Change of track. Oxford scored from 4 penalties today, wonder if that's a record, can't remember more than 3 before
Barcelona, the club with 1 billion debt spend 50 million on Torres and now loan Traore with a view to buying. How the **** are they not shut down yet?
Had a brief look in to who Calvin Ramsey was. I'd never heard of him. He looks like a very very good prospect. Good pace, good engine, great crosser, set pieces but needs to defend better. 18 year old already played 1st team football getting MOTM in games in Europe. Sounds like 5 million would get the job done. We don't really need a RB and I'd hate this to be our only deal this window but this kid seems like he is going somewhere in the game. I'd be happy with it. Oh, and West Ham want Phillips now apparently. They are gonna need 150 million plus for Rapha and Kalvin.
£5m is a lot to spend on someone for the U23s followed by a lengthy spell in no man’s land, by that I mean not playing in the U23 and sitting on the bench. It’s a strange one, Drameh had to watch Dallas and Shackleton picked ahead of him, Ayling is 30 so still has a good couple of years left. Is the plan half a season U23s then loaned out next season planning two years ahead…
Looks better than Drameh, so probably a direct replacement for him. And we do need a specialist RB to compete with Ayling. Maybe get two or three mill for Drameh so the net result is an upgrade on him for about £2m. Makes sense really.
The deal would include loaning him straight back to Aberdeen for the remainder of this season. After that, who knows. Celtic, Rangers, Bologna, Frankfurt, Leicester, Man Utd and Liverpool have all been linked but the loan back option from us seems to be the selling point at the moment. It's just a matter of meeting the transfer fee. Bologna offered £4.8 million and it was rejected as it was all add ons. If we could sell Dramah for 5 million afyer his loan and get Ramsey in for 5 million I'd be happy.
150 million sounds great until you realise that probably 120 mill would be invested wrongly ..... anyway why would they want to go to the smoke no Leeds player does well down there going off our record!!
The Phillips and Raphinha offer from West Ham has probably been cooked up by both teams to appease the fans. Leeds can say we turned down a combined total of £100m and West Ham can say to their fans look we tried.
Harvey Elliott (the kid with the ankle injury against Liverpool) played an hour yesterday for their 23s. Hopefully he can regain his form.
I know some of you get frustrated with rumours, as do I, but the window closes tomorrow evening and there is **** all football on so here are todays press headlines.... Last minute bid for Lewis O'Brien from Huddersfield. The central midfielder has a 10 million release clause. Raphinha not going anywhere this month but might not sign a contract extension in order to force a move in the summer. West Ham preparing a bid for Phillips in the summer to pair him with Rice. Aaron Ramsey being offered to PL clubs by Juventus with Burnley, Leicester, Palace, Newcastle and Leeds interested. Ramsey wants to stay at Juve. 16 million bid for Nantes Nigerian striker Moses Simon going in today. Summerville to Hamburg talks have stalled. The Calvin Ramsey story from Aberdeen will not go away. Lastly Leeds will not sign anyone as Bielsa is leaving this summer and the club want a transfer kitty for the new manager in the summer. Thoughts and concerns as usual....
