Transfer Rumour January transfer window (21 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Apparently in for a wingback called Ahmad Gali

Ipswich Town and Coventry City make approaches for January signing - Player could 'soon pack his bags' - Sport Witness

Ipswich Town and Coventry City are in the picture to sign Slovan Liberec’s Ahmad Ghali in the winter market. The 24-year-old arrived at the Czech club in 2022 and has mainly been used as a wing-back this season, where he made 19 appearances. Africa Foot state Ghali, who can also operate as a...

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[TomRad85]

Just read we are in the running to sign Nigerian Ahmed Ghali, been used as a wing back but can play as a winger, value is €850,000 from Czech side Slovan Liberec

Probably the kind of transfer fee we'll have to take gambles on unless we sell a couple for big money. Not against it, these can come off and have in the past.

 

[SkyBlueStallion_89]

Always a risk with signing unknowns, never heard of him but could be a great signing or flop if we get him as simple as that , but Ipswich want him and Monza in Serie A so he can't be that bad a player

Probably the kind of transfer fee we'll have to take gambles on unless we sell a couple for big money. Not against it, these can come off and have in the past.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Apparently in for a wingback called Ahmad Gali

Ipswich Town and Coventry City make approaches for January signing - Player could 'soon pack his bags' - Sport Witness

Ipswich Town and Coventry City are in the picture to sign Slovan Liberec’s Ahmad Ghali in the winter market. The 24-year-old arrived at the Czech club in 2022 and has mainly been used as a wing-back this season, where he made 19 appearances. Africa Foot state Ghali, who can also operate as a...

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Sunderland signing players for £20m and we are after players barely with a wikipedia

stinks of another hillsner

woke up this morning feeling fine…

 

[HJones23]

Apparently in for a wingback called Ahmad Gali

Ipswich Town and Coventry City make approaches for January signing - Player could 'soon pack his bags' - Sport Witness

Ipswich Town and Coventry City are in the picture to sign Slovan Liberec’s Ahmad Ghali in the winter market. The 24-year-old arrived at the Czech club in 2022 and has mainly been used as a wing-back this season, where he made 19 appearances. Africa Foot state Ghali, who can also operate as a...

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it’s claimed both Ipswich Town and Frank Lampard’s side ‘would consider recruiting’ him in this window.

The report states the player could ‘soon back his bags’ and Kieran McKenna’s side and the Championship club are in the mix to sign him.

The author must be a Leicester fan

 

[David O'Day]

Just read we are in the running to sign Nigerian Ahmed Ghali, been used as a wing back but can play as a winger, value is €850,000 from Czech side Slovan Liberec

yes, i love a rumour of some fella from a smaller european league

 

[Trueskyblue20]

Sunderland signing players for £20m and we are after players barely with a wikipedia

stinks of another hillsner

woke up this morning feeling fine…

They aren’t paying £20m for anyone, it is a loan with most of the salary covered due to the connection with their manager.

These are the sort of deals we have to take gambles on sometimes. Could be a Hillsner or could be a Hamer…

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Always a risk with signing unknowns, never heard of him but could be a great signing or flop if we get him as simple as that , but Ipswich want him and Monza in Serie A so he can't be that bad a player

Cynically, probably means we won’t sign him either because why would he join to play 2nd fiddle to MVE?

 

[David O'Day]

Sunderland signing players for £20m and we are after players barely with a wikipedia

stinks of another hillsner

woke up this morning feeling fine…

they are loaning him and will only actually buy him if they get promoted

 

[TomRad85]

People need to understand we can't keep spunking £4 million+ on transfers. We need to take a couple of low cost gambles and we need to look better at the free market than we did last summer. Rob Holding loan with a view to making permanent if it goes well would be a good start.

 

[skybluecam]

He scored 20 goals!!!

And?

Being clinical is about chance conversion, not how many goals you score total. Last season Haji underperformed his xG and had very average conversion ratios. He wasn't clinical.

 

[skybluecam]

Sunderland signing players for £20m and we are after players barely with a wikipedia

stinks of another hillsner

woke up this morning feeling fine…

it's a loan ffs

 

[Deity]

No they are not. They are loaning a player and if they go up THEN they will spend £20m.

Sounds like a good deal but they are not investing £20m whilst in the championship.

Sunderland signing players for £20m and we are after players barely with a wikipedia

stinks of another hillsner

woke up this morning feeling fine…

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Crikey

 

[Deity]

Crikey

Vehicle reversing …..

 

[mmttww]

Sunderland signing players for £20m …

or signing players on loan that have tanked at their current club and been binned off within 6 months, just because he played under their manager a while back. Ask Leeds how deals work out when you commit to a massive fee if you get promoted.

 

[FergieTheFinisher]

Galatasaray's right back is from Championship! Offer is on the way
Galatasaray has decided to make an offer for Coventry City's Dutch right-back Milan van Ewijk, which is on their agenda.

Galatasaray, who could not get the performance they wanted from Elias Jelert, who joined the squad at the beginning of the season,…

I wonder if a deal with Jelert coming here and they give us £2-3 mill would be of interest? 3 years younger a few cm’s taller plays at left back as secondary position.

