The Transfer Thread 2022/23- Everything not Wolves

[Deutsch Wolf]

Doubt it, who's paying what Everton would want - they paid £35m rising to £50m for him in the first place - in this market when he's missed half the season and scored three goals?

He isn't even that good when he's on form.

 

[Sniffer]

Everton actually have gone and signed El Ghazi (albeit only on loan). Baffling. They already have loads of wide players (all their top performers from this season as well) and he's barely a Championship player.

Benitez seems to be playing them as I would play Albion on Football Manager.

A part of The sports cartoon in the Guardian is funny today. Shows Everton fans carrying him through the streets after their famous cup win at Hull. When Rafa thanks them the reply is something along the lines of “don’t worry we’ll soon be at the Humber Bridge“
I can’t find it to post the link.

 

[Alan]

Have to get a Riley McCree shirt now. Charlotte FC legend.

Being signed by Boro for more than double what we signed him without him ever playing a game for CLTFC. Apparently Brum is furious with our front office because we kept rejecting their bids to keep McCree.

 

[Jinky]

Brentford have offered Christian Eriksen a route back to the Premier League with a 6 month contract.

Have to say, that is fantastic news, if true - but (and I say this with absolutely zero knowledge of the subject), what is the potential of a similar thing happening again? I imagine that wouldn't be an ordinary medical?

Amazing recovery from him to get back to a level where he can consider a return to the PL. Let's not forget, it only happened last June!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Some players have played on with ICDs fitted (Daley Blind is one right now) but they're banned in Italy.

I suppose if he passes all the tests it's fine and at his own risk.

 

[Nando]

Leicester have released Filip Benkovic, who has played 94 minutes for them since signing for over £13m in 2018. Superb business.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Leicester have released Filip Benkovic, who has played 94 minutes for them since signing for over £13m in 2018. Superb business.

Said it before, they've made quite a few absolute howlers over the years.

Ward, Slimani, Musa, Silva, Benkovic, Perez, Vestergaard, Praet, Ghezzal, Kapustka, all terrible business.

 

[sycophantia]

Leicester have released Filip Benkovic, who has played 94 minutes for them since signing for over £13m in 2018. Superb business.

But, but Leicester are the best team in the league for picking up top players for peanuts surely?

 

[Alan]

Felt like Slimani should have worked. Banged in, what 30+ for Sporting CP the year prior? Big unit, not a horrendous footballer (or so it appeared at the time), seemed right for the Prem.

Scouting must be a tough job. Didn't Johnny work in that field for a bit?

 

[Alan]

But, but Leicester are the best team in the league for picking up top players for peanuts surely?

Suppose when you bring through players like Kante, Mahrez, Ndidi, Tielemans, etc, the whiffs are largely ignored.

 

[The Bear]

Tielemans cost them £40m and was a club record fee. Hardly brought him through or got him on the cheap. It was an obvious signing for them at the time.

 

[Alan]

True, but given the caliber of club that was also being linked with Youri at the time I remember it being a mild surprise that Leicester were the ones who managed to rope him in.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He had a mare at Monaco as I recall, Leicester took him on loan when he wasn't getting a game and then they had the price built in to the deal.

 

[Alan]

Fair enough, didn't remember him having a rough time in France.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

A lot of ills in the Leicester transfer history are easily forgiven when you look at Vardy, Kante and Mahrez. When they get it right, they get it RIGHT.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They still had to pay a record fee (by absolutely miles) for a non-league player for Vardy - not even sure that's been broken now and he signed for them in 2012!

So yeah, one of the bargains of all time as it turned out, but it was a massive outlay/gamble on someone who was playing glorified parks football only a couple of years before.

No-one cares that much about wasted transfer fees though if you're doing well and winning things. Didn't matter that Fergie grossly overpaid for Nani, Anderson was complete shite and Bebe is one of the great cons of all time (all in the space of a year or two), Man Utd were still the best team in the country, it just gets written off. Leicester are having the greatest period in their entire history and by some distance, so even though there's well over £100m thrown away on that list above, their fans aren't going to mind too much. I can point out they're not as hot on transfers as many seem to think but it's by the by.

When he eventually leaves for free or next to free then I'll be mildly miffed that we chucked £16m on Cutrone for no reward and only clawed back a small bit in loan fees, but hey. I've never seen a Wolves team as good as the one we've had since August 2017, I can take that kind of hit. It's not like when we were doing absolutely nothing in the 90s AND wasting money on the likes of Atkins, Daley and Corica.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Newcastle have had a £41.3m bid for Eden Hazard accepted by Real Madrid. Unfortunately the player has told them to do one.

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Newcastle have had a £41.3m bid for Eden Hazard accepted by Real Madrid. Unfortunately the player has told them to do one.

£41.3m for a 31 year old with 43 appearances in two and a half seasons is a pretty good illustration of how desperate Newcastle are. Amusingly Hazard isn’t so desperate.

 

[Jinky]

They've gone from Hazard to Jesse Lingard. Lingard is "impressed" that Newcastle have signed his mate, Kieran Trippier. So is apparently interested in a move there, according to Sky Sports. Nothing to do with the thousands of pounds they're willing to throw at you, Jesse, I'm sure.

 

[Alan]

Even though he's probably washed up, I'm still excited that Douglas Costa is apparently heading to the LA Galaxy for a few months.