talented has a fairly dubious injury record and has so far for us spent more games out injured than playing. 2. He wasn't a regular starter for Chelsea even before they made a load of new signings, they will inevitably make another load of signings in the summer, so he will again not be a regular starter and want regular football, particularly as I imagine he wants to play for England and being a sub for Chelsea won't cut it. 1.Take this message. 2.Cross out Barkley and Chelsea. 3. Replace with Mings and Bournemouth. 4. Prove point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said: Has there been any top flight signings this month ? I mean in general? Difficult time to be signing players, especially ones from abroad. Brighton on verge of signing Moises Caciedo who's already a full Ecuador international. I wonder if that's a market we'll start to look to in next few years, talented under 20 South American player as it's supposed to be easier to sign them now with work permits. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Steero113 said: Darmesh Sheth's best moments 2010-2020.............. What a grade A starey sex offender looking weapon that man is. He sits at home tugging himself off over the transfer toltaliser. I can only assume January has been a very flaccid month so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Delphinho123 Posted January 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Pissflaps said: What a grade A starey sex offender looking weapon that man is. He sits at home tugging himself off over the transfer toltaliser. I can only assume January has been a very flaccid month so far. Imagine being called a 'starey sex offender looking weapon' by a man who goes by 'Pissflaps'. Mental. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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