Transfer Rumours - New Signings for Towns Premier League Squad 2024/25

[Cabanas Blue]

Have a look on TWTD Mike they don't seem to like him but his scoring record is very good if he would suit our style of play.

[Cabanas Blue]

Another rumor.

Ipswich beckons to Kévin Denkey

The sale of Kévin Denkey is more difficult than expected. There was talk of Lille, Real Sociedad and even Leverkusen, but it never came up with a good offer. Cercle wants at least 15 million euros and preferably 20 million, but that will be difficult. Still, there is a good chance that Denkey will say goodbye to Cercle against Krakow on Thursday. Ipswich Town has great interest and would now make a concrete offer. Chelsea's Armando Broja was supposed to be Ipswich's new striker, but didn't get through the medical examination, Kévin Denkey is now the alternative. (kv)

That’s from the website.

[Bluemike]

I have never heard of this guy, know nothing of him

[ashfordblue]

I have never heard of this guy, know nothing of him

Kevin Denkey is quite a prolific scorer Mike I believe 39 goals in all comps last season in the Belgium top pro fight league and 2 goals and 3 assists this season, He looks about the same build as Haarland big and very strong and would be a real beast up front I hope we get him

[shabba]

I have never heard of this guy, know nothing of him

Kevin Denkey is quite a prolific scorer Mike I believe 39 goals in all comps last season in the Belgium top pro fight league and 2 goals and 3 assists this season, He looks about the same build as Haarland big and very strong and would be a real beast up front I hope we get him

Harland is alot taller though, 5ft 11 vs 6ft 4.

[hallamblue]

Freddie gone?

Posted on twtd just now....


"Deleted all his Town instagram posts on his account and posted some private 1-1 coaching today.

Mutually terminated to get a better move as a free agent maybe?"

[Charnwood]

I have never heard of this guy, know nothing of him

Kevin Denkey is quite a prolific scorer Mike I believe 39 goals in all comps last season in the Belgium top pro fight league and 2 goals and 3 assists this season, He looks about the same build as Haarland big and very strong and would be a real beast up front I hope we get him

He was the Top Goalscorer in the Belgian Pro Lesgue last season with 27 Goals. His club finished 4th qualifying for the Europa Lesgue. If I can believe everything I’m reading he’s probably the best striker we’ve been linked with so far.

If actually feels very similar to when I was living in Leicestershire and City were being linked with Riyad Mahrez, and everyone said Riyad who, never heard of him ?

[Bluemike]

Town are understood to be in advanced talks with Burnley regarding the loan signing of South African international striker Lyle Foster.

The Blues are looking to add another striker to their squad before Friday’s 11pm deadline with a loan move for Chelsea’s Armando Broja having come close to completion last week.

But the switch hit an obstacle when an achilles issue, which will keep the Albanian international sidelined for around seven weeks, became evident following his medical with discussions having continued since then. As reported earlier today, Broja has been back at Chelsea for scans as they assess the issue.

Now, according to Italian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Blues and Clarets are discussing the season-long loan of Foster, a deal which it’s claimed would include an obligation to buy for £25 million next summer, assuming Town stay up.

TWTD understands there is something in the interest as the Blues look for an alternative to Broja should that move be ruled out.

Soweto-born Foster started his career with the Orlando Pirates before moving to Europe and joining Monaco in 2019.

After a spell on loan in Belgium with Cercle Brugge, he joined Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães, before a return to Belgium and Westerlo initially on loan.

The 6ft 1in tall frontman joined Burnley for £11,000,000 in 2023 and has scored six goals in 33 starts and 11 sub appearances.

Jesue I bloody hope this isn't correct, we seem to be panic buying now or scraping the barrel, if this is the best we can get then keep Al-Hamadi please. This guy is pretty ordinary from what I can remember plus his stats etc hardly lend themselves to any form of excitement.

[hallamblue]

Anyone else starting to get alarm bells at the amount of money Ashton is apparently quite happy to chuck at ANY player we’re in for?

He had a reputation for this at Bristol City btw!

[Bluemike]

Not worried about that, I'm more worried about some of the names we are being linked with, we need a bloody goalscoring striker not 23 wingers, as much as I like Hirst and Delap they don't ooze goals at any level, Broja is a crock it seems, Foster never scores and has a history mental health problems which is clearly a shame but not something I'd be risking Millions on.

By the way the Bristol city situation was completely different, a Championship side spending way too much with a fraction of the income, we needed to spend to compete and a lot of this expenditure will be staggered over the course of the contracts etc.

[hallamblue]

Agree either all you say there Mike. But mh point was more thst Ashton seems to spend money like water whether theres funding there of not.

[The Odious Mr Rossi]

Town are understood to be in advanced talks with Burnley regarding the loan signing of South African international striker Lyle Foster.

