If the media are to be believed we have our hearts set on Dann. I wouldn't be too unhappy if we sign him up!
Not sure I agree. He's still only 25 and tbf has been playing in some pretty poor teams.
Would you be happy if we spent 6 mill on him? I think Craig Dawson would be a better option, and he'd be cheaper.
Craig Dawson is a name I've been crying out for since he was at Rochdale. Good young player, with bags of potential - our sort of signing
Apparently Swansea are after him, according to the Daily Fail.
What is it with people bashing Dann constantly. Has anyone actually seem him play this season? (Beef_Dripping, the fact that you dont know his surname suggests you havn't seen an awful lot of him!)
He wasn't the reason his premiership teams got relegated and so to say "no thank" based solely on that is rediculous. There were some big teams sniffing around him when he was at birmingham, where he was excellent, and a friend of mine who is a blackburn fan reckons he has been their best player this season. Hooiveld has looked scarily bad at this level I'm affraid and I still don't ocmpletely trust the current paring.
What's more, he is a good age, has premiership experience and would come wanting to prove that this is his level. He would definately be an improvement on what we alread
I'm not saying we shouldn't look at other options, with Dawson being a very good one, but I for one would be quite happy with Dann.
Beef Dripping - calm down - I was just making the point!
I'm not sure where the 6m figure has come from I have to say (probably just because that's how much Blackburn payed for him), but having a Blackburn season ticket holder say he really rates him, that he has been Blackburns best player and that he would be very sad to see him go is good enough for me.
I too think we will go after a few loans (perhaps a winger and defensive cover) but think that we may well spend a bit on a centre back just because it's so obviously needed and I'd want at least one centre back in who has premier league experience.
If we can get Dann (s) for less than 5m I would be happy. I don't think his value would be likely to dicrease in his time at SMS either (which seems to be a criteria for NC and NA signings)
Cortese set the bar high by buying Gaston, but I would be amazed if we spend much money in this window. It's getting the balance right between risk and return. It will be loans I'm sure... with any spare cash laid out on players with high wage demands that we can let go at the end of season. Remember we had to take out a loan to help the cash flow....will be sorted when money comes from Sky, but doesn't suggest the coffers are brimming.