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...and this particular story comes from here: https://www.mopo.de/sport/hsv/nach-gespraechsgipfel-zu-teuer-hsv-muss-wunsch-verteidiger-von-der-liste-streichen/

To clarify, according to Hamburger Mogenpost website, HSV are not looking to buy ABK for any fee, they only want to loan him...and they can only afford him (his wages) if there is no fee.

Interesting test of the theory that "SR are good sellers" proported by several posters on here.

The Skates beat a lot of teams at home last season, so on paper they might not look impressive, but collectively they performed well. We might have better known players, especially as they pretty much all have 'graced' the PL, but not sure we have matched the sum of the parts for a long time.

Yep. We have Edozie and I don't see Rak-Sakyi as a step up from him. Both are championship level players at best.

I think he's one of those players that would be on most championship teams' radar (and thus a club like Rangers too) as he was decent at Charlton and cant get a game for Palace. Everyone knows everyone these days.

I'm not surprised Aribo is still here. Why would he depart this summer when he has one year left of his contract? He's not getting more money elsewhere and he will maximise his wage if he is available on a free. I guess the same applies to Fraser.

Every man and his dog has looked at him and decided he's not a PL quality player. Palace certainly don't think so, none of the promoted clubs think so, and Sheffield United dropped him at the back end of the season haven't signed him this time around. In flashes, he looks exciting, I certainly thought so, but perhaps there just isn't enough being shown from him in games? I'd be very surprised if Rangers agreed to an obligatory £10m fee. That seems very high for them.

...or in other words, the club has received bids for the players, which have been turned down and now the players have developed imaginary knocks to ensure they don't get injured during the negotiations and also to put pressure on SFC to accept those bids. That's how I read that situation. The word 'knock' is just used to stop journalists asking too many questions that end up with publishing terms like "refused to travel" or "gone on strike".

So we have had enquiries and possibly bids as well, which we have turned down, and now we are just waiting to see if those clubs return with a more suitable offer. IN the mean time we have someone lined up that is happy to come to us, but we can't bid of them until Fernandes departs.

I thought Gassama was someone we should have bene after. He looked Sheff Wed's best player in the games I watched. I asked this earlier, on this thread I think, is Rangers a bigger draw than us right now? Can they match our wages? I wondered if we were both in for him and he chose them.

You clearly have full confidence in our strikers, which is great, but do you not have any doubts at all?

We badly need some creativity and goals from that position...and others.

Cheers. Quarshie looks a little clueless positionally in those clips.

Good to hear...but it sounds like our midfield did not control this particular game (it seems an age since we last did), which is a concern. He's only one part of the midfield, but I'd like to hear someone say "Charles ran the game" at some point in the near future.

I can't get my head around Fraser playing in the middle. He has spent his whole career going up and down the line, making runs on the shoulder of the full back and then went found, doing it simple, i.e. getting it, dribbling in straight lines and crossing it.

You don't mention Charles. Any thoughts on him so far? There have been a lot of posters on here excited at his return. Personally, I am a little sceptical of him being able to galvanise our midfield, but obviously its an area of the pitch we need to improve, big style, so will take whatever positives are on offer...

We have Archer and AA here. If we had sold Archer to Leeds in the last window, then maybe we would have been interested, but we can't keep signing players without others going out the door.

Why did he do that? Are Bree or Sugawara injured?

Likewise. That attacking midfielder/winger that we could apparently acquire without needing to sell would have solved that, but perhaps that is in the works. Beyond that, there is little we can do until players depart.

Sheff united signing Louie Barry from Villa on loan.

Why would we loan him - to get his wages off the books or because he will be a disgruntled player (or both)? I can understand him departing - presumably because of a relegation release clause, but not sure I would understand him leaving on loan.

Looks a similar player to Downs. You wonder if he was on our shortlist at some point but having signed Downs perhaps is no longer a target?

reminds me Edozie. Lots of tricks, but very lightweight build, currently.

If PL scouts don't rate him, that's great news. He's ideal for us.