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23 Jan 2024 10:52:17
Speaking to a Vitesse season ticket holder, he said the Manhoef deal is very likely. He said the Vitesse were one of the many clubs around Europe owned by a Russian and have had sanctions imposed on them. They have found themselves in a financial crisis and need to offload assets. He thinks he will be playing for Rangers or Feyenoord come the end of this window.
Time will tell.
1.) 23 Jan 2024 12:29:25
I did see Vitesse have loaned a RW from Brighton now as well.
2.) 23 Jan 2024 13:42:49
I just posted about manhoef there before reading your post, the boy would rip up the spl. only watched videos on you tube of course but he's exactly the type of player we been crying out for especially that he's not scared to go past players.
3.) 23 Jan 2024 13:45:38
With Sima out long term we should be looking at bringing in Manhoef.
4.) 23 Jan 2024 14:27:57
Its now imperative we sign a winger for the starting 11. Sima out long term is a big blow. And we needed one even if he was available.
5.) 23 Jan 2024 14:36:53
if its owned by a russian with sanctions applied is anyone allowed to do business with them.
6.) 23 Jan 2024 15:04:27
I'd be shocked if Clement hasn't highlighted at least 1 wide player to come in, ideally 2 tbh.
7.) 23 Jan 2024 15:12:46
With sima out, Matondo will now be given his chance, especially as he was in the Europa squad and we can only drop 3.
I’d expect sima to drop out now and maybe come back in at a future round of changes if we make it.
Sima
Danilo
Lammers
All to drop out.
8.) 23 Jan 2024 15:25:11
Stevie drop as many as u want, can only bring in three.
9.) 23 Jan 2024 15:43:31
Doubt we're signing Diomante and Manhoef.
10.) 23 Jan 2024 16:13:43
Yeah but there’s no point dropping anymore than 3 John as u need to bring them back in when fit at a future date.
Obviously lammers is fine for the season.
Danilo and sima would hopefully be back so it’s weighing up who will be back first against who’s coming in this window. A complicated task for the manager I’d say.
11.) 23 Jan 2024 16:21:08
Gees, not sure but he did say that a wealthy businessman had been trying to buy the club for 18months but the acquisition has been problematic.
They are currently bottom of the league and their fans have been rioting, when I suggested they would want to hold onto him then to appease the fans he said no, that they really needed to raise funds.
12.) 23 Jan 2024 16:26:03
Balogun and Yilmaz take 2 spaces straight away and Fabio silva ….
13.) 23 Jan 2024 18:20:00
Danilo won’t play in Europe agin this season imo. More chance roofe imo
Gc I’d be surprised if yilmaz or Balogun make our euro squad.
14.) 23 Jan 2024 18:23:10
Defraz there completely different players, have you even looked at Doimante and Million?
15.) 23 Jan 2024 18:29:07
Gc three I’d like to see added would be silva Diomande and manhoef
Couple others need to wait for next year, however if u r signing players on four plus year deals, it’s not about, March imo.
16.) 23 Jan 2024 18:59:24
Why? Defraz.
17.) 23 Jan 2024 19:25:59
Yilmaz stays Barasic comes out for me John.
18.) 23 Jan 2024 19:30:25
Agree with John balugon won’t be added as he can’t play more than 1 game a week, Yilmaz I can’t see being added as have Barisic and Sterling can play lb. They will keep the 3 spaces for 3 new signings. No way we are signing a guy for 4.5m and not putting him in euro squad. I’d also imagine silva wouldn’t be coming here if he wasn’t getting to play in Europe.
19.) 23 Jan 2024 20:16:26
My star say we have smal manhoef Diamonde silva
Yes I agree what u say wish.
20.) 23 Jan 2024 20:16:44
Think yilmaz may be offski, would include balogun, if smal comes he goes in and diomande, but hey ho who knows what PC thinks.
21.) 23 Jan 2024 20:18:34
Doh forgot about silva? ach ah gie up trying to work this out.
