Transfer Rumours Jan 2018 City Transfer Thread

I just don't see the benefit of signing a player from a club that is actually doing worse than we are. Particularly not at the halfway point in the season when it's clear he's already played a large part of Birmingham's season. He's not had any influence over their current situation, so how will he improve ours? He probably already has that losing mentality ingrained with how Birmingham have done so far.

It's a different scenario buying players from a relegated club and having a pre season to work with them - like Maguire and Robertson. It can also go wrong like you could argue it has for Clucas and Jakupovic.

 

I’d rather sign a couple of centre backs and fullbacks before we add another centre midfielder

 

Been rubbished by Adkins in an interview with Burnsy this afternoon.

 

But then by that logic there's no point buying lower league players either? We got Irvine from Burton and Clucas from Chesterfield.

 

Grabban yes, I believe I was the first to post that once Bournemouth indicated he was free to go for a permanent transfer. That is however a poor example as he's scored a lot for a really poor Sunderland side.

It's not bizarre, he's obviously a part of the problem at Birmingham.

 

No. That may be your logic, it's not mine. There's plenty of lower league players that have a career on an upward trajectory.

You'll have to do better than that - very poor example.

 

But Kieftenbeld has been one of Birmingham's better players, as stated by our manager, some pundits and some others. You're all over the place here, it's well documented he's doing well individually but you're saying that because Birmingham are doing badly there's no point? What if they had a striker that had scored 20 goals already? The team doesn't define the ability of the player.

There are good players playing in poor teams. Are you saying that nobody would come in for Bowen? He's a good player in a poor team.

 

Bowen is a goal scorer - so his goals alone demonstrate he's doing a good job.

 

If you are a Swansea and a Brighton fan which are 2 clubs linked with Bowen - then yes, they probably are.

 

I'd be shocked if anyone signed bowen

He's had a very good half season but he doesn't come across to me as a player that can do it often
It's a half season wonder kinda thing to me
And i don't think hes influential enough in games

 

Bowen doing bloody marvelous.

 

As i said, but i'd be shocked if someone tried to sign him
Perhaps In the summer if he continues playing well

 

As pl teams seem to just Hoover up talent these days, the plenty of chance.

Chelsea saw enough in hector to sign him...

 

I wonder what the profit margins are on chelseas conveyor belt, didn't they have 49 players on loan last season or so
99% of them won't play for chelsea, but selling for a few million each player must overlay the academy costs of players

 

That must have been simply to fulfil some sort of player quota. He's nowhere near good enough.

 

He scores most of our goals. I'd say that's pretty influential