Transfer Rumours January Incoming/Outgoing...

He will if he can't write.

 

All the above looks great, however he wouldn't arrive until the end of the transfer window as he plays for Morocco. ACoN and that.

 

Looks like a Snodgrass/Mahrez love child. He's already in the European shop window, why the hell would he come here?

 

Because we got him before anybody else and if he turned us down he might have to stay in France?

 

I like stories like this. Well done M Samuel for highlighting it.

Whatever the future holds for Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, it is hard to think unkindly of him. He did, after all, change English football. Ask Scott Kashket.

Not many imagine Guardiola's philosophy making much impact at Wycombe Wanderers, where Kashket is scoring prolifically. The 20-year-old arrived on a four-month deal in August, having been released by Leyton Orient, and has now struck 11 times in as many matches, including seven goals in his last four league games.

And what has Guardiola got to do with this? Well, until his Barcelona team convinced the world that small was beautiful, Kashket's career was going nowhere.

He was always a lovely player but he was small. He played in the school team, the year above two of my boys. Outstanding talent. Skill, vision, touch, an eye for goal: but this was a time when English football was in thrall to giants, so Scott spent most of his young life being rejected by professional clubs.

The explanation was always the same. Not big enough to make it, not strong enough, too slight. His assessors saw nothing beyond his physical presence.

He ended up playing futsal in Israel but, slowly, football's outlook was being changed. At Barcelona, Guardiola was showing there was more to the modern game than brute force. His philosophy became fashionable and Kashket's size started to matter less. He was picked up by a Spanish second division club, Hercules, and next by Leyton Orient.

At Wycombe, Kashket is looking a proper player. Two weeks ago, his four-month contract became a three-year deal. Kashket rewarded Wycombe with another winner, against the last club to reject him, Orient, on Saturday.

And, probably, Guardiola wouldn't know who he was. But he shaped his career and no doubt the careers of many others, too. The pure athleticism of the modern footballer is admirable; but there should always be room for a little lad who can play.

 

Obligatory?

 

Well I don't think people are obliged to it. It's complimentary, it's free of charge. Put your wallet away.

 

Can't see this happening as I reckon our medical team will probably spot that he only has one leg.

 

But they'll fail his medical on a shoulder problem

 

At least we now have plenty of time to work through our extensive list of targets for the position of striker.

 

We got him?

 

Hypothetically. That's why he'd come here.

 

Birmingham have signed Lukas Jutkiewicz from Burnley for £1.5m, he's been on loan there. Never rated him, not sure how he keeps getting clubs so high up.

 

I think this thread should be renamed the outgoing thread.

Abel H to ....
Snodge to ....
Robbo to ....
Harry to ....
Kuciak to ....
McG to ....
Jak to ....

 

That kind of money buys you a Proschwitz or McLean-level larker these days.

 

Abel H to .... nobody
Snodge to .... Celtic
Robbo to .... nobody
Harry to .... nobody
Kuciak to .... APOEL
McG to .... nobody
Jak to .... Fulham

 

One of our targets gone elsewhere.

 

I thought Gestede was our list....