January transfers

[ITFC2024]

How many loan spots do we still qualify for? I’m being lazy sorry.

[hallamblue]

One more I think. The Godfrey one doesn’t count towards our quota of two (?), because he’s from overseas.

[hallamblue]

Philogene update

https://x.com/sportspeteo/status/187710 ... 6&t=TNjlBJ

[Shed on tour]

Philogene update

https://x.com/sportspeteo/status/187710 ... 6&t=TNjlBJ

Seems a lot of money for him imo. Obviously KM really wanted him but just hope Villa haven’t done us over on this one.

[Cabanas Blue]

https://www.twtd.co.uk/ipswich-town-new ... logene-fee

Jaden Philogene to Ipswich Town, here we go! Despite important bid from Everton, #ITFC agree deal with Aston Villa for £21m with add-ons fee.

Understand Philogene is on his way to Ipswich right now. Medical on Thursday morning.

Direct call with McKenna was crucial.

[Cabanas Blue]

Leicester points deduction announcement from Monday January 13th earliest 21:23 - Jan 8 with 1158 views MaySixth

according to The Athletic

in breach of PSR rules by £12m over a three year period

FA and Prem very annoyed with Leicester's successful exploitation of the jurisdiction loophole last time. Will come down hard on them.


Hopefully they will get 6 points.

[Charnwood]

Wow what a keeper Spurs have signed for £12.5m. Antonin Kinsky, only 21 yrs old, did anyone else see his debut performance tonight against Liverpool ? How much did we pay for Muric ?

[Cabanas Blue]

Wow what a keeper Spurs have signed for £12.5m. Antonin Kinsky, only 21 yrs old, did anyone else see his debut performance tonight against Liverpool ? How much did we pay for Muric ?

Yes very impressive and only been there three days.

[Mariner67]

How much can we now spend without getting into trouble, 21 million for philogene ,if it happens & the 100 million we spent in the summer,have we not gone over the limit? Can't see us getting 20 million for wolfy & Harry Clarke.

[Cabanas Blue]

How much can we now spend without getting into trouble, 21 million for philogene ,if it happens & the 100 million we spent in the summer,have we not gone over the limit? Can't see us getting 20 million for wolfy & Harry Clarke.

This is taken from TWTD hopefully that's correct.

They’re big numbers but we’re well funded, and cash isn’t a limiting factor, it’s just FFP. We’ll be ensuring a very high degree of governance over that though, and given all of these signings are on 4+ year deals we’re ‘only’ talking £40m of amortisation per year on £160m of signings on that basis. We’re likely to turnover £150m+ this year so I would think the headroom is healthy. Would almost certainly mean 2 or 3 big tickets move on in the summer if we go down despite parachute payments, but we would still be left with a really strong championship squad. 1 year of amortisation could probably be offset with a Liam Delap sale, where we’ll likely see a significant profit on disposal should we chose to cash in. The approach of signing young, British players significantly derisks it too, I don’t see us having an issue moving on any of these acquisitions should we choose to. They’ll have suitors even if we need to take a slight haircut on 1 or 2.


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[Dubai Blue]

Nice dealings by Villa. THey obviously thought Philogene was too cheap at 18m and had their 30% built it.

They were right and now they are going to bag an additional 7 or 8 mill plus unknown add-ons.

Good business by them.

Have a feeling Philogene is going to where he wants to be too.

Great for us too.

[Bluemike]

Wow what a keeper Spurs have signed for £12.5m. Antonin Kinsky, only 21 yrs old, did anyone else see his debut performance tonight against Liverpool ? How much did we pay for Muric ?

We've really been done over with Muric, there's no getting away from it, and we can't say we weren't warned.

[Bluemike]

I hope the boy Philogene does want to be here cus things don't always sit well with me but more than happy to give the lad our full support. It does seem a fair whack of money but a lot of us felt that about Delap and Hutchinson too so maybe it's what you have to pay these days. I think this signing will see Wes Burns contribution greatly reduced.

[Dubai Blue]

I think this signing will see Wes Burns contribution greatly reduced.

I hope so, Wes hasn't really stepped up from Champ level for me. Has looked a bit predictable when I've seen him.

