Transfer Rumours Saint Matthew!

Apart from a 30-35m rated striker would need to want to go to Bournemouth. And I think we have seen that as an issue ourselves recently. When we seemed like we had the moment the players didn’t want to come. Now we don’t have the money and the players don’t want to come.

And a 30-35m striker’s wage demands might be rather high for Bournemouth. It’s not quite as simple as set out above.

 

Nothing is in football. Still think they’re doing very well out of selling Solanke for that much though.

 

Sixth time lucky!

 

Presumably they have agreed terms with him otherwise they wouldn’t be making so many bids

 

Has there actually been any noise around O'Riley and Saints recently? Wonder if we walked away.

 

Possibly. But I wouldn't read too much into it. There were a few rumours about BBD before he signed but I wouldn't say we were heavily linked.

 

If he didn’t go to Atalanta that would be a surprise though. That’s a lot of smoke for no fire

 

Depends how much he fancies living and playing in Italy, perhaps. If I were advising him, I'd tell him to grab the opportunity with both hands, but not all young men want to live far from home.

 

He is clearly happy to move there, otherwise they wouldn't be pursuing him to this extent. That doesn't mean he would prefer them to Saints however. I'd say it is pretty likely he ends up at Atlanta but whether that is because he picks them over us or because we cant afford him - we may never find out!

 

No, we won't know for certain. It might be cos we're ****, but he won't say that

 

Looks like he's off to Italy.

 

Well sounds like he’s off there then, Koopmeiners deal wouldn’t be complete if Atalanta weren’t confident of getting their man. Koopmeiners going for something like £50m aswell so plenty of money to get close to Celtic asking price for O’Riley

Edit - still should learn to read the rest of the thread

 

This has had Gakpo and Ramos vibes for a long time, but at least there are a few weeks left to bring in an alternative option.

 

We’ve not been mentioned for ages with MoR.We’ve been onto other targets for a while I’d imagine.

 

How about trying for Sammy Szmodics?
He scored at the weekend and got another two last night. 28 years old.

 

If we close this thread then that might improve our chances.

 

Think there's a rule about how many ex-Blackburn strikers you're allowed in your squad.

 

Koopmeiners was a player we should have got in when he was at AZ