January Transfer Rumours

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Gareth Vincent reporting the club is looking for a loan from the Premier League to replace Grimes till the end of the season:

The Sky Blues move came as a surprise to Swansea who, as a result, believe the loan market is their only option to replace Grimes during this window.

They are looking at options in the top flight, with the removal of Grimes' salary from the wage bill – he was Swansea's top earner – meaning they have the option of moving for a more established Premier League player rather than an inexperienced youngster.

 

[Swansea93]

Lewis O Brien is a player I’d be looking at coming in now.

 

[WentToSchoolWith]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885004484352360728

 

[Ringwood]

Why is everything so last minute.. clutching at straws methinks

 

[Swansea93]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885004484352360728

Their chairman is a bit of a stubborn bastard to deal with ain’t he? He’s pretty open with the fans as well.

 

[cmajack]

Cundle joining Millwall for 1M, having a medical there now.

Thank goodness for that, at least we won't be lumbered with another ex under achiever.

 

[cmajack]

Probably a little annoyance given they gave him a decent contract and he made out that he was all Swansea.

Club come calling with a concrete offer of more money and he was off as quick as anything.

Martinez MK II

 

[Pegojack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885004484352360728

If there's any truth in this, it represents p*ss poor planning, and the exact opposite of the months and months of careful scouting and evaluation we keep hearing about.
Last minute panicking, more like.

 

[JackSomething]

If there's any truth in this, it represents p*ss poor planning, and the exact opposite of the months and months of careful scouting and evaluation we keep hearing about.
Last minute panicking, more like.

It's not rocket science to have lists of targets based on the circumstances. So if Grimes wasn't leaving and we needed another midfielder, here's a list of players we've scouted and believe we have a chance of signing at a price and wages we can afford.

Then we have another list that says if we sold Grimes for around £4m and get his wages off the books, here's another list of players we could sign in central midfield with the extra budget we now have available.

I know nothing about how football clubs run and how transfers work, but I'd be worried if a club in the second tier of British football didn't have something so basic in place within their scouting department. Then again, Man United said they looked at 804 right-backs in depth before deciding Wan-Bissaka was the answer at £50m...

 

[Bullworker]

Are you "guys" seriously buying in bulk 'cos it works out cheaper that way?

Very, very respectfully,
North Banker

 

[Swansea93]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885004484352360728

Seems we’ve put a bid in for him.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

If there's any truth in this, it represents p*ss poor planning, and the exact opposite of the months and months of careful scouting and evaluation we keep hearing about.
Last minute panicking, more like.

All I can see from this is that we sent a couple of scouts to watch this guy play, no more. I'd file this one as just ongoing scouting/player monitoring rather than it being a move we're considering this window.

 

[FearOfAJackPlanet]

Seems we’ve put a bid in for him.

Maybe I jumped the gun dismissing this as a January prospect. Hopefully we've been tracking him for while and it's not a 'find me a midfielder with a pulse, now!' panic signing.

 

[Swansea93]

Maybe I jumped the gun dismissing this as a January prospect. Hopefully we've been tracking him for while and it's not a 'find me a midfielder with a pulse, now!' panic signing.

Hopefully he’s got something about him he’s their captain with a few months left on his deal, 6ft3.

 

[Gors Buster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1748414229529457124