Transfer Rumours Winter 2025 January 1st until February 3rd

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RSS said:
It’s a difficult window tbh as we are down. We’d have to find players that are potentially good enough to play in the PL in a couple of seasons but would happily sign to be a championship player. Seems unlikely. We also have way too many players as is, and need to shift some if we can. Tough on Juric (hopefully he knew this though), but I really don’t want us to be wasting money like our last PL January window, particularly when we won’t stay up anyway. And that window has hamstrung us ever since.
In fact rather than players, I’d rather we work on improving our recruitment team and maybe actually have a go at replacing Wilcox!
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Yeah I think (hope) we have a list of players we have been monitoring for awhile who we like, and if for some reason any of them become available in Jan and want to come then we bring them in. No point in spending big on players who are coming in for a survival attempt .

Someone id like us to take a look at is Louie Barry. Young player on loan in League 1 at Stockport from Villa, was previously a very highly rated teenager at Villa, ended up going to Barcelona for a year before coming back to Villa and signing for Stockport on loan. Is doing really well this year (14 goals in 22 games playing the Armstrong role) and with Villas current squad/ambitions he might be way down the pecking order. At 21 seems like a good player to be looking at with next year in mind. Let him stay at Stockport for the season and come in for pre season.

If we can shift some players that should he our priority. Saw some rumours about Diaz to Sheff Utd. We might be able to get some/all our money back on him as he was pretty cheap and presumably Sheff Utd rate him based on last season. Maybe a loan with a guarantee to buy if Sheff Utd get promoted could work for everyone.

Interesting to see what happens with Onuachu, whether he fancies seeing out the season if Juric sees him as the main striker, or whether he wants out. If he doesn’t want to play on the Championship then he might just want out now if there is a decent opportunity
 
Saintmagic said:
Yeah I think (hope) we have a list of players we have been monitoring for awhile who we like, and if for some reason any of them become available in Jan and want to come then we bring them in. No point in spending big on players who are coming in for a survival attempt .

Someone id like us to take a look at is Louie Barry. Young player on loan in League 1 at Stockport from Villa, was previously a very highly rated teenager at Villa, ended up going to Barcelona for a year before coming back to Villa and signing for Stockport on loan. Is doing really well this year (14 goals in 22 games playing the Armstrong role) and with Villas current squad/ambitions he might be way down the pecking order. At 21 seems like a good player to be looking at with next year in mind. Let him stay at Stockport for the season and come in for pre season.

If we can shift some players that should he our priority. Saw some rumours about Diaz to Sheff Utd. We might be able to get some/all our money back on him as he was pretty cheap and presumably Sheff Utd rate him based on last season. Maybe a loan with a guarantee to buy if Sheff Utd get promoted could work for everyone.

Interesting to see what happens with Onuachu, whether he fancies seeing out the season if Juric sees him as the main striker, or whether he wants out. If he doesn’t want to play on the Championship then he might just want out now if there is a decent opportunity
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The difficulty with TP is he’s 30 and already (rightly in my view), probably feels he’s wasted 2 years here and a move might just work for him, but at the same time he’s not a proven PL player with attributes that can point to his potential value. Who would buy him and at what price?
Personally I’d like to see him stay become a cult hero with some goals which will come in the new wave of thinking.
 
Brinkworth Saint said:
The difficulty with TP is he’s 30 and already (rightly in my view), probably feels he’s wasted 2 years here and a move might just work for him, but at the same time he’s not a proven PL player with attributes that can point to his potential value. Who would buy him and at what price?
Personally I’d like to see him stay become a cult hero with some goals which will come in the new wave of thinking.
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A move back to Belgium/Turkey might be appealing for him. He could move to one of the big teams in those leagues based on the rumours and he might want that over a likely 6 months in the Prem and then Championship next year, guaranteed some European football etc.

No doubt he’s not been used well at his time with Saints and he might be pissed off by that. Was definitely a signing with Jones in mind and then not used since. The top Turkish clubs pay better than Saints and he may be of interest to them, but yeah definitely a player we’ve ****ed around and never given a proper opportunity to and wouldn’t blame him if he wanted to move
 
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Saints Fan4Life said:
Sorry, I'll keep my views to myself then ...

You think that's money well spent?
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No but I don't think he's nearly as bad as some make out on here. Sometimes moves just don't work out. There's a reason why we spent a lot of money on him and why other clubs are interested in him. Sadly he just hasn't shown his talent nearly enough here which I definitely think he has.
 
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Itchen Masack said:
Does JWP get to play much at Forest? We should go all out to bring him back.

Our set pieces are terrible and now finally, we've got someone to aim for.
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He won't be able to play for another club this season, I don't think, as he's already played for both West Ham & Forest
 
Yeah, Sainz is the only player on my radar for signing next month. Norwich aren't going anywhere this season, so hopefully won't demand too high a price.

But the main focus of next month needs to be outgoings. If we can get any offers for Sulemana, Bree, Lumley or Manning, they would be top of my list to leave.

Any of Edwards, Fraser, Diaz or Sam AA could be loaned out, but I wouldn't be looking to sell any of them (because I see them part of our squad next season).
 
st_brendy said:
Yeah, Sainz is the only player on my radar for signing next month. Norwich aren't going anywhere this season, so hopefully won't demand too high a price.

But the main focus of next month needs to be outgoings. If we can get any offers for Sulemana, Bree, Lumley or Manning, they would be top of my list to leave.

Any of Edwards, Fraser, Diaz or Sam AA could be loaned out, but I wouldn't be looking to sell any of them (because I see them part of our squad next season).
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I’d sell Brereton Diaz for a bag of lightly salted chips, although there’s a minuscule part of me that wonders how he’d look playing as the main striker. Probably dreadful, but it is his position, and Rusty never bothered trying him there.
 
tomw24 said:
No but I don't think he's nearly as bad as some make out on here. Sometimes moves just don't work out. There's a reason why we spent a lot of money on him and why other clubs are interested in him. Sadly he just hasn't shown his talent nearly enough here which I definitely think he has.
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He’s awful. Sunday league touch. Awful attitude. Shocking
 
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