 

[David O'Day]

Crikey

cool story bro, needs more dragons though

 

[Skyblueweeman]

And?

Being clinical is about chance conversion, not how many goals you score total. Last season Haji underperformed his xG and had very average conversion ratios. He wasn't clinical.

Whilst it's probably well known on here that I think xG's a load of b*llocks, take a look a this, Haji Wrights stats from last season in the Championship....



Top 95 percentile for non penalty xG for last season, hardly 'very average'....

 

[skybluecam]

Whilst it's probably well known on here that I think xG's a load of b*llocks, take a look a this, Haji Wrights stats from last season in the Championship....

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Top 95 percentile for non penalty xG for last season, hardly 'very average'....

Do you understand what xG is?

He scored 13 non penalty goals in the championship. So converting 13.4 npxg into 13 goals is not clinical, it's below average finishing.

 

[False9]

Do you understand what xG is?

He scored 13 non penalty goals in the championship. So converting 13.4 npxg into 13 goals is not clinical, it's below average finishing.

Hardly he scored the amount of goals expected.

Early on he was underperforming xg which is why I was heavily backing him on here despite being written off by many. Clearly he recovered the deficit by the end of the season.

 

[skybluecam]

Hardly he scored the amount of goals expected.

Early on he was underperforming xg which is why I was heavily backing him on here despite being written off by many. Clearly he recovered the deficit by the end of the season.

So he was an average finisher. i.e. not clinical. Not sure why this is difficult to understand.

This was all in response to someone comparing him to BTA last season. Neither of them were any better than average at actually finishing chances, which is my entire point.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Whilst it's probably well known on here that I think xG's a load of b*llocks, take a look a this, Haji Wrights stats from last season in the Championship....

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Top 95 percentile for non penalty xG for last season, hardly 'very average'....

So all these stats show him to be one of the best goal scorers in the league. What are we arguing about

 

[wingy]

I wonder if a deal with Jelert coming here and they give us £2-3 mill would be of interest? 3 years younger a few cm’s taller plays at left back as secondary position.

Hmm, just get Burroughs back ffs!

 

[Skyblueweeman]

Do you understand what xG is?

He scored 13 non penalty goals in the championship. So converting 13.4 npxg into 13 goals is not clinical, it's below average finishing.

Honestly, not really.

Buuuuuuut, it literally says he was in the top 95 percentile of Championship players for npxg last season.

That means he was one of the best...not below average.

He was 6th highest out of 368 people to score goals in the Championship last season.

To say he's below average from a 'clinical' point of view is nonsense.

 

[skybluecam]

Honestly, not really.

Buuuuuuut, it literally says he was in the top 95 percentile of Championship players for npxg last season.

That means he was one of the best...not below average.

He was 6th highest out of 368 people to score goals in the Championship last season.

To say he's below average from a 'clinical' point of view is nonsense.

xg describes how many chances you get. Not how clinical you are at finishing them.

 

[Calista]

Yeah - people are probably not going tomorrow because of that.
I reckon that's why Sheffield United fans didn't bother yesterday, because they hadn't bought extra cover if hamer has picked up a niggle. Are you going tomorrow? I am. If we had signed Thomas Nickernacker from AZ Alkmaar (who we'd both know nothing about) does that mean thousands more would have turned up? (and he probably wouldn't have started anyway). Fact is, we know nothing about what is going on behind the scenes. Just support the club/team.

Should have been more careful with that first sentence Harry. Some people are on a hair trigger.

 

[skybluecam]

So all these stats show him to be one of the best goal scorers in the league. What are we arguing about

Haji's a great goalscorer, not a particularly clinical finisher though.

His strength is generating lots of chances through intelligent movement, pace and heading ability.

He's pretty average at actually converting those chances, but because he gets so many he scores a lot of goals.

Remember, someone who has 10 xG worth of shots and scores 10 goals is only an average finisher. That is the very definition of the stat.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

King needs a bollocking

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

Don’t really get this. So we were going to sell Sheaf to bring in a CB.

Now he’s out, we’re going to bring in a CM and then it’s one to one. Or we were going to sell Lati to bring in a CM?

 

[TomRad85]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

1 in 1 out sounds rather simplistic, 1 leaving for multiple millions is obviously different to someone leaving on loan or for peanuts. That said i'm not surprised on the spending, we've spent a lot tbf. We will likely need to generate from another sale. Assuming MvE is the most likely.

 

[Calista]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

If Frank was looking for a managerial challenge, he'll be relishing this.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Don’t really get this. So we were going to sell Sheaf to bring in a CB.

Now he’s out, we’re going to bring in a CM and then it’s one to one. Or we were going to sell Lati to bring in a CM?

No the idea is that we’ve let Andrews go, so rather than getting a CB in we get in a Sheaf replacement

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Apparently CB has been out on the back burner with Sheafs injury

All eyes on a new CM

Then the centre half

It is 1 in 1 out. Moneys gone

That’s madness too