Transfer Rumours The January 2018 Transfer Window Thread

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Pritchard came to us instead of Brighton and soon regretted it. It didn't work out the way he wanted it to and then he wanted out. IMO, he was never really committed to City. He's moved on to Huddersfield now and, 'strangely', has only featured in two matches so far. Time will tell how it will go for him, but I'm quite pleased with getting McLean, Hernandez and Leitner in exchange for Pritchard, with money left for the summer as well. Every club has successes and failures with transfers, but to me Pritchard's transfer was a success.
 
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RiverEndRick said:
Pritchard came to us instead of Brighton and soon regretted it. It didn't work out the way he wanted it to and then he wanted out. IMO, he was never really committed to City. He's moved on to Huddersfield now and, 'strangely', has only featured in two matches so far. Time will tell how it will go for him, but I'm quite pleased with getting McLean, Hernandez and Leitner in exchange for Pritchard, with money left for the summer as well. Every club has successes and failures with transfers, but to me Pritchard's transfer was a success.
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Yup, pretty much what I said, but In this market, I was gutted we didn’t push for more. 12m for Pritchard is very cheap in this market. Done now though.
 
Forgot_My_Lines said:
Yup, pretty much what I said, but In this market, I was gutted we didn’t push for more. 12m for Pritchard is very cheap in this market. Done now though.
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Whilst I agree re how much we got for Pritchard, there didn't appear to be any other clubs trying to sign him, so in some ways, we may have been lucky to get as much as we did!!
 
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canary-dave said:
In ANY market, any commodity is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it!
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While true, I still feel they could have delayed a decision for a week or two and hope another club showed interest and put in counter-bids.
But as Webber alluded to in his interview yesterday, selling early enabled the club to land the three targets who they'd already identified and tracked. Viva the Lambert way!! <ok>
 
Cromercanary said:
While true, I still feel they could have delayed a decision for a week or two and hope another club showed interest and put in counter-bids.
But as Webber alluded to in his interview yesterday, selling early enabled the club to land the three targets who they'd already identified and tracked. Viva the Lambert way!! <ok>
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I see the club have said a fee of £30M will be needed to land JM in the summer
 
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Cromercanary said:
While true, I still feel they could have delayed a decision for a week or two and hope another club showed interest and put in counter-bids.
But as Webber alluded to in his interview yesterday, selling early enabled the club to land the three targets who they'd already identified and tracked. Viva the Lambert way!! <ok>
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The trouble is a delay may well have meant that we didn't get our targets or Huddersfield move on to other targets. Personally I don't think it was worth the risk for a couple of extra million, which is all I think we could have got, but i understand the point that we probably would have got a bit more by playing hardball.
 
carrowcanario said:
This is the reason why SW / DF are a good fit for our club.
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The interview basically eludes to selling Maddisson in the Summer when the season is fresh rather than risk doing a Pritchard and possibly being back in the Championship next season.
It's all very well getting 20 or £30m but if you don't adequately replace the exceptional talent , and realistically there aren't many players as good as him about then the books look healthy but the team is severely weakened.
Madders has dug us out of a hole most games this season and I fear to think where we would be without him.
 
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DUNCAN DONUTS said:
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Do you think Leitner will join on a permanent?
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I don't know, DD, but I think it's a definite possibility. He seems to have lost his way since doing well at Dortmund but DF certainly likes him and I think the feeling could be mutual. If Madders is injured or were to leave in the summer, Leitner could move up to the number 10 slot (it is his team number, after all) to compete with Wes, with Vrancic, Steipermann or Reed slotting into CM.
 
DUNCAN DONUTS said:
The interview basically eludes to selling Maddisson in the Summer when the season is fresh rather than risk doing a Pritchard and possibly being back in the Championship next season.
It's all very well getting 20 or £30m but if you don't adequately replace the exceptional talent , and realistically there aren't many players as good as him about then the books look healthy but the team is severely weakened.
Madders has dug us out of a hole most games this season and I fear to think where we would be without him.
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Yeah we'd be screwed without him, in an attacking sense we're essentially a one man team. His sale is probably how we rectify that unfortunately. £20m for Maddison probably only stretches to two £5m signings and maybe a cheap, high risk player, but hopefully that results in a more cohesive, effective attack.
 
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