Transfer Rumours January '23 Transfer Thread

It's a bit like learning what it's like to be at another club away from home. Most 17 year olds go through it to a localish club to get that first feel of men's football.

 

At this stage the ones who go on work experience are often getting released soon.

 

Depends on whether or not he brags about having a girlfriend and tells everyone he should really be doing his work experience as a journalist on the local paper.

In which case he'll be bundled in a car and thrown in a local pond in just his underpants.



I saw a documentary on it once.

 

Great read… this young lad has an old head on his shoulders and should go far in the game, hopefully with us for a few years.

I quit Chelsea's loan army - the goal now is to emulate Steven Gerrard's success'
EXCLUSIVE: Recently-departed Chelsea star Xavier Simons speaks to us about life as a solider in the club's notorious loan army, his ambitions at new club Hull, and his admiration for Steven Gerrard
You'd have thought it'd be tough being a Steven Gerrard fan in Chelsea's academy, what with the incessant comparisons between him and Blues legend Frank Lampard - but according to Xavier Simons it was anything but.

The 20-year-old, who recently made his loan move from Stamford Bridge to Hull City permanent, counts the Liverpool icon as his hero, not because he's a Reds fan, but because he's always had an air of Gerrard about him after stepping across that white line - something few who have watched him play would deny.
“ I loved Gerrard as a player and I base by whole game around him," Simons said speaking exclusively to Daily Star Sport, "He's someone that I want to play like and want to be compared to."
When asked if he had to keep his fondness for Gerrard a secret within the walls of Chelsea's Cobham training ground, he said: "Nah, everyone can understand that Gerrard was a world class player.
"Lampard's there as well, but I base my game more around Gerrard."
Simons spent seven years at Chelsea, having signed from Brentford as a 13-year-old in 2016. He spent six of those seven years honing his craft in the academy, but in September last year he was recruited to the club's notoriously-massive loan army.
The Blues have a long-standing reputation for taking advantage of the loan system to generate revenue streams by farming players out to increase their market value before selling them on for profit. As such, the life of a Chelsea loanee sounds like a potentially disheartening and impersonal existence, but according to Simons, that's not the case at all.

"I feel it's a great system, for young players to get experience. Chelsea are one of the best at it," he told us.
"The coaches are always in contact and coming to games and analysing areas of your game that you need to improve while you're away. They also work closely with the club you're at so you can improve that way."
Simons' attention has now turned to Hull and helping the club get back to the promised land of the Premier League for the first time since they were relegated in 2017.
"I've bought into the long-term plan and that's what I want to help the team to get to. The day I came in I loved the place. I loved the players and I can see where we're heading as a club.

"The gaffer [Liam Rosenior] has put trust in me and I've put trust into him and the coaching staff, and the players too."

 

When is the summer 2023 transfer thread getting christened?

 

If there's something to post start it?

 

Just mention you've been down the snooker club and heard something and we'll be out the starting blocks!

 

Why isn’t it just a Transfer thread?

 

Shortly after its born, though as most people aren't religious in this country according to recent polls, it will probably be a naming ceremony...

 

It isn't quite Easter yet, so probably in the Summer, if we have can afford one this year.

 

what the **** does this mean?

 

It means Acun spent far too much playing Football Manager last year so we can't afford much this year. I think

 

Interesting interpretation ….not sure it’s right lol

 

Just a quick update, the talks about Karl Darlow staying have progressed and he'll be offered a two year deal with an option.

 

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/spo...-city-acun-ilicali-ffp-8322927?int_source=nba

"I can put in £13m or £14m but after that, the amount of money we can spend on our squad depends on our income elsewhere so here in England it comes down to the fans and the businesses." Does he mean this summer?

 

He must do, I reckon we’ve got at least 1 big sale to come which would increase it too. One/two of Greaves, Oscar or Ozan

 

Something doesn't add up for me, I'm not sure how a club like Boro has so much more money to spend than us?

 

Big crowds, big prices probably helps

 

Maybe. I wouldn't have thought matchday revenue would be significantly different enough to fund such a better squad.

 

Probably high wages and/or signing on fees for last summer signings, going to be difficult to get rid of some of them. Not really giving value for money.