[Charnwood]

I think it’s a brilliant signing although the size of the fee worries me a little with the FFP rules but hopefully we’re on top of that. I think the player always wanted to come to us but was misled by his Agent or tied by his loan contract to return to Villa if they exercised their options which they did. We also have to remember it was his boyhood club and the opportunity of Champions League football so even if he decided to go there I think it would be quite churlish to hold it against him.
He and Delap linked brilliantly together at Hull last season which will hopefully be restored.

Could Jack Clarke return to Sunderland, I think it could be a consideration or his game time is likely to be even less.

[Shed on tour]

One thing is for sure, whatever our opinions are on certain signings McKenna has certainly received full backing from the ownership in terms of players he would like to recruit since arriving at the club.

[The Odious Mr Rossi]

I hope the boy Philogene does want to be here cus things don't always sit well with me but more than happy to give the lad our full support. It does seem a fair whack of money but a lot of us felt that about Delap and Hutchinson too so maybe it's what you have to pay these days. I think this signing will see Wes Burns contribution greatly reduced.

so do I

[hallamblue]

It wouldnt surprise me to see a good proportion of the double winning side eventually leave us over the next two windows....

[shabba]

Interesting, 20m is alot and worries me it leaves the pot very low for any sort of striker.

We badly need cover for Delap, maybe they have a loan in mind or such.

[Bluemike]

Me too Shabba, I said the other day that after the last couple of games I feel we have a chance but if we don't sign another striker we will go down.

[Shed on tour]

I would think we are certainly looking at the loan market for a striker now. As has already been said we need another striker as a backup for Delap as I really don’t think we can rely on Hirst due to his injury record. If we don’t get anybody in for that role then I just can’t see us staying up as Delap will probably miss some game time from now to the end of the season whether it be due to injury or suspension.

[Bluemike]

Even if Hirst was to stay fit which is debatable we still need another top striker, its simply not fair on Al-Hamadi to expect him to pull up trees at this level, we signed the poor bugger from L2, he's made a bigger jump than anyone and was due to go on loan in the summer.

[Mariner67]

How much can we now spend without getting into trouble, 21 million for philogene ,if it happens & the 100 million we spent in the summer,have we not gone over the limit? Can't see us getting 20 million for wolfy & Harry Clarke.

This is taken from TWTD hopefully that's correct.

They’re big numbers but we’re well funded, and cash isn’t a limiting factor, it’s just FFP. We’ll be ensuring a very high degree of governance over that though, and given all of these signings are on 4+ year deals we’re ‘only’ talking £40m of amortisation per year on £160m of signings on that basis. We’re likely to turnover £150m+ this year so I would think the headroom is healthy. Would almost certainly mean 2 or 3 big tickets move on in the summer if we go down despite parachute payments, but we would still be left with a really strong championship squad. 1 year of amortisation could probably be offset with a Liam Delap sale, where we’ll likely see a significant profit on disposal should we chose to cash in. The approach of signing young, British players significantly derisks it too, I don’t see us having an issue moving on any of these acquisitions should we choose to. They’ll have suitors even if we need to take a slight haircut on 1 or 2.


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Thanks for that information expect we will be doing some offloading soon.

[Bluemike]

Anyone seen rumours we've started preliminary talks with striker Iheanacho?

[ITFC2024]

Anyone seen rumours we've started preliminary talks with striker Iheanacho?

https://www.allnigeriasoccer.com/read_n ... ?nid=54266

[Dubai Blue]

That would be awesome!

[Bluemike]

Imagine him, Igor Jesus and Delap as our Three strikers lol, not gonna happen I know but we can but dream.

[hallamblue]

Anyone seen rumours we've started preliminary talks with striker Iheanacho?

Yes it was posted on twtd a few days ago……. I know nothing about the player tbh. Thing is with Town and these owners , anything is now possible.

[Dubai Blue]

Think our manager is a magnet also.

[Bluemike]

Anyone seen rumours we've started preliminary talks with striker Iheanacho?

Yes it was posted on twtd a few days ago……. I know nothing about the player tbh. Thing is with Town and these owners , anything is now possible.

You may not have clicked but you'll definitely be aware of Iheanacho Iiz.