22.) 23 Jan 2024 20:30:20
Yeah u can guarantee diomante and silva will take place of lammers and likely Danilo so it means manhoef if signed would replace sima imo.
There are further changes aloud later in competition I believe so any further sales/ injuries and signings can be swapped.
If I’m wrong I stand corrected.
As wishy says it’s about players for positions and we have 2 in squad for left back, can Devine and Fraser play there aswell under the homegrown rules?
No need to worry about yilmaz, he will likely be away.
23.) 23 Jan 2024 20:36:51
Stevie no further changes allowed unless it’s a goalie
Yes re Devine and Fraser.
24.) 23 Jan 2024 20:37:34
Can't see smal coming this window John unless Yilmaz or Barisic is away.
25.) 23 Jan 2024 22:51:11
My star I’d sign him on a bosman, then wait till summer.
26.) 23 Jan 2024 22:51:24
Is that right John? I thought maybe at semi final we’d have been aloud 1 or 2 due to injuries.
Cheers for info though appreciated as always.
With frazer and Devine I think we’re covered at fullback with sterlings flexibility and tav and bb.
Just need to see what it looks like at the deadline of squad being submitted.
We could still get some injuries, or some good news regarding sima.
Balogun could sneak into the squad if simas injury is t as bad as we think come next week.
27.) 24 Jan 2024 05:46:30
Diomande can't be registered for any more European competions, as the 1 cub rule takes effect from Uefa article 44.
Had he only played in the Europa qualifiers he would have been fine.
But he has played 3 full games in the Conference league proper.
That disqualifies him form being registered again at a 2nd club in any of the European competitions proper.
Same deal if we were to sign Batsman, he is not elligible for europe as he has already played in the Conference league proper.
Silva is ellegible to register, has not played in europe.
Yilmaz is elligible as he was not previously registered.
Manhoef if we get him is elligible as he has played in europe this season.
OUT - Danilo, Lammers, Sima.
IN - Yilmaz, Silva, Manhoef if we sign him.
If we do manage to get Michy on top of Diomande, they will oly be elligible for scottish competitions and games this season.
28.) 24 Jan 2024 08:58:00
I thought it changes laudrup after the groups goi g into knock outs? As long as it’s not same competition?
29.) 24 Jan 2024 11:03:01
Yes I have looked at Diomande (at least I know how to spell his name) . The reason we won't sign isn't because of the position they play it's because that's almost £8 million for 2 midfielders. If we've got that kind of money then we're buying a striker.
30.) 24 Jan 2024 11:15:09
I wasn't aware of the ammendment mate lol.
06 Jul 2022 07:43:35
Are charlton due anything from any aribo sale?
1.) 06 Jul 2022 07:51:57
I’d say no. Remember they were not happy only getting developed fee
If they r it will be factored in.
However remember 5% goes to previous clubs as standard.
2.) 06 Jul 2022 09:07:22
Ah ok, thanks John.
3.) 06 Jul 2022 09:25:10
John I am astounded it’s £6m plus add ons.
4.) 06 Jul 2022 09:45:52
Copland. So would u just leave it till January and let him sign a pre contract for nothing.
5.) 06 Jul 2022 09:54:17
No John but £6 million for Aribo who is a International footballer has got to be questioned.
I could understand if it was £10 million plus add ons.
6.) 06 Jul 2022 10:36:23
Copland go listen to Rangers Review about aribo to Southampton explains it very well. They talk about big sell on clause
Not on their site but the sell on clause coming out off Southampton is saying we want 30%. This would be incredible.
If and it’s a big if Southampton sold him for 25 million we gain another 5 million
Then come back please with what u think.
7.) 06 Jul 2022 10:59:05
Ok John will do and I will wait and see what details come out via the media. ?.
8.) 06 Jul 2022 11:12:18
Theoretically 30% of a 25 mill sale would be 7.5 million, which adding to the initial sale would be fantastic business if all true.
