I think Morton's more likely for lower half PL but agree on Delap. Not sure a PL team is taking a punt on him on loan and we'll clearly offer him a lot of game time and have developed him well.
How many loan players have 2 seasons at one club? I don’t think many do?So we will be fortunate to have any of them back. Think the 2 Liverpool lads will stay there until late in the next window whilst the new Kloppe has a good look at them. We need to be recruiting before then.
I don't think they'd offer as much game time, so unless they try to sign him permanently, I think we'd still be favoured over them.
Giles - these were the stories coming out Words used were obligation to buy We all know £4-5m could be much better spent. Thought odd at the time https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/r...-hull-city-and-luton-town-agreement-revealed/
Sky Sports specifically stated it was an option, not an obligation, we’ll obviously find out in the summer.
Yes, a lot of sources at the time said it was an obligation, while some said just an option, which is why I was so sure it was basically just being done as a loan for FFP reasons. As I mentioned above, obligation to buy can still sometimes require clauses to be met, meaning it's still an 'option'. Bit counter-intuitive. I would think though that the clauses would relate to number of appearances (basically protecting us from him doing his ACL on debut or something similar), and we'd therefore be triggering it on July 1. For some context: https://kakuruadvocates.co.ug/blogs...eam may include,if certain conditions are met.
On evidence so far £4m for Giles would be poor business and id personally like to see that kind of money invested elsewhere.
Fleming was injured at the start of last season and couldn’t get fit again in order to make a difference, then Rosie came in and he didn’t rate him
Jacob had a good game yesterday but also let that attacker get across him in the 6 yard box needs to switch on to that
Shouldn't be signing unfit players then in the Jan window that are expected to hit the ground running..... Plus that's why I said on evidence so far
50% of the players we signed in January window weren't 'match-fit' Noah Ohio - LR admitted he needed time to get his fitness levels up - easier to spot unicorns than see Ohio start a game. Abdush hadn't started for Trabzonspor since December 2023 when he signed for us due to a groin injury and being suspended by his club. So needed time to get his fitness up. Billy Sharp - not fit after MLS season ended - no further evidence needed. Anass Zaroury - was fit as he had played for Burnley on 31/1/2024 against Man City - had been on the bench a few times for them. Fabio Carvalho - had been playing at RB Leipzig until the end of December 2023. Ivo Pandur - warming the bench nicely but first choice at Fortuna Sittard.
Fabio last played for RB Leipzig against Werder Bremen on 19/12/2023, so would have taken a few games to get up to speed with us.
Played 71 mins and then was subbed, hasn't played since - not in the sqaud for the last couple of games. We took a punt on him and it hasn't worked out. Some you win, some you lose.
I personally think all 3 are great players but not good enough to play for their parent clubs on a regular basis. But there's a big difference between being a regular for teams expecting to win/challenge the Premier League and Champions League and playing for Hull City.
Out of Delap, Carvalho and Morton, Delap is the most likely for us to sign permanently. Man City would probably put a buy back clause in, but it would be fantastic business. The only hiccup would be a relegated team coming in with parachute money like Chazz said. Carvalho and Morton were none to happy a few weeks ago, but things might have been patched up after talks with LR (which may explain why we've suddenly started looking good again) and TK. Regardless, I could see both coming back on loan next season but I wouldn't have thought we'd have the money to buy Fabio. Not sure how much Liverpool would want for Morton, maybe £5m or £6m?
