The January Transfer Window - 2024

[Szumi]

Good for Dier to go to a club where he will win trophies finally. Ange did that guy dirty.

[stokeriño]

Chelsea striker-who-we-all-forgot-existed, DD Fofana, has returned from his loan at Union Berlin and will be heading off on loan to Burnley instead. This is all to facilitate Ian Maatsen's loan to Borussia Dortmund, what with those foreign loan limits that now exist.

I presume that Burnley will go "lol that's nice" and barely ever play him, just like most of Chelsea's loans to bottom-half PL teams.

[Jimmy]

17 hours ago, Szumi said:

Good for Dier to go to a club where he will win trophies finally. Ange did that guy dirty.

He didn't. 

I feel pretty emotional between the double-whammy of Hugo and Dier leaving. Dier got a lot of unfair stick online, but he was a wonderful servant, a great professional and part of the team that made me fall back in love with football. 

It doesn't change that he's not suited to Ange Ball whatsoever and can't play in a high line. 

Boring trophy talk aside, hope he has a great run at Bayern, he's a good player and was proper Spurs through and through. 

Edited January 12 by Jimmy

[Hobo]

I have just learned Eric Dier's wife is named Anna Modler, and she's a model.

That's some nice nominative determinism right there.

[Lineker]

 

[Lineker]

 

[Hobo]

Really wasn't worth all the reputational damage in the end but here we are.

I don't think Al Etiffaq have PIF money but I'd not be surprised to see more players give up on Saudi Arabia sooner rather than later.

[Lineker]

 

[gunnar hendershow]

At that price it's going to wind up being a gift to someone.

[stokeriño]

Is 'Gift or Ban' the new 'Cake or Death'?

[Naitch]

It's what PL officials will say to Man City when they finally get around to assessing those 115 charges.

[DavidMarrio]

Henderson has solved homophobia and sexism in Saudi in record time

Now his next mission: drug tourism in the dam

[Hobo]

Jordan Henderson  hasn't been paid any of his £350,000 per week wages and its unclear whether he ever will be

[The Lusophone]

12 hours ago, Hobo said:

I don't think Al Etiffaq have PIF money but I'd not be surprised to see more players give up on Saudi Arabia sooner rather than later.

They don't but like most clubs they're 'owned' by the Saudi Ministry of Sports and probably got more focus than others due to its location in the east of the country. It hasn't helped attendence much but they've built one of the better known cadres of foreign talent in the league - Moussa Dembele (Fulham one), Demarai Gray, Gini Wijnaldum, Robin Quaison and Jack Hendry (ok they can't all be great), and of course Gerrard as manager.

Which makes it quite funny that they're 8th in the table out of 18 and behind teams like Al Fateh, Al Taawoun and Damac, who can call on the likes of Djaniny, Musa Barrow and Spurs legend Georges-Kévin Nkoudou respectively.

[Hobo]

Something tells me Stevie G might not be the future Liverpool manager tbh

[gunnar hendershow]

2 hours ago, Hobo said:

Jordan Henderson  hasn't been paid any of his £350,000 per week wages and its unclear whether he ever will be

"See, I never took any of their blood money"

[Adam]

2 hours ago, Hobo said:

Jordan Henderson  hasn't been paid any of his £350,000 per week wages and its unclear whether he ever will be

He ruined his reputation for absolutely nothing then. Muppet.

[Bobfoc]

17 hours ago, gunnar hendershow said:

"See, I never took any of their blood money"

"I merely worked for an oppressive regime for free."

[Hobo]

He won't be wearing No.14 because he's not Jordi Cruyff's dad.

[Gazz]

Okada to Crystal Palace! Here we go!