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Well seems like with all these international breaks, and us languishing, the rumours of ins and outs are rife.

Chuck anything 'worthy' of discussion on this thread...

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Incomings:

Pablo Felipe - €21m + €3m (Gil Vicente) | Forward
Valentin 'Taty' Castellanos - €26m + €4m (Lazio) | Forward
Adama Traore - £2m + £1m if stay up (Fulham) | Forward
Axel Disasi - Loan (Chelsea) | Centre Back
Keiber Lamadrid - £150k + £1m option | Attacking Mid

Outgoings:

Nicolas Füllkrug - 6 months loan (AC Milan)
Luis Guilherme - £17m + Sell On % (Sporting Lisbon)
George Earthy - 6 months loan (Bristol City)
Callum Marshall - 6 months loan (Bochum)
Andy Irving - 1.5m (Sparta Prague)
Guido Rodriguez - Undisclosed (Valencia)
Igor Julio - Loan Cancelled (Brighton)
James Ward Prowse - 6 months loan (Burnley)
Lucas Paqueta - £36.5m + Buy Back Clause (Flamengo)

If that's true, that's sensational dough for what has become an ineffective player who wants to fuck off.

fraser wrote: ↑26 Jan 2026, 07:51

RootsRadical wrote: ↑25 Jan 2026, 20:24

40m fee agreed for Paqueta!

That's a lot of money considering there's only one club he wants to go to and how shit he is... 

RootsRadical wrote: ↑25 Jan 2026, 20:24

40m fee agreed for Paqueta!

Sir Alf" wrote: ↑25 Jan 2026, 15:01 Paqueta will go last day of the window leaving no time for any more incomings after Traore. Thats how it feels at the moment. Nuno has been clear more transfers needed for the squad balancing ( eg another CB and CM / ball carrying type ). Tick tock Sullivan 

We do need to replace Guido but that's brought Ward Prowse back into the fold.   However we still have Magassa, Potts and Soucek competing for a place.  I still rate Magassa despite him having a couple of off games, he had been playing well before that, particularly at Old Trafford.

Traore is done. 
Need a CB more than another midfielder, can't see us buying 2 more so would rather the CB.
Midfield is better covered even without Paqueta if JWP is now staying as part of the squad.
We have him, Magassa, Potts and Kante as cover.
The lack of leadership at the back, clean sheets and amount of goals we've conceded from set pieces and headers highlight where the priority lies.

Paqueta will go last day of the window leaving no time for any more incomings after Traore. Thats how it feels at the moment. Nuno has been clear more transfers needed for the squad balancing ( eg another CB and CM / ball carrying type ). Tick tock Sullivan 

zebthecat wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:41 Traore is now a professional sub.
He has is an athlete who can be a distraction for the opposition at best. He is like a quicker Antonio but shorn of the goals and assists.

threesixty wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:08

Westham67 wrote: ↑19 Jan 2026, 16:35 360 He is a right winger, which will give us balance and more options up front

 

So if he starts where does Bowen play? If he comes on as sub where does Bowen move to if Tatty or Wilson is playing central?

Feels like limited time for Bowen if Traore comes in. Which is pretty unusual.
Unless Bowen can play no.10 or left wing (just haven't seen him do that).

zebthecat wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:41 Traore is now a professional sub.
He has is an athlete who can be a distraction for the opposition at best. He is like a quicker Antonio but shorn of the goals and assists.

 

Fortunes Hiding" wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:50 Who actually talks like that Bro???

 

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:01 Guido out. JWP redemption arc incoming. Raises that very real prospect we might see Soucek and JWP back on the field at the same time....which would undo so much of the promise out central midfield has developed in recent times.

Hoping and praying Nuno doesn't fall into that trap like others before him. 

onsideman wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 07:55

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026, 22:49 Farewell Guido son.

Not half as bad as people made out.

I don't know what metric you're using but the stats suggest otherwise

Thanks for the late clearance against those cunts last week though, Guido

Who actually talks like that Bro???

threesixty wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:22

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:12 Bowen limited time if a back up winger comes in?

It's hard to comprehend what goes through your mind regarding football. Fucking hell.

 

I love a good battle, but with you bro.. fuck me, you're on something else.
Just relax, its not that deep.

Traore is now a professional sub.
He has is an athlete who can be a distraction for the opposition at best. He is like a quicker Antonio but shorn of the goals and assists.

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:19 Traore can sub anywhere across the front line

 

Eerie Decent" wrote: ↑24 Jan 2026, 10:12 Bowen limited time if a back up winger comes in?

It's hard to comprehend what goes through your mind regarding football. Fucking hell.

 

Traore can sub anywhere across the front line

Bowen limited time if a back up winger comes in?

It's hard to comprehend what goes through your mind regarding football. Fucking hell.

Westham67 wrote: ↑19 Jan 2026, 16:35 360 He is a right winger, which will give us balance and more options up front

 

Guido out. JWP redemption arc incoming. Raises that very real prospect we might see Soucek and JWP back on the field at the same time....which would undo so much of the promise out central midfield has developed in recent times.

Hoping and praying Nuno doesn't fall into that trap like others before him. 

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026, 22:49 Farewell Guido son.

Not half as bad as people made out.

Sweep wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026, 22:23 Being claimed by that Spanish fella, Balague , that Guido has left the club and joined Valencia.