Agreed. We have to find out how Benkovic will perform in the Premier League. He'll learn nothing up in Scotland and risks thinking he is better than he is. If we do decide to loan him out again (or Soyuncu) get them in a top Championship side where they'll be given a bigger test over the whole season.
Soyuncu is linked with a loan move to Fenabache - if we do bring in Boyata on a free then we will have a lot of senior CBs. Fousseni Diabate is a target for Olympiacos.
Personally if Soyuncu is to be loaned out I think I’d be a shame if he went to Turkey. He clearly has talent so minutes in this country or Celtic (like Benk) would surely be more beneficial. Wasn’t the main problem his grasp of the language? That won’t improve if he goes back to Turkey. With Benkovic, without having looked into it too much, it seems he’s been quite injury prone. Do we know if this is a worrying trait or just recent bad luck?
we are linked with 21yo Senegal winger Ismaila Sarr from Rennes - will have to battle Arsenal for him though.
He'll most likely join his old manager at Liverpool. We are linked with 21yo French striker Jean-Kévin Augustin from RB Leipzig.
Some talk that we have cooled our interest in Tielemans Club want it done asap so we dont wait and miss out and other targets incase he turns us down
As of yet not much of our deadwood has been linked away yet. Some will be harder to shift then others I would imagine half the championship want Andy King. Matty James will be hard to sell because of the injuries so he will probably be loaned out We paid £12M for Rachid Ghezzal last year so we either need to take a big loss or loan him out Islam Slimani will be hard to shift again and still has 2 years left on his contract Monaco want Adrien Silva but could get relegated still. They are only out the relegation zone on goal difference of 1 goal Eldin Jakupovic will probably get a championship club or move abroad Callum Elder struggled at Ipswich so will probably have to go back to a League 1 club Elliot Moore is 22 and probably about 8th choice so will probably leave or stay at Leuven Bartosz Kaputska has a long term injury so will be hard to shift Nampalys Mendy has alot of interest but only 12 months left on his contract so he either needs a new contract or be sold. I suspect he will be sold despite what Brendan said Josh Knight and Darnell Johnson will probably go back out on loan Olympiakos want Fousenni Diabate If we get them off the wage bill thats probably about £300-400K a week saved.
Monaco won 2-0 and are now pretty much safe from relegation. It seems they want Silva, Tielemans will be sold to the highest bidder We would be stupid to sell them Silva before Tielemans future is sorted one way or the other. Having something they want gives us some control
Also... maybe I’m mad... but if we don’t get Tielemans maybe under a new manager then Silva could flourish here...
Not necessarily but rightly or wrongly, I just got the feeling the PL was too fast paced for his game. Could he adapt, no idea.
Boyata is going to join Hertha Berlin - despite the rumours linking him to us there was no way he was going to as he has issues with Rodgers. Monaco are interested in Soyuncu - Silva and Soyuncu for Tielemans?
Liverpool have put a £25M price tag on Harry Wilson We paid about that for Maddison. I would go after him