9.) 06 Jul 2022 11:32:30
Ger u normally take off what they pay us.
10.) 06 Jul 2022 11:42:23
Ger88 I'd imagine it would be 30% of profit do around 5.7m but still decent enough and that's a conservative fee Southampton would command if he has a good season or 2 there.
11.) 06 Jul 2022 12:04:41
He is only worth what a club is willing to pay unfortunately some people can say he is worth what ever they like but he can leave for nothing next season or you accept what the club is offering.
12.) 06 Jul 2022 12:10:20
It would only be 30% of the total over and above £6m initially paid. In this example £19m so close to £5.5m.
13.) 06 Jul 2022 12:17:06
It’s £10m plus 20% sell on clause not 30. It will all be revealed in due course….
14.) 06 Jul 2022 12:19:34
Correct storm.
11 Mar 2018 19:53:36
Very sore one today, but for individual mistakes we would have taken at least a draw from the match. Celtics second goal was a disgrace, you should never be beaten by a long hopeful punt up the park and what Goss was doing for their third was unbelievable.
He just let Edouard walk into the penalty area an have a free shot at goal. And Windass once again showed that he is far too often a passenger when we need him most. When you compare their middle 3 and ours it really is a no contest at the moment. I know a lot of fans are wanting us to sign Goss permanently but would he get in the Celtic team? I don't think so therefore we should be looking for better.
Murty should have changed it a bit sooner for sure.
Positives to be taken are we certainly are. Lot closer. Celtic can no longer just turn up and roll is over. And for me the biggest positive was the performance of docherty, I thought he was immense. If we could add a bit of muscle in beside him next season we will be in good shape.
1.) 12 Mar 2018 11:25:11
Zikos, one of your final comments (Celtic can no longer just turn up and roll is over) seems to be at odds with what say before it and what actually happened.
2.) 12 Mar 2018 13:23:52
Zikos, we have better in Dorrans, Jack and McCrorie plus Rossiter, but sadly they are all injured!
3.) 12 Mar 2018 21:48:01
Styab - I just think that we could have got something out of the game if it hadn't been for a couple of (crucial) mistakes. I think we are a lot closer to them now and they can no longer just turn up and win, they actually have to put a shift in and like yesterday ride their luck.
Saying that - for us to be better than them we need to improve the midfield three. that's where I think the game (and most gasmes) was won/ lost.
Doherty was class, Goss just didn't perform and Windass was a passenger. I know he has scored a lot of goals lately but still don't think he is a number 10.
4.) 14 Mar 2018 12:02:17
Zikos one poor performance from Goss doesn't suddenly make him a bad player, also it looked like Murty asked him to sit back for more cover and that's not his strengths he is far better off as holding midfielder who likes to get forward.
07 Jan 2018 20:43:38
Forgive me if I'm wrong but didn't Cummings only play well in the championship, I can't remember him doing anything in the SPL. And so I don't get all the hype for what's essentially a really good championship player. If we get him on loan, then fine, but I wouldn't take a risk on him if we had to buy him as he has never performed at this level.
1.) 07 Jan 2018 22:43:45
Would b great signing hope we get him.
2.) 08 Jan 2018 07:25:19
Zikos, Cummings was only 18 when His got relegated and only broke into their team in the playoffs, where he scored their two goals against Hamilton.
3.) 08 Jan 2018 10:02:37
I'm not a fan of Cummings tbh. He comes across as a wee bed, much like Griffiths and would not want him near us. Anyway he hasn't kicked a ball down south. Also stories of late night drinking etc apparently. I think you guys are right when you say he stood out in the championship and not in the top flight. I think everybody remembers him lifting his game against us and assumed that was his normal form, which clearly is not the case. I'd leave well alone.
4.) 08 Jan 2018 11:52:08
If Cummings was half as good for us as Griffiths has been for them, it's a yes from me.
