The January 2013 Transfer Window Thread

[Adam]

Carroll can't go anywhere now though, he's already played for two clubs.

That doesn't apply to loanees.

[Colly]

Are you sure? Pretty sure the rule is simply that you can't play for more than two clubs in the same season, though I'm sure I'll be proved wrong by some crazy player who's circulated the whole of League 1 in a season.

[Adam]

Are you sure? Pretty sure the rule is simply that you can't play for more than two clubs in the same season, though I'm sure I'll be proved wrong by some crazy player who's circulated the whole of League 1 in a season.

100% sure. We've recently signed Emile Sinclair on loan from Peterborough so he has now turned out for Peterborough, Barnsley and us this season.

[Matticus]

Jay Tabb has been told he can find a new club this transfer window by Reading.

[Rafael]

Breaking news, as Marseille's president said they accepted Newcastle's offer for Loic Remy, and now they're going to negotiate a contract with the player. Rumoured fee is 8.7M. Great, great signing it would be.

[Crybaby Bunting]

:D

[Blue Rosler]

Wellington Paulista's apparently signed for West Ham.

any good Raf? goal record for his latest club looks impressive

He's been impressive for Cruzeiro, a good striker for the first division, but I think he'll struggle in the Prem just like Ilan did, he's not in that level

I liked Ilan. He wasn't spectacular, but got 4 goals in 11 games - so he was important for us.

[Colly]

Remy Remy Remy! Keep Colo now and I'm a happy bunny already.

[Rafael]

Wellington Paulista's apparently signed for West Ham.

any good Raf? goal record for his latest club looks impressive

He's been impressive for Cruzeiro, a good striker for the first division, but I think he'll struggle in the Prem just like Ilan did, he's not in that level

I liked Ilan. He wasn't spectacular, but got 4 goals in 11 games - so he was important for us.

Now that I think about it, I don't know what will be of Wellington Paulista. He's not a great player, but fits the english football style, so he might do surprisingly well, or terribly bad.

EDIT: And now we finally might finally solve the problem in the left-back with Gaetan Bong, and bring in a striker that is not exactly a target man in Remy.

Edited January 13, 2013 by RafaelFms

[Rafael]

OH MY, OH MY, Loic Remy is flying to Newcastle and he's going to have a medical! It might be official by the end of the day!

And it seems that Tottenham told Real Madrid they need to make 55M offer for Gareth Bale

[Adam]

The way you're carrying on, it's as if Newcastle are about to sign Messi or something.

Then again, right now Remy might just feel like Messi. It would be a great signing by the looks of things and if he hits the ground running he could steer Newcastle well away from the danger zone.

[Rafael]

Roland Lamah's move from Osasuna to Swansea is getting closer and closer.

Arsenal is likely to wait for the summer to try and sign David Villa.

[Ant]

Brilliant signing for Newcastle if they get Remy.

I, however, cannot wait for Villa to sign Dale Stephens from Charlton...

[Sam]

Is Remy really this amazing? A little look on Wikipedia shows me that he's scored 0 goals in the league this season and 12 in 29 last year in what is seen as an "inferior league".

[stokeriño]

Chelsea supposedly tried to sign him last summer, but I wouldn't take Chelsea's taste in strikers as authoritative in any way.

[Jimmy]

Spurs were big on him too for a long time, so there was definite interest from bigger clubs, so maybe his contribution is more impressive than his stats, or something?

[Adam]

Apparently he's only started twice this season as well?

He was very highly rated not so long ago, don't know what the case is right now.

[Rafael]

He hasn't been playing regularly, but he's a great attacker. He's not the kind of guy you rely on to bag 20/25 goals, but he's the kind of the guy that will be crucially involved in most of your attacking moves.

Also, Toulouse's Moussa Sissoko apparently met with Newcastle representatives on Friday, and a move might be made in the summer, when his contract runs out.

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[Colly]

My assumption is he'll mainly be playing opposite Ben Arfa with the brief of 'feed Cisse'. It's the big gap we've had for a long time since Jonas got slow and defensive, Ba couldn't and wouldn't do it, and Obertan still isn't quite there. Unusually with that and a right back we've actually filled our weakest positions with quality for once, so once the Colo situation is resolved its only really squad places to fill, plus another centre half due to Steven Taylors glass skeleton.

[Rafael]

Ben Arfa told a french newspaper that he's willing to go to PSG if a bid is made for him. At least we're getting A LOT of cash if that move happens.