Transfer Talk

Matt Besler is one I have been impressed with. Seems like a warrior.:smiley-laughing002:

 

Bilal Basicakoglu. 19 year old winger at Heerenveen still raw but seems to have talent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v-gldt9uDU

 

Terrence Boyd is up for grabs for around £1.75m euros. Could be a real coup at that price, only seen Wigan and Leipzig are apparently interested, could easily beat both of them to his signature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byPMuTe-Vf4

 

He is in talks supposedly but we could beat them to signing him I would be pretty confident of that. Would be a good signing although we'd have to ship out a few strikers.

Watt, Griffiths, Stokes and Boyd would be a good 4. Send Balde out onloan/sell and convert Pukki into a right or left winger in a 4-3-3.

Could do a job in Europe up top on his own and has the finishing power to match.

 

Not necessarily no. I only mentioned the 4-3-3 to explain what would happen to Pukki, not saying we would be playing that all the time who knows what Deila has planned. I wouldn't want Commons on either wing either I don't think he has enough pace to play as an out and out winger anymore, although it depends on what type of 4-3-3 Deila likes to employ.

Boyd for less than £1.5m would be a decent deal. We are probably aware of his situation, definitely a player we would have scouted I reckon.

 

I do like the look of that.

Keeping it on topic as well, it would allow us to make use of the forwards we have meaning they are all getting playing time and there is still plenty of competition there. I'd preferably like us to have 4 strikers fighting it out for a couple positions in the side.

Therefore, as I was getting at before, a 4 of Watt, Stokes, Griffiths and Boyd/other striker would be good to have if we were going to play a formation like that above. Watt could also be used as a winger.

Anyway we won't sign Boyd but I just thought I'd point out that it's a decent price for him considering his record, strengths and age.

 

I think 2 players will come in, an energetic box to box centre mid and maybe another winger. We still need a back up left back/challenger to Izzy. That will be all the more important if Deila wants to go down the route of playing out and out wingbacks.

 

I agree with all of that mate. I just think Deila wants another midfielder in that mould. Mainly because of the hard-working style he likes to employ and the fact I think Kayal is for the off.

Robertson would be a good signing. Left backs are notoriously hard to come by and Izzy won't be around forever, maybe another 2 good years out of him at the most IMO. He lost a bit of that blistering pace after his injury I feel and as he gets older that will continue to disappear. Robertson looks to be the real deal, although still raw, will no doubt be the starting left back for Scotland for years to come.

Efe is a strange one I have always been in two minds surrounding him. Good footballing ability but at times seems to be in a world of his own. I do think another centre half is needed though, we were lucky that Ambrose and Van Dijk had barely any injuries or suspensions last year as we didn't have much to come in and cover them. Mulgrew and thats about it, Lustig could fill in if needed but preferably bringing another centre half in wouldn't be a bad idea. Another one in the mould of Efe and Virgil would be good. Relatively young, comfortable with the ball and good pace.

Like you say I'd love us to get a proper number 10 to support Commons. At times we rely too much on him to open the door, he won't always be around to do that. We have Callum Macgregor coming back from Notts County maybe give him some time to prove himself perhaps? Rogic as well, if not then we could address that.

 

BBC journalist suggesting we have bid 8 million for Luiz Adriano from Shaktar on Twitter.

Those be some quality drugs he's been toking.