Harry_SFC

Agree with this. I doubt Swansea are in the driving seat at all really. If we offer £15m or so for Piroe or Wood then they will come to us.

I guess this is the issue with selling before you buy. If Everton keep fanning around then it could get to a stage where we sell him towards the end of the window and our main targets have been signed by other teams. Saints wouldn't be that stupid, would they?

No apparently they want to pay less than £7m of the £15m fee upfront. Clearly we won't accept that, I'd imagine we'd want more of the total fee now.

Having seen their game at West Ham, Lavia could make an immediate impact in Chelsea's midfield.

I very much doubt it, you don't tend to see recall clauses in important loan deals like this one. I doubt we would've agreed to that.

I'd imagine the players we were scouting for Ralph/Jones were different as the style of play has totally changed. As has been mentioned by Wilcox and Martin, we are targeting players that have shown they can play a certain way/have the potential to do that. Obviously ones that play for Man City/Swansea are no brainers in that respect.

Lyanco potentially off to Qatar

Seems like Everton can't even afford £7 million upfront on the Adams deal...

I mean technically we would be stronger at CB if Wood is better than Bednarek. Not numbers wise obviously.

Must admit I do like the look of Archer from Villa. Looks good with both feet, quick, good finisher and seems pretty composed for a relatively young lad

Personally I'd entertain offers for Mara, or at least try and loan him out. Just doesn't seem up to it at present. Adams, Mara and Tall Paul out 2x new strikers in and use Ballard as the 3rd/4th option.

He won't be on 80k a week after the relegation wage cut. Nowhere near.

I see their fans have been abusing Calvert-Lewin, along with Maupay. If Che misses a few sitters (more than likely) they will be on his back straight away. Horrible fan base.

Bazunu; KWP, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning; Charles, Downes (Stu), Alcaraz; Edozie, Tella (SAA), A.Armstrong. Presuming that Che is off and we don't bring a striker in before the game. Stu in midfield again if Downes hasn't appeared and SAA on the wing if Tella goes.

According to the original article they won't accept less than the release clause because he's their best player.

According to the original article they won't accept less than the release clause because he's their best player.

€25m release clause. Can't see us paying that for a 28 year old?

Heard he got injured and likely to be out of our game (thankfully)

Martin will be gutted. I'm sure he feared we would lose quite a few but like me I'm sure he thought we'd draw a line somewhere. No signs of the money being re-invested yet apart from a midfielder coming in on loan.

Thankfully we've only got QPR next weekend..

We've been linked with Granada striker Myrto Uzuni in the Spanish Media. Scored 22 goals last season to help Granada back to La Liga. Leeds also keen apparently.

Norwich looking pretty decent again. Will definitely be up there this season.

I know he's played less minutes but the winger I've been impressed with the most this season is SAA. Something isn't right with Tella IMO.

Would definitely take McAtee. Seem to remember Sheff Utd fans were raving about him last season.