The Blues are looking to add another striker to their squad before Friday’s 11pm deadline with a loan move for Chelsea’s Armando Broja having come close to completion last week.

But the switch hit an obstacle when an achilles issue, which will keep the Albanian international sidelined for around seven weeks, became evident following his medical with discussions having continued since then. As reported earlier today, Broja has been back at Chelsea for scans as they assess the issue.

Now, according to Italian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Blues and Clarets are discussing the season-long loan of Foster, a deal which it’s claimed would include an obligation to buy for £25 million next summer, assuming Town stay up.

TWTD understands there is something in the interest as the Blues look for an alternative to Broja should that move be ruled out.

Soweto-born Foster started his career with the Orlando Pirates before moving to Europe and joining Monaco in 2019.

After a spell on loan in Belgium with Cercle Brugge, he joined Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães, before a return to Belgium and Westerlo initially on loan.

The 6ft 1in tall frontman joined Burnley for £11,000,000 in 2023 and has scored six goals in 33 starts and 11 sub appearances.

Jesue I bloody hope this isn't correct, we seem to be panic buying now or scraping the barrel, if this is the best we can get then keep Al-Hamadi please. This guy is pretty ordinary from what I can remember plus his stats etc hardly lend themselves to any form of excitement.

I'd much rather we get Dunky, I think he would be a good fit

[shabba]

Agree either all you say there Mike. But mh point was more thst Ashton seems to spend money like water whether theres funding there of not.

I get your point but I also feel The owner would have set a budget etc.

Mikes points are all spot on too. I don’t like the mandatory clauses. I also don’t like buying all the Burnley players

[QldBlue]

Hard to know if some of these rumors haven’t just been floated out there purposefully to colour negotiations with the real target(s).

[Bluemike]

Hard to know if some of these rumors haven’t just been floated out there purposefully to colour negotiations with the real target(s).

Yep, it hasn't gone unnoticed that none of it is coming from the club regarding Edouard, Denkey or Foster.

[hallamblue]

Does anything come from the club these days though …. All very frustrating really.

[Bluemike]

Why frustrated? We've signed a fair few players so far, you mean frustrated with rumours ?

[Bluemike]

Ogbene confirmed

Second fastest player in the Premier League last season

[Shed on tour]

Must admit I’m baffled about the Ogbene signing unless Burn’s injury is a lot worse than first thought.

[shabba]

Must admit I’m baffled about the Ogbene signing unless Burn’s injury is a lot worse than first thought.

Agreed

[Cabanas Blue]

I just can't understand this one and giving him a 4 year contract, I just hope I'm wrong about him.

I was thinking we almost have a full team of Irish and Welsh players I'm saying no more

[Ricco]

Ogbene confirmed

Second fastest player in the Premier League last season

And what did he do with it? 4 goals and 1 assist, pardon me if I don't get excited over this one. Now I feel like we're making mistakes, we have so many players in these wide forward areas, it's getting a bit silly and very expensive and we've still not landed a striker.

Jesue I bloody hope this isn't correct, we seem to be panic buying now or scraping the barrel

A couple of my thoughts are this, but I fear I may go off on one here...

I do think it looks worse than it is because we've been linked with so many players, plenty of them we would have had no interest in, perhaps beyond accumulating possibilities. It gives the appearances we're grasping at players as they pass, rather than having confident long term targets, but looking at the players we have brought in, it's a pretty good bunch I'd say. Time will tell if we've gotten the balance right, or upset the apple cart.

The one thing that stands out to me is this... I think that particularly in a back 5 (but also back 4), which it looks like we may turn to a fair bit, the most important players in making the system work are the wing-backs, they need to be super-fit and super intelligent when it comes to position and tactical awareness. Too defensive and you get pinned back, too attacking and you leave empty channels. Just remember Clapham and Wilnis, the amount of ground they must have covered in that role, it's critical, both fit as butcher's dog, never dropped concentration for a millisecond, model professionals.

We've done very little business there, we've spent upwards of probably £130m and we've spent just 0.45% of that on wing-backs. We're relying on Davis coming good, we know what his flaws are and what that might mean against decent opposition, and Ben Johnson, a free transfer.

We've also lumped all our hopes on a keeper who looks the part, but has not proved himself at this level, it feels a little bit like Sereni, dynamic, athletic, but a potential liability. We had Andy Marshall back then as a backup, but is Walton good enough if Muric falls apart and needs to be taken out the team?

So that's 3 positions, arguably the 3 most important positions considering we'll be receiving a lot of pressure this year, it's 28% of the team and we've spent 7.7% of our outgoings in those areas... and that's basically all on one player who isn't proven and cost us two goals in 3 minutes of football...

