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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)

stubbo-admin wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 21:03

eusebiovic wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 19:56 I don't think Harvey Elliott at Villa on loan from the Scousers would be a bad idea. It all depends whether we can renegotiate his loan deal for the rest of the season that works better in our favour.
 

Come On You Irons" wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 19:43 The club has form for needlessly dragging out signings.

 

eusebiovic wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 19:56 I don't think Harvey Elliott at Villa on loan from the Scousers would be a bad idea. It all depends whether we can renegotiate his loan deal for the rest of the season that works better in our favour.

Villa don't want to play him because if he plays 10 games in any competition they have to sign him for £35m. I think this led to their director of football Monchi suddenly departing not long after the transfer window closed. The bloke did a great job at Sevilla for years but he didn't last long in Brum.

I'd take him over Sterling anyday of the week. I'll just pretend his surname is Keitel because that's the only Harvey who was ever cool.

I don't think Harvey Elliott at Villa on loan from the Scousers would be a bad idea. It all depends whether we can renegotiate his loan deal for the rest of the season that works better in our favour.

Villa don't want to play him because if he plays 10 games in any competition they have to sign him for £35m. I think this led to their director of football Monchi suddenly departing not long after the transfer window closed. The bloke did a great job at Sevilla for years but he didn't last long in Brum.

I'd take him over Sterling anyday of the week. I'll just pretend his surname is Keitel because that's the only Harvey who was ever cool.

Typical that the signing of this Pablo bloke hasn't been announced today. The club has form for needlessly dragging out signings.

Hopefully it will be announced tomorrow morning.

eusebiovic wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 19:23

RootsRadical wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 18:44 We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.



 

He's a bit of a strange one for me.

Sure he pops up with a goal out of the blue when you least expect it but I never really seem to see his presence on the pitch until he nicks the odd goal.

Not a bad trait to have at all but what else does he do?

Kudus is a bit like that as well which is why they probably think they don't need Johnson.

RootsRadical wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 18:44 We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.


 

https://www.3addedminutes.com/sport/foo ... ue-5460904

damn I tought we had swapped managers.
like my dreams

Gil Vicente play Sporting tonight.
neither Pedro or Guilherme have lined up.

 

No mention of Jesus on the official site & the team news there just says Todibo is being assessed and Igor is available after being ineligible v Brighton 
Expect we missed the deadline but wouldn’t mind if we are playing silly buggers & he appears on the bench 

RootsRadical wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 18:44 We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.

 

Spurs have some bloke called Kudus & Kulusevski to come back at some point so don’t really need him 
Definitely need a CB & presumably Guilherme will go out to pay for one

We should be signing Brenan Johnson but Palace are the more attractive proposition which says a lot about them & us. Wonder if we were even interested because we should have been.
Can't believe Spurs didn't want him & that bigger clubs weren't interested, would love to have him here.
 

“Do look good signings”

A CB is a critical signing now.  Cresswell sounds like the one lined up. Done well in France, good in the air and apparently vocal and a “leader”. Top in aerial duels in France too. Young at what 23?  I saw him on the box for England in the U21 Euro tournament last year and yes he looked good in that but like Ligue 1 in France its less intense than the PL.  lets hope Max Hahn is backing tge signing with his research assuming he was involved with recruitment of Fernandes or Magassa who donlook good signings.  

There is also talk of some LB coming in so its obvious that Sullivan has cacked himself what with these deals getting done so early.  Dont suspect any of them are world beaters / class yet but so long as they are better than we have that is progress. Not hard as its a low bar and if we get them all its still a big ask to dig us out of the hole we are in.  

When was the last time Sterling played a game of football?
Am sure he has done a bit of light training as £300k+ a week landed in his account and would be weeks if not months away from being match fit
Sums him up to say he’d rather join Fulham as presumably he lives west of London & doesnt fancy the drive east for his chauffeur 
Joey Beachamp style!

Yes good news. It would have been right out of the never learns short term fix with no thought past this season Sullivan special playbook. It had his greasy fingerprints all over it from the moment it was whispered. 

You just know it would have been some sort of back breaking 2-3 year option on 150+ pw for a player past their prime with no resale value and a big mouth and sense of worth who just wouldn’t be a fraction worth it as his pace leaves him. 

That’s a let off for us IMO. Let someone else be the sucker for once. God knows who will take on his insane wages and baggage though. 

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 15:50 Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

twoleftfeet wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 15:50 Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

Sterling has turned us down, thank fuck! Fancies Fulham. 

Mad Dog" wrote: ↑02 Jan 2026, 15:16 Who was that cսnt we signed from celtic?  Cummings?  What happened to him?

Who was that cսnt we signed from celtic?  Cummings?  What happened to him?

Todibo does seem to have really picked his game up now, to be fair to him. Trouble is he’s partnered with a clown every game, no matter who else is picked. Absolutely need another competent CB. Particularly if Todibo is to miss any time.