5.) 08 Jan 2018 14:43:45
I'm pretty sure Cummings only came into the Hibs team in the second half of the season where they were relegated, and even at that the majority of his appearances were from the bench. He was sold in the summer after the were promoted so he hasn't really had time to prove his ability in the SPL, however he hasn't exactly been lighting up the Championship down south. I reckon he would work well with Morelos up front for us but my preference would be to give MOH a shot through the middle with Morelos.
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26 Jul 2024 12:14:33
Cerny signed! Not seen a lot of this lad play but fingers crossed he can cement the RW position and contribute with a lot of goals and assists.
25 Jul 2024 17:24:19
Probably wishful thinking but if we manage to offload all the high earners, could this be our “you Can’t win anything with kids” season?
1.) 25 Jul 2024 17:34:16
Might have been till you jinxed it lol.
18 Jul 2024 21:54:57
Guys, what’s the incentive for Tav to leave? How long is left on his contract?
1.) 18 Jul 2024 22:25:45
2 years left mate.
2.) 18 Jul 2024 23:05:56
Big incentive is no longer having to read half the sh*t spouted on here about how terrible a captain he is.
3.) 18 Jul 2024 23:18:40
A new challenge to reignite his passion, players get stale when they are at a club too long best for everyone he moves on. Thank you for everything, James Tavernier.
4.) 18 Jul 2024 23:35:57
Aye alloa cause he comes on here and reads comments ?.
5.) 19 Jul 2024 05:55:27
Tav doesn’t read or leave comments on here, Michael Beale does it for him.
6.) 19 Jul 2024 06:17:56
If he’s got 2 years left on a very lucrative contract, then I can’t seen him giving up 9 years service when he’s probably going into his testimonial year. I could get a move to Saudi where the money is insane or a move back home. But not Turkey - no offence if there is any Turkish folk on the site but I don’t think you uproot your family for a couple of years in Turkey when your already a millionaire.
7.) 19 Jul 2024 11:02:56
Most Testimonials are done for charity these days and he could still arrange a Testimonial game against us. He will earn well in Turkey and won't have the prohibitive tax system that we have in the UK, albeit that he would be better of if he could engineer a move to Saudi.
Turkey isn't a bad place to live and at the end of his career he will still have an excellent life style!
14 Jul 2024 08:50:22
I wonder how much the whole stadium fiasco has affected the clubs finances and transfer budget etc….
I said that I thought we would see “sack the board” banners before we moved back to Ibrox, we might see them before we even get into Hampden at this rate.
1.) 14 Jul 2024 11:27:10
Yes that would be great because there are a queue of Billionaires waiting to pump millions into the club for no return.
06 Jul 2024 19:33:55
Now that the squad are back training and preparing for matches - I must admit I’m a bit concerned about the wingers at the club.
PC showed last season he was determined to play with wingers even when we didn’t have any.
I do t think we have enough quality in the wide positions. Cortez is the only one that looks decent and his coming back from a serious injury. Actually think we need to be moving on Matondo and Wright and bringing in 1 LW and 2 RWs.
1.) 06 Jul 2024 21:13:21
We definitely need to move on matondo, wright, zikos, the problem with matondo is he's on a huge wage mate, doubt he'll want to go anywhere unless some crazy team would match it or come close at least. What's the chances of that happening?
2.) 06 Jul 2024 22:07:25
Think Stevens will get many minutes this season along with Lovelace, believe Sima will be signed with another, Cortes Sima Stevens Lovelace and another, I'd loan McCausland out this season, Wright and Hopefully Matondo sold.
3.) 06 Jul 2024 23:01:06
Those lads might get minutes (hopefully they can make the step up to 1st team football) but we need 1st team ready wingers that are going to contribute with double figures for assists and goals. At the minute we don’t have any!
For a manager that is determined to play with wingers, I find it quite alarming that we don’t have any really good ones. And I appreciate Cortez might turn come good but we know the rest won’t.
I would have thought this would have been a priority and we would have had those players in by now?
