January transfer thread

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“This is a no-brainer” - Sunderland eyeing Brighton transfer agreement: The verdict | Football League World
I'm not claiming to be ITK? I assume most of this has already been mentioned on this forum and is common knowledge, I was just putting my two cents in on the topic. To qualify what I said -
There was plenty said about this on Twitter recently which everyone here is likely to have already seen while following events. Some tweets saying Leeds wanted us to put up 45% of his £26k wages is all I was referring to.
*Good old salarysport.com. You may have heard of it.
It's the general consensus here and a safe assumption to make based on current discourse from your good selves.
My opinion of course, based on others' homework on the lad; I'd prefer him to the others being mentioned.
Seem like reasonable conclusions but anything to indicate Brighton will want the same salary split as Leeds did?
 
“This is a no-brainer” - Sunderland eyeing Brighton transfer agreement: The verdict | Football League World

Seem like reasonable conclusions but anything to indicate Brighton will want the same salary split as Leeds did?

Not really, just an assumption based on how economical Brighton's transfer model is - you'd imagine they'll seek a sensible deal for themselves financially. Even the 45% contribution quoted for Gelhardt seemed reasonable if that's true, but evidently we still can't (or won't) compete at that level. Undav's not short of suitors either as per your linked article, so we would likely be priced out anyway. Certainly a player I'd love to see us to sign though, so I'll remain hopeful!
 
Re: striker search - apparently we balked at Leeds' wage split for Gelhardt early on, so I think we can forget Undav, who's on a similar amount at Brighton according to an online source. Looking like all eggs in one basket for Simms re-loan and one of the youngsters mentioned recently. Nemeth being the most promising option.
We have no idea if we were even in for Gelhardt, like most things at the club they are kept quiet until they have signed. It's all speculation and guesswork
 
Undav has scored goals everywhere he’s been, Geldhart has scored 2 or 3 in about 4 years. As much as I think he’ll be a player in the future, Undav would be much the better option IMO but I can’t see Brighton sending him here to play off the bench. He’ll go somewhere that use him as their first choice striker.
 
We have no idea if we were even in for Gelhardt, like most things at the club they are kept quiet until they have signed. It's all speculation and guesswork

Obviously, but he's been heavily linked by several outlets that some people here deem credible and I think it would defeat the purpose of this thread without a reasonable amount of speculation added.
 
Undav has scored goals everywhere he’s been, Geldhart has scored 2 or 3 in about 4 years. As much as I think he’ll be a player in the future, Undav would be much the better option IMO but I can’t see Brighton sending him here to play off the bench. He’ll go somewhere that use him as their first choice striker.

Unless we're looking to go two up front....
 
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I reckon:
Lihadji
Ekwah
Nemeth
Cresswell

and one of Simms/Undav on loan.

Wright (permanently) and Dajaku to leave on loan.

That's a dream list rather than anything we can realistically expect in my opinion. That's probably as big an outlay as was made in the summer and I can't see that being possible without someone of value leaving.

Undav seems unrealistic on the face of it, though it would be a superb signing.
 
That's a dream list rather than anything we can realistically expect in my opinion. That's probably as big an outlay as was made in the summer and I can't see that being possible without someone of value leaving.

Undav seems unrealistic on the face of it, though it would be a superb signing.
Nemeth was seen in Cleadon, Lihadji and Ekwah both in advanced stages and have been to the AoL, as per reports. Simms has been here already, Undav heavily linked, Wright linked with a departure, and we've been after Cresswell before and he is now available. I don't think it's unrealistic.
 
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Every thread nearly on RTG is the same grown blokes arguing the same points over and over. Hellish
I don't go there now, but that must be deeply unsatisfying. It is impossible to argue about anything on these things. Everyone can go off and find a quote, or a story or when it's about football transfers, a " mates uncle's" news.

It's like trying to argue over the phone. Impossible!
 
Obviously, but he's been heavily linked by several outlets that some people here deem credible and I think it would defeat the purpose of this thread without a reasonable amount of speculation added.
Yes but some people go on like he chose Wigan over us, and we have no idea if we were even in for him. We get linked to many players in various media outlets doesn't mean it's all true
 
Nemeth was seen in Cleadon, Lihadji and Ekwah both in advanced stages and have been to the AoL, as per reports. Simms has been here already, Undav heavily linked, Wright linked with a departure, and we've been after Cresswell before and he is no available. I don't think it's unrealistic.

If you believe reports and links though, Genk have decided they don't want to let Nemeth go until the end of the season and we're also after Gelhardt, Giay, Dack, Bellingham, Key, Porteous and Green. "Advanced stages" isn't factual, it's speculation.

It's a significant outlay of cash which would seem strange to me for a club attempting to be sustainable and appearing to be safe in the league.