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they don't sell Anthony Gordon (assuming the rumours of his move to Newcastle are true) - who looked tremendous last season - to balance the books further and then spend £40m on KWP.

I watched a video - might have been on youtube - about swap deals in football and the agents explained that they didn't happen often because they were just too complicated. Just getting a single player deal resolved was hard enough. Getting two relied on double the work, both players wanting the move and then neither part falling through due to any number of issues that can pop up. I guess if you are one of the agents/players/clubs, the last thing you want is to have to rely on the other deal also happening for yours to happen. Better to stick with one deal at a time. Thus when I see transfer rumours involving swaps, I basically regard them as made up bollocks. Baseball/NFL etc differs because (most) players can just be traded between teams without them having a say - far less complicated.

so sign Sterling, offer Broja in return? Or sign Ronaldo and offer Colwill in return? Not clear how this is gonna work. Swap deals don't happen often. There was the Sanchez/Mkhitarian deal, but it was incredibly tricky and only the fact the two valuations matched and all parties very happy enabled it to happen.

good point. The Daka signing for Leicester might be an interesting comparison. I am pretty sure we will have scouted him, but didn't have anywhere near the funds (£20m) to buy him at the start of the transfer window. He is just the type of player we will have been/are looking at from abroad. Young, pacy, scored goals etc. Yet he didn't make a huge impression last season, all be it that would not be easy as Vardy tended to play on his own up front. He did score about 5 goals though (all be it in a slightly better team than ours) so not a lot less than Broja. I think he will come good, but we've signed a fair few from abroad that have failed, so I'd be all for signing Broja rather than gambling on a £20m guy fro oversees. You can see Broja has `it'. No convinced he wants to play for us though.

Can't see it myself. If we got a £10m offer from a championship side, we might consider it, as we did Che to Leeds, but a loan leads where? If he does well, then what. If he doesn't, then what? Sure we save some wages, but what do you do with them? We will either give him a second season or sell IMO.

My post was about Broja, not KWP.

we should jump and sign Omar Richards before Forest complete the deal.

I know (as Wenger said) we all think our own wives are the most beautiful, but is he not in the `big bucks' category at this point. How much did Wan Bassaka or Chillwell go for?

I'm amazed its taken this long for him to be linked with another club. If you have watched SFC over the last two years you can't fail to have been impressed by him. Hope we can hold onto him, but buying anther fullback this summer could well be essential.

It's been suggested - whether its true or not I dont know. he certainly didn't look happy when subbed in the Norwich game, a game in which he struggled to make an impact (our build up play was garbage and he seemed to keep running into/getting in the way of Moi). He was dropped after the Newcastle game, and that was after two pretty average performances against Villa and Newcastle. I doubt he was impressed by that, as plenty of other players underperformed yet he was the one dropped....but that's top flight football. You can't expect to play all the time, especially if the side is not doing well. In general, I think Ralph treated him pretty well. He saw he was the best option and he played him. Personally, I think Broja feels like he has served his time at SFC is set for big things and the next step is a bigger club, be that Everton, Newcastle or whoever. I am not sure we are attractive enough. I doubt he will sign for us. I hope I am wrong, but thats the vibe I get.

Ah. Didn't realise his value was that high or Brentford had secured his signing. Shame.

Let's swap him for Hickey

A £22m fee has been mentioned and he has a £120k a week wage. No chance.

wonder what the cost is for doing that, say per thousand seats?

If he tries to do some of those tricks in the highlights videos against Premier League opponents, we'll see similar nightmare results (i.e. conceding) as we did when Lemina overplayed on the edge of our own box (all be it waiting for someone else in the team to show themselves for a pass). There is obvious talent, but unless you are absolute world class, you can't get away with some of that stuff in the centre of the park. He will have to reign it in a bit. Not too much though, as it would be great to be entertained a little.

Another player in our `price bracket' so will be interesting to follow over the next few years and compare with Lavia. Whether we could actually compete with West Ham for his signature, I'm not so sure.

are you referring to George Nunn?

Yep. I cant see us adding another CB unless someone leaves. We have a lot of bodies already, so even is Bednarek leaves, we still may not have room for another.

Unless we sell someone, I can only see us signing a striker from here on in (in terms of the first team) - after the Lavia and Aribo signings - perhaps on loan, if the right guy is available. I could be wrong though.

can't see JWP playing further forward. He has found his position/role.

He seems a cracking lad. Love his enthusiasm and obviously love how well he has played the last two years.

Likewise. Although we haven't spent as much as people think, to cover our expenditure, I am guessing one player will have to go out the door. Bednarek might just about do it by my calculations, but does anyone really want him? I am surprised there hasn't been links to KWP. I certainly don't welcome them. Maybe all the big hitters are covered at right back?

Agreed. Not a chance. If we had that kind of money sloshing about we'd be spending it on a striker (which we still might). There are also other great full back options like Omar Richards or Marcus Pedersen that are much more affordable and offer similar levels of potential.

Appreciate you taking the time to give us that insight. I really liked him at Charlton, he seemed to stagnate in his first season at your place, but sounds like he has shown what he can do over the last couple of years. I had always thought if we went for a Rangers player it would be Ryan Kent as he impressed me greatly a couple of years ago. Is he still a shining light?

https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/transfer-news/nottingham-forest-transfer-omar-richards-7295310 Forest looking at Omar Richards. We should be all over this.