Summer 2023 Transfer Window Thread

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

Do you know, a couple of weeks back, would have been bricking it losing him, especially after the game at Old Trafford, now I'm chuffed to see this happen. Funny old game as an old pundit once said.

 

[Flaneur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1696877546237841672

 

[Has_Talisca_Signed]

Annoyingly Doyle is the worst of the three. Got fobbed off their.

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Annoyingly Doyle is the worst of the three. Got fobbed off their.

We wouldn’t sign a player we didn’t want.

Palmer is fantasy land when Chelsea are spending £40 million on him.

 

[Superted]

Annoyingly Doyle is the worst of the three. Got fobbed off their.

Surely it's all relative when City are rejecting £35m for Palmer.

 

[rg4352]

Annoyingly Doyle is the worst of the three. Got fobbed off their.

We really haven’t.

 

[YouGottaRaulWithIt]

OK, I'm usually cynical and down on the management, with good reason, but trying to be objective about all this.

Lets face it. We never had a chance. He wasn't happy here and City are a huge draw for a player like Nunes. They spotted we were vulnerable and made a low to middling offer compared to what they would have paid the likes of Brighton. The lad burned his bridges to make sure there was no way back. We had to close the deal.

Disappointed? Yes. But hopefully we will be allowed to spend some of it on new players. Gonzales, Bueno and Doyle have potential, and might settle here better than Nunes.

Onward and upward.

 

[Thank you Sir Jack]

Things are certainly hotting up. My approach of know nothing, say even less and thus be surprised at whatever happens, has proved useful.
BTW, my source tells me that it's been a mediocre year for the ITK's.

 

[Has_Talisca_Signed]

Was opening myself up for some criticism their! I’m sure he’ll give it his all and be happy to eat my words! But he’s another Hodge an overall just “good” rounded midfielder.

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

Can we rename this coming Deadline Day to Hobbs Black Friday Trolley Dash?

 

[wyrley wolf]

https://x.com/talkingwolves/status/1696874552922435593?s=46&t=aLZaRDGgwVh4lePBrg0BsA

 

[wolfslair]

5m for Doyle. It's 50 percent because we negotiated away the buy back from my underatansing

Also is standard when dealing with city for
Them to get buy back or the 50% when a club is buying any highly rated academy product they have.

You can’t get away without one of them…….

 

[wolfslair]

Annoyingly Doyle is the worst of the three. Got fobbed off their.

He is a very good player, the other two are just exceptional talents and not fair to compare all three when they are part of a cluster of very talented city academy players of a similar age.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

Sky: “Fee to be paid in full, up front.”

That will do!

 

[Superted]

Wonder if we might be able to get Origi on loan?

Available from Milan apparently.

 

[wolfslair]

Sky: “Fee to be paid in full, up front.”

Hobbs is killing the game!!!

Been praising him all summer!!! He is honestly the jewel in the crown of the set up at the moment!!!!

We need to protect this man at all costs!!!!!

 

[Monswolf]

He is a very good player, the other two are just exceptional talents and not fair to compare all three when they are part of a cluster of very talented city academy players of a similar age.

Yes he is. Think Man U of the 90’s with Beckham Scholes and Butt al coming through together. Butt was classed as the worst of the three but was still a quality midfielder

 

[Wolf316]

Any chance of us hijacking Taremi from Milan?

 

[Summer_Wolf]

Seems to be confusion about if it's a permanent or loan? Romano and Percy saying permanent, Ornstein and BBC saying loan?

 

[SquaddieWolf]

Just got that other little weasel to get rid of now

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

5m for Doyle is pretty cheap 50% so what we can trade him like Barcelona would to get around it, should he comes good

 

[SuperGran]

Any chance of us hijacking Taremi from Milan?

Would love that

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

Wonder if we might be able to get Origi on loan?

Available from Milan apparently.

Just seen this too. Would be a fine addition up top. Champions League Final scorer and winner in 2019 too!

 

[Brizzlewolf]

It feels like a second chance to spend the (Nunes) cash the way we should have done in the first place.......

 

[Elokobi Wan]

https://x.com/talkingwolves/status/1696874552922435593?s=46&t=aLZaRDGgwVh4lePBrg0BsA

That’s what the ITKs on the Blackburn forum were saying yesterday. Wants to stay there it sounded like. But who knows ?

 

[wolfslair]

That’s what the ITKs on the Blackburn forum were saying yesterday. Wants to stay there it sounded like. But who knows ‍.

Understandable, he is young, settled and is playing with his brother who is really close too and that will have a massive appeal too.

Big thing for him to leave

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

We've underpaid there for Doyle and Santiago Bueno which needs to be reflected in the fee for Nunes....it's all about FFP for both teams..

