I think the club feel they have, but all the dolly's have to line up with Lille and their replacement before he signs for us. Don't forget Caicedo went for record bucks so it was obvious that negotiations would be long and protracted.The media narrative is we already have replacements in our squad, I’m saying it’s not always the case.
I’m also saying we had 4-5 months to find a Caicedo replacement and we haven’t as of yet.
No drama. Just remember PB saying if a player leaves they always have a 1st 2nd and 3rd choice lined up to take there place. Last week of window leaves it tight to agree terms with club and player plus medical. Hopefully any player we are interested in we started negotiations some time ago because not Blooms style to be forced into a panic buy.
Oh mate. Please give your head a wobble. Please. Otherwise you make us sound as entitled as the various chavs and JCLs at other clubs. Please everybody.
Or that we’d already sat down with RDZ and agreed that Gilmour would step up this season, we’ll bring in Dahoud who brings something different and assuming Caicedo goes then we’ll start putting the feelers out to a player like Baleba . As for how things have gone - then again I’ve no idea behind the scenes - but a willingness to assume it’s not gone smoothly - fair enough. Half empty ! I get it.
I've always said the incoming window should shut at midnight on the day before that league's first round of matches - so at 12:01am on Friday 11th this season no more incomings for any Premier League side. You can tie outgoings to that too or keep a short outgoings window to other leagues yet to start, it doesn't really matter. But it's a nonsense that teams can play three or four game rounds and still bring in other players.
I don't think he's available. Something about a release clause? Either that, or he or none of his relatives speak Spanish
Do the rules explicitly say anything aboutI don't think he's available. Something about a release clause? Either that, or he or none of his relatives speak Spanish
Wasn't it about 15 days between Sideshow Bob pissing off to Chelsea and Perv arriving? That's pretty good going and suggest that the club DOES, in fact, have replacements lined up (a selection of them), but they are just not on the club's book, for very obvious reasons.
No it isn't. It's that replacements are identified and the club acts on them when situations arise – such as Caicedo leaving. Why would a Caicedo replacement be recruited when the player they are replacing is still here? I get that happened with, say Bissouma, but the club is fishing in very different, more expensive waters, now.The media narrative is we already have replacements in our squad, I’m saying it’s not always the case.
I’m also saying we had 4-5 months to find a Caicedo replacement and we haven’t as of yet.
That isn’t what he said though. He said they have a list of key personnel and shortlists on who they’d like to replace them if necessary. That doesn’t mean they are ready to come in as these people have choices of their own to make.
The Premier League closed the transfer window before the season started for the 18-19 season. Clubs felt it left them at at disadvantage against other European counties who kept their windows open for the normal month after the season started and it was dropped after that one year.
I’m willing to chip in a couple of quid ..bound to allow us to fish in another pond
If there are no suitable targets that fulfil the Albion’s criteria (budgetary, talent, fit and NDP) then no one has been let down; let alone massively.
He failed the NDP Test
Exactly . . . We're better off as we are than with the wrong person/persons joining.