[Cabanas Blue]

Ogbene was signed in time to play tonight but we only hear about it this morning, that's poor IMO.

[Dazzz67]

Its great to be in this position to be able to invest but I too am concerned with the amount we are splashing, and MA background at BC, just hope he knows what he is doing or we are going to be in a pile of poop.

Saying that, there must be a fair few going out the door seeing as how big our squad is getting and the wage bill. Think Ogbene is going to provide a bit of competition for Burns, when he is back.

[The Odious Mr Rossi]

Must admit I’m baffled about the Ogbene signing unless Burn’s injury is a lot worse than first thought.

I'm not sure that Burns' injury comes in to it at all - it's the 2 players for one position that KM wanted and in my humble opinion Ogbene is the better option (although I guess you would expect me to say that )

[Dubai Blue]

Its great to be in this position to be able to invest but I too am concerned with the amount we are splashing, and MA background at BC, just hope he knows what he is doing or we are going to be in a pile of poop.

Saying that, there must be a fair few going out the door seeing as how big our squad is getting and the wage bill. Think Ogbene is going to provide a bit of competition for Burns, when he is back.

Why are you concerned. If we are going to stay in the Prem we have to behave like a Prem team, not try to scrape by with a 10% chance of success.

I reckon most of these players will have similar resale value if needs be and if we do well they will appreciate significantly as assets.

This all looks pretty astute to me.

[Dubai Blue]

Must admit I’m baffled about the Ogbene signing unless Burn’s injury is a lot worse than first thought.

I'm not sure that Burns' injury comes in to it at all - it's the 2 players for one position that KM wanted and in my humble opinion Ogbene is the better option (although I guess you would expect me to say that )

I might agree with you on that Rossi, but even more important is that Burns has previous of being injured once or twice every season for a few weeks at a time.

[AzzurroMark]

Personally I like the look of this signing. I try to not take much notice of stats as KM & team will have clearly identified roles for him within our squad, some which may not be present currently. They will also know where he can improve.
Everything I read about him fits into the KM player traits, indeed this piece I have copied from the EADT further confirms that;

"Upon signing Ogbene last summer, Luton boss Rob Edwards enthused: "We know we are going to need some real athleticism in the Premier League, and he knows how to use it. He’s flexible, and he’s going to be able to play through the middle as a forward, but also as a wide one.

"He’s still at a good age where he’s willing to learn and he’s a fantastic human being, we had a brilliant chat and I just loved his personality."

We already know KM likes to freshen up his attacking positions around the 60-70 minute mark or so, and having fresh and very fast legs to call upon is great!

[ashfordblue]

Town are understood to be in advanced talks with Burnley regarding the loan signing of South African international striker Lyle Foster.

The Blues are looking to add another striker to their squad before Friday’s 11pm deadline with a loan move for Chelsea’s Armando Broja having come close to completion last week.

But the switch hit an obstacle when an achilles issue, which will keep the Albanian international sidelined for around seven weeks, became evident following his medical with discussions having continued since then. As reported earlier today, Broja has been back at Chelsea for scans as they assess the issue.

Now, according to Italian journalist Sacha Tavolieri, the Blues and Clarets are discussing the season-long loan of Foster, a deal which it’s claimed would include an obligation to buy for £25 million next summer, assuming Town stay up.

TWTD understands there is something in the interest as the Blues look for an alternative to Broja should that move be ruled out.

Soweto-born Foster started his career with the Orlando Pirates before moving to Europe and joining Monaco in 2019.

After a spell on loan in Belgium with Cercle Brugge, he joined Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães, before a return to Belgium and Westerlo initially on loan.

The 6ft 1in tall frontman joined Burnley for £11,000,000 in 2023 and has scored six goals in 33 starts and 11 sub appearances.

Jesue I bloody hope this isn't correct, we seem to be panic buying now or scraping the barrel, if this is the best we can get then keep Al-Hamadi please. This guy is pretty ordinary from what I can remember plus his stats etc hardly lend themselves to any form of excitement.

I have just seen a quote from a Burnley fan re Foster, he states best of luck with this deal if it goes through as Foster is not a premiership-class player all with a sarcastic smirk, and I'm inclined to agree a definite no-no with regards to a £25 million deal after a season loan, there's far better players to be had than Foster in the window

[Shed on tour]

Must admit I’m baffled about the Ogbene signing unless Burn’s injury is a lot worse than first thought.

I'm not sure that Burns' injury comes in to it at all - it's the 2 players for one position that KM wanted and in my humble opinion Ogbene is the better option (although I guess you would expect me to say that )

I would never have guessed that you don’t rate Burn’s rossi. Hope you’re keeping well, seems ages ago since we met, probably because it is!