Agreed.

We've signed both for what £12m, City sold a young defensive midfielder to Southampton for £15m earlier in the window.

 

[Bawtry Wolf]

That’s what the ITKs on the Blackburn forum were saying yesterday. Wants to stay there it sounded like. But who knows ?

He’s playing 1st team football there. He’ll be on the bench here, probably and certainly initially. I never criticise someone who decides to play rather than just pick up the cash. The latter often follows the former with a bit of patience.

 

[Oldgold Wolfcub]

OK, I'm usually cynical and down on the management, with good reason, but trying to be objective about all this.

Lets face it. We never had a chance. He wasn't happy here and City are a huge draw for a player like Nunes. They spotted we were vulnerable and made a low to middling offer compared to what they would have paid the likes of Brighton. The lad burned his bridges to make sure there was no way back. We had to close the deal.

Disappointed? Yes. But hopefully we will be allowed to spend some of it on new players. Gonzales, Bueno and Doyle have potential, and might settle here better than Nunes.

Onward and upward.

Agreed. It is better to have a good player who want to be here and will work for the team rather than a prima donna who thinks he is above us and underperforms.

 

[JamesWolves]

Majority of this money might be going on Diarra and Bellegarde according to their forums

15m for Bellegarde
25m for Diarra

 

[Premier Quality]

Seems to be confusion about if it's a permanent or loan? Romano and Percy saying permanent, Ornstein and BBC saying loan?

One year loan with an option to buy for £5m which we will take up - so realistically, it’s permanent but we’re paying the money next season….

 

[lets all have a disco]

Majority of this money might be going on Diarra and Bellegarde according to their forums

15m for Bellegarde
25m for Diarra

I think 1 ..... hopefully the rest will be a striker option... HOPE...

 

[Cousins78]

I think 1 ..... hopefully the rest will be a striker option... HOPE...

Bellegarde is in last yr of his contract reckon we could get him for 12 mill. Striker loan to buy would be good

 

[goldeneyed]

Majority of this money might be going on Diarra and Bellegarde according to their forums

15m for Bellegarde
25m for Diarra

At most we would sign one of them. Its a good striker we need now but as usual very late in the day to find one when most decent options have already been snapped up.

 

[Skrilla]

If it’s Doyle, Bueno and Gonzalez for Nunes, I’m extremely underwhelmed, just as Nunes is finding his feet at this level.

If it’s also a direct midfield replacement for Nunes, and a centre forward so we aren’t relying on Sasa’s knees, I’m very happy.

Judge it at the end of the window I think. I’m hoping for the latter, but also wouldn’t be too surprised if those three is all the business we’ll do, based on the transfer window to date.

 

[Superted]

£45M for Palmer!

Chelsea are fluffing mental.

 

[goldeneyed]

Hobbs is killing the game!!!

Been praising him all summer!!! He is honestly the jewel in the crown of the set up at the moment!!!!

We need to protect this man at all costs!!!!!

Blimey talk about over the top. The Nunes deal seems very average to me if its still only £47m and we only have an option on an unproven at Premier League level Doyle. All the money up front is a plus. But we rejected £47m initially so we have hardly improved the position since!
We will see what other signings transpire but its very late in the day and the risk of things falling through massively increases. So let's wait before we praise anyone. Hobbs has been given a bad hand by the club this summer like Loptegui and I don't envy him having to rush through deals now. Organised chaos which sums up Fosun's handling of the club over the past three years.

 

[NothingButNeto]

If it’s Doyle, Bueno and Gonzalez for Nunes, I’m extremely underwhelmed, just as Nunes is finding his feet at this level.

If it’s also a direct midfield replacement for Nunes, and a centre forward so we aren’t relying on Sasa’s knees, I’m very happy.

Judge it at the end of the window I think. I’m hoping for the latter, but also wouldn’t be too surprised if those three is all the business we’ll do, based on the transfer window to date.

Noise coming out of France is definitely a replacement for Nunes. Whether one or two remains to be seen.

Hopefully another forward to replace Podence, but at least we have some bodies

 

[goldeneyed]

£45M for Palmer!

Chelsea are fluffing mental.

Crazy if true. Chelsea throwing money around like confetti!

 

[Skrilla]

Noise coming out of France is definitely a replacement for Nunes. Whether one or two remains to be seen.

Hopefully another forward to replace Podence, but at least we have some bodies

At this rate Podence might still be here…

We need another centre forward. Silva and Cunha can’t hold the ball up. Sasa’s knees could go at any moment, and Fraser is only 18 and could be forced into a Silva situation from three years ago.