4.) 06 Jul 2024 23:07:12
I can't handle putin up with wright and matondo again its too painful. We need sima back plus 1 more winger. Jefte maybe do a turn there if need be?
5.) 06 Jul 2024 23:44:51
Zikos the window hasn’t been open a week yet. And we have a big squad as well so maybe need to move people on first. Be patient mate it’ll come. Jesus.
6.) 07 Jul 2024 07:48:38
Todd correct we need to move on people can’t pay over a million a season for players we don’t want.
Need to be clever in market.
7.) 07 Jul 2024 12:13:40
More panty wetting 6 days into a window.
8.) 07 Jul 2024 13:53:58
So we are going to give Lovelace and Stevens minutes as wingers but we are going to loan out the one player, a winger, who has made the breakthrough over the last couple of seasons. Everyone has a right to his opinion but some of the stuff on here makes no sense.
9.) 07 Jul 2024 14:41:59
Who we loaning out that’s make the breakthrough last couple of years wsl? You talking about MaCusland? His breakthrough was last year only and yes he is ok but we need better and he only got in because of Lovelace injury.
10.) 07 Jul 2024 15:03:58
Wslgers easy decision for me, McCausland needs far more experience, two i mentioned are better footballers than him.
11.) 07 Jul 2024 15:14:51
This is no surprise if anyone listened to the BBC Belgian league expert that gave his assessment on clement said he loved his wingers and 5 or 6 wingers to chop and change with is what he prefers.
27 Jul 2024 09:12:12
I was told at the beginning of the year that Shankland wanted the move but PC wasn’t interested because he wasn’t fast enough. Never mind all the goals he scores, we want fast enough.
Ffs Matondo is probably the fastest player I’ve ever seen and is hopeless most of the time. Plenty of great footballers without pace.
23 Jul 2024 23:08:01
If true, I hope a lot of you offer SWS a sincere apology. He said last week that they were signing a Portuguese lad and has said from the very beginning that Tav won’t be leaving ?.
22 Jul 2024 22:55:38
Well said sir. If he wasn’t on such a big wage then we would have probably kept him. Always available. Folk
Saying he was in the decline but most CBs don’t peak till their 30s so I think it was a drop in confidence that led to his poor form the second half of last season.
That said we can get better for that salary. Good luck to him and welcome back anytime ??.
18 Jul 2024 10:24:29
I would also keep Tav and play Sterling in midfield. Think we need his energy in midfield.
12 Jul 2024 22:48:22
Yeah pretty sure I watched him play for Motherwell, o didn’t say it was in any of the last 5 games. Just said I made a point of watching them to see Devine play. And personally, when I saw him play, I thought he stood out. Others are free to disagree.
I thought his use of the ball was good and always looking to get forward. Maybe defensively a bit lacking but he is only 21 (I think) and has time to develop.
I think another loan deal would be best for him at this point in his career, same goes for King, Rice, Lovelace etc. if we’re not going to give them at least ten games this season then they would be better off getting that time at another club in the league.
26 Jul 2024 14:52:25
I’m only guessing, but imagine being left footed, playing in the right, he would tend to cut inside more often.
25 Jul 2024 09:30:51
We got £5M for Kamara and he was barely a squad man later when he left. I’d be expecting at least the same for Cantwell.
My only concern is with all these 1st team players playing with the B team, that our B team is going to be better than the 1st team!
19 Jul 2024 06:17:56
If he’s got 2 years left on a very lucrative contract, then I can’t seen him giving up 9 years service when he’s probably going into his testimonial year. I could get a move to Saudi where the money is insane or a move back home. But not Turkey - no offence if there is any Turkish folk on the site but I don’t think you uproot your family for a couple of years in Turkey when your already a millionaire.
18 Jul 2024 21:52:08
We desperately need a RW that will contribute with goals and assists.
18 Jul 2024 19:54:00
Unless the offer is +£4M then it would keep. If the club are serious about a new trading model then I fear we’ll sell him for pennies just to get him off the wage bill and free up funds to invest in younger talent.